Numbers 32

1 रूबेन र गाद वंशका मानिसहरूको धेरै धेरै गाई-वस्तुहरू थिए। यसर्थ जब तिनीहरूले याजेर र गिलादको भूमि देखे तिनीहरूले ती ठाँउहरू पशुपालनको निम्ति उपयुक्त सम्झे।

2 यसर्थ रूबेन र गाद कुलका मानिसहरू मोशा, पूजाहारी एलाजार तथा इज्राएली मानिसहरूको प्रधानहरूकहाँ गई भने,

3 “अतारोत, दीबोन, याजेर, निम्रा, हेसबोन, एलाले, सबाम, नबो अनि बओन

4 जुन भूमि परमप्रभुले इस्राएली मानिसहरूको निम्ति जित्नु भएको थियो, ती भूमिहरू पशु पालनको निम्ति उचित रहेकोले र हामी तपाईंको सेवकहरूकहाँ गाई-वस्तु धेरै भएकोले।

5 यदि तपाईं हामीसित खुशी हुनुहुन्छ भने ती भूमिहरू हामीलाई दिइयोस्। हामी यर्दन नदी पारी जानु नपरोस्।”

6 मोशाले रूबेनका मानिसहरू र गादका कुल समूहलाई भने, “तिमीहरूका दज्यू-भाइहरू युद्धमा जानु पर्छ। जब तिमीहरू यहाँ सदा सर्वदा बस्दा?”

7 यर्दन नदी पारी परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूलाई दिन चहानु भएको भूमिमा जानलाई किन तिमीहरू इस्राएली मानिसहरूलाई निरूत्साहित पार्न चेष्टा गरिरहेकाछौ?

8 तिमीहरूका बाबुहरूले पनि त्यसै गरेका थिए जति बेला मैले तिनीहरूलाई कादेश-बर्नेबाट त्यो भूमिको जाँच गर्न पठाएको थिएँ।

9 तिनीहरू एश्कोल बेंसी सम्म पुगे अनि त्यो भूमिको निरीक्षण पनि गरे तर तिनीहरूले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई परमप्रभुले दिनु भएको भूमिमा जान हतोत्साहित बनाए।

10 यसर्थ ती मानिसहरूसित परमप्रभु रिसाउनु भयो र शपथ गर्नु भयो कि,

11 ‘बीस अनि बीस भन्दा वेशी उमेर पुगेका मानिसहरू जो मिश्रबाट आएका छन् तिनीहरूलाई मैले अब्राहाम, इसहाक र याकूबलाई दिन्छु भनी शपथ गरेको भूमि देख्न पाउने छैनन्।

12 किनभने कनज्जी, यपून्नेका छोरो कालेब र नूनको छोरो यहोशू बाहेक तिनीहरू कसैले पनि मलाई पूर्ण रूपले विश्वास गरेनन्। यपून्नेका छोरो कालेब र नूनको छोरो यहोशूले मात्र मलाई विशवास गरे।’

13 “इस्राएली मानिसहरूसित परमप्रभु क्रोधित हुनुभयो र उहाँको नजरमा ती मानिसहरू जसले दुष्टता देखाएका थिए सबै नष्ट नहोउञ्जेल चालीस वर्ष सम्म उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई मरूभूमिमा यता उता डुलाउनु भयो।

14 हे पापिष्टका सन्तानहरू हो। तिमीहरू इस्राएली मानिसहरूमाथि परमप्रभुको क्रोध पार्न तिमीहरूले आफ्ना पुर्खाहरूको जग्गा ओगटेका छौ।

15 यदि तिमीहरूले उहाँलाई पछ्याउन छाडे इस्राएली मानिसहरूलाई उहाँले यही मरूभूमिमा नै त्याग्नु हुनेछ र तिमीहरूले सबै मानिसहरूलाई ध्वंश पार्नेछौ।”

16 तर रूबेन र गाद कुलका मानिसहरू मोशाकहाँ गएर भने, “हामी यहाँ आफ्नो गाई वस्तुहरूको निम्ति गोठ तथा जहान बाल-बच्चाहरूको निम्ति शहर तयार पार्छौ।

17 तब यहाँ भएका मानिसहरूबाट हाम्रा नानीहरूको बचाऊ हुन्छ। तर हामी अन्य इस्राएली मानिसहरूलाई सर्हषसाथ उनीहरूको भूमिमा पुर्याउन सहायता गर्छौ।

18 जबसम्म ती मानिसहरूले आफ्नो-आफ्नो हिस्साको भूमि पूरै दखलमा गर्दैनन तबसम्म हामी आफ्नो घर फर्केर आउने छैनौं।

19 यर्दन नदी पारिको जमीन हामी लिने छैनौ कारण हाम्रा जमीन यर्दन नदी वारि पूर्व पट्टि नै हुनेछ।”

20 तब मोशाले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “यदि तिमीहरू यी सब कामहरू गर्छौ भने यो भूमि तिमीहरूकै हुन्छ। तर तिमीहरूका सेनाहरू परमप्रभु सम्मुख युद्धमा जानै पर्छ।

21 तिमीहरूका सेनाहरूले यर्दन नदी पार गरी शत्रुहरूलाई बलपूर्वक त्यो भूमिबाट निकाल्नु नै पर्छ।

