Judah's Land
1 The clans of the Judah tribe were given land that went south along the border of Edom, and at its farthest point south it even reached the Zin Desert. 2 Judah's southern border started at the south end of the Dead Sea. 3 As it went west from there, it ran south of Scorpion Pass to Zin, and then came up from the south to Kadesh-Barnea. It continued past Hezron up to Addar, turned toward Karka, 4 and ran along to Azmon. After that, it followed the Egyptian Gorge and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was also Israel's southern border.
5 Judah's eastern border ran the full length of the Dead Sea.
The northern border started at the northern end of the Dead Sea. 6 From there it went west up to Beth-Hoglah, continued north of Beth-Arabah, and went up to the Monument of Bohan, who belonged to the Reuben tribe. 7 From there, it went to Trouble Valley and Debir, then turned north and went to Gilgal, which is on the north side of the valley across from Adummim Pass. It continued on to Enshemesh, Enrogel, 8 and up through Hinnom Valley on the land sloping south from Jerusalem. The city of Jerusalem itself belonged to the Jebusites.
Next, the border went up to the top of the mountain on the west side of Hinnom Valley and at the north end of Rephaim Valley. 9 At the top of the mountain it turned and went to Nephtoah Spring and then to the ruins on Mount Ephron. From there, it went to Baalah, which is now called Kiriath-Jearim.
10 From Baalah the northern border curved west to Mount Seir and then ran along the northern ridge of Mount Jearim, where Chesalon is located. Then it went down to Beth-Shemesh and over to Timnah. 11 It continued along to the hillside north of Ekron, curved around to Shikkeron, and then went to Mount Baalah. After going to Jabneel, the border finally ended at the Mediterranean Sea, 12 which was Judah's western border.
The clans of Judah lived within these borders.
Caleb's Land
(Judges 1.12-15)13 Joshua gave Caleb some land among the people of Judah, as God had told him to do. Caleb's share was Hebron, which at that time was known as Arba's Town, because Arba was the famous ancestor of the Anakim.
14 Caleb attacked Hebron and forced the three Anakim clans of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai to leave. 15 Next, Caleb started a war with the town of Debir, which at that time was called Kiriath-Sepher. 16 He told his men, “The man who captures Kiriath-Sepher can marry my daughter Achsah.”
17 Caleb's nephew Othniel captured Kiriath-Sepher, and Caleb let him marry Achsah. 18 Right after the wedding, Achsah started telling Othniel that he ought to ask her father for a field. She went to see her father, and while she was getting down from her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What's bothering you?”
19 She answered, “I need your help. The land you gave me is in the Southern Desert, so I really need some spring-fed ponds for a water supply.”
Caleb gave her a couple of small ponds, named Higher Pond and Lower Pond.
Towns in Judah's Land
20 The following is a list of the towns in each region given to the Judah clans:
21-32 The first region was located in the Southern Desert along the border with Edom, and it had the following 29 towns with their surrounding villages:
Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah, Dimonah, Aradah, Kedesh, Hazor of Ithnan, Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, Hazor-Hadattah, Kerioth-Hezron, which is also called Hazor, Amam, Shema, Moladah, Hazar-Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-Pelet, Hazar-Shual, Beersheba and its surrounding villages, Baalah, Iim, Ezem, Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, Lebaoth, Shilhim, and Enrimmon.
33-36 The second region was located in the northern part of the lower foothills, and it had the following 14 towns with their surrounding villages:
Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim.
37-41 The third region was located in the southern part of the lower foothills, and it had the following 16 towns with their surrounding villages:
Zenan, Hadashah, Migdalgad, Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel, Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, Cabbon, Lahmas, Chitlish, Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah.
42-44 The fourth region was located in the central part of the lower foothills, and it had the following nine towns with their surrounding villages:
Libnah, Ether, Ashan, Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah.
45-47 The fifth region was located along the Mediterranean seacoast, and it had the following towns with their surrounding settlements and villages:
Ekron and the towns between there and the coast, Ashdod and the larger towns nearby, Gaza, the towns from Gaza to the Egyptian Gorge, and the towns along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
48-51 The sixth region was in the southwestern part of the hill country, and it had the following eleven towns with their surrounding villages:
Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, Dannah, Kiriath-Sannah, which is now called Debir, Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, Goshen, Holon, and Giloh.
52-54 The seventh region was located in the south-central part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following nine towns with their surrounding villages:
Arab, Dumah, Eshan, Janim, Beth-Tappuah, Aphekah, Humtah, Kiriath-Arba, which is now called Hebron, and Zior.
