Κεφάλαιο 3

Κεφάλαιο 3

ΚΑΙ ἐπιστραφέντες ἀνέβημεν ὁδὸν τὴν εἰς Βασάν, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ῍Ωγ βασιλεὺς τῆς Βασὰν εἰς συνάντησιν ἡμῖν, αὐτὸς καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ, εἰς πόλεμον εἰς ῾Εδραΐμ. 2 καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρός με· μὴ φοβηθῇς αὐτόν, ὅτι εἰς τὰς χεῖράς σου παραδέδωκα αὐτὸν καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ποιήσεις αὐτῷ ὥσπερ ἐποίησας Σηὼν βασιλεῖ τῶν ᾿Αμορραίων, ὃς κατῴκει ἐν ᾿Εσεβών. 3 καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν εἰς τὰς χεῖρας ἡμῶν, καὶ τὸν ῍Ωγ βασιλέα τῆς Βασὰν καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπατάξαμεν αὐτὸν ἕως τοῦ μὴ καταλιπεῖν αὐτοῦ σπέρμα. 4 καὶ ἐκρατήσαμεν πασῶν τῶν πόλεων αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ· οὐκ ἦν πόλις, ἣν οὐκ ἐλάβομεν παρ᾿ αὐτῶν, ἑξήκοντα πόλεις, πάντα τὰ περίχωρα ᾿Αργὸβ βασιλέως ῍Ωγ ἐν Βασάν, 5 πᾶσαι πόλεις ὀχυραί, τείχη ὑψηλά, πύλαι καὶ μοχλοί, πλὴν τῶν πόλεων τῶν Φερεζαίων τῶν πολλῶν σφόδρα. 6 ἐξωλοθρεύσαμεν αὐτούς, ὥσπερ ἐποιήσαμεν τὸν Σηὼν βασιλέα ᾿Εσεβών, καὶ ἐξωλοθρεύσαμεν πᾶσαν πόλιν ἑξῆς καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ παιδία· 7 καὶ πάντα τὰ κτήνη, καὶ τὰ σκῦλα τῶν πόλεων ἐπρονομεύσαμεν ἑαυτοῖς.

8 Καὶ ἐλάβομεν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ τὴν γῆν ἐκ χειρῶν δύο βασιλέων τῶν ᾿Αμορραίων, οἳ ἦσαν πέραν τοῦ ᾿Ιορδάνου ἀπὸ τοῦ χειμάρρου ᾿Αρνῶν καὶ ἕως ᾿Αερμών (9 οἱ Φοίνικες ἐπονομάζουσι τὸ ᾿Αερμὼν Σανιώρ, καὶ ὁ ᾿Αμορραῖος ἐπωνόμασεν αὐτὸ Σανίρ), 10 πᾶσαι πόλεις Μισὼρ καὶ πᾶσα Γαλαὰδ καὶ πᾶσα Βασὰν ἕως ῾Ελχᾶ καὶ ῾Εδραΐμ, πόλεις βασιλείας τοῦ ῍Ωγ ἐν τῇ Βασάν. 11 ὅτι πλὴν ῍Ωγ βασιλεὺς Βασὰν κατελείφθη ἀπὸ τῶν Ραφαΐν· ἰδοὺ ἡ κλίνη αὐτοῦ κλίνη σιδηρᾶ, ἰδοὺ αὕτη ἐν τῇ ἄκρᾳ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Αμμάν, ἐννέα πήχεων τὸ μῆκος αὐτῆς καὶ τεσσάρων πήχεων τὸ εὖρος αὐτῆς ἐν πήχει ἀνδρός. 12 καὶ τὴν γῆν ἐκείνην ἐκληρονομήσαμεν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀπὸ ᾿Αροήρ, ἥ ἐστι παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος χειμάρρου ᾿Αρνῶν, καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ ὄρους Γαλαὰδ καὶ τὰς πόλεις αὐτοῦ ἔδωκα τῷ Ρουβὴν καὶ τῷ Γάδ. 13 καὶ τὸ κατάλοιπον τοῦ Γαλαὰδ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν Βασὰν βασιλείαν ῍Ωγ ἔδωκα τῷ ἡμίσει φυλῆς Μανασσῆ καὶ πᾶσαν περίχωρον ᾿Αργόβ, πᾶσαν Βασὰν ἐκείνην· γῆ Ραφαΐν λογισθήσεται. 14 καὶ ᾿Ιαΐρ Ραφαΐν λογισθήσεται. 14 καὶ ᾿Ιαΐρ υἱὸς Μανασσῆ ἔλαβε πᾶσαν τὴν περίχωρον ᾿Αργὸβ ἕως τῶν ὁρίων Γαργασὶ καὶ Μαχαθί· ἐπωνόμασεν αὐτὰς ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ τὴν Βασὰν Αὐὼθ ᾿Ιαΐρ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης. 15 καὶ τῷ Μαχὶρ ἔδωκα τὴν Γαλαάδ. 16 καὶ τῷ Ρουβὴν καὶ τῷ Γὰδ δέδωκα ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλαὰδ ἕως χειμάρρου ᾿Αρνῶν (μέσον τοῦ χειμάρρου ὅριον) καὶ ἕως τοῦ ᾿Ιαβόκ· ὁ χειμάρρους ὅριον τοῖς υἱοῖς ᾿Αμμάν. 17 καὶ ἡ ῎Αραβα καὶ ὁ ᾿Ιορδάνης ὅριον Μαχαναρέθ, καὶ ἕως θαλάσσης ῎Αραβα, θαλάσσης ἁλυκῆς ὑπὸ ᾿Ασηδὼθ τὴν Φασγὰ ἀνατολῶν 18 καὶ ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ λέγων· Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν ἔδωκεν ὑμῖν τὴν γῆν ταύτην ἐν κλήρῳ· ἐνοπλισάμενοι προπορεύεσθε πρὸ προσώπου τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ, πᾶς δυνατός· 19 πλὴν αἱ γυναῖκες ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ κτήνη ὑμῶν, οἶδα ὅτι πολλὰ κτήνη ὑμῖν, κατοικείτωσαν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν ὑμῶν, αἷς ἔδωκα ὑμῖν, 20 ἕως ἂν καταπαύσῃ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὑμῶν, ὥσπερ καὶ ὑμᾶς, καὶ κατακληρονομήσωσι καὶ οὗτοι τὴν γῆν, ἣν Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν δίδωσιν αὐτοῖς ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ ᾿Ιορδάνου, καὶ ἐπαναστραφήσεσθε ἕκαστος εἰς τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ, ἣν ἔδωκα ὑμῖν.

