Joshua 16
1 Ala e kenyere ụmụ ụmụ Josef bidoro nʼosimiri Jọdan nʼakụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ Jeriko gbatịrị ruo nʼọzara. O sitere na Jeriko gbagoo ala ugwu ugwu ahụ, ruokwa Betel.
The boundary for the allocation of the descendants of Joseph went from the Jordan near Jericho, then east of the springs of Jericho and through the wilderness from Jericho up into the hill country of Bethel.
2 O sitekwara Betel (ya bụ Luz), gafee ruo Atarọt, ebe ndị Akai bi.
From Bethel (or Luz) it continued to the border of Ataroth the Arkite.
3 Site nʼebe ahụ, ọ gbatịrị nʼakụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ rute ala ndị Jaflet, ruo ala mgbada mgbada Bet-Horon. O si nʼebe ahụ ruo Gaza, tutu kwụsị nʼosimiri Mediterenịa.
Then it descended west to the border of the Japhletites and the border of Lower Beth-horon, on up to Gezer, and then out to the sea.
4 Ụmụ Josef bụ Ifrem, na Manase nwetara ihe nketa ha.
This was the allocation received by the descendants of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh.
5 Ndị a bụ ala nke ikwu dị iche iche dị nʼebo Ifrem nwetara. Oke ala ha nʼakụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ malitere nʼAtarọt-Ada. Site nʼebe ahụ, o ruru nʼakụkụ elu elu Bet-Horon;
This was the territory allocated to the tribe of Ephraim, by families. The boundary of their allocation ran from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
6 sitekwa nʼebe ahụ ruo nʼosimiri Mediterenịa. Oke ala ha nʼakụkụ ugwu malitere na Mikmetat, gafee nʼakụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ ruo Taanat Shaịlo, gafee ya ruo na Janoa.
and then on to the sea. From Michmethath in the north the boundary turned east passing Taanath-shiloh to the east of Janoah.
7 O sitere na Janoa gbadaa ruo Atarọt, na Naara, bịaruo Jeriko, gafee, kwụsị nʼosimiri Jọdan.
From Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, then touched Jericho and ended at the Jordan.
8 Oke ala ahụ nʼakụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ sitere na Tapụọa gaa ruo iyi Kana, na ruo nʼosimiri Mediterenịa. Nke a bụ ala ebo Ifrem ketara, dịka ikwu ha si dị.
From Tappuah the boundary ran west to the Brook of Kanah and then out to the sea. This was the land allotted to the tribe of Ephraim, by families.
9 E tinyere obodo ukwu na obodo nta niile ekepụtara iche nʼihi ebo Ifrem nʼetiti ihe nketa ụmụ Manase.
Also some towns with their associated villages that lay in the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh were assigned to the tribe of Ephraim.
10 Ma ha achụpụghị ndị Kenan ndị bi na Gaza. Nʼihi nke a, ndị Kenan binyere ndị Ifrem ruo taa, ma e mere ka ha bụrụ ndị ọrụ ngo.
However, they did not drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites live among the tribe of Ephraim to this very day, but as forced laborers.
