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.
Yahuuda lasiloo la tundoo
1 Ñiŋ bankoo le keta alikuuroo* ti Yahuuda lasiloo moolu teema, ka bo kaabiila ka taa kaabiila: Bankoo ñiŋ naanewo taata le fo Edomu bankoo bala, aniŋ ka taa fo Sini keñewuloo* bala bulubaa karoo la.
2 Ì la naanewo meŋ be bulubaa karoo la, wo datita Koojii Baa dandulaa le to bulubaa karoo la. 3 A taata le fo ka bula Akirabimu Konko seleraŋ siloo bulubaa karoo la, ka taa fo Sini keñewuloo bala. Naanewo ñiŋ tententa le ka taa fo Kadesi-Barineya saatewo bala, bulubaa karoo la, ka tambi Hesironi saatewo la, ka sele wo la fo Adari saatewo to, ka naa fo Karika saatewo maafaŋo la. 4 Naanewo ñiŋ tententa ka taa fo Asimoni saatewo to, ka naa bula fo wulumbaŋo to la, ì niŋ Misira naaneeta daameŋ. Bituŋ a naata daŋ Baa Baa* bala. Ñiŋ ne mu ì la naanewo ti meŋ be bulubaa karoo la.
5 Koojii Baa le to mu a tilibo karoo naanewo ti, ka taa fo Yoridani Boloŋo dandulaa to. Maraa karoo la, a naanewo datita jee le fanaa to. 6 A taata fo ka bula Beti-Hokila la, ka tenteŋ wo la, fo Beti-Araba, maraa karoo la, ka naa fo beroo doo to, ì ka a fo meŋ ye ko, Bohani la Beroo, Bohani meŋ mu Rubeni dinkewo ti. 7 Ka bo wo to la, naanewo ñiŋ taata le ka bo Akori Wulumbaŋo to, ka taa fo Debiri. A muruta wo la naŋ maraa karoo la Kilikali maafaŋo la. Kilikali be tilindiŋ Adummimu konko seleraŋ siloo le la, bolondiŋo bulubaa karoo la. A naanewo tententa le fo Eni-Semesi Woyoo bala la, a taata wo la fo Eni-Rokeli Woyoo bala. 8 Bituŋ a tententa wo la ka taa Beni-Hinnomu Wulumbaŋo bala, konkoo bulubaa karoo la, Yebusinkoolu la saatewo meŋ mu Yerusalaamu ti. Ka bo wo to la, a tententa ka taa fo konkoo santo, Hinnomu Wulumbaŋo tilijii karoo la, Refayimu Wulumbaŋo maraa karoo danta daameŋ. 9 Ka bo konkoo kaŋ na, naanewo ñiŋ taata le fo Nefutowa Woyoo bala ka tenteŋ wo la fo saatewo doolu to la, mennu be Efuroni Konkoo daala. A muruta naŋ wo la ka naa Baala saatewo to la. Ì ka ñiŋ saatewo kumandi Kiriyati-Yeyarimu fanaa la le. 10 Ka bo Baala, naanewo ñiŋ muruta wo la naŋ ka taa Seyiri Konkoo to, tilijii karoo la. A tententa wo la ka taa fo Yeyarimu Konkoo maraa karoo la, ì ka daameŋ kumandi Kesaloni la. Bituŋ a jiita naŋ wo la Beti-Semesi saatewo to la, ka tambi Timuna saatewo to la. 11 A taata wo la Ekironi Konko jindaa maraa kara maafaŋo to la. A muruta wo la ka taa Sikeroni, ka tambi wo la naŋ Baala Konkoo to la ka taa fo Yabuneeli. Bituŋ naanewo ñiŋ danta Baa Baa bala wo le to. 12 Tilijii la karoo naanewo be ñiŋ baadaa borindoo le bala. Ñinnu le mu naanewolu ti, Yahuuda moolu tarata sabatiriŋ daamennu to, ka bo kaabiila ka taa kaabiila.
Kalebu ye Heburoni kele, Otiniyeli ye Debiri kele
(Kiitindirilaalu 1:11-15)13 Saayiŋ Yosuwa ye Kalebu, Yefunne dinkewo niyo dii a la le, ka bo Yahuuda bonsuŋolu taa kono, ko Yaawe* ye a yaamari ñaameŋ. A ye Heburoni taa, saatewo meŋ be nuŋ Ariba la maroo to; Ariba, meŋ mu Anaki faamaa ti. 14 Jee le mu, Kalebu ye Anaki kaabiila saboo bayi: Sesayi, Ahimani aniŋ Talimayi, mennu mu Anaki koomalankoolu ti. 15 Kabiriŋ a bota wo to, a taata ka moolu kele, mennu be sabatiriŋ Debiri. Nunto ì ka a fo ñiŋ saatewo ye le ko, Kiriyati-Seferi. 16 Kalebu naata a fo ko, “Niŋ moo-wo-moo ye Kiriyati-Seferi kele, a ye jee bee muta, m be n dimmusoo Akisa dii la a maarii la le, ka ke a futuumusoo ti.” 17 Kalebu dookewo meŋ mu Kenasi ti, wo le dinkewo Otiniyeli naata Kiriyati-Seferi taa. Bituŋ Kalebu ye a dimmusoo Akisa dii a la, ka ke a la futuumusoo ti.
