Iudicum 1
1 Post mortem Iosue consuluerunt filii Israel Dominum, dicentes: Quis ascendet ante nos contra Chananaeum, et erit dux belli?
After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of Yahweh, saying, “Who should go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”
2 Dixitque Dominus: Iudas ascendet: ecce tradidi Terram in manus eius.
Yahweh said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”
3 Et ait Iudas Simeoni fratri suo: Ascende mecum in sortem meam, et pugna contra Chananaeum, ut et ego pergam tecum in sortem tuam. Et abiit cum eo Simeon.
Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him.
4 Ascenditque Iudas, et tradidit Dominus Chananaeum, ac Pherezaeum in manus eorum: et percusserunt in Bezec decem millia virorum.
Judah went up, and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek.
5 Inveneruntque Adonibezec in Bezec, et pugnaverunt contra eum, ac percusserunt Chananaeum, et Pherezaeum.
They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
6 Fugit autem Adonibezec: quem persecuti comprehenderunt, caesis summitatibus manuum eius ac pedum.
But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
7 Dixitque Adonibezec: Septuaginta reges amputatis manuum ac pedum summitatibus colligebant sub mensa mea ciborum reliquias: sicut feci, ita reddidit mihi Deus. Adduxeruntque eum in Ierusalem, et ibi mortuus est.
Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 Oppugnantes ergo filii Iuda Ierusalem, ceperunt eam, et percusserunt in ore gladii, tradentes cunctam incendio civitatem.
The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, took it, struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
9 Et postea descendentes pugnaverunt contra Chananaeum, qui habitabat in montanis, et ad meridiem, in campestribus.
After that, the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland.
10 Pergensque Iudas contra Chananaeum, qui habitabat in Hebron, (cuius nomen fuit antiquitus Cariatharbe) percussit Sesai, et Ahiman, et Tholmai:
Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 atque inde profectus abiit ad habitatores Dabir, cuius nomen vetus erat Cariath Sepher, id est, civitas litterarum.
From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir before that was Kiriath Sepher.)
12 Dixitque Caleb: Qui percusserit Cariath Sepher, et vastaverit eam, dabo ei Axam filiam meam uxorem.
Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it.”
13 Cumque cepisset eam Othoniel filius Cenez frater Caleb minor, dedit ei Axam filiam suam coniugem.
Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it, so he gave him Achsah his daughter as his wife.
14 Quam pergentem in itinere monuit vir suus ut peteret a patre suo agrum. Quae cum suspirasset sedens in asino, dixit ei Caleb: Quid habes?
When she came, she got him to ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”
15 At illa respondit: Da mihi benedictionem, quia terram arentem dedisti mihi: da et irriguam aquis. Dedit ergo ei Caleb irriguum superius, et irriguum inferius.
She said to him, “Give me a blessing; because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
16 Filii autem Cinaei cognati Moysi ascenderunt de civitate palmarum, cum filiis Iuda in desertum sortis eius, quod est ad meridiem Arad, et habitaverunt cum eo.
The children of the Kenite, Moses’ brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.
17 Abiit autem Iudas cum Simeone fratre suo, et percusserunt simul Chananaeum qui habitabat in Sephaath, et interfecerunt eum. Vocatumque est nomen urbis, Horma, id est, anathema.
Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.
18 Cepitque Iudas Gazam cum finibus suis, et Ascalonem, atque Accaron cum terminis suis.
Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.
19 Fuitque Dominus cum Iuda, et montana possedit: nec potuit delere habitatores vallis, quia falcatis curribus abundabant.
Yahweh was with Judah, and drove out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
20 Dederuntque Caleb Hebron, sicut dixerat Moyses, qui delevit ex ea tres filios Enac.
They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there.
21 Iebusaeum autem habitatorem Ierusalem non deleverunt filii Beniamin: habitavitque Iebusaeus cum filiis Beniamin in Ierusalem, usque in praesentem diem.
The children of Benjamin didn’t drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22 Domus quoque Ioseph ascendit in Bethel, fuitque Dominus cum eis.
The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them.
23 Nam cum obsiderent urbem, quae prius Luza vocabatur,
The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)
24 viderunt hominem egredientem de civitate, dixeruntque ad eum: Ostende nobis introitum civitatis, et faciemus tecum misericordiam.
The watchers saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”
25 Qui cum ostendisset eis, percusserunt urbem in ore gladii: hominem autem illum, et omnem cognationem eius dimiserunt.
He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.
26 Qui dimissus, abiit in Terram Hethim, et aedificavit ibi civitatem, vocavitque eam Luzam: quae ita appellatur usque in praesentem diem.
The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
27 Manasses quoque non delevit Bethsan, et Thanac cum viculis suis, et habitatores Dor, et Ieblaam, et Mageddo cum viculis suis, coepitque Chananaeus habitare cum eis.
Manasseh didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
28 Postquam autem confortatus est Israel, fecit eos tributarios, et delere noluit.
When Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out.
29 Ephraim etiam non interfecit Chananaeum, qui habitabat in Gazer, sed habitavit cum eo.
Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
30 Zabulon non delevit habitatores Cetron, et Naalon: sed habitavit Chananaeus in medio eius, factusque est ei tributarius.
Zebulun didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor.
31 Aser quoque non delevit habitatores Accho, et Sidonis, Ahalab, et Achazib, et Helba, et Aphec, et Rohob:
Asher didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
32 habitavitque in medio Chananaei habitatoris illius terrae, nec interfecit eum.
but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they didn’t drive them out.
33 Nephthali quoque non delevit habitatores Bethsames, et Bethanath: et habitavit inter Chananaeum habitatorem Terrae, fueruntque ei Bethsamitae et Bethanitae tributarii.
Naphtali didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath became subject to forced labor.
34 Arctavitque Amorrhaeus filios Dan in monte, nec dedit eis locum ut ad planiora descenderent:
The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;
35 habitavitque in monte Hares, quod interpretatur testatio, in Aialon et Salebim. Et aggravata est manus domus Ioseph, factusque est ei tributarius.
but the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim. Yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to forced labor.
36 Fuit autem terminus Amorrhaei ab Ascensu Scorpionis, petra, et superiora loca.
The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
