القراءة بلغتين

وكانَ بَعدَ وَفاةِ يَشوعَ أَنَّ بَني إِسْرائيلَ سألوا الرَّبَّ قائلين: «مَن مِنَّا يَصعَدُ أَوَّلًا لِمُحارَبَةِ الكَنْعانِيِّين؟»

فقالَ الرَّبّ: «يَهوذا يَصعَد، لِأَنِّي إِلى يَدِه أَسلمتُ الأَرْض»

فقالَ يَهوذا لِشِمْعونَ أَخيه: «إِصعَدْ معي إِلى نَصيبي لِنُحارِبَ الكَنْعانِيِّين، وأَنا أَصعَدُ مَعكَ أَيضًا إِلى نَصيبِكَ». فٱنطَلَقَ شِمْعونُ معه

فصَعِدَ يَهوذا، فأَسلَمَ الرَّبُّ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ والفَرِزِّيِّينَ إِلى أَيديهم، فضَرَبوا مِنهم في بازَقَ عَشرَةَ آلافِ رَجُل

وصادَفوا في بازَقَ أَدوني بازَق فحارَبوه وضَرَبوا الكَنْعانِيِّينَ والفَرِزِّيِّين

فَهَرَبَ أَدوني بازَق، فطارَدوه وقَبَضوا عَليه وقَطَعوا أَباهيمَ يَدَيه ورِجلَيه

فقالَ أَدوني بازَق: «إِنَّ سَبْعينَ مَلِكًا مَقْطوعةً أَباهيمُ أَيديهم وأَرجُلِهم كانوا يَلتَقِطونَ تَحتَ مائِدَتي. فكَما صَنَعتُ كافَأَني الله». فأَتَوا بِه إِلى أُورَشَليمَ فماتَ هُناك

(وحارَبَ بَنو يَهوذا أُورَشَليم، فٱستَولَوا علَيها وضَرَبوها بِحَدِّ السَّيفِ وأَحرَقوا المَدينةَ بِالنَّار)

ومِن بَعدِ ذٰلك نَزَلَ بَنو يَهوذا لِيُحارِبوا الكَنْعانِيِّينَ المُقيمينَ بِالجَبَلِ والنَّقَبِ والسَّهْل

وخَرَجَ على الكَنْعانِيِّينَ المُقيمينَ بِحَبْرون، وكانَ ٱسمُ حَبْرونَ قَبْلًا قِريَةَ أَربَع، وضَرَبوا شيشايَ وأحيمانَ وتَلْماي

وزَحَفوا مِن هُناكَ على سُكَّانِ دَبير، وكانَ ٱسمُ دَبيرَ قَبلًا قِريَةَ سِفْر

فقالَ كالِب: «مَن ضَرَبَ قِريَةَ سِفْرَ وأَخَذَها أُعْطيه عَكسَةَ ٱبنَتي زَوجَةً»

فأَخذها عُتْنيئيلُ بنُ قَناز، أَخو كالِبَ الأَصغَر، فأَعْطاه عَكسَةَ ٱبنَتَه زَوجَةً

فاتَّفَقَ بَينَما كانَت آتِيَةً معَه أَنَّها أَغرَته بِطَلَبِ حَقلٍ مِن أَبيها، فقَفَزَت مِن على الحِمار. فقالَ لَها كالِب: «ما لَكِ؟»

فقالَت: «هَب لي نِعمَةً، بما أَنَّكَ أَعطَيتَني أَرضًا في النَّقَبِ فأَعطِني أَحْواضَ ماء». فأَعْطاها كالِبُ أَحْواضَ ماءٍ عُلويَّةً وأَحْواضَ ماءٍ سُفلِيَّة

وصَعِدَ بَنو القَينِيِّ، حَمي موسى، مِن مَدينَةِ النَّخلِ مع بَني يَهوذا إِلى بَرِّيَّةِ يَهوذا الَّتي في نَقَبِ عَرادَ ومَضَوا وسَكَنوا معَ الشَّعْب

وٱنطَلَقَ يَهوذا مع شِمْعونَ أَخيه، فضَرَبوا الكَنْعانِيِّينَ المُقيمينَ بِصَفاة، وحَرَّموها وسَمَّوا المَدينةَ حُرمَة

وٱستَولى يَهوذا على غَزَّةَ وأَرضِها وأَشقَلونَ وأَرضِها وعَقْرونَ وأَرضِها

وكانَ الرَّبُّ مع يَهوذا، فوَرِثَ الجَبَل. أَمَّا سُكَّانُ السَّهْلِ فلَم يَطرُدوهم، لِأنَّهم كانَت لَهم مَركَباتٌ مِن حَديد

