Liber Numeri 13
1 ibique locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
2 Mitte viros, qui considerent Terram Chanaan, quam daturus sum filiis Israel, singulos de singulis tribubus, ex principibus.
'Send for thee men, and they spy the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; one man, one man for the tribe of his fathers ye do send, every one a prince among them.'
3 Fecit Moyses quod Dominus imperaverat, de deserto Pharan mittens principes viros, quorum ista sunt nomina.
And Moses sendeth them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of Jehovah; all of them [are] men, heads of the sons of Israel they are,
4 De tribu Ruben, Sammua filium Zechur.
and these their names: For the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur.
5 De tribu Simeon, Saphat filium Huri.
For the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori.
6 De tribu Iuda, Caleb filium Iephone.
For the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh.
7 De tribu Issachar, Igal filium Ioseph.
For the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph.
8 De tribu Ephraim, Osee filium Nun.
For the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea, son of Nun.
9 De tribu Beniamin, Phalti filium Raphu.
For the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu.
10 De tribu Zabulon, Geddiel filium Sodi.
For the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi.
11 De tribu Ioseph, sceptri Manasse, Gaddi filium Susi.
For the tribe of Joseph, (for the tribe of Manasseh, ) Gaddi son of Susi.
12 De tribu Dan, Ammiel filium Gemalli.
For the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli.
13 De tribu Aser, Sthur filium Michael.
For the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael.
14 De tribu Nephthali, Nahabi filium Vapsi.
For the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi.
15 De tribu Gad, Guel filium Machi.
For the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
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 hath sent to spy the land; and Moses calleth Hoshea son of Nun, Jehoshua.
17 misit ergo eos Moyses ad considerandam Terram Chanaan, et dixit ad eos: Ascendite per meridianam plagam. Cumque veneritis ad montes,
And Moses sendeth them to spy the land of Canaan, and saith unto them, 'Go ye up this [way] into the south, and ye have gone up the mountain,
18 considerate Terram, qualis sit: et populum qui habitator est eius, utrum fortis sit an infirmus: si pauci numero an plures:
and have seen the land what it [is], and the people which is dwelling on it, whether it [is] strong or feeble; whether it [is] few or many;
19 ipsa terra, bona an mala: urbes quales, muratae an absque muris:
and what the land [is] in which it is dwelling, whether it [is] good or bad; and what [are] the cities in which it is dwelling, whether in camps or in fortresses;
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 it [is] fat or lean; whether there is wood in it or not; and ye have strengthened yourselves, and have taken of the fruit of the land;' and the days [are] days of the first-fruits of grapes.
21 Cumque ascendissent, exploraverunt Terram a deserto Sin, usque Rohob intrantibus Emath.
And they go up and spy the land, from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob at the going in to Hamath;
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 go up by the south, and come in unto Hebron, and there [are] Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, children of Anak (and Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in 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 come in unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch and one cluster of grapes, and they bear it on a staff by two, also [some] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24 qui appellatus est Nehelescol, id est Torrens botri, eo quod botrum portassent inde filii Israel.
That place hath [one] called Brook of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut from thence.
25 Reversique exploratores Terrae post quadraginta dies, omni regione circuita,
And they turn back from spying the land at the end of 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 go and come in unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto all the company of the sons of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they bring them and all the company back word, and shew them 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 recount to him, and say, 'We came in unto the land whither thou hast sent us, and also it [is] flowing with milk and honey — and this [is] its fruit;
28 sed cultores fortissimos habet, et urbes grandes atque muratas. Stirpem Enac vidimus ibi.
only, surely the people which is dwelling in the land [is] strong; and the cities are fenced, very great; and also children of Anak we have seen there.
29 Amalec habitat in meridie, Hethaeus et Iebusaeus et Amorrhaeus in montanis: Chananaeus vero moratur iuxta mare et circa fluenta Iordanis.
Amalek is dwelling in the land of the south, and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite is dwelling in the hill country, and the Canaanite is dwelling by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.'
30 Inter haec Caleb compescens murmur populi, qui oriebatur contra Moysen, ait: Ascendamus, et possideamus Terram, quoniam poterimus obtinere eam.
And Caleb stilleth the people concerning Moses, and saith, 'Let us certainly go up — and we have possessed it; for we are thoroughly able for it.'
31 Alii vero, qui fuerant cum eo, dicebant: Nequaquam ad hunc populum valemus ascendere, quia fortior nobis est.
And the men who have gone up with him said, 'We are not able to go up against the people, for it [is] 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 bring out an evil account of the land which they have spied unto the sons of Israel, saying, 'The land into which we passed over to spy it, is a land eating up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in its midst [are] men of stature;
33 Ibi vidimus monstra quaedam filiorum Enac de genere giganteo: quibus comparati, quasi locustae videbamur.
and there we saw the Nephilim, sons of Anak, of the Nephilim; and we are in our own eyes as grasshoppers; and so we were in their eyes.'
