Ƙidaya 21
1 Sa’ad da sarkin Arad, mutumin Kan’ana, wanda yake zaune a Negeb, da ya ji cewa Isra’ila yana zuwa ta hanyar Atarim, sai ya fito, yă yaƙi Isra’ilawa, yă kuma kama waɗansunsu.
The king of Arad [city] lived in the area where the Canaan people-group lived, in the desert in the southern part of the land. He heard a report that the Israelis were approaching on the road to Atharim [village]. So his army attacked the Israelis and captured some of them.
2 Sai Isra’ila suka yi alkawari wa Ubangiji suka ce, “In ka ba da waɗannan mutane a hannunmu, za mu hallaka dukan garuruwansu ƙaf.”
Then the Israelis solemnly vowed: “Yahweh, if you will help us to defeat these people, we will completely destroy all their towns.”
3 Ubangiji kuwa ya saurari kukan Isra’ila, ya kuma ba da Kan’aniyawa a gare su. Suka hallaka su da biranensu ƙaf; saboda haka aka sa wa wurin suna Horma.
Yahweh heard what they requested, and he enabled them to defeat the army of the Canaan people-group. The Israeli soldiers killed all the people and destroyed their towns. [Ever since that time], that place has been called Hormah [which means ‘destruction’].
4 Suka kama hanya daga Dutsen Hor ta hanya zuwa Jan Teku, don su kauce wa Edom. Amma mutane suka rasa haƙuri a hanya;
Then the Israelis left Hor Mountain and traveled on the road towards the Red Sea, in order to go around [the land of] Edom. But the people became impatient along the way,
5 suka yi wa Allah da Musa gunaguni, suka ce, “Me ya sa kuka fitar da mu daga Masar, kuka kawo mu mu mutu a wannan hamada? Babu abinci! Babu ruwa! Mu dai mun gaji da wannan abinci marar amfani!”
and they began to grumble/complain against God and against Moses/me. They said, “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in this desert [RHQ]? There is nothing to eat here, and nothing to drink. And we detest this lousy [manna] food!”
6 Sai Ubangiji ya aiko da macizai masu dafin a cikinsu, suka sassari mutane, Isra’ilawa masu yawa kuwa suka mutu.
So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died.
7 Mutanen suka zo wurin Musa, suka ce, “Mun yi zunubi, da muka yi wa Ubangiji da kai gunaguni. Ka yi addu’a don Ubangiji yă ɗauke mana macizan nan.” Saboda haka Musa ya yi addu’a domin mutane.
Then the people came to Moses/me and cried out, saying, “We [now know that we] have sinned against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh, asking that he will take away the snakes!” So Moses/I prayed for the people.
8 Ubangiji ya ce wa Musa, “Ka ƙera siffar maciji ka rataye shi a bisa doguwar sanda; kowa da maciji ya sare shi, idan ya dubi macijin nan da ka rataye, zai rayu.”
Then Yahweh told him/me, “Make a model/image of a poisonous snake, and attach it to the top of a pole. If those who are bitten by the snakes look at that model, they will (recover/get well).”
9 Saboda haka Musa ya ƙera macijin tagulla, ya kuma rataye shi bisa doguwar sanda. Sa’an nan duk wanda maciji ya sare shi, ya kuma dubi macijin tagullar, zai warke.
So Moses/I made a snake from bronze and attached it to the top of a pole. Then, when those who had been bitten by a snake looked at the bronze snake, they recovered!
10 Isra’ilawa suka kama hanya, suka yi sansani a Obot.
Then the Israelis traveled to Oboth and (camped/set up their tents) there.
11 Sai suka tashi daga Obot, suka yi sansani a Iye Abarim a hamadar da take fuskantar Mowab, wajen fitowar rana.
Then they left there, and went to Iye-Abarim, in the desert on the eastern border of Moab.
12 Daga nan kuma suka ci gaba, suka yi sansani a Kwarin Zered.
From there they traveled to the valley where the Zered riverbed is, and camped there.
13 Suka tashi daga nan, suka sauka kusa da Arnon wanda yake a hamadar da ta miƙe zuwa iyakar Amoriyawa. Arnon shi ne iyakar Mowab, wanda yake tsakanin Mowab da Amoriyawa.
Then they traveled to the north side of the Arnon [River]. That area is in the desert next to the land where the Amor people-group lived. The Arnon [River] is the boundary between Moab and where the Amor people-group lived.
14 Shi ya sa Littafin Yaƙoƙin Ubangiji ya ce, “Waheb ta cikin yankin Sufa, da kwaruruka na tuddan Arnon,
That is why in the book called ‘The Book of the Wars of Yahweh’ it tells about “Waheb [town] in the Suphah area, and the ravines there; and the Arnon [River]
15 da gangaren kwaruruka, wanda ya nausa zuwa garin Ar, ya kuma dangana da kan iyakar Mowab.”
and the ravines there, which extend as far as Ar [village] on the border of Moab.”
16 Daga can, suka gangara zuwa Beyer, wato, rijiyar da Ubangiji ya ce wa Musa, “Ka tattara mutane duka, zan kuwa ba su ruwa.”
From there, the Israelis traveled to Beer. There was a well there, where Yahweh previously had said to Moses/me, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”
17 Sai Isra’ilawa suka rera wannan waƙa, “Ki ɓuɓɓugo da ruwa, Ke rijiya! Rera waƙa game da ita,
There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
18 game da rijiyar da’ya’yan sarki suka haƙa, rijiyar da manyan mutane masu sandunan sarauta suka nuna da sandunansu.” Sa’an nan suka tashi daga hamadar, suka tafi Mattana,
Sing about this well which our leaders dug; they dug out [the dirt] with their royal scepters and their walking sticks.” Then the Israelis left that desert and went through Mattanah,
19 daga Mattana, suka tafi Nahaliyel, daga Nahaliyel, suka tafi Bamot,
Nahaliel, and Bamoth [villages].
