Inheritance of Daughters
1 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:
Kisha wale wakuu wa nyumba za mababa ya jamaa ya wana wa Gileadi, mwana wa Makiri, mwana wa Manase, katika jamaa za wana wa Yusufu, wakakaribia, na kunena mbele ya Musa, na mbele ya wakuu walio juu ya nyumba za mababa ya wana wa Israeli;
2 and they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
wakasema, Bwana alimwagiza bwana wangu awape wana wa Israeli nchi kwa kupiga kura iwe urithi wao; tena bwana wangu aliagizwa na Bwana awape binti za Selofehadi ndugu yetu huo urithi wa baba yao.
3 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.
Wakiolewa na watu wa wana wa hizo kabila nyingine za wana wa Israeli, ndipo urithi wao utatwaliwa na kuondolewa katika urithi wa baba zetu, na hiyo kabila watakayotiwa ndani yake itaongezewa urithi wao; basi urithi huo utaondolewa katika kura ya urithi wetu.
4 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.
Tena itakapokuwapo hiyo yubile ya wana wa Israeli, ndipo urithi wa hiyo kabila ambayo wamekuwa ndani yake utaongezewa huo urithi wao; hivyo urithi wao utaondolewa katika urithi wa kabila ya baba zetu.
5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.
Basi Musa akawaagiza wana wa Israeli kama neno la Bwana lilivyokuwa, akasema, Kabila ya wana wa Yusufu imenena yaliyo haki.
6 This is the thing which the LORD 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.
Bwana ameagiza neno hili katika habari ya binti za Selofehadi, akasema, Na waolewe na waume wawapendao; lakini na waolewe katika jamaa ya kabila ya baba zao.
7 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.
Hivyo hapana urithi wo wote wa wana wa Israeli utakaotoka kabila hii kwenda kabila hii; kwa kuwa wana wa Israeli watashikamana kila mtu na urithi wa kabila ya baba zake.
8 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.
Na kila binti atakayemiliki urithi katika kabila yo yote katika wana wa Israeli, ataolewa katika jamaa moja ya kabila ya baba yake, ili wana wa Israeli wapate kumiliki kila mtu urithi wa baba zake.
9 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.
Hivyo hapatakuwa na urithi uwao wote utakaotoka kabila hii kwenda kabila hii; kwa kuwa kabila za wana wa Israeli zitashikamana kila mmoja na urithi wake mwenyewe.
10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
Basi hao binti za Selofehadi wakafanya kama Bwana alivyomwagiza Musa;
11 for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:
kwa kuwa Mala, na Tirsa, na Hogla, na Milka, na Noa, binti za Selofehadi waliolewa na waume, wana wa ndugu za baba yao.
12 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.
Waliolewa katika jamaa za wana wa Manase, mwana wa Yusufu, na urithi wao ukakaa katika kabila ya jamaa ya baba yao.
13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Haya ndiyo maagizo na hukumu, ambayo Bwana aliwaagiza wana wa Israeli, kwa mkono wa Musa, hapo katika nchi tambarare za Moabu, karibu na Yordani, hapo Yeriko
