Kopo ya Gade le Rubene
1Bara ba Rubene le bara ba Gade e ne e le barui ba mehlape e meholo ya dikgomo; ba lemoha hore naha ya Jarese le naha ya Gileade ke naha ya makgulo a matle a dikgomo. 2Bara ba Gade le bara ba Rubene ba fihla ho Moshe le ho moprista Eleasare, le ho baholo ba setjhaba, ba re: 3“Dinaha tsa Atarote, le Dibone, le Jarese, le Nimera, le Heshebone, le Elale, le Sebama, le Nebo, le Beone; 4tseo Morena a di hapileng ha setjhaba sa Iseraele se ntse se tswela pele, ke naha ya makgulo a dikgomo, mme rona, bahlanka ba hao, re na le dikgomo.” 5Yaba ba re: “Haeba o re hauhetse, re nee naha ena e be lefa la rona, o se ke wa re re tshele Jorodane.”
Moshe o a ba kgalemela
6Yaba Moshe o re ho bara ba Gade le ho bara ba Rubene: “Bana babo lona ba ile ntweng; lona le kgotsofalla ho dula moo? 7Le nyahamisetsang dipelo tsa bana ba Iseraele, hore ba se ke ba ya naheng eo Morena a ba neileng yona? 8Bo-ntata lona ba ne ba etse jwalo ha ke ba roma ke le Kadeshe-Barenea, ho ya bona naha. 9Ba ne ba nyolohe ho ya fihla Kgohlong ya Eshekole, mme ha ba bona naha eo, ba nyahamisa dipelo tsa bana ba Iseraele hore ba kene naheng eo Morena a ba neileng yona. 10Ka letsatsi leo kgalefo ya Morena ya tlokoma, mme a hlapanya, a re: 11‘Ruri, banna bohle bao ke ba nyolotseng Egepeta, ho tloha ka ba dilemo tse mashome a mabedi ho ya hodimo, ba ke ke ba bona naha eo ke neng ke e hlapanyetse Aborahama, le Isaka, le Jakobo, hobane ha ba a ntatela ka botshepehi. 12Ha ho le ya mong, haese Kalebe, mora wa Jefune, wa morabe wa Bakenase, le Joshua, mora wa Nune, hobane bona ba latetse Morena ka botshepehi.’
13“Jwale kgalefo ya Morena ya tlokomela Iseraele, mme a ba lelerisa lehwatateng ka dilemo tse mashome a mane, ho fihlela ho fediswa moloko wohle o neng o etse bokgopo moo Morena a ntseng a bona. 14Bonang, le tshwana le bo-ntata lona, le bana ba baetsadibe, le ntse le eketsa kgalefo e tshabehang ya Morena hore e tlokele Iseraele. 15Ha le mo furalla, o tla boela a le lahla mona lehwatateng, mme le tla tlisetsa setjhaba sena sohle timelo.”
Tlhahiso e nngwe hape
16Yaba ba a atamela, ba re: “Re lakatsa ho hahela mehlape ya rona masaka mona, le ho hahela bana ba rona metse, 17empa rona re tla hlomela, re etelle bana ba Iseraele pele, ho fihlela re ba fihlisa sebakeng sa bona, mme bana ba rona ba tla phela metseng ya diqhobosheane ka lebaka la baahi ba naha ena. 18Re ke ke ra kgutlela malapeng a rona ho fihlela bana ba Iseraele bohle ba fumana lefa la bona. 19Rona re ke ke ra arolelana lefa le bona mose ho Jorodane, le ho ya pele, hobane lefa la rona re le fumane ka kwano, ka botjhabelo ho Jorodane.”
Ho fihlelwa tumellano
20Moshe a re ho bona: “Haeba le ka etsa jwalokaha le bolela, la hlomella ntwa moo Morena a ntseng a bona, 21mme mohlabani e mong le e mong wa lona a tshela Jorodane, moo Morena a ntseng a mmona, ho fihlela a lelekile dira tsa hae kapele ho yena, 22naha eo e ineetse ho Morena, ebe kamorao ho moo le a kgutla, le tla hloka molato ho Morena, le ho Iseraele. Morena o tla le nea naha ena e be lefa la lona.
23“Empa ha le sa etse jwalo, e tla ba le sitetswe Morena, mme le ke ke la phema kotlo ya sebe sa lona. 24Hahelang bana ba lona metse, le hahe le masaka a dinku tsa lona, mme le etse seo le se tshepisitseng.”
25Yaba bara ba Gade le bara ba Rubene ba re ho Moshe: “Bahlanka ba hao ba tla etsa jwalokaha monga rona a re laela. 26Bana ba rona, le basadi ba rona, le mehlape ya rona, le makgomo wohle a rona, tsena di tla sala Gileade. 27Empa bahlanka ba hao ba tla tshelela mose, mohlabani e mong le e mong o tla hlomella ntwa moo Morena a ntseng a bona jwalokaha monga rona a boletse.”
28Malebana le taba ya bona jwale Moshe a laela moprista Eleasare, le Joshua, mora wa Nune, le dihlooho tsa malapa a merabe ya bana ba Iseraele, 29a re ho bona: “Haeba bara ba Gade le bara ba Rubene, ba ka tshela Jorodane le lona, ho ya lwana moo Morena a ntseng a ba bona, mme ka bahlabani bohle ba bona ba hlometseng, yaba le hapa naha, le tle le ba nee naha ya Gileade, e be lefa la bona. 30Empa haeba ba sa tshele le lona ba hlometse, ba tla abelwa lefa le lona naheng ya Kanana.”
31Yaba bara ba Gade le bara ba Rubene ba a araba, ba re: “Re tla etsa jwalokaha Morena a laetse bahlanka ba hae. 32Re tla tshela re hlometse, moo Morena a ntseng a bona, re ye naheng ya Kanana, mme lefa la rona le tla ba ka kwano ho Jorodane.”
33Jwale Moshe a nea bara ba Gade le bara ba Rubene, le karolo e nngwe ya morabe wa Manase, mora wa Josefa, naha ya Sihone, kgosi ya Baamore; le naha ya Oge, kgosi ya Bashane; a ba nea naha le metse e potapotileng naha eo.
34Bara ba Gade ba haha metse ya Dibone, le Atarote, le Arowere; 35le Atarote-Shofane, le Jasere, le Jogeboha; 36le Bete-Nimera, le Bete-Harame, e le metse ya diqhobosheane, le ya masaka a dinku. 37Bara ba Rubene bona ba haha metse ya Heshebone, le Elale, le Kiriataime; 38le Nebo, le Baale-Meone, le Sibema, mme ba fetola mabitso a metse eo a pele.
39Bara ba Makiri, mora wa Manase, ba futuhela Gileade, ba e hapa, mme ba leleka Baamore ba neng ba ahile moo. 40Moshe a nea Makiri, mora wa Manase, Gileade, mme a aha ho yona. 41Jaire, mora wa Manase, a futuhela metsana e moo, a e hapa, mme a e rea lebitso la Metse ya Jaire. 42Noba a futuhela Kenate le metsana e e potapotileng, mme a e hapa, a e reella ka yena, a re ke Noba.
