Numeri 27
1 Kenaka ana aakazi a Zelofehadi mwana wa Heferi, mwana wa Giliyadi, mwana wa Makiri, mwana wamwamuna wa Manase, a mʼmabanja a Manase, mwana wa Yosefe anabwera. Mayina a ana aakaziwo anali awa: Mala, Nowa, Hogila, Milika ndi Tiriza. Iwo anakayima
And daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh son of Joseph, draw near — and these [are] the names of his daughters, Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah —
2 pa chipata cha tenti ya msonkhano pamaso pa Mose, wansembe Eliezara, atsogoleri ndi anthu onse, ndipo anati,
and stand before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, and all the company, at the opening of the tent of meeting, saying:
3 “Abambo athu anafera mʼchipululu koma sanali nawo mʼgulu la anthu otsatira Kora, omwe anasonkhana pamodzi kutsutsana ndi Yehova. Abambo athuwo anafa chifukwa cha tchimo lawo ndipo sanasiye ana aamuna.
'Our father died in the wilderness, and he — he was not in the midst of the company who were met together against Jehovah in the company of Korah, but for his own sin he died, and had no sons;
4 Nʼchifukwa chiyani dzina la abambo athu lasowa pakati pa fuko lawo, kodi popeza analibe mwana wamwamuna? Tipatseni cholowa chathu pakati pa abale a abambo athu.”
why is the name of our father withdrawn from the midst of his family because he hath no son? give to us a possession in the midst of the brethren of our father;'
5 Tsono Mose anabweretsa nkhani yawo pamaso pa Yehova
and Moses bringeth near their cause before Jehovah.
6 ndipo Yehova anati kwa iye,
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
7 “Zimene ana aakazi a Zelofehadi akunena ndi zoona. Uyenera kuwapatsadi cholowa chawo pakati pa abale a abambo awo ndipo uwapatse cholowa cha abambo awowo.
'Rightly are the daughters of Zelophehad speaking; thou dost certainly give to them a possession of an inheritance in the midst of their father's brethren, and hast caused to pass over the inheritance of their father to them.
8 “Uza Aisraeli kuti, ‘Ngati munthu afa wosasiya mwana wamwamuna, muzipereka cholowa chake kwa mwana wake wamkazi.
'And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When a man dieth, and hath no son, then ye have caused his inheritance to pass over to his daughter;
9 Ngati alibe mwana wamkazi, muzipereka cholowa chakecho kwa abale ake.
and if he have no daughter, then ye have given his inheritance to his brethren;
10 Ngati alibe abale muzipereka cholowa chake kwa abale a abambo ake.
and if he have no brethren, then ye have given his inheritance to his father's brethren;
11 Ngati abambo ake analibe mʼbale, muzipereka cholowa chakecho kwa mnansi wake wa mʼbanja lake kuti chikhale chake. Ili likhale lamulo kwa Aisraeli, monga momwe Yehova analamulira Mose.’”
and if his father have no brethren, then ye have given his inheritance to his relation who is near unto him of his family, and he hath possessed it;' and it hath been to the sons of Israel for a statute of judgment, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
12 Kenaka Yehova anati kwa Mose, “Kwera phiri la Abarimu kuti ukaone dziko limene ndalipereka kwa Aisraeli.
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Go up unto this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel;
13 Ukakaliona udzamwalira ngati Aaroni mʼbale wako,
and thou hast seen it, and thou hast been gathered unto thy people, also thou, as Aaron thy brother hath been gathered,
14 chifukwa pamene anthu anawukira ku madzi a Meriba mʼchipululu cha Zini, inu nonse simunamvere lamulo londilemekeza Ine ngati Woyera pamaso pawo.” (Awa anali madzi a ku Meriba ku Kadesi mʼchipululu cha Zini).
because ye provoked My mouth in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the company — to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes;' they [are] waters of Meribah, in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin.
15 Mose anati kwa Yehova,
And Moses speaketh unto Jehovah, saying,
16 “Ngati nʼkotheka Yehova, Mulungu wa mizimu ya anthu onse, sankhani munthu woti ayangʼanire gulu ili kuti
'Jehovah — God of the spirits of all flesh — appoint a man over the company,
17 alitsogolere potuluka ndi polowa, kuti anthu a Yehova asakhale ngati nkhosa zopanda mʼbusa.”
who goeth out before them, and who cometh in before them, and who taketh them out, and who bringeth them in, and the company of Jehovah is not as sheep which have no shepherd.'
18 Pamenepo Yehova anawuza Mose kuti, “Tenga Yoswa mwana wa Nuni, munthu amene ali ndi mzimu wa utsogoleri, ndipo umusanjike dzanja lako.
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Take to thee Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom [is] the Spirit, and thou hast laid thine hand upon him,
19 Umuyimiritse pamaso pa wansembe Eliezara ndi pamaso pa gulu lonse ndipo umupatse mphamvu zolamulira, anthuwo akuona.
and hast caused him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the company, and hast charged him before their eyes,
20 Umupatse gawo lina la ulemerero wako kuti Aisraeli onse azimumvera.
and hast put of thine honour upon him, so that all the company of the sons of Israel do hearken.
21 Ayime pamaso pa wansembe Eliezara, amene adzamudziwitse zimene Yehova akufuna pogwiritsa ntchito Urimu. Iye akalamula, Aisraeli onse azituluka ndipo akalamulanso, Aisraeliwo azibwereranso.”
'And before Eleazar the priest he standeth, and he hath asked for him by the judgment of the Lights before Jehovah; at His word they go out, and at His word they come in; he, and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the company.'
22 Mose anachita monga Yehova anamulamulira. Anatenga Yoswa ndi kumuyimiritsa pamaso pa Eliezara wansembe ndi pamaso pa gulu lonse.
And Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded him, and taketh Joshua, and causeth him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the company,
23 Ndipo anamusanjika manja ndi kumupatsa mphamvu, monga Yehova ananenera kudzera mwa Mose.
and layeth his hands upon him, and chargeth him, as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses.
