Josue 18
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Pagkakahati-hati ng Iba pang Lupain
18 Nang matapos nilang sakupin ang lupain, nagtipon ang buong mamamayan ng Israelita sa Shilo, at nagtayo ng Toldang Tipanan. 2 May pito pang lahi ng mga Israelita na hindi pa napapartihan ng lupa. 3 Kaya sinabi ni Josue sa mga Israelita, “Kailan nʼyo pa ba sasakupin ang natirang lupain na ibinigay sa inyo ng Panginoon, ang Dios ng mga ninuno nʼyo? 4 Pumili kayo ng tatlong tao sa bawat lahi. Papupuntahin ko sila para suriin ang natirang lupain. Pagkatapos, babalik sila sa akin na may dalang mapa na ginawa nila na nagpapakita kung papaano hahatiin ang lupaing iyon. 5 Dapat hatiin ang lupain sa pitong bahagi, hindi kasali ang lupain ng lahi ni Juda sa timog at ang lupain ng lahi ni Jose sa hilaga. 6 Pagkatapos madala ang mapa sa akin, magpapalabunutan agad ako sa presensya ng Panginoon na ating Dios, kung kaninong lahi mapupunta ang bawat bahagi ng lupain. 7 Pero ang mga Levita ay hindi papartihan ng lupa, dahil ang bahagi nila ay ang paglilingkod sa Panginoon bilang mga pari. Ang mga lahi nina Gad, Reuben, at ang kalahating lahi ni Manase ay nakatanggap na ng mga bahagi nilang lupain sa silangan ng Jordan, na ibinigay sa kanila ni Moises na lingkod ng Panginoon.”
8 Nang papaalis na ang mga napiling tao, sinabi ni Josue sa kanila, “Suriin nʼyo ang buong lupain at gawan nʼyo ito ng mapa. Pagkatapos, bumalik kayo rito sa akin sa Shilo, dahil magpapalabunutan agad ako sa presensya ng Panginoon kung kaninong lahi mapupunta ang bawat bahagi ng lupain.” 9 Kaya lumakad ang mga tao para suriin ang buong lupain. Pagkatapos, ginawan nila ito ng mapa, na ang lupaʼy nahati sa pitong bahagi, at inilista nila ang mga bayan at baryo na sakop ng bawat bahagi. Pagkatapos, bumalik sila kay Josue sa Shilo. 10 At pagkatapos magpalabunutan sa presensya ng Panginoon, binigyan ni Josue ng bahagi ang mga lahi ng Israel na walang lupain.
Ang Lupaing Ibinigay sa Lahi ni Benjamin
11 Ang unang bahagi ng lupain ay napunta sa lahi ni Benjamin. Nasa pagitan ito ng mga lupaing ibinigay noon sa lahi ni Juda at sa mga lahi ni Jose. 12 Ang hangganan nito sa hilaga ay nagsisimula sa Ilog ng Jordan papunta sa hilagang libis ng Jerico. Pagkatapos, paahon ito sa kanluran sa mga kabundukan hanggang sa disyerto ng Bet Aven. 13 Mula roon, papunta ito sa libis na nasa bandang timog ng Luz (na siyang Betel). Pagkatapos, pababa ito sa Atarot Adar, sa bundok sa timog ng Mababang Bet Horon. 14 Mula roon, papunta ito sa kanluran ng bundok na nakaharap sa Bet Horon at papunta sa timog. Nagtapos ito sa Kiriat Baal (na siyang Kiriat Jearim), isang bayan ng lahi ni Juda. Ito ang hangganan sa kanluran.
15 Ang hangganan sa timog ay magmumula sa hangganan ng Kiriat Jearim. Mula roon, papunta ito sa kanluran sa mga bukal ng Neftoa. 16 Pababa ito sa paanan ng bundok na nakaharap sa Lambak ng Ben Hinom. Ang lambak na ito ay nasa hilaga ng Lambak ng Refaim. Mula roon, papunta ito sa Lambak ng Hinom, sa timog na ng lungsod ng mga Jebuseo, pababa sa En Rogel. 17 Paliko agad ito pahilaga papuntang En Shemesh, hanggang sa Gelilot na nakaharap sa Daang Paahon ng Adumim. Pagkatapos, pababa ito sa Bato ni Bohan na anak ni Reuben 18 at dumaraan sa hilagang libis na nakaharap sa Lambak ng Jordan[a] pababa sa Lambak mismo. 19 Pagkatapos, papunta ito sa hilagang libis ng Bet Hogla, at nagtapos ito sa hilagang daanan ng tubig ng Dagat na Patay, na siyang hangganan ng Ilog ng Jordan sa timog. Ito ang hangganan sa timog. 20 Ang Ilog ng Jordan ay ang hangganan sa silangan.
Iyon ang mga hangganan ng lupaing natanggap ng lahi ni Benjamin ayon sa bawat sambahayan.
Ang mga Lungsod na Natanggap ng Lahi ni Benjamin
21 Ito ang mga lungsod na ibinigay sa lahi ni Benjamin na hinati ayon sa bawat sambahayan:
Jerico, Bet Hogla, Emek Keziz, 22 Bet Araba, Zemaraim, Betel, 23 Avim, Para, Ofra, 24 Kefar Ammoni, Ofni at Geba – 12 bayan kasama ang mga baryo nito. 25 Dagdag pa rito ay ang Gibeon, Rama, Beerot, 26 Mizpa, Kefira, Moza, 27 Rekem, Irpeel, Tarala, 28 Zela, Haelef, Jebus (na siyang Jerusalem), Gibea at Kiriat Jearim[b] – 14 na bayan, kasama ang mga baryo nito.
Ito ang natanggap ng lahi ni Benjamin na hinati-hati ayon sa bawat sambahayan.
