Yoshua 14
1 Basi haya ndiyo maeneo Waisraeli waliyopokea kama urithi katika nchi ya Kanaani, ambayo kuhani Eleazari, Yoshua mwana wa Nuni na viongozi wa koo za kabila za Israeli waliwagawia.
And these [are the countries] which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed for inheritance to them.
2 Urithi wao uligawanywa kwa kura kwa yale makabila tisa na nusu, kama Bwana alivyoamuru Mose.
By lot [was] their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and [for] the half-tribe.
3 Mose alikuwa amewapa yale makabila mawili na nusu urithi wao upande wa mashariki mwa Yordani, lakini Walawi hawakupewa urithi miongoni mwa hao wengine,
For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half-tribe on the other side of Jordan: but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
4 kwa kuwa wana wa Yosefu walikuwa makabila mawili; Manase na Efraimu. Walawi hawakupata mgawo wa ardhi, bali walipewa miji tu kwa ajili ya kuishi, pamoja na maeneo ya malisho kwa ajili ya makundi yao ya kondoo, mbuzi na ngʼombe wao.
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part to the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell [in], with their suburbs for their cattle, and for their substance.
5 Kwa hiyo Waisraeli wakagawana ile nchi, kama vile Bwana alivyomwagiza Mose.
As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
6 Kisha watu wa Yuda wakamwendea Yoshua huko Gilgali, naye Kalebu mwana wa Yefune yule Mkenizi, akamwambia, “Unajua jambo ambalo Bwana alimwambia Mose mtu wa Mungu huko Kadesh-Barnea kukuhusu wewe na mimi.
Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said to him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said to Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea.
7 Nilikuwa na umri wa miaka arobaini, wakati Mose mtumishi wa Bwana, aliponituma kutoka Kadesh-Barnea kuipeleleza hiyo nchi. Nami nikamletea taarifa kama kulingana na nilivyosadiki moyoni.
Forty years old [was] I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to explore the land; and I brought him word again as it [was] in my heart.
8 Lakini ndugu zangu tuliopanda nao waliifanya mioyo ya watu iyeyuke kwa hofu. Bali mimi, nilimfuata Bwana Mungu wangu kwa moyo wote.
Nevertheless, my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
9 Hivyo katika siku ile, Mose akaniapia, ‘Nchi ambayo umeikanyaga kwa miguu yako itakuwa urithi wako na wa watoto wako milele, kwa sababu umemfuata Bwana Mungu wangu kwa moyo wote.’
And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land on which thy feet have trodden shall be thy inheritance, and thy children's for ever; because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
10 “Sasa basi, kama vile Bwana alivyoahidi, ameniweka hai kwa miaka arobaini na mitano tangu wakati alipomwambia Mose jambo hili, wakati Waisraeli wakiwa wanazunguka jangwani. Hivyo mimi hapa leo, nina umri wa miaka themanini na mitano!
And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while [the children of] Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I [am] this day eighty five years old.
11 Bado ninazo nguvu kama siku ile Mose aliponituma. Bado ninazo nguvu za kwenda vitani sasa kama vile nilivyokuwa wakati ule.
As yet I [am as] strong this day, as [I was] in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength [was] then, even so [is] my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
12 Basi nipe nchi hii ya vilima, ambayo Bwana aliniahidi siku ile. Wewe mwenyewe ulisikia wakati ule kwamba Waanaki walikuwako huko na miji yao ilikuwa mikubwa na yenye maboma, lakini, kwa msaada wa Bwana, nitawafukuza watoke huko kama vile alivyonena.”
Now therefore give me this mountain, of which the LORD spoke in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims [were] there, and [that] the cities [were] great [and] fortified: if the LORD [will be] with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.
13 Ndipo Yoshua akambariki Kalebu mwana wa Yefune, na akampa Hebroni kama urithi wake.
And Joshua blessed him, and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
14 Hivyo Hebroni imekuwa mali ya Kalebu mwana wa Yefune Mkenizi tangu wakati ule, kwa sababu alimwandama Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, kwa moyo wote.
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite to this day; because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.
15 (Hebroni uliitwa Kiriath-Arba hapo mwanzo, kutokana na huyo Arba ambaye alikuwa mtu mkuu kupita wote miongoni mwa Waanaki.) Kisha nchi ikawa na amani bila vita.
And the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjath-arba; [which Arba was] a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
