Numbers 36

1 Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,

1 基列是约瑟之子玛拿西的孙子，玛吉的儿子。他宗族中的各族长来见摩西和做以色列人首领的各族长，说：

2 saying, “When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, He also commanded him to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.

2 “耶和华曾吩咐我主用抽签的方式把土地分给以色列人，还吩咐我主将我们兄弟西罗非哈的产业分给他的女儿们。

3 But if they marry any of the men from the other tribes of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the portion of our fathers and added to the tribe into which they marry. So our allotted inheritance would be taken away.

3 但如果她们嫁给以色列其他支派的人，从我们祖业中分给她们的产业就会归入她们夫家的支派。这样的话，我们抽签分到的土地就会减少。

4 And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”

4 到了以色列人的禧年，她们所得的产业就会归给她们丈夫的支派，我们支派的祖业就会失去她们那份产业。”

5 So at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly.

5 摩西照耶和华的话吩咐以色列人说：“约瑟支派的人说的对。

6 This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.

6 关于西罗非哈的女儿们，耶和华说她们可以自由嫁人，但必须嫁给本支派的人。

7 No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

7 以色列人的产业不可从一个支派转到另一个支派，各支派必须守住本支派的祖业。

8 Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.

8 在以色列各支派中继承了产业的女子必须嫁给本支派的人，以便以色列人都能守住自己的祖业。

9 No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”

9 以色列人的产业不可从一个支派转到另一个支派，以色列各支派必须守住本支派的产业。”

10 So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

10 于是，西罗非哈的女儿们遵行了耶和华对摩西的吩咐。

11 Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to cousins on their father’s side.

11 玛拉、得撒、曷拉、密迦和挪阿都嫁给了她们叔伯的儿子，

12 They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.

12 即约瑟之子玛拿西支派的人。这样，她们的产业仍留在本支派中。

13 These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

13 以上是在耶利哥对面、约旦河边的摩押平原，耶和华借摩西颁布给以色列人的命令和律例。