Hesabu 21
1 Aradi mfalme wa Wakanaani, aliyekuwa akiishi Negebu, aliposikia kuwa Israeli alikuwa akisafiri kwa kupitia barabara kuelekea Atharimu, akapigana dhidi ya Israeli na kujitwalia baadhi ya mateka.
And the Canaanite king of Arad, who dwelt in the south, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim, and he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
2 Israeli akaapa mbele ya BWANA akasema, “Kama utatupa ushindi dhidi ya hawa watu, ndipo tutakapoingamiza kabisa miji yao,”
Then Israel vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If thou give this people wholly into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
3 BWANA akaisikia sautiya Israeli na kuwapa ushindi dhidi ya Wakanaani. Wakawaangamiza kabisa pamoja na miji yao. Mahali pale paliitwa Horima.
And Jehovah listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them, and their cities. And they called the name of the place Hormah.
4 Wakasafiri kutoka Mlima Hori kwa barabara kuelekea bahari ya shamu wakiizunguka nchi ya Edomu. Watu walikufa moyo kwa njia hiyo.
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to go round the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became impatient on the way;
5 Watu wakamnung'unikia Mungu na Musa: “Kwa nini umetutoa Misiri ili tufa katika jangwa hili? Hapa hakuna mikate, wala maji, na chakula hiki dhaifu kimetukinai.”
and the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt that we should die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and no water, and our soul loathes this light bread.
6 Basi Mungu akatuma nyoka wa sumu kati yao. Wale nyoka wakawauma wale watu; watu wengi walikufa.
Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
7 Watu wakaenda kwa Musa wakamwambia, “Tumetenda dhambi kwa sababu tumemnung'unikia Mungu na wewe. Mwombe Mungu atuondolee hawa nyoka.” Kwa hiyo Musa akawaombea watu.
And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, in that we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee: pray to Jehovah that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
8 BWANA akamwambia Musa, “Tengeneza nyoka na umweke kwenye nguzo. Na itakuwa kila anayeumwa, akimwangalia huyo nyoka atapona,”
And Jehovah said to Moses, Make thee a fiery [serpent], and set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, and looketh upon it, shall live.
9 Kwa hiyo Musa akatengeneza nyoka wa shaba naye akamweka juu ya nguzo. Na kila mtu alipoumwa na nyoka na kumwangalia huyo nyoka alipona.
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole; and it came to pass, if a serpent had bitten any man, and he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
10 Kisha watu wa Israeli wakasafiri na kisha kuweka kambi Obothi.
And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.
11 Kisha wakasafiri kutoka pale na kuweka kambi Iye Abarimu katika jangwa linalokabili Moabu kuelekea upande wa mashariki.
And they removed from Oboth, and encamped at Ijim-Abarim, in the wilderness that is before Moab, toward the sun-rising.
12 Kutoka pale wakasafiri na kuweka kambi katika bonde la Zeredi.
From thence they removed, and encamped at the torrent Zered.
13 Kutoka pale walisafiri na kuweka kambi kwenye upande mwingine wa mto Amoni, ambao ukubwa wake unaanzia kwenye mpaka wa Waamori. Mto wa Amoni ndio unaootengeneza mpaka wa Moabu, kati ya Moabu na Waamori.
From thence they removed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites. For the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14 Ndiyo maana imeandikwa katika gombo la Kitabu cha BWANA, “Wahebu katika Sufa, na bonde la Amoni,
Therefore it is said in the book of the wars of Jehovah, Vaheb in Suphah, and the brooks of Arnon;
15 mtelemko wa bonde linaloelekea katika mji wa Ari na kuelekea kwenye mpaka wa Moabu,”
And the stream of the brooks which turneth to the dwelling of Ar, And inclineth toward the border of Moab.
16 Kutoka pale wakasafiri mpaka Beeri, hapo ndipo palipo na kisima ambacho Bwana alimwambia Musa, “Wakusanye watu kwa ajili yangu ili uwape maji,”
And from thence to Beer: that is the well of which Jehovah spoke to Moses, Assemble the people, and I will give them water.
17 Ndipo Israeli waipoimba wimbo huu: “enyi visima, yajazeni maji. Imbeni juu ya kisima hiki.
Then Israel sang this song, Rise up, well! sing unto it:
18 Kisima ambacho viongozi wetu walichimba, kisima ambacho wenye hekima walichimba kwa fimbo ya kifalme na kwa fimbo ya kutembelea.” Kisha kutoka jangwani walitembea mpaka Matanaha.
