1 و َتَمَّ تَحدِيدُ أرْضِ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى، بِكْرِ يُوسُفَ، بِالقُرعَةِ. فَقَدْ أُعطِيَتْ جِلعادُ وَباشانُ لِنسلِ ماكِيرَ بِكْرِ مَنَسَّى، وَأبِي جِلعادَ، لِأنَّهُ كانَ مُحارِباً شَدِيداً.

Now this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.

2 أ مَّا باقِي شَعبِ مَنَسَّى، الذي أُعْطِيَ حِصَّةً من الأرْض، فأَخَذُوا بِحَسَبِ عَشائِرِهِمْ، لِنَسلِ أبِيعَزَرَ وَحالَقَ وَأسْرِيئِيلَ وَشَكَمَ وَحافَرَ وَشَمِيداعَ. فَهَؤُلاءِ هُمُ الأبناءُ الذُّكُورُ لِمَنَسَّى بْنِ يُوسُفَ بِحَسَبِ عَشائِرِهِمْ.

So the lot was made for the rest of the sons of Manasseh according to their families: for the sons of Abiezer and for the sons of Helek and for the sons of Asriel and for the sons of Shechem and for the sons of Hepher and for the sons of Shemida; these were the male descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.

3 و َلَمْ يَكُنْ لِصَلُفْحادَ بْنِ حافَرَ بْنِ جِلعادَ بْنِ ماكِيرَ بْنِ مَنَسِّى أولادٌ ذُكُورٌ، فَقَدْ كانَ لَهُ بَناتٌ فَقَطْ. وَهَذَهِ هِيَ أسماءُ بَناتِهِ: مَحلَةُ وَنَوْعَةُ وَحُجلَةُ وَمِلْكَةُ وَتِرْصَةُ.

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

4 ف َأتَينَ إلَى ألِعازَرَ الكاهِنِ وَيَشُوعَ بْنِ نُونَ وَالقادَةِ وَقُلْنَ: «أمَرَ اللهُ مُوسَى بِأنْ يُعطِيَنا مِيراثاً فِي وَسَطِ أقرِبائِنا الذُّكُورِ.» فَأعطاهُنَّ مِيراثاً مَعَ أعْمامِهِنَّ، كَما أمَرَ اللهُ.

They came near before Eleazar the priest and before Joshua the son of Nun and before the leaders, saying, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So according to the command of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers.

5 ف َنالَتْ قَبِيلَةُ مَنَسَّى عَشْرَ حِصَصٍ مِنَ الأرْضِ بِالإضافَةِ إلَى أرْضِ جِلْعادَ وَباشانَ فِي الجِهَةِ الشَّرقِيَّةِ مِنْ نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ،

Thus there fell ten portions to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan,

6 ل ِأنَّ بَناتَ مَنَسَّى أخَذْنَ مِيراثاً مَعَ أبنائِهِ الذُّكُورِ. وَكانَتْ أرْضُ جِلعادَ لِبَقِيَّةِ نَسلِ مَنَسَّى.

because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.

7 و َيَمتَدُّ حَدُّ مَنَسَّى مِنْ أشِيرَ إلَى مَكْمَتَةَ الَّتِي تَقَعُ مُقابِلَ شَكِيمَ. ثُمَّ يَتَّجِهُ إلَى الجَنُوبِ إلَى سُكّانِ عَينِ تَفُّوحَ.

The border of Manasseh ran from Asher to Michmethath which was east of Shechem; then the border went southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.

8 و َكانَتْ أرْضُ تَفُّوحَ لِمَنَسَّى. وَأمّا مَدِينَةُ تَفُّوحَ الَّتِي عَلَى حُدُودِ أرْضِ مَنَسَّى فَكانَتْ لِقَبِيلَةِ أفْرايِمَ.

The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the sons of Ephraim.

9 ث ُمَّ يَنزِلُ الحَدُّ إلَى وادِي قانَةَ. وَكانَتِ المُدُنُ الواقِعَةُ إلَى الجَنُوبِ مِنَ الوادِي فِي وَسَطِ مُدُنِ المَنَسِّيِّينَ لِأفرايِمَ، وَلَكِنَّ حُدُودَ مَنَسَّى كانَتْ شَمالِ الوادِي، وَقَدِ انتَهَتْ عِندَ البَحْرِ.

