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
New English Translation
The Tribes Meet at Shiloh
18 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting.[a] Though they had subdued the land,[b] 2 seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land.[c] 3 So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying[d] the land the Lord God of your ancestors[e] has given you? 4 Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me.[f] 5 Divide it into seven regions.[g] Judah will stay[h] in its territory in the south, and the family[i] of Joseph in its territory in the north. 6 But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God. 7 But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the Lord.[j] Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land[k] east of the Jordan, which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned them.”
8 When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, “Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the Lord here in Shiloh.” 9 The men journeyed[l] through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh. 10 Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.
Benjamin’s Tribal Lands
11 The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin[m] by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph.[n] 12 Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the wilderness of Beth Aven. 13 It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon. 14 It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe[o] of Judah. This is the western border.[p] 15 The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. 16 The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel. 17 It went northward, extending to En Shemesh and Geliloth opposite the Pass[q] of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. 18 It crossed to the slope in front of the rift valley to the north and descended into the rift valley.[r] 19 It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea[s] at the mouth of the Jordan River.[t] This was the southern border. 20 The Jordan River bordered it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.[u]
21 These cities belonged to the tribe[v] of Benjamin by its clans: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, 22 Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, 23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, 24 Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—a total of twelve cities and their towns.
25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, 26 Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, 27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 28 Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city[w] (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath—a total of fourteen cities and their towns.[x] This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin[y] by its clans.
Footnotes
- Joshua 18:1 tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.
- Joshua 18:1 tn Heb “and the land was subdued before them.”
- Joshua 18:2 tn Heb “there were left among the sons of Israel who had not divided up their inheritance seven tribes.”
- Joshua 18:3 tn Heb “How long are you putting off entering and possessing.”
- Joshua 18:3 tn Or “fathers.”
- Joshua 18:4 tn Heb “I will send them so they may arise and walk about in the land and describe it in writing according to their inheritance and come to me.”
- Joshua 18:5 tn Heb “portions.”
- Joshua 18:5 tn Heb “stand.”
- Joshua 18:5 tn Heb “the house.”
- Joshua 18:7 tn Or “the priesthood of the Lord.”
- Joshua 18:7 tn Or “inheritance.”
- Joshua 18:9 tn Heb “went and passed through.”
- Joshua 18:11 tn Heb “and the lot came up for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin.”
- Joshua 18:11 tn Heb “and the territory of their allotment went out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.”
- Joshua 18:14 tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.
- Joshua 18:14 tn Or “side.”
- Joshua 18:17 tn Or “ascent.”
- Joshua 18:18 sn This section of the rift valley is to the north and west of the Dead Sea.
- Joshua 18:19 sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.
- Joshua 18:19 tn Heb “to the tongue of the Salt Sea to the north, to the end of the Jordan to the south.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity (also in the following verse).
- Joshua 18:20 tn Heb “This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin by its borders round about, by their clans.”
- Joshua 18:21 tn Heb “the sons,” here referring to the tribe.
- Joshua 18:28 tn The word “city” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
- Joshua 18:28 tn The structure of this list presents problems. In v. 28 no conjunction appears before “Haeleph” or “Kiriath” in the Hebrew text. This suggests they should be compounded with the preceding names, yielding “Zelah Haeleph” and “Gibeah Kiriath” respectively. This results in a list of only twelve cities, however, while the summary statement (v. 28) gives the number fourteen. One should note, however, that the city lists in chap. 15 do not consistently use the conjunction before the name of each city. See also Josh 19:7, where no conjunction appears before “Rimmon,” but the summary assumes that Ain and Rimmon are distinct.
- Joshua 18:28 tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin.”
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