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 lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
2 Anafoɔ fam ɛhyeɛ no hyɛɛ aseɛ wɔ Nkyene Ɛpo no mpoano a ɛwɔ anafoɔ fam,
Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
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.
and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh Barnea, and passed along by Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned towards 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.
and it passed along to Azmon, went out at the brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your south border.
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 east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan. The border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end 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.
The border went up to Beth Hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth Arabah; and the border 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.
The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking towards Gilgal, that faces the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. The border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at 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.
The border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem) southward; and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the farthest part of the valley of Rephaim northward.
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.)
The border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (also called 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.
and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim (also called Chesalon) on the north, and went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by 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.
and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were 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 west border was to the shore of the great sea. This is the border of the children of Judah according to their families.
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.
He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion amongst the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
14 Na Kaleb tuu Sesai, Ahiman ne Talmai a wɔyɛ Anak asefoɔ no firii hɔ.
Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15 Afei, ɔko tiaa nnipa a na wɔte kuro Debir (a kane no na wɔfrɛ no Kiriat-Sefer) no.
He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was 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, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”
17 Ɛnna Kaleb nua Kenas babarima Otniel dii so enti, Aksa bɛyɛɛ Otniel yere.
Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as 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?”
When she came, she had him ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey, and Caleb said, “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.
She said, “Give me a blessing. Because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
20 Yei ne mmusua a wɔbɔ mu yɛ Yuda abusuakuo no agyapadeɛ.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
21 Na Yudafoɔ nkuro a ɛdeda Edom ahyeɛ so wɔ anafoɔ pɛɛ no ne: Kabseel ne Eder ne Yagur,
The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah towards the border of Edom in the South 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 (also called 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 nkuro yi nyinaa ne wɔn nkuraaseɛ a atwa ho ahyia dodoɔ yɛ aduonu nkron.
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. All the cities are twenty-nine, with 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 lowland, 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 nkuro yi ne nkuraaseɛ a atwa ho ahyia nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ dunan.
Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim); fourteen cities with their villages.
37 Deɛ ɛka ho bio ne Senan ne Hadasa ne Migdal-gad,
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, Lahmam, Chitlish,
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, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with 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, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
45 Ekron nkuro ne nkuraaseɛ nyinaa ka Yuda asase ho,
Ekron, with its towns and its 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 even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with 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 towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and 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, Socoh,
49 Dana ne Kiriat-Sana a ɛne Debir,
Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (which 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; eleven cities with 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 (also called Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
55 Nkuro a ɛdidi soɔ yi nso ka ho: Maon, Karmel, Sif ne Yuta,
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Jutah,
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; ten cities with 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; six cities with 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 (also called Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
61 Ɛserɛ so nkuro no nso ne: Bet-Araba, Midin ne Sekaka,
In the wilderness, 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; six cities with 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.
As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah couldn’t drive them out; but the Jebusites live with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
