約書亞記 18

¹以色列的全會眾都聚集在示羅，把會幕設立在那裡，那地已經被他們制伏了。Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,

²以色列人中其餘的七個支派還沒有分給他們地業。there were still seven tribes of Israel who had not yet received their inheritance.

³約書亞對以色列人說：「耶和華－你們列祖的　神所賜給你們的地，你們耽延不去得，要到幾時呢？So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?

⁴你們每支派當選舉三個人，我要打發他們去，他們就要起身走遍那地，按著各支派應得的地業寫明（或譯：畫圖），就回到我這裡來。Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me

⁵他們要將地分做七分；猶大仍在南方，住在他的境內。約瑟家仍在北方，住在他的境內。and divide the land into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory in the north.

⁶你們要將地分做七分，寫明了拿到我這裡來。我要在耶和華─我們　神面前，為你們拈鬮。When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.

⁷利未人在你們中間沒有分，因為供耶和華祭司的職任就是他們的產業。迦得支派、流便支派，和瑪拿西半支派已經在約旦河東得了地業，就是耶和華僕人摩西所給他們的。」The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”

⁸劃地勢的人起身去的時候，約書亞囑咐他們說：「你們去走遍那地，劃明地勢，就回到我這裡來。我要在示羅這裡，耶和華面前，為你們拈鬮。」As the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”

⁹他們就去了，走遍那地，按著城邑分做七分，寫在冊子上，回到示羅營中見約書亞。So the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

¹⁰約書亞就在示羅，耶和華面前，為他們拈鬮。約書亞在那裡，按著以色列人的支派，將地分給他們。And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.

¹¹便雅憫支派，按著宗族拈鬮所得之地，是在猶大、約瑟子孫中間。The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:

¹²他們的北界是從約旦河起，往上貼近耶利哥的北邊；又往西通過山地，直到伯‧亞文的曠野；On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

¹³從那裡往南接連到路斯，貼近路斯（路斯就是伯特利），又下到亞他綠‧亞達，靠近下伯‧和崙南邊的山；From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

¹⁴從那裡往西，又轉向南，從伯‧和崙南對面的山，直達到猶大人的城基列‧巴力（基列‧巴力就是基列‧耶琳）；這是西界。On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.

¹⁵南界是從基列‧耶琳的儘邊起，往西達到尼弗多亞的水源；On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.

¹⁶又下到欣嫩子谷對面山的儘邊，就是利乏音谷北邊的山；又下到欣嫩谷，貼近耶布斯的南邊；又下到隱‧羅結；Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben-hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.

¹⁷又往北通到隱‧示麥，達到亞都冥坡對面的基利綠；又下到流便之子波罕的磐石；From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

¹⁸又接連到亞拉巴對面，往北下到亞拉巴；Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah and went down into the valley.

¹⁹又接連到伯‧曷拉的北邊，直通到鹽海的北汊，就是約旦河的南頭；這是南界。The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.

²⁰東界是約旦河。這是便雅憫人按著宗族，照他們四圍的交界所得的地業。On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

²¹便雅憫支派按著宗族所得的城邑就是：耶利哥、伯‧曷拉、伊麥‧基悉、These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

²²伯‧亞拉巴、洗瑪臉、伯特利、Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

²³亞文、巴拉、俄弗拉、Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

²⁴基法‧阿摩尼、俄弗尼、迦巴，共十二座城，還有屬城的村莊；Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.

²⁵又有基遍、拉瑪、比錄、Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

²⁶米斯巴、基非拉、摩撒、Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

²⁷利堅、伊利毘勒、他拉拉、Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

²⁸洗拉、以利弗、耶布斯（耶布斯就是耶路撒冷）、基比亞、基列，共十四座城，還有屬城的村莊。這是便雅憫人按著宗族所得的地業。Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.