Di Papa Give Israel Im Inheritance
Dem share the land by lot as our Papa command, but Caleb waka come ask for one particular portion. For eighty-five years e want the hill country wey the giants dey, because of one promise wey dem make am forty-five years before. Joshua give am Hebron.
14 1Na dis be di inheritance wey di people of Israel receive for Canaan, wey Eleazar di priest, Joshua di pikin of Nun, and di heads of di ancestral tribes of Israel share give dem. 2Dem take lot share am, just as our Papa command through Moses, for di nine tribes and di half-tribe wey remain. 3Because Moses don already give di two tribes and half-tribe dia inheritance for di oda side of Jordan, but e no give di Levites any inheritance among dem. 4Because di sons of Joseph na two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. Di Levites no get any share of di land, na only towns wey dem go live inside, wit pasture-land for dia animals and property. 5So di people of Israel do just as our Papa command Moses, and dem share di land.
Caleb Receive Wetin our Papa Promise
6Di people of Judah come meet Joshua for Gilgal, and Caleb di pikin of Jephunneh di Kenizzite tell am, “You sabi wetin our Papa talk give Moses, di man of our Papa, about you and me for Kadesh-barnea. 7I bin dey forty years wey Moses, di servant of our Papa, send me from Kadesh-barnea go spy di land, and I bring back report give am just as e dey for my heart. 8But di oda spies wey climb go wit me make di people heart melt wit fear, but I follow my Papa wit my whole heart. 9Dat day Moses swear give me sey: ‘For true, di land wey your foot waka go be your inheritance and your children own forever, because you follow my Papa wit your whole heart.’
10Now, see how our Papa don keep me alive forty-five years, just as e promise, from di time e talk dis word give Moses wen Israel bin dey waka for di wilderness. See me today, I don reach eighty-five years old. 11Today I still strong just like di day wey Moses send me commot; my strength now equal my strength dat time—for war, for going out and for coming in. 12So give me dis hill country wey our Papa talk about dat day. You bin hear dat time sey Anakim dey dere, wit big cities wey get strong wall. Maybe our Papa go dey wit me, and I go drive dem comot, just as e talk.”
13Den Joshua bless Caleb di pikin of Jephunneh and give am Hebron as im inheritance. 14So Hebron become di inheritance of Caleb di pikin of Jephunneh di Kenizzite till today, because e follow our Papa, di God of Israel, wit im whole heart. 15Before-before dem bin dey call Hebron Kiriath-arba, because Arba na di greatest man among di Anakim. Den di land get rest from war.
