Numbers 32
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle; and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle,
1Filii autem Ruben et Gad habebant pecora multa, et erat illis in jumentis infinita substantia. Cumque vidissent Jazer et Galaad aptas animalibus alendis terras,
2the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying:
2venerunt ad Moysen, et ad Elezarum sacerdotem, et principes multitudinis, atque dixerunt:
3'Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
3Ataroth, et Dibon, et Jazer, et Nemra, Hesebon, et Eleale, et Saban, et Nebo, et Beon,
4the land which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.'
4terra, quam percussit Dominus in conspectu filiorum Israël, regio uberrima est ad pastum animalium: et nos servi tui habemus jumenta plurima,
5And they said: 'If we have found favour in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan.'
5precamurque si invenimus gratiam coram te, ut des nobis famulis tuis eam in possessionem, nec facias nos transire Jordanem.
6And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben: 'Shall your brethren go to the war, and shall ye sit here?
6Quibus respondit Moyses: Numquid fratres vestri ibunt ad pugnam, et vos hic sedebitis?
7And wherefore will ye turn away the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
7cur subvertitis mentes filiorum Israël, ne transire audeant in locum, quem eis daturus est Dominus?
8Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
8Nonne ita egerunt patres vestri, quando misi de Cadesbarne ad explorandam terram?
9For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they turned away the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
9cumque venissent usque ad Vallem botri, lustrata omni regione, subverterunt cor filiorum Israël, ut non intrarent fines, quos eis Dominus dedit.
10And the LORD'S anger was kindled in that day, and He swore, saying:
10Qui iratus juravit, dicens:
11Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed Me;
11Si videbunt homines isti, qui ascenderunt ex Ægypto a viginti annis et supra, terram, quam sub juramento pollicitus sum Abraham, Isaac, et Jacob: et noluerunt sequi me,
12save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed the LORD.
12præter Caleb filium Jephone Cenezæum, et Josue filium Nun: isti impleverunt voluntatem meam.
13And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and He made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
13Iratusque Dominus adversum Israël, circumduxit eum per desertum quadraginta annis, donec consumeretur universa generatio, quæ fecerat malum in conspectu ejus.
14And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, a brood of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
14Et ecce, inquit, vos surrexistis pro patribus vestris, incrementa et alumni hominum peccatorum, ut augeretis furorem Domini contra Israël.
15For if ye turn away from after Him, He will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and so ye will destroy all this people.'
15Quod si nolueritis sequi eum, in solitudine populum derelinquet, et vos causa eritis necis omnium.
16And they came near unto him, and said: 'We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones;
16At illi prope accedentes, dixerunt: Caulas ovium fabricabimus, et stabula jumentorum, parvulis quoque nostris urbes munitas:
17but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place; and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
17nos autem ipsi armati et accincti pergemus ad prælium ante filios Israël, donec introducamus eos ad loca sua. Parvuli nostri, et quidquid habere possumus, erunt in urbibus muratis, propter habitatorum insidias.
18We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
18Non revertemur in domos nostras, usque dum possideant filii Israël hæreditatem suam:
19For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward, because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.'
19nec quidquam quæremus trans Jordanem, quia jam habemus nostram possessionem in orientali ejus plaga.
20And Moses said unto them: 'If ye will do this thing: if ye will arm yourselves to go before the LORD to the war,
20Quibus Moyses ait: Si facitis quod promittitis, expediti pergite coram Domino ad pugnam:
21and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the LORD, until He hath driven out His enemies from before Him,
21et omnis vir bellator armatus Jordanem transeat, donec subvertat Dominus inimicos suos,
22and the land be subdued before the LORD, and ye return afterward; then ye shall be clear before the LORD, and before Israel, and this land shall be unto you for a possession before the LORD.
22et subjiciatur ei omnis terra: tunc eritis inculpabiles apud Dominum et apud Israël, et obtinebitis regiones, quas vultis, coram Domino.
23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD; and know ye your sin which will find you.
23Sin autem quod dicitis, non feceritis, nulli dubium est quin peccetis in Deum: et scitote quoniam peccatum vestrum apprehendet vos.
24Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.'
24Ædificate ergo urbes parvulis vestris, et caulas, et stabula ovibus ac jumentis: et quod polliciti estis, implete.
25And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
25Dixeruntque filii Gad et Ruben ad Moysen: Servi tui sumus: faciemus quod jubet dominus noster.
26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
26Parvulos nostros, et mulieres, et pecora, ac jumenta relinquemus in urbibus Galaad:
27but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.'
27nos autem famuli tui omnes expediti pergemus ad bellum, sicut tu, domine, loqueris.
28So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.
28Præcepit ergo Moyses Eleazaro sacerdoti, et Josue filio Nun, et principibus familiarum per tribus Israël, et dixit ad eos:
29And Moses said unto them: 'If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you, then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;
29Si transierint filii Gad et filii Ruben vobiscum Jordanem omnes armati ad bellum coram Domino, et vobis fuerit terra subjecta, date eis Galaad in possessionem.
30but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.'
30Sin autem noluerint transire armati vobiscum in terram Chanaan, inter vos habitandi accipiant loca.
31And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying: 'As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
31Responderuntque filii Gad et filii Ruben: Sicut locutus est Dominus servis suis, ita faciemus:
32We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.'
32ipsi armati pergemus coram Domino in terram Chanaan, et possessionem jam suscepisse nos confitemur trans Jordanem.
33And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities thereof with their borders, even the cities of the land round about.
33Dedit itaque Moyses filiis Gad et Ruben, et dimidiæ tribui Manasse filii Joseph, regnum Sehon regis Amorrhæi, et regnum Og regis Basan, et terram eorum cum urbibus suis per circuitum.
34And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer;
34Igitur exstruxerunt filii Gad, Dibon, et Ataroth, et Aroër,
35and Atroth-shophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah;
35et Etroth, et Sophan, et Jazer, et Jegbaa,
36and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran; fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
36et Bethnemra, et Betharan, urbes munitas, et caulas pecoribus suis.
37And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim;
37Filii vero Ruben ædificaverunt Hesebon, et Eleale, et Cariathaim,
38and Nebo, and Baal-meon — their names being changed — and Sibmah; and gave their names unto the cities which they builded.
38et Nabo, et Baalmeon versis nominibus, Sabama quoque: imponentes vocabula urbibus, quas exstruxerunt.
39And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.
39Porro filii Machir filii Manasse, perrexerunt in Galaad, et vastaverunt eam interfecto Amorrhæo habitatore ejus.
40And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
40Dedit ergo Moyses terram Galaad Machir filio Manasse, qui habitavit in ea.
41And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the villages thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.
41Jair autem filius Manasse abiit, et occupavit vicos ejus, quos appellavit Havoth Jair, id est, Villas Jair.
42And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
42Nobe quoque perrexit, et apprehendit Chanath cum viculis suis: vocavitque eam ex nomine suo Nobe.
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