Yosua 17

1 Wɔde asase no fa a ɛda atɔe fam no maa Manase abusuakuw no fa a ɔyɛ Yosef babarima panyin no asefo. Na wɔde Gilead ne Basan a ɛda Yordan apuei fam no ama Makir abusua no dedaw, efisɛ na ɔyɛ ɔkofo kɛse. (Na Makir yɛ Manase babarima panyin ne Gilead agya.)

[This is a list of] the land that was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh. Manasseh’s oldest son was Makir and his grandson was Gilead. Makir’s descendants were great warriors, so the lands in the Gilead and Bashan regions were allotted to their clan.

2 Asase a ɛda Yordan atɔe fam no, wɔde maa mmusua nkae a wɔwɔ Manase abusuakuw mu a wɔn ne: Abieser, Helek, Asriel, Sekem, Hefer ne Semida.

Land was also allotted to the other clans of the tribe of Manasseh: The clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida.

3 Nanso na Hefer babarima Selofehad a na ɔno nso yɛ Manase, Makir ne Gilead aseni no nni mmabarima. Mmom, na ɔwɔ mmabea baanum. Na wɔn din de Mahla, Noa, Hogla, Milka ne Tirsa.

Hepher’s son Zelophehad had no sons, but he had five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

4 Saa mmea yi baa ɔsɔfo Eleasar ne Nun babarima Yosua ne Israel ntuanofo no nkyɛn bɛkae se, “Awurade hyɛɛ Mose sɛ ɔmma yɛn ne mmarima a wɔwɔ yɛn abusuakuw mu no agyapade.” Enti Yosua maa wɔn ne wɔn agyanom agyapade sɛnea Awurade hyɛe no.

They went to Eleazar the Supreme Priest, and to Joshua and to the other Israeli leaders. They said, “[We want you to give us some land, because] Yahweh told Moses that he should give to us some land, just like you gave to the men.” So Eleazar did what Yahweh had commanded, and he allotted to them some land, just like he allotted to their uncles.

5 Ɛno nti Manase agyapade bɛyɛɛ nsaseteaa du a Gilead ne Basan a ɛdeda Asubɔnten Yordan agya no ka ho,

So the tribe of Manasseh eventually had ten sections [of land west of the Jordan River] and [two sections, ] Gilead and Bashan, on the east side of the Jordan [River].

6 efisɛ Manase asefo a wɔyɛ mmea no ne wɔn a wɔyɛ mmarima nyaa agyapade. (Wɔde Gilead asase no maa Manase asefo a wɔyɛ mmarima nkae no).

So those female descendants of Manasseh also were allotted land [on the west side of the river] just like the men were allotted. The other parts of the Gilead area were allotted to the male descendants of Manasseh.

7 Manase abusuakuw no hye no fi Aser hye ano kosi Mikmetat, a ɛwɔ Sekem apuei fam. Afei, ɔhye no fi Mikmetat kɔ anafo fam, kosi nnipa a wɔte bɛn Tapua nsu no ho no.

The land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh was between the land where the tribe of Asher lives and Michmethath [town], near Shechem [city]. The border extended south to the Tappuah Spring.

8 (Asase a atwa Tapua ho ahyia no yɛ Manase dea, nanso Tapua kurow no a ɛda Manase mantam no hye so no yɛ Efraim abusuakuw no dea.)

The land near the Tappuah area belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah, which was at the border of the land that was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh, was allotted to the tribe of Ephraim.

9 Manase hye no fi Tapua asu no, nenam Kana suka atifi kosi Po Kɛse no. (Nkurow bebree a ɛwɔ Manase mantam mu no yɛ Efraim abusuakuw no dea.)

The border [of the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh] extended south to Kanah Gorge. From there it extended [west] along the north side of the gorge and ended at the [Mediterranean] Sea.

