1 T he heads of the fathers’ houses of the family group of the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near. They spoke in front of Moses and the leaders, the heads of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel.

فَتَقَدَّمَ رُؤَساءُ عَشِيرَةِ جِلْعادَ بْنِ ماكِيرَ بْنِ مَنَسَّى، إحدَى عَشائِرِ نَسلِ يُوسُفَ، وَتَكَلَّمُوا أمامَ مُوسَى وَرُؤَساءِ قَبائِلِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ،

2 T hey said, “The Lord told my lord to give the land to the people of Israel by drawing names. And my lord was told by the Lord to give the land of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.

فَقالُوا: «أمَرَكَ اللهُ يا سَيَّدِي بِأنْ تُقَسِّمَ الأرْضَ لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ بِالقُرعَةِ. وَقَدْ أمَرَكَ اللهُ بِأنْ تُعطِي حِصَّةَ أخِينا صَلُفْحادَ لِبَناتِهِ.

3 B ut if they marry one of the sons of the other family groups of Israel, then their land would be taken away from what was given to our fathers and would be added to the land of the family group they marry into. So it would be taken from the land that had been given to us.

فَإنْ تَزَوَّجنَ مِنْ رِجالٍ مِنْ إحدَى قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ الأُخرَى، فَإنَّ حِصَّتَهُنَّ مِنَ الأرْضِ سَتُؤخَذُ مِنْ حِصَّةِ آبائِنا وَعَشِيرَتِنا وَتُضافُ إلَى حِصَّةِ القَبِيلَةِ الَّتِي تَزَوَّجْنَ مِنْها. وَبِهَذا سَيَحدُثُ نَقصٌ فِي حِصَّتِنا الَّتِي حَصَلْنا عَلَيها بِالقُرعَةِ.

4 W hen the Year of Jubilee of the people of Israel comes, their land will be added to the land of the family group into which they marry. So their land will be taken from the land of the family group of our fathers.”

فَحِينَ تَأتِي سَنَةُ اليُوبِيلِ لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ، سَيَتِمُّ إضافَةُ حِصَّتِهِنَّ إلَى حِصَّةِ القَبِيلَةِ الَّتِي تَزَوَّجنَ مِنْها، وَسَتُؤْخَذُ حِصَّتُهُنَّ مِنْ حِصَّةِ عَشِيرَةِ آبائِنا.»

5 T hen Moses told the people of Israel what the Lord said. He said, “The family group of the sons of Joseph are right in what they say.

فَأعطَى مُوسَى هَذا الأمرَ لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ بِحَسَبِ ما قالَهُ اللهُ لَهُ: «ما تَقُولُهُ عَشِيرَةُ نَسلِ يُوسُفَ صَحيحٌ وَحَقٌّ.

6 T his is what the Lord has said about the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Let them marry whom they think best. Only they must marry within the family group of their father.’

وَلِذا فَهَذا ما يَأْمُرُ اللهُ بِهِ بِشَأنِ بَناتِ صَلُفْحادَ: يَمكِنُهُنَّ أنْ يَتَزَوَّجنَ مِمَّنْ يُرِدْنَ، لَكِنْ يَنْبَغِي أنْ يَتَزَوَّجنَ مِنْ رِجالٍ مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ أبِيهِنَّ.

7 T his way no land of the people of Israel will go from one family group to another. The people of Israel will each hold to the land of the family group of his fathers.

فَلا يُمكِنُ نَقلُ حِصَّةٍ فِي أرْضِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ عَشِيرَةٍ إلَى أُخْرَى، بَلْ يَنبَغِي عَلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ أنْ يُحافِظُوا عَلَى حِصَّةِ عَشِيرَةِ آبائِهِمْ.

8 E very daughter who comes to own the land of any family group of Israel, must be the wife of one of her father’s family group. So every one of the people of Israel may own the land of his fathers.

عَلَى كُلِّ بِنتٍ فِي قَبائِلِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ تَرِثُ حِصَّةً مِنَ الأرْضِ أنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ أبِيها كَي يَرِثَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنْ بَني إسْرائِيلَ حِصَّةَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي لآبائِهِ.

9 N o land will go from one family group to another. For the families of Israel will each hold to his own land.”

لا يَجُوزُ نَقلُ حِصَّةٍ مِنَ الأرْضِ مِنْ عَشِيرَةٍ إلَى أُخْرَى، لأنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ عَشِيرَةٍ فِي بَني إسْرائِيلَ أنْ تُحافِظَ عَلَى حِصَّتِها مِنَ الأرْضِ.»

10 T he daughters of Zelophehad did just as the Lord had told Moses.

فَعَمِلَتْ بَناتُ صَلُفْحادَ حَسَبَ ما أمَرَ اللهُ مُوسَى بِهِ.

11 M ahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, married sons of their father’s brothers.

فَتَزَوَّجَتْ مَحلَةُ وَتِرْصَةُ وَحَجلَةُ وَمِلْكَةُ وَنُوعَةُ، بَناتُ صَلُفْحادَ، مِنْ أبناءِ عُمُومَتِهِنَّ.

12 T hey married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph. And their land stayed with their father’s family group.

فَتَزَوَّجنَ مِنْ رِجالٍ مِنْ عَشائِرِ مَنَسَّى بنِ يُوسُفَ، فَبَقِيَتْ حِصّتُهُنَّ مِنَ الأرْضِ فِي عَشِيرَةِ أبِيهِنَّ.

13 T hese are the Laws which the Lord told the people of Israel through Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

هَذِهِ هِيَ الوَصايا وَالقَواعِدُ الَّتِي أمَرَ اللهُ بِها بَني إسْرائِيلَ عَنْ طَريقِ مُوسَى فِي سُهُولِ مُوَآبَ قُرْبَ نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ إلَى الشَّرقِ مِنْ أرِيحا.