21 Καὶ τῷ ᾿Ιησοῖ ἐνετειλάμην ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ λέγων· οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὑμῶν ἑωράκασι πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν τοῖς δυσὶ βασιλεῦσι τούτοις· οὕτως ποιήσει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν πάσας τὰς βασιλείας, ἐφ᾿ ἃς σὺ διαβαίνεις ἐκεῖ· 22 οὐ φοβηθήσεσθε ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν, ὅτι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν αὐτὸς πολεμήσει περὶ ὑμῶν. 23 καὶ ἐδεήθην Κυρίου ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ λέγων· 24 Κύριε Θεέ, σὺ ἤρξω δεῖξαι τῷ σῷ θεράποντι τὴν ἰσχύν σου καὶ τὴν δύναμίν σου καὶ τὴν χεῖρα τὴν κραταιὰν καὶ τὸν βραχίονα τὸν ὑψηλόν· τίς γάρ ἐστι Θεὸς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἢ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅστις ποιήσει καθὰ ἐποίησας σὺ καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἰσχύν σου; 25 διαβὰς οὖν ὄψομαι τὴν γῆν τὴν ἀγαθὴν ταύτην τὴν οὖσαν πέραν τοῦ ᾿Ιορδάνου, τὸ ὄρος τοῦτο τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸν ᾿Αντιλίβανον. 26 καὶ ὑπερεῖδε Κύριος ἐμὲ ἕνεκεν ὑμῶν καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσέ μου, καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρός με· ἱκανούσθω σοι, μὴ προσθῇς ἔτι λαλῆσαι τὸν λόγον τοῦτον· 27 ἀνάβηθι ἐπὶ τὴν κορυφὴν τοῦ Λελαξευμένου καὶ ἀναβλέψας τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου κατὰ θάλασσαν καὶ βορρᾶν καὶ λίβα καὶ ἀνατολὰς καὶ ἰδὲ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου, ὅτι οὐ διαβήσῃ τὸν ᾿Ιορδάνην τοῦτον. 28 καὶ ἔντειλαι ᾿Ιησοῖ καὶ κατίσχυσον αὐτὸν καὶ παρακάλεσον αὐτόν, ὅτι οὗτος διαβήσεται πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, καὶ οὗτος κατακληρονομήσει αὐτοῖς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἣν ἑώρακας. 29 καὶ ἐνεκαθήμεθα ἐν νάπῃ σύνεγγυς οἴκου Φογώρ.