ለይሁዳ ነገድ የተመደበው ድርሻ
15፥15-19 ተጓ ምብ – መሳ 1፥11-15
1ለይሁዳ ነገድ በየጐሣቸው በዕጣ የተመደበው ድርሻ እስከ ኤዶም ምድር የሚወርድ ሲሆን፣ በስተ ደቡብ መጨረሻ እስከ ጺን ምድረ በዳ ድረስ ይዘልቃል።
2የደቡብ ወሰናቸው፣ ከጨው ባሕር15፥2 በዚህና በቍጥር 5 ላይ የሙት ባሕር ማለት ነው። ደቡባዊ ጫፍ ካለው የባሕር ወሽመጥ ይነሣል፤ 3ከዚያም የአቅረቢምን መተላለፊያ በማቋረጥ በጺን በኩል እስከ ቃዴስ በርኔ ደቡባዊ ክፍል ይደርሳል፤ ደግሞም ሐጽሮንን ዐልፎ ወደ አዳር ይወጣና ወደ ቀርቃ ይታጠፋል፤ 4በአድሞን በኩል አድርጎም ወደ ግብፅ ደረቅ ወንዝ ይገባና መቆሚያው ባሕሩ ይሆናል። እንግዲህ በደቡብ በኩል ያለው ወሰናቸው15፥4 ዕብራይስጡ ወስናችሁ ይላል። ይህ ነው።
5በምሥራቅ በኩል ያለው ወሰናቸው ደግሞ የጨው ባሕር ሲሆን፣ ይህም የዮርዳኖስ ወንዝ እስከሚሠርግበት ይደርሳል።
በሰሜን በኩል ያለው ወሰንም የዮርዳኖስ ወንዝ ከሚሠርግበት የባሕር ወሽመጥ ይነሣና 6ሽቅብ ወደ ቤትሖግላ ይወጣል፤ ከዚያም በሰሜናዊው ቤትዓረባ በኩል አድርጎ የሮቤል ልጅ የቦሀን ድንጋይ እስካለበት ይደርሳል። 7ከዚያም ድንበሩ ከአኮር ሸለቆ ወደ ዳቤር ይወጣና ከወንዙ በስተ ደቡብ ባለው በአዱሚም መተላለፊያ ፊት ለፊት አድርጎ በስተ ሰሜን ወደ ጌልገላ ይታጠፋል፤ በዓይንሳሚስ ምንጭ በኩል ዐልፎም ወደ ዓይንሮጌል ይወጣል። 8እንደዚሁም የሄኖምን ልጅ ሸለቆ ዐልፎ ይሄድና የኢያቡሳውያን ከተማ እስከ ሆነችው እስከ ኢየሩሳሌም ደቡባዊ ተረተር በመዝለቅ፣ በራፋይም ሸለቆ ሰሜን ጫፍ በኩል አድርጎ ከሄኖም ሸለቆ በስተ ምዕራብ ካለው ኰረብታ ዐናት ላይ ይደርሳል። 9ከዚያም በመቀጠል ከተራራው ዐናት ተነሥቶ ወደ ኔፍቶ ምንጮች በማምራት፣ በዔፍሮን ተራራ ላይ ያሉትን ከተሞች ዐልፎ ይወጣና ቂርያትይዓሪም ተብሎ ወደሚጠራው ወደ በኣላ ቍልቍል ይወርዳል። 10ከዚያም ከበኣላ በምዕራብ በኩል አድርጎ ወደ ሴይር ይታጠፍና ክሳሎን ተብሎ በሚጠራው በይዓሪም ኰረብታ ሰሜናዊ ተረተር ዐልፎ ቍልቍል ወደ ቤትሳሚስ በመውረድ ወደ ተምና ይሻገራል። 11ደግሞም በአቃሮን ሰሜናዊ ተረተር አድርጎ ወደ ሽክሮን ይታጠፍና በበኣላ ተራራ ላይ ዐልፎ እስከ የብኒኤል ይደርሳል፤ ከዚህ በኋላ ወሰኑ ባሕሩ ላይ ይቆማል።
12የምድሪቱ ምዕራባዊ ወሰን የታላቁ ባሕር15፥12 በዚህና በቍጥር 47 ላይ የተጠቀሰው የሜድትራንያን ባሕር ነው። ጠረፍ ነው።
እንግዲህ በየጐሣው የተደለደለውን የይሁዳን ሕዝብ በዙሪያው የከበቡት ወሰኖቹ እነዚሁ ናቸው።
13ኢያሱ እግዚአብሔር ባዘዘው መሠረት፣ ከይሁዳ ድርሻ ላይ ከፍሎ ኬብሮን የተባለችውን ቂርያት አርባቅን ለዮፎኒ ልጅ ለካሌብ ሰጠው፤ አርባቅም የዔናቅ አባት ነበረ። 14ካሌብም ሦስቱን የዔናቅን ዘሮች ሴሲንን፣ አኪመንንና ተላሚንን ከኬብሮን አሳደዳቸው፤ 15ከዚያም በዳቤር ሕዝብ ላይ ዘመተ፤ ዳቤር ቀድሞ ቂርያትሤፍር ትባል ነበር። 16ካሌብ፣ “ቂርያትሤፍርን ወግቶ ለሚይዝ ሰው ልጄን ዓክሳን እድርለታለሁ” አለ። 17ስለዚህ የካሌብ ወንድም የቄኔዝ ልጅ ጎቶንያል ከተማዪቱን ያዛት፤ ካሌብም ልጁን ዓክሳን ዳረለት።
18ዓክሳ ወደ ጎቶንያል በመጣች ጊዜም፣ ከአባቷ ላይ የዕርሻ መሬት እንዲለምን አጥብቃ ነገረችው።15፥18 ዕብራይስጥና አንዳንድ የሰብዓ ሊቃናት ትርጕሞች ከዚህ ጋር ይስማማሉ፤ ብዙ የሰብዓ ሊቃናት ትርጕሞች ግን (መሳ 1፥14 ይመ) አጥብቆ ነገራት ያላሉ። ከአህያዋ ላይ እንደ ወረደች ካሌብ፣ “ምን እንዳደርግልሽ ትፈልጊያለሽ?” ሲል ጠየቃት።
19እርሷም፣ “እባክህ፤ በጎ ነገር አድርግልኝ፤ በኔጌብ መሬት እንደ ሰጠኸኝ ሁሉ፣ አሁንም የውሃ ምንጭ ጉድጓዶች ስጠኝ” አለችው፤ ካሌብም የላይኛውንና የታችኛውን ምንጮች ሰጣት።
20ለይሁዳ ነገድ በየጐሣቸው የተሰጣቸው ርስት ይህ ነው፤
21በኔጌብ አካባቢ በኤዶም ድንበር ላይ በወሰኑ ጫፍ የሚገኙት የይሁዳ ነገድ ደቡባዊ ከተሞች እነዚህ ነበሩ፤
ቀብስኤል፣ ዔዴር፣ ያጉር፣ 22ቂና፣ ዲሞና፣ ዓድዓዳ፣ 23ቃዴስ፣ ሐጾር፤ ዩትናን፣ 24ዚፍ፣ ጤሌም፣ በዓሎት፣ 25ሐጾርሐዳታ፣ ሐጾር የምትባለው ቂርያትሐጾር 26አማም፣ ሽማዕ፣ ሞላዳ፣ 27ሐጻርጋዳ፣ ሐሽሞን፣ ቤትጳሌጥ፣ 28ሐጸር ሹዓል፣ ቤርሳቤህ፣ ቢዝዮትያ 29በኣላ፣ ዒዪም፣ ዓጼም፣ 30ኤልቶላድ፣ ኪሲል፣ ሔርማ፣ 31ጺቅላግ፣ ማድማና፣ ሳንሳና 32ልባዎት፣ ሺልሂም፣ ዓይንና ሪሞን ናቸው፤ በአጠቃላይም ከተሞቹና መንደሮቻቸው ሃያ ዘጠኝ ናቸው።
33በምዕራቡ በኰረብታዎች ግርጌ ያሉት ደግሞ እነዚህ ናቸው፤
