¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

¹[Ny amin'ny mpisafo-tany] Ary Jehovah niteny tamin'i Mosesy, ka nanao hoe:

²Send thou men, that they may search out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel. Ye shall send a man of every tribe of his fathers, each a prince among them.

²Maniraha lehilahy vitsivitsy hisafo ny tany Kanana, izay omeko ho an'ny Zanak'Isiraely; dia lehilahy iray avy isam-pirazanany no hirahinareo, ka izay samy lohan'ny fireneny avy.

³And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran: according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them heads of the children of Israel.

³Ary Mosesy dia naniraka azy hiala any an-efitra Parana, araka ny didin'i Jehovah; ary samy lohan'ny firenen'ny Zanak'Isiraely ireo lehilahy rehetra ireo.

⁴And these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;

⁴Ary izao no anarany: Avy tamin'ny firenen'i Robena dia Samoa, zanak'i Zakora;

⁵for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;

⁵avy tamin'ny firenen'i Simeona dia Safata, zanak'i Hory;

⁶for the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

⁶avy tamin'ny firenen'i Joda dia Kaleba, zanak'i Jefone;

⁷for the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;

⁷avy tamin'ny firenen'Isakara dia Jigala, zanak'i Josefa;

⁸for the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;

⁸avy tamin'ny firenen'i Efraima dia Hosea, zanak'i Nona;

⁹for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;

⁹avy tamin'ny firenen'i Benjamina dia Palty, zanak'i Rafo;

¹⁰for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;

¹⁰avy tamin'ny firenen'i Zebolona dia Gadiela, zanak'i Sody;

¹¹for the tribe of Joseph, for the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;

¹¹avy tamin'ny firenen'i Josefa, tamin'ny firenen'i Manase, dia Gady, zanak'i Sosy;

¹²for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;

¹²avy tamin'ny firenen'i Dana dia Amiela, zanak'i Gemaly;

¹³for the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;

¹³avy tamin'ny firenen'i Asera dia Setora, zanak'i Mikaela;

¹⁴for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;

¹⁴avy tamin'ny firenen'i Naftaly dia Naby, zanak'i Vofsy;

¹⁵for the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

¹⁵avy tamin'ny firenen'i Gada dia Geoela, zanak'i Maky.

¹⁶These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua.

¹⁶Ireo no anaran'ny lehilahy izay nirahin'i Mosesy hisafo ny tany. Ary Hosea, zanak'i Nona, dia nataon'i Mosesy hoe Josoa.

¹⁷And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country,

¹⁷Ary Mosesy naniraka ireo hisafo ny tany Kanana ka nanao taminy hoe: Miakara atỳ amin'ny tany atsimo ianareo, ka miakara ho any amin'ny tany havoana;

¹⁸and ye shall see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;

¹⁸dia izahao izay toetry ny tany sy ny olona monina any, na mahery, na osa, na vitsy, na maro;

¹⁹and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;

¹⁹ary izay toetry ny tany itoerany, na tsara, na ratsy; ary ny toetry ny tanàna izay itoerany, na ao an-day, na ao an-tanàna mimanda;

²⁰and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there are trees in it, or not. And take courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first grapes.

²⁰ary ny toetry ny tany, na lonaka, na màzana, na misy hazo eo, na tsia; ary mahereza ianareo, ka itondray ny vokatry ny tany. Ary ny andro fahizany dia fahamasahan'ny voaloboka mialin-taona.

²¹And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath.

²¹Dia niakatra ireo ka nisafo ny tany hatramin'ny efitra Zina ka hatrany Rehoba, dia ao akaikin'i Hamata.

²²And they went up by the south, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

²²Dia niakatra tao amin'ny tany atsimo izy ka nankany Hebrona; ary teo Ahimana sy Sesay ary Talmay, teraky ny Anakita. (Ary Hebrona dia voaorina fito taona talohan'i Zoana any Egypta.)

²³And they came as far as the valley of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch with one bunch of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a pole; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.

²³Dia nankany amin'ny lohasaha Eskola izy ka nanapaka sampam-boaloboka teo izay nisy sampahony iray ihany, ary nolanjain-droa lahy tamin'ny hazo izany; ary ny ampongaben-danitra sy ny aviavy dia nitondrany koa.

²⁴That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the grapes which the children of Israel had cut down there.

²⁴Ary izany tany izany dia nataony hoe Lohasaha Eskola, noho ny sampahom-boaloboka izay notapahin'ny Zanak'Isiraely teo.

²⁵And they returned from searching out the land after forty days.

²⁵Ary niverina avy nisafo ny tany ireo, nony afaka efa-polo andro.

²⁶And they came, and went to Moses and to Aaron, and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to the whole assembly; and shewed them the fruit of the land.

²⁶Dia nankeo amin'i Mosesy sy Arona ary ny fiangonana, dia ny Zanak'Isiraely rehetra, tany an-efitra Parana izy, dia tany Kadesy, ka nitondra teny taminy sy ny fiangonana rehetra sady naneho azy ny vokatry ny tany.

²⁷And they told him, and said, We came to the land to which thou didst send us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

²⁷Dia nilaza taminy izy ka nanao hoe: Tonga tany amin'ny tany izay nanirahanao anay izahay, koa tondra-dronono sy tantely tokoa izy; ary itony no vokatra avy tany.

²⁸Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

²⁸Kanefa kosa mahery ny olona izay monina eo amin'ny tany; ary ny tanàna dia mimanda sady lehibe dia lehibe; ary koa, nahita ny teraky ny Anakita teo izahay.

²⁹Amalek dwells in the land of the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.

²⁹Ny Amalekita no monina eo amin'ny tany atsimo; ary ny Hetita sy ny Jebosita ary ny Amorita no monina any amin'ny tany havoana; ary ny Kananita no monina eo amoron'ny ranomasina sy eo amoron'i Jordana.

³⁰And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it.

³⁰Fa Kaleba dia nampangina ny olona teo anatrehan'i Mosesy ka nanao hoe: Andeha isika hiakatra mihitsy mba hahazoantsika azy, fa haharesy azy tokoa isika.

³¹But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.

³¹Fa hoy kosa ny lehilahy izay niara-niakatra taminy: Tsy mahazo miakatra handresy ny olona isika; fa mahery noho isika izy.

³²And they brought to the children of Israel an evil report of the land which they had searched out, saying, The land, which we have passed through to search it out, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we have seen in it are men of great stature;

³²Dia nilaza ratsy ny tany izay nosafoiny tamin'ny Zanak'Isiraely izy ka nanao hoe: Ny tany izay nalehanay nosafoina dia tany izay mandevona ny monina eo, ary ny olona rehetra izay hitanay teo dia olona vaventibe;ary nahita ny Nefilima teo izahay, dia taranaky ny Anakita avy amin'ny Nefilima; ary teo imasonay dia tahaka ny tsingentana izahay; ary toy izany koa izahay teo imasony.

³³and there have we seen giants -- the sons of Anak are of the giants -- and we were in our sight as grasshoppers, and so we were also in their sight.

³³ary nahita ny Nefilima teo izahay, dia taranaky ny Anakita avy amin'ny Nefilima; ary teo imasonay dia tahaka ny tsingentana izahay; ary toy izany koa izahay teo imasony.