Liber Numeri, 21

1. Quod cum audisset Chana naeus rex Arad, qui habita bat in Nageb, venisse scilicet Israel per viam Atarim, pugnavit contra illum et duxit ex eo captivos.

1. When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the Negeb, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.

2. At Israel voto se Domino obligans ait: “Si tradideris populum istum in manu mea, delebo urbes eius”.

2. And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, "If thou wilt indeed give this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities."

3. Exaudivitque Dominus preces Israel et tradidit Chananaeum, quem ille interfecit, subversis urbibus eius, et vocavit nomen loci illius Horma.

3. And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and gave over the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities; so the name of the place was called Hormah.

4. Profecti sunt autem et de monte Hor per viam, quae ducit ad mare Rubrum, ut circumirent terram Edom. Et taedere coepit populum itineris.

4. From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient on the way.

5. Locutusque contra Deum et Moysen ait: “Cur eduxisti nos de Aegypto, ut moreremur in solitudine? Deest panis, non sunt aquae; anima nostra iam nauseat super cibo isto levissimo”.

5. And the people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food."

6. Quam ob rem misit Dominus in populum ignitos serpentes, qui mordebant populum, et mortuus est populus multus ex Israel.

6. Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

7. Et venerunt ad Moysen atque dixerunt: “Peccavimus, quia locuti sumus contra Dominum et te; ora, ut tollat a nobis serpentes”. Oravitque Moyses pro populo.

7. And the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people.

8. Et locutus est Dominus ad eum: “Fac serpentem ignitum et pone eum pro signo: qui percussus aspexerit eum, vivet”.

8. And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and every one who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live."

9. Fecit ergo Moyses serpentem aeneum et posuit eum pro signo; quem cum percussi aspicerent, sanabantur.

9. So Moses made a bronze serpent, and set it on a pole; and if a serpent bit any man, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

10. Profectique filii Israel castrametati sunt in Oboth,

10. And the people of Israel set out, and encamped in Oboth.

11. unde egressi fixere tentoria in Ieabarim, in solitudine, quae respicit Moab contra orientalem plagam.

11. And they set out from Oboth, and encamped at I'ye-ab'arim, in the wilderness which is opposite Moab, toward the sunrise.

12. Et inde moventes venerunt ad torrentem Zared;

12. From there they set out, and encamped in the Valley of Zered.

13. quem relinquentes castrametati sunt ultra Arnon, qui est in deserto, quod prominet de finibus Amorraei. Siquidem Arnon terminus est Moab dividens Moabitas et Amorraeos.

13. From there they set out, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that extends from the boundary of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

14. Unde dicitur in libro bellorum Domini: “Vaheb in Supha et torrentes Arnon.

14. Wherefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD, "Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of the Arnon,

15. Scopuli torrentium inclinati sunt in habitationem Ar et recumbunt in finibus Moabitarum”.

15. and the slope of the valleys that extends to the seat of Ar, and leans to the border of Moab."

16. Ex eo loco in Beer. Hic est puteus, super quo locutus est Dominus ad Moysen: “Congrega populum, et dabo ei aquam”.

16. And from there they continued to Beer; that is the well of which the LORD said to Moses, "Gather the people together, and I will give them water."

17. Tunc cecinit Israel carmen istud: “Ascendat puteus. Concinite ei.

17. Then Israel sang this song: "Spring up, O well! -- Sing to it! --

18. Puteus, quem foderunt principes et paraverunt duces populi in sceptris et in baculis suis”. De solitudine in Matthana;

18. the well which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people delved with the scepter and with their staves."

19. de Matthana in Nahaliel; de Nahaliel in Bamoth;

19. and from Mat'tanah to Nahal'iel, and from Nahal'iel to Bamoth,

20. de Bamoth in vallem, quae est in regione Moab in vertice Phasga, qui respicit contra desertum.

20. and from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah which looks down upon the desert.

21. Misit autem Israel nuntios ad Sehon regem Amorraeorum dicens:

21. Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

22. “Obsecro, ut transire mihi liceat per terram tuam: non declinabimus in agros et vineas, non bibemus aquas ex puteis. Via regia gradiemur, donec transeamus terminos tuos”.

22. "Let me pass through your land; we will not turn aside into field or vineyard; we will not drink the water of a well; we will go by the King's Highway, until we have passed through your territory."

23. Qui concedere noluit, ut transiret Israel per fines suos; quin potius, populo congregato, egressus est obviam in desertum et venit in Iasa pugnavitque contra Israel.

23. But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered all his men together, and went out against Israel to the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

24. A quo percussus est in ore gladii, et possessa est terra eius ab Arnon usque Iaboc et filios Ammon; quia forti praesidio tenebantur termini Ammonitarum.

24. And Israel slew him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites; for Jazer was the boundary of the Ammonites.

25. Tulit ergo Israel omnes civitates eius et habitavit in urbibus Amorraei, in Hesebon scilicet et viculis eius.

25. And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.

26. Hesebon enim erat urbs Sehon regis Amorraei, qui pugnavit contra primum regem Moab et tulit omnem terram, quae dicionis illius fuerat usque Arnon.

26. For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.

27. Idcirco dicitur in proverbio: “Venite in Hesebon! Aedificetur et construatur civitas Sehon!

27. Therefore the ballad singers say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built, let the city of Sihon be established.

28. Ignis egressus est de Hesebon, flamma de oppido Sehon et devoravit Ar Moabitarum et deglutivit excelsa Arnon.

28. For fire went forth from Heshbon, flame from the city of Sihon. It devoured Ar of Moab, the lords of the heights of the Arnon.

29. Vae tibi, Moab; peristi, popule Chamos! Dedit filios eius in fugam et filias in captivitatem regi Amorraeorum Sehon.

29. Woe to you, O Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters captives, to an Amorite king, Sihon.

30. Iecimus sagittas in eos, disperiit Hesebon usque Dibon. Vastavimus usque Nophe et usque Medaba”.

30. So their posterity perished from Heshbon, as far as Dibon, and we laid waste until fire spread to Med'eba."

31. Habitavit itaque Israel in terra Amorraei.

31. Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

32. Misitque Moyses, qui explorarent Iazer, cuius ceperunt viculos et expulerunt Amorraeos, qui erant ibi.

32. And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took its villages, and dispossessed the Amorites that were there.

33. Verteruntque se et ascenderunt per viam Basan, et occurrit eis Og rex Basan cum omni populo suo pugnaturus in Edrai.

33. Then they turned and went up by the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan came out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Ed're-i.

34. Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: “Ne timeas eum, quia in manu tua tradidi illum et omnem populum ac terram eius, faciesque illi, sicut fecisti Sehon regi Amorraeorum habitatori Hesebon”.

34. But the LORD said to Moses, "Do not fear him; for I have given him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon."

35. Percusserunt igitur et hunc cum filiis suis universumque populum eius usque ad internecionem; et possederunt terram illius.

35. So they slew him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was not one survivor left to him; and they possessed his land.