Liber Iosue, 22

1. Tunc vocavit Iosue Rubenitas et Gaditas et dimidiam tribum Manasse

1. Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manas'seh,

2. dixitque ad eos: “Fecistis omnia, quae vobis praecepit Moyses famulus Domini; mihi quoque in omnibus, quae praecepi vobis, oboedistis

2. and said to them, "You have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I have commanded you;

3. nec reliquistis fratres vestros hoc longo tempore usque in praesentem diem custodientes imperium Domini Dei vestri.

3. you have not forsaken your brethren these many days, down to this day, but have been careful to keep the charge of the LORD your God.

4. Quia igitur dedit Dominus Deus vester fratribus vestris quietem ac pacem, sicut eis pollicitus est, revertimini nunc et ite in tabernacula vestra et in terram possessionis, quam tradidit vobis Moyses famulus Domini trans Iordanem;

4. And now the LORD your God has given rest to your brethren, as he promised them; therefore turn and go to your home in the land where your possession lies, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan.

5. ita dumtaxat ut custodiatis attente et opere compleatis mandatum et legem, quam praecepit vobis Moyses servus Domini, ut diligatis Dominum Deum vestrum et ambuletis in omnibus viis eius et observetis mandata illius adhaereatisque ei ac serviatis in omni corde et in omni anima vestra”.

5. Take good care to observe the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."

6. Benedixitque eis Iosue et dimisit eos, qui reversi sunt in tabernacula sua.

6. So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their homes.

7. Dimidiae autem tribui Manasse possessionem Moyses dederat in Basan; et idcirco mediae, quae superfuit, dedit Iosue sortem inter ceteros fratres suos trans Iordanem ad occidentalem eius plagam. Cumque dimitteret eos in tabernacula sua et benedixisset illis,

7. Now to the one half of the tribe of Manas'seh Moses had given a possession in Bashan; but to the other half Joshua had given a possession beside their brethren in the land west of the Jordan. And when Joshua sent them away to their homes and blessed them,

8. dixit ad eos: “Cum multis divitiis revertimini ad sedes vestras, cum argento et auro, aere ac ferro et veste multiplici; dividite praedam hostium cum fratribus vestris”.

8. he said to them, "Go back to your homes with much wealth, and with very many cattle, with silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and with much clothing; divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren."

9. Reversique sunt et abierunt filii Ruben et filii Gad et dimidia tribus Manasse a filiis Israel de Silo, quae sita est in Chanaan, ut intrarent Galaad terram possessionis suae, quam obtinuerant iuxta imperium Domini in manu Moysi.

9. So the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manas'seh returned home, parting from the people of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, their own land of which they had possessed themselves by command of the LORD through Moses.

10. Cumque venissent ad circulos Iordanis in terra Chanaan, aedificaverunt iuxta Iordanem altare ingens aspectu.

10. And when they came to the region about the Jordan, that lies in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manas'seh built there an altar by the Jordan, an altar of great size.

11. Cum audissent filii Israel aedificasse filios Ruben et Gad et dimidiam tribum Manasse altare e regione terrae Chanaan ad Iordanis circulos ex adverso filiorum Israel,

11. And the people of Israel heard say, "Behold, the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manas'seh have built an altar at the frontier of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that belongs to the people of Israel."

12. convenerunt omnes in Silo, ut ascenderent et dimicarent contra eos.

12. And when the people of Israel heard of it, the whole assembly of the people of Israel gathered at Shiloh, to make war against them.

13. Et interim miserunt ad illos in terram Galaad Phinees filium Eleazari sacerdotem

13. Then the people of Israel sent to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manas'seh, in the land of Gilead, Phin'ehas the son of Elea'zar the priest,

14. et decem principes cum eo, singulos de tribubus, unusquisque erat caput familiae in cognationibus Israel.

14. and with him ten chiefs, one from each of the tribal families of Israel, every one of them the head of a family among the clans of Israel.

15. Qui venerunt ad filios Ruben et Gad et dimidiam tribum Manasse in terram Galaad dixeruntque ad eos:

15. And they came to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manas'seh, in the land of Gilead, and they said to them,

16. “Haec mandat omnis coetus Domini: Quae est ista transgressio? Cur reliquistis Dominum, Deum Israel, aedificantes vobis altare sacrilegum et a cultu illius recedentes?

16. "Thus says the whole congregation of the LORD, `What is this treachery which you have committed against the God of Israel in turning away this day from following the LORD, by building yourselves an altar this day in rebellion against the LORD?

17. An parum vobis est peccatum Phegor, et usque in praesentem diem macula huius sceleris in nobis permanet, et facta est plaga in coetu Domini?

17. Have we not had enough of the sin at Pe'or from which even yet we have not cleansed ourselves, and for which there came a plague upon the congregation of the LORD,

18. Et vos hodie reliquistis Dominum, et factum est ut rebellaretis contra Dominum; et cras in universum coetum Israel eius ira desaeviet.

18. that you must turn away this day from following the LORD? And if you rebel against the LORD today he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel tomorrow.

19. Quod si putatis immundam esse terram possessionis vestrae, transite ad terram possessionis Domini, in qua habitaculum Domini est, et habitate inter nos; tantum ut contra Dominum non rebelletis nec nos rebellare faciatis aedificantes altare praeter altare Domini Dei nostri.

