A ṣẹ́gun àwọn ọba ìhà àríwá
1Nígbà tí Jabini ọba Hasori gbọ́ nǹkan wọ̀nyí, ó ránṣẹ́ sí Jobabu ọba Madoni, sí ọba Ṣimroni àti Akṣafu, 2àti sí àwọn ọba ìhà àríwá tí wọ́n wà ní orí òkè ní aginjù, gúúsù ti Kinnereti, ní ẹsẹ̀ òkè ìwọ̀-oòrùn àti ní Nafoti Dori ní ìwọ̀-oòrùn; 3sí àwọn ará Kenaani ní ìlà-oòrùn àti ìwọ̀-oòrùn; sí àwọn Amori, Hiti, Peresi àti Jebusi ní orí òkè; àti sí àwọn Hifi ní ìsàlẹ̀ Hermoni ní agbègbè Mispa. 4Wọ́n sì jáde pẹ̀lú gbogbo ogun wọn àti ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ẹṣin àti kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun ńlá, wọ́n sì pọ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí iyanrìn etí Òkun 5Gbogbo àwọn ọba yìí pa ọmọ-ogun wọn pọ̀, wọ́n sì pa ibùdó sí ibi omi Meromu láti bá Israẹli jà.
6Olúwa sì sọ fún Joṣua pé, “Má ṣe bẹ̀rù wọn, nítorí ní àkókò yìí ní ọ̀la, gbogbo wọn ni èmi yóò fi lé Israẹli lọ́wọ́ ní pípa. Ìwọ yóò já iṣan ẹ̀yìn ẹṣin wọn, ìwọ yóò sì sun kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun wọn.”
7Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Joṣua àti gbogbo àwọn ọmọ-ogun rẹ̀ yọ sí wọn ní òjijì ní ibi omi Meromu, wọ́n sì kọlù wọ́n, 8Olúwa sì fi wọ́n lé Israẹli lọ́wọ́. Wọ́n ṣẹ́gun wọn, wọ́n sì lépa wọn ní gbogbo ọ̀nà títí dé Sidoni ńlá, sí Misrefoti-Maimu, àti sí Àfonífojì Mispa ní ìlà-oòrùn, títí tí kò fi ku ẹnìkankan sílẹ̀. 9Joṣua sì ṣe sí wọn gẹ́gẹ́ bí Olúwa ti pàṣẹ: Ó sì já iṣan ẹ̀yìn ẹsẹ̀ ẹṣin wọn ó sì sun kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun wọn.
10Ní àkókò náà Joṣua sì padà sẹ́yìn, ó sì ṣẹ́gun Hasori, ó sì fi idà pa ọba rẹ̀. (Hasori tí jẹ́ olú fún gbogbo àwọn ìlú wọ̀nyí Kó tó di àkókò yí.) 11Wọ́n sì fi idà pa gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn tí ó wà ní ibẹ̀. Wọ́n sì pa wọ́n run pátápátá, wọn kò sì fi ohun alààyè kan sílẹ̀; ó sì fi iná sun Hasori fúnrarẹ̀.
12Joṣua sì kó gbogbo àwọn ìlú ọba àti ọba wọn, ó sì fi idà pa wọ́n. Ó sì run gbogbo wọn, gẹ́gẹ́ bí Mose ìránṣẹ́ Olúwa ti pàṣẹ. 13Síbẹ̀ Israẹli kò sun ọ̀kankan nínú àwọn ìlú tó wà lórí òkè kéékèèkéé, àyàfi Hasori nìkan tí Joṣua sun. 14Àwọn ará Israẹli sì kó gbogbo ìkógun àti ohun ọ̀sìn ti ìlú náà fún ara wọn. Wọ́n sì fi idà pa gbogbo ènìyàn títí wọ́n fi run wọ́n pátápátá, kò sí ẹni tí ó wà láààyè. 15Bí Olúwa ti pàṣẹ fún Mose ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ní Mose pàṣẹ fún Joṣua, Joṣua sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fi ọ̀kankan sílẹ̀ láìṣe nínú gbogbo ohun tí Olúwa pàṣẹ fún Mose.
16Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Joṣua gba gbogbo ilẹ̀ náà: ilẹ̀ òkè, gbogbo gúúsù, gbogbo agbègbè Goṣeni, ẹsẹ̀ òkè ti ìwọ̀-oòrùn, aginjù àti àwọn òkè àti pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ Israẹli, 17láti òkè Halaki títí dé òkè Seiri, sí Baali-Gadi ní Àfonífojì Lebanoni ní ìsàlẹ̀ òkè Hermoni. Ó sì mú gbogbo ọba wọn, ó sì kọlù wọ́n, ó sì pa wọ́n. 18Joṣua sì bá gbogbo àwọn ọba wọ̀nyí jagun ní ọjọ́ pípẹ́. 19Kò sí ìlú kan tí ó bá àwọn ará Israẹli ṣe àdéhùn àlàáfíà, àyàfi àwọn ará Hifi tí wọ́n ń gbé ní Gibeoni, gbogbo wọn ló bá a jagun. 20Nítorí Olúwa fúnrarẹ̀ ní ó sé ọkàn wọn le, kí wọn kí ó lè bá Israẹli jagun, kí òun lè pa wọ́n run pátápátá, kí wọn má sì ṣe rí ojúrere, ṣùgbọ́n kí ó lè pa wọ́n, gẹ́gẹ́ bí Olúwa ti pàṣẹ fún Mose.
21Ní àkókò náà ni Joṣua lọ tí ó sì run àwọn ará Anaki kúrò ní ilẹ̀ òkè, láti Hebroni, Debiri, àti ní Anabu, àti gbogbo ilẹ̀ Juda, àti kúrò ní gbogbo ilẹ̀ òkè Israẹli. Joṣua sì run gbogbo wọn pátápátá àti ìlú wọn. 22Kò sí ará Anaki kankan tí ó ṣẹ́kù ní ilẹ̀ Israẹli: bí kò ṣe ní Gasa, Gati àti Aṣdodu. 23Bẹ́ẹ̀ ní Joṣua sì gba gbogbo ilẹ̀ náà, gẹ́gẹ́ bí Olúwa ti pàṣẹ fún Mose, ó sì fi fún Israẹli ní ilẹ̀ ìní gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpín wọn nípa ẹ̀yà wọn.
Ilẹ̀ náà sì sinmi ogun.
Northern Kings Defeated
1When Jabin king of Hazor heard of this, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the kings of Shimron and Akshaph, 2and to the northern kings who were in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Kinnereth, in the western foothills and in Naphoth Dor on the west; 3to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites below Hermon in the region of Mizpah. 4They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots—a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore. 5All these kings joined forces and made camp together at the Waters of Merom to fight against Israel.
6The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand all of them, slain, over to Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”
7So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them, 8and the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel. They defeated them and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon, to Misrephoth Maim, and to the Valley of Mizpah on the east, until no survivors were left. 9Joshua did to them as the Lord had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
10At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword. (Hazor had been the head of all these kingdoms.) 11Everyone in it they put to the sword. They totally destroyed11:11 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 12, 20 and 21. them, not sparing anyone that breathed, and he burned Hazor itself.
12Joshua took all these royal cities and their kings and put them to the sword. He totally destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. 13Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds—except Hazor, which Joshua burned. 14The Israelites carried off for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but all the people they put to the sword until they completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone that breathed. 15As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.
16So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country, all the Negev, the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills, 17from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and put them to death. 18Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time. 19Except for the Hivites living in Gibeon, not one city made a treaty of peace with the Israelites, who took them all in battle. 20For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
21At that time Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites from the hill country: from Hebron, Debir and Anab, from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua totally destroyed them and their towns. 22No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod did any survive.
23So Joshua took the entire land, just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest from war.
