Amanani 21
1 Kwathi inkosi yeAradi, umKhanani, eyayihlala eningizimu, isizwa ukuthi uIsrayeli uyeza ngendlela yabahloli, yalwa imelene loIsrayeli yathumba abanye kubo.
And when king Arad the Chanaanite, who dwelt towards the south, had heard this, to wit, that Israel was come by the way of the spies, he fought against them, and overcoming them carried off their spoils.
2 UIsrayeli wathembisa isithembiso eNkosini wathi: Uba unikela lokunikela lababantu esandleni sami, ngizatshabalalisa imizi yabo.
But Israel binding himself by vow to the Lord, said: It thou wilt deliver this people into my hand, I will utterly destroy their cities.
3 INkosi yasisizwa ilizwi likaIsrayeli, yanikela amaKhanani, wawatshabalalisa lemizi yawo; ngakho wabiza ibizo laleyondawo ngokuthi yiHorma.
And the Lord heard the prayers of Israel, and delivered up the Chanaanite, and they cut them off and destroyed their cities: and they called the name of that place Horma, that is to say, Anathema.
4 Basebesuka entabeni yeHori, ngendlela yoLwandle oluBomvu ukuze baceze ilizwe leEdoma; lomphefumulo wabantu wadinwa endleleni.
And they marched from mount Hor, by the way that leadeth to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom. And the people began to be weary of their journey and labour:
5 Abantu basebekhuluma bemelene loNkulunkulu njalo bemelene loMozisi bathi: Lasenyuselani lisikhupha eGibhithe ukuze sifele enkangala? Ngoba kakulasinkwa njalo kakulamanzi, futhi umphefumulo wethu unengwa yilesisinkwa esilula.
And speaking against God and Moses, they said: Why didst thou bring us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, nor have we any waters: our soul now loatheth this very light food.
6 INkosi yasithuma inyoka ezilokutshisa phakathi kwabantu, zasezibaluma abantu, njalo kwafa abantu abanengi koIsrayeli.
Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit them and killed many of them.
7 Ngakho abantu beza kuMozisi bathi: Sonile, ngoba sikhulume simelene leNkosi njalo simelene lawe; khuleka eNkosini ukuze isuse izinyoka kithi. UMozisi wasebakhulekela abantu.
Upon which they came to Moses, and said: We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and thee: pray that he may take away these serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
8 INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Zenzele inyoka elomlilo, uyibeke esigodweni; njalo kuzakuthi wonke olunyiweyo, nxa eyikhangela, uzaphila.
And the Lord said to him: Make brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: whosoever being struck shall look on it, shall live.
9 UMozisi wasesenza inyoka yethusi, wayibeka esigodweni; kwasekusithi lapho inyoka ilume loba nguwuphi umuntu, uba ekhangele inyoka yethusi, waphila.
Moses therefore made a brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: which when they that were bitten looked upon, they were healed.
10 Njalo abantwana bakoIsrayeli basuka bamisa inkamba eObothi.
And the children of Israel setting forwards camped in Oboth.
11 Basuka eObothi, bamisa inkamba eIye-Abarimi enkangala emaqondana lakoMowabi lapho okuphuma khona ilanga.
And departing thence they pitched their tents in Jeabarim, in the wilderness, that faceth Moab toward the east.
12 Basuka lapho, bamisa inkamba esigodini seZeredi.
And removing from thence, they came to the torrent Zared:
13 Basuka lapho, bamisa inkamba ngale kweArinoni esenkangala ephuma emingceleni yamaAmori; ngoba iArinoni lingumngcele wakoMowabi, phakathi kweMowabi lamaAmori.
Which they left and encamped over against Arnon, which is in the desert and standeth out on the borders of the Amorrhite. For Arnon is the border of Moab, dividing the Moabites and the Amorrhites.
14 Ngakho kuthiwa egwalweni lwezimpi zeNkosi: IWahebi eseSufa, lezifula zeArinoni,
Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord: As he did in the Red Sea, so will he do in the streams of Amen.
15 leliwa lezifula elehlela endaweni yeAri, lisekele umngcele wakoMowabi.
The rocks of the torrents were bowed down that they might rest in Ar, and lie down in the borders of the Moabites.
16 Basebesuka lapho baya eBeri; lo ngumthombo iNkosi eyakhuluma ngawo kuMozisi yathi: Buthanisa abantu, ngizabanika-ke amanzi.
When they went from that place, the well appeared whereof the Lord said to Moses: Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17 Khona uIsrayeli wahlabela lingoma ethi: Mpompoza, mthombo! Hlabelelani kuwo,
Then Israel sung this song: Let the well spring up. They sung thereto:
18 umthombo ezawugebhayo iziphathamandla, ezawugebhayo izikhulu zabantu, ngomnikumthetho, ngendondolo zazo. Basebesuka enkangala baya eMathana.
The well, which the princes dug, and the chiefs of the people prepared by the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staves. And they marched from the wilderness to Mathana.
