1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
Na Mkanaani, mfalme wa Aradi, aliyeketi upande wa Negebu, alisikia habari ya kuwa Israeli alikuja kwa njia ya Atharimu; basi akapigana na Israeli, na watu kadha wa kadha miongoni mwao akawateka mateka.
2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
Basi Israeli akaweka nadhiri kwa Bwana akasema, Kama wewe utawatia watu hawa mikononi mwangu kweli ndipo mimi nitaiharibu miji yao kabisa.
3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
Bwana akasikiza sauti ya Israeli, akawatia Wakanaani mikononi mwao; nao wakawaharibu wao na miji yao kabisa; na jina la mahali hapo likaitwa Horma.
Brasen Serpent
4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
Wakasafiri kutoka mlima wa Hori kwa njia ya Bahari ya Shamu; ili kuizunguka nchi ya Edomu, watu wakafa moyo kwa sababu ya ile njia.
5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Watu wakamnung'unikia Mungu, na Musa, Mbona mmetupandisha huku kutoka nchi ya Misri, ili tufe jangwani? Maana hapana chakula, wala hapana maji, na roho zetu zinakinai chakula hiki dhaifu.
6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
Bwana akatuma nyoka za moto kati ya watu, wakawauma, watu wengi wakafa.
7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
Watu wakamwendea Musa, wakasema, Tumefanya dhambi kwa sababu tumemnung'unikia Mungu, na wewe; utuombee kwa Bwana, atuondolee nyoka hawa. Basi Musa akawaombea watu.
8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Bwana akamwambia Musa, Jifanyie nyoka ya shaba, ukaiweke juu ya mti, na itakuwa kila mtu aliyeumwa, aitazamapo ataishi.
9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Musa akafanya nyoka ya shaba, akaiweka juu ya mti, hata ikiwa nyoka amemwuma mtu, alipoitazama ile nyoka ya shaba, akaishi.
To the Plains of Moab
10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
Kisha wana wa Israeli wakasafiri, wakapanga marago Obothi.
11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
Wakasafiri kutoka Obothi, wakapanga Iye-abarimu, katika jangwa iliyoelekea Moabu, upande wa maawio ya jua.
12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
Kutoka huko wakasafiri, wakapanga katika bonde la Zeredi.
13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Kutoka huko wakasafiri, wakapanga upande wa pili wa Arnoni, ulio jangwani, utokao katika mpaka wa Waamori; maana, Arnoni ndio mpaka wa Moabu, kati ya Moabu na Waamori.
14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD,
What he did in the Red sea,
And in the brooks of Arnon,
Kwa hiyo imesemwa katika chuo cha Vita vya Bwana, Wahebu katika Sufa, Na bonde za Arnoni,
15 And at the stream of the brooks
That goeth down to the dwelling of Ar,
And lieth upon the border of Moab.
Na matelemko ya hizo bonde Kwenye kutelemkia maskani ya Ari, Na kutegemea mpaka wa Moabu.
16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
Kutoka huko wakasafiri kwenda Beeri; ni kisima ambacho Bwana alimwambia Musa, Uwakutanishe watu, nami nitawapa maji.
17 Then Israel sang this song,
Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
Ndipo Israeli wakaimba wimbo huu; Bubujika Ee kisima; kiimbieni;
18 The princes digged the well,
The nobles of the people digged it,
By the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves.
And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
Kisima walichokichimba wakuu, Ambacho wakuu wa watu wakakifukua, Kwa fimbo za enzi, kwa fimbo zao.
19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
na kutoka Matana wakaenda Nahalieli; na kutoka Nahalieli wakaenda Bamothi;
20 and from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
na kutoka Bamothi wakaenda bondeni kwenye konde la Moabu, hata kilele cha Pisga, kielekeacho chini jangwani.
21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Kisha Israeli akatuma wajumbe kumwendea Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori, na kusema,
22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
Nipe ruhusa nipite katika nchi yako; hatutageuka kando kwenda mashambani, wala kuingia katika mashamba ya mizabibu hatutakunywa maji ya visimani; tutakwenda kwa njia kuu ya mfalme, hata tutakapokuwa tumepita mpaka wako.
23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
Lakini Sihoni hakukubali kumwacha Israeli kupita katika mpaka wake; bali Sihoni akawakutanisha watu wake wote, akatoka aende kupigana na Israeli jangwani, akafika mpaka Yahasa; akapigana na Israeli.
24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
Israeli wakampiga kwa makali ya upanga, na kuimiliki nchi yake, tangu mto wa Arnoni hata mto wa Yaboki, mpaka nchi ya wana wa Amoni; kwa kuwa mpaka wa wana wa Amoni ulikuwa una nguvu.
25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
Basi Israeli wakaitwaa miji hiyo yote; Israeli wakakaa katika miji yote ya Waamori, katika Heshboni, na miji yake yote.
26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
Kwa kuwa Heshboni ulikuwa ni mji wa Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori, aliyekuwa akipigana na mfalme wa Moabu wa mbele, na kumpokonya nchi yake yote mkononi mwake, mpaka mto wa Arnoni.
27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say,
Come into Heshbon,
Let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
Kwa hiyo, hao wanenao kwa mithali wasema, Njoni Heshboni, Mji wa Sihoni na ujengwe na kuthibitishwa;
28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon,
A flame from the city of Sihon:
It hath consumed Ar of Moab,
And the lords of the high places of Arnon.
Maana, moto umetoka Heshboni, Umekuwa Ari ya Moabu, Mwali wa moto umetoka mji wa Sihoni; Wakuu wa mahali palipoinuka Arnoni
29 Woe to thee, Moab!
Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh:
He hath given his sons that escaped,
And his daughters, into captivity
Unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
Ole wako Moabu! Umeangamia, enyi watu wa Kemoshi; Amewatoa wanawe kuwa wakimbizi, Na binti zake waende utumwani, Wamwendee Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori.
30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon,
And we have laid them waste even unto Nophah,
Which reacheth unto Medeba.
Tumewapigia mishale; Heshboni umepotea mpaka Diboni, Nasi tumeharibu mpaka Nofa, Ifikiliayo Medeba.
31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
Basi hivyo Israeli akaketi katika nchi ya Waamori.
32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
Kisha Musa akapeleka watu ili kupeleleza Yazeri, nao wakaitwaa miji yake, wakawafukuza Waamori waliokuwamo.
33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
Kisha wakageuka na kukwea kwa njia ya Bashani; na Ogu mfalme wa Bashani akaondoka apigane nao huko Edrei, yeye na watu wake wote.
34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
Bwana akamwambia Musa, Usimche; kwa kuwa nimekwisha mtia mkononi mwako, na watu wake wote, na nchi yake; nawe utamtenda kama ulivyomtenda Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori, aliyeketi Heshboni.
35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
Basi wakampiga, na wanawe, na watu wake wote, hata wasisaze kwake mtu ye yote; nao wakaimiliki nchi yake.
