| 若蘇厄書 |
Joshua |
| 1這地方既然已被征服，以色列子民的全會眾就都聚集到史羅，在那裏豎起了會幕。 |
1After they had subdued the land, the whole community of the Israelites assembled at Shiloh, where they set up the meeting tent. |
| 2以色列子民中，還有七個支派沒有分得產業。 |
2Seven tribes among the Israelites had not yet received their heritage. |
| 3若蘇厄對以色列子民說：「你們遲遲不去，承受上主你們祖先的天主賜與你們的土地，要到什麼時候呢？ |
3Joshua therefore said to the Israelites, "How much longer will you put off taking steps to possess the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you? |
| 4你們應由每支派推選三人，我好派他們去走遍全境，按照各支派應得的產業，畫成圖樣，然後回來見我。 |
4Choose three men from each of your tribes; I will commission them to begin a survey of the land, which they shall describe for purposes of inheritance. When they return to me |
| 5他們應將那地分成七份，猶大保有自己在南方的土地，若瑟家族保有自己在北方的土地。 |
5you shall divide it into seven parts. Judah is to retain its territory in the south, and the house of Joseph its territory in the north. |
| 6你們應將這地劃成七份，把圖樣帶來見我，使我好在這裏，於上主我們的天主面前，為你們抽籤。 |
6You shall bring here to me the description of the land in seven sections. I will then cast lots for you here before the LORD, our God. |
| 7肋未人在你們中間不應有產業，因為上主司祭的品位，就是他們的產業。至於加得、勒烏本和默納協半個支派，在約但河東岸已分得了產業，那是上主的僕人梅瑟分給他們的。」 |
7For the Levites have no share among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their heritage; while Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received the heritage east of the Jordan which Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave them." |
| 8這些人準備出發時，若蘇厄吩咐這些去繪圖的人說：「你們去走遍這地，畫成圖樣，然後回來見我，我要在史羅於上主面前為你們抽籤。」 |
8When those who were to map out the land were ready for the journey, Joshua instructed them to survey the land, prepare a description of it, and return to him; then he would cast lots for them there before the LORD in Shiloh. |
| 9這些人就去走遍全境，將所有城市分成七份，寫在書冊上，回到史羅營中呈給若蘇厄。 |
9So they went through the land, listed its cities in writing in seven sections, and returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh. |
| 10若蘇厄便在史羅於上主面前，為他們抽籤，在那裏按照他們的分法，將地分給了以色列子民。 |
10Joshua then divided up the land for the Israelites into their separate shares, casting lots for them before the LORD in Shiloh. |
| 11本雅明支派按他們的家族，抽籤分得的產業，是在猶大子孫和若瑟子孫中間。 |
11One lot fell to the clans of the tribe of Benjaminites. The territory allotted them lay between the descendants of Judah and those of Joseph. |
| 12北面的邊界起自約但河，沿耶里哥北面的山坡往上，至西面山地，直達貝特阿文曠野； |
12 Their northern boundary began at the Jordan and went over the northern flank of Jericho, up westward into the mountains, till it reached the desert of Beth-aven. |
| 13再由此經路次，沿路次即貝特耳南面山坡，下至阿塔洛特阿達爾，與在下貝特曷龍南部的山相接， |
13From there it crossed over to the southern flank of Luz (that is, Bethel). Then it ran down to Ataroth-addar, on the mountaintop south of Lower Beth-horon. |
| 14西面的邊界由此轉彎，折往南方，由貝特曷龍對面的山向南折，直達猶大人的克黎雅特巴耳，即克黎雅特耶阿陵城：這是西界。 |
14For the western border, the boundary line swung south from the mountaintop opposite Bethhoron till it reached Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), which city belonged to the Judahites. This was the western boundary. |
| 15南界是從克黎雅特耶阿陵的邊界起，向加斤伸展，直達乃費托亞水泉； |
15The southern boundary began at the limits of Kiriath-jearim and projected to the spring at Nephtoah. |
| 16由此往下直達位於勒法因平原北部，本希農山谷對面的山角；然後往下，經希農山谷，下至耶步斯人山腰南部，直達洛革耳泉； |
16It went down to the edge of the mountain on the north of the Valley of Rephaim, where it faces the Valley of Ben-hinnom; and continuing down the Valley of Hinnom along the southern flank of the Jebusites, reached En-rogel. |
| 17由此轉北，出舍默士水泉，直至阿杜明山坡對面的革里羅特，再下至勒烏本人波罕的盤石； |
17Inclining to the north, it extended to En-shemesh, and thence to Geliloth, opposite the pass of Adummim. Then it dropped to Eben-Bohan-ben-Reuben, |
| 18由此經貝特阿辣巴對面山腰的北部，直下到阿辣巴； |
18across the northern flank of the Arabah overlook, down into the Aarabah. |
| 19再經貝特曷革拉山脊向北，止於鹽海北端，約但河南口：這是南界。 |
19From there the boundary continued across the northern flank of Beth-hoglah and extended to the northern tip of the Salt Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan. This was the southern boundary. |
| 20東邊以約但河為界：以上是本雅明子孫，按照家族，分得土地的四面邊界。 |
20The Jordan bounded it on the east. This was how the heritage of the clans of the Benjaminites was bounded on all sides. |
| 21本雅明支派子孫按照家族，分得的城市：有耶里哥、貝特曷革拉、厄默客刻漆茲、 |
21Now the cities belonging to the clans of the tribe of the Benjaminites were: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, |
| 22貝特阿辣巴、責瑪辣因、貝特耳、 |
22Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, |
| 23阿威、帕辣、敖斐辣、 |
23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, |
| 24革法爾阿摩尼、敖弗尼和革巴：共計十二座城和所屬村鎮。 |
24Chephar-ammoni, Ophni and Geba; twelve cities and their villages. |
| 25基貝紅、辣瑪、貝洛特、 |
25Also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, |
| 26米茲培、革非辣、摩匝、 |
26Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, |
| 27勒耿、依爾培耳、塔辣拉、 |
27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, |
| 28責拉、厄肋夫、耶步斯即耶路撒冷、基貝亞和克黎雅特耶阿陵：共計十四座城和所屬村鎮：以上是本雅明的子孫，按照家族分得的產業。 |
28Zela, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath; fourteen cities and their villages. This was the heritage of the clans of Benjaminites. |
