Joshua 17

1 This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Makir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

١ وَهَذَا هُوَ مِيرَاثُ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى، بِكْرِ يُوسُفَ. كَانَ مَاكِيرُ بِكْرُ مَنَسَّى، هُوَ أَبُو الْجِلْعَادِيِّينَ، وَقَدْ حَصَلُوا عَلَى جِلْعَادَ وَبَاشَانَ لأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا رِجَالَ حَرْبٍ.

2 So this was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh according to their families: for the descendants of Abiezer, for the descendants of Helek, for the descendants of Asriel, for the descendants of Shechem, for the descendants of Hepher, and for the descendants of Shemida: these were the male descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.

٢ أَمَّا أَبْنَاءُ مَنَسَّى الْبَاقُونَ فَقَدْ وَرِثُوا (الأَرَاضِي الْوَاقِعَةَ غَرْبِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ) حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمِ الَّتِي هِيَ أَبْنَاءُ أَبِيعَزَرَ وَأَبْنَاءُ حَالَقَ، وَأَبْنَاءُ أَسْرِيئِيلَ، وَأَبْنَاءُ شَكَمَ، وَأَبْنَاءُ حَافَرَ، وَأَبْنَاءُ شَمِيدَاعَ. هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ أَبْنَاءُ مَنَسَّى بْنِ يُوسُفَ الذُّكُورُ حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمْ.

3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

٣ أَمَّا صَلُفْحَادُ بْنُ حَافَرَ بْنِ جِلْعَادَ بْنِ مَاكِيرَ فَلَمْ يُنْجِبْ بَنِينَ بَلْ بَنَاتٍ، وَهَذِهِ هِيَ أَسْمَاؤُهُنَّ: مَحْلَةُ وَنَوْعَةُ وَحُجْلَةُ وَمِلْكَةُ وَتِرْصَةُ.

4 They came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the leaders, saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers." Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.

٤ فَأَقْبَلْنَ عَلَى أَلِعَازَارَ الْكَاهِنِ وَيَشُوعَ بْنِ نُونٍ وَسَائِرِ الرُّؤَسَاءِ قَائِلاتٍ: «لَقَدْ أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى أَنْ يَهَبَنَا مِيرَاثاً بَيْنَ إِخْوَتِنَا». فَأَعْطَاهُنَّ نَصِيباً بَيْنَ أَعْمَامِهِنَّ كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ.

5 Ten parts fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;

٥ فَحَصَلَ سِبْطُ مَنَسَّى عَلَى عَشَرِ حِصَصٍ، فَضْلاً عَنْ أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ وَبَاشَانَ الَّتِي فِي شَرْقِيِّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ.

6 because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.

٦ لأَنَّ بَنَاتِ صَلُفْحَادَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ مَنَسَّى أَخَذْنَ نَصِيباً بَيْنَ أَبْنَاءِ مَنَسَّى، وَكَانَتْ أَرْضُ جِلْعَادَ لِبَنِي مَنَسَّى الْبَاقِينَ.

7 The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem. The border went along to the right hand to Jashub and to En Tappuah.

٧ وَامْتَدَّتْ حُدُودُ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى مِنْ أَشِيرَ إِلَى الْمَكْمَتَةِ الْمُقَابِلَةِ لِشَكِيمَ، ثُمَّ اتَّجَهَتْ جَنُوباً لِتَشْمَلَ الأَهَالِي الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي عَيْنِ تَفُّوحَ.

8 The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the descendants of Ephraim.

٨ وَكَانَ لِسِبْطِ مَنَسَّى أَرْضُ تَفُّوحَ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ تَفُّوحَ نَفْسَهَا الْوَاقِعَةَ عَلَى حُدُودِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى، كَانَتْ مِنْ نَصِيبِ سِبْطِ أَفْرَايِمَ.

9 The border went down to Wadi Kanah, southward of the wadi. These cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh was on the north side of the wadi, and ended at the sea.

٩ وَانْحَدَرَ التُّخْمُ إِلَى جَنُوبِيِّ وَادِي قَانَةَ. وَكَانَتْ هُنَاكَ مُدُنٌ تَابِعَةٌ لأَفْرَايِمَ قَائِمَةٌ بَيْنَ مُدُنِ مَنَسَّى، إِلّا أَنَّ حُدُودَ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى كَانَتْ تَبْلُغُ الْجَانِبَ الْجَنُوبِيَّ مِنَ الْوَادِي وَتَنْتَهِي بِالْبَحْرِ.

