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¶ Apre sa, nou pran yon lòt chemen nan direksyon peyi Bazan an. Men, Og, wa peyi Bazan an, soti ak tout lame li a, li vin kare pou batay ak nou bò lavil Edreyi a.

Lè sa a, Seyè a di m' konsa: Nou pa bezwen pè li, mwen pral lage yo nan men nou, li menm ansanm ak tout pèp li a ak tout peyi li a. Menm sa nou te fè Siyon, wa peyi Amori ki te rete lavil Esbon an, se sa nou pral fè li tou.

Se konsa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te lage Og, wa peyi Bazan an, nan men nou ansanm ak tout pèp li a. Nou touye yo tout. Nou pa kite pesonn chape.

Konsa tou, nou pran tout lavil yo pou nou. Pa t' gen yonn menm ki pa t' tonbe nan men nou. Antou nou te pran swasant lavil, tout lavil ki te nan zòn Agòb la, kote Og, wa Bazan an, t'ap gouvènen.

Tout lavil sa yo te gen bèl defans. Yo te gen ranpa byen wo, gwo baryè ak ba solid pou fèmen baryè yo. Nou te pran tou yon bann lòt lavil ki pa t' gen ranpa.

Nou detwi yo nèt pou Bondye tankou yon ofrann, menm jan nou te fè l' pou Siyon, wa lavil Esbon an. Nou touye tout moun ki te nan lavil yo, fanm kou gason, timoun kou granmoun.

Men, nou pran tout zannimo yo ak tout lòt bagay ki gen valè nan lavil yo pou nou.

Se konsa, lè sa a, nou pran pou nou peyi tou de wa peyi Amori yo ki t'ap viv sou bò solèy leve, depi ravin Anon jouk mòn Emon, lòt bò larivyè Jouden an.

Moun Sidon yo rele mòn Emon an Siryon, men moun Amori yo menm rele l' Seni.

10 Nou pran tout lavil ki nan gwo platon sou tèt mòn yo, tout peyi Galarad la ak peyi Bazan an rive jouk Salka ak Edreyi, de lavil ki te pou Og, wa Bazan an.

11 (Og, wa Bazan an, se te dènye moun nan ras refayim yo ki te vivan. Sèkèy li te fèt an fè, li te gen kat mèt edmi longè sou de mèt lajè. Yo ka wè l' jouk koulye a nan lavil yo rele Raba moun Amon yo.)

12 ¶ Lè nou fin pran peyi a pou nou, mwen bay branch fanmi Woubenn lan ak branch fanmi Gad la pòsyon ki soti bò lavil Awoyè a, toupre ravin Anon, rive pran mwatye nan mòn Galarad la avèk tout lavil ki ladan yo.

13 Mwen bay mwatye nan branch fanmi Manase a rès zòn Galarad la ak tout peyi Bazan an, kote Og t'ap gouvènen an. (Dapre sa yo di, peyi Bazan an, tout zòn Agòb la, se peyi refayim yo.

14 Jayit, moun fanmi Manase, te pran tout zòn Agòb la, ki vle di peyi Bazan an rive jouk sou fwontyè peyi moun Jechou yo ak peyi moun Maka yo. Li bay peyi a non li. Li rele l' Bouk Jayi. Non sa a rete pou peyi a jouk koulye a.)

15 Mwen bay Maki peyi Galarad la.

16 Mwen bay branch fanmi Woubenn ak branch fanmi Gad yo zòn ki soti depi peyi Galarad la rive ravin Anon. Sou nan sid, baliz peyi a pase nan mitan ravin Anon. Sou nan nò, peyi a rive rivyè Jabòk ki te sèvi l' fwontyè ak peyi Amon an.

17 Sou bò solèy kouche, larivyè Jouden an, depi letan Kinerèt jouk lanmè Sale a, lanmè yo rele Araba a, va sèvi fwontyè ki va desann anba lanmè Sale a jouk nan pye mòn Pisga a bò solèy leve.

18 Menm lè sa a tou, mwen ba yo lòd sa yo: Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te ban nou peyi sa a pou nou rete! Koulye a, se pou tout gason ki gen laj pou fè lagè pran zam yo. Se pou yo janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an pran devan moun lòt branch fanmi nou yo.

19 Sèl moun n'a kite nan lavil mwen ban nou yo, se va madanm nou ak pitit nou yo ansanm ak bèt nou yo. Pou bèt, mwen konnen nou pa manke sa.

20 N'a ede rès moun pèp Izrayèl yo jouk Seyè a va fin ba yo pòsyon pa yo jan li deja fè l' pou nou an, jouk y'a fin pran peyi Seyè a ap ba yo a lòt bò larivyè Jouden. Se lè sa a n'a tounen nan peyi mwen te chwazi pou m' ban nou an.

