UJoshuwa 15
1 Lenkatho yesizwe sabantwana bakoJuda ngokwensendo zabo yayisemngceleni weEdoma, inkangala yeZini ngeningizimu ephethelweni eningizimu.
And so, the lot of the sons of Judah, by their families, was this: from the border of Edom, to the desert of Sin toward the south, and even to the furthest part of the southern region.
2 Lomngcele wabo weningizimu wawusuka ephethelweni loLwandle lweTshwayi, kusukela ethekwini elikhangela eningizimu.
Its beginning was from the summit of the very salty sea, and from its bay, which looks toward the south.
3 Waphuma waya eningizimu emqansweni weAkirabimi, wedlulela eZini, wenyuka usuka eningizimu kusiya eKadeshi-Bhaneya, wedlulele eHezironi, wenyukele eAdari, uphendukele eKarika,
And it extends toward the ascent of the Scorpion, and it passes on to Sinai. And it ascends into Kadesh-barnea, and it passes through to Hezron, ascending to Addar, and encompassing Karka.
4 wedlulele eAzimoni, uphumele esifuleni seGibhithe; lokuphuma komngcele kwakuselwandle. Lo uzakuba ngumngcele wenu eningizimu.
And from there, it passes on to Azmon, and reaches to the torrent of Egypt. And its boundary shall be the great sea; this shall be the limit of the southern region.
5 Njalo umngcele wempumalanga wawuluLwandle lweTshwayi, kusiya ephethelweni leJordani. Lomngcele ehlangothini lwenyakatho wasukela ethekwini lolwandle, kusukela ephethelweni leJordani.
Yet truly, toward the east, the beginning shall be the very salty sea, even to the limit of the Jordan, and that which looks toward the north, from the bay of the sea, even to the same river Jordan.
6 Lomngcele wenyukela eBeti-Hogila, wedlula kusuka enyakatho kusiya eBeti-Araba; lomngcele wenyukela elitsheni likaBohani indodana kaRubeni.
And the border ascends into Beth-hoglah, and it crosses from the north into Beth-Arabah, ascending to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben.
7 Lomngcele wenyukela eDebiri kusuka esihotsheni seAkori, usiya enyakatho ukhangele eGiligali, omaqondana lomqanso weAdumimi, ongeningizimu kwesifula. Lomngcele wedlula usiya emanzini eEni-Shemeshi, lokuphuma kwawo kwakuseEni-Rogeli.
And it reaches as far as the borders of Debara, from the Valley of Achor, to the north, looking toward Gilgal, which is opposite the Ascent of Adummim, on the southern part of the torrent. And it crosses the waters that are called the Fountain of the Sun. And its exit shall be at the Fountain of Rogel.
8 Lomngcele wenyuka ngesihotsha sendodana kaHinomu usiya ehlangothini lwamaJebusi eningizimu, okuyiJerusalema. Lomngcele wenyukela engqongeni yentaba ephambi kwesihotsha seHinomu entshonalanga, elisephethelweni lesihotsha seziqhwaga enyakatho.
And it ascends by the steep valley of the son of Hinnom, from the side of the Jebusite, toward the south; this is Jerusalem. And from there, it raises itself to the top of the mountain, which is opposite Geennom to the west, at the top of the Valley of the Rephaim, to the north.
9 Lomngcele wagoba usuka engqongeni yentaba kuze kube semthonjeni wamanzi eNefitowa, waphumela emizini yentaba yeEfroni. Lomngcele wagoba usiya eBhahala, okuyiKiriyathi-Jeyarimi.
And it passes through, from the top of the mountain, even to the fountain of the Water of Nephtoah. And it continues on, as far as the villages of mount Ephron. And it inclines toward Baalah, which is Kiriath-jearim, that is, the City of Forests.
10 Lomngcele wabhoda usuka eBhahala ngentshonalanga waya entabeni yeSeyiri, wedlulele eceleni kwentaba yeJeyarimi, eyiKesaloni, wehlele eBeti-Shemeshi, wedlule eThiminathi.
And it circles from Baalah, to the west, as far as mount Seir. And it passes by the side of mount Jearim, to the north, into Chesalon. And it descends into Beth-shemesh, and it passes through to Timnah.
11 Lomngcele waphuma uye eceleni kweEkhironi enyakatho; lomngcele wagoba uye eShikeroni, wedlula intaba yeBhahala, waphumela eJabineli; lokuphuma komngcele kwakuselwandle.
