Yosiua 17
1 Soge eno Yodane Hano eso dabe la: idi ilia da Yousefe ea magobo mano Ma: na: se amo egaga fi mogili ilima ilegei. Gilia: de ea eda amo Ma: ige da Ma: na: se ea magobo mano. E da gegesu ganodini mae beda: iwane gegei. Amaiba: le, Mousese da Yodane eso mabadi la: idi soge amo Gilia: de amola Ba: isa: ne ema i dagoi.
[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.
2 Be soge amo Yodane Hano eso dabe la: idi diala amo Ma: na: se fi eno da lai dagoi. Amo fi da Ma: na: se (Yousefe egefe) amo egaga fi. Ilia dio da A: ibaise, Hilege, A:seliele, Siegeme, Hife amola Siemaida. Amola ilia da ilia sosogo fi ilima bisilua gala.
Land was also allotted to the other clans of the tribe of Manasseh: The clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida.
3 Siloufiha: de (e da Hife ea mano amola Hife da Gilia: de ea mano. Gilia: de da Ma: ige ea mano amola Ma: ige da Ma: na: se ea mano) da dunu mano hame. E da uda mano fawane lai. Ilia dio da Mala, Nowa, Hogola, Miliga amola Desa.
Hepher’s son Zelophehad had no sons, but he had five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
4 Ilia da Elia: isa (gobele salasu dunu), Yosiua (Nane ea mano) amola Isala: ili ouligisu dunu ilima misini, amane sia: i, “Hina Gode da Mousesema, e da nini amo ninia dunu fi defele, soge mogili ninima ima: ne sia: i.” Amaiba: le, Hina Gode Ea hamoma: ne sia: i defele, ilia da dunu fi defele, Siloufiha: de ea idiwilali ilima soge i.
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.
5 Amaiba: le, Eso Mabe Ma: na: se fi da Yodane Hano eso mabe la: idi amoga Gilia: de amola Ba: isa: ne soge lai. Amola ilia da soge fifi nabuane gala eno lai.
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].
6 Bai Ma: na: se egaga fi dunu da soge lai amola egaga fi uda da soge eno lai.
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.
7 Ma: na: se ea soge alalo da A: sie fi ilia soge amoga asili, Migimida moilai (Siegeme moilai bai bagadega eso mabadi la: idi) amoga doaga: i. Amalu, alalo da ga (south) asili, Eneda: biua dunu fi ilia soge sisiga: i.
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.
8 Soge da Da: biua moilai bai bagadega sisiga: le dialu da Ma: na: se egaga fi ilia soge. Be Da: biua moilai bai bagade da soge alalo amoga dialu amola moilai amo Ifala: ime egaga fi da gagui.
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.
9 Alalo da asili Gana Hano amoga doaga: i. Moilai amo hano ga (south) dialu da Ifala: ime ea moilai. Be soge amo Ma: na: se da gagui. Ma: na: se soge alalo da hano ga (north) asili, Medidela: inia Hano Wayabo Bagade amoga doaga: i.
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.
10 Ifala: ime da ga (south) dialu amola Ma: na: se da ga (north) dialu. Ilia eso dabe alalo da Medidela: inia Hano Wayabo Bagade. A: sie da ga (north) eso dabe la: idi dialu amola Isaga da ga (north) eso mabadi la: idi dialu.
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.]
11 Ma: na: se da Isaga amola A: sie ela soge ganodini moilai bai bagade gagui galu. Amo da Bede Sia: ne, Ibilia: me, Do (amo da hano wayabo bagade bega: ), Enedo, Da: ina: ge, Megidou amola moilai ilima sisiga: le dialu.
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.
12 Be Ma: na: se fi dunu da Ga: ina: ne dunu amo moilai bai bagade ganodini esalu amo gadili sefasimusa: hamedei agoane ba: i.
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.
13 Isala: ili dunu ilia gasa da heda: i be amo dunu hame sefasi. Be ilia da amo dunu udigili hawa: hamomusa: logei.
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.
14 Yousefe egaga fi dunu da Yosiuama amane sia: i, “Di da abuliba: le ninima soge afadafa fawane ibala: ? Hina Gode da nini hahawane fidibiba: le, ninia fi da bagade hamoi dagoi.”
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]?”
15 Yosiua da ilima bu adole i, “Dilia da dunu bagohameba: le amola Ifala: ime agolo soge da fonobahadi ba: beba: le, defea, iwila soge amo Belesaide dunu amola Lefa: ime dunu ilia sogega asili, moi dogone, dilia sogebi hahamoma.”
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.”
16 Ilia da bu adole i, “Dafawane! Agolo soge da nini huluane fima: ne fonobahadi ba: sa. Be Ga: ina: naide dunu umi sogega esala da ouli sa: liode gala. Ilia da Bede Sia: ne amola Yeseliele Fago amo ganodini esala amola gasa bagade ba: sa.”
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]!”
17 Yosiua da Ifala: ime fi amola Eso Dabe Ma: na: se fi ilima amane sia: i, “Dafawane! Dilia da dunu bagohame fi. Amola dilia da gasa bagade. Dilia soge fifi amo afadafa baligimu da defea.
Joshua replied to them, “Your tribe is very numerous and very powerful. So I will allot more land for you in the hilly area,
18 Dilia da agolo soge huluane lamu da defea. Amo da iwila gala, be dilia da ifa huluane a: le fasili huluane lamu. Dafawane! Ga: ina: ne dunu da gasa bagade amola ilia da ouli sa: liode gala. Be amo mae dawa: le, dilia da amo dunu huluane gadili sefasimu.”
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.”
