Og lederne for familiene til Gileads sønner, Machirs sønn, Manasses sønn, av Josefs slekt, kom frem og talte foran Moses og foran lederne, overhodene for Israels barn.

The leaders of the ancestral families from the clan of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of the sons of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders, the chiefs of the ancestral families of the Israelites.

De sa: "Min herre, Herren har befalt å gi landet i arv gjennom lodd til Israels barn, og min herre ble befalt av Herren å gi arven til vår bror Selafhad til hans døtre.

They said, 'My lord, the LORD commanded to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters.'

Dersom de blir gift med en av mennene fra Israels barns andre stammer, vil deres arv bli fratatt våre fedres arv og lagt til arven for stammen de gifter seg inn i. Slik vil vår arv bli mindre.

'Now, if they marry someone from a different tribe of the Israelites, their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. Thus, their inheritance will be removed from the lot of our inheritance.'

Når jubelåret for Israels barn kommer, vil deres arv bli lagt til arven for den stammen de gifter seg inn i, og av vår fars stamme vil deres arv bli fratatt.

'And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they are married and will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.'

Da påla Moses Israels barn, ifølge Herrens ord, og sa: "Josefs stamme har talt rett.

Then Moses commanded the Israelites according to the word of the LORD, saying, 'What the tribe of the sons of Joseph is saying is right.'

Dette er det bud Herren gir angående Selvafhads døtre: De kan gifte seg med hvem de ønsker, bare så lenge de gifter seg innenfor sin fars stamme.

'This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying: They may marry whomever is good in their eyes, but they must marry someone within a clan of their father’s tribe.'

Arv skal ikke overføres fra en stamme til en annen stamme blant Israels barn, for hver mann skal holde fast ved sin fars stamme.

'Thus, no inheritance of the Israelites will transfer from one tribe to another, for each Israelite is to cling to the inheritance of their ancestral tribe.'

Enhver datter som arver en eiendom blant Israels stammer skal gifte seg med en mann fra sin fars stamme, slik at hver mann blant Israels barn kan beholde sin fars arv.

'Every daughter who inherits land from the tribes of Israel must marry within a clan of her father’s tribe, so that every Israelite may retain the inheritance of their ancestors.'

Slik skal ingen arv flyttes fra en stamme til en annen blant Israels barn, men hver stamme blant Israels barn skal holde fast ved sin egen arv.

'No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe is to retain its inheritance.'

Som Herren hadde befalt Moses, slik gjorde Selafhads døtre.

The daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Mahlah, Tirsa, Hoglah, Milka og Noa, Selafhads døtre, ble gift med sønnene til deres farbrødre.

Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, married their cousins.

De giftet seg innenfor Manasses sønner av Josefs slekt, og deres arv ble værende i deres fars stamme.

They married into the clans of the descendants of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.

Dette er de bud og lover som Herren ga gjennom Moses til Israels barn i Moabs sletter ved Jordanelven, nær Jeriko.

These are the commandments and regulations that the LORD commanded through Moses to the Israelites in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.