Liber Numeri 13
1 Ibique locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
2 Mitte viros, qui considerent Terram Chanaan, quam daturus sum filiis Israel, singulos de singulis tribubus, ex principibus.
“Send some men to examine the land of Canaan, which I have given to the people of Israel. Send a man from every tribe of their ancestors. Each man must be a leader among them.”
3 Fecit Moyses quod Dominus imperaverat, de deserto Pharan mittens principes viros, quorum ista sunt nomina.
Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, so that they might obey Yahweh's command. All of them were leaders among the people of Israel.
4 De tribu Ruben, Sammua filium Zechur.
These were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
5 De tribu Simeon, Saphat filium Huri.
from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6 De tribu Iuda, Caleb filium Iephone.
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
7 De tribu Issachar, Igal filium Ioseph.
from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8 De tribu Ephraim, Osee filium Nun.
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
9 De tribu Beniamin, Phalti filium Raphu.
from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10 De tribu Zabulon, Geddiel filium Sodi.
from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
11 De tribu Ioseph, sceptri Manasse, Gaddi filium Susi.
from the tribe of Joseph (that is to say, from the tribe Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
12 De tribu Dan, Ammiel filium Gemalli.
from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
13 De tribu Aser, Sthur filium Michael.
from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14 De tribu Nephthali, Nahabi filium Vapsi.
from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
15 De tribu Gad, Guel filium Machi.
from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.
16 Hæc sunt nomina virorum, quos misit Moyses ad considerandam Terram: vocavitque Osee filium Nun, Iosue.
These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to examine the land. Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name of Joshua.
17 Misit ergo eos Moyses ad considerandam Terram Chanaan, et dixit ad eos: Ascendite per meridianam plagam. Cumque veneritis ad montes,
Moses sent them to examine the land of Canaan. He said to them, “Approach from the Negev and go up into the hill country.
18 considerate Terram, qualis sit: et populum qui habitator est eius, utrum fortis sit an infirmus: si pauci numero an plures:
Examine the land to see what it is like. Observe the people who live there, whether they are strong or weak, and whether they are few or many.
19 ipsa terra, bona an mala: urbes quales, muratæ an absque muris:
See what the land is like where they live. Is it good or bad? What cities are there? Are they like camps, or are they fortified cities?
20 humus, pinguis an sterilis, nemorosa an absque arboribus. Confortamini, et afferte nobis de fructibus Terræ. Erat autem tempus quando iam præcoquæ uvæ vesci possunt.
See what the land is like, whether it is good for growing crops or not, and whether there are trees there or not. Be brave and bring back samples of the land's produce.” Now the time was the season for the first ripe grapes.
21 Cumque ascendissent, exploraverunt Terram a deserto Sin, usque Rohob intrantibus Emath.
So the men went up and examined the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo Hamath.
22 Ascenderuntque ad meridiem, et venerunt in Hebron, ubi erant Achiman et Sisai et Tholmai filii Enac. Nam Hebron septem annis ante Tanim urbem Ægypti condita est.
They went up from the Negev and arrived at Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, clans descended from Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
23 Pergentesque usque ad Torrentem Botri, absciderunt palmitem cum uva sua, quem portaverunt in vecte duo viri. De malis quoque granatis et de ficis loci illius tulerunt:
When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut down a branch with a cluster of grapes. They carried it on a staff between two of their group. They also brought pomegranates and figs.
24 qui appellatus est Nehelescol, id est Torrens botri, eo quod botrum portassent inde filii Israel.
That place was named the Valley of Eshkol, because of the grape cluster that the people of Israel cut down there.
25 Reversique exploratores Terræ post quadraginta dies, omni regione circuita,
After forty days, they returned from examining the land.
26 venerunt ad Moysen et Aaron et ad omnem cœtum filiorum Israel in desertum Pharan, quod est in Cades. Locutique eis et omni multitudini ostenderunt fructus Terræ:
They came back to Moses, Aaron, and all the community of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the community, and showed them the produce from the land.
27 et narraverunt, dicentes: Venimus in Terram, ad quam misisti nos, quæ revera fluit lacte et melle, ut ex his fructibus cognosci potest:
They told Moses, “We reached the land to which you sent us. It certainly flows with milk and honey. Here is some produce from it.
28 sed cultores fortissimos habet, et urbes grandes atque muratas. Stirpem Enac vidimus ibi.
However, the people who make their homes there are strong. The cities are fortified and very large. We also saw descendants of Anak there.
29 Amalec habitat in meridie, Hethæus et Iebusæus et Amorrhæus in montanis: Chananæus vero moratur iuxta mare et circa fluenta Iordanis.
The Amalekites live in the Negev. The Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites have their homes in the hill country. The Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan River.”
30 Inter hæc Caleb compescens murmur populi, qui oriebatur contra Moysen, ait: Ascendamus, et possideamus Terram, quoniam poterimus obtinere eam.
Then Caleb silenced the people who were before Moses and said, “Let us go up and take possession of the land, for we are certainly able to conquer it.”
31 Alii vero, qui fuerant cum eo, dicebant: Nequaquam ad hunc populum valemus ascendere, quia fortior nobis est.
But the other men who had gone with him said, “We are not able to attack the people because they are stronger than we are.”
32 Detraxeruntque Terræ, quam inspexerant, apud filios Israel, dicentes: Terra, quam lustravimus, devorat habitatores suos: populus, quem aspeximus, proceræ staturæ est.
So they spread around a discouraging report to the people of Israel about the land that they had examined. They said, “The land that we looked at is a land that eats up its inhabitants. All the people whom we saw there are people of great height.
33 Ibi vidimus monstra quædam filiorum Enac de genere giganteo: quibus comparati, quasi locustæ videbamur.
There we saw giants, descendants of Anak, people who came from giants. In our own sight we were like grasshoppers in comparison with them, and this is what we were in their sight, too.”