21 ¶ Apre sa, mwen bay Jozye lòd sa a: Ou wè ak je ou tou sa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te fè de wa peyi Amon yo. Se menm bagay la Seyè a ap fè wa tout peyi kote nou pral pase yo.

22 Nou pa bezwen pè yo menm. Se Seyè a menm, Bondye nou an, ki pral goumen pou nou.

23 Lè sa a atò, mwen mande Seyè a yon favè. Mwen di l':

24 Seyè, Bondye mwen, se ou menm ki konmanse fè sèvitè ou la wè jan ou gen pouvwa, jan ou gen fòs kouraj. Pa gen lòt bondye ni nan syèl, ni sou latè ki ka fè tout gwo bagay w'ap fè yo.

25 Tanpri souple, kite m' travèse lòt bò larivyè Jouden an pou m' ka wè bèl peyi ki lòt bò a, bèl mòn sa yo ak peyi Liban an tou.

26 Men, se nou menm ki lakòz Seyè a te fache sou mwen, li refize tande m'. Li di m' konsa: Ase la! Pa janm vin pale m' bagay sa a ankò.

27 Moute sou tèt mòn Pisga a. Antan ou la, w'a voye je ou, w'a gade sou bò nò, sou bò sid, sou bò solèy kouche ak sou bò solèy leve. Louvri je ou. Gade byen, paske ou p'ap janm mete pwent pye ou lòt bò larivyè Jouden an.

28 Bay Jozye lòd tou sa pou li fè. Ankouraje l'. Ba li fòs kouraj, paske se li menm ki pral janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an alatèt pèp la. Se li menm ki pral fè yo pran peyi ou pral wè a pou yo.

29 Epi nou rete nan fon an, anfas lavil Bètpeyò.

Defeat of Og King of Bashan

Next we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan(A) with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei.(B) The Lord said to me, “Do not be afraid(C) of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.”

So the Lord our God also gave into our hands Og king of Bashan and all his army. We struck them down,(D) leaving no survivors.(E) At that time we took all his cities.(F) There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom(G) in Bashan.(H) All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages. We completely destroyed[a] them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying[b](I) every city—men, women and children. But all the livestock(J) and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.

So at that time we took from these two kings of the Amorites(K) the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon.(L) (Hermon is called Sirion(M) by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)(N) 10 We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah(O) and Edrei, towns of Og’s kingdom in Bashan. 11 (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites.(P) His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.[c] It is still in Rabbah(Q) of the Ammonites.)

Division of the Land

12 Of the land that we took over at that time, I gave the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory north of Aroer(R) by the Arnon Gorge, including half the hill country of Gilead, together with its towns. 13 The rest of Gilead and also all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh.(S) (The whole region of Argob in Bashan used to be known as a land of the Rephaites.(T) 14 Jair,(U) a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maakathites;(V) it was named(W) after him, so that to this day Bashan is called Havvoth Jair.[d]) 15 And I gave Gilead to Makir.(X) 16 But to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory extending from Gilead down to the Arnon Gorge (the middle of the gorge being the border) and out to the Jabbok River,(Y) which is the border of the Ammonites. 17 Its western border was the Jordan in the Arabah,(Z) from Kinnereth(AA) to the Sea of the Arabah(AB) (that is, the Dead Sea(AC)), below the slopes of Pisgah.

18 I commanded you at that time: “The Lord your God has given(AD) you this land to take possession of it. But all your able-bodied men, armed for battle, must cross over ahead of the other Israelites.(AE) 19 However, your wives,(AF) your children and your livestock(AG) (I know you have much livestock) may stay in the towns I have given you, 20 until the Lord gives rest to your fellow Israelites as he has to you, and they too have taken over the land that the Lord your God is giving them across the Jordan. After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you.”

Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan

21 At that time I commanded Joshua: “You have seen with your own eyes all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings. The Lord will do the same to all the kingdoms over there where you are going. 22 Do not be afraid(AH) of them;(AI) the Lord your God himself will fight(AJ) for you.”

23 At that time I pleaded(AK) with the Lord: 24 “Sovereign Lord, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness(AL) and your strong hand. For what god(AM) is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works(AN) you do?(AO) 25 Let me go over and see the good land(AP) beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.(AQ)

26 But because of you the Lord was angry(AR) with me and would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the Lord said. “Do not speak to me anymore about this matter. 27 Go up to the top of Pisgah(AS) and look west and north and south and east.(AT) Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross(AU) this Jordan.(AV) 28 But commission(AW) Joshua, and encourage(AX) and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across(AY) and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.” 29 So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.(AZ)

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 3:6 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  2. Deuteronomy 3:6 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  3. Deuteronomy 3:11 That is, about 14 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide
  4. Deuteronomy 3:14 Or called the settlements of Jair