1 و َحِينَ سَمِعَ يابِينُ مَلِكُ حاصُورَ بِهَذا، أرسَلَ رَسائِلَ إلَى يُوبابَ مَلِكِ مادُونَ، وَإلَى مَلِكِ شِمْرُونَ وَمَلِكِ أكشافَ،

And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard these things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,

2 و َإلَى مُلُوكِ المِنطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ الشَّمالِيَّةِ وَالصَحْراءِ، وَإلَى مُلُوكِ كِنَّرُوتَ وَالنَّقَبِ وَالمُرْتَفَعاتِ الغَرْبيَّةِ، وَإلَى مَلِكِ دُورَ غَرْباً.

and to the kings who were from the north, in the mountains, in the plain south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,

3 و َإلَى الكَنعانِيِّينَ فِي الشَّرْقِ وَالغَربِ، وَالأمُورِيِّينَ وَالحِثِّيِّينَ وَالفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَاليَبُوسِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ فِي المِنطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، وَإلَى الحِوِّيِّينَ السّاكِنِينَ جَنُوبَ جَبَلِ حَرْمُونَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ المِصْفاةِ.

to the Canaanites in the east and in the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the mountains, and the Hivite below Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

4 و َخَرَجُوا بِكُلِّ جُيُوشِهِمْ، جَيشاً عَظِيماً جِدّاً، كَعَدَدِ حُبَيباتِ الرَّملِ عَلَى شاطِئِ البَحْرِ، وَمَعَهُمْ خُيُولٌ وَعَرَباتٌ كَثِيرَةٌ.

So they went out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.

5 و َاجتَمَعَ هَؤُلاءِ المُلُوكُ فِي مَكانٍ اتَّفَقُوا عَلَيهِ، وَجاءُوا وَخَيَّمُوا مَعاً عِنْدَ جَدْوَلِ مَيرُومَ لِيُحارِبُوا إسْرائِيلَ.

And when all these kings had met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

6 و َقالَ اللهُ لِيَشُوعَ: «لا تَخَفْ مِنْهُمْ. فَغَداً فِي مِثلِ هَذا الوَقْتِ، سَأُسَلِّمُهُمْ جَمِيعاً لإسْرائِيلَ لِتَذْبَحُوهُمْ. فَشُلُّوا خُيُولَهُمْ، وَأحْرِقُوا مَرْكَباتِهِمْ بِالنّارِ.»

But the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”

7 ف َأتَى يَشُوعُ عَلَيهِمْ مَعَ كُلِّ جَيشِهِ فَجأةً عِنْدَ جَدْوَلِ مَيرُومَ وَهاجَمُوهُمْ.

So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and they attacked them.

8 و َنَصَرَ اللهُ إسْرائِيلَ عَلَيهِمْ، فَهاجَمُوهُمْ وَطارَدُوهُمْ إلَى صَيدُونَ العَظِيمَةَ وَمِسْرَفُوتَ مايِمَ، وَإلَى وادِي المِصْفاةِ فِي الشَّرقِ. وَاستَمَرُّوا فِي مُهاجَمَتِهِمْ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ أحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ حَيّاً.

And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who defeated them and chased them to Greater Sidon, to the Brook Misrephoth, and to the Valley of Mizpah eastward; they attacked them until they left none of them remaining.

9 و َعَمِلَ يَشُوعُ بِهِمْ كَما قالَ اللهُ لَهُ، فَشَلَّ خُيُولَهُمْ وَأحْرَقَ مَركَباتِهِمْ بِالنّارِ.

So Joshua did to them as the Lord had told him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

10 ف ِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، التَفَّ يَشُوعُ وَهاجَمَ حاصُورَ وَسَيطَرَ عَلَيها، وَقَتَلَ مَلِكَها بِالسَّيفِ. وَكانَتْ حاصُورُ رأسَ هَذِهِ المَمالِكِ.

Joshua turned back at that time and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor was formerly the head of all those kingdoms.

11 و َقَتَلُوا بِالسَّيفِ كُلَّ حَيٍّ فِيها، وَقَضَوْا عَلَيهِمْ تَماماً. حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ كَائِنٌ يَتَنَفَّسُ. وَأحرَقَ يَشُوعُ حاصُورَ بِالنّارِ.

And they struck all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was none left breathing. Then he burned Hazor with fire.

12 و َسَيطَرَ يَشُوعُ عَلَى كُلِّ هَذِهِ المُدُنِ المَلَكِيَّةِ، وَأمسَكَ بِمُلُوكِها وَقَتَلَهُمْ قَتلاً بِالسَّيفِ، كَما أمَرَ مُوسَى خادِمُ اللهِ.

