Liber Numeri 13
1 ibique locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Mitte viros, qui considerent Terram Chanaan, quam daturus sum filiis Israel, singulos de singulis tribubus, ex principibus.
Send for you men, and let them spy the land of the Chananites, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession; one man for a tribe, you shall send them away according to their families, every one of them a prince.
3 Fecit Moyses quod Dominus imperaverat, de deserto Pharan mittens principes viros, quorum ista sunt nomina.
And Moses sent them out of the wilderness of Pharan by the word of the Lord; all these [were] the princes of the sons of Israel.
4 De tribu Ruben, Sammua filium Zechur.
And these [are] their names: of the tribe of Ruben, Samuel the son of Zachur.
5 De tribu Simeon, Saphat filium Huri.
Of the tribe of Symeon, Saphat the son of Suri.
6 De tribu Iuda, Caleb filium Iephone.
Of the tribe of Judah, Chaleb the son of Jephonne.
7 De tribu Issachar, Igal filium Ioseph.
Of the tribe of Issachar, Ilaal the son of Joseph.
8 De tribu Ephraim, Osee filium Nun.
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Ause the son of Naue.
9 De tribu Beniamin, Phalti filium Raphu.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu.
10 De tribu Zabulon, Geddiel filium Sodi.
Of the tribe of Zabulon, Gudiel the son of Sudi.
11 De tribu Ioseph, sceptri Manasse, Gaddi filium Susi.
Of the tribe of Joseph of the sons of Manasse, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 De tribu Dan, Ammiel filium Gemalli.
Of the tribe of Dan, Amiel the son of Gamali.
13 De tribu Aser, Sthur filium Michael.
Of the tribe of Aser, Sathur the son of Michael.
14 De tribu Nephthali, Nahabi filium Vapsi.
Of the tribe of Nephthali, Nabi the son of Sabi.
15 De tribu Gad, Guel filium Machi.
Of the tribe of Gad, Gudiel the son of Macchi.
16 haec sunt nomina virorum, quos misit Moyses ad considerandam Terram: vocavitque Osee filium Nun, Iosue.
These [are] the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Ause the son of Naue, Joshua.
17 misit ergo eos Moyses ad considerandam Terram Chanaan, et dixit ad eos: Ascendite per meridianam plagam. Cumque veneritis ad montes,
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Chanaan, and said to them, Go up by this wilderness; and you shall go up to the mountain,
18 considerate Terram, qualis sit: et populum qui habitator est eius, utrum fortis sit an infirmus: si pauci numero an plures:
and you shall see the land, what it is, and the people that dwells on it, whether it is strong or weak, or [whether] they are few or many.
19 ipsa terra, bona an mala: urbes quales, muratae an absque muris:
And what the land is on which they dwell, [whether] it is good or bad; and what the cities are wherein these dwell, whether they dwell in walled [cities] or unwalled.
20 humus, pinguis an sterilis, nemorosa an absque arboribus. Confortamini, et afferte nobis de fructibus Terrae. Erat autem tempus quando iam praecoquae uvae vesci possunt.
And what the land is, whether rich or poor; whether there are trees in it or no: and you shall persevere and take of the fruits of the land: and the days [were] the days of spring, the forerunners of the grape.
21 Cumque ascendissent, exploraverunt Terram a deserto Sin, usque Rohob intrantibus Emath.
And they went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Sin to Rhoob, as men go in to Aemath.
22 Ascenderuntque ad meridiem, et venerunt in Hebron, ubi erant Achiman et Sisai et Tholmai filii Enac. nam Hebron septem annis ante Tanim urbem Aegypti condita est.
And they went up by the wilderness, and departed as far as Chebron; and there [was] Achiman, and Sessi, and Thelami, the progeny of Enach. Now Chebron was built seven years before Tanin of Egypt.
23 Pergentesque usque ad Torrentem botri, absciderunt palmitem cum uva sua, quem portaverunt in vecte duo viri. De malis quoque granatis et de ficis loci illius tulerunt:
And they came to the valley of the cluster and surveyed it; and they cut down thence a bough and one cluster of grapes upon it, and bore it on staves, and [they took] of the pomegranates and the figs.
24 qui appellatus est Nehelescol, id est Torrens botri, eo quod botrum portassent inde filii Israel.
And they called that place, The valley of the cluster, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 Reversique exploratores Terrae post quadraginta dies, omni regione circuita,
And they returned from thence, having surveyed the land, after forty days.
26 venerunt ad Moysen et Aaron et ad omnem coetum filiorum Israel in desertum Pharan, quod est in Cades. Locutique eis et omni multitudini ostenderunt fructus Terrae:
And they proceeded and came to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Pharan Cades; and they brought word to them and to all the congregation, and they showed the fruit of the land:
27 et narraverunt, dicentes: Venimus in Terram, ad quam misisti nos, quae revera fluit lacte et melle, ut ex his fructibus cognosci potest:
and they reported to him, and said, We came into the land into which you sent us, a land flowing with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
28 sed cultores fortissimos habet, et urbes grandes atque muratas. Stirpem Enac vidimus ibi.
Only the nation that dwells upon it is bold, and they have very great and strong walled towns, and we saw there the children of Enach.
29 Amalec habitat in meridie, Hethaeus et Iebusaeus et Amorrhaeus in montanis: Chananaeus vero moratur iuxta mare et circa fluenta Iordanis.
And Amalec dwells in the land toward the south: and the Chettite and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwells in the hill country: and the Chananite dwells by the sea, and by the river Jordan.
30 Inter haec Caleb compescens murmur populi, qui oriebatur contra Moysen, ait: Ascendamus, et possideamus Terram, quoniam poterimus obtinere eam.
And Chaleb stayed the people from speaking before Moses, and said to him, Nay, but we will go up by all means, and will inherit it, for we shall surely prevail against them.
31 Alii vero, qui fuerant cum eo, dicebant: Nequaquam ad hunc populum valemus ascendere, quia fortior nobis est.
But the men that went up together with him said, We will not go up, for we shall not by any means be able to go up against the nation, for it is much stronger than we.
32 Detraxeruntque Terrae, quam inspexerant, apud filios Israel, dicentes: Terra, quam lustravimus, devorat habitatores suos: populus, quem aspeximus, procerae staturae est.
And they brought a horror of that land which they surveyed upon the children of Israel, saying, The land which we passed by to survey it, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of extraordinary stature.
33 Ibi vidimus monstra quaedam filiorum Enac de genere giganteo: quibus comparati, quasi locustae videbamur.
And there we saw the giants; and we were before them as locusts, yes even so were we before them.