55-57 The eighth region was located in the southeastern part of the hill country, and it had the following ten towns with their surrounding villages:
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah.
58-59 The ninth region was located in the central part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following six towns with their surrounding villages:
Halhul, Beth-Zur, Gedor, Maarath, Beth-Anoth, and Eltekon.
The tenth region was located in the north-central part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following eleven towns with their surrounding villages:
Tekoa, Ephrath, which is also called Bethlehem, Peor, Etam, Culon, Tatam, Shoresh, Kerem, Gallim, Bether, and Manahath.
60 The eleventh region was located in the northern part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following two towns with their surrounding villages:
Rabbah, and Kiriath-Baal, which is also called Kiriath-Jearim.
61-62 The twelfth region was located in the desert along the Dead Sea, and it had the following six towns with their surrounding villages:
Beth-Arabah, Middin, Secacah, Nibshan, Salt Town, and En-Gedi.
The Jebusites
63 The Jebusites lived in Jerusalem, and the people of the Judah tribe could not capture the city and get rid of them. That's why Jebusites still live in Jerusalem along with the people of Judah.
Eengaba noilando yomoshitukulwalongo shaJuda
1 Noshitukulwa shepata lovana vaJuda pamaludi avo pashihoololifo osheshi: okongaba yaEdom kombinga yokoumbuwanhu wombuwa yaSin fiyo okomunghulo moumbuwanhu 2 nomufinda wongaba yokoumbuwanhu oo okudja pomunghulo wEfuta lOmongwa okudja poshikumbi tashi yukilile koumbuwanhu, 3 ndele tau ende langhele lwokoumbuwanhu woshikulundudu shaAkrabim, ndele tau ende langhele lwokuSin ndele tau litumbu kombinga yaumbuwanhu yaKades-Barnea, tau i kuHesron, tau litumbu kuAddar ndele tau ngolyokele kuKarka; 4 opo tau ende langhele lwokuAsmon ndele tau i kokamulonga kaEgipiti, opo omufinda wongaba tau xulile mEfuta Lopokati. Oo hano tau ka ninga ongaba yavo yokoumbuwanhu.
5 Ndelenee omufinda wongaba wokoushilo oyou: Efuta lOmongwa fiyo opexulilo laJordan. Nomufinda wongaba wokombinga yaumbangalanhu: koshikololo shefuta okexulilo laJordan 6 omufinda tau ende kuBet-Hogla ndele tau i kombinga yokoumbangalanhu yaBet-Araba. Opo nee omufinda tau litumbu kemanya laBohan, omona waRuben. 7 Opo nee omufinda tau ende kuDebir okudja kefilu laAkor ndele tau ngolyokele koumbangalanhu waGilgal osho sha shaama naAdummim, kombinga yokoumbuwanhu wokamulonga. Opo nee omufinda tau taulula omeva olufifiya laSemes fiyo tau xulile polufifiya laRogel. 8 Opo nee omufinda tau ende mefilu laBen-Hinnom, poshakati shomhunda yOvajebusi, osho Jerusalem. Opo nee omufinda tau londo koxulo yeemhunda di li kouninginino wefilu laHinnom, lo li li kombinga yokoumbangalanhu wefilu laRefaim, 9 okudja koxulo yomhunda, omufinda tau kulukile molufifiya lomeva aNeftoah, ndele tau i koilando yokeemhunda daEfron. Opo nee omufinda tau ngolyokele Baala nokutya Kiriat-Jearim. 10 Opo nee omufinda tau ngolyokele kouninginino waBaala, tau i keemhunda daSeir ndele tau ende pefina lomhunda yaJearim oyo Kesalon lokoumbangalanhu ndele tau di kuBet-Semes ndele tau i kuTimna. 11 Opo nee omufinda tau ende koumbangalanhu wefina lomhunda yaEkron, opo omufinda tau ngolyokele kuSikron ndele tau londo komhunda yaBaala, tau i kuJabneel, fiyo omufinda tau xulile mEfuta Lopokati. 12 Ongaba yokouninginino oyo hano Efuta Lopokati nomunghulo walo. Oo hano omufinda wongaba tau dingilile oshitukulwalongo shovana vaJuda pamaludi avo.