So all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua took and struck with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.

13 ل َكِنَّ جَيشَ إسْرائِيلَ لَمْ يُحرِقْ أيَّةَ مَدِينَةٍ مِنَ المُدُنِ المَبنِيَّةِ عَلَى تِلالٍ، إلّا حاصُورَ الَّتِي أحرَقَها يَشُوعُ.

But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only, which Joshua burned.

14 و َأخَذَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ غَنائِمَ هَذِهِ المُدُنِ وَحَيواناتِها، وَأمّا النّاسُ فَقَتَلُوهُمْ بِالسَّيفِ حَتَّى أفنَوْهُمْ، وَلَمْ يَترُكُوا كَائِناً يَتَنَفَّسُ.

And all the spoil of these cities and the livestock, the children of Israel took as booty for themselves; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they left none breathing.

15 ك َما أمَرَ اللهُ خادِمَهُ مُوسَى هَكَذا أمَرَ مُوسَى يَشُوعَ، وَهَكَذا عَمِلَ يَشُوعُ، فَلَمْ يَترُكْ شَيئاً أمَرَ اللهُ مُوسَى بِهِ إلّا وَعَمِلَهُ.

As the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses. Summary of Joshua’s Conquests

16 ف َسَيطَرَ يَشُوعُ عَلَى كُلِّ المِنطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ وَالنَّقَبِ وَأرْضِ جُوشِنَ وَالتِّلالِ الغَربِيَّةِ وَوادِي الأُردُنِّ وَمِنطَقَةِ التِّلالِ فِي إسْرائِيلَ وَمُنخَفَضاتِها،

Thus Joshua took all this land: the mountain country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, and the Jordan plain —the mountains of Israel and its lowlands,

17 م ِنْ جَبَلِ حالَقَ المُمتَدِّ نَحْوَ سَعِيرَ إلَى بَعلَ جادَ فِي وادِي لُبنانَ إلَى الجَنُوبِ مِنْ جَبَلِ حَرْمُونَ. وَأسَرَ جَمِيعَ مُلُوكِهِمْ وَقَتَلَهُمْ.

from Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, even as far as Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings, and struck them down and killed them.

18 و َكانَ يَشُوعُ فِي حَربٍ مَعَ هَؤُلاءِ المُلُوكِ لِفَترَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ.

Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

19 و َلَمْ تَعمَلْ مَدِينَةٌ مُعاهَدَةَ سَلامٍ مَعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلّا الحِوِّيُّونَ السّاكِنُونَ فِي جِبعُونَ. فَقَدْ هَزَمَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ كُلَّ تِلْكَ المُدُنِ فِي الحَرْبِ.

There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. All the others they took in battle.

20 ل ِأنَّ اللهَ ذاتَهُ قَسَّى قُلُوبَهُمْ لِمُحارَبَةِ إسْرائِيلَ، لِيُهلِكُوهُمْ تَماماً بِلا رَحمَةٍ، فَيَقْضُوا عَلَيهِمْ كَما أمَرَ اللهُ مُوسَى.

For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that He might utterly destroy them, and that they might receive no mercy, but that He might destroy them, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

21 ف ِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، ذَهَبَ يَشُوعُ وَأهلَكَ العَناقِيِّينَ مِنَ المِنطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، مِنْ حَبْرُونَ وَدَبِيرَ وَعَنابَ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ المِنطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ فِي يَهُوذا، وَمِنَ المِنطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ فِي إسْرائِيلَ. فَقَدْ أهلَكَهُمْ يَشُوعُ مَعَ مُدُنِهِمْ تَماماً.

And at that time Joshua came and cut off the Anakim from the mountains: from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

22 و َلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ العَناقِيِّينَ أحَدٌ فِي أرْضِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، سِوَى بَعْضِهِمْ فِي غَزَّةَ وَجَتَّ وَأشدُودَ.

None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.

23 ف َسَيطَرَ يَشُوعُ عَلَى كُلِّ الأرْضِ بِحَسَبِ كُلِّ ما أمَرَ اللهُ بِهِ مُوسَى، وَأعطاها يَشُوعُ لإسْرائِيلَ مُلكاً لَهُمْ حَسَبَ حِصَصِ قَبائِلِهِمْ. حِينَئِذٍ، اسْتَراحَتِ الأرْضُ مِنَ الحَرْبِ.

So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land rested from war.