19. But now, if your land is unclean, pass over into the LORD's land where the LORD's tabernacle stands, and take for yourselves a possession among us; only do not rebel against the LORD, or make us as rebels by building yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.

20. Nonne Achan filius Zarae praeteriit mandatum Domini de anathemate, et super omnem coetum Israel ira Domini incubuit? Et ille erat unus homo; atque utinam solus perisset in scelere suo!”.

20. Did not Achan the son of Zerah break faith in the matter of the devoted things, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone for his iniquity.'"

21. Responderuntque filii Ruben et Gad et dimidia tribus Manasse principibus legationis Israel:

21. Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manas'seh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,

22. “Fortissimus Deus Dominus, fortissimus Deus Dominus ipse novit, et Israel simul intelleget: si rebellionis, si praevaricationis animo contra Dominum hoc altare construximus, non salvet nos, sed puniat in praesenti;

22. "The Mighty One, God, the LORD! The Mighty One, God, the LORD! He knows; and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith toward the LORD, spare us not today

23. et si ea mente fecimus, ut recedamus a Domino et holocausta et oblationes et pacificas victimas super eo imponeremus, Dominus ipse quaerat et iudicet;

23. for building an altar to turn away from following the LORD; or if we did so to offer burnt offerings or cereal offerings or peace offerings on it, may the LORD himself take vengeance.

24. et si non ea magis sollicitudine et cogitatione fecimus hoc dicentes: Cras dicent filii vestri filiis nostris: “Quid vobis et Domino, Deo Israel?

24. Nay, but we did it from fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, `What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?

25. Terminum posuit Dominus inter nos et vos, o filii Ruben et filii Gad, Iordanem fluvium, et idcirco partem non habetis in Domino”; et per hanc occasionem avertent filii vestri filios nostros a timore Domini. Putavimus itaque melius

25. For the LORD has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, you Reubenites and Gadites; you have no portion in the LORD.' So your children might make our children cease to worship the LORD.

26. et diximus: Exstruamus nobis altare non in holocausta neque ad victimas offerendas,

26. Therefore we said, `Let us now build an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice,

27. sed in testimonium inter nos et vos et sobolem nostram vestramque progeniem, ut serviamus Domino, et iuris nostri sit offerre holocausta et victimas et pacificas hostias, et nequaquam dicant cras filii vestri filiis nostris: “Non est vobis pars in Domino”.

27. but to be a witness between us and you, and between the generations after us, that we do perform the service of the LORD in his presence with our burnt offerings and sacrifices and peace offerings; lest your children say to our children in time to come, "You have no portion in the LORD."'

28. Quod si voluerint dicere, respondebunt eis: “Ecce similitudo altaris Domini, quam fecerunt patres nostri non in holocausta neque in sacrificia, sed in testimonium inter nos et vos”.

28. And we thought, If this should be said to us or to our descendants in time to come, we should say, `Behold the copy of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifice, but to be a witness between us and you.'

29. Absit a nobis hoc scelus, ut recedamus a Domino et eius vestigia relinquamus, exstructo altari ad holocausta et oblationes et victimas offerendas, praeter altare Domini Dei nostri, quod est ante habitaculum eius”.

29. Far be it from us that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn away this day from following the LORD by building an altar for burnt offering, cereal offering, or sacrifice, other than the altar of the LORD our God that stands before his tabernacle!"

30. Quibus auditis, Phinees sacerdos et principes legationis Israel, qui erant cum eo, placati sunt et verba filiorum Ruben et Gad et dimidiae tribus Manasse libentissime susceperunt;

30. When Phin'ehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation, the heads of the families of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the Reubenites and the Gadites and the Manas'sites spoke, it pleased them well.

31. dixitque Phinees filius Eleazar sacerdos ad eos: “Nunc scimus quod nobiscum sit Dominus, quoniam alieni estis a praevaricatione hac et liberastis filios Israel de manu Domini”.

31. And Phin'ehas the son of Elea'zar the priest said to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the Manas'sites, "Today we know that the LORD is in the midst of us, because you have not committed this treachery against the LORD; now you have saved the people of Israel from the hand of the LORD."

32. Reversusque est cum principibus a filiis Ruben et Gad de terra Galaad in terram Chanaan ad filios Israel et rettulit eis.

32. Then Phin'ehas the son of Elea'zar the priest, and the chiefs, returned from the Reubenites and the Gadites in the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the people of Israel, and brought back word to them.

33. Placuitque sermo cunctis audientibus, et laudaverunt Deum filii Israel; et nequaquam ultra dixerunt, ut ascenderent contra eos in bellum et delerent terram, in qua habitabant filii Ruben et Gad.

33. And the report pleased the people of Israel; and the people of Israel blessed God and spoke no more of making war against them, to destroy the land where the Reubenites and the Gadites were settled.

34. Vocaveruntque filii Ruben et filii Gad altare, quod exstruxerant, Testem; dixerunt enim: “Testis est inter nos quod Dominus ipse sit Deus”.

34. The Reubenites and the Gadites called the altar Witness; "For," said they, "it is a witness between us that the LORD is God."