And it continues on, toward the north, to a region beside Ekron. And it inclines toward Shikkeron, and it crosses to mount Baalah. And it extends into Jabneel, and the last part closes at the west with the great sea.
12 Lomngcele wentshonalanga wawululwandle olukhulu lokhumbi. Lo ngumngcele wabantwana bakoJuda inhlangothi zonke ngokwensendo zabo.
These are the borders of the sons of Judah, in their families, on all sides.
13 Wasemupha uKalebi indodana kaJefune isabelo phakathi kwabantwana bakoJuda, ngokomlayo weNkosi kuJoshuwa, iKiriyathi-Arba, uyise kaAnaki, eyiHebroni.
Yet truly, to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah, just as the Lord had instructed him: the City of Arba, the father of Anak, which is Hebron.
14 UKalebi wasexotsha elifeni amadodana amathathu kaAnaki asuke lapho, uSheshayi loAhimani loTalimayi, abantwana bakaAnaki.
And Caleb destroyed from it the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, of the stock of Anak.
15 Wasesenyuka esuka lapho waya kwabahlali beDebiri. Lebizo leDebiri kuqala laliyiKiriyathi-Seferi.
And ascending further from there, he came to the inhabitants of Debir, which before was called Kiriath-Sepher, that is, the City of Letters.
16 UKalebi wasesithi: Lowo otshaya iKiriyathi-Seferi, ayithumbe, ngizamupha uAkisa indodakazi yami abe ngumkakhe.
And Caleb said, “Whoever will have struck down Kiriath-Sepher, and will have seized it, I will give to him Achsah, my daughter, as wife.”
17 UOthiniyeli indodana kaKenazi, umnawakhe kaKalebi, waseyithumba; wasemnika uAkisa indodakazi yakhe ukuba ngumkakhe.
And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb, seized it. And he gave him Achsah, his daughter, as wife.
18 Kwasekusithi ekufikeni kwakhe wamkhuthaza ukuthi acele kuyise insimu; wasesehla kubabhemi, uKalebi wasesithi kuye: Ukhala ngani?
And as they were traveling together, she was urged by her husband that she ask her father for a field. And she sighed, as she was sitting on her donkey. And Caleb said to her, “What is it?”
19 Wasesithi: Ngipha isibusiso. Njengoba ungiphe ilizwe elomileyo, ngipha njalo imithombo yamanzi. Wasemnika imithombo engaphezulu lemithombo engaphansi.
But she answered: “Give a blessing to me. You have given to me a southern and dry land; join to it also a watered land.” And so Caleb gave to her the watered land above and below it.
20 Leli yilifa lesizwe sabantwana bakoJuda ngokwensendo zabo.
This is the possession of the tribe of the sons of Judah, by their families.
21 Lemizi esukela ekucineni kwesizwe sabantwana bakoJuda kusiya emngceleni weEdoma yile: IKabhiseyeli leEderi leJaguri
And the cities, from the furthest parts of the sons of Judah, beside the borders of Edom to the south, were: Kabzeel and Eder and Jagur,
22 leKina leDimona leAdada
and Kinah and Dimonah and Adadah,
23 leKedeshi leHazori leIthinani,
and Kadesh and Hazor and Ithnan,
24 iZifi leTelema leBeyalothi
Ziph and Telem and Bealoth,
25 leHazori-Hadatha leKeriyothi, iHezironi okuyiHazori,
new Hazor and Kerioth-Hezron, which is Hazor,
26 iAmama leShema leMolada
Amam, Shema, and Moladah,
27 leHazari-Gada leHeshimoni leBeti-Peleti
and Hazar-gaddah and Heshmon and Bethpelet,
28 leHazari-Shuwali leBherishebha leBiziyothiya,
and Hazar-shual and Beersheba and Biziothiah,
29 iBhahala leIyimi leEzema
and Baalah and Iim and Ezem,
30 leElitoladi leKesili leHorma
and Eltolad and Chesil and Hormah,
31 leZikilagi leMadimana leSansana
and Ziklag and Madmannah and Sansannah,
32 leLebayothi leShilihimi leEni leRimoni. Yonke imizi ingamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye lemizana yayo.
Lebaoth and Shilhim, and Ain and Rimmon. All the cities were twenty-nine, and their villages.
