Hesabu 36
1 Kisha wale viongozi wa nyumba za mababa wa ukoo wa Gileadi mwana wa Machiri (ambaye alikuwa mwana wa Manase), ambao walikuwa wa ukoo wa uzao wa Yusufu, walikuja wakasema mbele za Musa na mbele za vionigozi wa familia za mababa wa watu wa Israeli.
The family heads of the descendants of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, one of the tribes of Joseph, came and spoke before Moses and the Israelite leaders, the heads of families.
2 Wakasema, “BWANA alikuamuru, wewe bwana wetu, kutupa mgawo wa ardhi kwa kura kwa wana wa Israeli. Uliamuriwa na BWANA kutoa mgawo wa Zerofehadi kaka yetu kwa binti zake.
They said, “When the Lord ordered you, my lord, to allocate land ownership to the Israelites by lot, he also ordered you to give our brother Zelophehad's share to his daughters.
3 Lakini hawa binti wameolewa na wanaume toka kabila zingine za wana wa Israeli, basi mgawo wao wa ardhi utaondolewa kutoka kwenye mgawo wa mababa zao. Utaongezwa kwenye mgawo wa makabila ambayo wao wanaungana nao. Kwa sababu hiyo, Utaondolewa kwenye mgawo uliopangwa kwenye urithi wetu.
However, if they marry men from the other tribes of Israel, their allocation would be taken away our fathers' share and added to the tribe of the men they marry. That part of our allocation would be lost to us.
4 Kwa sababu hiyo, wakati wa mwaka wa yubilee ya wana wa Israeli utakapofika, mgawo wao utaunganishwa na kabila ile waliyoungana nao. Kwa sababu hii mgawo wao utaondolewa kwenye mgawo wa mababa zetu.”
So when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes around, their allocation would be added to the tribe into which they marry, and taken away from our fathers' tribe.”
5 Basi Musa akawapa amri wana wa Israeli, kwa neno la BWANA. Akasema, “Kile wanachosema watu wa kabila la Yusufu kiko sahihi.
Following what the Lord told him, Moses gave these orders to the Israelites, “What the tribe of the sons of Joseph says is right.
6 Hiki ndicho BWANA anaagiza kuhusu mabinti wa Zelofehadi. Anasema, 'Acha waolewa na wale ambao wao wanaofikri ni vizuri zaidi, lakini lazima waolewe ndani ya kabila ya baba yao.'
This is what the Lord has ordered in regard to Zelophehad's daughters: They can marry anyone they want as long as they marry within a family that belongs to their father's tribe.
7 Hakuna mgawo wa watu utakaobadilika kutoka kabila moja kwenda jingine. Kila mtu wa Israeli ataendelea na mgawo wa kabila ya baba y ake.
No land allocation in Israel may be passed from tribe to tribe, because every Israelite is to hold onto the allocation of his father's tribe.
8 Kila mwanamke wa watu wa Israeli aliye na mgao kwenye kabila lake lazima aolewe na mtu wa ukoo unaotoka kwenye kabila la baba yake. Hii itafanyika hivyo ili kila mtu wa wana wa Israeli aweze kuwa na urithi kutoka kwa mababa zake.
Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.
9 Hakuna mgawo utakaobadilika kutoka kabila nyingine kwenda kabila nyingine. Kila mtu wa kabila za watu wa Israeli atalinda urithi wake.”
No land allocation may be passed from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe must hold onto its own allocation.”
10 Kwa hiyo wale binti wa Zelofehadi walifanya kama vile BWANA alivyokuwa amemwamuru Musa. Mahila, Tiriza, Hogila, Milika, na Noha, binti za
Zelophehad's daughters followed the Lord's orders through Moses.
11 Zelofehadi, waliolewa na wana wa uzao wa Manase.
Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, Zelophehad's daughters, married cousins on their father's side.
12 Waliolewa katika koo za uzao wa Manase mwana wa Yusufu. Kwa sababu hii, urithi wao ulibaki kwenye kabila la ukoo ambalo baba yao alikuwa anatoka.
They married within the families of the descendants of Manasseh, son of Joseph, and their land allocation stayed within their father's tribe.
13 Hizi ndizo amri na maagizo ambayo BWANAaliyatoa kupitia Musa kwa wana wa Israeli katika nyanda za Moabu karibu na Yorodani huko Yeriko.
These are the orders and regulations that the Lord gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan opposite Jericho.
