Joshua 17
1 And then came the lot for the tribe of Menasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph: to wit, for Machir the first-born of Menasseh, the father of Gil'ad; because he was a man of war, therefore he obtained Gil'ad and Bashan.
默納協是若瑟的長子，他的支派抽籤分得了一份土地。默納協的長子，基肋阿得的父親瑪基爾，因為是個戰士，分得了基肋阿得和巴商。
2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Menasseh after their families; for the children of Abi'ezer, and for the children of Chelek, and for the children of Assriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Chepher, and for the children of Shemida': these were the male children of Menasseh the son of Joseph after their families.
默納協的其餘子孫，赫肋克的子孫，阿斯黎耳的子孫，舍根的子孫，赫斐爾的子孫，舍米達的子孫：這些人按照家族，都是若瑟之子默納協後代的男丁。
3 But Zelophchad, the son of Chepher, the son of Gil'ad, the son of Machir, the son of Menasseh, had no sons, but only daughters, and these are the names of his daughters, Machlah, and No'ah, Choglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
但是默納協的玄孫，瑪基爾的曾孫，基肋阿得的鯀子，赫斐爾的兒子，責羅斐哈得沒有兒子，只有女兒，他的女兒名叫瑪赫拉、米耳加和提爾匝。
4 And they came near before Elazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give unto us an inheritance among our brethren. And he gave them, according to the order of the Lord, an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
她們來到司祭厄肋阿責爾和農的兒子若蘇厄、並首領們面前說：「上主曾吩咐過梅瑟，在我們弟兄們中，也分給我們一份產業。」若蘇厄遂照上主所吩咐的，使她們在伯叔中間，也分得了一份產業。
5 And there fell ten portions of Menasseh, beside the lands of Gil'ad and Bashan, which were on the other side of the Jordan;
這樣，除約旦河東的基肋阿得和巴商二地外，尚有十分歸屬於默納協，
6 Because the daughters of Menasseh obtained an inheritance among his sons: and the land of Gil'ad belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
因為默納協的孫女，在默納協的孫子中也獲得產業；不過基肋阿得屬於默納協其餘的子孫。
7 And the boundary of Menasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, that lieth before Shechem; and the boundary went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of 'En-tappuach.
默納協的地界，是從阿協爾起，到舍根對面的米革默塔特，再折向南，直達雅史布和恩塔普亞。
8 To Menasseh belonged the land of Tappuach; but Tappuach on the borders of Menasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
普亞地歸默納協，但默納協邊界上的特普亞城，卻屬厄弗辣因子孫。
9 And the boundary descended unto the brook Kanah, southward of the brook; these cities belonging to Ephraim are in the midst of the cities of Menasseh; and the boundary of Menasseh was on the north side of the river, and its terminations were toward the sea:
邊界由此向下伸至卡納谷；谷南的成市屬厄弗辣因，是厄弗辣因在默納協城市所有的城市。默納協的境界是由谷北，直到大海。
10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Menasseh's, and the sea was [there] his boundary; and on Asher they touched on the north, and on Issachar on the east.
南面屬厄弗辣因，北面屬默納協，以海為界；北接阿協爾，東部鄰依撒加爾。
11 And to Menasseh belonged in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Yible'am and its towns, together with the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of 'En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Ta'anach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, namely the three districts.
默納協在依撒加爾和阿協爾境內，有貝特商和所屬村鎮；依貝肋罕和所屬村鎮，多爾居民和所屬村鎮，還有恩多爾居民和所屬村鎮，塔納客居民和所屬村鎮，默基多居民和所屬村鎮，共三區。
12 Yet the children of Menasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of these cities; but the Canaanites succeeded to dwell in this land;
但是默納協子孫未能將這些城中的土人趕走，客納罕人仍然居住在這地區內。
13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were become strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but they did not drive them out.
當以色列子民強冊盛以後，迫使客納罕人做苦工，卻沒有將他們完全趕走。
14 And the children of Joseph spoke unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance, seeing I am a numerous people, to which extent the Lord hath hitherto blessed me?
若瑟的子孫對若蘇厄說：「上主這樣祝福我們，我們又是人數最多的一族，你為什麼只叫我們抽一籤，分一份土地作產業呢﹖
15 And Joshua said unto them, If thou art a numerous people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down [a space] for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, if the mountain of Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
若蘇厄對他們說：「如果你們人數眾多，厄弗辣因為你們太癥狹小，可甘培黎齊人和勒法因人的地方去，砍伐森林中的樹木。」
16 And the children of Joseph said, The mountain will not be enough for us; and chariots of iron are belonging to all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley, to those who are at Beth-shean and its towns, and to those who are in the valley of Yizre'el.
若瑟的子孫回答說：「這山區為我們仍不夠，何況住在盆地，即住在貝特商和所屬村鎮，以及住在依次勒耳盆地的一切客納罕人，都擁有鐵車。」
17 And Joshua said unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Menasseh, as followeth, Thou art a numerous people, and hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only;
若蘇厄對若瑟家，即對厄弗辣因和默納協人說：「你們人數眾多，勢力強大，不能只抽一籤，
18 But the mountain shall be thine; it is indeed a wood, yet thou canst cut it down; and the terminations of it shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, though they be strong.
因此，山地也應歸於你們；那裏雖是森林，盡可砍伐，開闢的土地自然歸於你們。客納罕人雖然擁有鐵車，勢力強大，但你們必能將他們趕走。」
