Liber Numeri 32
1 Filii autem Ruben et Gad habebant pecora multa, et erat illis in iumentis infinita substantia. Cumque vidissent Iazer, et Galaad aptas animalibus alendis terras,
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a great number of cattle: and when they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle;
2 venerunt ad Moysen, et ad Elezarum sacerdotem, et principes multitudinis, atque dixerunt:
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the meeting,
3 Ataroth, et Dibon, et Iazer, et Nemra, Hesebon, et Eleale, et Saba, et Nebo, et Beon,
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4 terra, quam percussit Dominus in conspectu filiorum Israel, regio uberrima est ad pastum animalium: et nos servi tui habemus iumenta plurima:
The land which the Lord gave into the hands of the children of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle.
5 precamurque si invenimus gratiam coram te, ut des nobis famulis tuis eam in possessionem, nec facias nos transire Iordanem.
And they said, With your approval, let this land be given to your servants as their heritage: do not take us over Jordan.
6 Quibus respondit Moyses: Numquid fratres vestri ibunt ad pugnam, et vos hic sedebitis?
And Moses said to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben, Are your brothers to go to the war, while you take your rest here?
7 Cur subvertitis mentes filiorum Israel, ne transire audeant in locum, quem eis daturus est Dominus?
Why would you take from the children of Israel the desire to go over into the land which the Lord has given them?
8 nonne ita egerunt patres vestri, quando misi de Cadesbarne ad explorandam Terram?
So did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
9 Cumque venissent usque ad Vallem botri, lustrata omni regione, subverterunt cor filiorum Israel, ut non intrarent fines, quos eis Dominus dedit.
For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they took from the children of Israel the desire to go into the land which the Lord had given them.
10 Qui iratus iuravit, dicens:
And at that time the Lord was moved to wrath, and made an oath, saying,
11 Si videbunt homines isti, qui ascenderunt ex Aegypto a viginti annis et supra, Terram, quam sub iuramento pollicitus sum Abraham, Isaac, et Iacob: et noluerunt sequi me,
Truly, not one of the men of twenty years old and over who came out of Egypt will see the land which I gave by oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not been true to me with all their heart;
12 praeter Caleb filium Iephone Cenezaeum, et Iosue filium Nun: isti impleverunt voluntatem meam.
But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, the son of Nun: because they have been true to the Lord.
13 Iratusque Dominus adversum Israel, circumduxit eum per desertum quadraginta annis, donec consumeretur universa generatio, quae fecerat malum in conspectu eius.
Then the Lord was angry with Israel, and he made them wanderers in the waste land for forty years? till all that generation who had done evil in the eyes of the Lord was dead.
14 Et ecce, inquit, vos surrexistis pro patribus vestris, incrementa, et alumni hominum peccatorum, ut augeretis furorem Domini contra Israel.
And now you have come to take the place of your fathers, another generation of sinners, increasing the wrath of the Lord against Israel.
15 Quod si nolueritis sequi eum, in solitudine populum derelinquet, et vos causa eritis necis omnium.
For if you are turned away from him, he will send them wandering again in the waste land; and you will be the cause of the destruction of all this people.
16 At illi prope accedentes, dixerunt: Caulas ovium fabricabimus, et stabula iumentorum, parvulis quoque nostris urbes munitas:
Then they came to him, and said, We will make safe places for our cattle here, and towns for our little ones;
17 nos autem ipsi armati et accincti pergemus ad praelium ante filios Israel, donec introducamus eos ad loca sua. Parvuli nostri, et quidquid habere possumus, erunt in urbibus muratis, propter habitatorum insidias.
But we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel till we have taken them to their place: but our little ones will be safe in the walled towns against the people of the land.
18 Non revertemur in domos nostras, usque dum possideant filii Israel hereditatem suam:
We will not come back to our houses till every one of the children of Israel has come into his heritage.
19 nec quidquam quaeremus trans Iordanem, quia iam habemus nostram possessionem in orientali eius plaga.
For we will not have our heritage with them on the other side of Jordan and forward; because our heritage has come to us on this side of Jordan to the east.
