Joshua 18

1 The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land was subdued before them.

١ وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تَمَّ اسْتِيلاءُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي شِيلُوهَ، حَيْثُ نَصَبُوا خَيْمَةَ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

2 Seven tribes remained among the children of Israel, which had not yet divided their inheritance.

٢ وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ سَبْعةُ أَسْبَاطٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَتَسَلَّمُوا بَعْدُ نَصِيبَهُمْ مِنَ الْمِيرَاثِ.

3 Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?

٣ فَقَالَ يَشُوعُ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: «حَتَّى مَتَى أَنْتُمْ مُتَقَاعِسُونَ عَنِ الشُّرُوعِ فِي امْتِلاكِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ؟

4 Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe. I will send them, and they shall arise, walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; then they shall come to me.

٤ انْتَخِبُوا ثَلاثَةَ رِجَالٍ مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ، فَأُرْسِلَهُمْ لاِسْتِكْشَافِ الأَرْضِ وَتَخْطِيطِهَا بِمُوْجِبِ أَنْصِبَتِهِمْ، ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ.

5 They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.

٥ وَلْيَقْسِمُوهَا إِلَى سَبْعَةِ أَقْسَامٍ، فَيَمْكُثَ سِبْطُ يَهُوذَا ضِمْنَ حُدُودِهِ مِنَ الْجَنُوبِ، وَيُقِيمَ بَيْتُ يُوسُفَ فِي مَنَاطِقِهِمِ الْمُعَيَّنَةِ شِمَالاً.

6 You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.

٦ أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتُخَطِّطُونَ الأَرْضَ وَتَقْسِمُونَهَا إِلَى سَبْعَةِ أَقْسَامٍ وَتُسَجِّلُونَهَا، ثُمَّ تَأْتُونَ إِلَيَّ فَأُلْقِي بَيْنَكُمُ الْقُرْعَةَ هَهُنَا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا.

7 However, the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them.”

٧ لأَنَّهُ لَنْ يَرِثَ اللّاوِيُّونَ نَصِيباً مَعَكُمْ إِذْ إِنَّ كَهَنُوتَ الرَّبِّ هُوَ نَصِيبُهُمْ. أَمَّا سِبْطَا جَادٍ وَرَأُوَبَيْنَ وَنِصْفُ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى فَقَدْ تَسَلَّمُوا نَصِيبَهُمْ شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، الَّذِي وَهَبَهُ لَهُمْ مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ».

8 The men arose and went. Joshua commanded those who went to survey the land, saying, “Go walk through the land, survey it, and come again to me. I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh in Shiloh.”

٨ فَانْطَلَقَ الرِّجَالُ لاِسْتِكْشَافِ الأَرْضِ وَتَخْطِيطِهَا وَتَسْجِيلِهَا عَمَلاً بِوَصِيَّةِ يَشُوعَ، ثُمَّ الْعَوْدَةِ إِلَيْهِ لِيُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهَا الْقُرْعَةَ فِي مَحْضَرِ الرَّبِّ فِي شِيلُوهَ.

9 The men went and passed through the land, and surveyed it by cities into seven portions in a book. They came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.

٩ فَسَارَ الرِّجَالُ وَتَجَوَّلُوا فِي الأَرْضِ وَخَطَّطُوهَا وَسَجَّلُوهَا فِي كِتَابٍ حَسَبَ مَا فِيهَا مِنْ مُدُنٍ بَعْدَ أَنْ قَسَمُوهَا إِلَى سَبْعَةِ أَقْسَامٍ، ثُمَّ جَاءُوا إِلَى يَشُوعَ إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ فِي شِيلُوهَ.

10 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

١٠ فَأَلْقَى يَشُوعُ بَيْنَهُمُ الْقُرْعَةَ فِي شِيلُوهَ فِي مَحْضَرِ الرَّبِّ، حَيْثُ قَسَمَ الأَرْضَ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفْقاً لأَسْبَاطِهِمْ.

11 The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. The border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

١١ وَهَذَا هُوَ مِيرَاثُ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمْ. وَقَعَ نَصِيبُهُمْ بَيْنَ مِيرَاثِ سِبْطَيْ يَهُوذَا وَيُوسُفَ.

12 Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan. The border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward. It ended at the wilderness of Beth Aven.

١٢ فَامْتَدَّتْ حُدُودُهُمْ شِمَالاً مِنَ الأُرْدُنِّ، وَاسْتَمَرَّتْ صَاعِدَةً بِإِزَاءِ أَرِيحَا شِمَالاً بِاتِّجَاهِ الْجَبَلِ غَرْباً حَتَّى صَحْرَاءِ بَيْتِ آوِنَ.

13 The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (also called Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower.