Well which princes digged, which the nobles of the people hollowed out at [the word of] the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness [they went] to Mattanah;
19 Kutoka Matanaha walisafiri mpaka Nathalieli, na kutoka Nathalieli mpaka Bamothi,
and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
20 na kutoka Bamothi hadi kwenye bonde la Moabu. Hapo ndipo kilele cha Mlima Piska kinapoonekana jangwani.
and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the fields of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks over the surface of the waste.
21 Kisha Israeli akatuma wajumbe kwa Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori akisema,
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22 Tunaomba tupite katika nchi yako. hatutapita katika shamba au kwenye shamba la mizabibu. Hatutakunywa maji ya visima vyako. Tutapita katika njia kuu ya mfalme mpaka tutakapopita mpaka wako.”
Let us pass through thy land; we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink water out of the wells; on the king's road will we go until we have passed thy border.
23 Lakini mfalme Sihoni hakumruhusu Israeli kupita kwenye mpaka wao. Badala yake, Sihoni akakusanya jeshi lake lote na kumvamia Isreli huko jangwani. Akaja kwa Jahazi, ambapo alipigana dhidi ya Israeli.
But Sihon would not suffer Israel to go through his border; and Sihon gathered all his people, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
24 Israeli akalivamia jeshi la Sihoni na nchi ya upanga na kuchukua nchi yao kutoka Amon mpaka mto Jabboki, hadi kufikia nchi ya watu wa Amoni. Sasa mpaka wa watu wa Amoni ulikuwa umefungwa.
And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
25 Israeli akachukua miji yote ya Waamori na akaishi ndani yake, pamoja na Heshiboni na vijiji vyake wote.
And Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, at Heshbon, and in all its dependent villages.
26 Heshiboni ulikuwa mji wa Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori, ambaye hapo awali alipigana dhidi ya mfalme wa kwanza wa Moabu. Sihoni alikuwa ameteka ardhi yake yote toka mipaka yake mpaka mto wa Amoni.
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites; and he had fought against the former king of Moab, and had taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon.
27 Hiyo ndiyo sababu wala ambao huongea kwa Mitahali husema, “Njoni Heshboni. Mji wa Sihoni ujengwe na kuimarishwa tena.
Therefore the poets say, Come to Heshbon; let the city of Sihon be built and established.
28 Moto uliwaka toka Heshiboni, moto kutoka mji wa Sihoni ambao uliiteketeza Ari ya Moabu, na wenyeji wa miji ya juu ya Amoni.
For there went forth fire from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon; It consumed Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of the Arnon.
29 Ole wako, Moabu! umepotea, enyi watu wa Chemoshi. Amewafanya watu wake kuwa wakimbizi na binti zake kuwa wafungwa wa Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori.
Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, people of Chemosh: He gave his sons that had escaped, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon the king of the Amorites.
30 Lakini tumempiga Sihoni. Tumeiangsmiza Heshibon mpaka Diboni. Tumewaharibu wote mpaka Nofa, ambayo inafika mpaka Madeba.”
And 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 akaanza kuishi katika nchi ya Waamori,
And Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
32 Kisha Musa akatuma watu kwenda kuingalia Yaziri. Waliviteka vijiji vyake na kuwafukuza Waamori waliokuwa wakiishi humo.
And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took its dependent villages, and he dispossessed the Amorites that were there.
33 Kisha wakageuka na kuelekea njia inayoelekea Bashani. Ogu mfalme wa Bashani akatofautiana nao, yeye na Jeshi lake lote, ili apigane nao kule Ederei.
And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, for battle to Edrei.
34 Kisha BWANA akasema na Musa, “Msimwogope, kwa sababu nimewapeni ushindi dhidi yake, Jeshi lake lote na nchi yake. Mfanyeni kama mlivyomfanya Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori, aliyekuwa akiishi Heshiboni.”
And Jehovah said to Moses, Fear him not! for into thy hand have I given him, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.
35 Kwa hiyo wakamuua, na wanawe, na jeshi lake lote, mpaka wote wakaishi na hakubaki hata mmoja aliyebaki hai. Kisha wakaichukua nchi yake.
And they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, so that they left him none remaining, and took possession of his land.
