Joshua 17
1 [This is a list of] the land that was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh. Manasseh’s oldest son was Makir and his grandson was Gilead. Makir’s descendants were great warriors, so the lands in the Gilead and Bashan regions were allotted to their clan.
So fekk Manasse-ætti sin lut; for Manasse var eldste son åt Josef. Makir, eldste son åt Manasse og far åt Gilead, var ein gjæv stridsmann; difor fekk han Gilead og Basanlandet.
2 Land was also allotted to the other clans of the tribe of Manasseh: The clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida.
Dei andre Manasse-sønerne fekk og land, kvar ættgrein for seg: borni åt Abiezer og sønerne åt Helek og borni åt Asriel og sønerne åt Sekem og sønerne åt Hefer og sønerne åt Semida; det var borni åt Manasse, son åt Josef, og ættgreinerne deira på mannssida.
3 Hepher’s son Zelophehad had no sons, but he had five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Men Selofhad, son åt Hefer, som var son åt Gilead og soneson åt Makir, son åt Manasse, hadde ingi søner, berre døtter; og døtterne heitte Mahla og Noa og Hogla og Milka og Tirsa.
4 They went to Eleazar the Supreme Priest, and to Joshua and to the other Israeli leaders. They said, “[We want you to give us some land, because] Yahweh told Moses that he should give to us some land, just like you gave to the men.” So Eleazar did what Yahweh had commanded, and he allotted to them some land, just like he allotted to their uncles.
Dei gjekk fram for Eleazar, øvstepresten, og Josva Nunsson og hovdingarne, og tala so: «Herren sagde til Moses at han skulde gjeva oss odelsjord tilliks med frendarne våre.» So fekk dei odelsjord tilliks med farbrørne sine, soleis som Herren hadde sagt.
5 So the tribe of Manasseh eventually had ten sections [of land west of the Jordan River] and [two sections, ] Gilead and Bashan, on the east side of the Jordan [River].
Det var ti partar som fall på Manasse, umfram Gilead- og Basanlandet austanfor Jordan;
6 So those female descendants of Manasseh also were allotted land [on the west side of the river] just like the men were allotted. The other parts of the Gilead area were allotted to the male descendants of Manasseh.
for døtterne åt Manasse fekk odel tilliks med sønerne hans. Men Gileadlandet hadde dei andre Manasse-ætterne fenge.
7 The land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh was between the land where the tribe of Asher lives and Michmethath [town], near Shechem [city]. The border extended south to the Tappuah Spring.
Fylkesdeilet åt Manasse gjekk frå Aser til Mikmetat, som ligg midt for Sikem; so tok bytestrengen til høgre til En-Tappuahgrenderne.
8 The land near the Tappuah area belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah, which was at the border of the land that was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh, was allotted to the tribe of Ephraim.
Manasse fekk Tappuahbygdi; men Efraims-sønerne fekk byen; han låg tett innåt Manasseskiftet.
9 The border [of the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh] extended south to Kanah Gorge. From there it extended [west] along the north side of the gorge and ended at the [Mediterranean] Sea.
So gjekk fylkesdeilet ned til Kanabekken, på sudsida av bekken; men byarne der høyrde Efraim til, endå dei låg millom Manassebyarne. Sidan gjekk fylkesdeilet åt Manasse på nordsida av bekken, til det enda utmed havet;
10 The land on the south side of the gorge belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, and the land on the north side belonged to the tribe of Manasseh. The western border of the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh was the [Mediterranean] Sea. To the north, the border of their land extended from the land allotted to the tribe of Asher [at the northwest] to the land allotted to the tribe of Issachar [at the northeast.]
Efraim fekk det som var sunnanfor, og Manasse det som var nordanfor. So var havet grensa, og sidan skifte dei med Aser i nord og med Issakar i aust.
11 But there are cities inside the area allotted to the tribes of Issachar and Asher. Those cities, along with their surrounding villages, were allotted to people from the tribe of Manasseh. These cities are Beth-Shan, Ibleam, Dor (which is also named Naphoth-Dor, ) Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo.
I Issakarsfylket og i Asersfylket fekk Manasse Bet-Sean med bygderne ikring, og Jibleam med bygderne ikring, og Dor med grender og bygder, og En-Dor med grender og bygder, og Ta’anak med grender og bygder, og Megiddo med grender og bygder, alt som låg under dei tri høgderne.
12 The men of the tribe of Manasseh were not able to force the people who lived in those cities to leave, so the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live in those cities.
Men Manasse-sønerne vann ikkje taka desse byarne, og kananitarne fekk tak til å halda seg der i landet.
13 But [years later] when the Israelis became better [warriors], they forced the Canaan people-group to work for them as slaves, although they did not force them to leave the land.
Då Israels-sønerne vart sterkare, nøydde dei kananitarne til å træla for seg, men dreiv deim ut gjorde dei ikkje.
14 The people of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh said to Joshua, “You allotted to us only one area of land, but there are a lot of us. Yahweh has blessed us very much [with the result that our tribe has grown very large]. So why did you give us only a small part of the land [RHQ]?”
Josefs-sønerne kom til Josva og sagde: «Kvi hev du gjeve oss berre ein lut til odel og eiga? Me er då eit mannsterkt folk, etter di Herren til dessa hev velsigna oss.»
15 Joshua replied to them, “[I agree that] you do not have enough land in the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim. So, since you have a lot of people, I will allot more land to you, in the hilly region. But you will have to [cut down the trees] in the forest [and] make a place for yourselves in the land where the Periz and Repha people-groups live.”
«Er de so fjølmente, » sagde Josva, «so gakk upp i skogen, og ryd dykk jord der i Perizit- og Refaitlandet, sidan Efraimsheidi er for trong for dykk.»
16 The people of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh replied, “It is true that the land in the hilly area is not big enough for us, but the Canaan people-group who live in the lowlands, in Beth-Shan and the surrounding villages in that area, and in the Jezreel Valley, have iron chariots, [so we will not be able to defeat them]!”
«Heidi rekk ikkje til for oss, » svara Josef-sønerne, «og alle kananitarne som bur i dalbygderne, hev jarnvogner, både dei i Bet-Sean og grenderne der ikring, og dei på Jizre’elsletta.»
17 Joshua replied to them, “Your tribe is very numerous and very powerful. So I will allot more land for you in the hilly area,
Då sagde Josva til Josefs-ætti, Efraim og Manasse: «Mykje folk hev du, og sterk er du! Du skal få meir enn ein lut.
18 but you will have to cut down the trees in order to make a place for you to live. [It is true that] the Canaan people-group are strong and have iron chariots, but you will be able to force them to leave that valley.”
Men det er ei fjellbygd du fær; det er skog der, og den lyt du hogga, og landet skal vera ditt til ytste endarne; for kananitarne skal du driva ut, endå dei hev jarnvogner, og endå dei er sterke.»