18 Akisa la katoo koolaa ka naa Otiniyeli yaa, a naata a fo a ye ko, a ye kenoo ñini a faamaa bulu. Kabiriŋ a futata, a jiita a la faloo kaŋ. A faamaa Kalebu ko a ye ko, “Muŋ ne keta?” 19 Akisa ye a jaabi ko, “I la deemaaroo laa n kaŋ, i ye kenoo doo dii n na, meŋ ye woyoolu soto. Kaatu i ye kenoo meŋ dii n na folooto Nekefu* tundoo kaŋ, wo maŋ jii soto.” Bituŋ Kalebu naata kenoo dii a la santo la aniŋ duuma la, meŋ ye woyoolu soto.
Yahuuda lasiloo la saatewolu
20 Ñiŋ ne mu Yahuuda lasiloo la keetaafeŋo ti, ka bo kaabiila ka taa kaabiila.
21 Ì la saatewolu doolu be Edomu naanewo le daala bulubaa la karoo la: Kabuseeli, Ederi, Yakuri, 22 Kina, Dimona, Adada, 23 Kedesi, Hasori, Itinani, 24 Sifu, Telemu, Beyaloti, 25 Hasori-Hadata, Keriyoti-Hesironi, ì ka jee kumandi Hasori fanaa la le, 26 Amamu, Sema, Molada, 27 Hasari-Kada, Hesimoni, Beti-Peleti, 28 Hasari-Suwali, Beeriseba, Bisiyotiya, 29 Baala, Yimu, Esemu, 30 Elitoladi, Kesili, Horima, 31 Sikilaki, Madimanna, Sansanna, 32 Lebawoti, Silihimu, Ayini, aniŋ Rimmoni. A taata kaañaŋ saatee baa muwaŋ niŋ kononto le fee, ì niŋ ì dandanna saateeriŋolu.
33 Ñinnu le mu saatewolu ti, mennu be Sefela* konkotundoo* la: Esitawoli, Sora, Asina, 34 Sanowa, Eni-Kannimu, Tapuwa, Enamu, 35 Yarimuti, Adullamu, Soko, Aseka, 36 Saarayimu, Aditayimu, aniŋ Kedera, ì ka jee kumandi Kederotayimu fanaa la le. A taata kaañaŋ saatee baa taŋ niŋ naani le fee, ì niŋ ì dandanna saateeriŋolu.
37 Senani, Hadasa, Mikidali-Kadu, 38 Dileyani, Misipa, Yokiteeli, 39 Lakisi, Bosikati, Ekiloni, 40 Kaboni, Laamasi, Kitilisi, 41 Kederoti, Beti-Dakoni, Naama, aniŋ Makeda. A taata kaañaŋ saatee baa taŋ niŋ wooro le fee, ì niŋ ì dandanna saateeriŋolu.
42 Libuna, Eteri, Asani, 43 Ifuta, Asina, Nesibu, 44 Keyila, Akisibu aniŋ Maresa. Ì taata kaañaŋ saatee baa kononto le fee, ì niŋ ì dandanna saateeriŋolu.
45 Ekironi saatewo daa bulariŋo jee, aniŋ a dandanna saatee baalu niŋ saateeriŋolu. 46 Saatewolu bee, mennu be Ekironi tilijii karoo la Asidodi daala, aniŋ a dandanna saateeriŋolu. 47 Asidodi niŋ a dandanna saatee baalu niŋ saateeriŋolu, aniŋ Kaasa niŋ a saatee baalu niŋ saateeriŋolu ka taa fo Misira Wulumbaŋo to, aniŋ ka taa fo Baa Baa borindoo to la.
48 Ñinnu le mu saatewolu ti, ì ye mennu soto konkotundoo kaŋ:
Samiri, Yatiri, Soko, 49 Danna, Kiriyati-Sanna, ì ka jee kumandi Debiri fanaa la le, 50 Anabu, Esitemo, Animu, 51 Koseni, Holoni aniŋ Kiloha. Ì taata kaañaŋ saatee baa taŋ niŋ kiliŋ ne fee, ì niŋ ì dandanna saateeriŋolu.
52 Arabu, Duma, Esani, 53 Yanimu, Beti-Tapuwa, Afeka, 54 Humuta, Kiriyati-Ariba, ì ka jee kumandi Heburoni fanaa la le, aniŋ Siyori. Ì taata kaañaŋ saatee baa kononto le fee, ì niŋ ì dandanna saateeriŋolu.
55 Mawoni, Karimeli, Sifu, Yuta, 56 Yesireeli, Yokideyamu, Sanowa, 57 Kayini, Kibeya, aniŋ Timuna. Ì taata kaañaŋ saatee baa taŋ ne fee, ì niŋ ì dandanna saateeriŋolu.
58 Halihuli, Beti-Suri, Kedori, 59 Maarati, Beti-Anoti aniŋ Elitekoni. Ì taata kaañaŋ saatee baa wooro le fee, ì niŋ ì dandanna saateeriŋolu.
60 Kiriyati-Baali, ì ka jee kumandi Kiriyati-Yeyarimu fanaa la le, aniŋ Raba. Ì taata kaañaŋ saatee baa fula le fee, ì niŋ ì dandanna saateeriŋolu.
61 Ñinnu le mu saatewolu ti, ì ye mennu soto keñewuloo kono:
Beti-Araba, Midini, Sekaka, 62 Nibusani, Koosaatewo, aniŋ Eni-Kedi. Ì taata kaañaŋ saatee baa wooro le fee, ì niŋ ì dandanna saateeriŋolu.
63 Bari Yahuuda bonsuŋolu, wolu maŋ Yebusinkoolu bayi noo, mennu be sabatiriŋ Yerusalaamu. Wo kamma la Yebusinkoolu niŋ Yahuuda lasiloo moolu tarata sabatiriŋ ñoo kaŋ jee le, fo ka naa bula bii tiloo la.
