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
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle; and they saw the land of Ya'zer, and the land of Gil'ad, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle.
2 venerunt ad Mosen et ad Eleazarum sacerdotem et principes multitudinis atque dixerunt
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came, and said unto Moses, and unto Elazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, as followeth,
3 Atharoth et Dibon et Iazer et Nemra Esbon et Eleale et Sabam et Nebo et Beon
'Ataroth, and Dibon, and Ya'zer, and Nimrah, and Cheshbon, and El'aleh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Be'on,
4 terram quam percussit Dominus in conspectu filiorum Israhel regionis uberrimae est ad pastum animalium et nos servi tui habemus iumenta plurima
The country which the Lord hath smitten before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and thy 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 thy eyes, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession: do not compel us to go over the Jordan.
6 quibus respondit Moses numquid fratres vestri ibunt ad pugnam et vos hic sedebitis
And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and unto the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to the war, and will ye sit here?
7 cur subvertitis mentes filiorum Israhel ne transire audeant in locum quem eis daturus est Dominus
And wherefore will you turn aside the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?
8 nonne ita egerunt patres vestri quando misi de Cadesbarne ad explorandam terram
Thus 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 Israhel ut non intrarent fines quos eis Dominus dedit
For they went up as far as the valley of Eshcol, and they saw the land, and then they turned aside the heart of the children of Israel, so that they would not go into the land which the Lord had given them.
10 qui iratus iuravit dicens
And the anger of the Lord was kindled on 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 that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
12 praeter Chaleb filium Iepphonne Cenezeum et Iosue filium Nun isti impleverunt voluntatem meam
Save Caleb the son of Yephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; for they have wholly followed 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 anger of the Lord was thus kindled against Israel, and he made them wander about in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation was spent, that had done the evil in the eyes of the Lord.
14 et ecce inquit vos surrexistis pro patribus vestris incrementa et alumni hominum peccatorum ut augeretis furorem Domini contra Israhel
And now, behold, ye are risen up in your father's stead, a new race of sinful men, to augment yet more the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.
15 qui si nolueritis sequi eum in solitudine populum derelinquet et vos causa eritis necis omnium
For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet longer leave them in the wilderness; and ye will thus be destruction to all this people.
16 at illi prope accedentes dixerunt caulas ovium fabricabimus et stabula iumentorum parvulis quoque nostris urbes munitas
And they came near unto him, and said, Sheepfolds will we build for our cattle here, and cities for our little ones;
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
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until that we have brought them unto their place; and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities, because of the inhabitants of the land.
18 non revertemur in domos nostras usquequo possideant filii Israhel hereditatem suam
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have acquired for themselves every man his inheritance.
19 nec quicquam quaeremus trans Iordanem quia iam habemus possessionem nostram in orientali eius plaga
For we will not take possession with them on the other side of the Jordan, and farther on: when our inheritance hath come to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.
20 quibus Moses ait si facitis quod promittitis expediti pergite coram Domino ad pugnam
And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will arm yourselves before the Lord for the war;
21 et omnis vir bellator armatus Iordanem transeat donec subvertat Dominus inimicos suos
And every armed man of you will go over the Jordan before the Lord, until he have driven out his enemies from before him;
22 et subiciatur ei omnis terra tunc eritis inculpabiles et apud Dominum et apud Israhel et obtinebitis regiones quas vultis coram Domino
And when, only after the land hath been subdued before the Lord, ye will return, and ye be thus guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel: then shall this land be yours 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 ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord; and ye shall experience the punishment of your sin which will overtake you.
24 aedificate ergo urbes parvulis vestris et caulas ac stabula ovibus ac iumentis et quod polliciti estis implete
Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and folds for your flocks; and that which hath proceeded out of your mouth shall ye do.
25 dixeruntque filii Gad et Ruben ad Mosen servi tui sumus faciemus quod iubet dominus noster
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said unto Moses, as followeth, Thy servants will do as my Lord commandeth.
26 parvulos nostros et mulieres et pecora ac iumenta relinquemus in urbibus Galaad
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall remain there in the cities of Gil'ad;
27 nos autem famuli tui omnes expediti pergemus ad bellum sicut tu domine loqueris
But thy servants will pass over, every one that is armed for the army, before the Lord, to the war, as my Lord speaketh.
28 praecepit ergo Moses Eleazaro sacerdoti et Iosue filio Nun et principibus familiarum per tribus Israhel et dixit ad eos
And Moses commanded concerning them Elazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chiefs of the 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 unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben do pass with you over the Jordan, every one that is armed for the war, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you: then shall ye give to them the land of Gil'ad for a possession;
30 sin autem noluerint transire vobiscum in terram Chanaan inter vos habitandi accipiant loca
But if they should not pass over armed with you, they shall take possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
31 responderuntque filii Gad et filii Ruben sicut locutus est Dominus servis suis ita faciemus
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, That which the Lord hath spoken concerning thy servants, even so will we do.
32 ipsi armati pergemus coram Domino in terram Chanaan et possessionem iam suscepisse nos confitemur trans Iordanem
We will indeed pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, while ours remaineth the possession of our inheritance on this side of the 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 unto them, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Menasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sichon, the king of the Emorites, and the kingdom of 'Og, the king of Bashan, the land, with its cities within the boundaries, the cities of the country round about.
34 igitur extruxerunt filii Gad Dibon et Atharoth et Aroer
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and 'Ataroth, and 'Aro'er,
35 Etrothsophan et Iazer Iecbaa
And 'Atroth-shophan, and Ya'zer, and Yogbehah.
36 et Bethnemra et Betharan urbes munitas et caulas pecoribus suis
And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fortified cities, and folds for flocks,
37 filii vero Ruben aedificaverunt Esbon et Eleale et Cariathaim
And the children of Reuben built Cheshbon, and El'aleh, and Kiryathayim,
38 et Nabo et Baalmeon versis nominibus Sabama quoque inponentes vocabula urbibus quas extruxerant
And Nebo, and Ba'al-me'on [their names being changed], and Shibmah; and they gave the former names unto the cities which they built.
39 porro filii Machir filii Manasse perrexerunt in Galaad et vastaverunt eam interfecto Amorreo habitatore eius
And the children of Machir the son of Menasseh went to Gil'ad, and conquered it, and dispossessed the Emorites who were in it.
40 dedit ergo Moses terram Galaad Machir filio Manasse qui habitavit in ea
And Moses gave Gil'ad unto Machir the son of Menasseh; and he dwelt therein.
41 Iair autem filius Manasse abiit et occupavit vicos eius quos appellavit Avothiair id est villas Iair
And Yair the son of Menasseh went and conquered the small towns thereof, and called them Chavoth-yair.
42 Nobe quoque perrexit et adprehendit Canath cum viculis suis vocavitque eam ex nomine suo Nobe
And Nobach went and conquered Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobach, after his own name.