The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook (these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh), and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and it ended at the sea.

10 ا لأرْضُ الَّتِي فِي الجَنُوبِ كانَتْ لِأفرايِمَ، وَالأرْضُ الَّتِي فِي الشَّمالِ كانَتْ لِمَنَسَّى. وَكانَ البَحرُ هُوَ حَدُّ مَنَسَّى الغَربِيُّ، وَقَدْ وَصَلَ حَدُّهُمْ إلَى أشِيرَ فِي الشَّمالِ وَإلَى يَسّاكَرَ فِي الشَّرقِ.

The south side belonged to Ephraim and the north side to Manasseh, and the sea was their border; and they reached to Asher on the north and to Issachar on the east.

11 و َفِي داخِلَ أرْضِ أشِيرَ وَيَسّاكَرَ كانَ لِمَنَسَّى المُدُنُ التّالِيَةُ: بَيتُ شانَ وَيَبلَعامُ وَقُراهُما، وَسُكّانُ دُورَ وَعْينُ دُورَ وَتَعْنَكَ وَمَجِدُّو وَقُراها جَمِيعاً، وَكَذَلِكَ التِّلالُ الثَّلاثَةُ.

In Issachar and in Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean and its towns and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, the third is Napheth.

12 و َلَمْ يَتَمَكَّنْ شَعبُ مَنَسَّى مِنَ امتِلاكِ هَذَهِ المُدُنِ، فَبَقِيَ الكَنعانِيُّونَ ساكِنَينَ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ.

But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land.

13 و َحِينَ قَوِيَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ، أجبَرُوا الكَنعانِيِّينَ عَلَى العَمَلِ كَعَبِيدٍ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَطرُدُوهُمْ تَماماً.

It came about when the sons of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely.

14 و َقالَتْ عَشِيرَةُ يُوسُفَ لِيَشُوعَ: «لِماذا أعطَيتَنا قُرْعَةً واحِدَةً وَحَصَّةً واحِدَةً مِيراثاً لَنا؟ إنَّنا شَعبٌ كَبِيرٌ لِأنَّ اللهَ بارَكَنا حَتَّى الآنَ.»

Then the sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me only one lot and one portion for an inheritance, since I am a numerous people whom the Lord has thus far blessed?”

15 ف َقالَ يَشُوعُ لَهُمْ: «إنْ كُنْتُمْ شَعباً كَبِيراً فاصعَدُوا إلَى الغابَةِ، وَاقطَعُوا الأشجارَ مِنها لِتُعِدُّوا لَكُمْ مَكاناً فِي أرْضِ الفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَالرَّفائِيِّينَ، لِأنَّ أرْضَ أفْرايِمَ الجَبَلِيَّةَ صَغِيرَةٌ عَلَيكُمْ.»

Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up to the forest and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”

16 ف َقالَ شَعبُ يُوسُفَ: «المِنطَقَةُ الجَبَلِيَّةُ غَيرُ كافِيَةٍ لَنا، وَلَكِنَّ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ السّاكِنِينَ فِي الوادِي يَملِكُونَ مَركَباتٍ حَدِيدِيَّةً فِي بَيتِ شانَ وَقُراها فِي وادِي يَزرَعِيلَ.»

The sons of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley land have chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those who are in the valley of Jezreel.”

17 ث ُمَّ قالَ يَشُوعُ لِشَعبِ يُوسُفَ، أفْرايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى: «إنَّكُمْ شَعبٌ كَبِيرٌ وَلَدَيكُمْ قُوَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ. لَنْ تَكُونَ لَكُمْ حِصَّةٌ واحِدَةٌ مِنَ الأرْضِ،

Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one lot only,

18 ف َالمِنطَقَةُ الجَبَلِيَّةُ سَتَكُونُ لَكُمْ. فَمَعْ أنَّها غاباتٌ، لَكِنَّكُمْ سَتَقطَعُونَ الأشجارَ وَتُمَهِّدُونَها وَتَمتَلِكُونَها. وَسَتَطرُدُونَ الكَنعانِيِّينَ مَعَ أنَّهُمْ أقوِياءُ وَلَدَيهِمْ مَركَباتٌ حَدِيدِيَّةٌ.»

but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall clear it, and to its farthest borders it shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, even though they have chariots of iron and though they are strong.”