约书亚记 15
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
猶大支派的分地
15 猶大支派按著家族抽籤所得的地業，是極南的部分，達到以東的邊境，去到南邊尋的曠野。 2 他們南方的疆界是從鹽海的極南部分起，就是從南邊的海灣起； 3 伸到亞克拉濱山坡的南邊，經過尋，上到加低斯．巴尼亞的南邊，又經過希斯崙，再上到亞達珥，繞過甲加， 4 經過押們，伸展到埃及河，疆界直通到海；這就是他們（按照《馬索拉文本》，“他們”作“你們”；現參照《七十士譯本》翻譯）南方的疆界。 5 東方的疆界是從鹽海直到約旦河口。北方的疆界是從約旦河口的海灣起， 6 上到伯．曷拉，經過伯．亞拉巴的北邊，再上到流本的兒子波罕的磐石那裡； 7 又從亞割谷上到底璧，再北轉到河的南邊亞都冥山坡對面的吉甲去；又經過隱．示麥水泉，直通到隱．羅結； 8 再上到欣嫩子谷，到達耶布斯南面的山坡，耶布斯就是耶路撒冷；又上到欣嫩子谷西邊的山頂，就是在利乏音的北端； 9 又從山頂轉到尼弗多亞的水泉，伸展到以弗崙山的眾城；又轉到巴拉，巴拉就是基列．耶琳； 10 又從巴拉向西繞到西珥山，經過耶琳山坡的北邊，耶琳就是基撒崙；又下到伯．示麥，經過亭納； 11 伸展到以革倫北面的山坡，轉到施基崙，經過巴拉山，伸展到雅比聶，直通到海為止。 12 西方的疆界就是大海和海岸。這是猶大人按著家族所得四圍的境界。
迦勒攻得之地(A)
13 約書亞照著耶和華所吩咐的，把猶大人的一份地業，就是基列．亞巴，分給了耶孚尼的兒子迦勒；亞巴是亞衲人的祖先。基列．亞巴就是希伯崙。 14 迦勒把亞衲人的三個子孫，就是示篩、亞希幔、撻買，從那裡趕出去；他們是亞衲人的後代。 15 他又從那裡上去攻擊底璧的居民；底璧從前名叫基列．西弗。 16 迦勒說：“誰能攻打基列．西弗，把基列．西弗奪取，我就把我的女兒押撒給他作妻子。” 17 迦勒的兄弟基納斯的兒子俄陀聶奪取了那城，迦勒就把女兒押撒給他作妻子。 18 押撒出嫁的時候，慫恿丈夫向她父親求一塊田地；押撒一下驢，迦勒問她：“你要甚麼？” 19 她回答：“求你給我祝福；你既然把南地給了我，求你也把水泉給我。”她父親就把上泉和下泉都給了她。
猶大所得的城鎮
20 以下是猶大支派按著家族所得的產業。 21 猶大支派極南邊的眾城，接近以東邊界的，有：甲薛、以得、雅姑珥、 22 基拿、底摩拿、亞大達、 23 基低斯、夏瑣、以提楠、 24 西弗、提鍊、比亞綠、 25 夏瑣．哈大他、加略．希斯崙（加略．希斯崙就是夏瑣）、 26 亞曼、示瑪、摩拉大、 27 哈薩．迦大、黑實門、伯．帕列、 28 哈薩．書亞、別是巴、比斯約他、 29 巴拉、以因、以森、 30 伊勒多臘、基失、何珥瑪、 31 洗革拉、麥連拿、三撒拿、 32 利巴勿、實忻、亞因、臨門，共二十九座城，還有屬於這些城的村莊。
33 在高原有以實陶、瑣拉、亞實拿、 34 撒挪亞、隱．干寧、他普亞、以楠、 35 耶末、亞杜蘭、梭哥、亞西加、 36 沙拉音、亞底他音、基底拉、基底羅他音，共十四座城，還有屬於這些城的村莊。
37 又有洗楠、哈大沙、麥大．迦得、 38 底連、米斯巴、約帖、 39 拉吉、波斯加、伊磯倫、 40 迦本、拉幔、基提利、 41 基低羅、伯．大袞、拿瑪、瑪基大，共十六座城，還有屬於這些城的村莊。
42 又有立拿、以帖、亞珊、 43 益弗他、亞實拿、尼悉、 44 基伊拉、亞革悉、瑪利沙，共九座城，還有屬於這些城的村莊。
45 又有以革倫，和屬於以革倫的市鎮村莊； 46 從以革倫直到海，所有靠近亞實突的城和屬於這些城的村莊。
47 亞實突和屬於亞實突的市鎮村莊；迦薩和屬於迦薩的市鎮村莊；直到埃及小河和大海沿岸的地方。
48 在山地有沙密、雅提珥、梭哥、 49 大拿、基列．薩拿（基列．薩拿就是底璧）、 50 亞拿伯、以實提莫、亞念、 51 歌珊、何倫、基羅，共十一座城，還有屬於這些城的村莊。
52 又有亞拉、度瑪、以珊、 53 雅農、伯．他普亞、亞非加、 54 宏他、基列．亞巴（基列．亞巴就是希伯崙）、洗珥，共九座城，還有屬於這些城的村莊。
55 又有瑪雲、迦密、西弗、淤他、 56 耶斯列、約甸、撒挪亞、 57 該隱、基比亞、亭納，共十座城，還有屬於這些城的村莊。
58 又有哈忽、伯．夙、基突、 59 瑪臘、伯．亞諾、伊勒提君，共六座城，還有屬於這些城的村莊。
60 又有基列．巴力（基列．巴力就是基列．耶琳）、拉巴，共兩座城，還有屬於這些城的村莊。
61 在曠野有伯．亞拉巴、密丁、西迦迦、 62 匿珊、鹽城、隱．基底，共六座城，還有屬於這些城的村莊。
63 至於住在耶路撒冷的耶布斯人，猶大人不能把他們趕走；所以耶布斯人在耶路撒冷與猶大人同住，直到今日。
Joshua 15
Contemporary English Version
Judah's Land
15 The clans of the Judah tribe were given land that went south along the border of Edom, and at its farthest point south it even reached the Zin Desert. 2 Judah's southern border started at the south end of the Dead Sea. 3 As it went west from there, it ran south of Scorpion Pass[a] to Zin, and then came up from the south to Kadesh-Barnea. It continued past Hezron up to Addar, turned toward Karka, 4 and ran along to Azmon. After that, it followed the Egyptian Gorge and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was also Israel's southern border.
5 Judah's eastern border ran the full length of the Dead Sea.
The northern border started at the northern end of the Dead Sea.[b] 6 From there it went west up to Beth-Hoglah, continued north of Beth-Arabah, and went up to the Monument of Bohan,[c] who belonged to the Reuben tribe. 7 From there, it went to Trouble Valley[d] and Debir,[e] then turned north and went to Gilgal,[f] which is on the north side of the valley across from Adummim Pass. It continued on to Enshemesh, Enrogel, 8 and up through Hinnom Valley on the land sloping south from Jerusalem. The city of Jerusalem itself belonged to the Jebusites.
