Hesabu 27
1 Kisah wakaja kwa Musa binti wa Zelofehadi mwana wa Hefa mwana wa Gilied mwana wa Machiri mwana wa Manase, wa ukoo wa Manase mwana wa Yusufu. Hawa ndio waliokuwa binti zake: Mahala, Noha, Hogla, Milika, na Tiriza.
Then came the daughters of Salphaad, the son of Hepher, the son of Galaad, the son of Machir, the son of Manasses, who was the son of Joseph: and their names are Maala, and Noa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and Thersa.
2 Walisimama mbele ya Musa, Eliazari kuhani, kwa. viongozi, na mbele ya watu wote langoni mwa hema ya kukutania. Walisema,
And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the people at the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and said:
3 “Baba yetu alifia jangwani. Hakuwa mmoja wa wale waliompinga BWANA katika lile kundi la Kora. Alikufa kwa dhambi zake, na hakuwa na watoto wa kiume.
Our father died in the desert, and was not in the sedition, that was raised against the Lord under Core, but he died in his own sin: and he had no male children. Why is his name taken away out of his family, because he had no son? Give us a possession among the kinsmen of our father.
4 Kwa nini jina la baba yetu liondolewe mioingoni mwa ukoo wa jamaa zake kwa sababu ya kukosa wana? Tupeni ardhi miongoni mwa ndugu wa baba zetu.”
And Moses referred their cause to the judgment of the Lord.
5 Kwa hiyo Musa alileta shauri hilo mbele za BWANA.
And the Lord said to him:
6 BWANA akanena na Musa akamwambia, “Binti wa
The daughters of Salphaad demand a just thing: Give them a possession among their father’s kindred, and let them succeed him in his inheritance.
7 Zelofehadi wanasema kitu sahihi. Lazima uwaptie ardhi kama urithi miongoni mwa ndugu wa baba zao, na uhakikishe kuwa urithi wa baba zao wanapata.
And to the children of Israel thou shalt speak these things:
8 Utawaambia wana wa Israeli na kusema, 'Kama mtu anakufa na hana mtoto wa kiume, basi utaufanya urithi wake wapewe binti zake.
When a man dieth without a son, his inheritance shall pass to his daughter.
9 Kama hana binti, basi urithi wake atapewa kaka zake.
If he have no daughter, his brethren shall succeed him.
10 Kama hana kaka zake basi huo urithi watapewa ndugu wa baba yake.
And if he have no brethren, you shall give the inheritance to his father’s brethren.
11 Kama baba yake hana ndugu, basi huo urithi atapewa ndugu yake wa karibu katika ukoo, na utauchukua kuwa wake. Hii itakuwa sheria iliyoanzishwa kwa amri kwa ajili ya watu wa Israeli kama BWANA akivyoniamuru.”
But if he have no uncles by the father, the inheritance shall be given to them that are the next akin. And this shall be to the children of Israel sacred by a perpetual law, as the Lord hath commanded Moses.
12 BWANA alimwamia Musa, “Nenda juu ya mlima Abaraimu na uitazama nchi ambyo nimewapa wana wa Israeli.
The Lord also said to Moses: Go up into this mountain Abarim, and view from thence the land which I will give to the children of Israel.
13 Baada ya kuwa umeiona, pia lazima ufe, kama Haruni kaka yako.
And when thou shalt have seen it, thou also shalt go to thy people, as thy brother Aaron is gone:
14 Hii itatokea kwa sababu ulipinga amri yangu katika jangwa la Sini. Pale ambapo maji yalitoka kwenye mwamba, katika hasira yako ulishindwa kuniheshimu mimi kama mtakatifu mbele ya macho ya watu wote.” Haya ni yale maji ya Meriba ya Kadeshi katika jangwa la Sini.
Because you offended me in the desert of Sin in the contradiction of the multitude, neither would you sanctify me before them at the waters. These are the waters of contradiction in Cades of the desert of Sin.
15 Ndipo Musa akamwambia BWANA akisema,
And Moses answered him:
16 “Wewe, BWANA, Mungu wa wote wenye mwili, uchague mtu awe juu ya watu,
May the Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh provide a man, that may be over this multitude:
17 mtu ambaye atatoka na kuingia kuja kwao na kuwatoa kisha kuwarudisha, ili kwamba watu wako wasije kuwa kama kondoo wasiokuwa na mchungaji.”
And may go out and in before them, and may lead them out, or bring them in: lest the people of the Lord be as sheep without a shepherd.
18 BWANA akanena na Musa, “Mchukue Joshua mwana wa Nuni, mtu ambaye Roho yangu hukaa, na umwekee mikono yako juu yake.
And the Lord said to him: Take Josue the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and put thy hand upon him.
19 Umweke mbele ya Eliazari kuhani na mbele ya watu wote, na umwamuru kuwaongoza mbele ya macho yao.
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest and all the multitude:
20 Utaweka baadhi ya mamlaka yako kwake, ili kwamba watu wote wa Isareli wamtii.
And thou shalt give him precepts in the sight of all, and part of thy glory, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may hear him.
21 Ataenda mbele ya Eliazari kuhani ili kutafuta mapenzi yangu kwake kwa ajili ya maamuzi ya kura. Yeye ndiyo atakayetoa amri ili watu kutoka na kuingia, yeye pamoja na watu wa Israeli, ambao ni watu wote.”
If any thing be to be done, Eleazar the priest shall consult the Lord for him. He and all the children of Israel with him, and the rest of the multitude shall go out and go in at his word.
22 Kwa hiyo Musa akafanya kama alivyoagizwa na BWANA. Alimchukua Joshua na kumweka mbele ya Eliazari kuhani na mbele ya jamii yote.
Moses did as the Lord had commanded. And when he had taken Josue, he set him before Eleazar the priest, and all the assembly of the people,
23 Akaweka mikono yake juuy ake na kumwamuru aongoze, kama BWANA alivyokuwa amemwamuru kufanya.
And laying his hands on his head, he repeated all things that the Lord had commanded.
