Iosue 13
1 Iosue senex, provectaeque aetatis erat, et dixit Dominus ad eum: Senuisti, et longaevus es, terraque latissima derelicta est, quae necdum sorte divisa est:
Many years had passed by, and Joshua had grown old. The Lord spoke to him, saying, “You're now an old man, but there's still a great deal of land still to be taken.
2 omnis videlicet Galilaea, Philisthiim, et universa Gessuri.
This is the remaining land: the territory of all the Philistines and all the Geshurites,
3 A fluvio turbido, qui irrigat Aegyptum, usque ad terminos Accaron contra Aquilonem: Terra Chanaan, quae in quinque regulos Philisthiim dividitur, Gazaeos, et Azotios, Ascalonitas, Gethaeos, et Accaronitas.
from the Shihur River on the border with Egypt north to the border of Ekron—all of which is counted as Canaanite but comes under the five Philistine lords of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. In addition there's the land of the Avvites
4 Ad meridiem vero sunt Hevaei, omnis Terra Chanaan, et Maara Sidoniorum usque Apheca et terminos Amorrhaei,
in the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, all the way to Aphek on the border with the Amorites,
5 eiusque confinia. Libani quoque regio contra Orientem a Baalgad sub monte Hermon, donec ingrediaris Emath.
as well as the land of the Gebalites and the Lebanon area from the town of Baalgad to the slopes of Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath,
6 Omnium qui habitant in monte a Libano usque ad Aquas Maserephoth, universique Sidonii. Ego sum qui delebo eos a facie filiorum Israel. Veniat ergo in partem hereditatis Israel, sicut praecepi tibi.
and the those who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, including all the land of the Sidonians. I myself will drive them out ahead of the Israelites. Just allocate the land to Israel for them to own, as I have commanded you.
7 Et nunc divide terram in possessionem novem tribubus, et dimidiae tribui Manasse,
So divide this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh for them to own.”
8 cum qua Ruben et Gad possederunt terram, quam tradidit eis Moyses famulus Domini trans fluenta Iordanis, ad orientalem plagam.
The other half of the tribe of Manasseh, and the tribes of Reuben and Gad, had already received their land grant on the east side of the Jordan, as allotted to them by Moses, the servant of the Lord.
9 Ab Aroer, quae sita est in ripa torrentis Arnon, et in vallis medio, universaque campestria Medaba, usque Dibon.
It stretched from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon valley, from the town in the middle of the valley, and all the plateau of Medeba, up to Dibon;
10 et cunctas civitates Sehon, regis Amorrhaei, qui regnavit in Hesebon usque ad terminos filiorum Ammon.
and all the towns that belonged to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, up to the border with the Ammonites.
11 et Galaad, ac terminum Gessuri et Machati, et omnem montem Hermon, et universam Basan, usque ad Salecha,
In addition it included Gilead, the land of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all of Bashan as far as Salecah,
12 omne regnum Og in Basan, qui regnavit in Astaroth et Edrai, ipse fuit de reliquiis Raphaim: percussitque eos Moyses, atque delevit.
as well as all the land of the kingdom of Og of Bashan, who had ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei. He was one of the last of the Rephaites. Moses had defeated them and driven them out.
13 Nolueruntque disperdere filii Israel Gessuri et Machati: et habitaverunt in medio Israel usque in praesentem diem.
But the Israelites had not driven out the Geshurites or the Maacathites, who still live among them to this very day.
14 Tribui autem Levi non dedit possessionem: sed sacrificia et victimae Domini Dei Israel, ipsa est eius hereditas, sicut locutus est illi.
Moses did not allocate any land for the Levites to own. Instead they were allotted the offerings made by fire to the Lord, the God of Israel, as the Lord had promised them.
