Yosua 15
1 Asase a wɔde maa mmusua a wɔbom yɛ Yuda abusuakuo no kɔduruu Edom ɛhyeɛ so wɔ anafoɔ fam, na Sin ɛserɛ so na ɛkɔpem.
The assignment of land for the tribe of the people of Judah, clan by clan, extended south to the border of Edom, with the wilderness of Zin being the farthest point to the south.
2 Anafoɔ fam ɛhyeɛ no hyɛɛ aseɛ wɔ Nkyene Ɛpo no mpoano a ɛwɔ anafoɔ fam,
Their border on the south ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces to the south.
3 tene faa Akrabbim kɔsii Sin ɛserɛ so. Ɛtoaa so kɔɔ Kades-Barnea anafoɔ fam kɔsii Hesron. Afei ɛkɔɔ soro kɔsii Adar, ɛnna ɛdane kɔɔ Karka.
Their boundary next went out to the south of the hill of Akrabbim and passed along to Zin, and went up south of Kadesh Barnea, along by Hezron, and up to Addar, where it turned about to Karka.
4 Ɛtwaam kɔɔ Asmon kɔduruu Misraim asuwa no ho, na ɛfaa ho ara kɔwiee wɔ ɛpo kɛseɛ no mu. Yei ne wɔn anafoɔ fam ɛhyeɛ.
It passed along to Azmon, went by the brook of Egypt, and came to its end at the sea. This was their south boundary.
5 Apueeɛ fam ɛhyeɛ no firi Nkyene Ɛpo no kɔduru Asubɔnten Yordan ano. Atifi fam ɛhyeɛ no firi beaeɛ a Asubɔnten Yordan bɔ Nkyene Ɛpo no mu,
The eastern boundary was the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. The border on the north ran from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.
6 na ɛtwam kɔ Bet-Hogla, na afei akɔ Bet-Araba atifi fam, akɔka Bohan boɔ no ho. Na Bohan yɛ Ruben babarima.
It went up to Beth Hoglah and passed along north of Beth Arabah. Then it went up to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
7 Ɛfiri hɔ a, ɛkɔfa Akɔr bɔnhwa no mu kɔka Debir, na ɛdane wɔ atifi fam kyerɛ Gilgal, a ɛtwam firi Adumim nsianeɛ mu wɔ anafoɔ fam wɔ bɔnhwa no nkyɛn mu. Ɛfiri hɔ a, ɛhyeɛ no tene kɔsi En-Semes nsuo no ano, na akɔpem En-Rogel.
Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, which is opposite the hill of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. Then the border passed along to the springs of En Shemesh and went to En Rogel.
8 Afei, ɛhyeɛ no fa Hinom babarima bɔnhwa no mu, kɔfa Yebusifoɔ anafoɔ nsianeɛ so, deɛ Yerusalem kuropɔn no da. Afei ɛkɔ atɔeɛ fam wɔ bepɔ no apampam, toa so kɔ Hinom bɔnhwa no so kɔsi Refaim bɔnhwa ano wɔ atifi fam.
Then the border went up the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the south side of the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem). Then it went up to the top of the hill that lies over the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, which is at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
9 Ɛfiri hɔ a, ɛhyeɛ no toa so kɔfa bepɔ no apampam kɔ Neftoa asuo no asutire no ho. Ɛfiri hɔ kɔ nkuro a ɛdeda Efron bepɔ so no. Na ɛhima kɔ Baala (a ɛyɛ Kiriat-Yearim.)
Then the border extended from the top of the hills to the spring of Nephtoah, and went out from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the border bends around to Baalah (the same as Kiriath Jearim).
10 Ɛhyeɛ no twa fa Baala ho wɔ atɔeɛ fam kɔsi bepɔ Seir so, ɛkɔ ara kɔsi Kesalon kurom wɔ bepɔ Yearim atifi nsianeɛ so, na akɔ fam akɔsi Bet-Semes ne Timna.
Then the border circled around west of Baalah to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same as Kesalon), went down to Beth Shemesh, and crossed over to Timnah.
11 Ɛhyeɛ no kɔ ara kɔsi bepɔ no nsianeɛ a ɛwɔ Ekron atifi fam, baabi a ɛdane hwɛ Sikron ne Baala bepɔ no. Ɛtra Yabneel na akɔpem Ɛpo Kɛseɛ no.
The border went out beside the northern hill of Ekron, and then it bends around to Shikkeron and passed along to Mount Baalah, from there it went to Jabneel. The border ended at the sea.
12 Na atɔeɛ fam ɛhyeɛ no nso ne Ɛpo Kɛseɛ no mpoanompoano. Yeinom ne mmusua a wɔbɔ mu yɛ Yuda mmusuakuo no ahyeɛ.
The western boundary was the Great Sea and its coastline. This is the border around the tribe of Judah, clan by clan.
13 Awurade hyɛɛ Yosua sɛ 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.
In keeping with the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh an assignment of land among the tribe of Judah, Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).
14 Na Kaleb tuu Sesai, Ahiman ne Talmai a wɔyɛ Anak asefoɔ no firii hɔ.
Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai, descendants of Anak.
15 Afei, ɔko tiaa nnipa a na wɔte kuro Debir (a kane no na wɔfrɛ no Kiriat-Sefer) no.
He went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher).
16 Kaleb kaa sɛ, “Obiara a ɔbɛto ahyɛ Kiriat-Sefer so na wafa no, mede me babaa Aksa bɛma no aware.”
Caleb said, “The man who attacks Kiriath Sepher and captures it, to him I will give Aksah my daughter as a wife.”