Joshua 18
English Standard Version
Allotment of the Remaining Land
18 Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at (A)Shiloh and set up (B)the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
2 There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned. 3 So Joshua said to the people of Israel, (C)“How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you? 4 Provide three men from each tribe, and I will send them out that they may set out and go up and down the land. They shall write a description of it with a view to their inheritances, and then come to me. 5 They shall divide it into seven portions. (D)Judah shall continue in his territory on the south, (E)and the house of Joseph shall continue in their territory on the north. 6 And you shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me. (F)And I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God. 7 (G)The Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their heritage. (H)And Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.”
8 So the men arose and went, and Joshua charged those who went to write the description of the land, saying, “Go up and down in the land and write a description and return to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh.” 9 So the men went and passed up and down in the land and wrote in a book a description of it by towns in seven divisions. Then they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh, 10 and Joshua (I)cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, (J)to each his portion.
The Inheritance for Benjamin
11 The lot of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to its clans came up, and the territory allotted to it fell between the people of Judah and the people of Joseph. 12 (K)On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan. (L)Then the boundary goes up to the shoulder north of Jericho, then up through the hill country westward, and it ends at the wilderness of (M)Beth-aven. 13 From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of (N)Luz (that is, Bethel), then the boundary goes down to (O)Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies south of Lower (P)Beth-horon. 14 Then the boundary goes in another direction, turning on the (Q)western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south, opposite Beth-horon, and it ends at Kiriath-baal ((R)that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city belonging to the people of Judah. This forms the western side. 15 And the southern side begins at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. And the boundary goes from there to Ephron,[a] (S)to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. 16 Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks (T)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the Valley of (U)Rephaim. And it then goes down the (V)Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downward to (W)En-rogel. 17 Then it bends in a northerly direction going on to En-shemesh, and from there goes to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. Then it goes down to (X)the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18 and passing on to the north of (Y)the shoulder of Beth-arabah[b] it goes down to (Z)the Arabah. 19 Then the boundary passes on to the north of the shoulder of (AA)Beth-hoglah. And the boundary ends at the northern bay of (AB)the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border. 20 The Jordan forms its boundary on the eastern side. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin, according to their clans, boundary by boundary all around.
21 Now the cities of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to their clans were (AC)Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, 22 Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, 23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, 24 Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, Geba—twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, 26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, 27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 28 Zela, Haeleph, (AD)Jebus[c] (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah[d] and Kiriath-jearim[e]—fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans.
Footnotes
- Joshua 18:15 See 15:9; Hebrew westward
- Joshua 18:18 Septuagint; Hebrew to the shoulder over against the Arabah
- Joshua 18:28 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew the Jebusite
- Joshua 18:28 Hebrew Gibeath
- Joshua 18:28 Septuagint; Hebrew Kiriath
Joshua 18
Good News Translation
The Division of the Rest of the Land
18 After they had conquered the land, the entire community of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of the Lord's presence. 2 There were still seven tribes of the people of Israel who had not yet been assigned their share of the land. 3 So Joshua said to the people of Israel, “How long are you going to wait before you go in and take the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you? 4 Let me have three men from each tribe. I will send them out over the whole country to map out the territory that they would like to have as their possession. Then they are to come back to me. 5 The land will be divided among them in seven parts; Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and Joseph in its territory in the north. 6 Write down a description of these seven divisions and bring it to me. Then I will draw lots[a] to consult the Lord our God for you. 7 The Levites, however, will not receive a share of the land with the rest of you, because their share is to serve as the Lord's priests. And of course, the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and East Manasseh have already received their land east of the Jordan, which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave to them.”
8 The men went on their way to map out the land after Joshua had given them these instructions: “Go all over the land and map it out, and come back to me. And then here in Shiloh I will consult the Lord for you by drawing lots.” 9 So the men went all over the land and set down in writing how they divided it into seven parts, making a list of the towns. Then they went back to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh. 10 Joshua drew lots to consult the Lord for them, and assigned each of the remaining tribes of Israel a certain part of the land.
The Territory Assigned to Benjamin
11 The territory belonging to the families of the tribe of Benjamin was the first to be assigned. Their land lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph. 12 On the north their border began at the Jordan and then went up the slope north of Jericho and westward through the hill country as far as the desert of Bethaven. 13 The border then went to the slope on the south side of Luz (also called Bethel), then down to Ataroth Addar, on the mountain south of Lower Beth Horon. 14 The border then went in another direction, turning south from the western side of this mountain and going to Kiriath Baal (or Kiriath Jearim), which belongs to the tribe of Judah. This was the western border. 15 The southern border started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and went[b] to the Springs of Nephtoah. 16 It then went down to the foot of the mountain that overlooks Hinnom Valley, at the north end of Rephaim Valley. It then went south through Hinnom Valley, south of the Jebusite ridge, toward Enrogel. 17 It then turned north to Enshemesh and then on to Geliloth, opposite Adummim Pass. The border then went down to the Stone of Bohan (Bohan was a son of Reuben) 18 and passed north of the ridge overlooking the Jordan Valley. It then went down into the valley, 19 passing north of the ridge of Beth Hoglah, and ended at the northern inlet on the Dead Sea, where the Jordan River empties into it. This was the southern border. 20 The Jordan was the eastern border. These were the borders of the land which the families of the tribe of Benjamin received as their possession.
21 The cities belonging to the families of the tribe of Benjamin were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, 22 Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, 23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, 24 Chepharammoni, Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities, along with the towns around them. 25 There were also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, 26 Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah, 27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 28 Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (or Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath Jearim: fourteen cities, along with the towns around them. This is the land which the families of the tribe of Benjamin received as their possession.
Footnotes
- Joshua 18:6 See 14.2.
- Joshua 18:15 Probable text and went; Hebrew and went westward.
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