Liber Numeri, 13

1. Ibi locutus est Dominus ad Moysen dicens:

1. The LORD said to Moses,

2. “Mitte vi ros, qui considerent terram Chanaan, quam daturus sum filiis Israel, singulos de singulis tribubus ex principibus”.

2. "Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the people of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a leader among them."

3. Fecit Moyses quod Dominus imperaverat, de deserto Pharan mittens principes viros, quorum ista sunt nomina:

3. So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel.

4. de tribu Ruben Sammua filium Zacchur,

4. And these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Sham'mu-a the son of Zaccur;

5. de tribu Simeon Saphat filium Hori,

5. from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;

6. de tribu Iudae Chaleb filium Iephonne,

6. from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephun'neh;

7. de tribu Issachar Igal filium Ioseph,

7. from the tribe of Is'sachar, Igal the son of Joseph;

8. de tribu Ephraim Osee filium Nun,

8. from the tribe of E'phraim, Hoshe'a the son of Nun;

9. de tribu Beniamin Phalti filium Raphu,

9. from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;

10. de tribu Zabulon Geddiel filium Sodi,

10. from the tribe of Zeb'ulun, Gad'diel the son of Sodi;

11. de tribu Ioseph, tribu Manasse, Gaddi filium Susi,

11. from the tribe of Joseph (that is from the tribe of Manas'seh), Gaddi the son of Susi;

12. de tribu Dan Ammiel filium Gemalli,

12. from the tribe of Dan, Am'miel the son of Gemal'li;

13. de tribu Aser Sthur filium Michael,

13. from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;

14. de tribu Nephthali Nahabi filium Vaphsi,

14. from the tribe of Naph'tali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;

15. de tribu Gad Guel filium Machi.

15. from the tribe of Gad, Geu'el the son of Machi.

16. Haec sunt nomina virorum, quos misit Moyses ad considerandam terram. Vocavitque Osee filium Nun Iosue.

16. These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshe'a the son of Nun Joshua.

17. Misit ergo eos Moyses ad considerandam terram Chanaan et dixit ad eos: “Ascendite per Nageb. Cumque veneritis ad montes,

17. Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up into the Negeb yonder, 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;

18. and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,

19. ipsa terra bona an mala, urbes quales, absque muris an muratae;

19. and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds,

20. humus pinguis an sterilis, nemorosa an absque arboribus. Confortamini et afferte nobis de fructibus terrae”. Erat autem tempus, quando iam praecoquae uvae vesci possunt.

20. and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there is wood in it or not. Be of good courage, and bring some of the fruit of the land." Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.

21. Cumque ascendissent, exploraverunt terram a deserto Sin usque Rohob in introitu Emath.

21. So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.

22. Ascenderuntque ad Nageb et venerunt in Hebron, ubi erant Ahiman et Sesai et Tholmai filii Enac. Nam Hebron septem annis ante Tanim urbem Aegypti condita est.

22. They went up into the Negeb, and came to Hebron; and Ahi'man, She'shai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zo'an in Egypt.)

23. Pergentesque usque ad Nehelescol absciderunt palmitem cum uva sua, quem portaverunt in vecte duo viri. De malis quoque granatis et de ficis loci illius tulerunt,

23. And they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they brought also some pomegranates and figs.

24. qui appellatus est Nehelescol, eo quod botrum portassent inde filii Israel.

24. That place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down from there.

25. Reversique exploratores terrae post quadraginta dies, omni regione circuita,

25. At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land.

26. venerunt ad Moysen et Aaron et ad omnem coetum filiorum Israel in desertum Pharan, quod est in Cades. Locutique eis et omni congregationi ostenderunt fructus terrae

26. And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.

27. et narraverunt dicentes: “Venimus in terram, ad quam misisti nos, quae re vera fluit lacte et melle, ut ex his fructibus cognosci potest.

27. And they told him, "We came to the land to which you sent us; it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

28. Sed cultores fortissimos habet et urbes grandes atque muratas. Stirpem Enac vidimus ibi;

28. Yet the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.

29. Amalec habitat in Nageb, Hetthaeus et Iebusaeus et Amorraeus in montanis, Chananaeus vero moratur iuxta mare et circa fluenta Iordanis”.

29. The Amal'ekites dwell in the land of the Negeb; the Hittites, the Jeb'usites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan."

30. Inter haec Chaleb compescens murmur populi, qui oriebatur contra Moysen, ait: “Ascendamus et possideamus terram, quoniam poterimus obtinere eam”.

30. But Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once, and occupy it; for we are well able to overcome it."

31. Alii vero, qui fuerant cum eo, dicebant: “Nequaquam ad hunc populum valemus ascendere, quia fortior nobis est”.

31. Then the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we."

32. Detraxeruntque terrae, quam inspexerant, apud filios Israel dicentes: “Terra, quam lustravimus, devorat habitatores suos; populus, quem aspeximus, procerae staturae est;

32. So they brought to the people of Israel an evil report of the land which they had spied out, saying, "The land, through which we have gone, to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.

33. ibi vidimus gigantes, filios Enac de genere giganteo, quibus comparati quasi locustae videbamur”.

33. And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim); and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them."