Resansman 36
1 Epi chèf lakay zansèt a fis a Galaad yo, fis a Makir yo, fis a Manassé a, a zansèt a Joseph yo, te vin toupre pou te pale devan Moïse ak devan chèf yo, chèf lakay zansèt a fis Israël yo.
The family leaders of the clan of Gilead of the tribe of Manasseh went to Moses/me and the other family leaders of the Israeli people.
2 Yo te di: “SENYÈ a te kòmande mèt pa mwen an pou bay peyi a pa tiraj osò a fis Israël yo. E mèt mwen an te kòmande pa SENYÈ a pou bay eritaj a Tselophchad la, frè nou an, bay pitit fi li yo.
They said to Moses/me, “Yahweh commanded you, our leader, to apportion the land to the Israeli tribes by throwing (lots/stones that have been marked) to decide [which group would get which area]. Yahweh also commanded you to give the land that belonged to our fellow Israeli Zelophehad to his daughters.
3 Men si yo marye avèk youn nan fis nan lòt tribi fis Israël yo, eritaj yo va retire nan eritaj zansèt nou yo, e li va vin ajoute a eritaj a tribi sou sila yo vin manm nan. Konsa, l ap retire nan eritaj ki te tonbe nan dwa nou an.
But if his daughters marry men from the other Israeli tribes, that land will no longer belong to our tribe. People of other tribes will get it. So some of our land will no longer belong to us.
4 Lè jibile a rive, alò, eritaj pa yo a va ajoute a eritaj tribi kote yo manm nan. Konsa, eritaj pa yo a va retire nan eritaj tribi a zansèt nou yo.”
When the Year of Celebration comes, [when all the land that has been bought by someone is returned to its original owners], the land that belonged to Zelophehad will belong to the tribes of the men that his daughters marry. So some of our land, the land that we received from our fathers, will be taken from us, [and we will never own it again].”
5 Alò, Moïse te kòmande fis a Israël yo pa pawòl a SENYÈ a, e te di: “Sa ke tribi a fis Joseph yo di a se sa.
Yahweh told Moses/me what to reply to them, so Moses/I said this to them: “These men from the tribe of Manasseh are right.
6 Se sa ke SENYÈ a te kòmande konsènan fi a Tselophchad yo e te di: ‘Kite yo marye ak nenpòt moun ke yo vle; men fòk yo marye nan pwòp fanmi a tribi zansèt papa pa yo.
This is what Yahweh is saying to the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Each of you may marry anyone you want to, but you must marry only someone from your own tribe.’
7 Konsa, nanpwen eritaj nan fis Israël yo ki va transfere de tribi a tribi, paske fis Israël yo va chak kenbe eritaj a tribi zansèt yo.
In that way, the land that belongs to Israelis will not be passed from one tribe to another tribe. Each Israeli will keep the land in the tribe that belonged to his ancestors.
8 Chak fi ki vin posede yon eritaj nan yon tribi a fis Israël yo va madanm a yon moun ki nan fanmi tribi zansèt papa li a, pou chak fis Israël yo kapab posede eritaj a zansèt pa yo.
A woman who inherits her father’s land may get married, but she must marry someone from her own tribe. In that way, every Israeli will keep the land that belonged to his ancestors.
9 Konsa nanpwen eritaj k ap transfere de yon tribi rive nan yon lòt tribi. Paske, tribi a fis Israël yo va chak kenbe nan pwòp eritaj pa yo.’”
The land must not be passed from one tribe to another tribe. Each Israeli tribe must keep the land that it received from its ancestors.”
10 Jis jan ke SENYÈ a te kòmande Moïse la, se konsa fi a Tselophchad yo te fè:
Zelophehad’s daughters obeyed what Yahweh told Moses/me.
11 Machla, Thirtsa, Hogla, Milca, ak Noa, fi a Tselophchad yo, yo te marye avèk fis a tonton yo.
The five daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah—married their cousins, their father’s relatives.
12 Yo te marye sa yo soti nan fanmi a fis a Manassé yo, fis a Joseph la, e eritaj yo te rete avèk tribi a fanmi zansèt papa yo.
The men whom they married were from the tribe of Manasseh, so their land continued to belong to their father’s family and tribe.
13 Sa yo se kòmandman ak règleman ke SENYÈ a te kòmande a fis Israël yo pa Moïse nan plèn Moab yo akote Jourdain an, anfas Jéricho.
Those were the commands [DOU] that Yahweh gave to Moses/me to tell to the Israelis, while they/we were on the plains of the Moab region, close to the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
