Josue 14
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ang Paghahati ng Canaan
14 Ang mga lipi ng Israel ay nakatanggap ng lupang pamana nang masakop nila ang Canaan. Ang paring si Eleazar at si Josue na anak ni Nun, katulong ang mga pinuno ng angkan ng bawat lipi, ang naghati ng lupain ng Canaan para sa mga Israelita. 2 Ang(A) paghahati ay isinagawa sa pamamagitan ng palabunutan, ayon sa utos ni Yahweh kay Moises. Siyam at kalahating lipi na lamang ang binigyan nila ng kani-kanilang bahagi sa lupain. 3 Ang(B) dalawang lipi at kalahati'y nabigyan na ni Moises ng kanilang bahagi sa silangan ng Jordan. Hindi rin kabilang sa siyam na lipi at kalahati ang mga Levita. 4 Hindi sila binigyan ng lupain. Sa halip, binigyan sila ng mga lunsod na matitirhan at mga kaparangan sa paligid para sa kanilang mga bakahan at mga kawan. Sa kabilang dako, ang mga nagmula sa lahi ni Jose ay pinagdalawang lipi: ang lipi ni Manases at ang lipi ni Efraim. 5 Pinaghati-hatian nga ng mga Israelita ang lupaing iyon ayon sa utos ni Yahweh kay Moises.
Ibinigay kay Caleb ang Hebron
6 Lumapit(C) noon kay Josue sa Gilgal ang ilan sa lipi ni Juda. Isa sa kanila si Caleb na anak ni Jefune, na mula sa angkan ng Cenizeo. Sinabi nito kay Josue, “Alam mo ang sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises na kanyang lingkod tungkol sa ating dalawa nang tayo'y nasa Kades-barnea. 7 Apatnapung(D) taon pa lamang ako noon. Isinugo niya tayo buhat sa Kades-barnea upang lihim na manmanan ang lupaing ito, at iniulat ko sa kanya ang buong katotohanan. 8 Kahit na ang bayan ay tinakot ng ibang kasama natin, buong katapatan pa rin akong sumunod kay Yahweh na ating Diyos. 9 Kaya't(E) ipinangako sa akin noon ni Moises na dahil sa aking buong katapatan sa pagsunod kay Yahweh, magiging bahagi ko at ng aking mga anak ang lupang matapakan ng aking mga paa. 10 Apatnapu't limang taon na ang lumipas buhat nang sabihin ito ni Yahweh kay Moises. Noo'y naglalakbay pa sa disyerto ang bayang Israel. Iningatan ni Yahweh ang buhay ko hanggang ngayon. Walumpu't limang taon na ako ngayon 11 ngunit hindi pa nagbabago ang lakas ko mula nang ako'y isugo ni Moises upang siyasatin ang lupaing ito. Kaya ko pang makipaglaban at gawin ang kahit anong trabaho. 12 Kaya ibigay mo na sa akin ang kaburulang ipinangako sa akin ni Yahweh. Narinig mo rin na mga higante ang nakatira doon at matitibay ang pader ng naglalakihan nilang lunsod. Ngunit sa tulong ni Yahweh ay palalayasin ko sila sa lupaing iyon gaya ng ipinangako niya.”
13 Binasbasan nga ni Josue si Caleb na anak ni Jefune, at ibinigay sa kanya ang Hebron. 14 Ang lupain ng Hebron ay nananatili hanggang ngayon sa angkan ni Caleb na anak ni Jefune, na isang Cenizeo, sapagkat buong katapatan siyang sumunod kay Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel. 15 Noong una'y Lunsod ng Arba ang pangalan ng Hebron, bilang alaala kay Arba, ang pinakadakila sa mga Anaceo.
At nagkaroon nga ng kapayapaan sa buong lupain.
Joshua 14
New English Translation
Judah’s Tribal Lands
14 The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders.[a] 2 The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses.[b] 3 Now Moses had assigned land[c] to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land[d] to the Levites.[e] 4 The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions.[f] 5 The Israelites followed the Lord’s instructions to Moses and divided up the land.[g]
6 The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea.[h] 7 I was forty years old when Moses, the Lord’s servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report.[i] 8 My countrymen[j] who accompanied[k] me frightened the people,[l] but I remained loyal to the Lord my God.[m] 9 That day Moses made this solemn promise:[n] ‘Surely the land on which you walked[o] will belong to you and your descendants permanently,[p] for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.’ 10 So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, while Israel traveled through the wilderness. See here, I am today eighty-five years old! 11 Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then.[q] 12 Now, assign me this hill country that the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard then that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities.[r] But assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer[s] them, as the Lord promised.” 13 Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.[t] 14 So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day[u] because he remained loyal to the Lord God of Israel. 15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite.[v]) Then the land was free of war.
Footnotes
- Joshua 14:1 tn Heb “These are [the lands] which the sons of Israel received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes assigned as an inheritance to the sons of Israel.”
- Joshua 14:2 tn Heb “By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord had commanded by Moses, to the nine tribes and the half-tribe.”
- Joshua 14:3 tn Or “assigned an inheritance.”
- Joshua 14:3 tn Or “no inheritance.”
- Joshua 14:3 tn The Hebrew text adds, “in their midst.”
- Joshua 14:4 tn Heb “and they did not assign a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities [in which] to live and their pastures for their cattle and property.”
- Joshua 14:5 tn Heb “Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did, and they divided up the land.”
- Joshua 14:6 tn Heb “You know the word which the Lord spoke to Moses, the man of God, because of me and because of you in Kadesh Barnea.”sn On this incident at Kadesh Barnea see Num 14:30.
- Joshua 14:7 tn Heb “and I brought back to him a word just as [was] in my heart.”
- Joshua 14:8 tn Heb “brothers.”
- Joshua 14:8 tn Heb “went up with.”
- Joshua 14:8 tn Heb “made the heart[s] of the people melt.”
- Joshua 14:8 tn Heb “I filled up after the Lord my God,” an idiomatic statement meaning that Caleb remained loyal to the Lord.
- Joshua 14:9 tn Heb “swore an oath.”
- Joshua 14:9 tn Heb “on which your foot has walked.”
- Joshua 14:9 tn Heb “will belong to you for an inheritance, and to your sons forever.”
- Joshua 14:11 tn Heb “like my strength then, like my strength now, for battle and for going out and coming in.”
- Joshua 14:12 tn Heb “are there and large, fortified cities.”
- Joshua 14:12 tn Or “will dispossess.”
- Joshua 14:13 tn Heb “Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.”
- Joshua 14:14 tn Heb “Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance to this day.”
- Joshua 14:15 tn Heb “And he was the great man among the Anakites.”
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