Josua 14
Hoffnung für Alle
Die Verteilung des Landes Kanaan
14 1-2 Das Land Kanaan westlich des Jordan wurde unter die übrigen neuneinhalb Stämme aufgeteilt. Der Priester Eleasar, Josua und die Stammesoberhäupter losten aus, welcher Stamm welches Gebiet erhalten sollte. So hatte es der Herr durch Mose befohlen. 3 Zweieinhalb Stämme hatten bereits östlich des Jordan Grundbesitz erhalten. Nur den Leviten wurde kein Land zugeteilt. 4 Sie bekamen jedoch eigene Städte, in denen sie wohnen konnten. Auch gab man ihnen Weideplätze für ihr Vieh. Die Nachkommen von Josef hatten zwei Stämme gebildet: Ephraim und Manasse. 5 Bei der Verteilung Kanaans hielten sich die Israeliten an die Weisungen, die Mose vom Herrn bekommen hatte.
Kaleb bittet um Hebron
6 In Gilgal kamen die Männer des Stammes Juda zu Josua. Unter ihnen war auch Kaleb, der Sohn von Jefunne, aus der Sippe Kenas. Er sagte zu Josua: »Du weißt, was der Herr bei Kadesch-Barnea zu Mose, dem Mann Gottes, über mich und dich gesagt hat. 7 Ich war damals 40 Jahre alt. Mose, der Diener des Herrn, hatte mich von Kadesch-Barnea als Kundschafter in dieses Land hier gesandt. Als ich ihm dann Bericht erstatten musste, war ich zuversichtlich, dass wir das Land einnehmen könnten. 8 Aber die Männer, die mit mir zusammen dieses Gebiet erkundet hatten, jagten dem Volk Angst ein. Ich dagegen vertraute ganz dem Herrn, meinem Gott. 9 Mose hat mir damals geschworen: ›Das Land, in das du vorgedrungen bist, wird dir und deinen Nachkommen für immer gehören, weil du dich fest auf den Herrn, meinen Gott, verlassen hast.‹ 10 Nun hat mich der Herr tatsächlich am Leben erhalten, wie er es versprochen hat. 45 Jahre sind vergangen, seit der Herr dies zu Mose gesagt hat. In dieser langen Zeit sind wir Israeliten in der Wüste umhergezogen. Heute bin ich 85 Jahre alt 11 und noch genauso stark wie damals als Kundschafter. Ich habe die gleiche Kraft und kann immer noch kämpfen und Kriegszüge unternehmen. 12 Teile mir das Bergland zu, das der Herr mir damals versprochen hat! Du weißt, dass dort Anakiter in großen Städten leben, die sie zu Festungen ausgebaut haben. Vielleicht wird der Herr mir helfen, sie zu vertreiben, wie er es zugesagt hat.«
13 Da segnete Josua Kaleb, den Sohn von Jefunne, und erklärte Hebron zu seinem Besitz. 14-15 Früher nannte man Hebron Kirjat-Arba (»Stadt des Arba«). Arba war der größte Mann im Volk der Anakiter gewesen. Heute gehört die Stadt Kaleb und seinen Nachkommen, weil er dem Herrn, dem Gott Israels, völlig vertraut und gehorcht hatte. Dann hatte das Land endlich Ruhe vom Krieg.
Josue 14
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Pagkakahati-hati ng Lupain sa Kanluran ng Jordan
14 Ito ang pagkakahati ng iba pang mga lupain ng Canaan sa mga Israelita. Hinati-hati ito nila Eleazar na pari, Josue na anak ni Nun, at ng mga pinuno ng mga sambahayan ng bawat lahi ng Israel. 2 Ayon sa utos ng Panginoon kay Moises, ang mga lupain ng siyam at kalahati na mga lahi ay pinaghahati-hati sa kanila sa pamamagitan ng palabunutan. 3-4 Ibinigay na ni Moises sa dalawaʼt kalahating lahi ang bahagi nila sa silangan ng Jordan. (Ang lahi ni Jose ay hinati sa dalawa, ang lahi ni Manase at ang lahi ni Efraim.) Hindi binigyan ng lupain ang mga Levita, pero binigyan sila ng mga bayan na titirhan nila at mga bukirin para sa mga hayop nila. 5 Ganito ang paghahati ng mga lupain sa mga Israelita ayon sa utos ng Panginoon kay Moises.
