Yoshuwa 16
1 Rabon da aka ba wa Yusuf ya fara tun daga Urdun kusa da Yeriko, gabas da ruwan Yeriko, sai ya miƙe zuwa jeji, ya haura har zuwa cikin ƙasar tudu na Betel.
The land that was allotted to [the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh that were descended from] Joseph started at the Jordan [River], east of the springs at Jericho.
2 Ya ci gaba daga Betel (wato, Luz), ya zarce zuwa sashen Arkitawa na Atarot,
It extended west from Jericho to the hilly area near Bethel, which is also called Luz. It extended as far as Ataroth, at the border of the land where the Arki people-group lived.
3 ya sauka zuwa yammancin bakin iyakar Yalfetiyawa har zuwa yankin Bet-Horon wanda yake cikin kwari. Ya zarce kuma zuwa Gezer, ya gangara ya yi ƙarshe a Bahar Rum.
From there it extended west to the border of the land where the Japhleti people-group lived, and then it extended west to the area near Lower Beth-Horon. From there it extended west to Gezer [city] and from there to the [Mediterranean] Sea.
4 Wannan ne yankin da aka ba wa Manasse da Efraim zuriyar Yusuf gādonsu.
That is the land that the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh were allotted.
5 Yankin Efraim ke nan bisa ga iyalansu. Iyakar ƙasarsu ta gādo ta kama daga Atarot Addar a gabas zuwa Bet-Horon,
The border of the land that was allotted to the clans of the tribe of Ephraim started at Ataroth-Addar [city] in the east. It extended to Upper Beth-Horon
6 ta wuce zuwa Bahar Rum. Daga Mikmetat a arewa kuwa iyakar ta karkata gabas zuwa Ta’anat Shilo, ta wuce zuwa Yanowa a gabas.
and from there to the [Mediterranean] Sea.
7 Sai ta gangara daga Yanowa zuwa Atarot da Na’ara, ta bi ta Yeriko, ta kuma fito ta Urdun.
From Michmethath [on the north] it extended east to Taanath and from there on to Janoah. From there it extended [south] to Ataroth [city] and to Naarah [town]. From there it extended to Jericho and from there to the Jordan [River].
8 Daga Taffuwa kuma iyakar ta bi yamma zuwa kwazazzaban Kana, ta ƙarasa a Bahar Rum. Wannan shi ne gādon mutanen Efraim bisa ga iyalansu.
The [northern] border extended from Tappuah west to Kanah Ravine, and ended at the [Mediterranean] Sea. That was the land that was allotted to the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Gādon ya kuma haɗa da dukan garuruwa da ƙauyuka waɗanda aka keɓe wa mutanen Efraim daga cikin gādon mutanen Manasse.
Many of those towns were really within the area allotted to the tribe of Manasseh.
10 Ba su kori Kan’aniyawan da suke zama a Gezer ba, don haka Kan’aniyawa suna zama tare da mutanen Efraim har wa yau; amma Kan’aniyawa suka zama masu yin aikin dole.
The people of the tribe of Ephraim could not force the Canaan people-group to leave Gezer, so the Canaan people-group still live among the people of the tribe of Ephraim, but the Israelis forced the people of the Canaan people-group to become their slaves.
