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.
And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:
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.
And they said, YHWH commanded my master to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my master was commanded by YHWH to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto 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.
And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
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.”
And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
5 Basi Musa akawapa amri wana wa Israeli, kwa neno la BWANA. Akasema, “Kile wanachosema watu wa kabila la Yusufu kiko sahihi.
And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of YHWH, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.
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 the thing which YHWH doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
7 Hakuna mgawo wa watu utakaobadilika kutoka kabila moja kwenda jingine. Kila mtu wa Israeli ataendelea na mgawo wa kabila ya baba y ake.
So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
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.
And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man 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.”
Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
10 Kwa hiyo wale binti wa Zelofehadi walifanya kama vile BWANA alivyokuwa amemwamuru Musa. Mahila, Tiriza, Hogila, Milika, na Noha, binti za
Even as YHWH commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
11 Zelofehadi, waliolewa na wana wa uzao wa Manase.
For Mahlal, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:
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.
And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
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 commandments and the judgments, which YHWH commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
