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Ndipo tukageuka, tukakwea njia ya Bashani; na Ogu, mfalme wa Bashani, akatutokea juu yetu, yeye na watu wake wote, kuja kupigana huko Edrei.
Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.
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Bwana akaniambia, Usimwogope; kwa kuwa nimemtia mkononi mwako, yeye na watu wake wote na nchi yake; nawe utamtenda mfano wa ulivyomtenda Sihoni, mfalme wa Waamori, aliyekuwa akikaa Heshboni.
But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
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Basi Bwana, Mungu wetu, akamtia mikononi mwetu na Ogu mfalme wa Bashani, na watu wake wote; tukampiga, asisaziwe cho chote.
So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left.
4
Tukatwaa miji yake yote wakati huo; hapakuwa na mji tusiotwaa kwao miji sitini, nchi yote ya Argobu, ndio ufalme wa Ogu ulio katika Bashani.
At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take—the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
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Miji hiyo yote ilikuwa yenye maboma marefu, na malango, na makomeo, pamoja na miji isiyokuwa na maboma, mingi sana.
All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.
6
Tukaiharibu kabisa, kama tulivyomfanya huyo Sihoni, mfalme wa Heshboni, kwa kuharibu kabisa kila mji uliokuwa na watu, pamoja na wanawake na watoto.
We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
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Lakini wanyama wote wa mji, na nyara za miji, tulitwaa kuwa mawindo yetu.
But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves.
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Tukaitwaa na nchi wakati huo, katika mikono ya hao wafalme wawili wa Waamori waliokuwa ng'ambo ya Yordani, tokea bonde la Arnoni mpaka kilima cha Hermoni;
At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—
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(na hiyo Hermoni Wasidoni huiita Sirioni, na Waamori huiita Seniri);
which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
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miji yote ya nchi tambarare, na Gileadi yote, na Bashani yote, mpaka Saleka na Edrei, nayo ni miji ya ufalme wa Ogu katika Bashani.
all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.
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(Kwani aliyesalia katika mabaki ya Warefai ni Ogu pekee, mfalme wa Bashani; tazama, kitanda chake kilikuwa kitanda cha chuma; kitanda hicho je! Hakiko Raba kwa wana wa Amoni? Urefu wake ulikuwa ni mikono kenda,na upana wake mikono minne,kwa mfano wa mkono wa mtu)
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
12
Na nchi hiyo tuliitwaa ikawa milki yetu, wakati huo; tokea Aroeri iliyo kwenye bonde la Arnoni, na nusu ya nchi ya milima ya Gileadi, na miji iliyokuwamo, niliwapa Wareubeni na Wagadi;
So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
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na nchi ya Gileadi iliyobaki, na Bashani yote, maana huo ufalme wa Ogu niliwapa nusu ya kabila ya Manase; nchi yote ya Argobu, nayo ndiyo Bashani yote. (Na nchi hii yaitwa nchi ya Warefai.
To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)
14
Yairi, mwana wa Manase, alitwaa nchi yote ya Argobu, hata mpaka wa Wageshuri na Wamaaka; akaziita nchi hizo Hawoth-yairi, kwa jina lake mwenyewe, hata hivi leo, maana, hizo nchi za Bashani.)
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
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Na Makiri nilimpa Gileadi.
To Machir I gave Gilead,
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Na Wareubeni na Wagadi niliwapa tokea Gileadi mpaka bonde la Arnoni, katikati ya bonde, na mpaka wake; mpaka mto wa Yaboki, nao ni mpaka wa wana wa Amoni;
and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.
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na nchi ya Araba nayo, na mto wa Yordani, na mpaka wake, tokea Kinerethi mpaka bahari ya hiyo Araba, nayo ni Bahari ya Chumvi, chini ya matelemko ya Pisga, upande wa mashariki.
The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
18
Nikawaamuru wakati huo, nikawaambia, Bwana, Mungu wenu, amewapa ninyi nchi hii mwimiliki, basi vukeni ng'ambo wenye silaha mbele ya ndugu zenu, wana wa Israeli, nyote mlio mashujaa.
At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites.
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Lakini wake wenu na watoto wenu, na wanyama wenu wa mji, (nawajua kwamba mna wanyama wengi), na wakae katika miji yenu niliyowapa;
But your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,
20
hata Bwana awapumzishe ndugu zenu kama ninyi, nao pia waimiliki nchi wapewayo na Bwana, Mungu wenu, ng'ambo ya Yordani; ndipo mtakaporudi kila mmoja aende katika milki yake niliyowapa.
until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”
21
Nikamwamuru Yoshua wakati huo, nikamwambia, Macho yako yameona yote aliyowatenda Bwana, Mungu wenu, wale wafalme wawili, navyo ndivyo atakavyoutenda Bwana kila ufalme huko uvukiako.
And at that time I commanded Joshua: “Your own eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms you are about to enter.
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Msiwache, kwa kuwa Bwana, Mungu wenu, ndiye awapiganiaye.
Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
23
Nikamnyenyekea Bwana wakati huo, nikamwambia,
At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:
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Ee Bwana Mungu, umeanza kumwonyesha mtumishi wako ukubwa wako, na mkono wako wa nguvu; kwani kuna mungu gani mbinguni au duniani awezaye kufanya mfano wa kazi zako, na mfano wa matendo yako yenye nguvu?
“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?
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Nami nakuomba nivuke, nikaione hiyo nchi nzuri iliyoko ng'ambo ya Jordani, mlima ule mzuri, na Lebanoni.
Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”
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Lakini Bwana alikuwa amenikasirikia kwa ajili yenu, asinisikize; Bwana akaniambia, Na ikutoshe, usinene nami zaidi jambo hili.
But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.
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Kwea katika kilele cha Pisga ukainue macho yako upande wa magharibi, na kaskazini, na kusini, na mashariki, ukatazame kwa macho yako, kwa maana huuvuki mto huu wa Yordani.
Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
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Lakini mwagize Yoshua umtie moyo mkuu, umtie na nguvu; kwani ndiye atakayevuka mbele ya watu hawa, na nchi utakayoiona atawarithisha yeye.
But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”
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Basi tukakaa katika bonde lililoelekea Beth-peori.
So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.