Oekyuk 36
1 Mwet nukewa su sifen sou ke sou lulap lun Gilead, wen natul Machir ac nutin natul Manasseh wen natul Joseph, elos som nu yorol Moses ac mwet kol saya.
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 Elos fahk, “LEUM GOD El sap kom in kitalik facl se inge nu sin mwet Israel ke fa. El oayapa sapkin nu sum in sang acn lun Zelophehad, mwet wiasr, nu sin acn natul.
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 Tusruktu, esam lah elos fin payukyak sin mukul in siena sruf, na acn lalos ac fah ma lac lun sruf sac, ac lupa nufon se ituku lasr inge ac srikeni.
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 Ke Yac in Folokyang — pacl se ma acn nukewa ma tuh kukakinyukla ac enenu in sifilpa utukeni nu yurin mwet ma la meet ah — na mwe usru lun acn natul Zelophehad ac tuh weang acn lun sruf ma elos payuk nu se nwe tok, na ac fah wanginla liki acn lasr uh.”
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 Ke ma inge Moses el fahk nu sin mwet Israel ma LEUM GOD El sapkin inge. El fahk, “Ma mwet in sruf lal Manasseh inge fahk uh pwaye.
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 Ouinge LEUM GOD El fahk mu acn natul Zelophehad elos sukosok in payuk sin kutena mwet elos lungse, tusruktu inmasrlon na mwet in sruf lalos sifacna.
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 Acn sin mwet Israel nukewa ac fah karinginyuk tuh in oanna ke sruf lal.
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 Mutan nukewa ma oasr mwe usru lal ke sie sruf lun Israel, enenu na in payuk sin sie mukul in sruf sacn. In ouiya se inge kais sie mwet Israel fah usrui acn lun papa matu tumal.
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 Na acn uh ac tia som liki sie sruf nu ke sie pacna sruf. Kais sie sruf ac fah sruokyana acn lal uh.”
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 Acn natul Zelophehad elos oru oana ma LEUM GOD El sapkin nu sel Moses.
Zelophehad’s daughters obeyed what Yahweh told Moses/me.
11 Ouinge Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, ac Noah, eltal payukyak sin wen nutin tamulel lun papa tumalos.
The five daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah—married their cousins, their father’s relatives.
12 Elos payuk sin mwet in sruf lun fwilin tulik natul Manasseh wen natul Joseph, ac acn selos uh oanna in sruf lun papa tumalos.
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 Pa inge ma sap ac ma oakwuk ma LEUM GOD El sapkin nu sel Moses, su ma nu sin mwet Israel, in acn mwesis lun Moab sisken infacl Jordan tulanang acn Jericho.
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.
