Liber Iosue, 11

1. quæ cum audisset Jabin rex Asor misit ad Jobab regem Madon et ad regem Someron atque ad regem Acsaph

1. And when Jabin king of Asor had heard these things, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Semeron, and to the king of Achsaph:

2. ad reges quoque aquilonis qui habitabant in montanis et in planitie contra meridiem Cheneroth in campestribus quoque et in regionibus Dor juxta mare

2. And to the kings of the north, that dwelt in the mountains and in the plains over against the south side of Ceneroth, and in the levels and the countries of Dor by the sea side :

3. Chananeumque ab oriente et occidente et Amorreum atque Hettheum ac Ferezeum et Jebuseum in montanis Eveum quoque qui habitabat ad radices Hermon in terra Masphe

3. To the Chanaanites also on the ease and on the west, and the Amorrhite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the Jebusite in the mountains: to the Hevite also who dwelt at the foot of Hermon in the land of Maspha.

4. egressique sunt omnes cum turmis suis populus multus nimis sicut harena quæ est in litore maris equi quoque et currus inmensæ multitudinis

4. And they all came out with their troops, a people exceeding numerous as the sand that is on the sea shore, their horses also and chariots a very great multitude,

5. conveneruntque omnes reges isti in unum ad aquas Merom ut pugnarent contra Israël

5. And all these kings assembled together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

6. dixitque Dominus ad Josue ne timeas eos cras enim hac eadem hora ego tradam omnes istos vulnerandos in conspectu Israël equos eorum subnervabis et currus igne conbures

6. And the Lord said to Josue: Fear them not: for to morrow at this same hour I will deliver all these to be slain in the sight of Israel: thou shalt hamstring their horses, and thou shalt burn their chariots with fire.

7. venitque Josue et omnis exercitus cum eo adversum illos ad aquas Merom subito et inruerunt super eos

7. And Josue came, and all the army with him, against them to the waters of Merom on a sudden, and fell upon them.

8. tradiditque illos Dominus in manu Israël qui percusserunt eos et persecuti sunt usque ad Sidonem magnam et aquas Maserefoth campumque Masphe qui est ad orientalem illius partem ita percussit omnes ut nullas dimitteret ex eis reliquias

8. And the Lord delivered them into the hands of Israel. And they defeated them, and chased them as far as the great Sidon, and the waters of Maserophot, and the field of Masphe, which is on the east side thereof. He slew them all, so as to leave no remains of them:

9. fecit sicut præceperat ei Dominus equos eorum subnervavit currusque conbusit

9. And he did as the Lord had commanded him, he hamstringed their horses and burned their chariots.

10. reversusque statim cepit Asor et regem ejus percussit gladio Asor enim antiquitus inter omnia regna hæc principatum tenebat

10. And presently turning back he took Asor: and slew the king thereof with the sword. Now Asor of old was the head of all these kingdoms.

11. percussitque omnes animas quæ ibidem morabantur non dimisit in ea ullas reliquias sed usque ad internicionem universa vastavit ipsamque urbem permisit incendio

11. And he cut off all the souls that abode there: he left not in it any remains, but utterly destroyed all, and burned the city itself with fire.

12. et omnes per circuitum civitates regesque earum cepit percussit atque delevit sicut præceperat ei Moses famulus Domini

12. And he took and put to the sword and destroyed all the cities round about, and their kings, as Moses the servant of God had commanded him.

13. absque urbibus quæ erant in collibus et in tumulis sitæ ceteras succendit Israël unam tantum Asor munitissimam flamma consumpsit

13. Except the cities that were on hills and high places, the rest Israel burned: only Asor that was very strong he consumed with fire.

14. omnemque prædam istarum urbium ac jumenta diviserunt sibi filii Israël cunctis hominibus interfectis

14. And the children of Israel divided among themselves all the spoil of these cities and the cattle, killing all the men.

15. sicut præceperat Dominus Mosi servo suo ita præcepit Moses Josue et ille universa conplevit non præteriit de universis mandatis ne unum quidem verbum quod jusserat Dominus Mosi

15. As the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Josue, and he accomplished all: he left not one thing undone of all the commandments which the Lord had commanded Moses.

16. cepit itaque Josue omnem terram montanam et meridianam terramque Gosen et planitiem et occidentalem plagam montemque Israël et campestria ejus

16. So Josue took all the country of the hills, and of the south, and the land of Gosen, and the plains and the west country, and the mountain of Israel, and the plains thereof:

17. et partem montis quæ ascendit Seir usque Baalgad per planitiem Libani subter montem Hermon omnes reges eorum cepit percussit occidit

17. And part of the mountain that goeth up to Seir as far as Baalgad, by the plain of Libanus under mount Hermon: all their kings he took, smote and slew.

18. multo tempore pugnavit Josue contra reges istos

18. Josue made war a long time against these kings.

19. non fuit civitas quæ se non traderet filiis Israël præter Eveum qui habitabat in Gabaon omnes bellando cepit

19. There was hot a city that delivered itself to the children of Israel, except the Hevite, who dwelt in Gabaon: for he took all by fight.

20. Domini enim sententiæ fuerat ut indurarentur corda eorum et pugnarent contra Israël et caderent et non mererentur ullam clementiam ac perirent sicut præceperat Dominus Mosi

20. For it was the sentence of the Lord, that their hearts should be hardened, and they should fight against Israel, and fall, and should not deserve any clemency, and should be destroyed as the Lord had commanded Moses.

21. in tempore illo venit Josue et interfecit Enacim de montanis Hebron et Dabir et Anab et de omni monte Juda et Israël urbesque eorum delevit

21. At that time Josue came and cut off the Enacims from the mountains, from Hebron, and Dabir, and Anab, and from all the mountain of Juda and Israel, and destroyed their cities.

22. non reliquit ullum de stirpe Enacim in terra filiorum Israël absque civitatibus Gaza et Geth et Azoto in quibus solis relicti sunt

22. He left not any of the stock of the Enacims, in the land of the children of Israel: except the cities of Gaza, and Geth, and Azotus, in which alone they were left.

23. cepit ergo Josue omnem terram sicut locutus est Dominus ad Mosen et tradidit eam in possessionem filiis Israël secundum partes et tribus suas quievitque terra a prœliis

23. So Josue took all the land, as the Lord spoke to Moses, and delivered it in possession to the children of Israel, according to their divisions and tribes. And the land rested from wars.