اَلْعَدَد 36
| وَتَقَدَّمَ رُؤُوسُ ٱلْآبَاءِ مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ بَنِي جِلْعَادَ بْنِ مَاكِيرَ بْنِ مَنَسَّى مِنْ عَشَائِرِ بَنِي يُوسُفَ، وَتَكَلَّمُوا قُدَّامَ مُوسَى وَقُدَّامَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ رُؤُوسِ ٱلْآبَاءِ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ١ 1 |
The family leaders of the clan of Gilead of the tribe of Manasseh went to Moses/me and the other family leaders of the Israeli people.
| وَقَالُوا: «قَدْ أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ سَيِّدِي أَنْ يُعْطِيَ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِقِسْمَةٍ بِٱلْقُرْعَةِ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. وَقَدْ أُمِرَ سَيِّدِي مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ نَصِيبَ صَلُفْحَادَ أَخِينَا لِبَنَاتِهِ. | ٢ 2 |
They said to Moses/me, “Yahweh commanded you, our leader, to apportion the land to the Israeli tribes by throwing (lots/stones that have been marked) to decide [which group would get which area]. Yahweh also commanded you to give the land that belonged to our fellow Israeli Zelophehad to his daughters.
| فَإِنْ صِرْنَ نِسَاءً لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ بَنِي أَسْبَاطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، يُؤْخَذُ نَصِيبُهُنَّ مِنْ نَصِيبِ آبَائِنَا وَيُضَافُ إِلَى نَصِيبِ ٱلسِّبْطِ ٱلَّذِي صِرْنَ لَهُ. فَمِنْ قُرْعَةِ نَصِيبِنَا يُؤْخَذُ. | ٣ 3 |
But if his daughters marry men from the other Israeli tribes, that land will no longer belong to our tribe. People of other tribes will get it. So some of our land will no longer belong to us.
| وَمَتَى كَانَ ٱلْيُوبِيلُ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يُضَافُ نَصِيبُهُنَّ إِلَى نَصِيبِ ٱلسِّبْطِ ٱلَّذِي صِرْنَ لَهُ، وَمِنْ نَصِيبِ سِبْطِ آبَائِنَا يُؤْخَذُ نَصِيبُهُنَّ». | ٤ 4 |
When the Year of Celebration comes, [when all the land that has been bought by someone is returned to its original owners], the land that belonged to Zelophehad will belong to the tribes of the men that his daughters marry. So some of our land, the land that we received from our fathers, will be taken from us, [and we will never own it again].”
| فَأَمَرَ مُوسَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حَسَبَ قَوْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا: «بِحَقٍّ تَكَلَّمَ سِبْطُ بَنِي يُوسُفَ. | ٥ 5 |
Yahweh told Moses/me what to reply to them, so Moses/I said this to them: “These men from the tribe of Manasseh are right.
| هَذَا مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنْ بَنَاتِ صَلُفْحَادَ قَائِلًا: مَنْ حَسُنَ فِي أَعْيُنِهِنَّ يَكُنَّ لَهُ نِسَاءً، وَلَكِنْ لِعَشِيرَةِ سِبْطِ آبَائِهِنَّ يَكُنَّ نِسَاءً. | ٦ 6 |
This is what Yahweh is saying to the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Each of you may marry anyone you want to, but you must marry only someone from your own tribe.’
| فَلَا يَتَحَوَّلُ نَصِيبٌ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ سِبْطٍ إِلَى سِبْطٍ، بَلْ يُلَازِمُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ نَصِيبَ سِبْطِ آبَائِهِ. | ٧ 7 |
In that way, the land that belongs to Israelis will not be passed from one tribe to another tribe. Each Israeli will keep the land in the tribe that belonged to his ancestors.
| وَكُلُّ بِنْتٍ وَرَثَتْ نَصِيبًا مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَكُونُ ٱمْرَأَةً لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ سِبْطِ أَبِيهَا، لِكَيْ يَرِثَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ نَصِيبَ آبَائِهِ، | ٨ 8 |
A woman who inherits her father’s land may get married, but she must marry someone from her own tribe. In that way, every Israeli will keep the land that belonged to his ancestors.
| فَلَا يَتَحَوَّلْ نَصِيبٌ مِنْ سِبْطٍ إِلَى سِبْطٍ آخَرَ، بَلْ يُلَازِمُ أَسْبَاطُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ نَصِيبَهُ». | ٩ 9 |
The land must not be passed from one tribe to another tribe. Each Israeli tribe must keep the land that it received from its ancestors.”
| كَمَا أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى كَذَلِكَ فَعَلَتْ بَنَاتُ صَلُفْحَادَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Zelophehad’s daughters obeyed what Yahweh told Moses/me.
| فَصَارَتْ مَحْلَةُ وَتِرْصَةُ وَحَجْلَةُ وَمِلْكَةُ وَنُوعَةُ بَنَاتُ صَلُفْحَادَ نِسَاءً لِبَنِي أَعْمَامِهِنَّ. | ١١ 11 |
The five daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah—married their cousins, their father’s relatives.
| صِرْنَ نِسَاءً مِنْ عَشَائِرِ بَنِي مَنَسَّى بْنِ يُوسُفَ، فَبَقِيَ نَصِيبُهُنَّ فِي سِبْطِ عَشِيرَةِ أَبِيهِنَّ. | ١٢ 12 |
The men whom they married were from the tribe of Manasseh, so their land continued to belong to their father’s family and tribe.
| هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلْوَصَايَا وَٱلْأَحْكَامُ ٱلَّتِي أَوْصَى بِهَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ يَدِ مُوسَى، فِي عَرَبَاتِ مُوآبَ عَلَى أُرْدُنِّ أَرِيحَا. | ١٣ 13 |
Those were the commands [DOU] that Yahweh gave to Moses/me to tell to the Israelis, while they/we were on the plains of the Moab region, close to the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
