1 Dette var det området som ble tildelt Manasses stamme, fordi han var den eldste sønnen til Josef. Machir, den eldste sønnen til Manasse, faren til Gilead, var en krigermann, så han fikk Gilead og Basan.

And this was the part marked out for the tribe of Manasseh, because he was the oldest son of Joseph. As for Machir, the oldest son of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war he had Gilead and Bashan.

2 Og resten av Manasses barn fikk sin arv etter sine familier; til barna til Abieser, barna til Helek, barna til Asriel, barna til Sikem, barna til Hefer, og barna til Semida: disse var Manasses sønner, Josefs sønn, etter sine familier.

And as for the rest of the children of Manasseh, their heritage was given to them by families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, by their families.

3 Men Selofhad, sønn av Hefer, sønn av Gilead, sønn av Makir, sønn av Manasse, hadde ingen sønner, bare døtre; og disse er navnene på hans døtre: Mahla, Noa, Hogla, Milka, og Tirsa.

But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

4 De kom fram for Eleasar, presten, og Josva, sønn av Nun, og lederne og sa: Herren gav ordre til Moses om å gi oss en arv blant våre brødre: derfor gav han dem en arv blant deres fars brødre i henhold til Herrens påbud.

And they came before Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and before the chiefs, saying, The Lord gave orders to Moses to give us a heritage among our brothers: so in agreement with the orders of the Lord he gave them a heritage among their father's brothers.

5 Og ti lodd ble gitt Manasse, i tillegg til landet Gilead og Basan, som er på den andre siden av Jordan.

And ten parts were given to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is on the other side of Jordan;

6 Fordi Manasses døtre fikk en arv blant hans sønner, og landet Gilead ble de andre Manasses sønners eiendom.

Because the daughters of Manasseh had a heritage among his sons, and the land of Gilead was the property of the other sons of Manasseh.

7 Grensen til Manasses land strakte seg fra Asjer til Mikmetat, som ligger foran Sikem; linjen går videre til høyre, til folket i En-Tappuah.

And the limit of Manasseh's land was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; the line goes on to the right hand, to the people of En-tappuah.

8 Landet Tappuah var Manasses eiendom; men Tappuah ved kanten av Manasse tilhørte Efaraims barn.

The land of Tappuah was the property of Manasseh; but Tappuah on the edge of Manasseh was the property of the children of Ephraim.

9 Og grensen går ned til Kana-bekken, sør for bekken: disse byene var Efaraims blant Manasses byer; Manasses grense var på nordsiden av bekken, endende ved havet.

And the limit goes down to the stream Kanah, to the south of the stream: these towns were Ephraim's among the towns of Manasseh; Manasseh's limit was on the north side of the stream, ending at the sea:

10 I sør tilhører den Efaraim, og i nord tilhører den Manasse, og havet er hans grense; de grenses opp til Asjer i nord, og Issakar i øst.

To the south it is Ephraim's, and to the north it is Manasseh's, and the sea is his limit; and they are touching Asher on the north, and Issachar on the east.

11 I Issakar og Asjer hadde Manasse Bet-Sjean og dens småbyer, Jibleam og dens småbyer, og folket i Dor og dens småbyer, og folket i En-dor og dens småbyer, og folket i Ta'anak og dens småbyer, og folket i Megiddo og dens småbyer, det vil si de tre høydene.

In Issachar and Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, and Ibleam and its daughter-towns, and the people of Dor and its daughter-towns, and the people of En-dor and its daughter-towns, and the people of Taanach and its daughter-towns, and the people of Megiddo and its daughter-towns, that is, the three hills.

12 Men Manasses barn klarte ikke å drive ut folket i disse byene; men kanaaneerne ble boende i landet.

But the children of Manasseh were not able to make the people of those towns go out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.

13 Og når Israels barn ble sterke, satte de kanaaneerne til tvangsarbeid, i stedet for å drive dem ut.

And when the children of Israel had become strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, in place of driving them out.

14 Da sa Josefs barn til Josva: Hvorfor har du bare gitt meg ett lodd og én del av landet som arv? For gjennom den velsignelsen Herren har gitt meg til nå, er jeg en stor folkestamme.

Then the children of Joseph said to Joshua, Why have you given me only one part and one stretch of land for my heritage? For through the blessing given to me by the Lord up to now, I am a great people.

15 Josva sa til dem: Hvis dere er et så stort folk, gå opp i skogene og rydd et sted der for dere selv i landet til perisittene og refaittene, hvis fjellandet i Efraim ikke er stort nok for dere.

Then Joshua said to them, If you are such a great people, go up into the woodlands, clearing a place there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, if the hill-country of Ephraim is not wide enough for you.

16 Josefs barn sa: Fjellandet er ikke nok for oss, og alle kanaaneerne som bor i dalen har jernstridsvogner, både de i Bet-Sjean og dens småbyer og de i Jisreeldalen.

And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites living in the valley have iron war-carriages, those in Beth-shean and its towns as well as those in the valley of Jezreel.

17 Josva sa til Josefs barn, til Efraim og Manasse: Dere er et stort folk og har stor makt; dere skal ikke ha bare én eiendom,

Then Joshua said to the children of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, You are a great people, and have great power: you are not to have one property only,

18 for fjellandet i Gilead vil bli deres... skogene skal dere hogge ned... kantene vil være deres... få kanaaneerne ut, for de har jernstridsvogner... sterke de er.

For the hill-country of Gilead will be yours ... the woodland and cut down ... its outskirts will be yours ... get the Canaanites out, for they have iron war-carriages ... strong.