15 Dedit ergo Moyses possessionem tribui filiorum Ruben iuxta cognationes suas.
This was the land that Moses allotted to the tribe of Reuben, by families:
16 Fuitque terminus eorum ab Aroer, quae sita est in ripa torrentis Arnon, et in valle eiusdem torrentis media: universam planitiem, quae ducit Medaba,
Their territory stretched from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon valley, from the town in the middle of the valley, and all the plateau of Medeba;
17 et Hesebon, cunctosque viculos earum, qui sunt in campestribus: Dibon quoque, et Bamothbaal, et oppidum Baalmaon,
Heshbon and all associated towns on the plateau—Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
18 et Iassa, et Cedimoth, et Mephaath,
Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
19 et Cariathaim, et Sabama, et Sarathasar in monte convallis.
Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar, on a hill in the valley,
20 Bethphogor et Asedoth, Phasga et Bethiesimoth,
Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth-jeshimoth—
21 et omnes urbes campestres, universaque regna Sehon regis Amorrhaei, qui regnavit in Hesebon, quem percussit Moyses cum principibus Madian: Hevaeum, et Recem, et Sur, et Hur, et Rebe duces Sehon habitatores Terrae.
all the towns of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon, the Amorite king, who ruled in Heshbon. He was defeated by Moses, as well as the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, princes who lived in the kingdom and who were allied to Sihon.
22 Et Balaam filium Beor ariolum occiderunt filii Israel gladio cum ceteris interfectis.
At the same time the Israelites killed Balaam, son of Beor, the fortune-teller, along with the others who were slaughtered.
23 Factusque est terminus filiorum Ruben Iordanis fluvius. Haec est possessio Rubenitarum per cognationes suas urbium et viculorum.
The Jordan was the boundary for the tribe of Reuben. This was the land, the towns and the villages, allotted to the tribe of Reuben, by families.
24 Deditque Moyses tribui Gad et filiis eius per cognationes suas possessionem, cuius haec divisio est.
This was the land that Moses allotted to the tribe of Gad, by families:
25 Terminus Iaser, et omnes civitates Galaad, et dimidiam partem terrae filiorum Ammon, usque ad Aroer, quae est contra Rabba.
Their territory was Jazer, all the towns of Gilead, and half of the land of the Ammonites up to Aroer, near Rabbah;
26 et ab Hesebon usque Ramoth, Masphe et Betonim: et a Manaim usque ad terminos Dabir.
stretching from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the Debir region.
27 in valle quoque Betharan, et Bethnemra, et Socoth, et Saphon reliquam partem regni Sehon regis Hesebon: huius quoque finis, Iordanis est usque ad extremam partem maris Cenereth trans Iordanem ad orientalem plagam.
In the Jordan valley lay Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon. The boundary ran along the Jordan up to the bottom end of the sea of Kinnereth and then ran east.
28 haec est possessio filiorum Gad per familias suas, civitates, et villae earum.
This was the land, the towns and the villages, allotted to the tribe of Gad, by families.
29 Dedit et dimidiae tribui Manasse, filiisque eius iuxta cognationes suas possessionem,
This was the land that Moses allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is half of the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh, by families:
30 cuius hoc principium est: a Manaim universam Basan, et cuncta regna Og regis Basan, omnesque vicos Iair, qui sunt in Basan, sexaginta oppida.
Their territory stretched from Manahaim through the whole of Bashan, all the kingdom of Og, and all the towns of Jair in Bashan—sixty in all.
31 et dimidiam partem Galaad, et Astaroth, et Edrai urbes regni Og in Basan: filiis Machir, filii Manasse, dimidiae parti filiorum Machir iuxta cognationes suas.
Also included was Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the towns of king Og in Bashan. This was the land allotted to the descendants of Machir, son of Manasseh, for half of them, by families.
32 Hanc possessionem divisit Moyses in campestribus Moab trans Iordanem contra Iericho ad Orientalem plagam.
These were the allocations that Moses made when he was in the plains of Moab, on the other side of the Jordan, east of Jericho.
33 Tribui autem Levi non dedit possessionem: quoniam Dominus Deus Israel ipse est possessio eius, ut locutus est illi.
However, Moses did not allot any land to the Levites, for the Lord, the God of Israel, had promised them that he would be their allocation.
