Josoa 16
1 Nitsatok’ am’ Iardene’ Ieriko le boak’amo rano’ Ierikoo maniñanañe mb’ am-patrambey miakatse boak’ Ieriko ao pak’ am-bohitse Betele mb’eo ty tsapake niazo’ Iosefe,
And the borders of the children of Joseph were from Jordan by Jericho eastward; and they will go up from Jericho to the hill country, to the wilderness, to Baethel Luza.
2 le boake Betele mb’e Loze miary amy efe’ i Arký e Atarotey,
And they will go out to Baethel, and will proceed to the borders of Achatarothi.
3 le miotake mizotso mb’ an-driake mb’ añ’efe’ Iafletý mb’eo, mb’ añ’efe’ i Bete-korone ambane, le mb’e Gezere mb’eo vaho mandoak’ an-driak’ añe.
And they will go across to the sea to the borders of Aptalim, as far as the borders of Baethoron the lower, and the going forth of them shall be to the sea.
4 Aa le nandrambe ty lova’ iareo i ana’ Iosefe rey: i Menasè naho i Efraime.
And the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasse, took their inheritance.
5 Zao ty efe’ o ana’ Efraimeo ty amo hasavereña’ iareoo; ty efe’ i lova’ iareo ami’ty ila’e atiñana boak’ Atarote-kadare, pake Bete-korone amboney;
And the borders of the children of Ephraim were according to their families, and the borders of their inheritance were eastward to Ataroth, and Eroc as far as Baethoron the upper, and Gazara.
6 le nimb’ ahandrefam-b’eo i efetse zay; i Mikmetà ty añ’ ila’e avaratse; maniñanañe amy zao i efetsey pake Taanate-silò añe, le milikoatse aze mb’ atiñana mb’e Ianoake mb’eo:
And the borders will proceed to the sea to Icasmon north of Therma; they will go round eastward to Thenasa, and Selles, and will pass on eastward to Janoca,
7 le boake Ianoake re mizotso mb’e Atarote naho mb’e Naarate naho mioza am’ Ieriko vaho mandoak’ am’ Iardeney mb’eo.
and to Macho, and Ataroth, and [these are] their villages; and they will come to Jericho, and will issue at Jordan.
8 Ie boake Tapoà eo, le miotake mañandrefa mb’an-driake mb’amy saka Kanày vaho mipotìtse amy riakey. Izay ty lovam-pifokoa’ o ana’ i Efraimeo ty amo hasavereña’eo,
And the borders will proceed from Tapho to the sea to Chelcana; and their termination will be at the sea; this [is] the inheritance of the tribe of Ephraim according to their families.
9 naho o rova navaheñe ho a’ o ana’ i Efraimeo amo ana’ i Menasèo, i rova iaby rey rekets’ o tanà’eo.
And the cities separated to the sons of Ephraim [were] in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasse, all the cities and their villages.
10 Tsy rinoa’ iareo o nte-Kanàne nimoneñe e Gezereo, fa tambatse añivo’ o nte-Efraimeo pake henaneo o nte-Kanàneo mitoroñe aman-kàba.
And Ephraim did not destroy the Chananite who lived in Gazer; and the Chananite lived in Ephraim until this day, until Pharao the king of Egypt went up and took it, and burnt it with fire; and the Chananites, and Pherezites, and the dwellers in Gaza they destroyed, and Pharao gave them for a dowry to his daughter.
