يَشُوع 17

١ 1 وَهَذَا هُوَ مِيرَاثُ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى، بِكْرِ يُوسُفَ. كَانَ مَاكِيرُ بِكْرُ مَنَسَّى، هُوَ أَبُو الْجِلْعَادِيِّينَ، وَقَدْ حَصَلُوا عَلَى جِلْعَادَ وَبَاشَانَ لأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا رِجَالَ حَرْبٍ.

[This is a list of] the land that was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh. Manasseh’s oldest son was Makir and his grandson was Gilead. Makir’s descendants were great warriors, so the lands in the Gilead and Bashan regions were allotted to their clan.

٢ 2 أَمَّا أَبْنَاءُ مَنَسَّى الْبَاقُونَ فَقَدْ وَرِثُوا (الأَرَاضِي الْوَاقِعَةَ غَرْبِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ) حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمِ الَّتِي هِيَ أَبْنَاءُ أَبِيعَزَرَ وَأَبْنَاءُ حَالَقَ، وَأَبْنَاءُ أَسْرِيئِيلَ، وَأَبْنَاءُ شَكَمَ، وَأَبْنَاءُ حَافَرَ، وَأَبْنَاءُ شَمِيدَاعَ. هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ أَبْنَاءُ مَنَسَّى بْنِ يُوسُفَ الذُّكُورُ حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمْ.

Land was also allotted to the other clans of the tribe of Manasseh: The clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida.

٣ 3 أَمَّا صَلُفْحَادُ بْنُ حَافَرَ بْنِ جِلْعَادَ بْنِ مَاكِيرَ فَلَمْ يُنْجِبْ بَنِينَ بَلْ بَنَاتٍ، وَهَذِهِ هِيَ أَسْمَاؤُهُنَّ: مَحْلَةُ وَنَوْعَةُ وَحُجْلَةُ وَمِلْكَةُ وَتِرْصَةُ.

Hepher’s son Zelophehad had no sons, but he had five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

٤ 4 فَأَقْبَلْنَ عَلَى أَلِعَازَارَ الْكَاهِنِ وَيَشُوعَ بْنِ نُونٍ وَسَائِرِ الرُّؤَسَاءِ قَائِلاتٍ: «لَقَدْ أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى أَنْ يَهَبَنَا مِيرَاثاً بَيْنَ إِخْوَتِنَا». فَأَعْطَاهُنَّ نَصِيباً بَيْنَ أَعْمَامِهِنَّ كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ.

They went to Eleazar the Supreme Priest, and to Joshua and to the other Israeli leaders. They said, “[We want you to give us some land, because] Yahweh told Moses that he should give to us some land, just like you gave to the men.” So Eleazar did what Yahweh had commanded, and he allotted to them some land, just like he allotted to their uncles.

٥ 5 فَحَصَلَ سِبْطُ مَنَسَّى عَلَى عَشَرِ حِصَصٍ، فَضْلاً عَنْ أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ وَبَاشَانَ الَّتِي فِي شَرْقِيِّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ.

So the tribe of Manasseh eventually had ten sections [of land west of the Jordan River] and [two sections, ] Gilead and Bashan, on the east side of the Jordan [River].

٦ 6 لأَنَّ بَنَاتِ صَلُفْحَادَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ مَنَسَّى أَخَذْنَ نَصِيباً بَيْنَ أَبْنَاءِ مَنَسَّى، وَكَانَتْ أَرْضُ جِلْعَادَ لِبَنِي مَنَسَّى الْبَاقِينَ.

So those female descendants of Manasseh also were allotted land [on the west side of the river] just like the men were allotted. The other parts of the Gilead area were allotted to the male descendants of Manasseh.

٧ 7 وَامْتَدَّتْ حُدُودُ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى مِنْ أَشِيرَ إِلَى الْمَكْمَتَةِ الْمُقَابِلَةِ لِشَكِيمَ، ثُمَّ اتَّجَهَتْ جَنُوباً لِتَشْمَلَ الأَهَالِي الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي عَيْنِ تَفُّوحَ.

The land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh was between the land where the tribe of Asher lives and Michmethath [town], near Shechem [city]. The border extended south to the Tappuah Spring.

٨ 8 وَكَانَ لِسِبْطِ مَنَسَّى أَرْضُ تَفُّوحَ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ تَفُّوحَ نَفْسَهَا الْوَاقِعَةَ عَلَى حُدُودِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى، كَانَتْ مِنْ نَصِيبِ سِبْطِ أَفْرَايِمَ.

The land near the Tappuah area belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah, which was at the border of the land that was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh, was allotted to the tribe of Ephraim.

٩ 9 وَانْحَدَرَ التُّخْمُ إِلَى جَنُوبِيِّ وَادِي قَانَةَ. وَكَانَتْ هُنَاكَ مُدُنٌ تَابِعَةٌ لأَفْرَايِمَ قَائِمَةٌ بَيْنَ مُدُنِ مَنَسَّى، إِلّا أَنَّ حُدُودَ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى كَانَتْ تَبْلُغُ الْجَانِبَ الْجَنُوبِيَّ مِنَ الْوَادِي وَتَنْتَهِي بِالْبَحْرِ.

The border [of the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh] extended south to Kanah Gorge. From there it extended [west] along the north side of the gorge and ended at the [Mediterranean] Sea.

