1Quæ cum audisset Jabin rex Asor,And when Jabin, the king of Hazor, had heard these things,misit ad Jobab regem Madon,he sent to Jobab, the king of Madon,et ad regem Semeron,and to the king of Shimron,atque ad regem Achsaph:and to the king of Achshaph,
2ad reges quoque aquilonis,also to the kings of the north,qui habitabant in montaniswho were living in the mountains,et in planitie contra meridiem Ceneroth,and in the plains opposite the southern region of Chinneroth,in campestribus quoqueand also in the plains and the regions of Dor,et in regionibus Dor juxta mare:beside the sea,
3Chananæum quoque ab oriente et occidente,also to the Canaanites, from east to west, and to the Amorite,et Amorrhæum atque Hethæum ac Pherezæum et Jebusæum in montanis:and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains,Hevæum quoque qui habitabat ad radices Hermon in terra Maspha.also to the Hivite who was living at the base of Hermon, in the land of Mizpah.
4Egressique sunt omnes cum turmis suis,And they all went forth with their troops,populus multus nimis sicut arena quæ est in littore maris,a people exceedingly numerous,equi quoquelike the sand that is on the shore of the sea.et currus immensæ multitudinis.And their horses and chariots were an immense multitude.
5Conveneruntque omnes reges isti in unum ad aquas Merom,And all these kings assembled at the waters of Merom,ut pugnarent contra Israël.so that they might fight against Israel.
6Dixitque Dominus ad Josue: Ne timeas eos:And the Lord said to Joshua: “You should not fear them.cras enim hac eadem hora ego tradam omnes istos vulnerandos in conspectu Israël:For tomorrow, at this same hour, I will deliver all these to be wounded in the sight of Israel.equos eorum subnervabis,You will hamstring their horses,et currus igne combures.and you will burn their chariots with fire.”
7Venitque Josue,And Joshua,et omnis exercitus cum eo,and the entire army with him,adversus illos ad aquas Merom subito,came against them suddenly, at the waters of Merom,et irruerunt super eos,and they rushed upon them.
8tradiditque illos Dominus in manus Israël.And the Lord delivered them into the hands of Israel.Qui percusserunt eos,And they struck them,et persecuti sunt usque ad Sidonem magnam,and they pursued them as far as the great Sidon,et aquas Maserephoth,and the waters of Misrephoth,campumque Masphe,and the field of Mizpeh,qui est ad orientalem illius partem.which is toward the eastern region.Ita percussit omnes,He struck them all,ut nullas dimitteret ex eis reliquias:so that nothing was left of them to remain.
9fecitque sicut præceperat ei Dominus:And he did just as the Lord had instructed him.equos eorum subnervavit,He hamstrung their horses,currusque combussit igni.and he burned their chariots with fire.
10Reversusque statim cepit Asor,And turning back, he immediately seized Hazor.et regem ejus percussit gladio.And he struck down its king with the sword.Asor enim antiquitus inter omnia regna hæc principatum tenebat.For Hazor, from antiquity, held the first position among all these kingdoms.
11Percussitque omnes animas quæ ibidem morabantur:And he struck down all the souls that were staying there.non dimisit in ea ullas reliquias,He did not leave in it any remains,sed usque ad internecionem universa vastavit,but he destroyed everything unto utter annihilation,ipsamque urbem peremit incendio.and he destroyed the city itself with fire.
12Et omnes per circuitum civitates,And he seized,regesque earum,struck,cepit,and destroyed all the surrounding cities and their kings,percussitjust as Moses,atque delevit,the servant of God,sicut præceperat ei Moyses famulus Domini.had instructed him.
13Absque urbibus,And except for the cities that were on hills and in elevated places,quæ erant in collibusthe rest Israel burned.et in tumulis sitæ,One only,ceteras succendit Israël:highly-fortified Hazor,unam tantum Asor munitissimam flamma consumpsit.was consumed with fire.
14Omnemque prædam istarum urbiumAnd the sons of Israel divided among themselves all the plunder of these cities,ac jumenta diviserunt sibi filii Israël,and the cattle,cunctis hominibus interfectis.putting to death all persons.
15Sicut præceperat Dominus Moysi servo suo,Just as the Lord had instructed his servant Moses,ita præcepit Moyses Josue,so did Moses instruct Joshua,et ille universa complevit:and he fulfilled everything.non præteriit de universis mandatis,He did not omit even one word out of all the commandments,nec unum quidem verbum quod jusserat Dominus Moysi.which the Lord had commanded Moses.
16Cepit itaque Josue omnem terram montanamAnd so Joshua seized the entire land of the mountains,et meridianam,and of the south,terramque Gosen,and the land of Goshen,et planitiem,and the plains,et occidentalem plagam,and the western region,montemque Israël,and the mountain of Israel,et campestria ejus,and its plains.
17et partem montis,As for the part of the mountain that ascends to Seir,quæ ascendit Seir usque Baalgad,as far as Baalgad,per planitiem Libani subter montem Hermon:along the plain of Lebanon under mount Hermon,omnes reges eorum cepit,all their kings he seized,percussit,struck down,et occidit.and killed.
18Multo tempore pugnavit Josue contra reges istos.For a long time, Joshua fought against these kings.
19Non fuit civitas quæ se traderet filiis Israël,There was not a city that delivered itself to the sons of Israel,præter Hevæum, qui habitabat in Gabaon:except the Hivites who were living at Gibeon.omnes enim bellando cepit.For he seized it all in warfare.
20Domini enim sententia fuerat, ut indurarentur corda eorum,For it was the sentence of the Lord that their hearts would be hardened,et pugnarent contra Israël, et caderent,and that they would fight against Israel and fall,et non mererentur ullam clementiam,and that they did not deserve any clemency,ac perirent, sicut præceperat Dominus Moysi.and that they should perish, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
21In illo tempore venit Josue, et interfecit Enacim de montanis,In that time, Joshua went and put to death the Anakim from the mountains,Hebron, et Dabir, et Anab,from Hebron and Debir and Anab,et de omni monte Juda et Israël,and from all the mountains of Judah and Israel.urbesque eorum delevit.And he destroyed their cities.
22Non reliquit ullum de stirpe Enacim, in terra filiorum Israël:He did not leave any from the stock of the Anakim in the land of the sons of Israel,absque civitatibus Gaza,except the cities of Gaza,et Geth,and Gath,et Azoto,and Ashdod,in quibus solis relicti sunt.which alone were left behind.
23Cepit ergo Josue omnem terram,Thus, Joshua seized all the land,sicut locutus est Dominus ad Moysen,just as the Lord spoke to Moses,et tradidit eam in possessionem filiis Israël secundum partes et tribus suas:and he delivered it as a possession to the sons of Israel, according to their divisions and tribes.quievitque terra a præliis.And the land rested from battles.