13 Ndelenee ye okwa yandja kuKaleb yaJefunne oshitukulwa mokati kovana vaJuda, ngaashi Omwene a lombwela Josua nokutya, Kiriat-Arba, xe yaAnak, osho Hebron. 14 Ndele Kaleb okwa ta mo musho ovana ovamati vatatu vaAnak: Sesai, Ahiman naTalmai, vo oludalo laAnak. 15 Ndele oko ye a dja nokwa homona oonakukalamo muDebir. Ndelenee edina laDebir la li nale Kiriat-Sefer. 16 Ndele Kaleb okwa tile: “Ou ta te Kiriat-Sefer, ndele te shi nangala, oye ohandi mu pe omona wange okakadona Aksa a ninge omwalikadi waye.” 17 Opo nee Otniel yaKenas, ondenge yaKaleb okwe shi nangala. Ndele ye okwe mu pa omona waye okakadona Aksa a ninge omwalikadi waye. 18 Ndele Aksa eshi e uya, okwe mu heka a indile kuxe epya. Ndele ye eshi a londoloka kondongi, Kaleb okwe mu pula: “Owa hala shike?” 19 Ndele ye okwa tya: “Pe nge oshali. Osheshi ove wa pa nge edu likukutu, u nokupa nge yo eefifiya.” Opo nee Kaleb okwe mu pa eefifiya keemhunda nomefilu.
20 Osho hano oshitukulwafyuululwa shepata lovana vaJuda pamaludi avo. 21 Noilando yokominghulo depata lovana vaJuda fiyo okongaba yaEdom ya li kombinga yokoumbuwanhu: Kabseel naEder naJagur, 22 naKina naDimon naAdada, 23 naKedes naHasor naJitnan, 24 naSif naTelem naBealot, 25 naHasor-Hadatta naKeriot-Hesron nokutya, Hasor. 26 Amam naShema naMolada, 27 naHasar-Gadda naHesmon naBet-Pelet, 28 naHasar-Sual naBerseba naBisiotia. 29 Baala naIijim naEsem, 30 naEltolad naKesil naHorma, 31 naSiklag naMadmanna naSansanna, 32 naLebaot naSilhim naAin naRimmon. Oilando aishe kumwe ya li omilongo mbali nomugoi pamwe nomikunda dayo.
33 Medu la lalakana: Estaol naSorea naAsna, 34 naSanoa naEn-Gannim, Tappuah naEnam, 35 Jarmut naAdullam, Sogo naAseka, 36 naSaaraim naAditaim naGedera naGederotaim: oilando omulongo naine pamwe nomikunda dayo. 37 Senan naHadasa naMigdal-Gad, 38 naDilean naMispa naJokteel. 39 Lakis naBoskat naEglon, 40 naKabbon naLagmas naKitlis, 41 naGederot, Bet-Dagon naNaama naMakkeda: oilando omulongo naihamano pamwe nomikunda dayo. 42 Libna naEter naAsan, 43 naJiftah naAsna naNesib, 44 naKeila naAksib naMaresa: oilando omugoi pamwe nomikunda dayo. 45 Ekron noipangelwa yasho nomikunda dasho, 46 okudja kuEkron langhele lwokouninginino fiyo okEfuta Lopokati, aishe oyo i li kombinga yaAsdod nomikunda dayo: 47 Asdod noipangelwa yasho nomikunda dasho. Gasa noipangelwa yasho nomikunda dasho fiyo okokamulonga kaEgipiti nEfuta Lopokati nomunghulo walo.
48 Ndele keemhunda: Samir naJattir naSogo, 49 naDanna naKiriat-Sanna nokutya, Debir, 50 naAnab naEstemo naAnim, 51 Gosen naHolon naGilo: oilando omulongo nashimwe pamwe nomikunda dayo. 52 Arab naDuma naEshan 53 naJanum naBet-Tappuah naAfek, 54 naHumta naKiriat-Arba nokutya, Hebron naSior: oilando omugoi pamwe nomikunda dayo. 55 Maon naKarmel naSif naJutta, 56 naJisreel naJokdaem naSanoa, 57 Kain, Gibea naTimna: oilando omulongo pamwe nomikunda dayo. 58 Halhul, Bet-Sur naGedor, 59 naMaarat naBet-Anot naEltekon: oilando ihamano pamwe nomikunda dayo. 60 Kiriat-Baal nokutya, Kiriat-Jearim naRabba: oilando ivali pamwe nomikunda dayo.
61 Mombuwa: Bet-Araba, Middin naSegaga. 62 Nibsan noshilando shomongwa naEngedi: oilando ihamano pamwe nomikunda dayo.
63 Ndelenee ovana vaJuda va nyengwa okuta mo Ovajebusi, oonakukalamo muJerusalem. Onghee hano Ovajebusi va kala pamwe novana vaJuda muJerusalem fiyo onena eli.