ኤሽታኦል፤ ጾርዓ፣ አሽና 34ዛኖዋ፣ ዓይንገኒም፣ ታጱዋ፣ ዓይናም፣ 35የርሙት፣ ዓዶላም፣ ሰኰት፣ ዓዜቃ፣ 36ሽዓራይም፣ ዓዲታይም፣ ግዴራ፣ ግዴሮታይም ናቸው፤ ከተሞቹም ከነ መንደሮቻቸው ዐሥራ አራት ናቸው።
37ጽናን፣ ሐዳሻ፣ ሚግዳልጋድ፣ 38ዲልዓን፣ ምጽጳ፣ ዮቅትኤል፣ 39ለኪሶ፣ ቦጽቃት፣ ዔግሎን፣ 40ከቦን፣ ለሕማስ፣ ኪትሊሽ፣ 41ግዴሮት፣ ቤትዳጎን፣ ናዕማና መቄዳ ናቸው፤ ከተሞቹም ከነ መንደሮቻቸው ዐሥራ ስድስት ናቸው።
42ልብና፣ ዔትር፣ ዓሻን 43ይፍታሕ፣ አሽና፣ ንጺብ፣ 44ቅዒላ፣ አክዚብና መሪሳ ናቸው፤ ከተሞቹም ከነ መንደሮቻቸው ዘጠኝ ናቸው።
45አቃሮን በዙሪያዋ ካሉ ሰፈሮችና መንደሮቿ ጋር፣ 46እንዲሁም ከአቃሮን በስተ ምዕራብ በአሽዶድ አካባቢ ያሉ ሰፈሮችና መንደሮቻቸው ሁሉ፣ 47አሽዶድ በዙሪያዋ ካሉ ሰፈሮችና መንደሮች ጋር፣ ጋዛ እስከ ግብፅ ደረቅ ወንዝና እስከ ታላቁ ባሕር ጠረፍ በመለስ ካሉት ሰፈሮቿና መንደሮቿ ጋር።
48በኰረብታማዋም አገር የሚገኙ ከተሞች ደግሞ እነዚህ ናቸው፤
ሳምር፣ የቲር፣ ሶኮ 49ደና፣ ዳቤር የምትባለው ቂርያትስና 50ዓናብ፣ ኤሽትሞዓ፣ ዓኒም፣ 51ጎሶም፣ ሖሎንና ጊሎ፤ እነዚህም ዐሥራ አንዱ ከተሞችና መንደሮቻቸው ናቸው።
52አራብ፣ ዱማ፣ ኤሽዓን፣ 53ያኒም፣ ቤትታጱዋ፣ አፌቃ 54ሑምጣ፣ ኬብሮን የተባለችው ቂርያትአርባቅና ጺዖር ናቸው፤ እነዚህም ዘጠኝ ከተሞችና መንደሮቻቸው ናቸው።
55ማዖን፣ ቀርሜሎስ፣ ዚፍ፣ ዩጣ 56ኢይዝራኤል፣ ዮቅድዓም፣ ዛኖዋሕ፣ 57ቃይን፣ ጊብዓና ተምና ናቸው፤ እነዚህም ዐሥር ከተሞችና መንደሮቻቸው ናቸው።
58ሐልሑል፣ ቤትጹር፣ ጌዶር፣ 59ማዕራት፣ ቤትዓኖትና ኤልትቆን ናቸው፤ እነዚህም ስድስት ከተሞችና መንደሮቻቸው ናቸው።
60ቂርያትይዓሪም የተባለችው ቂርያ ትበኣልና ረባት፤ እነዚህም ሁለት ከተሞችና መንደሮቻቸው ናቸው።
61በምድረ በዳው ደግሞ እነዚህ ናቸው፤
ቤትዓረባ፣ ሚዲን፣ ስካካ፣ 62ኒብሻን፣ የጨው ከተማና ዓይንጋዲ፤ እነዚህም ስድስት ከተሞችና መንደሮቻቸው ናቸው።
63ነገር ግን የይሁዳ ዘሮች በኢየሩሳሌም የሚኖሩትን ኢያቡሳውያን ከቦታቸው ሊያስለቅቋቸው አልቻሉም፤ ኢያቡሳውያንም እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ ከይሁዳ ሕዝብ ጋር በኢየሩሳሌም አብረው ይኖራሉ።
1This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 2And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:15.2 bay: Heb. tongue 3And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:15.3 Maaleh-acrabbim: or, the going up to Acrabbim 4From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. 5And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: 6And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 7And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel: 8And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward: 9And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim: 10And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: 11And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. 12And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
13¶ And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.15.13 the city…: or, Kirjath-arba 14And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
16¶ And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 17And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 18And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? 19Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
20This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. 21And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 22And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 23And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 25And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 26Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, 27And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet, 28And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah, 29Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, 30And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 31And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 32And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: 33And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, 34And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam, 35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 36And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:15.36 and Gederothaim: or, or Gederothaim 37Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, 38And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 39Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 40And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, 41And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: 42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 43And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 44And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: 45Ekron, with her towns and her villages: 46From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:15.46 near: Heb. by the place of 47Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
48¶ And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 49And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir, 50And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 51And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages: 52Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 53And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,15.53 Janum: or, Janus 54And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: 55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, 56And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 57Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: 58Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 59And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages: 60Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: 61In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah, 62And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.
63¶ As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
