1 O s chefes de família do clã de Gileade, filho de Maquir, neto de Manassés, que pertenciam aos clãs dos descendentes de José, foram falar com Moisés e com os líderes, os chefes das famílias israelitas.

Now the chief fathers 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 near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the chief fathers of the children of Israel.

2 E disseram: “Quando o Senhor ordenou ao meu senhor que, por sorteio, desse a terra como herança aos israelitas, ordenou que vocês dessem a herança de nosso irmão Zelofeade às suas filhas.

And they said: “The Lord commanded my lord Moses to give the land as an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel, and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.

3 A gora, suponham que elas se casem com homens de outras tribos israelitas; nesse caso a herança delas será tirada da herança dos nossos antepassados e acrescentada à herança da tribo com a qual se unirem pelo casamento.

Now if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and it will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry; so it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

4 Q uando chegar o ano do Jubileu para os israelitas, a herança delas será acrescentada à da tribo com a qual se unirem pelo casamento, e a propriedade delas será tirada da herança da tribo de nossos antepassados”.

And when the Jubilee of the children of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry; so their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”

5 E ntão, instruído pelo Senhor, Moisés deu esta ordem aos israelitas: “A tribo dos descendentes de José tem razão.

Then Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying: “What the tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks is right.

6 É isto que o Senhor ordena quanto às filhas de Zelofeade: Elas poderão casar-se com quem lhes agradar, contanto que se casem dentro do clã da tribo de seu pai.

This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry whom they think best, but they may marry only within the family of their father’s tribe.’

7 N enhuma herança em Israel poderá passar de uma tribo para outra, pois todos os israelitas manterão as terras das tribos que herdaram de seus antepassados.

So the inheritance of the children of Israel shall not change hands from tribe to tribe, for every one of the children of Israel shall keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

8 T oda filha que herdar terras em qualquer tribo israelita se casará com alguém do clã da tribo de seu pai, para que cada israelita possua a herança dos seus antepassados.

And every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be the wife of one of the family of her father’s tribe, so that the children of Israel each may possess the inheritance of his fathers.

9 N enhuma herança poderá passar de uma tribo para outra, pois cada tribo israelita deverá manter as terras que herdou”.

Thus no inheritance shall change hands from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel shall keep its own inheritance.”

10 A s filhas de Zelofeade fizeram conforme o Senhor havia ordenado a Moisés.

Just as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad;

11 A s filhas de Zelofeade, Maalá, Tirza, Hogla, Milca e Noa, casaram-se com seus primos paternos,

for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to the sons of their father’s brothers.

12 d entro dos clãs dos descendentes de Manassés, filho de José, e a herança delas permaneceu no clã e na tribo de seu pai.

They were married into the families of the children of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father’s family.

13 S ão esses os mandamentos e as ordenanças que o Senhor deu aos israelitas por intermédio de Moisés nas campinas de Moabe, junto ao Jordão, frente a Jericó.

These are the commandments and the judgments which the Lord commanded the children of Israel by the hand of Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.