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 lot for the children of Joseph went out from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to the wilderness, even to Beth-el.
2 le boake Betele mb’e Loze miary amy efe’ i Arký e Atarotey,
And it went out from Beth-el-luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth.
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 it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, unto the border of Beth-horon the nether, even unto Gezer; and the goings out thereof were at the sea.
4 Aa le nandrambe ty lova’ iareo i ana’ Iosefe rey: i Menasè naho i Efraime.
And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, 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 border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus; even the border of their inheritance eastward was Atroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper.
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 border went out westward, Mich-methath being on the north; and the border turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah.
7 le boake Ianoake re mizotso mb’e Atarote naho mb’e Naarate naho mioza am’ Ieriko vaho mandoak’ am’ Iardeney mb’eo.
And it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached unto Jericho, and went out at the 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,
From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children 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.
together with the cities which were separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with 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 they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in the midst of Ephraim, unto this day, and became servants to do taskwork.
