Liber Numeri 21
1 Quod cum audisset Chananaeus rex Arad, qui habitabat ad meridiem, venisse scilicet Israel per exploratorum viam, pugnavit contra illum, et victor existens, duxit ex eo praedam.
And Arad the Chananitish king who dwelt by the wilderness, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharin; and he made war on Israel, and carried off some of them captives.
2 At Israel voto se Domino obligans, ait: Si tradideris populum istum in manu mea, delebo urbes eius.
And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou wilt deliver this people into my power, I will devote it and its cities [to thee].
3 Exaudivitque Dominus preces Israel, et tradidit Chananaeum, quem ille interfecit subversis urbibus eius: et vocavit nomen loci illius Horma, id est, anathema.
And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered the Chananite into his power; and [Israel] devoted him and his cities, and they called the name of that place Anathema.
4 Profecti sunt autem et de monte Hor, per viam, quae ducit ad Mare rubrum, ut circumirent terram Edom. Et taedere coepit populum itineris ac laboris:
And having departed from mount Or by the way [leading] to the Red Sea, they compassed the land of Edom, and the people lost courage by the way.
5 locutusque contra Deum et Moysen, ait: Cur eduxisti nos de Aegypto, ut moreremur in solitudine? Deest panis, non sunt aquae: anima nostra iam nauseat super cibo isto levissimo.
And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, Why is this? Hast thou brought us ought of Egypt to slay us in the wilderness? for there is not bread nor water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
6 Quamobrem misit Dominus in populum ignitos serpentes, ad quorum plagas et mortes plurimorum,
And the Lord sent among the people deadly serpents, and they bit the people, and much people of the children of Israel died.
7 venerunt ad Moysen, atque dixerunt: Peccavimus, quia locuti sumus contra Dominum et te: ora ut tollat a nobis serpentes. Oravitque Moyses pro populo,
And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee: pray therefore to the Lord, and let him take away the serpent from us.
8 et locutus est Dominus ad eum: Fac serpentem aeneum, et pone eum pro signo: qui percussus aspexerit eum, vivet.
And Moses prayed to the Lord for the people; and the Lord said to Moses, Make thee a serpent, and put it on a signal-[staff]; and it shall come to pass that whenever a serpent shall bite a man, every one [so] bitten that looks upon it shall live.
9 Fecit ergo Moyses SERPENTEM AeNEUM, et posuit eum pro signo: quem cum percussi aspicerent, sanabantur.
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a signal-[staff]: and it came to pass that whenever a serpent bit a man, and he looked on the brazen serpent, he lived.
10 Profectique filii Israel castrametati sunt in Oboth.
And the children of Israel departed, and encamped in Oboth.
11 Unde egressi fixere tentoria in Ieabarim, in solitudine, quae respicit Moab contra orientalem plagam.
And having departed from Oboth, they encamped in Achalgai, on the farther side in the wilderness, which is opposite Moab, toward the east.
12 Et inde moventes, venerunt ad Torrentem Zared.
And thence they departed, and encamped in the valley of Zared.
13 Quem relinquentes castrametati sunt contra Arnon, quae est in deserto, et prominet in finibus Amorrhaei. siquidem Arnon terminus est Moab, dividens Moabitas et Amorrhaeos.
And they departed thence and encamped on the other side of Arnon in the wilderness, [the country] which extends from the coasts of the Amorites; for Arnon is the borders of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14 Unde dicitur in libro bellorum Domini: Sicut fecit in Mari rubro, sic faciet in torrentibus Arnon.
Therefore it is said in a book, A war of the Lord has set on fire Zoob, and the brooks of Arnon.
15 Scopuli torrentium inclinati sunt, ut requiescerent in Arnon, et recumberent in finibus Moabitarum.
And he has appointed brooks to cause Er to dwell [there]; and it lies near to the coasts of Moab.
16 Ex eo loco apparuit puteus, super quo locutus est Dominus ad Moysen: Congrega populum, et dabo ei aquam.
And thence [they came to] the well; this [is] the well of which the Lord said to Moses, Gather the people, and I will give them water to drink.
