Numbers 36

1 The heads of the ancestral houses of the family of the people of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the leaders, the heads of the ancestral houses of the children of Israel.

Kisha wale viongozi wa nyumba za mababa wa ukoo wa Gileadi mwana wa Machiri (ambaye alikuwa mwana wa Manase), ambao walikuwa wa ukoo wa uzao wa Yusufu, walikuja wakasema mbele za Musa na mbele za vionigozi wa familia za mababa wa watu wa Israeli.

2 And they said, "YHWH commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by YHWH to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

Wakasema, “BWANA alikuamuru, wewe bwana wetu, kutupa mgawo wa ardhi kwa kura kwa wana wa Israeli. Uliamuriwa na BWANA kutoa mgawo wa Zerofehadi kaka yetu kwa binti zake.

3 If they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.

Lakini hawa binti wameolewa na wanaume toka kabila zingine za wana wa Israeli, basi mgawo wao wa ardhi utaondolewa kutoka kwenye mgawo wa mababa zao. Utaongezwa kwenye mgawo wa makabila ambayo wao wanaungana nao. Kwa sababu hiyo, Utaondolewa kwenye mgawo uliopangwa kwenye urithi wetu.

4 When the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers."

Kwa sababu hiyo, wakati wa mwaka wa yubilee ya wana wa Israeli utakapofika, mgawo wao utaunganishwa na kabila ile waliyoungana nao. Kwa sababu hii mgawo wao utaondolewa kwenye mgawo wa mababa zetu.”

5 Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of YHWH, saying, "The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks right.

Basi Musa akawapa amri wana wa Israeli, kwa neno la BWANA. Akasema, “Kile wanachosema watu wa kabila la Yusufu kiko sahihi.

6 This is the thing which YHWH does command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.

Hiki ndicho BWANA anaagiza kuhusu mabinti wa Zelofehadi. Anasema, 'Acha waolewa na wale ambao wao wanaofikri ni vizuri zaidi, lakini lazima waolewe ndani ya kabila ya baba yao.'

7 So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall all keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

Hakuna mgawo wa watu utakaobadilika kutoka kabila moja kwenda jingine. Kila mtu wa Israeli ataendelea na mgawo wa kabila ya baba y ake.

8 Every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.

Kila mwanamke wa watu wa Israeli aliye na mgao kwenye kabila lake lazima aolewe na mtu wa ukoo unaotoka kwenye kabila la baba yake. Hii itafanyika hivyo ili kila mtu wa wana wa Israeli aweze kuwa na urithi kutoka kwa mababa zake.

9 So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall each keep his own inheritance."

Hakuna mgawo utakaobadilika kutoka kabila nyingine kwenda kabila nyingine. Kila mtu wa kabila za watu wa Israeli atalinda urithi wake.”

10 The daughters of Zelophehad did as YHWH commanded Moses:

Kwa hiyo wale binti wa Zelofehadi walifanya kama vile BWANA alivyokuwa amemwamuru Musa. Mahila, Tiriza, Hogila, Milika, na Noha, binti za

11 for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father's brothers' sons.

Zelofehadi, waliolewa na wana wa uzao wa Manase.

12 They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

Waliolewa katika koo za uzao wa Manase mwana wa Yusufu. Kwa sababu hii, urithi wao ulibaki kwenye kabila la ukoo ambalo baba yao alikuwa anatoka.

13 These are the commandments and the ordinances which YHWH commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

Hizi ndizo amri na maagizo ambayo BWANAaliyatoa kupitia Musa kwa wana wa Israeli katika nyanda za Moabu karibu na Yorodani huko Yeriko.