Yosua 18

1 Afei a asase no abɛdi Israelfoɔ nsam no, Israelfoɔ nyinaa boaa wɔn ho ano wɔ Silo na wɔsii hyiadan.

Then were gathered together all the assembly of the sons of Israel at Shiloh, and they set up there, the tent of meeting, —the land, having been subdued before them.

2 Nanso, na aka mmusuakuo nson a wɔmfaa wɔn kyɛfa no mmaa wɔn.

But there remained among the sons of Israel, to whom had not been apportioned their inheritance, —seven tribes.

3 Enti, Yosua bisaa wɔn sɛ, “Moretwɛn akɔsi da bɛn ansa na moafa asase no nkaeɛ a Awurade, mo agyanom Onyankopɔn de ama mo no?

So Joshua said unto the sons of Israel, —How long, will ye be too slothful, to enter in and take possession of the land, which Yahweh God of your fathers, hath given unto you?

4 Monyi nnipa baasa mfiri abusuakuo biara mu na mɛsoma wɔn ama wɔakɔsra baabi a wɔnnii hɔ soɔ no. Wɔsane ba a, wɔbɛtwerɛ deɛ wɔhunuiɛ agu krataa so akyerɛ me sɛdeɛ wɔbɛkyekyɛ agyapadeɛ no.

Set forth for you three men for each tribe, —that I may send them, that they may arise—and go up and down in the land—and map it out as required for their inheritance, and come in unto me.

5 Akwansrafoɔ no bɛkyekyɛ asase no mu nson, na wɔremfa Yuda asase a ɛda anafoɔ fam ne Yosef asase a ɛwɔ atifi fam no nka ho.

So shall they apportion it for themselves into seven parts, —Let, Judah, stay upon his boundary, on the south, and, the house of Joseph, stay upon their boundary, on the north,

6 Afei, mɛbɔ ntonto a ɛho te wɔ Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn anim, apɛ baabi a wɔde bɛma abusuakuo biara.

but, ye, shall map out the [rest of the] land, into seven parts, —and bring in [your descriptions] unto me, here, —then will I cast lots for you here, before Yahweh our God.

7 Nanso, Lewifoɔ no rennya asase biara. Wɔn dwumadie sɛ Awurade asɔfoɔ no bɛyɛ wɔn agyapadeɛ. Na Gad ne Ruben mmusuakuo ne Manase abusuakuo fa no nso renya asase no bi bio, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔanya wɔn agyapadeɛ a Mose a ɔyɛ Awurade ɔsomfoɔ de maa wɔn wɔ Asubɔnten Yordan apueeɛ fam no dada.”

For Levi hath no portion in your midst, for, the priesthood of Yahweh, is his inheritance, —and, Gad, and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance, beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave unto them.

8 Mmarima a wɔrekɔsusu asase no rebɛkɔ no, Yosua hyɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monkɔkyekyɛ asase no, na monsane mfa deɛ mohunuiɛ ho nsɛm a moatwerɛ agu krataa so mmrɛ me, na menam ntontobɔ kronkron a wɔbɛbɔ no Awurade anim wɔ Silo no so de asase no bɛma mmusuakuo no.”

So the men arose, and went, —and Joshua commanded them who were going, to map out the land, saying—Take your journey and go up and down in the land, and map it out, and return unto me, and, here, will I cast lots for you before Yahweh, in Shiloh.

9 Mmarima no yɛɛ sɛdeɛ wɔhyɛɛ wɔn no, kyekyɛɛ asase no nyinaa mu nson, twerɛɛ nkuro a ɛwɔ asase no nkyekyɛmu biara so. Wɔsane kɔɔ Yosua nkyɛn wɔ Silo atenaeɛ hɔ.

So the men went, and passed through the land, and mapped it out by cities, into seven parts, upon a scroll, —and came in unto Joshua, unto the camp, in Shiloh.

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

And Joshua cast for them lots, in Shiloh, before Yahweh, —and Joshua there apportioned the land unto the sons of Israel, according to their portions.

11 Asase no nkyekyɛmu a ɛdi ɛkan no kɔɔ mmusua a ɛwɔ Benyamin abusuakuo no nsam. Na ɛda nsase a wɔde maa Yuda ne Yosef mmusuakuo no.

Then came up the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, by their families, —and the boundary of their lot came out, between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.

12 Atifi fam ɛhyeɛ no firi Asubɔnten Yordan kɔ Yeriko nsianeɛ no atifi, na afei, afa bepɔ mantam ne Bet-Awen ɛserɛ so akɔ atɔeɛ fam.

