Joshua 14
1 Eleazar the Supreme Priest, Joshua, and the leaders of the [twelve] tribes repeated what land would be allotted to each of the Israeli tribes in Canaan.
Or queste son le terre che i figliuoli d’Israele ebbero come eredità nel paese di Canaan, e che il sacerdote Eleazar, Giosuè figliuolo di Nun e i capi famiglia delle tribù dei figliuoli d’Israele distribuiron loro.
2 Yahweh had told Moses many years previously in what way he wanted the division of the land to be decided. Moses had already declared that two and a half tribes would be allotted land on the east side of the Jordan [River]. Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. [Half of the tribe descended from Manasseh was allotted land on the east side of the Jordan, along with the tribes of Reuben and Gad]. The people belonging to the nine and a half other tribes [on the west side of the Jordan River] threw (lots/stones that had been marked) to decide which land each tribe would receive. The tribe of Levi was not allotted any land. They received only towns [that already existed], towns in which to live, and (pastures/fields of grass) for their animals.
L’eredità fu distribuita a sorte, come l’Eterno avea comandato per mezzo di Mosè, alle nove tribù e alla mezza tribù,
perché alle altre due tribù e alla mezza tribù Mosè avea dato la loro eredità di là dal Giordano; mentre ai Leviti non avea dato, tra i figliuoli d’Israele, alcuna eredità,
perché i figliuoli di Giuseppe formavano due tribù: Manasse ed Efraim; e ai Leviti non fu data alcuna parte nel paese, tranne delle città per abitarvi, coi loro dintorni per il loro bestiame e i loro averi.
I figliuoli d’Israele fecero come l’Eterno avea comandato a Mosè e spartirono il paese.
6 One day some men from the tribe of Judah went to Joshua while he and all the Israelis were at Gilgal. Among those men was Jephunneh’s son Caleb. He said to Joshua, “[I am sure that] you remember what Yahweh said to the prophet Moses about you and me when we were at Kadesh-Barnea.
Or i figliuoli di Giuda s’accostarono a Giosuè a Ghilgal; e Caleb, figliuolo di Gefunne, il Kenizeo, gli disse: “Tu sai quel che l’Eterno disse a Mosè, uomo di Dio, riguardo a me ed a te a Kades-Barnea.
7 I was 40 years old at that time. Moses sent me [and you and some other men] to explore this land. When we returned, I gave to Moses a true report [IDM] about what we had seen.
Io avevo quarant’anni quando Mosè, servo dell’Eterno, mi mandò da Kades-Barnea ad esplorare il paese; e io gli feci la mia relazione con sincerità di cuore.
8 The other men who went with us [gave a report that] caused the people to be afraid [IDM]. But I fully/completely believed [that] Yahweh [would enable us to take the land from the people who lived there].
Ma i miei fratelli ch’erano saliti con me, scoraggiarono il popolo, mentre io seguii pienamente l’Eterno, il mio Dio.
9 So on that day, Moses solemnly promised me, ‘[Some of] the land on which you walked will become yours. It will belong to your descendants forever. I am giving it to you because you fully trusted in Yahweh, my God.’
E in quel giorno Mosè fece questo giuramento: La terra che il tuo piede ha calcata sarà eredità tua e dei tuoi figliuoli in perpetuo, perché hai pienamente seguito l’Eterno, il mio Dio.
10 “Now Yahweh has done for me what he promised. Forty-five years have passed since Moses said that to me during the time that we were wandering around in the desert. And just like Yahweh promised, he has kept me alive and well all during that time. Now I am eighty-five years old.
Ed ora ecco, l’Eterno mi ha conservato in vita, come avea detto, durante i quarantacinque anni ormai trascorsi da che l’Eterno disse quella parola a Mosè, quando Israele viaggiava nel deserto; ed ora ecco che ho ottantacinque anni;
11 I am as strong today as I was on the day that Moses sent me [to explore this land]. I am as ready to fight now as I was then.
sono oggi ancora robusto com’ero il giorno che Mosè mi mandò; le mie forze son le stesse d’allora, tanto per combattere quanto per andare e venire.
12 So please give me the hilly area that Yahweh promised to give to me at that time long ago. At that time, you heard [me say] that the Amalek people-group lived there. You heard me say that their cities were large, and they had walls around them [to protect them from attacks by their enemies]. But now, Yahweh will help me, and as a result I will force them to leave, just like Yahweh said would happen.”
Or dunque dammi questo monte del quale l’Eterno parlò quel giorno; poiché tu udisti allora che vi stanno degli Anakim e che vi sono delle città grandi e fortificate. Forse l’Eterno sarà meco, e lo li caccerò, come disse l’Eterno”.
13 So Joshua [asked God to] bless Caleb, and he gave to Caleb [the city of] Hebron.
Allora Giosuè lo benedisse, e dette Hebron come eredità a Caleb, figliuolo di Gefunne.
14 Previously that city was called Kiriath-Arba, because Arba was the greatest man among the Amalek people-group. Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb, because Caleb completely/fully trusted in Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], and obeyed him. After that happened, there was (peace/no battles) in [Canaan] land [for many years].
Per questo Caleb, figliuolo di Gefunne, il Kenizeo, ha avuto Hebron come eredità, fino al dì d’oggi: perché aveva pienamente seguito l’Eterno, l’Iddio d’Israele.
Ora Hebron si chiamava per l’addietro Kiriath-Arba; Arba era stato l’uomo più grande fra gli Anakim. E il paese ebbe requie dalla guerra.