20 daga Bamot kuma suka tafi kwarin da yake cikin Mowab inda ƙwanƙolin Fisga yake fuskantar hamada.
Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah [Mountain] rises above the desert.
21 Isra’ila suka aiki manzanni wurin Sihon sarkin Amoriyawa su ce,
Then the Israelis sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. This was the message [that they/we gave him]:
22 “Ka bari mu ratsa ta ƙasarka. Ba za mu shiga wata gona ba, ba za mu kuma shiga gonar inabi, ko mu sha ruwa daga wata rijiya ba. Za mu bi ta babbar hanyar sarki, har mu fita ƙasarka.”
“Allow us to travel through your country. We will stay on the king’s highway, [the main road that goes from the south to the north], until we have finished traveling through your land. We will not walk through any field or vineyard, or drink water from your wells.”
23 Amma Sihon bai bar Isra’ila su ratsa ta yankinsa ba. Sai ya tara dukan sojojinsa, suka fita zuwa cikin hamada, su yaƙi Isra’ila. Da ya kai Yahaz, sai ya yaƙi Isra’ila.
But King Sihon refused. He would not allow them to walk through his land. Instead, he sent his whole army to attack the Israelis in the desert. They attacked the Israelis at Jahaz [village].
24 Isra’ila fa suka kashe shi da takobi, suka ƙwace ƙasarsa, tun daga kogin Arnon har zuwa kogin Yabbok, zuwa kan iyakar Ammonawa kawai, gama sun yi wa iyakansu katanga.
But the Israelis completely defeated them and occupied their land, from the Arnon [River in the south] to the Jabbok [River in the north]. They stopped at the border of the land where the Ammon people-group lived, because [the Ammon army was defending] the border strongly.
25 Isra’ila suka ci dukan biranen Amoriyawa, suka kuma zauna a cikinsu, haɗe da babban birnin Heshbon da dukan ƙauyukanta.
So the Israelis occupied all the cities and towns where the Amor people-group lived, and some of the Israelis began to live in them. They occupied Heshbon [city] and the nearby villages.
26 Sihon sarkin Amoriyawa ya yi mulkin Heshbon, bayan ya ci sarkin Mowab na dā da yaƙi, ya kuma ƙwace dukan ƙasarsa har zuwa arewancin kogin Arnon.
Heshbon was the capital of the country. It was the city where King Sihon ruled. His army had previously defeated the army of the king of Moab, and then his people had begun to live in all of the land of Moab as far as the Arnon [River in the south].
27 Shi ya sa Amoriyawa suka rubuta wannan waƙa game da Heshbon suka ce, “Ku zo mu sāke gina Heshbon, birnin Sihon.
For that reason, one of the poets wrote long ago, “Come to Heshbon, the city where King Sihon [ruled]. We want the city to be restored/rebuilt.
28 “Mayaƙansa sun fito kamar harshen wuta suka ƙone birnin Ar na Mowab suna hallaka’yan ƙasar tuddan Arnon.
A fire blazed from Heshbon; it burned down Ar [city] in Moab, it destroyed [everything on] the hills along the Arnon [River].
29 Kaitonki, Mowab! Gunkinki Kemosh ya yashe mutanenki; aka kuma kama su, aka kai su bauta wajen Sihon sarkin Amoriyawa.
You people of Moab, terrible things have happened to you! You people who [worship your god] Chemosh have been (annihilated/wiped out)! The men who [worshiped] [MET] Chemosh have run away and are now refugees, and the women [who worshiped him] have been captured by [the army of] Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group.
30 “Amma mun tumɓuke su, mun hallaka garuruwan Heshbon har zuwa Dibon. Mun ragargaza su har zuwa Nofa wanda ya miƙe zuwa Medeba.”
But we have defeated [Sihon and] those descendants of Amor, all the way from Heshbon [in the north] to Dibon [city in the south]. We have completely obliterated/destroyed them as far as Nophah and Medeba [towns].”
31 Ta haka Isra’ila suka zauna a ƙasar Amoriyawa.
So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived.
32 Sai Musa ya aika’yan leƙen asiri zuwa Yazer. Daga baya, sai Isra’ilawa suka ci ƙauyukan da suke kewaye, suka kuma kori Amoriyawa da suke zaune a can.
After Moses/I sent some men to explore the area near Jazer [city], Israeli people began to live in all the towns in that region and expelled the Amor people-group who lived there.
33 Sai suka juya suka haura kan hanya ta zuwa Bashan, inda Og yake sarauta, ya kuwa fito tare da dukan sojojinsa suka yi yaƙi da Isra’ila a Edireyi.
Then they turned [north] toward the Bashan region, but King Og of Bashan and all his army attacked them at Edrei [town].
34 Ubangiji ya ce wa Musa, “Kada ka ji tsoronsa, gama na ba da shi a gare ka, da dukan sojojinsa da kuma ƙasarsa. Ka yi da shi yadda ka yi da Sihon sarkin Amoriyawa, wanda ya yi mulki a Heshbon.”
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do not be afraid of Og, because I am going to enable your men to defeat him and his army, and to take possession of all his land. You will do to him what you did to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who ruled in Heshbon.”
35 Ta haka suka kashe shi, tare da’ya’yansa maza da kuma dukan sojojinsa, ba wanda ya ragu. Suka kuma mamaye ƙasarsa.
And that is what happened. We Israelis defeated Og’s army, and killed King Og and his sons and all his people. Not a person survived! And then we Israelis began to live in their land.
