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 alendis animalibus

And the children of Ruben and the children of Gad had a multitude of cattle, very great; and they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Galaad; and the place was a place for cattle:

2 venerunt ad Mosen et ad Eleazarum sacerdotem et principes multitudinis atque dixerunt

and the children of Ruben and the children of Gad came, and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,

3 Atharoth et Dibon et Iazer et Nemra Esbon et Eleale et Sabam et Nebo et Beon

Ataroth, and Daebon, and Jazer, and Namra, and Esebon, and Eleale, and Sebama, and Nabau, and Baean,

4 terram quam percussit Dominus in conspectu filiorum Israhel regionis uberrimae est ad pastum animalium et nos servi tui habemus iumenta plurima

the land which the Lord has delivered up before the children of Israel, is pasture land, and your servants have cattle.

5 precamurque si invenimus gratiam coram te ut des nobis famulis tuis eam in possessionem ne facias nos transire Iordanem

And they said, If we have found grace in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession, and do not cause us to pass over Jordan.

6 quibus respondit Moses numquid fratres vestri ibunt ad pugnam et vos hic sedebitis

And Moses said to the sons of Gad and the sons of Ruben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall you sit here?

7 cur subvertitis mentes filiorum Israhel ne transire audeant in locum quem eis daturus est Dominus

And why do you pervert the minds of the children of Israel, that they should not cross over into the land, which the Lord gives them?

8 nonne ita egerunt patres vestri quando misi de Cadesbarne ad explorandam terram

Did not your fathers thus, when I sent them from Cades Barne to spy out the land?

9 cumque venissent usque ad vallem Botri lustrata omni regione subverterunt cor filiorum Israhel ut non intrarent fines quos eis Dominus dedit

And they went up to the valley of the cluster, and spied the land, and turned aside the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land, which the Lord gave them.

10 qui iratus iuravit dicens

And the Lord was very angry in that day, and sware, 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 these men who came up out of Egypt from twenty years old and upward, who know good and evil, shall not see the land which I sware [to give] to Abraam and Isaac and Jacob, for they have not closely followed after me:

12 praeter Chaleb filium Iepphonne Cenezeum et Iosue filium Nun isti impleverunt voluntatem meam

save Caleb the son of Jephonne, who was set apart, and Joshua the son of Naue, for they closely followed after the Lord.

13 iratusque Dominus adversum Israhel circumduxit eum per desertum quadraginta annis donec consumeretur universa generatio quae fecerat malum in conspectu eius

And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and for forty years he caused them to wander in the wilderness, until all the generation which did evil in the sight of the Lord was extinct.

14 et ecce inquit vos surrexistis pro patribus vestris incrementa et alumni hominum peccatorum ut augeretis furorem Domini contra Israhel

Behold, you are risen up in the room of your fathers, a combination of sinful men, to increase yet farther the fierce wrath of the Lord against Israel.

15 qui si nolueritis sequi eum in solitudine populum derelinquet et vos causa eritis necis omnium

For you will turn away from him to desert him yet once more in the wilderness, and you will sin against this whole congregation.

16 at illi prope accedentes dixerunt caulas ovium fabricabimus et stabula iumentorum parvulis quoque nostris urbes munitas

And they came to him, and said, We will build here folds for our cattle, and cities for our possessions;

17 nos autem ipsi armati et accincti pergemus ad proelium ante filios Israhel donec introducamus eos ad loca sua parvuli nostri et quicquid habere possumus erunt in urbibus muratis propter habitatorum insidias

and we will arm ourselves and go as an advanced guard before the children of Israel, until we shall have brought them into their place; and our possessions shall remain in walled cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

18 non revertemur in domos nostras usquequo possideant filii Israhel hereditatem suam

We will not return to our houses till the children of Israel shall have been distributed, each to his own inheritance.

19 nec quicquam quaeremus trans Iordanem quia iam habemus possessionem nostram in orientali eius plaga

And we will not any longer inherit with them from the other side of Jordan and onwards, because we have our full inheritance on the side beyond Jordan eastward.

