1 ه َذِهِ هِيَ المَناطِقُ الَّتِي أخَذَها بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ مِيراثاً فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ، الَّتِي قَسَّمَها ألِعازَرُ الكاهِنُ وَيَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ وَرُؤَساءُ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ لَهُمْ.

Now these are the territories which the sons of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the households of the tribes of the sons of Israel apportioned to them for an inheritance,

2 و َقَدْ تَمَّ تَقسِيمُها بِالقُرْعَةِ، كَما أمَرَ اللهُ عَلَى فَمِ مُوسَى، لِلقَبائِلِ التِّسْعِ وَلِنِصْفِ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى.

by the lot of their inheritance, as the Lord commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

3 ف َمُوسَى أعطَى لِقَبِيلَتَي رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجادَ وَلِنِصْفِ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى مِيراثاً فِي الجِهَةِ الشَّرقِيَّةِ مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يُعطِ لِلّاوِيِّينَ مِيراثاً كَباقِي القَبائِلِ.

For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but he did not give an inheritance to the Levites among them.

4 و َبَنُو يُوسُفَ كانُوا قَبِيلَتَينِ هُما مَنَسَّى وَأفْرايمَ. وَلَمْ يُعطَ نَصِيبٌ مِنَ الأرْضِ لِلّاوِيِّينَ إلّا مُدُناً يَسكُنُونَ فِيها مَعَ مَراعِيهِمْ وَأغنامِهِمْ وَأبقارِهِمْ.

For the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they did not give a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for their livestock and for their property.

5 و َعَمِلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ كَما أمَرَ اللهُ مُوسَى، فَقَسَّمُوا الأرْضَ. حِصَّةُ كالَبَ بْنَ يَفُنَّة

Thus the sons of Israel did just as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.

6 و َجاءَ بَنُو قَبِيلَةِ يَهُوذا إلَى يَشُوعَ فِي الجَلْجالِ، وَقالَ لَهُ كالَبُ بْنُ يَفُنَّةَ القَنِزِّيُّ: «أنتَ تَعرِفُ ما قالَهُ اللهُ لِمُوسَى رَجُلِ اللهِ عَنِّي وَعَنْكَ فِي قادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ.

Then the sons of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the word which the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh-barnea.

7 ك ُنْتُ فِي الأربَعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِي حِينَ أرسَلَنِي مُوسَى خادِمُ اللهِ مِنْ قادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ لاسْتِكشافِ الأرْضِ. وَقَدْ رَجِعْتُ وَقَدَّمْتَ تَقرِيراً صادِقاً بِحَسَبِ ما فِي قَلبِي.

I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought word back to him as it was in my heart.

8 ر ِفاقِي الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا مَعِي سَبَّبُوا الخَوفَ لِلنّاسِ، وَأمّا أنا فَتَبِعْتُ إلَهِي مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِي.

Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt with fear; but I followed the Lord my God fully.

9 و َأقسَمَ مُوسَى فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ وَقالَ: ‹الأرْضُ الَّتِي ذَهَبْتَ إلَيها سَتُصْبِحُ مِيراثاً لَكَ وَلِنَسلِكَ مِنْ بَعدِكَ إلَى الأبَدِ، لِأنَّكَ تَبِعْتَ إلَهِي مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِكَ.›

So Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land on which your foot has trodden will be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have followed the Lord my God fully.’

10 « وَالآنَ، ها قَدْ أبقانِي اللهُ حَيِّاً خَمْساً وَأربَعِينَ سَنَةً، مُنْذُ أنْ قالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى هَذا، حِينَ كانَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلُ يُسافِرُونَ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ. وَالآنَ، ها أنا اليَومَ فِي الخامِسَةِ وَالثَّمانِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِي.

Now behold, the Lord has let me live, just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the Lord spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now behold, I am eighty-five years old today.

11 و َمازِلْتُ اليَومَ قَوِيّاً كَما كُنْتُ يَومَ أرسَلَنِي مُوسَى. وَما تَزالُ قُوَّتِي اليَومَ كَما كانَتْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ. وما أزالُ مستعداً لِلحَربِ ولأيّةِ مَهَمَّةٍ أُخْرَى.

I am still as strong today as I was in the day Moses sent me; as my strength was then, so my strength is now, for war and for going out and coming in.

12 ف َأعطِنِي هَذِهِ الأرْضَ الجَبَلِيَّةَ الَّتِي وَعَدَنِي اللهُ بِها فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ. لِأنَّكَ سَمِعْتَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ أنَّ العَناقِيِّينَ هُناكَ فِي مُدُنِهِمِ العَظِيمَةِ الحَصِينَةِ. فَإنْ كانَ اللهُ مَعِي فَإنِّي سَأطرُدُهُمْ كَما وَعَدَنِي.»

Now then, give me this hill country about which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day that Anakim were there, with great fortified cities; perhaps the Lord will be with me, and I will drive them out as the Lord has spoken.”

13 ف َبارَكَ يَشُوعُ كالَبَ بْنَ يَفُنَّةَ وَأعطاهُ حَبْرُونَ مُلْكاً لَهُ.

So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

14 و َلِذَلِكَ صارَتْ حَبْرُونُ مِيراثاً لِكالَبَ بْنِ يَفُنَّةَ القَنِزِّيِّ وَنَسلِهِ إلَى هَذا اليَومِ، لِأنَّهُ أطاعَ اللهَ إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِهِ.

Therefore, Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite until this day, because he followed the Lord God of Israel fully.

15 و َاسْمُ حَبرُونَ سابِقاً قَرْيةُ أرْبَعَ. وَكانَ أربَعُ أعظَمَ رَجُلٍ بَينَ العَناقِيِّينَ. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ اسْتَراحَتِ الأرْضُ مِنَ الحَرْبِ.

Now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba; for Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war.