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.
No skal me nemna dei bygderne som Israels-sønerne fekk til odel og eiga i Kana’ans-landet, og som Eleazar, øvstepresten, og Josva Nunsson og hovdingarne yver Israels-ætterne luta ut åt deim,
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.
og let deim draga strå um, soleis som Moses hadde sagt deim frå Herren. Det var halvtiande ætt som då fekk land;
for halvtridje ætt hadde Moses gjeve land på hi sida Jordan, men levitarne hadde han ikkje gjeve noko odelsland millom deim.
Josefs-sønerne var tvo ætter, Manasse og Efraim; og levitarne fekk ingen lut i landet, anna enn nokre byar til å bu i, med bumark åt feet og bølingarne deira.
Som Herren hadde sagt Moses fyre, so gjorde Israels-sønerne, og skifte landet.
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.
Då gjekk Juda-sønerne fram for Josva i Gilgal, og Kaleb Jefunneson av Kenaz-ætti sagde til honom: «Du veit kva Herren sagde med Moses, gudsmannen, um meg og deg, då me var i 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.
Eg var fyrti år gamall då Moses, Herrens tenar, sende meg ut frå Kades-Barnea til å njosna i landet, og då eg kom attende, sagde eg frå um alt, som eg best skyna det.
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].
Felagerne mine, som hadde vore med meg, skræmde folket so dei vart modlause, men eg heldt meg trutt etter Herren, min Gud.
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.’
Og same dagen lyste Moses desse ordi: «Det landet du hev vore i, skal sant og visst høyra deg og borni dine til i all æva, for di du heldt deg so trutt etter Herren, min Gud.»
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.
Og no ser du at Herren hev gjort som han lova! Han hev late meg liva fem og fyrti år sidan han tala desse ordi til Moses, all den tid som Israel ferdast i øydemarki, og no er eg fem år på femte tjuget.
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.
Endå er eg likso sterk som eg var den dagen Moses sende meg ut, og likso før både til strid og til mitt daglege yrke.
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.”
So lat meg no få denne fjellbygdi, som Herren tala um den gongen; du høyrde sjølv på det. Der bur anakitarne, og der er store byar med høge murar ikring. Men eg trur visst Herren vil vel vera med meg, so eg fær slege deim under meg, soleis som han hev sagt.»
13 So Joshua [asked God to] bless Caleb, and he gave to Caleb [the city of] Hebron.
Då gav Josva Kaleb Jefunneson Hebron til odel og eiga, og ynskte lukka til.
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].
Soleis var det Kaleb Jefunneson av Kenaz-ætti fekk Hebron, og sidan hev den eigedomen fylgt ætti hans alt til denne dag, for di han heldt seg so trutt etter Herren, Israels Gud.
Hebron heitte fyrr Arbabyen, etter den største mannen millom anakitarne. Då var det ende på ufreden, og landet fekk ro.