20 quibus Moses ait si facitis quod promittitis expediti pergite coram Domino ad pugnam

And Moses said to them, If you will do according to these words, if you will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle,

21 et omnis vir bellator armatus Iordanem transeat donec subvertat Dominus inimicos suos

and every one of you will pass over Jordan fully armed before the Lord, until his enemy be destroyed from before his face,

22 et subiciatur ei omnis terra tunc eritis inculpabiles et apud Dominum et apud Israhel et obtinebitis regiones quas vultis coram Domino

and the land shall be subdued before the Lord, then afterwards you shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and as regards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before the Lord.

23 sin autem quod dicitis non feceritis nulli dubium quin peccetis in Dominum et scitote quoniam peccatum vestrum adprehendet vos

But if you will not do so, you will sin against the Lord; and you shall know your sin, when afflictions shall come upon you.

24 aedificate ergo urbes parvulis vestris et caulas ac stabula ovibus ac iumentis et quod polliciti estis implete

And you shall build for yourselves cities for your store, and folds for your cattle; and you shall do that which proceeds out of your mouth.

25 dixeruntque filii Gad et Ruben ad Mosen servi tui sumus faciemus quod iubet dominus noster

And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as our lord commands.

26 parvulos nostros et mulieres et pecora ac iumenta relinquemus in urbibus Galaad

Our store, and our wives, and all our cattle shall be in the cities of Galaad.

27 nos autem famuli tui omnes expediti pergemus ad bellum sicut tu domine loqueris

But your servants will go over all armed and set in order before the Lord to battle, as [our] lord says.

28 praecepit ergo Moses Eleazaro sacerdoti et Iosue filio Nun et principibus familiarum per tribus Israhel et dixit ad eos

And Moses appointed to them [for judges] Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Naue, and the chiefs of the families of the tribes 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 sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad will pass over Jordan with you, every one armed for war before the Lord, and you shall subdue the land before you, then you shall give to them the land of Galaad for a possession.

30 sin autem noluerint transire vobiscum in terram Chanaan inter vos habitandi accipiant loca

But if they will not pass over armed with you to war before the Lord, then shall you cause to pass over their possessions and their wives and their cattle before you into the land of Chanaan, and they shall inherit with you in the land of Chanaan.

31 responderuntque filii Gad et filii Ruben sicut locutus est Dominus servis suis ita faciemus

And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad answered, saying, Whatsoever the Lord says to his servants, that 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 Chanaan, and you shall give us our inheritance beyond Jordan.

33 dedit itaque Moses filiis Gad et Ruben et dimidiae tribui Manasse filii Ioseph regnum Seon regis Amorrei et regnum Og regis Basan et terram eorum cum urbibus suis per circuitum

And Moses gave to them, even to the sons of Gad and the sons of Ruben, and to the half tribe of Manasse of the sons of Joseph, the kingdom of Seon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, the land and its cities with its coasts, the cities of the land round about.

34 igitur extruxerunt filii Gad Dibon et Atharoth et Aroer

And the sons of Gad built Daebon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

35 Etrothsophan et Iazer Iecbaa

and Sophar, and Jazer, and they set them up,

36 et Bethnemra et Betharan urbes munitas et caulas pecoribus suis

and Namram, and Baetharan, strong cities, and folds for sheep.

37 filii vero Ruben aedificaverunt Esbon et Eleale et Cariathaim

And the sons of Ruben built Esebon, and Eleale, and Kariatham,

38 et Nabo et Baalmeon versis nominibus Sabama quoque inponentes vocabula urbibus quas extruxerant

and Beelmeon, surrounded [with walls], and Sebama; and they called the names of the cities which they built, after their own names.

39 porro filii Machir filii Manasse perrexerunt in Galaad et vastaverunt eam interfecto Amorreo habitatore eius

And a son of Machir the son of Manasse went to Galaad, and took it, and destroyed the Amorite who lived in it.

40 dedit ergo Moses terram Galaad Machir filio Manasse qui habitavit in ea

And Moses gave Galaad to Machir the son of Manasse, and he lived there.

41 Iair autem filius Manasse abiit et occupavit vicos eius quos appellavit Avothiair id est villas Iair

And Jair the [son] of Manasse went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jair.

42 Nobe quoque perrexit et adprehendit Canath cum viculis suis vocavitque eam ex nomine suo Nobe

And Nabau went and took Caath and her villages, and called them Naboth after his name.