Ibinigay kay Caleb ang Hebron
6 Isang araw pumunta kay Josue sa Gilgal ang ilang mga tao mula sa lahi ni Juda. Ang isa sa kanila ay si Caleb na anak ni Jefune na Kenizeo. Sinabi niya kay Josue, “Naaalala mo pa ba ang sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises na lingkod ng Dios tungkol sa ating dalawa nang naroon tayo sa Kadesh Barnea? 7 Akoʼy 40 taong gulang pa lang noon nang inutusan ako ni Moises mula sa Kadesh Barnea para mag-espiya sa lupaing iyon, at ipinagtapat ko sa kanya ang lahat ng nalaman ko. 8 Ngunit tinakot ng mga kasama ko ang mga kababayan natin. Pero ako, matapat kong sinunod ang Panginoon kong Dios. 9 Kaya nang araw na iyon, nangako si Moises sa akin. Sinabi niya, ‘Dahil matapat ka sa pagsunod sa Panginoon kong Dios, magiging iyo at sa mga angkan mo ang lupaing pinuntahan mo para mag-espiya.’
10 “Nakalipas na ang 45 taon nang sabihin iyon ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ni Moises. Naglalakbay pa noon ang mga Israelita sa ilang. Buhay pa ako hanggang ngayon at 85 taong gulang na ako, 11 pero ang lakas ko ay gaya pa rin noong panahon na inutusan ako ni Moises. Kayang-kaya ko pang makipaglaban gaya nang dati. 12 Kaya ibigay mo na sa akin ang kabundukan na ipinangako sa akin noon ng Panginoon. Ikaw mismo ang nakarinig noon, na nakatira roon ang mga lahi ni Anak at matitibay ang mga lungsod nila na may mga pader. Pero sa tulong ng Panginoon, maitataboy ko sila sa lupaing iyon ayon sa pangako niya sa akin.”
13 Binasbasan ni Josue si Caleb na anak ni Jefune, at ibinigay sa kanya ang Hebron bilang mana niya. 14 Hanggang ngayon, ang Hebron ay pagmamay-ari ng mga angkan ni Caleb na anak ni Jefune na Kenizeo dahil matapat na sinunod ni Caleb ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel. 15 Kiriat Arba ang pangalan noon ng Hebron bilang alaala kay Arba, ang pinakatanyag sa mga lahi ni Anak.
At nahinto na ang labanan sa lupain ng mga Israelita.
Joshua 14
New King James Version
The Land Divided West of the Jordan
14 These are the areas which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, (A)which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed as an inheritance to them. 2 Their inheritance was (B)by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe. 3 (C)For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe on the other side of the Jordan; but to the Levites he had given no inheritance among them. 4 For (D)the children of Joseph were two tribes: Manasseh and Ephraim. And they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except (E)cities to dwell in, with their common-lands for their livestock and their property. 5 (F)As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.
Caleb Inherits Hebron
6 Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the (G)Kenizzite said to him: “You know (H)the word which the Lord said to Moses the man of God concerning (I)you and me in Kadesh Barnea. 7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord (J)sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart. 8 Nevertheless (K)my brethren who went up with me made the [a]heart of the people melt, but I wholly (L)followed the Lord my God. 9 So Moses swore on that day, saying, (M)‘Surely the land (N)where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children’s forever, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God.’ 10 And now, behold, the Lord has kept me (O)alive, (P)as He said, these forty-five years, ever since the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel [b]wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old. 11 (Q)As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both (R)for going out and for coming in. 12 Now therefore, give me this mountain of which the Lord spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how (S)the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified. (T)It may be that the Lord will be with me, and (U)I shall be able to drive them out as the Lord said.”
13 And Joshua (V)blessed him, (W)and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance. 14 (X)Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he (Y)wholly followed the Lord God of Israel. 15 And (Z)the name of Hebron formerly was Kirjath Arba (Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim).
(AA)Then the land had rest from war.
Footnotes
- Joshua 14:8 courage of the people fail
- Joshua 14:10 Lit. walked
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