17 Ɛnna Kaleb nua Kenas babarima Otniel dii so enti, Aksa bɛyɛɛ Otniel yere.
When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, captured it, Caleb gave him Aksah his daughter as a wife.
18 Aksa waree Otniel no, ɔhyɛɛ no sɛ ɔmmisa nʼagya Kaleb na ɔmfa asase no bi nka ho. Aksa firii nʼafunumu so sii fam no, Kaleb bisaa no sɛ, “Asɛm bɛn? Ɛdeɛn na menyɛ mma wo?”
Soon after that, Aksah came to Othniel and she urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”
19 Ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Hyira me bio. Woayɛ adom ama me Asase wɔ Negeb; ma me nsuwansuwa asase nso.” Enti, Kaleb maa no atifi ne anafoɔ fam nsuwansuwa asase.
Aksah replied, “Do me a special favor, since you have given me the land of the Negev: Also give me some springs of water.” Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and lower springs.
20 Yei ne mmusua a wɔbɔ mu yɛ Yuda abusuakuo no agyapadeɛ.
This was the inheritance of the tribe of Judah, clan by clan.
21 Na Yudafoɔ nkuro a ɛdeda Edom ahyeɛ so wɔ anafoɔ pɛɛ no ne: Kabseel ne Eder ne Yagur,
The cities belonging to the tribe of Judah in the extreme south, toward the border of Edom, were 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 (this was also known as 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, Iyim, 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 nkuro yi nyinaa ne wɔn nkuraaseɛ a atwa ho ahyia dodoɔ yɛ aduonu nkron.
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. These were twenty-nine cities in all, including their villages.
33 Saa nkuro a na ɛwɔ atɔeɛ fam nkokoɔ no so a wɔde maa Yuda nie: Estaol ne Sora ne Asna.
In the lower hill country to the west, there were 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, Sokoh, Azekah,
36 Saaraim ne Aditaim ne Gedera ne Gederotaim. Saa nkuro yi ne nkuraaseɛ a atwa ho ahyia nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ dunan.
Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (that is, Gederothaim). These were fourteen cities in number, including their villages.
37 Deɛ ɛka ho bio ne Senan ne Hadasa ne Migdal-gad,
Zenan, Hadashah, Migdalgad,
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,
Kabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish,
41 Gederot, Bet-Dagon ne Naama ne Makeda. Saa nkuro yi ne nkuraaseɛ a atwa ho ahyia nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ dunsia.
Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, Makkedah. These were sixteen cities in number, including their villages.
42 Yeinom 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 nkuro yi ne nkuraaseɛ a atwa ho ahyia nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ nkron.
Keilah, Akzib, Mareshah. These were nine cities, including their villages.
45 Ekron nkuro ne nkuraaseɛ nyinaa ka Yuda asase ho,
Ekron, with its surrounding towns and villages;
46 ɛfiri Ekron no, ɛhyeɛ no trɛ de kɔ atɔeɛ fam a nkuro a ɛbɛn Asdod ne wɔn nkuraaseɛ a atwa ho ahyia ka ho.
from Ekron to the Great Sea, all the settlements that were near Ashdod, including their villages.
47 Saa ara na Asdod nkuro ne ne nkuraaseɛ, Gasa nkuro ne ne nkuraaseɛ kɔsi Misraim asuwa no, de kɔfa Ɛpo Kɛseɛ no mpoano ka ho.
Ashdod, its surrounding towns, including their villages; Gaza, its surrounding towns including their villages; to the brook of Egypt, and to the Great Sea with its coastline.
48 Yuda sane nyaa nkuro a ɛdidi so yi a na ɛwɔ nkokoɔ asase so: Samir ne Yatir ne Soko,
In the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Sokoh,
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 nkuro yi ne nkuraaseɛ a atwa ho ahyia nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ dubaako.
Goshen, Holon, and Giloh. These were eleven cities, including their villages.
52 Na saa nkuro 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. Nkuro nkron ne ne nkuraaseɛ atwa ho ahyia.
Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior. These were nine cities, including their villages.
55 Nkuro a ɛdidi soɔ 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, nkuro edu ne ne nkuraaseɛ a atwa ho ahyia.
Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah. These were ten cities, including their villages.
58 Bio Halhul, Bet-Sur ne Gedor,
Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,
59 Maarat ne Bet-Anot ne Eltekon ka ho, nkuro nsia ne ne nkuraaseɛ atwa ho ahyia.
Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon. These were six cities, including their villages.
60 Saa ara na Kiriat-Baal (a ɛne Kiriat-Yearim) ne Raba ka ho, nkuro mmienu ne ne nkuraaseɛ atwa ho ahyia.
Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah. These were two cities, including their villages.
61 Ɛserɛ so nkuro no nso ne: Bet-Araba, Midin ne Sekaka,
In the wilderness, there were Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,
62 Nibsan ne Nkyene kuropɔn no ne En-Gedi, nkuro nsia ne ne nkuraaseɛ atwa ho ahyia.
Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En Gedi. These were six cities, including their villages.
63 Na Yebusifoɔ a wɔte Yerusalem no deɛ, Yuda abusuakuo no antumi antu wɔn enti, Yebusifoɔ ne Yuda abusuakuo no tenaeɛ de bɛsi ɛnnɛ.
But as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the tribe of Judah could not drive them out, so the Jebusites live there with the tribe of Judah to this day.