20 Quibus Moyses ait: Si facitis quod promittitis, expediti pergite coram Domino ad pugnam:
Then Moses said to them, If you will do this, arming yourselves to go before the Lord to the war,
21 et omnis vir bellator armatus Iordanem transeat, donec subvertat Dominus inimicos suos,
Every armed man of you going across Jordan before the Lord till he has overcome and sent in flight all who are against him,
22 et subiiciatur ei omnis Terra: tunc eritis inculpabiles apud Dominum et apud Israel, et obtinebitis regiones, quas vultis coram Domino.
And the land is under the rule of the Lord: then after that you may come back, having done no wrong to the Lord and to Israel; and this land will be yours for your heritage before the Lord.
23 Sin autem quod dicitis, non feceritis, nulli dubium est quin peccetis in Deum: et scitote quoniam peccatum vestrum apprehendet vos.
But if you do not do this, then you are sinners against the Lord; and you may be certain that your sin will have its reward.
24 Aedificate ergo urbes parvulis vestris, et caulas, et stabula ovibus ac iumentis: et quod polliciti estis implete.
So get to work building your towns for your little ones, and safe places for your sheep; and do as you have said.
25 Dixeruntque filii Gad et Ruben ad Moysen: Servi tui sumus, faciemus quod iubet dominus noster.
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord says.
26 Parvulos nostros, et mulieres, et pecora, ac iumenta relinquemus in urbibus Galaad:
Our little ones, our wives, and our flocks, and all our cattle, will be there in the towns of Gilead;
27 nos autem famuli tui omnes expediti pergemus ad bellum, sicut tu domine loqueris.
But your servants will go over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to the fight, as my lord says.
28 Praecepit ergo Moyses Eleazaro sacerdoti, et Iosue filio Nun, et principibus familiarum per tribus Israel, et dixit ad eos:
So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel.
29 Si transierint filii Gad, et filii Ruben vobiscum Iordanem omnes armati ad bellum coram Domino, et vobis fuerit Terra subiecta: date eis Galaad in possessionem.
And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben go with you over Jordan, every man armed for the fight before the Lord, and all the land is given into your hands, then let them have the land of Gilead for a heritage:
30 Sin autem noluerint transire armati vobiscum in Terram Chanaan, inter vos habitandi accipiant loca.
But if they do not go over with you armed, they will have to take their heritage with you in the land of Canaan.
31 Responderuntque filii Gad, et filii Ruben: Sicut locutus est Dominus servis suis, ita faciemus:
Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.
32 ipsi armati pergemus coram Domino in Terram Chanaan, et possessionem iam suscepisse nos confitemur trans Iordanem.
We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and you will give us our heritage on this side of Jordan.
33 Dedit itaque Moyses filiis Gad et Ruben, et dimidiae tribui Manasse filii Ioseph regnum Sehon regis Amorrhaei, et regnum Og regis Basan, et terram eorum cum urbibus suis per circuitum.
So Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites and Og, king of Bashan, all the land with its towns and the country round them.
34 Igitur extruxerunt filii Gad, Dibon, et Ataroth, et Aroer,
And the children of Gad were the builders of Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer;
35 et Roth, et Sophan, et Iazer, et Iegbaa,
And Atroth-shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah;
36 et Bethnemra, et Betharan, urbes munitas, et caulas pecoribus suis.
And Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran: walled towns and shut-in places for sheep.
37 Filii vero Ruben aedificaverunt Hesebon, et Eleale, et Cariathaim,
And the children of Reuben were the builders of Heshbon and Elealeh and Kiriathaim;
38 et Nabo, et Baalmeon versis nominibus, Sabama quoque: imponentes vocabula urbibus, quas extruxerunt.
And Nebo and Baal-meon, (their names being changed, ) and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the towns they made.
39 Porro filii Machir filii Manasse perrexerunt in Galaad, et vastaverunt eam interfecto Amorrhaeo habitatore eius.
And the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and took it, driving out the Amorites who were living there.
40 Dedit ergo Moyses Terram Galaad Machir filio Manasse, qui habitavit in ea.
And Moses gave Gilead to Machir, the son of Manasseh; and he made it his living-place.
41 Iair autem filius Manasse abiit et occupavit vicos eius, quos appellavit Havoth Iair, id est, Villas Iair.
And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went and took the towns of Gilead, naming them Havvoth-Jair.
42 Nobe quoque perrexit, et apprehendit Chanath cum viculis suis: vocavitque eam ex nomine suo Nobe.
And Nobah went and took Kenath and its small towns, naming it Nobah, after himself.
