1 Nå kom overhodene for familiene til Gileads barn, sønn av Makir, sønn av Manasse, av familiene til Josefs sønner, til Moses. Øverste ledere og familienes overhoder for Israels barn var til stede.

Now the heads 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 to Moses, the chiefs and the heads of families of the children of Israel being present,

2 De sa: Herren ga ordre til min herre om å fordele landet som arv til Israels barn, og min herre ble beordret av Herren til å gi arven til Selofhads døtre, vår bror.

And said, The Lord gave orders to my lord to make distribution of the land as their heritage to the children of Israel: and my lord was ordered by the Lord to give the heritage of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters.

3 Nå, hvis de gifter seg med noen fra andre stammer blant Israels barn, vil deres eiendom bli tatt bort fra våre fedres arv og bli en del av arven til den stammen de gifter seg inn i. Deres arv vil da bli tatt bort fra vår stamme.

Now if they get married to any of the sons of other tribes of the children of Israel, then their property will be taken away from the heritage of our fathers, and become part of the heritage of the tribe into which they get married: and their heritage will be taken away from the heritage of our tribe.

4 Og ved jubileumsåret for Israels barn, vil deres eiendom bli lagt til arven til den stammen de er en del av, og vil bli tatt bort fra arven til våre fedre.

And at the time of the Jubilee of the children of Israel, their property will be joined to the heritage of the tribe of which they are part and will be taken away from the heritage of the tribe of our fathers.

5 Så, etter Herrens ordre, ga Moses Israels barn beskjed og sa: Det som Josefs stamme har sagt, er riktig.

So by the direction of the Lord, Moses gave orders to the children of Israel, saying, What the tribe of the sons of Joseph have said is right.

6 Dette er Herrens påbud angående Selofhads døtre: Herren sier, la dem gifte seg med hvem de selv finner behag i, men bare blant familien i deres fars stamme.

This is the order of the Lord about the daughters of Zelophehad: The Lord says, Let them take as their husbands whoever is most pleasing to them, but only among the family of their father's tribe.

7 På den måten vil ingen eiendom bli overført fra stamme til stamme blant Israels barn; hver og en av Israels barn vil beholde arven fra sin fars stamme.

And so no property will be handed from tribe to tribe among the children of Israel; but every one of the children of Israel will keep the heritage of his father's tribe.

8 Og hver datter som eier eiendom i noen stamme blant Israels barn skal gifte seg med et medlem av familien i sin fars stamme, slik at hver av Israels barn kan beholde arven fra sine fedre.

And every daughter owning property in any tribe of the children of Israel is to be married to one of the family of her father's tribe, so that every man of the children of Israel may keep the heritage of his fathers.

9 Ingen eiendom vil bli overført fra en stamme til en annen, men alle stammer blant Israels barn vil beholde sin arv.

And no property will be handed from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel will keep its heritage.

10 Så gjorde Selofhads døtre som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord gave orders to Moses:

11 For Mahlah, Tirsa, Hoglah, Milka og Noah, Selofhads døtre, giftet seg med sønnene til deres fars brødre.

For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, took as their husbands the sons of their father's brothers:

12 De ble gift inn i familiene til Manasses sønner, Josefs sønn, og deres eiendom ble beholdt i stammen til deres fars familie.

And were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and their property was kept in the tribe of their father's family

13 Dette er lovene og ordre som Herren ga til Israels barn gjennom Moses, i Moabs lavland ved Jordan, nær Jeriko.

These are the laws and the orders which the Lord gave to the children of Israel by Moses, in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho.