民數記

第 36 章

1. 約瑟的後裔、瑪拿西的孫子、瑪吉的兒子基列、他子孫中的諸族長來到摩西、和作首領的以色列人族長面前、說、
The family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph, came and spoke before Moses and the leaders, the heads of the Israelite families.
2. 耶和華曾吩咐我主、拈鬮分地給以色列人為業、我主也受了耶和華的吩咐、將我們兄弟西羅非哈的產業分給他的眾女兒。
They said, "When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, he ordered you to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
3. 他們若嫁以色列別支派的人、就必將我們祖宗所遺留的產業、加在他們丈夫支派的產業中.這樣、我們拈鬮所得的產業就要減少了。
Now suppose they marry men from other Israelite tribes; then their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to that of the tribe they marry into. And so part of the inheritance allotted to us will be taken away.
4. 到了以色列人的禧年、這女兒的產業就必加在他們丈夫支派的產業上.這樣、我們祖宗支派的產業就減少了。
When the Year of Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe into which they marry, and their property will be taken from the tribal inheritance of our forefathers."
5. 摩西照耶和華的話、吩咐以色列人說、約瑟支派的人說得有理。
Then at the LORD'S command Moses gave this order to the Israelites: "What the tribe of the descendants of Joseph is saying is right.
6. 論到西羅非哈的眾女兒、耶和華這樣吩咐說.他們可以隨意嫁人、只是要嫁同宗支派的人。
This is what the LORD commands for Zelophehad's daughters: They may marry anyone they please as long as they marry within the tribal clan of their father.
7. 這樣、以色列人的產業就不從這支派歸到那支派.因為以色列人要各守各祖宗支派的產業。
No inheritance in Israel is to pass from tribe to tribe, for every Israelite shall keep the tribal land inherited from his forefathers.
8. 凡在以色列支派中得了產業的女子、必作同宗支派人的妻、好叫以色列人、各自承受他祖宗的產業。
Every daughter who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father's tribal clan, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.
9. 這樣、他們的產業就不從這支派歸到那支派、因為以色列支派的人、要各守各的產業。
No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it inherits."
10. 耶和華怎樣吩咐摩西、西羅非哈的眾女兒就怎樣行。
So Zelophehad's daughters did as the LORD commanded Moses.
11. 西羅非哈的女兒瑪拉、得撒、曷拉、密迦、挪阿都嫁了他們伯叔的兒子。
Zelophehad's daughters--Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah--married their cousins on their father's side.
12. 他們嫁入約瑟兒子、瑪拿西子孫的族中、他們的產業仍留在同宗支派中。
They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in their father's clan and tribe.
13. 這是耶和華在摩押平原、約但河邊、耶利哥對面、藉著摩西所吩咐以色列人的命令、典章。
These are the commands and regulations the LORD gave through Moses to the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.