10 Asase a ɛda suka no anafo fam no yɛ Efraim dea, na nea ɛda atifi fam nso yɛ Manase de; na Po kɛse no yɛ Manase asase no hye wɔ atɔe fam. Aser asase no da Manase de no atifi fam, na Isakar asase no nso da apuei fam.

The land on the south side of the gorge belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, and the land on the north side belonged to the tribe of Manasseh. The western border of the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh was the [Mediterranean] Sea. To the north, the border of their land extended from the land allotted to the tribe of Asher [at the northwest] to the land allotted to the tribe of Issachar [at the northeast.]

11 Wɔde saa nkurow a ɛwɔ Isakar ne Aser mantam mu no maa Manase: Bet-Sean, Yibleam, Dor (a ɛyɛ Nafɔt Dor), En-Dor, Taanak ne Megido ne wɔn nkuraa.

But there are cities inside the area allotted to the tribes of Issachar and Asher. Those cities, along with their surrounding villages, were allotted to people from the tribe of Manasseh. These cities are Beth-Shan, Ibleam, Dor (which is also named Naphoth-Dor, ) Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo.

12 Nanso Manase asefo no antumi amfa saa nkurow yi. Wɔantumi antu Kanaanfo a na wɔte hɔ no.

The men of the tribe of Manasseh were not able to force the people who lived in those cities to leave, so the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live in those cities.

13 Akyiri no, bere a Israelfo nyaa ahoɔden no, wɔhyɛɛ Kanaanfo no ma wɔyɛɛ adwuma sɛ nkoa. Nanso wɔampam wɔn amfi asase no so.

But [years later] when the Israelis became better [warriors], they forced the Canaan people-group to work for them as slaves, although they did not force them to leave the land.

14 Yosef asefo baa Yosua nkyɛn bebisaa no se, “Adɛn nti na woama yɛn asasetaw baako pɛ wɔ bere a Awurade ama yɛn ase adɔ?”

The people of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh said to Joshua, “You allotted to us only one area of land, but there are a lot of us. Yahweh has blessed us very much [with the result that our tribe has grown very large]. So why did you give us only a small part of the land [RHQ]?”

15 Yosua buaa se, “Sɛ Efraim bepɔw asase no sua ma mo a, monkɔdɔw kwae a Perisifo ne Refaitefo te so no.”

Joshua replied to them, “[I agree that] you do not have enough land in the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim. So, since you have a lot of people, I will allot more land to you, in the hilly region. But you will have to [cut down the trees] in the forest [and] make a place for yourselves in the land where the Periz and Repha people-groups live.”

16 Na wobuae se, “Bepɔw so asase no sua ma yɛn, na Kanaanfo a wɔwɔ bepɔw no ase nsase a atwa Bet-Sean ne Yesreel bon ho ahyia no wɔ nnade nteaseɛnam, na wɔn ho yɛ den dodo ma yɛn.”

The people of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh replied, “It is true that the land in the hilly area is not big enough for us, but the Canaan people-group who live in the lowlands, in Beth-Shan and the surrounding villages in that area, and in the Jezreel Valley, have iron chariots, [so we will not be able to defeat them]!”

17 Na Yosua ka kyerɛɛ Efraim ne Manase mmusuakuw a wɔyɛ Yosef asefo no se, “Esiane sɛ mo dɔɔso na mo ho yɛ den nti, mubenya nsasetam no bi aka baako no ho.

Joshua replied to them, “Your tribe is very numerous and very powerful. So I will allot more land for you in the hilly area,

18 Wɔde kwae a ɛda bepɔw no so no bɛka mo ho. Monnɔw asase no sɛnea mubetumi biara na montena hɔ. Ɛwɔ mu sɛ Kanaanfo no ho yɛ den na wɔwɔ nnade nteaseɛnam, nanso mewɔ awerehyɛmu sɛ mubetumi apam wɔn afi obon no mu.”

but you will have to cut down the trees in order to make a place for you to live. [It is true that] the Canaan people-group are strong and have iron chariots, but you will be able to force them to leave that valley.”