١٣ وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ سَارَتْ إِلَى جَانِبِ لُوزَ الْجَنُوبِيِّ، الَّتِي هِيَ بَيْتُ إِيلَ. ثُمَّ انْحَدَرَتِ الْحُدُودُ إِلَى عَطَارُوتَ إِدَّارَ عَلَى الْجَبَلِ الْقَائِمِ إِلَى جَنُوبِيِّ بَيْتِ حُورُونَ السُّفْلَى.

14 The border extended, and turned around on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and ended at Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west quarter.

١٤ وَامْتَدَّ التُّخْمُ مُلْتَفّاً نَاحِيَةَ الْغَرْبِ إِلَى جَنُوبِيِّ الْجَبَلِ الْمُقَابِلِ لِبَيْتِ حُورُونَ وَانْتِهَاءً بِقَرْيَةِ بَعْلٍ، الَّتِي هِيَ قَرْيَةُ يَعَارِيمَ، الْمَدِينَةُ التَّابِعَةُ لِيَهُوذَا. هَذِهِ هِيَ الْحُدُودُ الْغَرْبِيَّةُ.

15 The south quarter was from the farthest part of Kiriath Jearim. The border went out westward, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

١٥ أَمَّا الْحُدُودُ الْجَنُوبِيَّةُ فَتَبْدَأُ مِنْ أَقْصَى قَرْيَةِ يَعَارِيمَ بِاتِّجَاهِ الْغَرْبِ حَتَّى تَصِلَ إِلَى مَنْبَعِ مِيَاهِ نَفْتُوحَ.

16 The border went down to the farthest part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward. It went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En Rogel.

١٦ ثُمَّ تَنْحَدِرُ حَتَّى سَفْحِ الْجَبَلِ الْمُطِلِّ عَلَى وَادِي ابْنِ هِنُّومَ، الْوَاقِعِ شِمَالِيَّ وَادِي الرَّفَائِيِّينَ مُخْتَرِقَةً وَادِي هِنُّومَ مُرُوراً بِجَنُوبِيِّ مَدِينَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ (حَيْثُ يَسْكُنُ الْيَبُوسِيُّونَ) إِلَى أَنْ تَصِلَ إِلَى عَيْنِ رُوجَلَ.

17 It extended northward, went out at En Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. It went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

١٧ ثُمَّ تَمْتَدُّ شِمَالاً إِلَى عَيْنِ شَمْسٍ فَجَلِيلُوتَ مُقَابِلَ عَقَبَةِ أَدُمِّيمَ نُزُولاً إِلَى حَجَرِ بُوهَنَ بْنِ رَأُوبَيْنَ.

18 It passed along to the side opposite the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah.

١٨ حَيْثُ تَمُرُّ بِالسَّهْلِ الشِّمَالِيِّ لِبَيْتِ عَرَبَةَ، ثُمَّ تَنْحَدِرُ نَحْوَ الْعَرَبَةِ،

19 The border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward; and the border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border.

١٩ وَتَتَّجِهُ شِمَالاً إِلَى بَيْتِ حُجْلَةَ وَتَنْتَهِي عِنْدَ اللِّسَانِ الشِّمَالِيِّ لِلْبَحْرِ الْمَيِّتِ حَيْثُ يَصُبُّ نَهْرُ الأُرْدُنِّ. هَذِهِ هِيَ الْحُدُودُ الْجَنُوبِيَّةُ.

20 The Jordan was its border on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders around it, according to their families.

٢٠ أَمَّا الْحَدُّ الشَّرْقِيُّ فَكَانَ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ. هَذِهِ هِيَ أَرْضُ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ.

21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

٢١ وَهَذِهِ هِيَ مُدُنُ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمْ: أَرِيحَا وَبَيْتُ حُجْلَةَ وَوَادِي قَصِيصَ،

22 Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

٢٢ وَبَيْتُ الْعَرَبَةِ وَصَمَارَايِمُ وَبَيْتُ إِيلَ،

23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

٢٣ وَالْعَوِّيمُ وَالْفَارَةُ وَعَفْرَةُ،

24 Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.

٢٤ وَكَفْرُ الْعَمُّونِيِّ وَالْعُفْنِي وَجَبَعُ، وَهِيَ فِي جُمْلَتِهَا سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ مَدِينَةً مَعَ ضِيَاعِهَا.

25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

٢٥ وَأَيْضاً جِبْعُونُ وَالرَّامَةُ وَبَئِيرُوتُ،

26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

٢٦ وَالْمِصْفَاةُ وَالْكَفِيرَةُ وَالْمُوصَةُ،

27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

٢٧ وَرَاقَمُ وَيَرَفْئِيلُ وَتَرَالَةُ،

28 Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

٢٨ وَصَيْلَعُ وَآلَفُ وَالْيَبُوسِيُّ الَّتِي هِيَ أُورُشَلِيمُ وَجِبْعَةُ وَقِرْيَةُ. وَهِيَ فِي جُمْلَتِهَا أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ مَدِينَةً مَعَ ضِيَاعِهَا. هَذَا هُوَ مِيرَاثُ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمْ.