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.
The land that was allotted to the tribe of Judah was divided among its clans. That land extended south along the border of the Edom region, as far as the Zin Desert.
2 Anafo fam hye no fitii ase wɔ Nkyene Po no awiei a ɛwɔ anafo fam,
The southern border of the land that was allotted to the tribe of Judah started at the south end of the Dead Sea [and extended west].
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.
It extended south of Scorpion Pass to Zin [Desert], and from there west to a place south of Kadesh-Barnea, past Hezron [town], to Addar [town], and from there it turned [northwest] to Karka [town].
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.
From there it continued to Azmon, and from there to the dry riverbed on the border of Egypt, and from there [west] to the [Mediterranean] Sea. That was the 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 of the land of the tribe of Judah was the Dead Sea, and it extended [north] to [where the Jordan River ends at] the Dead Sea.
6 twa mu kɔ Bet-Hogla, na afei akɔ Bet-Araba atifi fam, akɔka Bohan bo (Na Bohan yɛ Ruben babarima) no ho.
The northern border started where the Jordan River ends at the Dead Sea. It extended [north] to Beth-Hoglah [town], and from there it extended north of Beth-Arabah [town] to the [big] stone [set up by] Reuben’s son Bohan.
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.
From there the border continued west through Achor Valley to Debir [city]. From there it turned north to Gilgal [city]. Gilgal is north of the road that goes through Adummim Pass, on the south side of the valley. From Gilgal the border extended west to the springs at En-Shemesh, and from there to 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 it extended through Ben-Hinnom Valley, south of the city where the Jebus people-group lived. (That city is now named Jerusalem.) From there the border extended to the top of the hill on the west side of Hinnom Valley, at the northern end of the valley where the Repha [giants] lived.
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 there the border extended [northwest] to Nephtoah Spring, and from there to the cities near Ephron Mountain. From there the border extended [west] toward Baalah, which is now named 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.
Then the border extended further west to Seir Mountain. Then it continued [southwest] along the north side of Jearim Mountain, which is also named Kesalon, to Beth-Shemesh [city]. From there it extended [northwest] past Timnah [city],
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.
to the hill north of Ekron [city]. From there it extended [west] to Shikkeron [town] and past Baalah Mountain to Jabneel [town], then [northwest] to the [Mediterranean] Sea.
12 Na atɔe fam hye no nso ne Ntam Po no mpoano. Eyinom ne mmusua a wɔbɔ mu yɛ Yuda mmusuakuw no ahye.
The western border of the land that was allotted to the tribe of Judah was the Mediterranean Sea. All the clans of Judah lived inside those borders.
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.
Yahweh commanded Joshua to give part of the land for the tribe of Judah to Caleb. So he gave to Caleb Kiriath-Arba [city], which is now named Hebron. (Arba was the ancestor of the Anak people-group.)
14 Na Kaleb tuu Sesai, Ahiman ne Talmai a wɔyɛ Anak asefo no fii hɔ.
Caleb forced the three clans of the Anak people-group to leave Hebron. Those were the Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai clans.
15 Afei, ɔko tiaa nnipa a na wɔte kurow Debir (a kan no na wɔfrɛ no Kiriat-Sefer) no.
Then Caleb left there and went to fight against the people living in Debir [city], which was previously named 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.”
Caleb said, “If someone attacks [the people in] Kiriath-Sepher and captures their city, I will give my daughter Acsah to him to be his wife.”
17 Ɛnna Kaleb nua Kenas babarima Otniel dii so nti, Aksa bɛyɛɛ Otniel yere.
Othniel, the son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz, captured the city. So Caleb gave his daughter to him.
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?”
When Caleb’s daughter married Othniel, she told him to ask her father to give her a field. Then Acsah went to talk with her father Caleb. As she got down from her donkey, Caleb asked her, “Do you want something?”
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.
Acsah replied, “Yes, I want you to do something for me. You have given me some land in the southern part of Canaan, [but there is no water there]. So please give me some [land that has] springs.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs [near Hebron].
20 Eyi ne mmusua a wɔbɔ mu yɛ Yuda abusuakuw no agyapade.
[Here is a list of the towns in] the land [that God had promised to] give to the tribe of Judah. Each clan was allotted some of the land.
21 Na Yudafo nkurow a ɛdeda Edom ahye so wɔ anafo pɛɛ no ne: Kabseel ne Eder ne Yagur,
The tribe of Judah was allotted all these towns in the southern [desert area of Canaan], near the border of the Edom [region]: 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 (which is also named Hazor),
26 Amam ne Sema ne Molada,
Amam, Shema, Molodah,
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, Kesil, 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. There were 29 towns altogether and their surrounding villages.
33 Saa nkurow a na ɛwɔ atɔe fam nkoko no so, a wɔde maa Yuda ni: Estaol ne Sora ne Asna.
The tribe of Judah was allotted these towns in the [northern part of the western] 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 (which is also named Gederothaim). Altogether there were 14 towns and their surrounding villages.
37 Nea ɛka ho bio ne Senan ne Hadasa ne Migdal-gad,
[The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in the southern part of the western foothills]: Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-Gad,
38 Dilean ne ne Mispe ne Yokteel,
Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,
39 Lakis ne Boskat ne Eglon,
Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
40 Kabon ne Lahmam ne Kitlis,
Cabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish,
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. There were 16 towns altogether and their surrounding villages.
42 Eyinom akyi no na Libna ne Eter ne Asan,
The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in [the central part of] the western foothills: 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, Aczib, and Mareshah. There were nine towns altogether, with their surrounding villages.
45 Ekron nkurow ne nkuraa nyinaa ka Yuda asase ho,
The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns [close to the Mediterranean Sea] with their surrounding villages: Ekron and the towns between Ekron and the coast, Ashdod, and Gaza. The area extended south to the dry riverbed on the border of Egypt.
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.
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.
48 Yuda san nyaa nkurow a edidi so yi a na ɛwɔ nkoko asase so: Samir ne Yatir ne Soko,
The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in [the southwest part of] the hilly region: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
49 Dana ne Kiriat-Sana a ɛne Debir,
Dannah, Kiriath-Sannah (which is now named 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. There were eleven towns with their surrounding villages.
52 Na saa nkurow yi ka ho: Arab ne Duma ne Esan,
The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in [the south-central part of] the hilly region: 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 (which is now named Hebron), and Zior. There were nine towns altogether with their surrounding villages.
55 Nkurow a edidi so yi nso ka ho: Maon, Karmel, Sif ne Yuta,
The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns [in the southeastern part of the hilly region]: 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. There were ten towns altogether with their surrounding villages.
58 Bio Halhul, Bet-Sur ne Gedor,
The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns [in the central part of the hilly region]: 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. There were six towns altogether with their surrounding villages.
60 Saa ara na Kiriat-Baal (a ɛne Kiriat-Yearim) ne Raba ka ho, nkurow abien ne ne nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia.
The tribe of Judah was also allotted two towns [in the northern part of the hilly region], Rabbah and Kiriath-Baal (which is also named Kiriath-Jearim).
61 Sare so nkurow no nso ne: Bet-Araba, Midin ne Sekaka,
The tribe of Judah was also [allotted these towns] in the desert [near the Dead Sea]: Beth-Arabah, Middin, Secacah,
62 Nibsan ne Nkyene kuropɔn no ne En-Gedi, nkurow asia ne ne nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia.
Nibshan, Salt city, and En-Gedi. There were six towns altogether with their surrounding 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.
[The army of the tribe of] Judah was not able to force the people of the Jebus people-group to leave Jerusalem. So the people of that group are still living among the tribe of Judah.
