Numbers 27
1 Then came the daughters of Salphaad, the son of Hepher, the son of Galaad, the son of Machir, the son of Manasses, who was the son of Joseph: and their names are Maala, and Noa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and Thersa.
Kisah wakaja kwa Musa binti wa Zelofehadi mwana wa Hefa mwana wa Gilied mwana wa Machiri mwana wa Manase, wa ukoo wa Manase mwana wa Yusufu. Hawa ndio waliokuwa binti zake: Mahala, Noha, Hogla, Milika, na Tiriza.
2 And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the people at the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and said:
Walisimama mbele ya Musa, Eliazari kuhani, kwa. viongozi, na mbele ya watu wote langoni mwa hema ya kukutania. Walisema,
3 Our father died in the desert, and was not in the sedition, that was raised against the Lord under Core, but he died in his own sin: and he had no male children. Why is his name taken away out of his family, because he had no son? Give us a possession among the kinsmen of our father.
“Baba yetu alifia jangwani. Hakuwa mmoja wa wale waliompinga BWANA katika lile kundi la Kora. Alikufa kwa dhambi zake, na hakuwa na watoto wa kiume.
4 And Moses referred their cause to the judgment of the Lord.
Kwa nini jina la baba yetu liondolewe mioingoni mwa ukoo wa jamaa zake kwa sababu ya kukosa wana? Tupeni ardhi miongoni mwa ndugu wa baba zetu.”
5 And the Lord said to him:
Kwa hiyo Musa alileta shauri hilo mbele za BWANA.
6 The daughters of Salphaad demand a just thing: Give them a possession among their father’s kindred, and let them succeed him in his inheritance.
BWANA akanena na Musa akamwambia, “Binti wa
7 And to the children of Israel thou shalt speak these things:
Zelofehadi wanasema kitu sahihi. Lazima uwaptie ardhi kama urithi miongoni mwa ndugu wa baba zao, na uhakikishe kuwa urithi wa baba zao wanapata.
8 When a man dieth without a son, his inheritance shall pass to his daughter.
Utawaambia wana wa Israeli na kusema, 'Kama mtu anakufa na hana mtoto wa kiume, basi utaufanya urithi wake wapewe binti zake.
9 If he have no daughter, his brethren shall succeed him.
Kama hana binti, basi urithi wake atapewa kaka zake.
10 And if he have no brethren, you shall give the inheritance to his father’s brethren.
Kama hana kaka zake basi huo urithi watapewa ndugu wa baba yake.
11 But if he have no uncles by the father, the inheritance shall be given to them that are the next akin. And this shall be to the children of Israel sacred by a perpetual law, as the Lord hath commanded Moses.
Kama baba yake hana ndugu, basi huo urithi atapewa ndugu yake wa karibu katika ukoo, na utauchukua kuwa wake. Hii itakuwa sheria iliyoanzishwa kwa amri kwa ajili ya watu wa Israeli kama BWANA akivyoniamuru.”
12 The Lord also said to Moses: Go up into this mountain Abarim, and view from thence the land which I will give to the children of Israel.
BWANA alimwamia Musa, “Nenda juu ya mlima Abaraimu na uitazama nchi ambyo nimewapa wana wa Israeli.
13 And when thou shalt have seen it, thou also shalt go to thy people, as thy brother Aaron is gone:
Baada ya kuwa umeiona, pia lazima ufe, kama Haruni kaka yako.
14 Because you offended me in the desert of Sin in the contradiction of the multitude, neither would you sanctify me before them at the waters. These are the waters of contradiction in Cades of the desert of Sin.
Hii itatokea kwa sababu ulipinga amri yangu katika jangwa la Sini. Pale ambapo maji yalitoka kwenye mwamba, katika hasira yako ulishindwa kuniheshimu mimi kama mtakatifu mbele ya macho ya watu wote.” Haya ni yale maji ya Meriba ya Kadeshi katika jangwa la Sini.
15 And Moses answered him:
Ndipo Musa akamwambia BWANA akisema,
16 May the Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh provide a man, that may be over this multitude:
“Wewe, BWANA, Mungu wa wote wenye mwili, uchague mtu awe juu ya watu,
17 And may go out and in before them, and may lead them out, or bring them in: lest the people of the Lord be as sheep without a shepherd.
mtu ambaye atatoka na kuingia kuja kwao na kuwatoa kisha kuwarudisha, ili kwamba watu wako wasije kuwa kama kondoo wasiokuwa na mchungaji.”
18 And the Lord said to him: Take Josue the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and put thy hand upon him.
BWANA akanena na Musa, “Mchukue Joshua mwana wa Nuni, mtu ambaye Roho yangu hukaa, na umwekee mikono yako juu yake.
19 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest and all the multitude:
Umweke mbele ya Eliazari kuhani na mbele ya watu wote, na umwamuru kuwaongoza mbele ya macho yao.
20 And thou shalt give him precepts in the sight of all, and part of thy glory, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may hear him.
Utaweka baadhi ya mamlaka yako kwake, ili kwamba watu wote wa Isareli wamtii.
21 If any thing be to be done, Eleazar the priest shall consult the Lord for him. He and all the children of Israel with him, and the rest of the multitude shall go out and go in at his word.
Ataenda mbele ya Eliazari kuhani ili kutafuta mapenzi yangu kwake kwa ajili ya maamuzi ya kura. Yeye ndiyo atakayetoa amri ili watu kutoka na kuingia, yeye pamoja na watu wa Israeli, ambao ni watu wote.”
22 Moses did as the Lord had commanded. And when he had taken Josue, he set him before Eleazar the priest, and all the assembly of the people,
Kwa hiyo Musa akafanya kama alivyoagizwa na BWANA. Alimchukua Joshua na kumweka mbele ya Eliazari kuhani na mbele ya jamii yote.
23 And laying his hands on his head, he repeated all things that the Lord had commanded.
Akaweka mikono yake juuy ake na kumwamuru aongoze, kama BWANA alivyokuwa amemwamuru kufanya.
