Yosua 18

1 Afei a asase no abedi Israelfo nsam no, Israelfo nyinaa boaa wɔn ho ano wɔ Silo na wosii hyiadan.

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 Nanso na aka mmusuakuw ason a wɔmfaa wɔn kyɛfa no mmaa wɔn ɛ.

But there were still seven tribes among the children of Israel who had not taken up their heritage.

3 Enti Yosua bisaa wɔn se, “Moretwɛn akosi da bɛn ansa na moafa asase no nkae a Awurade, mo agyanom Nyankopɔn de ama mo no?

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 Munyi nnipa baasa mfi abusuakuw biara mu na mɛsoma wɔn ama wɔakɔsra baabi a wonnii hɔ so no. Wɔsan ba a, wɔbɛkyerɛw nea wohui agu krataa so akyerɛ me sɛnea wɔbɛkyekyɛ agyapade no.

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 Akwansrafo no bɛkyekyɛ asase no mu ason, na wɔmmfa Yuda asase a ɛda anafo fam ne Yosef asase a ɛwɔ atifi fam no nka ho.

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 Afei, mɛbɔ ntonto a ɛho tew wɔ Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn anim, apɛ baabi a wɔde bɛma abusuakuw biara.

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 Nanso Lewifo no rennya asase biara. Wɔn dwumadi sɛ Awurade asɔfo no bɛyɛ wɔn agyapade. Na Gad ne Ruben mmusuakuw ne Manase abusuakuw fa no nso nnya asase no bi bio, efisɛ wɔanya wɔn agyapade a Mose a ɔyɛ Awurade somfo de maa wɔn wɔ Asubɔnten Yordan apuei fam no dedaw.”

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 Mmarima a wɔrekosusuw asase no rebɛkɔ no, Yosua hyɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monkɔkyekyɛ asase no, na monsan mfa nea muhui ho nsɛm a moakyerɛw agu krataa so mmrɛ me, na menam ntontobɔ kronkron a wɔbɛbɔ no Awurade anim wɔ Silo no so de asase no bɛma mmusuakuw no.”

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 Mmarima no yɛɛ sɛnea wɔhyɛɛ wɔn no, kyekyɛɛ asase no nyinaa mu ason, kyerɛw nkurow a ɛwɔ asase no nkyekyɛ mu biara so. Wɔsan kɔɔ Yosua nkyɛn wɔ Silo atenae hɔ.

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 Silo hɔ na Yosua bɔɔ ntonto kronkron wɔ Awurade anim de pɛɛ asasetaw a ɛsɛ sɛ abusuakuw biara fa.

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 Asase no nkyekyɛ mu a edi kan no kɔɔ mmusua a ɛwɔ Benyamin abusuakuw no nsam. Na ɛda nsase a wɔde maa Yuda ne Yosef mmusuakuw no ntam.

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 Atifi fam hye no fi Asubɔnten Yordan kɔ Yeriko nsian no atifi, na afei, afa bepɔw mantam ne Bet-Awen sare so akɔ atɔe fam.

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 Ɔhye no fi hɔ kɔ Lus (a ɛyɛ Bet-El) wɔ anafo fam, na ɛtoa so kɔ Atarot-Adar ne bepɔw atifi a ɛwɔ Bet-Horon Anafo wɔ anafo fam.

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 Afei ɔhye no fa anafo fam, nam bepɔw a anim hwɛ Bet-Horon wɔ atɔe fam no ntentenso, kosi Kiriat-Yearim, a ɛyɛ Kiriat-Baal akuraa; Yuda abusuakuw no nkurow no mu baako. Eyi ne atɔe fam hye.

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 Anafo fam hye no, fi Kiriat-Yearim mfikyiri. Efi hɔ fa atɔe fam kɔ Neftoa nsuwansuwa asuti ho,

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 na asian akɔ bepɔw a ɛwɔ Hinom bon a ɛwɔ Refaim bon no atifi fam no ase. Ɛtoa so kɔ Hinom wɔ anafo fam, na atwam wɔ nsian a na Yebusifo te no anafo fam na akodu En-Rogel.

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 Ɔhye no fi En-Rogel a ɛkɔ atifi fam, kosi En-Semes na atoa so akɔpem Gelilot a ɛne Adumim di nhwɛanim na afei asian akɔ Bohan a na ɔyɛ Ruben babarima no bo ho.

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 Ɛtoa so fa nsian a ɛhwɛ Yordan Bon no atifi fam. Afei ɔhye no kɔ obon no mu,

And it goes on to the side facing the Arabah to the north, and down to the Arabah;

19 ɛkɔfa Bet-Hogla nsian no atifi fam na akɔpem Nkyene Po no atifi awiei ano a ɛyɛ Asubɔnten Yordan anafo fam abɔe.

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 Apuei fam hye no yɛ Asubɔnten Yordan. Eyi ne agyapade a wɔde maa mmusua a wɔbɔ mu yɛ Benyamin abusuakuw no.

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 Nkurow a wɔde maa mmusua a wɔbɔ mu yɛ Benyamin abusuakuw na edidi so yi: Yeriko, Bet-Hogla ne Emek-Kesis,

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 Bet-Araba, Semaraim ne Bet-El,

And Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Beth-el

23 Awim, Para ne Ofra,

And Avvim and Parah and Ophrah

24 Kefar-Amonai, Ofni ne Geba, nkurow dumien ne wɔn nkuraa.

And Chephar-Ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve towns with their unwalled places;

25 Gibeon, Rama ne Beerot,

Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth

26 Mispa, Kefira ne Mosa,

And Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah

27 Rekem, Yirpeel ne Tarala,

And Rekem and Irpeel and Taralah

28 Sela, Ha-Elef ne Yebusifo kuropɔn (a ɛyɛ Yerusalem), Gibea ne Kiriat-Yearim, nkurow dunan ne wɔn nkuraa. Eyi ne agyapade a wɔde maa mmusua a wɔbɔ mu yɛ Benyamin abusuakuw no.

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.