17 Tunc cecinit Israel carmen istud: Ascendat puteus. Concinebant:
Then Israel sang this song at the well, Begin [to sing] of the well;
18 Puteus, quem foderunt principes, et paraverunt duces multitudinis in datore legis, et in baculis suis. Profectique sunt de solitudine, Matthana.
the princes digged it, the kings of the nations in their kingdom, in their lordship sank it in the rock: and [they went] from the well to Manthanain,
19 De Matthana in Nahaliel: de Nahaliel, in Bamoth.
and from Manthanain to Naaliel, and from Naaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth to Janen, which is in the plain of Moab [as seen] from the top of the quarried [rock] that looks toward the wilderness.
20 Bamoth, vallis est in regione Moab, in vertice Phasga, quod respicit contra desertum.
And Moses sent ambassadors to Seon king of the Amorites, with peaceable words, saying,
21 Misit autem Israel nuncios ad Sehon regem Amorrhaeorum, dicens:
We will pass through thy land, we will go by the road; we will not turn aside to the field or to the vineyard.
22 Obsecro ut transire mihi liceat per terram tuam: non declinabimus in agros et vineas, non bibemus aquas ex puteis, via regia gradiemur, donec transeamus terminos tuos.
We will not drink water out of thy well; we will go by the king's highway, until we have past thy boundaries.
23 Qui concedere noluit ut transiret Israel per fines suos: quin potius exercitu congregato, egressus est obviam in desertum, et venit in Iasa, pugnavitque contra eum.
And Seon did not allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Seon gathered all his people, and went out to set the battle in array against Israel into the wilderness; and he came to Jassa, and set the battle in array against Israel.
24 A quo percussus est in ore gladii, et possessa est terra eius ab Arnon usque Ieboc, et filios Ammon: quia forti praesidio tenebantur termini Ammonitarum.
And Israel smote him with the slaughter of the sword, and they became possessors of his land, from Arnon to Jaboc, as far as the children of Amman, for Jazer is the borders of the children of Amman.
25 Tulit ergo Israel omnes civitates eius, et habitavit in urbibus Amorrhaei, in Hesebon scilicet, et viculis eius.
And Israel took all their cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Esebon, and in all cities belonging to it.
26 Urbs Hesebon fuit Sehon regis Amorrhaei, qui pugnavit contra regem Moab: et tulit omnem terram, quae ditionis illius fuerat, usque Arnon.
For Esebon is the city of Seon king of the Amorites; and he before fought against the king of Moab, and they took all his land, from Aroer to Arnon.
27 Idcirco dicitur in Proverbio: Venite in Hesebon, aedificetur, et construatur civitas Sehon:
Therefore say they who deal in dark speeches, Come to Esebon, that the city of Seon may be built and prepared.
28 Ignis egressus est de Hesebon, flamma de oppido Sehon, et devoravit Ar Moabitarum, et habitatores excelsorum Arnon.
For a fire has gone forth from Esebon, a flame from the city of Seon, and has consumed as far as Moab, and devoured the pillars of Arnon.
29 Vae tibi Moab, peristi popule Chamos. Dedit filios eius in fugam, et filias in captivitatem regi Amorrhaeorum Sehon.
Woe to thee, Moab; thou art lost, thou people of Chamos: their sons are sold for preservation, and their daughters are captives to Seon king of the Amorites.
30 Iugum ipsorum disperiit ad Hesebon usque Dibon, lassi pervenerunt in Nophe, et usque Medaba.
And their seed shall perish [from] Esebon to Daebon; and their women have yet farther kindled a fire against Moab.
31 Habitavit itaque Israel in Terra Amorrhaei.
And Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites.
32 Misitque Moyses qui explorarent Iazer: cuius ceperunt viculos, et possederunt habitatores.
And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took it, and its villages, and cast out the Amorite that dwelt there.
33 Verteruntque se, et ascenderunt per viam Basan, et occurrit eis Og rex Basan cum omni populo suo, pugnaturus in Edrai.
And having returned, they went up the road thhebraismat leads to Basan; and Og the king of Basan went forth to meet them, and all his people to war to Edrain.
34 Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Ne timeas eum, quia in manu tua tradidi illum, et omnem populum, ac terram eius: faciesque illi sicut fecisti Sehon regi Amorrhaeorum habitatori Hesebon.
And the Lord said to Moses, Fear him not; for I have delivered him and all his people, and all his land, into thy hands; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to Seon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Esebon.
35 Percusserunt igitur et hunc cum filiis suis, universumque populum eius usque ad internecionem, et possederunt terram illius.
And he smote him and his sons, and all his people, until he left none of his to be taken alive; and they inherited his land.
