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 when the Canaanite, the king of 'Arad, who dwelt in the south, heard that Israel was coming by the way of the spies: he made an attack on Israel, and took from them some prisoners.
2 At Israel voto se Domino obligans, ait: Si tradideris populum istum in manu mea, delebo urbes eius.
And Israel made a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt but deliver this people into my hand, then will I devote their cities.
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 he delivered up the Canaanites; and they devoted them and their cities: and they called the name of the place Chormah.
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 they set forward from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people became impatient because of 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, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this miserable bread.
6 Quamobrem misit Dominus in populum ignitos serpentes, ad quorum plagas et mortes plurimorum,
And the Lord let loose against the people poisonous serpents, and they bit the people; and there died much people of Israel.
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 then came to Moses, and they said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away from us the serpents. And Moses prayed for the people.
8 et locutus est Dominus ad eum: Fac serpentem aeneum, et pone eum pro signo: qui percussus aspexerit eum, vivet.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thyself a serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that whoever is bitten shall look at it, and he shall live.
9 Fecit ergo Moyses SERPENTEM AeNEUM, et posuit eum pro signo: quem cum percussi aspicerent, sanabantur.
And Moses made a serpent of copper, and put it upon a pole; and it came to pass, that, when a serpent had bitten any man, and he looked up to the serpent of copper, he remained alive.
10 Profectique filii Israel castrametati sunt in Oboth.
And the children of Israel set forward, and encamped in Oboth.
11 Unde egressi fixere tentoria in Ieabarim, in solitudine, quae respicit Moab contra orientalem plagam.
And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at 'Iye-ha'abarim, in the wilderness, which is before Moab, toward the rising of the sun.
12 Et inde moventes, venerunt ad Torrentem Zared.
From there they set forward and encamped in the valley of Zered.
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.
From there they set forward, and encamped on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness, and which cometh out of the boundary of the Emorites; for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and between the Emorites.
14 Unde dicitur in libro bellorum Domini: Sicut fecit in Mari rubro, sic faciet in torrentibus Arnon.
Therefore mention is made in the book of the wars of the Lord, of Vaheb in Supha, and of the brooks of Arnon,
15 Scopuli torrentium inclinati sunt, ut requiescerent in Arnon, et recumberent in finibus Moabitarum.
And the descent of the brooks, that turneth toward Shebeth-'Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab;
16 Ex eo loco apparuit puteus, super quo locutus est Dominus ad Moysen: Congrega populum, et dabo ei aquam.
And from there to the well; this is the well where the Lord said unto Moses, Assemble the people and I will give them water.
17 Tunc cecinit Israel carmen istud: Ascendat puteus. Concinebant:
Then did Israel sing this song, Come up, O well; sing ye unto it:
18 Puteus, quem foderunt principes, et paraverunt duces multitudinis in datore legis, et in baculis suis. Profectique sunt de solitudine, Matthana.
Well, which the princes have dug, which the nobles of the people have hollowed out with the sceptre, with their staves; — and from the wilderness to Mattanah;
19 De Matthana in Nahaliel: de Nahaliel, in Bamoth.
And from Mattanah to Nachaliel; and from Nachaliel to Bamoth;
20 Bamoth, vallis est in regione Moab, in vertice Phasga, quod respicit contra desertum.
And from Bamoth to the valley, which is in the fields of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward the desert.
21 Misit autem Israel nuncios ad Sehon regem Amorrhaeorum, dicens:
And Israel sent messengers unto Sichon the king of the Emorites, saying,
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.
Let me pass through thy land; we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink the water of a well: by the king's highway will we go along, until we have passed thy border.
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.
But Sichon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border; and Sichon assembled all his people together; and went out against Israel into the wilderness; and he came to Yahaz, and fought 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 edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from Arnon unto Yabbok, even unto the children of 'Ammon; for the border of the children of 'Ammon was strong.
25 Tulit ergo Israel omnes civitates eius, et habitavit in urbibus Amorrhaei, in Hesebon scilicet, et viculis eius.
And Israel took all these cities; and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Emorites, in Cheshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
26 Urbs Hesebon fuit Sehon regis Amorrhaei, qui pugnavit contra regem Moab: et tulit omnem terram, quae ditionis illius fuerat, usque Arnon.
For Cheshbon was the city of Sichon the king of the Emorites; and he had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, up to the Arnon.
27 Idcirco dicitur in Proverbio: Venite in Hesebon, aedificetur, et construatur civitas Sehon:
Therefore said the poets, Come into Cheshbon, let the city of Sichon be built and established.
28 Ignis egressus est de Hesebon, flamma de oppido Sehon, et devoravit Ar Moabitarum, et habitatores excelsorum Arnon.
For a fire is gone out of Cheshbon, a flame from the city of Sichon: it hath consumed 'Ar-Moab, the men of the high places of the 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, O people of Kemosh: he hath suffered his sons to become fugitives, and his daughters to go into captivity, unto the king of the Emorites, Sichon.
30 Iugum ipsorum disperiit ad Hesebon usque Dibon, lassi pervenerunt in Nophe, et usque Medaba.
We have thrown them down; lost is Cheshbon even unto Dibon, and we have laid waste [all] up to Nophach, which reacheth unto Medeba.
31 Habitavit itaque Israel in Terra Amorrhaei.
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Emorites.
32 Misitque Moyses qui explorarent Iazer: cuius ceperunt viculos, et possederunt habitatores.
And Moses sent to spy out Ya'zer, and they captured the villages thereof, and drove out the Emorites that were there.
33 Verteruntque se, et ascenderunt per viam Basan, et occurrit eis Og rex Basan cum omni populo suo, pugnaturus in Edrai.
And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan; and 'Og, the king of Bashan, went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
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 unto Moses, Fear him not; for into thy hand have I delivered him, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do unto him as thou hast done unto Sichon, the king of the Emorites, who dwelt at Cheshbon.
35 Percusserunt igitur et hunc cum filiis suis, universumque populum eius usque ad internecionem, et possederunt terram illius.
And they smote him and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left unto him that escaped; and they took possession of his land.
