Josué 14

1 Estas são as heranças que os filhos de Israel levaram na terra de Canaã, que Eleazar, o sacerdote, Josué, filho de Freira, e os chefes das casas dos pais das tribos dos filhos de Israel, distribuíram a eles,

Eleazar the Supreme Priest, Joshua, and the leaders of the [twelve] tribes repeated what land would be allotted to each of the Israeli tribes in Canaan.

2 pelo lote de sua herança, como Iavé ordenou Moisés, para as nove tribos, e para a meia tribo.

Yahweh had told Moses many years previously in what way he wanted the division of the land to be decided. Moses had already declared that two and a half tribes would be allotted land on the east side of the Jordan [River]. Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. [Half of the tribe descended from Manasseh was allotted land on the east side of the Jordan, along with the tribes of Reuben and Gad]. The people belonging to the nine and a half other tribes [on the west side of the Jordan River] threw (lots/stones that had been marked) to decide which land each tribe would receive. The tribe of Levi was not allotted any land. They received only towns [that already existed], towns in which to live, and (pastures/fields of grass) for their animals.

3 Pois Moisés havia dado a herança das duas tribos e da meia tribo além do Jordão; mas aos levitas ele não deu nenhuma herança entre eles.

4 Para os filhos de José eram duas tribos, Manassés e Efraim. Eles não deram nenhuma parte para os levitas na terra, exceto cidades para morar, com suas terras de pasto para seu gado e para seus bens.

5 Os filhos de Israel fizeram como Javé ordenou a Moisés, e eles dividiram a terra.

6 Então os filhos de Judá se aproximaram de Josué em Gilgal. Caleb, filho de Jefoné, o quenizita, disse-lhe: “Você sabe o que Javé falou a Moisés, o homem de Deus, sobre mim e sobre você em Kadesh Barnea.

One day some men from the tribe of Judah went to Joshua while he and all the Israelis were at Gilgal. Among those men was Jephunneh’s son Caleb. He said to Joshua, “[I am sure that] you remember what Yahweh said to the prophet Moses about you and me when we were at Kadesh-Barnea.

7 Eu tinha quarenta anos quando Moisés, servo de Javé, me enviou de Kadesh Barnea para espionar a terra. Trouxe-lhe novamente a palavra como estava em meu coração.

I was 40 years old at that time. Moses sent me [and you and some other men] to explore this land. When we returned, I gave to Moses a true report [IDM] about what we had seen.

8 Nevertheless, meus irmãos que subiram comigo fizeram o coração do povo derreter; mas eu segui totalmente Yahweh, meu Deus.

The other men who went with us [gave a report that] caused the people to be afraid [IDM]. But I fully/completely believed [that] Yahweh [would enable us to take the land from the people who lived there].

9 Moisés jurou naquele dia, dizendo: 'Certamente a terra onde andastes será uma herança para vós e para vossos filhos para sempre, porque seguistes totalmente a Iavé meu Deus'.

So on that day, Moses solemnly promised me, ‘[Some of] the land on which you walked will become yours. It will belong to your descendants forever. I am giving it to you because you fully trusted in Yahweh, my God.’

10 “Agora, eis que Javé me manteve vivo, enquanto falava, estes quarenta e cinco anos, desde que Javé disse esta palavra a Moisés, enquanto Israel caminhava no deserto. Agora, eis que tenho oitenta e cinco anos de idade, hoje.

“Now Yahweh has done for me what he promised. Forty-five years have passed since Moses said that to me during the time that we were wandering around in the desert. And just like Yahweh promised, he has kept me alive and well all during that time. Now I am eighty-five years old.

11 Ainda hoje estou tão forte como estava no dia em que Moisés me enviou. Como minha força era então, assim também é minha força agora para a guerra, para sair e para entrar.

I am as strong today as I was on the day that Moses sent me [to explore this land]. I am as ready to fight now as I was then.

12 Agora, portanto, dê-me este país montanhoso, do qual Yahweh falou naquele dia; pois vocês ouviram naquele dia como os Anakim estavam lá, e cidades grandes e fortificadas. Pode ser que Iavé esteja comigo, e eu os expulsarei, como Iavé disse”.

So please give me the hilly area that Yahweh promised to give to me at that time long ago. At that time, you heard [me say] that the Amalek people-group lived there. You heard me say that their cities were large, and they had walls around them [to protect them from attacks by their enemies]. But now, Yahweh will help me, and as a result I will force them to leave, just like Yahweh said would happen.”

13 Josué o abençoou; e ele deu Hebron a Calebe, filho de Jefonneh, por uma herança.

So Joshua [asked God to] bless Caleb, and he gave to Caleb [the city of] Hebron.

14 Portanto, Hebron tornou-se a herança de Calebe, filho de Jefoné, o quenizita, até hoje, porque ele seguiu Yahweh, o Deus de Israel de todo o coração.

Previously that city was called Kiriath-Arba, because Arba was the greatest man among the Amalek people-group. Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb, because Caleb completely/fully trusted in Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], and obeyed him. After that happened, there was (peace/no battles) in [Canaan] land [for many years].

15 Agora o nome de Hebron antes era Kiriath Arba, depois do maior homem entre os Anakim. Depois a terra teve descanso da guerra.