Yosua 15
1 Asase a wɔde maa mmusua a wobom yɛ Yuda abusuakuw no koduu Edom hye so wɔ anafo fam, na Sin sare so na ɛkɔpem.
Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:
2 Anafo fam hye no fitii ase wɔ Nkyene Po no awiei a ɛwɔ anafo fam,
Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,
3 sen faa Akrabbim kosii Sin sare so. Ɛtoaa so kɔɔ Kades-Barnea anafo fam kosii Hesron. Afei ɛkɔɔ soro kosii Adar na ɛpono kɔɔ Karka.
proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka.
4 Etwaa mu ha kɔɔ Asmon koduu Misraim asuwa no ho, na ɛfaa ho ara kowiee wɔ Po Kɛse no mu. Eyi ne wɔn anafo fam hye.
It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.
5 Apuei fam hye no fi Nkyene Po no kodu Asubɔnten Yordan ano. Atifi fam hye no fi beae a Asubɔnten Yordan bɔ Nkyene Po no mu,
The eastern border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. The northern border started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan,
6 twa mu kɔ Bet-Hogla, na afei akɔ Bet-Araba atifi fam, akɔka Bohan bo (Na Bohan yɛ Ruben babarima) no ho.
went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
7 Efi hɔ a, ɛkɔfa Akɔr bon no mu kɔka Debir, na ɛdan wɔ atifi fam kyerɛ Gilgal, a etwa mu fi Adumim nsian mu wɔ anafo fam wɔ obon no nkyɛn mu. Efi hɔ a, ɔhye no sen kosi En-Semes nsu no ano, na akɔpem En-Rogel.
Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.
8 Afei, ɔhye no fa Hinom babarima bon no mu, kɔfa Yebusifo anafo nsian so, nea Yerusalem kuropɔn no da. Afei ɛkɔ atɔe fam wɔ bepɔw no apampam, toa so kɔ Hinom bon no so kosi Refaim bon ano wɔ atifi fam.
From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
9 Efi hɔ a, ɔhye no toa so kɔfa bepɔw no apampam kɔ Neftoa asuti no nsu ho, fi hɔ akɔ nkurow a ɛdeda Efron bepɔw so no. Na ebukaw kɔ Baala (a ɛyɛ Kiriat-Yearim.)
From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
10 Ɔhye no twa fa Baala ho wɔ atɔe fam kosi bepɔw Seir so, ɛkɔ ara kosi Kesalon kurom wɔ bepɔw Yearim atifi nsian so, na akɔ fam akosi Bet-Semes ne Timna.
The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
11 Ɔhye no kɔɔ ara kosii bepɔw no nsian a ɛwɔ Ekron atifi fam no, dan kyerɛɛ Sikron, faa hɔ kɔɔ Baala bepɔw no de koduu Yabneel. Ɔhye no kɔpem Po Kɛse no.
Then it went out to the northern slope of Ekron, curved toward Shikkeron, proceeded to Mount Baalah, went on to Jabneel, and ended at the Sea.
12 Na atɔe fam hye no nso ne Ntam Po no mpoano. Eyinom ne mmusua a wɔbɔ mu yɛ Yuda mmusuakuw no ahye.
And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah.
13 Awurade hyɛɛ Yosua se ɔmfa Yuda asase no bi mma Yefune babarima Kaleb. Enti, wɔde kuropɔn Arba (a ɛyɛ Hebron) a wɔde too Anak tete agya no maa no.
According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
14 Na Kaleb tuu Sesai, Ahiman ne Talmai a wɔyɛ Anak asefo no fii hɔ.
And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15 Afei, ɔko tiaa nnipa a na wɔte kurow Debir (a kan no na wɔfrɛ no Kiriat-Sefer) no.
From there he marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
16 Kaleb kae se, “Mede me babea Aksa bɛma obi a ɔbɛtow ahyɛ Kiriat-Sefer kurow no so na wadi so no aware.”
And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
17 Ɛnna Kaleb nua Kenas babarima Otniel dii so nti, Aksa bɛyɛɛ Otniel yere.
So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
18 Aksa waree Otniel no, ɔhyɛɛ no sɛ ommisa nʼagya Kaleb na ɔmfa asase no bi nka ho. Aksa fii nʼafurum so sii fam no, Kaleb bisaa no se, “Dɛn na menyɛ mma wo?”
One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
19 Ɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Yɛ me adom sononko. Woayɛ adom, ama me Asase wɔ Negeb; ma me nsuwansuwa asase nso.” Enti Kaleb maa no ɔsoro ne fam nsuwansuwa asase.
“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
20 Eyi ne mmusua a wɔbɔ mu yɛ Yuda abusuakuw no agyapade.
This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah.
