约书亚记 18

¹以色列的全会众都聚集在示罗，把会幕设立在那里，那地已经被他们制伏了。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以色列人中其余的七个支派还没有分给他们地业。there were still seven tribes of Israel who had not yet received their inheritance.

³约书亚对以色列人说：“耶和华—你们列祖的　神所赐给你们的地，你们耽延不去得，要到几时呢？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你们每支派当选举三个人，我要打发他们去，他们就要起身走遍那地，按着各支派应得的地业写明（或译：画图），就回到我这里来。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他们要将地分做七分；犹大仍在南方，住在他的境内。约瑟家仍在北方，住在他的境内。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你们要将地分做七分，写明了拿到我这里来。我要在耶和华—我们　神面前，为你们拈阄。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利未人在你们中间没有分，因为供耶和华祭司的职任就是他们的产业。迦得支派、流便支派，和玛拿西半支派已经在约旦河东得了地业，就是耶和华仆人摩西所给他们的。”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划地势的人起身去的时候，约书亚嘱咐他们说：“你们去走遍那地，划明地势，就回到我这里来。我要在示罗这里，耶和华面前，为你们拈阄。”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他们就去了，走遍那地，按着城邑分做七分，写在册子上，回到示罗营中见约书亚。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约书亚就在示罗，耶和华面前，为他们拈阄。约书亚在那里，按着以色列人的支派，将地分给他们。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便雅悯支派，按着宗族拈阄所得之地，是在犹大、约瑟子孙中间。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他们的北界是从约旦河起，往上贴近耶利哥的北边；又往西通过山地，直到伯·亚文的旷野；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从那里往南接连到路斯，贴近路斯（路斯就是伯特利），又下到亚他绿·亚达，靠近下伯·和仑南边的山；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从那里往西，又转向南，从伯·和仑南对面的山，直达到犹大人的城基列·巴力（基列·巴力就是基列·耶琳）；这是西界。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南界是从基列·耶琳的尽边起，往西达到尼弗多亚的水源；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又下到欣嫩子谷对面山的尽边，就是利乏音谷北边的山；又下到欣嫩谷，贴近耶布斯的南边；又下到隐·罗结；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又往北通到隐·示麦，达到亚都冥坡对面的基利绿；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又接连到亚拉巴对面，往北下到亚拉巴；Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah and went down into the valley.

¹⁹又接连到伯·曷拉的北边，直通到盐海的北汊，就是约旦河的南头；这是南界。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东界是约旦河。这是便雅悯人按着宗族，照他们四围的交界所得的地业。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便雅悯支派按着宗族所得的城邑就是：耶利哥、伯·曷拉、伊麦·基悉、These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

²²伯·亚拉巴、洗玛脸、伯特利、Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

²³亚文、巴拉、俄弗拉、Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

²⁴基法·阿摩尼、俄弗尼、迦巴，共十二座城，还有属城的村庄；Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.

²⁵又有基遍、拉玛、比录、Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

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

²⁷利坚、伊利毗勒、他拉拉、Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

²⁸洗拉、以利弗、耶布斯（耶布斯就是耶路撒冷）、基比亚、基列，共十四座城，还有属城的村庄。这是便雅悯人按着宗族所得的地业。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.