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 very great multitude of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead. Behold, the place was a place for livestock.
2 venerunt ad Moysen, et ad Elezarum sacerdotem, et principes multitudinis, atque dixerunt:
Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,
3 Ataroth, et Dibon, et Iazer, et Nemra, Hesebon, et Eleale, et Saba, et Nebo, et Beon,
“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, 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 Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”
5 precamurque si invenimus gratiam coram te, ut des nobis famulis tuis eam in possessionem, nec facias nos transire Iordanem.
They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan.”
6 Quibus respondit Moyses: Numquid fratres vestri ibunt ad pugnam, et vos hic sedebitis?
Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
7 Cur subvertitis mentes filiorum Israel, ne transire audeant in locum, quem eis daturus est Dominus?
Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Yahweh has given them?
8 nonne ita egerunt patres vestri, quando misi de Cadesbarne ad explorandam Terram?
Your fathers did so 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 discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Yahweh had given them.
10 Qui iratus iuravit, dicens:
Yahweh’s anger burned in that day, and he swore, 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,
‘Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me,
12 praeter Caleb filium Iephone Cenezaeum, et Iosue filium Nun: isti impleverunt voluntatem meam.
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, because they have followed Yahweh completely.’
13 Iratusque Dominus adversum Israel, circumduxit eum per desertum quadraginta annis, donec consumeretur universa generatio, quae fecerat malum in conspectu eius.
Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation who had done evil in Yahweh’s sight was consumed.
14 Et ecce, inquit, vos surrexistis pro patribus vestris, incrementa, et alumni hominum peccatorum, ut augeretis furorem Domini contra Israel.
“Behold, you have risen up in your fathers’ place, an increase of sinful men, to increase the fierce anger of Yahweh toward Israel.
15 Quod si nolueritis sequi eum, in solitudine populum derelinquet, et vos causa eritis necis omnium.
For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all these people.”
16 At illi prope accedentes, dixerunt: Caulas ovium fabricabimus, et stabula iumentorum, parvulis quoque nostris urbes munitas:
They came near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities 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, until we have brought them to their place. Our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
18 Non revertemur in domos nostras, usque dum possideant filii Israel hereditatem suam:
We will not return to our houses until the children of Israel have all received their inheritance.
19 nec quidquam quaeremus trans Iordanem, quia iam habemus nostram possessionem in orientali eius plaga.
For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.”
20 Quibus Moyses ait: Si facitis quod promittitis, expediti pergite coram Domino ad pugnam:
Moses said to them: “If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to the war,
21 et omnis vir bellator armatus Iordanem transeat, donec subvertat Dominus inimicos suos,
and every one of your armed men will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh until he has driven out his enemies from before 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 subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you shall return, and be clear of obligation to Yahweh and to Israel. Then this land shall be your possession before Yahweh.
23 Sin autem quod dicitis, non feceritis, nulli dubium est quin peccetis in Deum: et scitote quoniam peccatum vestrum apprehendet vos.
“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out.
24 Aedificate ergo urbes parvulis vestris, et caulas, et stabula ovibus ac iumentis: et quod polliciti estis implete.
Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.”
25 Dixeruntque filii Gad et Ruben ad Moysen: Servi tui sumus, faciemus quod iubet dominus noster.
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.
26 Parvulos nostros, et mulieres, et pecora, ac iumenta relinquemus in urbibus Galaad:
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
27 nos autem famuli tui omnes expediti pergemus ad bellum, sicut tu domine loqueris.
but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before Yahweh to battle, 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 commanded concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ households 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.
Moses said to them, “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle before Yahweh, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;
30 Sin autem noluerint transire armati vobiscum in Terram Chanaan, inter vos habitandi accipiant loca.
but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”
31 Responderuntque filii Gad, et filii Ruben: Sicut locutus est Dominus servis suis, ita faciemus:
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, “As Yahweh 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 pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the 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.
Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan; the land, according to its cities and borders, even the cities of the surrounding land.
34 Igitur extruxerunt filii Gad, Dibon, et Ataroth, et Aroer,
The children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
35 et Roth, et Sophan, et Iazer, et Iegbaa,
Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
36 et Bethnemra, et Betharan, urbes munitas, et caulas pecoribus suis.
Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep.
37 Filii vero Ruben aedificaverunt Hesebon, et Eleale, et Cariathaim,
The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
38 et Nabo, et Baalmeon versis nominibus, Sabama quoque: imponentes vocabula urbibus, quas extruxerunt.
Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built.
39 Porro filii Machir filii Manasse perrexerunt in Galaad, et vastaverunt eam interfecto Amorrhaeo habitatore eius.
The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
40 Dedit ergo Moyses Terram Galaad Machir filio Manasse, qui habitavit in ea.
Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein.
41 Iair autem filius Manasse abiit et occupavit vicos eius, quos appellavit Havoth Iair, id est, Villas Iair.
Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair.
42 Nobe quoque perrexit, et apprehendit Chanath cum viculis suis: vocavitque eam ex nomine suo Nobe.
Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
