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.
Wari se Ozobe Yuda ri
1 Wari se ozobe 'bakala Yuda ro ri a'do katidrii ànyaro ro voro orivoya oso nonye: wari ànyaro sate le ŋgäṛiŋwadriro sidri ädu vocowa Zina ro ogone ŋgäṛiŋwadrisi yasi, kishwedri Edoma be ya. 2 Kishwedri ŋgäṛiŋwadrisi ono sivote ni sidri ädu Gyi'desi Täyiro ro yasi, 3 oyite ŋgäṛiŋwadriro etoni Lävuvo Akerabima ya yasi oyi gwo le Zina ya. Sivote ŋgäṛiŋwadri Kadesa Baranea ro yasi, lävute Ezerona yasi le Adara ya, gozaru gwo Kareka driro, 4 ugu oyigwo Azemona ya, ago rute drî goloŋwa se kishwedri Ezipeto be yasi ana ro ayani le Gyi'desi Mediteraneana ya. 'Doni kishwe Yuda ro ŋgäṛiŋwadrisi owo.
5 Kishwedri 'buzelesi ni Gyi'desi Täyiro, sagwo le ocivo Golo Yaradene ro kigye ya.
Ago kishwedri mä'dudrisi etote ni Gyi'desi Täyiro yasi, ocivo Golo Yaradene ro kigye ya, 6 oyigwo le Beta Ogela ya, lävugwo mä'dudri Beta Araba ro yasi; 'dooko lävugwo le Kuni Boana roya. (Boana orivoya ŋgwa Rubena ro), 7 ago ni Vodelero Akoro ro ya si le Debira ya, 'dooko zarugwo mä'dudrisi Gilegala driro, se äwumibe Lävuvo Adumima ro lama telesi vodelero ro ŋgäṛiŋwadrisi ya be. 'Dooko kishwe ugu oyigwo gyi Enesemesa roya le Enerogela ya, 8 sivote Vodelero Bena Inoma ro ogone lama telesi lutu ro ŋgäṛiŋwadrisi yasi le 'bakici Jebusa'bai (se ni Yerusalema ana) ya. 'Dooko kishwe ugu oyigwo driyaro le dridopi lutu roya ogone lama telesi aŋgoyasi Vodelero Inoma ro yasi, sidri ädu Vodelero Refaima ro ogone mä'dudrisi ya. 9 Ni nasi oyite le gyi legwavo Nefetoa roya, ago le 'bakicii se lototi 'Bereŋwa Eferona ro lomvo ana ya. Ni nasi gozarute Baala (anjioko Kiriyata Jerima) driro, 10 se lepite aŋgoya Bala ro yasi ogone 'bädri lutu ro Edoma ro driro, ugu oyigwo mä'dudri 'Bereŋwa Jerima (anjioko Kesalona) ro yasi, le Beta Semesa ya, ago lävugwo le Timena kundu si. 11 'Dooko kishwe ugu oyigwo le lutu se mä'dudri Ekerona roya driro, ago zarugwo Sikerona driro, lävu 'Bereŋwa Baala gwo, ago ugu oyigwo le Jamenia ya. Kyi kyete Gyi'desi Mediteraneana kala. 12 Kishwedri se aŋgoyasi ni Gyi'desi Mediteraneana kala. Vose lidri katidrii Yuda ro ro koriyibe kigye kishwedri nai ni wo.
Kaleba Pe Eberona ndi Debira be te Ṛe
(Vureope'bai 1:11-15)13 Oso Opi kota Yosua be ronye, nda ozo telesi wari Yuda ro rote kaleba ŋgwa Jefune ro ni 'bakala Yuda ro yasi ri. Kaleba ru Eberona se sedri äzite kiriya Araba ana te Araba orivoya täpi Anaka ro. 14 Kaleba nja zelevoi Anaka rote ni 'bakici ana yasi, käläsikalai Sesai, Aimana ndi Talamai be ro. 15 Ago ni nasi nda oyite lidri se koribe Debira ya gotane. ('Bakici ono kyenona äzi ävuruna te Kiriyata Sefera.) 16 Kaleba atate ekye: “Nda se aza kabe Kiriyata Sefera gota ago kabe uruna, mozona ŋguti maro Akasa ndi toko ro ndäri.” 17 Ago Oteniela ŋgwa Kenaza ädrupi Kaleba ro ro, ru 'bakici ana te, ta'dota Kaleba ozo ŋguti iro Akasa te toko ro ndäri. 18 Tu lagye ogyero si Oteniela gbiri Akasa te täpi anyaro Kaleba ejine ta gyini rota. Akasa odote ni doŋgyi anyaro drisi, ago Kaleba eji anya te ekye: “Mile e'di ya?” 19 Anya zatadrite ekye: “Nyozo ŋgapäṛi märi tana wari se nyozobe märi Negebe ya ono orivoya awiro nyozo koro gyi ro kpa märi” Ta'dota Kaleba ozo koro gyi ro kurulesi ndi vurulesi be te anyari.
