Liber Deuteronomii, 3

1. Itaque conversi ascendimus per iter Basan; egressusque est Og rex Basan in occursum nobis cum omni populo suo ad bellandum in Edrai.

1. "Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Ed're-i.

2. Dixitque Dominus ad me: “Ne timeas eum, quia in manu tua tradidi eum cum omni populo ac terra sua; faciesque ei, sicut fecisti Sehon regi Amorraeorum, qui habitavit in Hesebon”.

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

3. Tradidit ergo Dominus Deus noster in manibus nostris etiam Og regem Basan et universum populum eius; percussimusque eos usque ad internecionem.

3. So the LORD our God gave into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people; and we smote him until no survivor was left to him.

4. Et cepimus cunctas civitates eius in illo tempore. Non fuit oppidum, quod nos effugeret: sexaginta urbes, omnem regionem Argob, regnum Og in Basan.

4. And we took all his cities at that time -- there was not a city which we did not take from them -- sixty cities, the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

5. Cunctae urbes erant munitae muris altissimis portisque et vectibus, absque oppidis innumeris, quae non habebant muros.

5. All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages.

6. Et percussimus eos anathemate, sicut feceramus Sehon regi Hesebon, disperdentes omnem civitatem virosque ac mulieres et parvulos;

6. And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon the king of Heshbon, destroying every city, men, women, and children.

7. iumenta autem et spolia urbium diripuimus.

7. But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities we took as our booty.

8. Tulimusque illo in tempore terram de manu duorum regum Amorraeorum, qui erant trans Iordanem, a torrente Arnon usque ad montem Hermon

8. So we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon

9. — Sidonii vocant Hermon Sarion et Amorraei Sanir —

9. (the Sido'nians call Hermon Si'rion, while the Amorites call it Senir),

10. omnes civitates, quae sitae sunt in planitie, et universam terram Galaad et Basan usque Salcha et Edrai, civitates regni Og in Basan.

10. all the cities of the tableland and all Gilead and all Bashan, as far as Sal'ecah and Ed're-i, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

11. — Solus quippe Og rex Basan remanserat de residuis Raphaim. Monstratur lectus eius ferreus. Nonne est in Rabba filiorum Ammon? Novem cubitos habet longitudinis et quattuor latitudinis ad mensuram cubiti virilis manus C.

11. (For only Og the king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Reph'aim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, according to the common cubit.)

12. Terramque hanc possedimus in tempore illo ab Aroer, quae est super ripam torrentis Arnon, usque ad mediam partem montis Galaad; et civitates illius dedi Ruben et Gad.

12. "When we took possession of this land at that time, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory beginning at Aro'er, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead with its cities;

13. Reliquam autem partem Galaad et omnem Basan, regnum Og, tradidi mediae tribui Manasse, omnem regionem Argob. Cuncta Basan vocatur terra Raphaim.

13. the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, that is, all the region of Argob, I gave to the half-tribe of Manas'seh. (The whole of that Bashan is called the land of Reph'aim.

14. Iair filius Manasse possedit omnem regionem Argob usque ad terminos Gesuri et Maachathi; vocavitque ea ex nomine suo Basan Havoth Iair (id est villas Iair) usque in praesentem diem.

14. Ja'ir the Manas'site took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Gesh'urites and the Ma-ac'athites, and called the villages after his own name, Hav'voth-ja'ir, as it is to this day.)

15. Machir quoque dedi Galaad.

15. To Machir I gave Gilead,

16. Et tribubus Ruben et Gad dedi de terra Galaad usque ad torrentem Arnon, medium torrentis et confinium usque ad torrentem Iaboc, qui est terminus filiorum Ammon;

16. and to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead as far as the valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as a boundary, as far over as the river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites;

17. et Arabam atque Iordanem et terminos a Chenereth usque ad mare Arabae, quod est mare Salis, ad radices montis Phasga contra orientem.

17. the Arabah also, with the Jordan as the boundary, from Chin'nereth as far as the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east.

18. Praecepique vobis in tempore illo dicens: Dominus Deus vester dedit vobis terram hanc in hereditatem; expediti praecedite fratres vestros filios Israel, omnes viri robusti,

18. "And I commanded you at that time, saying, `The LORD your God has given you this land to possess; all your men of valor shall pass over armed before your brethren the people of Israel.

19. absque uxoribus et parvulis ac iumentis. Novi enim quod plura habeatis pecora, et in urbibus remanere debebunt, quas tradidi vobis,

19. But your wives, your little ones, and your cattle (I know that you have many cattle) shall remain in the cities which I have given you,

20. donec requiem tribuat Dominus fratribus vestris, sicut vobis tribuit, et possideant etiam ipsi terram, quam Dominus Deus vester daturus est eis trans Iordanem; tunc revertetur unusquisque in possessionem suam, quam dedi vobis.

20. until the LORD gives rest to your brethren, as to you, and they also occupy the land which the LORD your God gives them beyond the Jordan; then you shall return every man to his possession which I have given you.'

21. Iosue quoque in tempore illo praecepi dicens: Oculi tui viderunt, quae fecit Dominus Deus vester duobus his regibus; sic faciet omnibus regnis, ad quae transiturus es.

21. And I commanded Joshua at that time, `Your eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings; so will the LORD do to all the kingdoms into which you are going over.

22. Ne timeas eos: Dominus enim Deus vester pugnabit pro vobis.

22. You shall not fear them; for it is the LORD your God who fights for you.'

23. Precatusque sum Dominum in tempore illo dicens:

23. "And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,

24. Domine Deus, tu coepisti ostendere servo tuo magnitudinem tuam manumque fortissimam; neque enim est alius Deus vel in caelo vel in terra, qui possit facere opera tua et comparari fortitudini tuae.

24. `O Lord GOD, thou hast only begun to show thy servant thy greatness and thy mighty hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as thine?

25. Transeam igitur et videam terram hanc optimam trans Iordanem et montem istum egregium et Libanum.

25. Let me go over, I pray, and see the good land beyond the Jordan, that goodly hill country, and Lebanon.'

26. Iratusque est Dominus mihi propter vos nec exaudivit me, sed dixit mihi: “Sufficit tibi; nequaquam ultra loquaris de hac re ad me.

26. But the LORD was angry with me on your account, and would not hearken to me; and the LORD said to me, `Let it suffice you; speak no more to me of this matter.

27. Ascende cacumen Phasgae et oculos tuos circumfer ad occidentem et aquilonem austrumque et orientem et aspice; nec enim transibis Iordanem istum.

27. Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward, and behold it with your eyes; for you shall not go over this Jordan.

28. Praecipe Iosue et corrobora eum atque conforta, quia ipse praecedet populum istum et dividet eis terram, quam visurus es”.

28. But charge Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him; for he shall go over at the head of this people, and he shall put them in possession of the land which you shall see.'

29. Mansimusque in valle contra Bethphegor.

29. So we remained in the valley opposite Beth-pe'or.