Numbers 36
1 And the heads of the tribe of the sons of Galaad the son of Machir the son of Manasse, of the tribe of the sons of Joseph, drew near, and spoke before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the heads of the houses of the families of the children of Israel:
那時若瑟後裔的家族中，有默納協的子孫，瑪基爾的兒子基肋阿得子孫的家族首領，來到梅瑟和叵子民各家族的首領前說：
2 and they said, The Lord commanded our lord to render the land of inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and the Lord appointed our lord to give the inheritance of Salpaad our brother to his daughters.
「上主吩咐我主，以抽籤來分給以色列子民土地為產業，我主又領了木的保，將我們兄弟責羅斐哈得的產業，分給他的女兒們。
3 And they will become wives in one of the tribes of the children of Israel; so their inheritance shall be taken away from the possession of our fathers, and shall be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which the women shall marry, and shall be taken away from the portion of our inheritance.
現在，如果她們嫁給了以色列子民另一支派的人，她們的產業就脫離了我們祖先的產業，而加在所嫁給的那一支派的產業上：這樣，我們抽籤分得的產業就減少了。
4 And if there shall be a release of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which the women marry, and their inheritance, shall be taken away from the inheritance of our family's tribe.
甚至一到以色列子民的喜年，她們的產業仍舊加在所嫁的那一支派的產業內，我們祖先支派的產業就減少了她們那一份」。
5 And Moses charged the children of Israel by the commandment of the Lord, saying, Thus says the tribe of the children of Joseph.
梅瑟依上主的指示訓令以色列子民說：「若瑟子孫支派說的有理。
6 This [is] the thing which the Lord has appointed the daughters of Salpaad, saying, Let them marry where they please, only let them marry [men] of their father's tribe.
上主對於責羅斐哈得的女兒們這樣這樣吩咐說：她們可任意嫁給自己所喜愛的人，但只應嫁給屬於自己祖先支派的人。
7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel go about from tribe to tribe, for the children of Israel shall steadfastly continue each in the inheritance of his family's tribe.
以色列子民的產業不可由一支派轉移至另一支派，因為以色列子民每人應固守自己祖先支派的產業。
8 And whatever daughter is heiress to a property of the tribes of the children Israel, [such] women shall be married each to one of her father's tribe, that the sons of Israel may each inherit the property of his father's tribe.
以色列子民支派中，凡繼承產業的子女，應嫁給她祖先支派的人為妻，好使每個以色列子民能固守祖先的產業。
9 And the inheritance shall not go about from one tribe to another, but the children of Israel shall steadfastly continue each in his own inheritance.
這樣產業就不會由一支派轉移至另一支派，因為以色列子民各支派應固守自己的產業」。
10 As the Lord commanded Moses, so did they to the daughters of Salpaad.
上主怎樣吩咐了梅瑟，責羅斐哈得的女兒們就怎樣做了。
11 So Thersa, and Egla, and Melcha, and Nua, and Malaa, the daughters of Salpaad, married their cousins;
責羅斐哈得的女兒：瑪赫拉、提爾匝、曷米革拉、米耳加和諾阿，嫁給了自己叔伯的兒子們，
12 they were married [to men] of the tribe of Manasse of the sons of Joseph; and their inheritance was attached to the tribe of their father's family.
即嫁給了若瑟的兒子默納協子孫家族的人：如此她們的產業仍留在她們祖先家族的支派內。
13 These [are] the commandments, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, at the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho.
這是上主在耶利哥對面，約旦河邊，摩阿布曠野內，藉梅瑟向以色列子民所頒佈的誡命和規則。
