Amanani 13
1 INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi:
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
2 Zithumele amadoda ukuthi ahlole ilizwe leKhanani engibapha lona abantwana bakoIsrayeli; uthume indoda eyodwa yaleso lalesosizwe saboyise, yonke eyinduna phakathi kwabo.
“Send some men to examine the land of Canaan, which I have given to the people of Israel. Send a man from every tribe of their ancestors. Each man must be a leader among them.”
3 UMozisi wawathuma-ke esuka enkangala yeParani, ngokomlayo weNkosi; wonke lawomadoda ayezinhloko zabantwana bakoIsrayeli.
Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, so that they might obey Yahweh's command. All of them were leaders among the people of Israel.
4 Lala ngamabizo awo; owesizwe sakoRubeni, uShamuwa indodana kaZakuri.
These were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
5 Owesizwe sakoSimeyoni, uShafati indodana kaHori.
from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6 Owesizwe sakoJuda, uKalebi indodana kaJefune.
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
7 Owesizwe sakoIsakari, uIgali indodana kaJosefa.
from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8 Owesizwe sakoEfrayimi, uHoseya indodana kaNuni.
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
9 Owesizwe sakoBhenjamini, uPaliti indodana kaRafu.
from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10 Owesizwe sakoZebuluni, uGadiyeli indodana kaSodi.
from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
11 Owesizwe sakoJosefa, owesizwe sakoManase, uGadi indodana kaSusi.
from the tribe of Joseph (that is to say, from the tribe Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
12 Owesizwe sakoDani, uAmiyeli indodana kaGemali.
from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
13 Owesizwe sakoAsheri, uSethuri indodana kaMikayeli.
from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14 Owesizwe sakoNafithali, uNabi indodana kaVofisi.
from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
15 Owesizwe sakoGadi, uGewuweli indodana kaMaki.
from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.
16 La ngamabizo amadoda uMozisi awathumayo ukuhlola ilizwe. UMozisi wasembiza uHoseya indodana kaNuni ngokuthi nguJoshuwa.
These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to examine the land. Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name of Joshua.
17 UMozisi wasewathuma ukuhlola ilizwe leKhanani, wathi kuwo: Yenyukani lapha liye eningizimu, lenyukele entabeni,
Moses sent them to examine the land of Canaan. He said to them, “Approach from the Negev and go up into the hill country.
18 libone ilizwe ukuthi linjani, labantu abakhileyo kulo ukuthi balamandla kumbe babuthakathaka, balutshwana kumbe banengi yini,
Examine the land to see what it is like. Observe the people who live there, whether they are strong or weak, and whether they are few or many.
19 lokuthi linjani ilizwe abahlala kulo, loba lihle loba libi, lokuthi injani imizi abahlala kiyo, loba izinkamba loba izinqaba,
See what the land is like where they live. Is it good or bad? What cities are there? Are they like camps, or are they fortified cities?
20 lokuthi ilizwe linjani, loba livundile loba lilugwadule, lokuthi lilezihlahla loba hayi. Manini isibindi, lithathe okwesithelo selizwe. Lalesisikhathi kwakuyisikhathi sezithelo zokuqala zevini.
See what the land is like, whether it is good for growing crops or not, and whether there are trees there or not. Be brave and bring back samples of the land's produce.” Now the time was the season for the first ripe grapes.
21 Basebesenyuka, balihlola ilizwe kusukela enkangala yeZini kuze kube seRehobi, ekungeneni eHamathi.
So the men went up and examined the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo Hamath.
22 Benyuka-ke ngeningizimu bafika eHebroni, lapho kwakulaboAhimani, uSheshayi, loTalimayi, abantwana bakaAnaki. IHebroni lakhiwa-ke iminyaka eyisikhombisa kungakabi leZowani eGibhithe.
They went up from the Negev and arrived at Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, clans descended from Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
23 Basebefika esihotsheni seEshikoli; baquma khona ugatsha olulehlukuzo elilodwa lezithelo zevini, baluthwalisana ngesigodo ngababili, lokwamapomegranati lokwemikhiwa.
When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut down a branch with a cluster of grapes. They carried it on a staff between two of their group. They also brought pomegranates and figs.
24 Leyondawo kwathiwa yisihotsha seEshikoli, ngenxa yehlukuzo abantwana bakoIsrayeli abaliqumayo lapho.
That place was named the Valley of Eshkol, because of the grape cluster that the people of Israel cut down there.
25 Basebebuya bevela ekuhloleni ilizwe ekupheleni kwensuku ezingamatshumi amane.
After forty days, they returned from examining the land.
26 Basebehamba bafika kuMozisi lakuAroni lakunhlangano yonke yabantwana bakoIsrayeli enkangala yeParani, eKadeshi; basebebuyisela umbiko kubo lakunhlangano yonke, basebebatshengisa isithelo selizwe.
They came back to Moses, Aaron, and all the community of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the community, and showed them the produce from the land.
27 Basebembikela bathi: Safika elizweni owasithuma kulo; njalo ngeqiniso, ligeleza uchago loluju; lalesi yisithelo salo.
They told Moses, “We reached the land to which you sent us. It certainly flows with milk and honey. Here is some produce from it.
28 Kodwa-ke abantu abahlala elizweni balamandla, lemizi ibiyelwe ngemithangala, mikhulu kakhulu; njalo-ke sibone khona inzalo kaAnaki.
However, the people who make their homes there are strong. The cities are fortified and very large. We also saw descendants of Anak there.
29 AmaAmaleki akhile elizweni leningizimu; lamaHethi lamaJebusi lamaAmori akhile entabeni; lamaKhanani akhile elwandle leceleni kweJordani.
The Amalekites live in the Negev. The Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites have their homes in the hill country. The Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan River.”
30 UKalebi wasethulisa abantu phambi kukaMozisi, wathi: Asenyukeni lokwenyuka, sidle ilifa lalo, ngoba silamandla okulinqoba.
Then Caleb silenced the people who were before Moses and said, “Let us go up and take possession of the land, for we are certainly able to conquer it.”
31 Kodwa amadoda ayenyuke laye athi: Kasilamandla okwenyukela kulabobantu, ngoba balamandla kulathi.
But the other men who had gone with him said, “We are not able to attack the people because they are stronger than we are.”
32 Basebeveza umbiko omubi ngelizwe ababelihlolile ebantwaneni bakoIsrayeli besithi: Ilizwe esidabule kulo ukulihlola yilizwe elidla abantu abahlala kulo; labantu bonke esababona phakathi kwalo bangamadoda amade kakhulu.
So they spread around a discouraging report to the people of Israel about the land that they had examined. They said, “The land that we looked at is a land that eats up its inhabitants. All the people whom we saw there are people of great height.
33 Lalapho sibone iziqhwaga, amadodana kaAnaki, avela eziqhwageni. Lemehlweni ethu sasinjengentethe, sasinjalo lemehlweni azo.
There we saw giants, descendants of Anak, people who came from giants. In our own sight we were like grasshoppers in comparison with them, and this is what we were in their sight, too.”
