Liber Numeri 32

1 filii autem Ruben et Gad habebant pecora multa et erat illis in iumentis infinita substantia cumque vidissent Iazer et Galaad aptas alendis animalibus

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

2 venerunt ad Mosen et ad Eleazarum sacerdotem et principes multitudinis atque dixerunt

The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,

3 Atharoth et Dibon et Iazer et Nemra Esbon et Eleale et Sabam et Nebo et Beon

Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

4 terram quam percussit Dominus in conspectu filiorum Israhel regionis uberrimae est ad pastum animalium et nos servi tui habemus iumenta plurima

Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle:

5 precamurque si invenimus gratiam coram te ut des nobis famulis tuis eam in possessionem ne facias nos transire Iordanem

Why, said they, if we have found grace in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

6 quibus respondit Moses numquid fratres vestri ibunt ad pugnam et vos hic sedebitis

And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to war, and shall you sit here?

7 cur subvertitis mentes filiorum Israhel ne transire audeant in locum quem eis daturus est Dominus

And why discourage you the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?

8 nonne ita egerunt patres vestri quando misi de Cadesbarne ad explorandam terram

Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.

9 cumque venissent usque ad vallem Botri lustrata omni regione subverterunt cor filiorum Israhel ut non intrarent fines quos eis Dominus dedit

For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

10 qui iratus iuravit dicens

And the LORD’s anger was kindled the same time, and he swore, saying,

11 si videbunt homines isti qui ascenderunt ex Aegypto a viginti annis et supra terram quam sub iuramento pollicitus sum Abraham Isaac et Iacob et noluerunt sequi me

Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

12 praeter Chaleb filium Iepphonne Cenezeum et Iosue filium Nun isti impleverunt voluntatem meam

Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

13 iratusque Dominus adversum Israhel circumduxit eum per desertum quadraginta annis donec consumeretur universa generatio quae fecerat malum in conspectu eius

And the LORD’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.

14 et ecce inquit vos surrexistis pro patribus vestris incrementa et alumni hominum peccatorum ut augeretis furorem Domini contra Israhel

And, behold, you are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.

15 qui si nolueritis sequi eum in solitudine populum derelinquet et vos causa eritis necis omnium

For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you shall destroy all this people.

16 at illi prope accedentes dixerunt caulas ovium fabricabimus et stabula iumentorum parvulis quoque nostris urbes munitas

And they came near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

17 nos autem ipsi armati et accincti pergemus ad proelium ante filios Israhel donec introducamus eos ad loca sua parvuli nostri et quicquid habere possumus erunt in urbibus muratis propter habitatorum insidias

But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

18 non revertemur in domos nostras usquequo possideant filii Israhel hereditatem suam

We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

19 nec quicquam quaeremus trans Iordanem quia iam habemus possessionem nostram in orientali eius plaga

For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

20 quibus Moses ait si facitis quod promittitis expediti pergite coram Domino ad pugnam

And Moses said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will go armed before the LORD to war,

21 et omnis vir bellator armatus Iordanem transeat donec subvertat Dominus inimicos suos

And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he has driven out his enemies from before him,

22 et subiciatur ei omnis terra tunc eritis inculpabiles et apud Dominum et apud Israhel et obtinebitis regiones quas vultis coram Domino

And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

23 sin autem quod dicitis non feceritis nulli dubium quin peccetis in Dominum et scitote quoniam peccatum vestrum adprehendet vos

But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.

24 aedificate ergo urbes parvulis vestris et caulas ac stabula ovibus ac iumentis et quod polliciti estis implete

Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.

25 dixeruntque filii Gad et Ruben ad Mosen servi tui sumus faciemus quod iubet dominus noster

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as my lord commands.

26 parvulos nostros et mulieres et pecora ac iumenta relinquemus in urbibus Galaad

Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:

27 nos autem famuli tui omnes expediti pergemus ad bellum sicut tu domine loqueris

But your servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord says.

28 praecepit ergo Moses Eleazaro sacerdoti et Iosue filio Nun et principibus familiarum per tribus Israhel et dixit ad eos

So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

29 si transierint filii Gad et filii Ruben vobiscum Iordanem omnes armati ad bellum coram Domino et vobis fuerit terra subiecta date eis Galaad in possessionem

And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

30 sin autem noluerint transire vobiscum in terram Chanaan inter vos habitandi accipiant loca

But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

31 responderuntque filii Gad et filii Ruben sicut locutus est Dominus servis suis ita faciemus

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD has said to your servants, so will we do.

32 ipsi armati pergemus coram Domino in terram Chanaan et possessionem iam suscepisse nos confitemur trans Iordanem

We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

33 dedit itaque Moses filiis Gad et Ruben et dimidiae tribui Manasse filii Ioseph regnum Seon regis Amorrei et regnum Og regis Basan et terram eorum cum urbibus suis per circuitum

And Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

34 igitur extruxerunt filii Gad Dibon et Atharoth et Aroer

And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

35 Etrothsophan et Iazer Iecbaa

And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

36 et Bethnemra et Betharan urbes munitas et caulas pecoribus suis

And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

37 filii vero Ruben aedificaverunt Esbon et Eleale et Cariathaim

And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

38 et Nabo et Baalmeon versis nominibus Sabama quoque inponentes vocabula urbibus quas extruxerant

And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed, ) and Shibmah: and gave other names to the cities which they built.

39 porro filii Machir filii Manasse perrexerunt in Galaad et vastaverunt eam interfecto Amorreo habitatore eius

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

40 dedit ergo Moses terram Galaad Machir filio Manasse qui habitavit in ea

And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelled therein.

41 Iair autem filius Manasse abiit et occupavit vicos eius quos appellavit Avothiair id est villas Iair

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.

42 Nobe quoque perrexit et adprehendit Canath cum viculis suis vocavitque eam ex nomine suo Nobe

And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.