Hesabu 21
1 Mfalme wa Kikanaani wa Aradi aliyeishi huko Negebu aliposikia kwamba Waisraeli walikuwa wanakuja kwa njia ya Atharimu, aliwashambulia Waisraeli na kuwateka baadhi yao.
And [when] king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took [some] of them prisoners.
2 Ndipo Israeli akaweka nadhiri hii kwa Bwana: “Ikiwa utawatia watu hawa mikononi mwetu, tutaiangamiza kabisa miji yao.”
And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
3 Bwana akasikiliza ombi la Waisraeli, naye akawapa ushindi juu ya Wakanaani. Wakawaangamiza kabisa na miji yao; hivyo mahali pale pakaitwa Horma.
And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
4 Waisraeli wakasafiri kutoka mlima Hori kupitia njia inayoelekea Bahari ya Shamu, kuizunguka Edomu. Lakini watu wakakosa uvumilivu njiani,
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
5 wakamnungʼunikia Mungu na Mose, wakisema, “Kwa nini umetupandisha kutoka Misri ili tufe jangwani? Hakuna mkate! Hakuna maji! Nasi tunachukia sana chakula hiki duni!”
And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
6 Ndipo Bwana akapeleka nyoka wenye sumu katikati yao; wakawauma watu, nao Waisraeli wengi wakafa.
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
7 Watu wakamjia Mose na kusema, “Tumetenda dhambi wakati tuliponena dhidi ya Bwana na dhidi yako. Mwombe Bwana ili atuondolee hawa nyoka.” Hivyo Mose akawaombea hao watu.
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
8 Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Tengeneza nyoka wa shaba na umweke juu ya mti; yeyote aliyeumwa na nyoka anaweza kumtazama na akaishi tena.”
And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
9 Kwa hiyo Mose akatengeneza nyoka wa shaba na kumweka juu ya mti. Kisha wakati mtu yeyote aliumwa na nyoka, naye akamtazama yule nyoka wa shaba, aliishi.
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
10 Waisraeli waliendelea na safari yao na wakapiga kambi huko Obothi.
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
11 Kisha wakaondoka Obothi na kupiga kambi huko Iye-Abarimu, katika jangwa linalotazamana na Moabu kuelekea mawio ya jua.
And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which [is] before Moab, toward the sunrising.
12 Kutoka hapo waliendelea mbele wakapiga kambi kwenye Bonde la Zeredi.
From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
13 Wakasafiri kutoka hapo na kupiga kambi kando ya Mto Arnoni, ambao uko katika jangwa lililoenea hadi nchi ya Waamori. Arnoni ni mpaka wa Moabu, kati ya Moabu na Waamori.
From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which [is] in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon [is] the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14 Ndiyo sababu Kitabu cha Vita vya Bwana kinasema: “…Mji wa Wahebu nchini Seifa na mabonde ya Arnoni,
Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
15 na miteremko ya mabonde inayofika hadi mji wa Ari na huelekea mpakani mwa Moabu.”
And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
16 Kutoka hapo waliendelea mbele hadi kisima cha Beeri; kwenye kisima ambacho Bwana alimwambia Mose, “Wakusanye watu pamoja, nami nitawapa maji.”
And from thence [they went] to Beer: that [is] the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17 Kisha Israeli akaimba wimbo huu: “Bubujika, ee kisima! Imba kuhusu maji,
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
18 kuhusu kisima ambacho kilichimbwa na wakuu, ambacho watu mashuhuri walikifukua, watu mashuhuri wakiwa na fimbo za utawala na bakora.” Kisha wakatoka jangwani kwenda Matana,
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by [the direction of] the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness [they went] to Mattanah:
19 kutoka Matana wakafika Nahalieli, kutoka Nahalieli wakafika Bamothi,
And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
20 na kutoka Bamothi wakafika kwenye bonde lililoko Moabu, mahali ambapo kilele cha Pisga kinatazamana na nyika.
And from Bamoth [in] the valley, that [is] in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
21 Israeli akawatuma wajumbe kumwambia Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori:
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22 “Uturuhusu tupite katika nchi yako. Hatutageuka kando kwenda katika mashamba au mashamba ya mizabibu, ama kunywa maji kutoka kisima chochote. Tutasafiri kwenye njia kuu ya mfalme hata tutakapokuwa tumekwisha kupita katika nchi yako.”
Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink [of] the waters of the well: [but] we will go along by the king’s [high] way, until we be past thy borders.
23 Lakini Sihoni hakumruhusu Israeli apite katika nchi yake. Alilikutanisha jeshi lake lote, wakaondoka kwenda jangwani ili kupigana na Israeli. Alipofika huko Yahazi, akapigana na Israeli.
And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
24 Hata hivyo, Israeli alimshinda kwa upanga na kuiteka ardhi yake kutoka Arnoni mpaka Yaboki, lakini ni hadi kufikia nchi ya Waamoni tu, kwa sababu mipaka yake ilikuwa imezungushwa ukuta.
And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon [was] strong.
25 Israeli akaiteka miji yote ya Waamori na kuikalia, pamoja na Heshboni na makazi yote yanayoizunguka.
And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
26 Heshboni ulikuwa mji wa Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori, ambaye alikuwa amepigana dhidi ya mfalme wa Moabu aliyetangulia na akawa amechukua ardhi yake yote mpaka Arnoni.
For Heshbon [was] the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
27 Ndiyo sababu watunga mashairi husema: “Njoo Heshboni na ujengwe tena; mji wa Sihoni na ufanywe upya.
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
28 “Moto uliwaka kutoka Heshboni, mwali wa moto kutoka mji wa Sihoni. Uliteketeza Ari ya Moabu, raiya wa mahali pa Arnoni palipoinuka.
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, [and] the lords of the high places of Arnon.
29 Ole wako, ee Moabu! Umeharibiwa, enyi watu wa Kemoshi! Amewatoa wanawe kuwa wakimbizi, na binti zake kama mateka kwa Mfalme Sihoni wa Waamori.
Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
30 “Lakini tumewashinda; Heshboni umeharibiwa hadi Diboni. Tumebomoa hadi kufikia Nofa, ulioenea hadi Medeba.”
We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which [reacheth] unto Medeba.
31 Kwa hiyo Israeli akaishi katika nchi ya Waamori.
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
32 Baada ya Mose kutuma wapelelezi kwenda mji wa Yazeri, Waisraeli waliteka viunga vya mji huo na kuwafukuza Waamori waliokuwa wanaishi huko.
And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that [were] there.
33 Kisha wakageuka na kwenda katika njia inayoelekea Bashani, naye Ogu mfalme wa Bashani pamoja na jeshi lake lote wakatoka kupigana nao huko Edrei.
And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
34 Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Usimwogope Ogu, kwa sababu nimeshamkabidhi mikononi mwako, pamoja na jeshi lake lote na nchi yake. Mtendee kama ulivyomtendea Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori, ambaye alitawala huko Heshboni.”
And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
35 Kwa hiyo wakamuua, pamoja na wanawe na jeshi lake lote, bila ya kumwacha hata mtu mmoja hai. Nao wakaimiliki nchi yake.
So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
