Giosuè 22

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Tunc vocavit Iosue Rubenitas et Gaditas et dimidiam tribum Manasse	1 In the same time, Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the one half tribe of Manasseh.
2 dixitque ad eos: “Fecistis omnia, quae vobis praecepit Moyses famulus Domini; mihi quoque in omnibus, quae praecepi vobis, oboedistis	2 And he said to them: “You have done all that Moses, the servant of the Lord, instructed you. You have also obeyed me in all things.
3 nec reliquistis fratres vestros hoc longo tempore usque in praesentem diem custodientes imperium Domini Dei vestri.	3 Neither have you forsaken your brothers during this long time, even to the present day, keeping the orders of the Lord your God.
4 Quia igitur dedit Dominus Deus vester fratribus vestris quietem ac pacem, sicut eis pollicitus est, revertimini nunc et ite in tabernacula vestra et in terram possessionis, quam tradidit vobis Moyses famulus Domini trans Iordanem;	4 Therefore, since the Lord your God has given your brothers peace and quiet, just as he promised: return, and go into your tents and into the land of your possession, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, delivered to you beyond the Jordan.
5 ita dumtaxat ut custodiatis attente et opere compleatis mandatum et legem, quam praecepit vobis Moyses servus Domini, ut diligatis Dominum Deum vestrum et ambuletis in omnibus viis eius et observetis mandata illius adhaereatisque ei ac serviatis in omni corde et in omni anima vestra ”.	5 And may you continue to observe attentively, and to work to fulfill, the commandment and the law that Moses, the servant of the Lord, instructed to you, so that you may love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, and keep all his commandments, and cling to him, and serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
6 Benedixitque eis Iosue et dimisit eos, qui reversi sunt in tabernacula sua.	6 And Joshua blessed them, and he sent them away. And they returned to their tents.
7 Dimidiae autem tribui Manasse possessionem Moyses dederat in Basan; et idcirco mediae, quae superfuit, dedit Iosue sortem inter ceteros fratres suos trans Iordanem ad occidentalem eius plagam. Cumque dimitteret eos in tabernacula sua et benedixisset illis,	7 Now to the one half tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given a possession in Bashan. And therefore, to the one half that was left over, Joshua gave a lot among the remainder of their brothers across the Jordan, in the western region. And when he had blessed them and dismissed them to their tents,
8 dixit ad eos: “Cum multis divitiis revertimini ad sedes vestras, cum argento et auro, aere ac ferro et veste multiplici; dividite praedam hostium cum fratribus vestris ”.	8 he said to them: “Return to your settlements with much substance and wealth, with silver and gold, brass and iron, and a multitude of garments. Divide the spoils of your enemies with your brothers.”
9 Reversique sunt et abierunt filii Ruben et filii Gad et dimidia tribus Manasse a filiis Israel de Silo, quae sita est in Chanaan, ut intrarent Galaad terram possessionis suae, quam obtinuerant iuxta imperium Domini in manu Moysi.	9 And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the one half tribe of Manasseh returned, and they went away from the sons of Israel at Shiloh, which is situated in Canaan, so that they might enter into Gilead, the land of their possession, which they had obtained according to the order of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.
10 Cumque venissent ad circulos Iordanis in terra Chanaan, aedificaverunt iuxta Iordanem altare ingens aspectu.	10 And when they had arrived at the hills of the Jordan in the land of Canaan, they built an altar of immense magnitude beside the Jordan.
11 Cum audissent filii Israel aedificasse filios Ruben et Gad et dimidiam tribum Manasse altare e regione terrae Chanaan ad Iordanis circulos ex adverso filiorum Israel,	11 And when the sons of Israel had heard of it, and certain messengers had reported to them that the sons of Reuben, and of Gad, and of the one half tribe of Manasseh had built an altar in the land of Canaan, upon the hills of the Jordan, facing the sons of Israel,
12 convenerunt omnes in Silo, ut ascenderent et dimicarent contra eos.	12 they all assembled at Shiloh, so that they might go up and battle against them.
13 Et interim miserunt ad illos in terram Galaad Phinees filium Eleazari sacerdotem	13 And in the interim, they sent to them, in the land of Gilead, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the priest,
14 et decem principes cum eo, singulos de tribubus, unusquisque erat caput familiae in cognationibus Israel.	14 and ten leaders with him, one from each tribe.
15 Qui venerunt ad filios Ruben et Gad et dimidiam tribum Manasse in terram Galaad dixeruntque ad eos:	15 And they went to the sons of Reuben, and of Gad, and of the one half tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and they said to them:
16 “ Haec mandat omnis coetus Domini: Quae est ista transgressio? Cur reliquistis Dominum, Deum Israel, aedificantes vobis altare sacrilegum et a cultu illius recedentes?	16 “All the people of the Lord declare this: What is this transgression? Why have you forsaken the Lord, the God of Israel, by building a sacrilegious altar, and by withdrawing from the worship of him?
17 An parum vobis est peccatum Phegor, et usque in praesentem diem macula huius sceleris in nobis permanet, et facta est plaga in coetu Domini?	17 Is it a small thing to you that you have sinned with Baal of Peor, and that the stain of that crime continues among us, even to the present day? And many of the people have fallen.
18 Et vos hodie reliquistis Dominum, et factum est ut rebellaretis contra Dominum; et cras in universum coetum Israel eius ira desaeviet.	18 And yet you have forsaken the Lord today, and tomorrow his wrath will rage against all of Israel.
