Yoshua 14
1 Maeneo haya ya nchi ambayo watu wa Israeli waliyapokea kama urithi wao katika nchi ya Kanaani. Urith huu uligawanywa kwao na Eliazeri kuhani, na Yoshua mwana wa Nuni, na viongozi wa makabila ya mababu wa familia zao kati ya watu wa Israeli.
And this is what the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, allotted for inheritance to them:
2 Urithi wao ulichaguliwa kwa kupiga kura kwa makabila tisa na nusu, kama vile Yahweh alivyoagiza kwa mkono wa Musa.
their inheritance was by lot, as Jehovah had commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and the half tribe.
3 Kwa kuwa Musa alikuwa amewapa urithi makabila mawili na nusu ng'ambo ya Yordani, lakini Walawi hawakupewa urithi wowote.
For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half tribe beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he had given no inheritance among them.
4 Kabila la Yusufu kwa uhalisia yalikuwa makabila mawili, Manase na Efraimu. Na hakuna sehemu yoyote ya urithi waliyopewa Walawi katika nchi, lakini walipewa miji ya kuishi ndani yake pamoja na sehemu ya malisho ya mifugo yao na kwa ajili ya riziki zao.
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and they gave no part to the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
5 Watu wa Israeli walifanya hivyo kama vile Yahweh alivyomwagiza Musa, basi waliiganywa nchi.
As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
6 Kisha kabila la Yuda lilikuja kwa Yoshua huko Giligali. Kalebu mwana wa Yefune Mkenizi, akamwambia,”Unajua kile Yahweh alichomwambia Musa mtu wa Mungu juu yako na mimi huko Barnea.
Then the children of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, Thou knowest the word that Jehovah spoke to Moses the man of God, concerning me and thee, in Kadesh-barnea.
7 Nilikuwa na umri wa miaka arobani wakati Musa mtumishi wa Yahweh aliponituma kutoka Kadeshi Barnea kuipeleleza nchi. Nilimletea taarifa tena kama nilivyotakiwa kufanya katika moyo wangu.
Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh-barnea to search out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
8 Lakini ndugu zangu walioenda pamoja nami waliifanya mioyo ya watu iyeyuke kwa woga. Lakini mimi nilimfuata Yahweh kabisa.
And my brethren that had gone up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God.
9 Musa aliapa katika siku hiyo akisema, “Hakika nchi ambayo miguu yako imetembea juu yake itakuwa urithi wako na kwa watoto wako milele, kwasababu umemfuata kabisa Yahweh Mungu wangu.
And Moses swore on that day, saying, The land whereon thy feet have trodden shall assuredly be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever! for thou hast wholly followed Jehovah my God.
10 Tazama! sasa, Yahweh amenihifadhi hai kwa miaka hii arobaini na tano, kama alivyosema - tangu kipindi kile Yahweh alivyomwambia Musa neno hili, wakati huo Waisraeli walikuwa wakitembea jangwani. Tazama! sasa katika siku hii ya leo nina miaka themanini na mitano.
And now behold, Jehovah has kept me alive, as he said, these forty-five years, since Jehovah spoke this word to Moses, when Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
11 Bado hata siku hii ya leo nina nguvu kama nilivyokuwa katika siku ile ambayo Musa alinituma. Nguvu zangu za sasa ni sawa na nguvu zangu za kipindi kile, kwa ajili ya vita na kwa kwenda na kwa kuja.
I am still this day strong, as 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 Sasa basi, nipe nchi hii ya milima, ambayo Yahweh aliniahidi katika siku hiyo. Kwa kuwa ulisikia katika siku hiyo kuwa Wanakimu walikuwa huko katika miji yenye ngome. Itakuwa kwamba Yahweh atakuwa pamoja nami na ya kwamba nitawafukuzia mbali, kama vile Yahweh alivyosema.”
And now give me this mountain, of which Jehovah spoke in that day; for thou heardest in that day that Anakim are there, and great fortified cities. If so be Jehovah shall be with me, then I shall dispossess them, as Jehovah said.
13 Kisha Yoshua alimbariki Kalebu mwana wa Yefune na alimpa Hebroni kama urithi wake.
And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
14 Hivyo Hebroni ikawa urithi wa Kalebu mwana wa Yefune Mkenizi hata leo, kwasababu alimfuata kabisa Yahweh, Mungu wa Israeli.
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed Jehovah the God of Israel.
15 Basi, jina la Hebroni hapo mwanzo lilikuwa ni Kiriathi Arba ( Arba ambaye alikuwa ni mtu mkuu miongoni mwa Wanakim). Kisha nchi ikawa na raha bila vita.
Now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-Arba; the great man among the Anakim. And the land rested from war.