١٠ 10 فَكَانَ الْقِسْمُ الْجَنُوبِيُّ مِنْ نَصِيبِ سِبْطِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَالْقِسْمُ الشِّمَالِيُّ مِنْ نَصِيبِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى، يَحُدُّهُمَا مِنَ الْغَرْبِ الْبَحْرُ الْمُتَوَسِّطُ. وَبَلَغَتْ حُدُودُ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى أَرْضَ سِبْطِ أَشِيرَ شِمَالاً وَأَرْضَ سِبْطِ يَسَّاكَرَ شَرْقاً.

The land on the south side of the gorge belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, and the land on the north side belonged to the tribe of Manasseh. The western border of the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh was the [Mediterranean] Sea. To the north, the border of their land extended from the land allotted to the tribe of Asher [at the northwest] to the land allotted to the tribe of Issachar [at the northeast.]

١١ 11 وَكَانَ لِسِبْطِ مَنَسَّى مُدُنٌ مُنْتَشِرَةٌ فِي أَرْضِ يَسَّاكَرَ، هِيَ بَيْتُ شَانَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَبَيْلَعَامُ وَقُرَاهَا، وَأَهْلُ دُوَرٍ وَقُرَاهَا، وَأَهْلُ عَيْنِ دُوَرٍ وَقُرَاهَا، وَأَهْلُ تَعْنَكَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَأَهْلُ مَجِدُّو وَقُرَاهَا الْقَائِمَةُ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الثَّلاثِ.

But there are cities inside the area allotted to the tribes of Issachar and Asher. Those cities, along with their surrounding villages, were allotted to people from the tribe of Manasseh. These cities are Beth-Shan, Ibleam, Dor (which is also named Naphoth-Dor, ) Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo.

١٢ 12 وَلَمْ يَتَمَكَّنْ أَبْنَاءُ مَنَسَّى مِنِ امْتِلاكِ هَذِهِ الْمُدُنِ، فَعَوَّلَ الْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ عَلَى اسْتِيْطَانِهَا.

The men of the tribe of Manasseh were not able to force the people who lived in those cities to leave, so the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live in those cities.

١٣ 13 وَعِنْدَمَا عَظُمَتْ قُوَّةُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ وَضَعُوا الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ تَحْتَ الْجِزْيَةِ وَلَمْ يَنْفُوهُمْ مِنْهَا.

But [years later] when the Israelis became better [warriors], they forced the Canaan people-group to work for them as slaves, although they did not force them to leave the land.

١٤ 14 وَقَالَ أَبْنَاءُ يُوسُفَ لِيَشُوعَ: «لِمَاذَا وَهَبْتَنَا نَصِيباً وَاحِداً وَحِصَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَنَحْنُ شَعْبٌ وَافِرُ الْعَدَدِ، إِذْ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ بَارَكَنَا حَتَّى الآنَ؟»

The people of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh said to Joshua, “You allotted to us only one area of land, but there are a lot of us. Yahweh has blessed us very much [with the result that our tribe has grown very large]. So why did you give us only a small part of the land [RHQ]?”

١٥ 15 فَأَجَابَهُمْ يَشُوعُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُمْ حَقّاً كَثِيرِي الْعَدَدِ وَقَدْ ضَاقَ بِكُمْ جَبَلُ أَفْرَايِمَ، فَاصْعَدُوا إِلَى الأَرَاضِي الْوَعْرَةِ حَيْثُ يُقِيمُ الْفِرِزِّيُّونَ وَالرَّفَائِيُّونَ وَاقْتَطِعُوا لَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِهِمْ مَا يَكْفِيكُمْ».

Joshua replied to them, “[I agree that] you do not have enough land in the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim. So, since you have a lot of people, I will allot more land to you, in the hilly region. But you will have to [cut down the trees] in the forest [and] make a place for yourselves in the land where the Periz and Repha people-groups live.”

١٦ 16 فَقَالَ بَنُو يُوسُفَ: «إِنَّ الأَرَاضِي الْجَبَلِيَّةَ لَا تَكْفِينَا، وَالْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ الْقَاطِنُونَ فِي السُّهُولِ فِي بَيْتِ شَانَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَفِي وَادِي يِزْرَعِيلَ يَمْلِكُونَ مَرْكَبَاتٍ حَدِيدِيَّةً».

The people of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh replied, “It is true that the land in the hilly area is not big enough for us, but the Canaan people-group who live in the lowlands, in Beth-Shan and the surrounding villages in that area, and in the Jezreel Valley, have iron chariots, [so we will not be able to defeat them]!”

١٧ 17 فَأَجَابَهُمْ يَشُوعُ: «أَنْتُمْ حَقّاً كَثِيرُو الْعَدَدِ كَمَا أَنَّكُمْ مُحَارِبُونَ أَشِدَّاءُ، فَلْيَكُنْ لَكُمْ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ نَصِيبٍ وَاحِدٍ.

Joshua replied to them, “Your tribe is very numerous and very powerful. So I will allot more land for you in the hilly area,

١٨ 18 لِيَكُنْ لَكُمُ الْجَبَلُ أَيْضاً لأَنَّهُ وَعْرٌ، فَاسْتَوْلُوا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى آخِرِ حُدُودِهِ. وَيُمْكِنُكُمْ طَرْدُ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ مِنْهُ عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ بَأْسِهِمْ وَمَرْكَبَاتِهِمِ الْحَدِيدِيَّةِ».

but you will have to cut down the trees in order to make a place for you to live. [It is true that] the Canaan people-group are strong and have iron chariots, but you will be able to force them to leave that valley.”