Mga Bilang 13
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Nagsugo ng Labindalawang Espiya sa Canaan(A)
13 Sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, 2 “Pumili ka ng isa sa mga kinikilalang pinuno ng bawat lipi at isugo mo sila upang manmanan ang Canaan, ang lupaing ibibigay ko sa inyo.” 3-15 Ganoon nga ang ginawa ni Moises. Kaya't mula sa ilang ng Paran, isinugo niya ang mga sumusunod na pinuno upang magmanman:
| Lipi | Pinuno |
|---|---|
| Ruben | Samua na anak ni Zacur |
| Simeon | Safat na anak ni Hori |
| Juda | Caleb na anak ni Jefune |
| Isacar | Igal na anak ni Jose |
| Efraim | Oseas na anak ni Nun |
| Benjamin | Palti na anak ni Rafu |
| Zebulun | Gadiel na anak ni Sodi |
| Manases | Gadi na anak ni Susi |
| Dan | Amiel na anak ni Gemali |
| Asher | Setur na anak ni Micael |
| Neftali | Nahabi na anak ni Vapsi |
| Gad | Geuel na anak ni Maqui |
16 Sila ang isinugo ni Moises upang maging espiya sa Canaan; si Oseas na anak ni Nun ay tinawag niyang Josue. 17 Bago lumakad ang mga espiya, sila'y pinagbilinan ni Moises, “Sa Negeb kayo dumaan saka magtuloy sa kaburulan. 18 Pag-aralan ninyong mabuti ang lupain. Tingnan ninyo kung malalakas o mahihina ang mga tao roon, kung marami o kakaunti. 19 Tingnan ninyo kung mainam o hindi ang lupa, at kung may matitibay na muog o wala ang mga bayang tinitirhan ng mga tao roon. 20 Tingnan din ninyo kung mataba ang mga bukirin doon o hindi, at kung maraming punongkahoy o wala. Lakasan ninyo ang inyong loob. At pagbalik ninyo, magdala kayo ng ilang bungangkahoy mula roon.” Noon ay panahon ng pagkahinog ng ubas.
21 Pagdating sa Canaan, tiningnan ng mga espiya ang lupain mula sa ilang ng Zin hanggang sa Rehob, sa malapit sa Pasong Hamat. 22 Umahon sila ng Negeb at nakarating ng Hebron at doo'y natagpuan nila ang mga angkan nina Ahiman, Sesai at Talmai. Ang mga ito'y mula sa lahi ni Anac. (Ang Hebron ay pitong taon nang lunsod bago ang Zoan sa Egipto.) 23 Pagdating nila sa kapatagan ng Escol, kumuha sila ng isang buwig ng ubas na pinasan ng dalawang tao. Nanguha rin sila ng bunga ng punong granada at igos. 24 Ang lugar na iyon ay tinawag nilang Escol[a] dahil sa malaking buwig ng ubas na nakuha nila roon.
25 Pagkaraan ng apatnapung araw, umuwi na ang mga espiya 26 at humarap kina Moises, Aaron at sa buong bayang Israel na natitipon noon sa Paran, sakop ng Kades. Iniulat nila ang kanilang nakita at ipinakita ang mga uwi nilang bungangkahoy. 27 Ang sabi nila, “Pinag-aralan namin ang lupain at natuklasan naming ito'y mayaman at masagana sa lahat ng bagay. Katunayan ang bungangkahoy na kinuha namin doon. 28 Ngunit malalakas ang mga tagaroon. Malalaki ang lunsod at matitibay ang mga pader. Bukod dito, naroon din ang mga lahi ng higante. 29 Sakop ng mga Amalekita ang Negeb. Ang kaburulan ay tinitirhan naman ng mga Heteo, Jebuseo at Amoreo. Mga Cananeo naman ang nasa baybay-dagat at sa tabi ng Ilog Jordan.”
30 Subalit pinatahimik ni Caleb ang mga taong-bayan na nagrereklamo na noon kay Moises. Sinabi ni Caleb, “Hindi tayo dapat mag-aksaya ng panahon. Lusubin na natin sila sapagkat kaya natin silang gapiin.”
31 Ngunit sumagot ang ibang espiyang kasama niya, “Hindi natin sila kaya sapagkat mas malakas sila kaysa atin.” 32 Hindi maganda ang kanilang ulat tungkol sa lupaing pinasiyasat sa kanila. Ito ang sinabi nila, “Malalaking tao ang nakatira doon at sinumang magtangkang sumakop sa kanila ay lalamunin nila. 33 Nakita(B) namin doon ang mga higante. Sila ay mula sa lahi ni Anac. Mga tipaklong lamang kami kung ihahambing sa kanila.”
Footnotes
- 24 ESCOL: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang kahulugan ng salitang ito ay “buwig ng ubas”.
Numbers 13
King James Version
13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
3 And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Numbers 13
English Standard Version
Spies Sent into Canaan
13 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 (A)“Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.” 3 So Moses sent them from (B)the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel. 4 And these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur; 5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori; 6 (C)from the tribe of Judah, (D)Caleb the son of Jephunneh; 7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph; 8 from the tribe of Ephraim, (E)Hoshea the son of Nun; 9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu; 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi; 11 from the tribe of Joseph (that is, from the tribe of Manasseh), Gaddi the son of Susi; 12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli; 13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael; 14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi; 15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16 These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called (F)Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.
17 Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, “Go up into (G)the Negeb and go up into (H)the hill country, 18 and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many, 19 and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds, 20 and whether the land is (I)rich or poor, and whether there are trees in it or not. (J)Be of good courage and bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.
21 So they went up and spied out the land (K)from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, (L)near Lebo-hamath. 22 They went up into (M)the Negeb and came to (N)Hebron. (O)Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the (P)descendants of Anak, were there. ((Q)Hebron was built seven years before (R)Zoan in Egypt.) 23 And (S)they came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they also brought some pomegranates and figs. 24 That place was called the Valley of Eshcol,[a] because of the cluster that the people of Israel cut down from there.
Report of the Spies
25 At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land. 26 And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at (T)Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, “We came to the land to which you sent us. It (U)flows with milk and honey, (V)and this is its fruit. 28 (W)However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 (X)The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negeb. The Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country. (Y)And the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan.”
30 But (Z)Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.” 31 (AA)Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are.” 32 So (AB)they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and (AC)all the people that we saw in it are of great height. 33 And there we saw the (AD)Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the (AE)Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves (AF)like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 13:24 Eshcol means cluster
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