And so their boundary, on the north border, was from the Jordan, —and the boundary goeth up unto the side of Jericho on the north, and goeth up in the hill country, westward, and the extensions thereof are towards the wilderness of Beth-aven;

13 Ɛhyeɛ no firi hɔ kɔ Lus (a ɛyɛ Bet-El) wɔ anafoɔ fam, na ɛtoa so kɔ Atarot-Adar ne bepɔ atifi a ɛwɔ Bet-Horon Anafoɔ wɔ anafoɔ fam.

and the boundary passeth over from thence towards Luz, to the side of Luz, southwards, the same, is Bethel, —and the boundary goeth down to Ataroth-addah, by the mountain that is on the south of Beth-horon the nether;

14 Afei ɛhyeɛ no fa anafoɔ fam, nam bepɔ a anim hwɛ Bet-Horon wɔ atɔeɛ fam no ntentenesoɔ, kɔsi Kiriat-Baal akuraa (a ɛyɛ Kiriat-Yearim), Yuda abusuakuo no nkuro no mu baako. Yei ne atɔeɛ fam ɛhyeɛ.

then turneth the boundary and goeth round the west border, southward, from the mountain which faceth Beth-horon, southward, and so the extensions thereof are unto Kiriath-baal—the same, is Kiriath-jearim, a city of the sons of Judah, —this, is the west border.

15 Anafoɔ fam ɛhyeɛ no, firi Kiriat-Yearim mfikyire. Ɛfiri hɔ fa atɔeɛ fam kɔ Neftoa nsuwansuwa asutire ho,

And, the border southward, is from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim, —and the boundary goeth out westward, yea it goeth out unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah;

16 na ɛsiane akɔ bepɔ a ɛwɔ Hinom bɔnhwa a ɛwɔ Refaim bɔnhwa no atifi fam no ase. Ɛtoa so kɔ Hinom wɔ anafoɔ fam, na atwam wɔ nsianeɛ a na Yebusifoɔ teɛ no anafoɔ fam na akɔduru En-Rogel.

and the boundary goeth down to the uttermost part of the mountain which faceth the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the Vale of Giants, northward, —and descendeth the valley of Hinnom, unto the side of the Jebusite, southward, and then descendeth to En-rogel;

17 Ɛhyeɛ no firi En-Rogel a ɛkɔ atifi fam, kɔsi En-Semes na atoa so akɔpem Gelilot a ɛne Adumim di nhwɛanimu na afei ɛsiane akɔ Bohan boɔ ho (Na Bohan yɛ Ruben babarima).

and it turneth on the north, and goeth out at En-shemesh, and goeth out unto Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim, —and goeth down by the Stone of Bohan, son of Reuben;

18 Ɛtoa so fa nsianeɛ a ɛhwɛ Yordan Bɔnhwa no atifi fam. Afei ɛhyeɛ no kɔ bɔnhwa no mu,

and passeth along unto the side over against the Arabah, northward, —and goeth down toward the Arabah;

19 ɛkɔfa Bet-Hogla nsianeɛ no atifi fam na akɔpem Nkyene Ɛpo no atifi faka ano a ɛyɛ Asubɔnten Yordan anafoɔ fam abɔeɛ.

and the boundary passeth along unto the side of Beth-hoglah, northward, and so the extensions of the boundary are unto the bay of the Salt Sea, northward, unto the end of the Jordan, southward, —This, is the south boundary.

20 Apueeɛ fam ɛhyeɛ no yɛ Asubɔnten Yordan. Yei ne agyapadeɛ a wɔde maa mmusua a wɔbɔ mu yɛ Benyamin abusuakuo no.

And, the Jordan itself, boundeth it as an eastward border. This, is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, by the boundaries thereof round about, by their families.

21 Nkuro a wɔde maa mmusua a wɔbɔ mu yɛ Benyamin abusuakuo na ɛdidi soɔ yi: Yeriko, Bet-Hogla ne Emek-Kesis,

So then the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, by their families, are, —Jericho and Beth-hoglah, and Emekkeziz,

22 Bet-Araba, Semaraim ne Bet-El,

and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

23 Awim, Para ne Ofra,

and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,

24 Kefar-Amonai, Ofni ne Geba, nkuro dumienu ne wɔn nkuraaseɛ.

and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni, and Geba, —twelve cities, with their villages:

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 Yebusifoɔ kuropɔn (a ɛyɛ Yerusalem), Gibea ne Kiriat-Yearim, nkuro dunan ne wɔn nkuraaseɛ. Yei ne agyapadeɛ a wɔde maa mmusua a wɔbɔ mu yɛ Benyamin abusuakuo no.

and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite, the same, is Jerusalem, Gibeath [and] Kiriath, fourteen cities, with their villages. This, is the inheritance of the song of Benjamin, by their families.