1And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 2And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, 3And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. 4And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. 5And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.11.5 met…: Heb. assembled by appointment
6¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. 7So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. 8And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.11.8 great Zidon: or, Zidonrabbah11.8 Misrephoth-maim: or, Salt pits: Heb. Burnings of waters 9And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
10¶ And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 11And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.11.11 any…: Heb. any breath 12And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. 13But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.11.13 in their…: Heb. on their heap 14And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
15¶ As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.11.15 left…: Heb. removed nothing 16So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; 17Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.11.17 the mount…: or, the smooth mountain 18Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. 19There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle. 20For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.
21¶ And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. 22There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. 23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
የሰሜን ነገሥታት ድል መሆን
1የአሦር ንጉሥ ኢያቢስ ይህን በሰማ ጊዜ፣ ወደ ማዶን ንጉሥ፣ ወደ ዮባብ ንጉሥ፣ ወደ ሺምሮን ንጉሥ፣ ወደ አዚፍ ንጉሥ ላከ። 2እንዲሁም በተራራማው አገር ከኪኔሬት ደቡብ በዓረባ፣ በምዕራቡ ቈላ አገርና ከዶር ኰረብታ11፥2 ወይም ከዶር ከፍታማ ስፍራ በስተ ምዕራብ ወዳሉት ነገሥታት ላከ፤ 3ደግሞም በምሥራቅና በምዕራብ ወደሚገኙት ወደ ከነዓናውያን፣ ወደ አሞራውያን፣ ወደ ኬጢያውያን፣ ወደ ፌርዛውያንና በኰረብታማው አገር ወደሚኖሩት ወደ ኢያቡሳውያን፣ እንዲሁም ደግሞ በምጽጳ ምድር በአርሞንዔም ተራራ ግርጌ ወዳሉት ወደ ኤዊያውያን ነገሥታት መልእክት ላከ። 4እነዚህም ሰራዊታቸውን ሁሉ እጅግ ብዙ ከሆኑ ፈረሶችና ሠረገሎች ጋር ይዘው ወጡ፤ የሰራዊቱም ብዛት በባሕር ዳር እንዳለ አሸዋ ነበር። 5እነዚህ ሁሉ ነገሥታት እስራኤልን ለመውጋት ኀይላቸውን አስተባብረው በማሮን ውሃ አጠገብ በአንድነት ሰፈሩ።
