In the West
1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
Kisha hizi ndizo nchi ambazo wana wa Israeli walizitwaa katika nchi ya Kanaani, ambazo Eleazari kuhani, na Yoshua mwana wa Nuni, na vichwa vya nyumba za mababa wa kabila za Israeli, waliwagawanyia,
2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
kwa kuandama hiyo kura ya urithi wao, vile vile kama Bwana alivyoamuru kwa mkono wa Musa, kwa ajili ya hizo kabila kenda, na hiyo nusu ya kabila.
3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
Kwa kuwa Musa alikuwa amekwisha kuwapa urithi hizo kabila mbili na nusu, ng'ambo ya pili ya Yordani; lakini hakuwapa Walawi urithi uwao wote kati yao.
4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in , with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
Kwa kuwa wana wa Yusufu walikuwa kabila mbili, Manase na Efraimu; nao hawakuwapa Walawi sehemu katika hiyo nchi, isipokuwa waliwapa miji wapate kuikaa, pamoja na viunga vyake kwa ajili ya wanyama wao wa mifugo, na kwa ajili ya riziki zao.
5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
Vile vile kama Bwana alivyomwamuru Musa, hao wana wa Israeli walifanya vivyo, nao wakaigawanya hiyo nchi.
6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea.
Wakati huo wana wa Yuda walimkaribia Yoshua hapo Gilgali; na Kalebu, mwana wa Yefune, huyo Mkenizi, akamwambia, Wewe wajua hilo neno Bwana alilomwambia Musa, huyo mtu wa Mungu, katika habari zangu, na katika habari zako wewe, tulipokuwa katika Kadesh-barnea.
7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
Mimi nilikuwa mtu wa miaka arobaini umri wangu, hapo Musa mtumishi wa Bwana aliponituma niende kutoka Kadesh-barnea ili kuipeleleza hiyo nchi; nami nilimletea habari tena, kama ilivyokuwa ndani ya moyo wangu.
8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
Lakini wale ndugu zangu waliokwea kwenda pamoja nami waliiyeyusha mioyo ya watu; ila mimi nilimfuata Bwana, Mungu wangu, kwa utimilifu.
9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
Kisha Musa akaniapia siku hiyo, akasema, Hakika hiyo nchi ambayo miguu yako imekanyaga itakuwa ni urithi kwako wewe, na kwa watoto wako milele, kwa sababu wewe umemfuata Bwana, Mungu wako, kwa utimilifu.
10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
Sasa basi, angalia, yeye Bwana ameniweka hai, kama alivyosema, miaka hii arobaini na mitano, tangu wakati huo Bwana alipomwambia Musa neno hilo, wakati Israeli waliokuwa wakienenda barani; na sasa tazama, hivi leo nimepata miaka themanini na mitano umri wangu.
11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
Hata sasa mimi nina nguvu zangu hivi leo kama nilivyokuwa siku hiyo Musa aliyonituma; kama nguvu zangu zilivyokuwa wakati huo, na nguvu zangu ndivyo zilivyo sasa, kwa vita na kwa kutoka nje na kuingia ndani.
12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.
Basi sasa unipe mlima huu, ambao Bwana alinena habari zake siku hiyo; kwani wewe ulisikia siku hiyo jinsi Waanaki walivyokuwa huko, na miji ilivyokuwa mikubwa yenye boma; yumkini yeye Bwana atakuwa pamoja nami, nami nitawafukuza watoke nje, kama Bwana alivyonena.
13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
Yoshua akambarikia, akampa Kalebu, huyo mwana wa Yefune, Hebroni kuwa urithi wake.
14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.
Kwa hiyo Hebroni ukawa urithi wa Kalebu, mwana wa Yefune, Mkenizi, hata leo; kwa sababu alimwandama Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, kwa utimilifu.
15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
Basi jina la Hebroni hapo kwanza uliitwa Kiriath-arba; huyo Arba alikuwa ni mtu mkubwa kupita wenziwe wote katika hao Waanaki. Hiyo nchi nayo ikatulia, vita vikakoma.
