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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 of the children of Joseph fell from the Jordan by Jericho, unto the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho by the mount Beth-el,
2 le boake Betele mb’e Loze miary amy efe’ i Arký e Ata­rotey,
And [the boundary] went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the boundary of the Arkites 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 went down westward to the boundary of the Yaphleti, unto the border of Beth-choron the lower, and to Gezer; and its terminations were toward the sea.
4 Aa le nandrambe ty lova’ iareo i ana’ Iosefe rey: i Menasè naho i Efraime.
This did the children of Joseph, Menasseh and Ephraim, take as 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 [this] was the boundary of the children of Ephraim according to their families; and the boundary of their inheritance on the east side was 'Atroth-addar, up to Beth-choron 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 boundary went out toward the sea to Michmethath on the north; and the boundary fetched a compass eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Yanochah;
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 Yanochah to 'Ataroth, and to Na'arath, and touched on 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 Tappuach westward the border went out unto the brook Kanah; and its terminations were toward the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim after 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 [in addition to this] the cities which were separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Menasseh, 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 among the Ephraimites until this day, and became tributary servants.

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