33 Esihotsheni: IEshitawoli leZora leAshina
Truly, in the plains, there were: Eshtaol and Zorah and Ashnah,
34 leZanowa leEni-Ganimi, iTapuwa leEnama,
and Zanoah and Engannim, and Tappuah and Enam,
35 iJarimuthi leAdulamu, iSoko leAzeka
and Jarmuth and Adullam, Socoh and Azekah,
36 leShaharayimi leAdithayimi leGedera leGederothayimi; imizi elitshumi lane lemizana yayo.
and Shaaraim and Adithaim, and Gederah and Gederothaim: fourteen cities, and their villages.
37 IZenani leHadasha leMigidali-Gadi
Zenan and Hadashah and Middalgad,
38 leDileyani leMizipa leJokhitheyeli,
Dilean and Mizpeh and Joktheel,
39 iLakishi leBhozikhathi leEgiloni
Lachish and Bozkath and Eglon,
40 leKhabhoni leLahimasa leKitilishi
Cabbon and Lahmam and Chitlish,
41 leGederothi, iBeti-Dagoni, leNahama, leMakeda; imizi elitshumi lesithupha lemizana yayo.
and Gederoth and Bethdagon, and Naamah and Makkedah: sixteen cities, and their villages.
42 ILibhina leEtheri leAshani
Libnah and Ether and Ashan,
43 leJifitha leAshina leNezibhi
Iphtah and Ashnah and Nezib,
44 leKeyila leAkizibi leMaresha; imizi eyisificamunwemunye lemizana yayo.
and Keilah and Achzib and Mareshah: nine cities, and their villages.
45 IEkhironi lemizi yayo lemizana yayo.
Ekron, with its towns and villages:
46 Kusukela eEkhironi kusiya elwandle, yonke eseceleni kweAshidodi lemizana yayo:
from Ekron, as far as the sea, all that inclines toward Ashdod, and its villages.
47 IAshidodi, imizi yayo lemizana yayo; iGaza, imizi yayo lemizana yayo; kusiya esifuleni seGibhithe, lolwandle olukhulu, lomngcele.
Ashdod, with its towns and villages. Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the torrent of Egypt, with the great sea as its border.
48 Lezintabeni: IShamiri leJatiri leSoko
And on the mountain, Shamir and Jattir and Socoh,
49 leDana leKiriyathi-Sana okuyiDebiri,
and Dannah, and Kiriath-Sannah, which is Debir,
50 leAnabi leEshithemo leAnimi
Anab and Eshtemoh and Anim,
51 leGosheni leHoloni leGilo; imizi elitshumi lanye lemizana yayo.
Goshen and Holon and Giloh: eleven cities, and their villages.
52 IArabi leDuma leEshani
Arab and Dumah and Eshan,
53 leJanimi leBeti-Tapuwa leAfeka
and Janim and Beth-Tappuah and Aphekah,
54 leHumta leKiriyathi-Arba, okuyiHebroni, leZiyori; imizi eyisificamunwemunye lemizana yayo.
Humtah and Kiriath-Arba, which is Hebron, and Zior: nine cities, and their villages.
55 IMayoni, iKharmeli leZifi leJuta
Maon and Carmel, and Ziph and Juttah,
56 leJizereyeli leJokideyama leZanoya,
Jezreel and Jokdeam and Zanoah,
57 iKayini, iGibeya leTimina; imizi elitshumi lemizana yayo.
Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities, and their villages.
58 IHalihuli, iBeti-Zuri leGedori
Halhul and Bethzur and Gedor,
59 leMarathi leBeti-Anothi leElitekoni; imizi eyisithupha lemizana yayo.
Maarath and Bethanoth and Eltekon: six cities, and their villages.
60 IKiriyathi-Bhali, okuyiKiriyathi-Jeyarimi, leRaba; imizi emibili lemizana yayo.
Kiriath-baal, which is Kiriath-jearim, the City of Forests, and Rabbah: two cities, and their villages.
61 Enkangala: IBeti-Araba, iMidini leSekaka
In the desert: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
62 leNibishani, lomuzi wetshwayi, leEngedi; imizi eyisithupha lemizana yayo.
and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and Engedi: six cities, and their villages.
63 Kodwa amaJebusi, abahlali beJerusalema, abantwana bakoJuda babengelakho ukuwaxotsha elifeni; ngakho amaJebusi ahlala labantwana bakoJuda eJerusalema kuze kube lamuhla.
But the sons of Judah were not able to destroy the Jebusite inhabitants of Jerusalem. And so the Jebusite lived with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem, even to the present day.