10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border. They reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east.

١٠ فَكَانَ الْقِسْمُ الْجَنُوبِيُّ مِنْ نَصِيبِ سِبْطِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَالْقِسْمُ الشِّمَالِيُّ مِنْ نَصِيبِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى، يَحُدُّهُمَا مِنَ الْغَرْبِ الْبَحْرُ الْمُتَوَسِّطُ. وَبَلَغَتْ حُدُودُ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى أَرْضَ سِبْطِ أَشِيرَ شِمَالاً وَأَرْضَ سِبْطِ يَسَّاكَرَ شَرْقاً.

11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher, Beth Shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; three regions.

١١ وَكَانَ لِسِبْطِ مَنَسَّى مُدُنٌ مُنْتَشِرَةٌ فِي أَرْضِ يَسَّاكَرَ، هِيَ بَيْتُ شَانَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَبَيْلَعَامُ وَقُرَاهَا، وَأَهْلُ دُوَرٍ وَقُرَاهَا، وَأَهْلُ عَيْنِ دُوَرٍ وَقُرَاهَا، وَأَهْلُ تَعْنَكَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَأَهْلُ مَجِدُّو وَقُرَاهَا الْقَائِمَةُ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الثَّلاثِ.

12 Yet the descendants of Manasseh couldn't drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

١٢ وَلَمْ يَتَمَكَّنْ أَبْنَاءُ مَنَسَّى مِنِ امْتِلاكِ هَذِهِ الْمُدُنِ، فَعَوَّلَ الْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ عَلَى اسْتِيْطَانِهَا.

13 It happened, when the children of Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.

١٣ وَعِنْدَمَا عَظُمَتْ قُوَّةُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ وَضَعُوا الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ تَحْتَ الْجِزْيَةِ وَلَمْ يَنْفُوهُمْ مِنْهَا.

14 The descendants of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given me just one lot and one part for an inheritance, since I am a great people, because the LORD has blessed me so far?"

١٤ وَقَالَ أَبْنَاءُ يُوسُفَ لِيَشُوعَ: «لِمَاذَا وَهَبْتَنَا نَصِيباً وَاحِداً وَحِصَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَنَحْنُ شَعْبٌ وَافِرُ الْعَدَدِ، إِذْ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ بَارَكَنَا حَتَّى الآنَ؟»

15 Joshua said to them, "If you are a great people, go up to the forest, and clear land for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you."

١٥ فَأَجَابَهُمْ يَشُوعُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُمْ حَقّاً كَثِيرِي الْعَدَدِ وَقَدْ ضَاقَ بِكُمْ جَبَلُ أَفْرَايِمَ، فَاصْعَدُوا إِلَى الأَرَاضِي الْوَعْرَةِ حَيْثُ يُقِيمُ الْفِرِزِّيُّونَ وَالرَّفَائِيُّونَ وَاقْتَطِعُوا لَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِهِمْ مَا يَكْفِيكُمْ».

16 The descendants of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us. All the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth Shean and its towns, and those who are in the Valley of Jezreel."

١٦ فَقَالَ بَنُو يُوسُفَ: «إِنَّ الأَرَاضِي الْجَبَلِيَّةَ لَا تَكْفِينَا، وَالْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ الْقَاطِنُونَ فِي السُّهُولِ فِي بَيْتِ شَانَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَفِي وَادِي يِزْرَعِيلَ يَمْلِكُونَ مَرْكَبَاتٍ حَدِيدِيَّةً».

17 Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, "You are a great people, and have great power. You shall not have one lot only;

١٧ فَأَجَابَهُمْ يَشُوعُ: «أَنْتُمْ حَقّاً كَثِيرُو الْعَدَدِ كَمَا أَنَّكُمْ مُحَارِبُونَ أَشِدَّاءُ، فَلْيَكُنْ لَكُمْ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ نَصِيبٍ وَاحِدٍ.

18 but the hill country shall be yours. Although it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and its farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong."

١٨ لِيَكُنْ لَكُمُ الْجَبَلُ أَيْضاً لأَنَّهُ وَعْرٌ، فَاسْتَوْلُوا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى آخِرِ حُدُودِهِ. وَيُمْكِنُكُمْ طَرْدُ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ مِنْهُ عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ بَأْسِهِمْ وَمَرْكَبَاتِهِمِ الْحَدِيدِيَّةِ».