Yoshua 18
1 Kisha kusanyiko lote la watu wa Israeli walikusanyika pamoja hapo Shilo. Walilijenga hema la kukutania hapo na waliishinda nchi mbele yao.
And all the meeting of the children of Israel came together at Shiloh and put up the Tent of meeting there: and the land was crushed before them.
2 Kulikuwa na makabila saba miongoni mwa watu wa Israeli ambayo yalikuwa bado hayajapewa urithi wao.
But there were still seven tribes among the children of Israel who had not taken up their heritage.
3 Yoshua aliwaambia watu wa Israeli, “Je mtaacha mpaka lini katika kuingia nchi ambayo Yahweh, Mungu wa baba zenu, amewapeni ninyi?
Then Joshua said to the children of Israel, Why are you so slow to go in and take up your heritage in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?
4 Chagueni ninyi wenyewe watu watatu kutoka katika kila kabila, na nitawatuma. Wataenda na kuipeleleza nchi juu na chini. Wataandika maelezo pamoja na maelekezo kuhusu urithi wao, na kisha watarudi kwangu.
Take from among you three men from every tribe; and I will send them to go through the land and make a record of it for distribution as their heritage; then let them come back to me.
5 Wataigawanya nchi katika sehemu saba. Yuda itasalia katika eneo lao upande wa kusini, na nyumba ya Yusufu itaendelea katika himaya yao katika upande wa kaskazini.
And let them make division of it into seven parts: let Judah keep inside his limit on the south, and let the children of Joseph keep inside their limit on the north.
6 Mtaigawanya nchi katika sehemu saba na kisha mtaniletea maelezo hayo hapa kwangu. Nami nitapiga kura kwa ajili yenu hapa mbele za Yahweh Mungu wetu.
And you are to have the land marked out in seven parts, and come back to me with the record; and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord our God.
7 Walawi hana sehemu miongoni mwenu, kwa kuwa ukuhani wa Yahweh ni urithi wao. Makabila ya Gadi, Rubeni na nusu ya kabila la Manase wameshapokea urithi wao ng'ambo ya Yordani. Huu ni urithi ambao Musa mtumishi wa Yahweh aliwapa wao.
For the Levites have no part among you; to be the Lord's priests is their heritage; and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have had their heritage on the east side of Jordan, given to them by Moses, the servant of the Lord.
8 Hivyo, watu waliinuka na wakaenda. Yoshua akawaamuru wale walioenda kuandika maelezo ya nchi, akisema, “Pandeni juu na mshuke chini katika nchi na andikeni maelezo kuhusu nchi na kisha mrejee kwangu. Nitapiga kura kwa ajili yenu hapa mbele za Yahweh huko Shilo.
So the men got up and went; and Joshua gave orders to those who went, to make a record of the land, saying, Go up and down through the land, and make a record of it and come back here to me, and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord in Shiloh.
9 Watu walienda na walitembea juu na chini katika nchi na wakaandika maelezo kuihusu nchi hiyo juu ya gombo kwa miji yake katika sehemu saba, kwa kutaja miji, kila mmoja katika sehemu moja. Kisha wakarudi kwa Yoshua katika kambi huko Shilo.
So the men went, travelling through the land, and made a record of it by towns in seven parts in a book, and came back to Joshua to the tent-circle at Shiloh.
10 Kisha Yoshua akapiga kura kwa ajili yao huko Shilo mbele za Yahweh. Na hapo Yoshua akaigawa nchi kwa watu wa Israeli, kila kabila lilipewa sehemu ya nchi.
And Joshua made the distribution for them in Shiloh by the decision of the Lord, marking out the land for the children of Israel by their divisions.
11 Katika kabila la Benyamini, ugawanaji wa nchi ulifanyika kwa kupewa kwa koo zao. Eneo la nchi waliyopewa lilikuwa kati ya wazawa wa Yuda na wazawa wa Yusufu.
And the first heritage came out for the tribe of Benjamin by their families: and the limit of their heritage went between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
12 Katika upande wa kusini, mpaka wao ulianzia katika Yordani. Mpaka ulipanda hata sehemu ya juu kaskazini mwa Yeriko, na kisha ukapita katikati ya nchi ya milima upande wa magharibi. Huko ukafika hadi nyika ya Bethi Aveni.
And their limit on the north was from the Jordan, and the line goes up to the side of Jericho on the north and through the hill-country to the west, ending at the waste land of Beth-aven.