22 तिमीहरू त्यति बेला आफ्नो घर फर्कनु सक्छौ जब परमप्रभुले हामीलाई पूरा भूमि लिन सहायता गर्नु हुन्छ। तब परमप्रभु र इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले तिमीहरूलाई दोषी ठराउदैनन्। परमप्रभुले तिमीहरूलाई तिमीहरूको भूमि ग्रहण गर्न दिनु हुन्छ।

23 तर यदि तिमीहरूले यी कामहर गरेनौ भने तिमीहरू परमप्रभुको इच्छा विरूद्ध पाप गर्नेछौ र तिमीहरू निश्चय जान्दछौ कि तिमीहरूले त्यो पापको निम्ति दण्ड पाउनेछौ।

24 गाई-वस्तुहरूको निम्ति गोठ र बाल-बच्चाहरूको निम्ति शहरहरू बनाऊ, तर याद गर कि तिमीहरूले आफ्नो प्रतिज्ञा पूरा गर्नुपर्छ।”

25 त्यसपछि रूबेन गाद कुलका मानिसहरूले मोशालाई भने, “हामी तपाईंका सेवक हौं, हजूर हाम्रा मालिक हुनुहुन्छ र हजूरले भन्नु भएको काम हामी निश्चय गर्नेछौं।

26 हाम्रा जहान बाल-बच्चाहरू र गाई-वस्तुहरू यही गिलाद शहरमा रहनेछ।

27 तर हामी हजूरका दासहरू, जस्तो मालिकको हुकुम हुन्छ परमप्रभुको अघिबाट यर्दन नदी पार गरी युद्धमा जानेछौं।”

28 तब मोशा, पूजाहारी एलाजारले आज्ञा दिए, नूनको छोरो यहोशू अनि इस्राएली मानिसहरूका प्रधानहरूले तिनीहरूलाई आदर गर्नेछ।

29 मोशाले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “गाद र रूबेनका मानिसहरू यर्दन नदी पार गरी परमप्रभुको अघिबाट हिंड्दै युद्धमा जानेछन् र तिमीहरूलाई भूमि दखल गर्नु सहायता गर्नेछन्। अनि तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूलाई गिलादको भूमि तिनीहरूकै भाग पार्न दिनेछौ।

30 तर यदि तिनीहरू तिमीहरूसित युद्धमा गएनन् भने, तिनीहरूले कनान भूमिमा तिमीहरूसित उत्तराधिकार भाग मात्र पाउने छन्।”

31 गाद र रूबेनका मानिसहरूले उत्तर दिए, “परमप्रभुबाट जो आज्ञा हुन्छ त्यो पूरा गर्न हामी प्रतिज्ञा गर्छौ।

32 हामी यर्दन नदी पार गरी परमप्रभुको अघिबाट हुँदै कनानको भूमिमा जानेछौ। अनि हाम्रो भूभाग यर्दन नदीको पूर्व भाग हुनेछ।”

33 यसकारण मोशाले त्यो भूमि गादका मानिसहरू रूबेनका मानिसरू अनि मनश्शेका आधा कुल समूहहरूलाई दिए। (मनश्शे यूसुफका छोरा थिए।) त्यो भूमि एमोरीहरूको राज्य सीहोन र ओगका राज्य, बशानका राजा सम्मिलित हुन्छ। त्यो भूमिमा वरिपरिका सबै शहरहरू सम्मिलित भए।

34 गादका मानिसहरूले दीबोन, अतारोत, अरोएर शहरहरू बनाए।

35 अतारोत-शोपान, याजेर, योगबहा,

36 बेत-निम्रा, अनि बेथारान जुन चाहि सुरक्षित शहरहरू थिए अनि तिनीहरूको झुण्डको निम्ति भेडाको खोरहरू निर्माण गरेका थिए।

37 रूबेनका कुलले हेशबोन, एलाले, किर्यातैम,

38 नबो, बालमोन र सिब्मा यसलाई नयाँ बनाए। तिनीहरूले नेबो र बालमोन नाम परिवर्त्तन गरिदिए अनि तिमीहरूले शहरहरूलाई आफ्नै नाम दिए जुन तिनीहरूले निमार्ण गरेका थिए।

39 मनश्शेका छोरो माकीरको वंशका मानिसहरू गिलाद गए। तिनीहरूले एमोरीहरूका शहरहरु जिते र त्यही बसे।

40 यसकारण मनश्शेका छोरो माकीरलाई मोशाले गिलाद दिए अनि तिनीहरू त्यही स्थायी भई बसे।

41 मनश्शे कुलका याईर गई त्यहाँका साना साना शहरहरू जिते। तब तिनीहरूले ती शहरहरूको नाम ‘याईरका शहरहरू’स-साना राखे।

42 नोबहले केनात र यसका स-साना शहरहरू पराजित गरे उसलाई सबै ठाउँहरूलाई उसको आफ्नै नाम नोबह दिए।

1 Now 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;

2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

4 Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?

8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them.

10 And the Lord’s anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,

11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.

13 And the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.

14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.

15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war,

21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,

22 And the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.

23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.

24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:

27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.

28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man 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:

30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

32 We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the 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, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.

42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

1 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.

2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord:

3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.

9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

12 And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?

13 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

14 These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.

15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.

23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.

25 And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.

28 And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt,

29 That the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.

30 And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?