Yosua 18

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

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up there the tabernacle of the congregation. And the land was subdued before them.

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

And there remained among the children of Israel, that had not yet received their inheritance, seven tribes.

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?

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long will ye show yourselves slack to go to take possession of the land, which the Lord the God of your fathers hath given to 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.

Furnish for yourselves three men for each tribe; and I will send them out, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance, and come again 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 they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall remain on his boundary at the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain on their boundary at the north.

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

But you shall make a description of the land in seven parts, and bring it hither to me; and I will cast the lot for you here, before 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 to the Levites there is no portion among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance; and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Menasseh have already received their inheritance beyond the Jordan, at the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave to them.

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.”

And the men arose, and went away; and Joshua charged those that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and return again to me; and here will I cast the lot for you before 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.

And the men went and passed through the land, and described it according to the cities in seven parts in a book; and they came again to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.

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

And Joshua cast the lot for them in Shiloh before the Lord; and Joshua divided there the land unto the children of Israel according to 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 lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families; and the boundary of their lot came forth 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 boundary was on the north side [starting] from the Jordan; and the boundary went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; and its terminations were at the wilderness 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 the boundary went over from there toward Luz, to the south side of Luz, which is Beth-el; and the boundary descended to 'Atroth-addar, upon the mount that is on the south side of the lower Beth-choron.

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 border extended [thence], and fetched a compass to the west side, to the south of the mount that is before Beth-choron at the south; and its terminations were at Kiryath-ba'al, which is Kiryath-ye'arim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west side.

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

And the south side commenced from the end of Kiryath-ye'arim, and the boundary went out on the west, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoach:

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 boundary went down to the end of the mountain that is before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of Rephaim at the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusi on the south, and descended to 'Enrogel,

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 extended northwardly, and went forth to 'En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, and descended to Eben-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 passed along on this side opposite to 'Arabah northward; and went down unto '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 the boundary passed along to the side of Beth-choglah northward; and the terminations of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south boundary.

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

And the Jordan bounded it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by its boundaries round about, according to their families.

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

Now these were the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families, Jericho, and Beth-choglah, and 'Emekkeziz,

22 Bet-Araba, Semaraim ne Bet-El,

And Beth-ha'arabah, and Zemarayim, 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 Kephar-ha'ammonah, and 'Ophni, and Geba': twelve cities with their villages.

25 Gibeon, Rama ne Beerot,

Gib'on, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

26 Mispa, Kefira ne Mosa,

And Mizpeh, and Kephirah, and Mozah,

27 Rekem, Yirpeel ne Tarala,

And Rekem, and Yirpeel, 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 Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gib'ath, and Kiryath: fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.