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 people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that look, the place was a place for livestock;

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

the people of Gad and the people of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,

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

"Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sibmah, and Nebo, and Beon,

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 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 ne 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; do not bring us over the Jordan."

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

Moses said to the people of Gad, and to the people of Reuben, "Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here?

7 cur subvertitis mentes filiorum Israhel 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 the LORD 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 Israhel 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 the LORD had given them.

10 qui iratus iuravit dicens

The LORD's anger was kindled 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 Chaleb filium Iepphonne Cenezeum 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 the LORD completely.'

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

The LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, who had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.

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

"Look, you have risen up in your fathers' place, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet 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 you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all this 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 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 be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to 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 to our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

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

For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward."

20 quibus Moses 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 the LORD to the war,

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

and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the LORD, until he has 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 the land is subdued before the LORD; then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless towards the LORD, and towards 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, look, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out.

24 aedificate ergo urbes parvulis vestris et caulas ac 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 Mosen servi tui sumus faciemus quod iubet dominus noster

The people of Gad and the people 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 the LORD to battle, as my lord says."

28 praecepit ergo Moses Eleazaro sacerdoti et Iosue filio Nun et principibus familiarum per tribus Israhel 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 ancestral houses 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 people of Gad and the people of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you; then you are to give them the land of Gilead for a possession.

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

But if they will not pass over with you armed to battle before the LORD, then you are to bring over their children and their wives and their flocks before you into the land of Canaan, and they are to 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 people of Gad and the people of Reuben answered, saying, "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 pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond 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

Moses gave to them, even to the people of Gad, and to the people 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 Atharoth et Aroer

The people of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

35 Etrothsophan et Iazer Iecbaa

and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,

36 et Bethnemra et Betharan urbes munitas et caulas pecoribus suis

and Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

37 filii vero Ruben aedificaverunt Esbon et Eleale et Cariathaim

The people of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,

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

and Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

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

The descendants of Makir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.

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

Moses gave Gilead to Makir the son of Manasseh; and he lived in it.

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

Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth Jair.

42 Nobe quoque perrexit et adprehendit Canath 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.