Liber Iosue, 17

1. cecidit autem sors tribui Manasse ipse est enim primogenitus Joseph Machir primogenito Manasse patri Galaad qui fuit vir pugnator habuitque possessionem Galaad et Basan

1. And this lot fell to the tribe of Manasses (for he is the firstborn of Joseph) to Machir the firstborn of Manasses the father of Galaad, who was a warlike man, and had for possession Galaad and Basan.

2. et reliquis filiorum Manasse juxta familias suas filiis Abiezer et filiis Elech et filiis Esrihel et filiis Sechem et filiis Epher et filiis Semida isti sunt filii Manasse filii Joseph mares per cognationes suas

2. And to the rest of the children of Manasses according to their families: to the children of Abiezer, and to the children of Helec, and to the children of Esriel, and to the children of Sechem, and to the children of Hepher, and to the children of Semida: these are the male children of Manasses the son of Joseph, by their kindreds.

3. Salphaad vero filio Epher filii Galaad filii Machir filii Manasse non erant filii sed solæ filiæ quarum ista sunt nomina Maala et Noa Egla et Melcha et Thersa

3. But Salphaad the son of Hepher the son of Galaad the son of Machir the son of Manasses had no sons, but only daughters: whose names are these, Maala and Noa and Hegla and Melcha and Thersa.

4. veneruntque in conspectu Eleazari sacerdotis et Josue filii Nun et principum dicentes Dominus præcepit per manum Mosi ut daretur nobis possessio in medio fratrum nostrorum deditque eis juxta imperium Domini possessionem in medio fratrum patris earum

4. And they came in the presence of Eleazar the priest and of Josue the son of Nun, and of the princes, saying: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that a possession should be given us in the midst of our brethren. And he gave them according to the commandment of the Lord a possession amongst the brethren of their father.

5. et ceciderunt funiculi Manasse decem absque terra Galaad et Basan trans Jordanem

5. And there fell ten portions to Manasses, beside the land of Galaad and Basan beyond the Jordan.

6. filiæ enim Manasse possederunt hereditatem in medio filiorum ejus terra autem Galaad cecidit in sortem filiorum Manasse qui reliqui erant

6. For the daughters of Manasses possessed inheritance in the midst of his sons. And the land of Galaad fell to the lot of the rest of the children of Manasses.

7. fuitque terminus Manasse ab Aser Machmathath quæ respicit Sychem et egreditur ad dextram juxta habitatores fontis Taffuæ

7. And the border of Manasses was from Aser, Machmethath which looketh towards Sichem: and it goeth out on the right hand by the inhabitants of the fountain of Taphua.

8. etenim in sorte Manasse ceciderat terra Taffuæ quæ est juxta terminos Manasse filiorum Ephraim

8. For the lot of Manasses took in the land of Taphua, which is on the borders of Manasses, and belongs to the children of Ephraim.

9. descenditque terminus vallis Harundineti in meridiem torrentis civitatum Ephraim quæ in medio sunt urbium Manasse terminus Manasse ab aquilone torrentis et exitus ejus pergit ad mare

9. And the border goeth down to the valley of the reeds, to the south of the torrent of the cities of Ephraim, which are in the midst of the cities of Manasses: the border of Manasses is on the north side of the torrent, and the outgoings of it are at the sea:

10. ita ut ab austro sit possessio Ephraim et ab aquilone Manasse et utramque claudat mare et coniungantur sibi in tribu Aser ab aquilone et in tribu Isachar ab oriente

10. So that the possession of Ephraim is on the south, and on the north that of Manasses, and the sea is the border of both, and they are joined together in the tribe of Aser on the north, and in the tribe of Issachar on the east.

11. fuitque hereditas Manasse in Isachar et in Aser Bethsan et viculi ejus et Jeblaam cum villulis suis et habitatores Dor cum oppidis suis habitatores quoque Hendor cum villulis suis similiterque habitatores Thanach cum villulis suis et habitatores Mageddo cum viculis suis et tertia pars urbis Nofeth

11. And the inheritance of Manasses in Issachar and in Aser, was Bethsan and its villages, and Jeblaam with its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor, with the towns thereof: the inhabitants also of Endor with the villages thereof: and in like manner the inhabitants of Thenac with the villages thereof: and the inhabitants of Mageddo with their villages, and the third part of the city of Nopheth.

12. nec potuerunt filii Manasse has subvertere civitates sed cœpit Chananeus habitare in terra ista

12. Neither could the children of Manasses overthrow these cities, but the Chanaanite began to dwell in his land.

13. postquam autem convaluerunt filii Israël subiecerunt Chananeos et fecerunt sibi tributarios nec interfecerunt eos

13. But after that the children of Israel were grown strong, they subdued the Chanaanites, and made them their tributaries, and they did not kill them.

14. locutique sunt filii Joseph ad Josue atque dixerunt quare dedisti mihi possessionem sortis et funiculi unius cum sim tantæ multitudinis et benedixerit mihi Dominus

14. And the children of Joseph spoke to Josue, and said: Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to possess, whereas I am of so great a multitude, and the Lord hath blessed me?

15. ad quos Josue ait si populus multus es ascende in silvam et succide tibi spatia in terra Ferezei et Rafaim quia angusta est tibi possessio montis Ephraim

15. And Josue said to them: If thou be a great people, go up into the woodland, and cut down room for thyself in the land of the Pherezite and the Raphaims: because the possession of mount Ephraim is too narrow for thee.

16. cui responderunt filii Joseph non poterimus ad montana conscendere cum ferreis curribus utantur Chananei qui habitant in terra campestri in qua sitæ sunt Bethsan cum viculis suis et Jezraël mediam possidens vallem

16. And the children of Joseph answered him: We cannot go up to the mountains, for the Chanaanites that dwell in the low lands, wherein are situate Bethsan with its towns, and Jezrael in the midst of the valley, have chariots of iron

17. dixitque Josue ad domum Joseph Ephraim et Manasse populus multus es et magnæ fortitudinis non habebis sortem unam

17. And Josue said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasses: Thou art a great people, and of great strength, thou shalt not have one lot only:

18. sed transibis ad montem et succides tibi atque purgabis ad habitandum spatia et poteris ultra procedere cum subverteris Chananeum quem dicis ferreos habere currus et esse fortissimum

18. But thou shalt pass to the mountain, and shalt cut down the wood, and make thyself room to dwell in: and mayst proceed farther, when thou hast destroyed the Chanaanites, who as thou sayest have iron chariots, and are very strong.