< Joshua 16 >

1 Masrol layen nu eir ke acn sin tulik natul Joseph ah mutawauk Infacl Jordan apkuran nu Jericho, ke sie acn kutulap in unon in kof Jericho, srola nu yen mwesis na utyak nu yen fulat fahla nwe Bethel.
The boundary for the allocation of the descendants of Joseph went from the Jordan near Jericho, then east of the springs of Jericho and through the wilderness from Jericho up into the hill country of Bethel.
2 Fahla Bethel lac nu Luz, ac srola nwe Ataroth Addar, su acn sin mwet Arch,
From Bethel (or Luz) it continued to the border of Ataroth the Arkite.
3 oatula nu roto ke acn lun mwet Japhlet, som nwe ke sun Beth Horon Ten, fahla nwe Gezer, ac safla sisken Meoa Mediterranean.
Then it descended west to the border of the Japhletites and the border of Lower Beth-horon, on up to Gezer, and then out to the sea.
4 Tulik natul Joseph, su sruf lal Ephraim ac sruf lal Manasseh Roto, elos eis acn inge tuh in ma lalos.
This was the allocation received by the descendants of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh.
5 Pa inge acn lun sou ke sruf lal Ephraim. Masrol lalos mutawauk Ataroth Addar, fahla nu kutulap nu Beth Horon Lucng,
This was the territory allocated to the tribe of Ephraim, by families. The boundary of their allocation ran from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
6 ac safla ke Meoa Mediterranean. Michmethath el oan layen eir. Masrol nu kutulap fahla kuhfla nu acn Taanath Shiloh, fahla we lac nu kutulap in acn Janoah,
and then on to the sea. From Michmethath in the north the boundary turned east passing Taanath-shiloh to the east of Janoah.
7 na oatula Janoah lac nwe Ataroth ac Naarah, ut sisken acn Jericho ac fahla safla ke Infacl Jordan.
From Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, then touched Jericho and ended at the Jordan.
8 Masrol nu roto fahla liki acn Tappuah nu infacl srisrik Kanah ac safla ke Meoa Mediterranean. Pa inge acn ma itukyang nu sin sou in sruf lal Ephraim tuh in ma lalos.
From Tappuah the boundary ran west to the Brook of Kanah and then out to the sea. This was the land allotted to the tribe of Ephraim, by families.
9 Acn inge weang pacna acn ac inkul ma oan luin acn lun Manasseh, tusruktu itukyang nu sin mwet Ephraim.
Also some towns with their associated villages that lay in the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh were assigned to the tribe of Ephraim.
10 Mwet Ephraim elos tuh tiana lusak mwet Canaan ma muta in acn Gezer. Ke ma inge mwet Canaan elos srakna muta inmasrlon mwet Ephraim nwe misenge, tusruktu elos orekma oana mwet kohs nu sin mwet Ephraim.
However, they did not drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites live among the tribe of Ephraim to this very day, but as forced laborers.

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