19 Quod si putatis immundam esse terram possessionis vestrae, transite ad terram possessionis Domini, in qua habitaculum Domini est, et habitate inter nos; tantum ut contra Dominum non rebelletis nec nos rebellare faciatis aedificantes altare praeter altare Domini Dei nostri.	19 But if you consider the land of your possession to be unclean, cross over to the land in which is the tabernacle of the Lord, and live among us. But do not withdraw from the Lord, and from our fellowship, by building an altar contrary to the altar of the Lord our God.
20 Nonne Achan filius Zarae praeteriit mandatum Domini de anathemate, et super omnem coetum Israel ira Domini incubuit? Et ille erat unus homo; atque utinam solus perisset in scelere suo! ”.	20 Did not Achan, the son of Zerah, go against the commandment of the Lord, and so his wrath was laid over all the people of Israel? And he was only one man. If only he had perished in his wickedness alone!”
21 Responderuntque filii Ruben et Gad et dimidia tribus Manasse principibus legationis Israel:	21 And the sons of Reuben, and of Gad, and of the one half tribe of Manasseh responded to the leaders of the delegation from Israel:
22 “ Fortissimus Deus Dominus, fortissimus Deus Dominus ipse novit, et Israel simul intelleget: si rebellionis, si praevaricationis animo contra Dominum hoc altare construximus, non salvet nos, sed puniat in praesenti;	22 “The Lord, the almighty God, the Lord, the almighty God, he knows, and also Israel will understand: If we have constructed this altar with intent of transgression, let him not preserve us, but instead punish us immediately.
23 et si ea mente fecimus, ut recedamus a Domino et holocausta et oblationes et pacificas victimas super eo imponeremus, Dominus ipse quaerat et iudicet;	23 And if we have acted with a mind so that we might present upon it holocausts, and sacrifice, and victims of peace offerings, let him inquire and judge.
24 et si non ea magis sollicitudine et cogitatione fecimus hoc dicentes: Cras dicent filii vestri filiis nostris: “Quid vobis et Domino, Deo Israel?	24 Instead, we have acted with this greater thought and design, that we would say: Tomorrow your sons will say to our sons: ‘What is there between you and the Lord, the God of Israel?
25 Terminum posuit Dominus inter nos et vos, o filii Ruben et filii Gad, Iordanem fluvium, et idcirco partem non habetis in Domino”; et per hanc occasionem avertent filii vestri filios nostros a timore Domini. Putavimus itaque melius	25 The Lord has stationed the river Jordan as the border between us and you, O sons of Reuben, O sons of Gad. And therefore, you have no part in the Lord.’ And by this occasion, your sons would turn away our sons from the fear of the Lord. And so we sought something better,
26 et diximus: Exstruamus nobis altare non in holocausta neque ad victimas offerendas,	26 and we said: Let us build us an altar, not for holocausts, and not to offer victims,
27 sed in testimonium inter nos et vos et sobolem nostram vestramque progeniem, ut serviamus Domino, et iuris nostri sit offerre holocausta et victimas et pacificas hostias, et nequaquam dicant cras filii vestri filiis nostris: “Non est vobis pars in Domino”.	27 but as a testimony between us and you, and between our descendents and your progeny, so that we may serve the Lord, and so that it may be our right to offer holocausts, and victims, and peace offerings, and so that tomorrow your sons may not say to our sons: ‘You have no part in the Lord.’
28 Quod si voluerint dicere, respondebunt eis: “Ecce similitudo altaris Domini, quam fecerunt patres nostri non in holocausta neque in sacrificia, sed in testimonium inter nos et vos”.	28 And if they decide to say this, they shall respond to them: ‘Behold, the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for holocausts, and not for sacrifice, but instead as a testimony between us and you.’
29 Absit a nobis hoc scelus, ut recedamus a Domino et eius vestigia relinquamus, exstructo altari ad holocausta et oblationes et victimas offerendas, praeter altare Domini Dei nostri, quod est ante habitaculum eius ”.	29 May this wickedness be far from us, such that we would withdraw from the Lord, and would forsake his paths, by constructing an altar to offer holocausts, and sacrifices, and victims, contrary to the altar of the Lord our God, which was built before his tabernacle.”
30 Quibus auditis, Phinees sacerdos et principes legationis Israel, qui erant cum eo, placati sunt et verba filiorum Ruben et Gad et dimidiae tribus Manasse libentissime susceperunt;	30 And when Phinehas, the priest, and the leaders of the delegation who were with him, had heard this, they were pleased. And they accepted very willingly the words of the sons of Reuben, and of Gad, and of the one half tribe of Manasseh.
31 dixitque Phinees filius Eleazar sacerdos ad eos: “ Nunc scimus quod nobiscum sit Dominus, quoniam alieni estis a praevaricatione hac et liberastis filios Israel de manu Domini ”.	31 And Phinehas, the priest, the son of Eleazar, said to them: “Now we know that the Lord is with us. For you are a stranger to this transgression. And so you have freed the sons of Israel from the hand of the Lord.”
32 Reversusque est cum principibus a filiis Ruben et Gad de terra Galaad in terram Chanaan ad filios Israel et rettulit eis.	32 And he returned with the leaders, from the sons of Reuben and of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, into the parts of Canaan, to the sons of Israel. And he reported to them.
33 Placuitque sermo cunctis audientibus, et laudaverunt Deum filii Israel; et nequaquam ultra dixerunt, ut ascenderent contra eos in bellum et delerent terram, in qua habitabant filii Ruben et Gad.	33 And the word pleased all who heard it. And the sons of Israel praised God, and they no longer said that they would go up against them, and fight, and destroy the land of their possession.
34 Vocaveruntque filii Ruben et filii Gad altare, quod exstruxerant, Testem; dixerunt enim: “ Testis est inter nos quod Dominus ipse sit Deus ”.	34 And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar that they had built: Our testimony that the Lord himself is God.