4 Mosebok 36
1 Husfederne åt Gileads-folket, som var ætta frå Makir, son åt Manasse, og høyrde til Josefs-ætterne, gjekk fram og tala so til Moses og styresmennerne, ættehovdingarne åt Israels-folket:
The heads of the fathers’ households of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the princes, the heads of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel.
2 «Herren sagde, at du skulle byta landet i luter og lata Israels-sønerne draga strå um luterne, og han sagde at du skulde lata døtterne åt Selofhad, frenden vår, få eigedomen etter far sin.
They said, “The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel. My lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
3 Men vert no dei gifte med menner av dei andre Israels-ætterne, so gjeng eigedomen deira ifrå vår ætt, og jordi åt den ætti dei kjem inn i aukar, men vår ættarjord minkar.
If they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall belong. So it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.
4 Og når jubelåret kjem hjå Israels-folket, so vert eigedomen åt desse gjentorne lagd til den ætti som dei hev kome inn i, og teken ifrå vår ætt.»
When the jubilee of the children of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall belong. So their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”
5 Då tala Moses til Israels-sønerne, so som Herren hadde sagt honom fyre: «Det er rett som Josefs-sønerne segjer;
Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the LORD’s word, saying, “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speak what is right.
6 Høyr no kva Herrens vilje er med døtterne åt Selofhad: dei kann gifta seg med kven dei vil, men det lyt vera innan fedreætti deira.
This is the thing which the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them be married to whom they think best, only they shall marry into the family of the tribe of their father.
7 For ingen eigedom må hjå Israels-folket ganga yver frå ei ætt til ei onnor. Alle Israels-sønerne skal halda på eigedomen åt fedreætti si.
So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel move from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall all keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
8 Og kvar ei dotter som erver jord i eit av Israelsfylki, lyt gifta seg med ein frå same fylket, so kvar Israelsson kann erva odelsjordi etter federne sine,
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 each possess the inheritance of his fathers.
9 og ingen eigedom skal ganga yver frå ei ætt til ei onnor, men alle Israels-ætterne halda på eigedomen sin.»
So shall no inheritance move from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall each keep his own inheritance.’”
10 Og døtterne åt Selofhad gjorde som Herren hadde sagt til Moses.
The daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD commanded Moses:
11 Mahla og Tirsa og Hogla og Milka og Noa, alle døtterne åt Selofhad, gifte seg med frendar;
for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father’s brothers’ sons.
12 med menner som var ætta frå Manasse, son åt Josef, gifte dei seg, so odelen deira kom til å fylgja den ætti dei høyrde til.
They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph. Their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
13 Dette var dei bodi og loverne som Herren let Moses kunngjera for Israels-folket på Moabmoarne ved Jordanelvi der ho renn frammed Jeriko.
These are the commandments and the ordinances which the LORD commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
