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 was the assignment of land for the tribe of Manasseh (who was the firstborn of Joseph)—that is, for Makir, who was Manasseh's firstborn and who himself was the father of Gilead. Makir's descendants were assigned the land of Gilead and Bashan, because Makir had been a man of war.
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 assigned to the rest of the tribe of Manasseh, given to their clans—Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These were the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, presented by their clans.
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.
Now Zelophehad son of Hepher son of Gilead son of Makir son of Manasseh had no sons, but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, 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 approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and they said, “Yahweh commanded Moses to give to us an inheritance along with our brothers.” So, following the commandment of Yahweh, he gave those women an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
5 Ɛno nti Manase agyapade bɛyɛɛ nsaseteaa du a Gilead ne Basan a ɛdeda Asubɔnten Yordan agya no ka ho,
Ten parcels of land were assigned to Manasseh in Gilead and Bashan, which is on the other side of the Jordan,
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).
because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance along with his sons. The land of Gilead was assigned to the rest of the tribe 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 territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Mikmethath, which is east of Shechem. Then the border went southward to those living near the spring of Tappuah.
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 of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged 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 went down to the brook of Kanah. These cities south of the brook among the towns of Manasseh belonged to Ephraim. The border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and it ended at the 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 to the south belonged to Ephraim, and the land to the north was Manasseh's; the sea was the border. On the north side Asher can be reached, and to the east, Issachar.
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.
Also in Issachar and in Asher, Manasseh possessed Beth Shan and its villages, Ibleam and its villages, the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, the inhabitants of Endor and its villages, the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages (and the third city is Napheth).
12 Nanso Manase asefo no antumi amfa saa nkurow yi. Wɔantumi antu Kanaanfo a na wɔte hɔ no.
Yet the tribe of Manasseh could not take possession of those cities, for the Canaanites continued to live in this land.
13 Akyiri no, bere a Israelfo nyaa ahoɔden no, wɔhyɛɛ Kanaanfo no ma wɔyɛɛ adwuma sɛ nkoa. Nanso wɔampam wɔn amfi asase no so.
When the people of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not completely drive them out.
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?”
Then the descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given us only one assignment of land and one portion for an inheritance, since we are a people great in number, and all along Yahweh has blessed us?”
15 Yosua buaa se, “Sɛ Efraim bepɔw asase no sua ma mo a, monkɔdɔw kwae a Perisifo ne Refaitefo te so no.”
Joshua said to them, “If you are a people great in number, go up by yourselves to the forest and there clear the ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim. Do this, since the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.”
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 descendants of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us. But all the Canaanites who live in the valley have chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth Shan and its villages, and those who are in the Valley of Jezreel.”
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.
Then Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh, “You are a people great in number, and you have great power. You must not have only one piece of land assigned to you.
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.”
The hill country will also be yours. Though it is a forest, you will clear it and take possession of it to its farthest borders. You will drive out the Canaanites, even though they have chariots of iron, and even though they are strong.”
