< 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 lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.
2 Fahla Bethel lac nu Luz, ac srola nwe Ataroth Addar, su acn sin mwet Arch,
It went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
3 oatula nu roto ke acn lun mwet Japhlet, som nwe ke sun Beth Horon Ten, fahla nwe Gezer, ac safla sisken Meoa Mediterranean.
and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Beth Horon the lower, and on to Gezer; and ended at the sea.
4 Tulik natul Joseph, su sruf lal Ephraim ac sruf lal Manasseh Roto, elos eis acn inge tuh in ma lalos.
The children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
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 border of the children of Ephraim according to their families. The border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon the upper.
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,
The border went out westward at Michmethath on the north. The border turned about eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah.
7 na oatula Janoah lac nwe Ataroth ac Naarah, ut sisken acn Jericho ac fahla safla ke Infacl Jordan.
It went down from Janoah to Ataroth, to Naarah, reached to Jericho, and went out 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 border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families;
9 Acn inge weang pacna acn ac inkul ma oan luin acn lun Manasseh, tusruktu itukyang nu sin mwet Ephraim.
together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the middle of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
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.
They didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the territory of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do forced labour.

< Joshua 16 >