Next, the border went up to the top of the mountain on the west side of Hinnom Valley and at the north end of Rephaim Valley. 9 At the top of the mountain it turned and went to Nephtoah Spring and then to the ruins[g] on Mount Ephron. From there, it went to Baalah, which is now called Kiriath-Jearim.
10 From Baalah the northern border curved west to Mount Seir and then ran along the northern ridge of Mount Jearim, where Chesalon is located. Then it went down to Beth-Shemesh[h] and over to Timnah. 11 It continued along to the hillside north of Ekron, curved around to Shikkeron, and then went to Mount Baalah. After going to Jabneel, the border finally ended at the Mediterranean Sea, 12 which was Judah's western border.
The clans of Judah lived within these borders.
Caleb's Land
(Judges 1.12-15)
13 (A) Joshua gave Caleb some land among the people of Judah, as God had told him to do. Caleb's share was Hebron, which at that time was known as Arba's Town,[i] because Arba was the famous ancestor of the Anakim.[j]
14 Caleb attacked Hebron and forced the three Anakim clans of[k] Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai to leave. 15 Next, Caleb started a war with the town of Debir, which at that time was called Kiriath-Sepher. 16 He told his men, “The man who captures Kiriath-Sepher can marry my daughter Achsah.”
17 Caleb's nephew Othniel[l] captured Kiriath-Sepher, and Caleb let him marry Achsah. 18 Right after the wedding, Achsah started telling Othniel that he[m] ought to ask her father for a field. She went to see her father, and while she was getting down from[n] her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What's bothering you?”
19 She answered, “I need your help. The land you gave me is in the Southern Desert, so I really need some spring-fed ponds[o] for a water supply.”
Caleb gave her a couple of small ponds, named Higher Pond and Lower Pond.[p]
Towns in Judah's Land
20 The following is a list of the towns in each region given to the Judah clans:
21-32 The first region was located in the Southern Desert along the border with Edom, and it had the following 29 towns with their surrounding villages:
Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah, Dimonah, Aradah,[q] Kedesh, Hazor of Ithnan,[r] Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, Hazor-Hadattah, Kerioth-Hezron, which is also called Hazor, Amam, Shema, Moladah, Hazar-Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-Pelet, Hazar-Shual, Beersheba and its surrounding villages,[s] Baalah, Iim, Ezem, Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, Lebaoth, Shilhim, and Enrimmon.[t]
33-36 The second region was located in the northern part of the lower foothills, and it had the following 14 towns with their surrounding villages:
Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim.
37-41 The third region was located in the southern part of the lower foothills, and it had the following 16 towns with their surrounding villages:
Zenan, Hadashah, Migdalgad, Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel, Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, Cabbon, Lahmas,[u] Chitlish, Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah.
42-44 The fourth region was located in the central part of the lower foothills, and it had the following nine towns with their surrounding villages:
Libnah, Ether, Ashan, Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah.
45-47 The fifth region was located along the Mediterranean seacoast, and it had the following towns with their surrounding settlements and villages:
Ekron and the towns between there and the coast, Ashdod and the larger towns nearby, Gaza, the towns from Gaza to the Egyptian Gorge, and the towns along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
48-51 The sixth region was in the southwestern part of the hill country, and it had the following eleven towns with their surrounding villages:
Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, Dannah, Kiriath-Sannah, which is now called Debir, Anab, Eshtemoh,[v] Anim, Goshen, Holon, and Giloh.
52-54 The seventh region was located in the south-central part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following nine towns with their surrounding villages:
Arab, Dumah,[w] Eshan, Janim, Beth-Tappuah, Aphekah, Humtah, Kiriath-Arba, which is now called Hebron, and Zior.
55-57 The eighth region was located in the southeastern part of the hill country, and it had the following ten towns with their surrounding villages:
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, Jezreel,[x] Jokdeam,[y] Zanoah, Kain, Gibeah,[z] and Timnah.
58-59 The ninth region was located in the central part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following six towns with their surrounding villages:
Halhul, Beth-Zur, Gedor, Maarath, Beth-Anoth, and Eltekon.
The tenth region was located in the north-central part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following eleven towns with their surrounding villages:
Tekoa, Ephrath, which is also called Bethlehem, Peor, Etam, Culon, Tatam, Shoresh, Kerem, Gallim, Bether, and Manahath.[aa]
60 The eleventh region was located in the northern part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following two towns with their surrounding villages:
Rabbah, and Kiriath-Baal, which is also called Kiriath-Jearim.
61-62 The twelfth region was located in the desert along the Dead Sea, and it had the following six towns with their surrounding villages:
Beth-Arabah, Middin, Secacah, Nibshan, Salt Town, and En-Gedi.
The Jebusites
63 (B) The Jebusites lived in Jerusalem, and the people of the Judah tribe could not capture the city and get rid of them. That's why Jebusites still live in Jerusalem along with the people of Judah.[ab]
Footnotes
- 15.3 Scorpion Pass: Or “Akrabbim Pass.”
- 15.5 at … Dead Sea: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 15.6 Monument of Bohan: Or “Bohan Rock,” possibly a natural rock formation.
- 15.7 Trouble Valley: Or “Achor Valley.”
- 15.7 Debir: Not the same town as in 10.38,39.
- 15.7 Gilgal: Not the same “Gilgal” as in 4.19.
- 15.9 ruins: Hebrew; one ancient translation “towns.”
- 15.10 Beth-Shemesh: Probably the same town as the Ir-Shemesh of 19.41-46. Two other towns were also named Beth-Shemesh (see 19.17-23 and 19.35-39).
- 15.13 Arba's Town: See the note at 14.15.
- 15.13 Anakim: See the note at 11.21.
- 15.14 clans of: Or “warriors.”
- 15.17 Caleb's nephew Othniel: Hebrew “Othniel the son of Caleb's brother Kenaz.”
- 15.18 Achsah … Othniel … he: Hebrew; one manuscript of one ancient translation and two ancient translations of the parallel in Judges 1.14 “Othniel … Achsah … she.”
- 15.18 getting down from: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 15.19 spring-fed ponds: Or “wells.”
- 15.19 small ponds … Pond … Pond: Or “wells … Well … Well.”
- 15.21-32 Aradah: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 15.21-32 Hazor of Ithnan: One ancient translation; Hebrew “Hazor and Ithnan.”
- 15.21-32 its … villages: One ancient translation; Hebrew “Biziothiah.”
- 15.21-32 Enrimmon: One ancient translation; Hebrew “Ain and Rimmon.”
- 15.37-41 Lahmas: Most Hebrew manuscripts; many other Hebrew manuscripts and one manuscript of one ancient translation “Lahmam.”
- 15.48-51 Eshtemoh: Another spelling for the name Eshtemoa (see 21.9-19).
- 15.52-54 Dumah: Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and one ancient translation “Rumah.”
- 15.55-57 Jezreel: Not the same Jezreel as in 19.17-23.
- 15.55-57 Jokdeam: Hebrew; one ancient translation “Jorkeam.”
- 15.55-57 Gibeah: Not the same Gibeah as in 18.25-28.
- 15.58,59 The tenth region … Manahath: One ancient translation; the Hebrew text does not have these words.
- 15.63 Jebusites … Judah: Israel captured Jerusalem in King David's time, but even then the Jebusites were not forced to leave.
Joshua 15
King James Version
15 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
3 And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
6 And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
7 And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:
8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:
10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.
16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
27 And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,
28 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,
29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:
33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
34 And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,
38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
41 And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
48 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
49 And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir,
50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
53 And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,
54 And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
58 Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,
59 And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
60 Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
61 In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.
63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
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