21 Na Yudafo nkurow a ɛdeda Edom ahye so wɔ anafo pɛɛ no ne: Kabseel ne Eder ne Yagur,
These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
22 Kina ne Dimona ne Adada,
Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
23 Kedes ne Hasor ne Itnan,
Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
24 Sif ne Telem ne Bealot,
Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
25 Hasor-Hadata ne ne Keriot Hesron (a ɛne Hasor),
Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),
26 Amam ne Sema ne Molada,
Amam, Shema, Moladah,
27 Hasar-Gada ne Hesmon ne Bet-Pelet,
Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet,
28 Hasar-Sual ne Beer-Seba ne Bisotia,
Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
29 Baala ne Iim ne Esem,
Baalah, Iim, Ezem,
30 El-Tolad ne Kesil ne Horma,
Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
31 Siklag ne Madmana ne Sansana,
Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
32 Lebaot ne Silhim ne Ain ne Rimon. Na saa nkurow yi nyinaa ne wɔn nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia dodow yɛ aduonu akron.
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
33 Saa nkurow a na ɛwɔ atɔe fam nkoko no so, a wɔde maa Yuda ni: Estaol ne Sora ne Asna.
These were in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
34 Sanoa ne En-Ganim, Tapua ne Enam,
Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
35 Yarmut ne Adulam, Soko ne Aseka,
Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
36 Saaraim ne Aditaim ne Gedera ne Gederotaim. Saa nkurow yi ne nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia nyinaa dodow yɛ dunan.
Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim)—fourteen cities, along with their villages.
37 Nea ɛka ho bio ne Senan ne Hadasa ne Migdal-gad,
Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad,
38 Dilean ne ne Mispe ne Yokteel,
Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
39 Lakis ne Boskat ne Eglon,
Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
40 Kabon ne Lahmam ne Kitlis,
Cabbon, Lahmas, Chitlish,
41 Gederot, Bet-Dagon ne Naama ne Makeda. Saa nkurow yi ne nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia nyinaa dodow yɛ dunsia.
Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen cities, along with their villages.
42 Eyinom akyi no na Libna ne Eter ne Asan,
Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
43 Yifta ne Asna ne Nesib,
Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
44 Keila ne Aksib ne Maresa ka ho. Saa nkurow yi ne nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia nyinaa dodow yɛ akron.
Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
45 Ekron nkurow ne nkuraa nyinaa ka Yuda asase ho,
Ekron, with its towns and villages;
46 efi Ekron no, ɔhye no trɛw de kɔ atɔe fam a nkurow a ɛbɛn Asdod ne wɔn nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia ka ho.
from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod, along with their villages;
47 Saa ara na Asdod nkurow ne ne nkuraa, Gasa nkurow ne ne nkuraa kosi Misraim asuwa no, de kɔfa Po Kɛse no mpoano ka ho.
Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
48 Yuda san nyaa nkurow a edidi so yi a na ɛwɔ nkoko asase so: Samir ne Yatir ne Soko,
These were in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
49 Dana ne Kiriat-Sana a ɛne Debir,
Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),
50 Anab ne Estemo ne Anim,
Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,
51 Gosen ne Holon ne Gilo, Saa nkurow yi ne nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia nyinaa dodow yɛ dubaako.
Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities, along with their villages.
52 Na saa nkurow yi ka ho: Arab ne Duma ne Esan,
Arab, Dumah, Eshan,
53 Yanum ne Bet-Tapua ne Afeka,
Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,
54 Humta ne Kiriat-Arba (a ɛyɛ Hebron) ne Sior. Nkurow akron ne ne nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia.
Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.
55 Nkurow a edidi so yi nso ka ho: Maon, Karmel, Sif ne Yuta,
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
56 Yesreel ne Yokdeam ne Sanoa,
Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
57 Kain, Gibea ne Timna, nkurow du ne ne nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia.
Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages.
58 Bio Halhul, Bet-Sur ne Gedor,
Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,
59 Maarat ne Bet-Anot ne Eltekon ka ho, nkurow asia ne ne nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia.
Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon—six cities, along with their villages.
60 Saa ara na Kiriat-Baal (a ɛne Kiriat-Yearim) ne Raba ka ho, nkurow abien ne ne nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia.
Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.
61 Sare so nkurow no nso ne: Bet-Araba, Midin ne Sekaka,
These were in the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,
62 Nibsan ne Nkyene kuropɔn no ne En-Gedi, nkurow asia ne ne nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia.
Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities, along with their villages.
63 Na Yebusifo a wɔte Yerusalem no de, Yuda abusuakuw no antumi antu wɔn nti, Yebusifo ne Yuda abusuakuw no tenae de besi nnɛ.
But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
