Mosaico decorativo

1. hoc est quod possederunt filii Israël in terra Chanaan quam dederunt eis Eleazar sacerdos et Josue filius Nun et principes familiarum per tribus Israël

1. This is what the children of Israel possessed in the land of Chanaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes of the families by the tribes of Israel gave to them:

2. sorte omnia dividentes sicut præceperat Dominus in manu Mosi novem tribubus et dimidiæ tribui

2. Dividing all by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes, and the half tribe.

3. duabus enim tribubus et dimidiæ dederat Moses trans Jordanem possessionem absque Levitis qui nihil terræ acceperunt inter fratres suos

3. For to two tribes and a half Moses had given possession beyond the Jordan: besides the Levites, who received no land among their brethren:

4. sed in eorum successerant locum filii Joseph in duas divisi tribus Manasse et Ephraim nec acceperunt Levitæ aliam in terra partem nisi urbes ad habitandum et suburbana earum ad alenda jumenta et pecora sua

4. But in their place succeeded the children of Joseph divided into two tribes, of Manasses and Ephraim: neither did the Levites receive other portion of land, but cities to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed their beasts and flocks.

5. sicut præcepit Dominus Mosi ita fecerunt filii Israël et diviserunt terram

5. As the Lord had commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel, and they divided the land.

6. accesserunt itaque filii Juda ad Josue in Galgala locutusque est ad eum Chaleb filius Jepphonne Cenezeus nosti quid locutus sit Dominus ad Mosen hominem Dei de me et te in Cadesbarne

6. Then the children of Juda came to Josue in Galgal, and Caleb the son of Jephone the Cenezite spoke to him: Thou knowest what the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Cadesbarne.

7. quadraginta annorum eram quando me misit Moses famulus Domini de Cadesbarne ut considerarem terram nuntiavique ei quod mihi verum videbatur

7. I was forty Bears old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me m from Cadesbarne, to view the land, and I brought him word again as to me seemed true.

8. fratres autem mei qui ascenderant mecum dissolverunt cor populi et nihilominus ego secutus sum Dominum Deum meum

8. But my brethren, that had gone up with me, discouraged the heart of the people: and I nevertheless followed the Lord my God.

9. juravitque Moses in die illo dicens terram quam calcavit pes tuus erit possessio tua et filiorum tuorum in æternum quia secutus es Dominum Deum meum

9. And Moses swore in that day, saying: The land which thy foot hath trodden upon shall be thy possession, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast followed the Lord my God.

10. concessit ergo Dominus vitam mihi sicut pollicitus est usque in præsentem diem quadraginta et quinque anni sunt ex quo locutus est Dominus verbum istud ad Mosen quando ambulabat Israël per solitudinem hodie octoginta quinque annorum sum

10. The Lord therefore hath granted me life, as he promised until this present day. It is forty and five years since the Lord spoke this word to Moses, when Israel journeyed through the wilderness: this day I am eighty-five years old,

11. sic valens ut eo valebam tempore quando ad explorandum missus sum illius in me temporis fortitudo usque hodie perseverat tam ad bellandum quam ad gradiendum

11. As strong as I was at that time when I was sent to view the land : the strength of that time continueth in me until this day, as well to fight as to march.

12. da ergo mihi montem istum quem pollicitus est Dominus te quoque audiente in quo Enacim sunt et urbes magnæ atque munitæ si forte sit Dominus mecum et potuero delere eos sicut promisit mihi

12. Give me therefore this mountain, which the Lord promised, in thy hearing also, wherein are the Enacims, and cities great and strong: if so be the Lord will be with me, and I shall be able to destroy them, as he promised me.

13. benedixitque ei Josue et tradidit Hebron in possessionem

13. And Josue blessed him, and gave him Hebron in possession.

14. atque ex eo fuit Hebron Chaleb filio Jepphonne Cenezeo usque in præsentem diem quia secutus est Dominum Deum Israël

14. And from that time Hebron belonged to Caleb the son of Jephone the Cenezite, until this present day: because he followed the Lord the God of Israel.

15. nomen Hebron antea vocabatur Cariatharbe Adam maximus ibi inter Enacim situs est et terra cessavit a prœliis

15. The name of Hebron before was called Cariath-Arbe: Adam the greatest among the Enacims was laid there: and the land rested from wars.



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