19 Besuka eMathana baya eNahaliyeli; besuka eNahaliyeli baya eBamothi;
From Mathana unto Nahaliel: from Nahaliel unto Bamoth.
20 besuka eBamothi esigodini esisemhlabeni wakoMowabi, engqongeni yePisiga ekhangele inkangala.
From Bamoth, is a valley in the country of Moab, to the top of Phasga, which looked towards the desert.
21 UIsrayeli wasethuma izithunywa kuSihoni inkosi yamaAmori, esithi:
And Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of the Amorrhites, saying:
22 Ake ngidabule elizweni lakho; kasiyikuphambukela emasimini loba ezivinini; kasiyikunatha amanzi omthombo; sizahamba ngomgwaqo wenkosi, size sedlule imingcele yakho.
I beseech thee that I may have leave to pass through thy land: we will not go aside into the fields or the vineyards, we will not drink waters of the wells, we will go the king’s highway, till we be past thy borders.
23 Kodwa uSihoni kamvumelanga uIsrayeli ukudabula umngcele wakhe, kodwa uSihoni wabuthanisa bonke abantu bakhe, waphuma ukumelana loIsrayeli enkangala, wafika eJahazi, walwa emelene loIsrayeli.
And he would not grant that Israel should pass by his borders: but rather gathering an army, went forth to meet them in the desert, and came to Jasa, and fought against them.
24 UIsrayeli wamtshaya ngobukhali benkemba, waba ngumnikazi welizwe lakhe kusukela eArinoni kuze kube seJaboki, kuze kube sebantwaneni bakoAmoni, ngoba umngcele wabantwana bakoAmoni wawuqinile.
And he was slain by them with the edge of the sword, and they possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jeboc, and to the confines of the children of Ammon: for the borders of the Ammonites, were kept with a strong garrison.
25 UIsrayeli wasethatha yonke le imizi; uIsrayeli wasehlala emizini yonke yamaAmori, eHeshiboni layo yonke imizana yalo.
So Israel took all his cities, and dwelt in the cities of the Amorrhite, to wit, in Hesebon, and in the villages thereof.
26 Ngoba iHeshiboni yayingumuzi kaSihoni inkosi yamaAmori, owayelwe emelene lenkosi yamandulo yakoMowabi, wayethethe ilizwe lonke layo esandleni sayo, kwaze kwafika eArinoni.
Hesebon was the city of Sehon the king of the Amorrhites, who fought against the king of Moab: and took all the land, that had been of his dominions, as far as the Arnon.
27 Ngakho abasebenzisa izaga bathi: Wozani eHeshiboni! Umuzi kaSihoni kawakhiwe, umiswe.
Therefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon, let the city of Sehon be built and set up:
28 Ngoba umlilo waphuma eHeshiboni, ilangabi emzini kaSihoni, laqothula iAri loMowabi, amakhosi endawo eziphakemeyo zeArinoni.
A fire is gone out of Hesebon, a flame from the city of Sehon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitants of the high places of the Arnon.
29 Maye kuwe, Mowabi! Selibhujisiwe, bantu bakaKemoshi! Unikele amadodana akhe aba ngababaleki, lamadodakazi akhe ekuthunjweni kuSihoni, inkosi yamaAmori.
Woe to thee Moab: thou art undone, O people of Chamos. He hath given his sons to flight, and his daughters into captivity to Sehon the king of the Amorrhites.
30 Sesibatshokile; iHeshiboni ibhubhile kuze kube seDiboni; sesibachithile kuze kube seNofa, efika eMedeba.
Their yoke is perished from Hesebon unto Dibon, they came weary to Nophe, and unto Medaba.
31 UIsrayeli wasehlala elizweni lamaAmori.
So Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorrhite.
32 UMozisi wathuma ukuyahlola iJazeri; basebethumba imizana yalo, baxotsha amaAmori ayehlala khona.
And Moses sent some to take a view of Jazer: and they took the villages of it, and conquered the inhabitants.
33 Basebephenduka, benyuka ngendlela yeBashani. UOgi inkosi yeBashani wasephuma ukumelana labo, yena labantu bakhe bonke, empini eEdreyi.
And they turned themselves, and went up by the way of Basan, and Og the king of Basan came against them with all his people, to fight in Edrai.
34 INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Ungamesabi; ngoba ngimnikele esandleni sakho, labantu bakhe bonke, lelizwe lakhe; njalo uzakwenza kuye njengokwenza kwakho kuSihoni inkosi yamaAmori owayehlala eHeshiboni.
And the Lord said to Moses: Fear him not, for I have delivered him and all his people, and his country into thy hand: and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to Sehon the king of the Amorrhites, the inhabitant of Hesebon.
35 Basebemtshaya, lamadodana akhe, labantu bakhe bonke, akwaze kwasala ophilayo kuye. Badla ilifa lelizwe lakhe.
So they slew him also with his sons, and all his people, not letting any one escape, and they possessed his land.