6እግዚአብሔር ኢያሱን፣ “እነዚህን ሁሉ ነገ በዚች ሰዓት እንደ ሙት አድርጌ፣ በእስራኤል እጅ አሳልፌ ስለምሰጣቸው አትፍራቸው። የፈረሶቻቸውን ቋንጃ ትቈርጣለህ፤ ሠረገሎቻቸውንም ታቃጥላለህ” አለው።
7ስለዚህ ኢያሱና ሰራዊቱ ሁሉ በድንገት ወደ ማሮን ውሃ መጥተው ወጓቸው። 8እግዚአብሔርም በእስራኤል እጅ አሳልፎ ስለ ሰጣቸው ድል አደረጓቸው። በታላቂቱ ሲዶና መንገድ መጨረሻ እስከ ማስሮን፣ በስተ ምሥራቅም እስከ ምጽጳ ሸለቆ ድረስ አሳደዷቸው፤ ከእነርሱም በሕይወት የተረፈ አንድም ሰው አልነበረም። 9ኢያሱ እግዚአብሔር ባዘዘው መሠረት የፈረሶቻቸውን ቋንጃ ቈረጠ፤ ሠረገሎቻቸውንም አቃጠለ።
10በዚያን ጊዜም ኢያሱ ወደ ኋላ ተመልሶ አጾርን ያዘ፤ ንጉሥዋንም በሰይፍ ገደለው፤ አጾርም ቀድሞ በእነዚህ ሁሉ መንግሥታት ላይ የበላይነት ነበራት። 11በውስጧ ያሉትን ሁሉ በሰይፍ ስለት ገደሉ፤ እስትንፋስ ካለው ፍጡር አንድ እንኳ ሳያስቀሩ ሁሉንም ደመሰሱ11፥11 የዕብራይስጡ ቃል በዚህም ሆነ በቍጥር 12፡20 እና 21 ላይ አንድን ሰው ወይም ነገር ሙሉ በሙሉ በማጥፋት ለእግዚአብሔር መስጠት ማለት ነው።፤ ራሷን አሦርንም በእሳት አቃጠሏት።
12ኢያሱ እነዚህን የነገሥታት ከተሞች በሙሉና ነገሥታታቸውን ሁሉ ያዘ፤ በሰይፍም ስለት ፈጃቸው፤ የእግዚአብሔር ባሪያ ሙሴ ባዘዘውም መሠረት ፈጽሞ ደመሰሳቸው። 13ያም ሆኖ ግን ኢያሱ ካቃጠላት ከአጾር በስተቀር፣ እስራኤላውያን በየተራራው ላይ ያሉትን ከተሞች አላቃጠሉም ነበር። 14እስራኤላውያን ምርኮውን በሙሉ፣ ከእነዚህም ከተሞች የተገኙትን እንስሳት ለራሳቸው ወሰዱ፤ ሕዝቡን ግን በሙሉ በሰይፍ ስለት ፈጁት፤ እስትንፋስ ካለው ፍጡር አንድም ሳያስቀሩ ፈጽመው ደመሰሱት። 15እግዚአብሔር ባሪያውን ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው ሁሉ፣ ሙሴም ኢያሱን አዘዘው፤ ኢያሱም እንዲሁ አደረገ፤ እግዚአብሔር ሙሴን ካዘዘው ሁሉ እርሱ ያልፈጸመው አንዳች ነገር አልነበረም።
16ኢያሱ ያንን ምድር በሙሉ፣ ማለት ተራራማውን አገር፣ ኔጌቭን ሁሉ፣ የጎሶምን ምድር በሙሉ፣ የምዕራቡን ቈላ፣ ዓረባን እንዲሁም የእስራኤልን አገር ደጋውንና ቈላውን ጠቅልሎ ያዘ፤ 17እንዲሁም እስከ ሴይር በሚደርሰው ከሐላቅ ተራራ አንሥቶ ከአርሞንዔም ተራራ በታች በሊባኖስ ሸለቆ ውስጥ እስካለው እስከ በኣልጋድ ድረስ ያለውን ምድር በሙሉ ያዘ፤ ነገሥታታቸውንም ሁሉ ያዘ፤ መትቶም ገደላቸው። 18ኢያሱ ከእነዚህ ነገሥታት ጋር ብዙ ዘመን የፈጀ ጦርነት አደረገ። 19በገባዖን ከሚኖሩ ከኤዊያውያን በስተቀር፣ ከእስራኤላውያን ጋር የሰላም ውል ያደረገ አንድም ከተማ አልነበረም፤ ሁሉንም የያዙት በጦርነት ነው። 20እግዚአብሔር ሙሴን ባዘዘው መሠረት፣ ያለ አንዳች ርኅራኄ ፈጽሞ ይደመስሳቸው ዘንድ እስራኤልን እንዲወጉ ልባቸውን ያደነደነው ራሱ እግዚአብሔር ነውና።
21በዚያን ጊዜ ኢያሱ ሄዶ በተራራማው አገር፣ ማለት በኬብሮን፣ በዳቤርና በአናብ እንዲሁም በመላው የይሁዳና የእስራኤል ተራራማ አገሮች ያሉትን የዔናቅን ዘሮች ከነከተሞቻቸው በሙሉ ደመሰሳቸው። 22ከእነዚህም ጥቂቶቹ ብቻ በጋዛ፣ በጌትና በአሽዶድ ሲቀሩ፣ በእስራኤል የቀሩ የዔናቅ ዘሮች ግን አልነበሩም። 23ስለዚህ ኢያሱ እግዚአብሔር ሙሴን ባዘዘው መሠረት ምድሪቱን በሙሉ ያዘ፤ እንደ ነገዳቸው አከፋፈል በመመደብም ርስት አድርጎ ለእስራኤላውያን ሰጣቸው።
ከዚያም ምድርቱ ከጦርነት ዐረፈች።
