Moses sent them [the explorers] to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up there into the Negeb, and go up into the hill country, 18 and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many, 19 and whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the towns that they live in are unwalled or fortified, 20 and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there are trees in it or not.
17UMose wabathuma ukuhlola izwe laseKhanani, wathi kubo: "Yenyukani ngalapha, niye ngaseningizimu, nikhuphukele ezintabeni, 18nibone izwe ukuthi linjani, nabantu abakhe kulo ukuthi banamandla noma babuthakathaka, bayingcosana noma baningi yini, 19nokuthi izwe abakhe kulo linjani, noma lihle noma libi, nokuthi imizi abahlala kuyo injani, noma ngamakamu* noma yizinqaba, 20nokuthi izwe linjani, noma livundile noma limpofu, noma linezinkuni noma qha.