وأَعطَوا كالِبَ حَبْرون، كما أَوصى موسى، فطَرَدَ مِن هُناكَ بَني عَناقَةَ الثَّلاثَة

فأَمَّا اليَبوسِيُّونَ المُقيمونَ بِأُورَشَليم، فلَم يَطرُدْهم بَنو بَنْيامين. فأَقامَ اليَبوسِيُّونَ مع بَني بَنْيامينَ بِأُورَشَليمَ إِلى هٰذا اليَوم

وصَعِدَ آلُ يوسُفَ أَيضًا إِلى بَيتَ إِيل، وكانَ الرَّبُّ معَهم

وتَجَسَّسَ آلُ يوسُفَ بَيتَ إِيل (وكانَ ٱسمُ المَدينةِ قَبْلًا لوز)

فرَأَى الجواسيسُ رَجُلًا خارِجًا مِنَ المَدينة. فقالوا لَه: «دُلَّنا على مَدخَلِ المَدينة، فنَصنَعَ إِلَيكَ رَحمَةً»

فدَلَّهم على مَدخَلِ المَدينة، فضَرَبوا المَدينةَ بِحَدِّ السَّيف. وأَمَّا الرَّجُل، فأَطلَقوه هو وكُلَّ عَشيرَتِه

فٱنطَلَقَ ذٰلك الرَّجُلُ إِلى أَرضِ الحِثِّيِّين، وبَنى مَدينةً وسَمَّاها لوز، وهو ٱسمُها إِلى اليَوم

ولم يَطرُدْ مَنَسَّى أَهلَ بَيتَ شانَ وتَوابِعَها وتَعْناكَ وتَوابِعَها وسُكَّانَ دورَ وتَوابِعَها ويِبْلاعامَ وتَوابِعَها ومَجِدُّوَ وتَوابِعَها. فأَصَرَّ الكَنْعانِيُّونَ على الإِقامةِ في تِلكَ الأَرض

ولَمَّا قَوِيَ بَنو إِسْرائيل، أَخضَعوا الكَنْعانِيِّينَ لِلسُّخرَة ولم يَطرُدوهم

ولم يَطرُدْ أَفْرائيمُ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ المُقيمينَ بِجازَر، فبَقِيَ الكَنْعانِيُّونَ في وَسْطِهِم بِجازَر

ولم يَطرُدْ زَبولونُ سُكَّانَ قِطْرونَ ونَهْلول، فبَقِيَ الكَنْعانِيُّونَ في وَسْطِهم خاضِعينَ لِلسُّخرَة

ولم يَطرُدْ أَشيرُ أَهلَ عَكَّاءَ وصَيدونَ وأَحلَبَ وأَكْزيبَ وحَلبَةَ وأَفيقَ ورَحوب

فأَقامَ الأَشيرِيُّونَ في وَسْطِ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ، سُكَّانِ الأَرْض، لِأَنَّهم لم يَطرُدوهم

ولم يَطرُدْ نَفْتالي سُكَّانَ بَيتَ شَمسَ وبَيتَ عَنات، ولٰكن أَقاموا في وَسْطِ الكَنْعانِيِّين، سُكَّانِ الأَرْض. وكانَ سُكَّانُ بَيتَ شَمْسَ وبَيتَ عَناتَ يُؤَدُّونَ إِلَيهمِ السُّخرَة

وضَيَّقَ الأَمورِيُّونَ على بَني دانٍ في الجَبَل، ولم يَدَعوهم يَنزِلونَ إِلى السَّهْل

وأَصَرَّ الأَمورِيُّونَ على الإِقامةِ في جَبَلِ حارَس، في أَيَّالونَ وفي شَعَلْبيم. وثَقُلَت يَدُ آلِ يوسُفَ علَيهم، فخَضَعوا لِلسُّخرَة

(وكانت حُدودُ الأَمورِيِّينَ مِن عَقَبَةِ العَقارِب، مِنَ الصَّخرَة، إِلى ما فَوق)

After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of the LORD, saying, “Who should go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”

The LORD said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”

Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him.

Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek.

They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.

Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, took it, struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

After that, the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland.

Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir before that was Kiriath Sepher.)

Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it.”

Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it, so he gave him Achsah his daughter as his wife.

When she came, she got him to ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”

She said to him, “Give me a blessing; because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

The children of the Kenite, Moses’ brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.

Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.

Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.

The LORD was with Judah, and drove out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there.

The children of Benjamin didn’t drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)

The watchers saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”

He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.

The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

Manasseh didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

When Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out.

Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.

Zebulun didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor.

Asher didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;

but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they didn’t drive them out.

Naphtali didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath became subject to forced labor.

The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;

but the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim. Yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to forced labor.

The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.