'Bakicii Yuda ro
20 Ono ni wari se 'bakala Yuda ro kurube a'do katidrii anyaro ro voro owo. 21 'Bakicii se le ogone ŋgäṛiŋwadrisi kai ozote ànyari, se orivoya loto ti kishwedri Edoma be ya, se ni Kabezela, Edera, Jagura, 22 Kina, Dimona, Adada, 23 Kedesa, Azora, Itenana, 24 Zifa, Telema, Balota, 25 Azora Adatata, Keriota Ezerona, (anjioko ni Azora), 26 Amama, Sema, Molada, 27 Azara Gadea, Esemona, Beta Feleta, 28 Azara Suala, Beraseba, Biziotiya, 29 Baala, Ima, Ezema, 30 Eletolada, Kesila, Orema, 31 Zikelaga, Mademana, Sanesana, 32 Lebaota, Silima, Aina, ndi Rimona be: 'bakicii vona cini orivoya 'buteritu fonjidriesu, ndi 'ba'desii se gbikyi lomvoigyesi iyi be.
33 'Bakicii se lutui pasi ni Esetaola, Zora, Asena, 34 Zanoa, Eŋganima, Tapua, Enama, 35 Jaremuta, Adulama, Soko, Azeka, 36 Saraima, Aditaima, Gedera, ndi Gederotaima be: 'bakicii orivoya 'butealo fosu, ndi 'ba'desii se gbikyi lomvoigyesi iyi be.
37 Ago azakana kpa ni Zenana, Adasa, Migedalegada, 38 Dileana, Mizepa, Joketela, 39 Lakisa, Bezekata, Egelona, 40 Kabona, Lamama, Kitelisa, 41 Gederota, Beta Dagona, Naama ndi Makeda be: 'bakicii orivoya 'butealo fonjidrialo ndi 'ba'desii se gbikyi lomvoigyesi iyi be.
42 Ago azakana kpa ni Libena, Etera, Asana, 43 Ifeta, Asena, Neziba, 44 Keila, Akeziba, ndi Meresa be: 'bakicii orivoya njidriesu ndi 'ba'desii se gbikyi lomvoigyesi iyi be.
45 Ago Ekerona ndi 'ba'desii ndi 'baŋwai anyaro be, 46 ago azakana ni 'bakicii ndi 'ba'desii se cini loto Asedodo lomvosi iyi be, etoni Ekerona yasi le Gyi'desi Mediteraneana kala.
47 Ago azana ni Asedodo, 'ba'desii ndi 'baŋwai anyaro be Gaza ndi 'ba'desii ndi 'baŋwai anyaro be sagwo le goloŋwa se kishwedri Ezipeto be ya ana ya ago le Gyi'desi Mediteraneana kala.
48 Ago 'bädri lutu ro yasi ni Samira, Jatira, Soko, 49 Daana, Kiriyata Sefera, (anjioko ni Debira), 50 Anaba, Esetemoa, Anima, 51 Gosena, Olana, ndi Gilo be: 'bakicii orivoya 'butealo foalo, ndi 'ba'desii se gbikyi lomvoigyesi iyi be.
52 Ago azana ni Araba, Duma, Esana, 53 Janima, Beta Tapua, Afeka, 54 Umeta, Eberona, ndi Ziora be: 'bakicii orivoya njidriesu, ndi 'ba'desii se gbikyi lomvoigyesi iyi be.
55 Ago Maona, Karemela, Zifa, Juta, 56 Jezerela, Jokedeama, Zanoa, 57 Gibea, ndi Timena be: 'bakicii orivoya 'butealo ndi 'ba'desii se gbikyi lomvoigyesi iyi be.
58 Ago Alulu, Beta Zura, Gedora, 59 Maarata, Betanota, ndi Eletekona be: 'bakicii orivoya njidrialo ndi 'ba'desii se gbikyi lomvoigyesi iyi be.
60 Ago Kiriyata Bala, (anjioko ni Kiriyata Jerima), ndi Raba be: 'bakicii orivoya ritu ndi 'ba'desii se gbikyi lomvoigyesi iyi be.
61 Ago vocowa ya ni Beta Araba, Midina, Sekaka, 62 Nibesana, 'Bakici Täyi ro, ndi Eŋgedi be: 'bakicii orivoya njidrialo, ndi 'ba'desii se gbikyi lomvoigyesi iyi be.
63 Oko lidri Yuda ro a'dote mbaraako Jebusa'bai se koribe Yerusalema ya kai onjane. Jebusa'bai kai drigi ori lau lidri Yuda ro lako Yerusalema ya madale tu ono si.