13 Kutoka hapo mpaka ulipita upande wa kusini katika mwelekeo wa Luzi (sehemu ile ile inayoitwa Betheli). Kisha mpaka ukashuka chini hata Atarothi Adda, karibu na mlima uliolekea kusini mwa Bethi Horoni.
And from there the line goes south to Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Beth-el), then down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain to the south of Beth-horon the lower.
14 Kisha mpaka ukaendelea upande mwingine: katika upande wa magharibi uligeukia upande wa kusini, ulienda mbele kuukabili mlima ulio ng'ambo ya Bethi Horoni. Mpaka huu ulikomea huko Kiriathi Baali ( ambao ndio Kiriathi Yearimu), mji ambao ulikuwa ni wa kabila la Yuda. Na huu ndio ulikuwa ni mpaka katika upande wa magharibi.
And the limit is marked as coming round to the south on the west side from the mountain which is south of Beth-horon, and ending at Kiriath-baal (which is Kiriath-jearim), a town of the children of Judah: this is the west part.
15 Katika upande wa kusini, mpaka ulianzia nje tu ya Kiriathi Yearimu. Mpaka uliendelea kutoka Efroni hata chemichemi ya maji ya Neftoa.
And the south part is from the farthest point of Kiriath-jearim, and the line goes out to the west to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah:
16 Kisha mpaka ulishuka chini hadi mpaka wa mlima ambao ulikuwa mkabala ya bonde la Beni Hinomu, ambalo lililokuwa katika upande wa kaskazini mwishoni mwa bonde la Refaimu. Kisha ulishuka chini kuelekea bonde la Hinomu, sehemu ya kusini mwa mteremko wa Wayebusi, na uliendelea kushuka chini hadi Eni Rogeli.
And the line goes down to the farthest part of the mountain facing the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is on the north of the valley of Rephaim: from there it goes down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite on the south as far as En-rogel;
17 Ulizunguka upande wa kaskazini, kuelekea mwelekeo wa Eni Shemeshi, na kutoka hapa ulienda hadi Gelilothi, ambao ulikuwa mkabala na mwinuko wa Adumimu. Kisha ulishuka chini kuelekea Jiwe la Bohani mwana wa Rubeni.
And it goes to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth, opposite the way up to Adummim, and it goes down to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben;
18 Ulipita kuelekea upande wa kaskazini wa bega la Bethi Araba na chini kuelekea Araba.
And it goes on to the side facing the Arabah to the north, and down to the Arabah;
19 Mpaka ulipita hadi upande wa bega la kaskazini la Bethi Hogla. Mpaka ulikome katika ghuba ya kaskazini mwa Bahari ya Chumvi, katika upande wa kusini mwishoni mwa Yordani. Huu ulikuwa ni mpaka wa upande wa kusini.
And on to the north side of Beth-hoglah, ending at the north inlet of the Salt Sea at the south end of Jordan; this is their limit on the south.
20 Yordani ulikuwa mpaka wake katika upande wa mashariki. Na huu ulikuwa ni urithi wa kabila la Benyamini, na walipewa kwa kila ukoo wao, mpaka baada ya mpaka, kwa kuizunguka nchi yote.
And the limit of the east part is the Jordan. This is the heritage of the children of Benjamin, marked out for their families by these limits on all sides.
21 Kwa hiyo sasa miji ya kabila la Benyamini kufuatana na koo zao ilikuwa ni Yeriko,
And the towns of the children of Benjamin, given to them in the order of their families, are Jericho and Beth-hoglah and Emek-kezziz
22 Bethi Hogla, Emeki Kezizi, Bethi Araba, Zemaraimu, Betheli,
And Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Beth-el
23 Avimu, Para, Ofra,
And Avvim and Parah and Ophrah
24 Kefari Amoni, Ofini, na Geba. Ilikuwa ni miji kumi na miwili, pamoja na vijiji vyake.
And Chephar-Ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve towns with their unwalled places;
25 Kulikuwa pia na miji ya Gibeoni, Rama, Beerothi,
Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth
26 Mizpe, Kefira, Moza,
And Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah
27 Rekemu, Iripeeli, Tarala,
And Rekem and Irpeel and Taralah
28 Zela, Haelefu, Yebusi (ambao ndio Yerusalemu), Gibea, na Kiriathi. Kulikuwa na miji kumi na nne, pamoja na vijiji vyake. Huu ulikuwa ni urithi wa Benyamini kufuatana na koo zao.
And Zela, Eleph and the Jebusite (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath and Kiriath; fourteen towns with their unwalled places. This is the heritage of the children of Benjamin by their families.
