約書亞記 17

1 默納協是若瑟的長子，他的支派抽籤分得了一份土地。默納協的長子，基肋阿得的父親瑪基爾，因為是個戰士，分得了基肋阿得和巴商。

And the lot is for the tribe of Manasseh (for he [is] firstborn of Joseph), for Machir firstborn of Manasseh, father of Gilead, for he has been a man of war, and his are Gilead and Bashan.

2 默納協的其餘子孫，赫肋克的子孫，阿斯黎耳的子孫，舍根的子孫，赫斐爾的子孫，舍米達的子孫：這些人按照家族，都是若瑟之子默納協後代的男丁。

And there is [a lot] for the sons of Manasseh who are left, for 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 [are] the children of Manasseh son of Joseph—the males—by their families.

3 但是默納協的玄孫，瑪基爾的曾孫，基肋阿得的鯀子，赫斐爾的兒子，責羅斐哈得沒有兒子，只有女兒，他的女兒名叫瑪赫拉、米耳加和提爾匝。

As for Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, he has no children except daughters, and these [are] the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah,

4 她們來到司祭厄肋阿責爾和農的兒子若蘇厄、並首領們面前說：「上主曾吩咐過梅瑟，在我們弟兄們中，也分給我們一份產業。」若蘇厄遂照上主所吩咐的，使她們在伯叔中間，也分得了一份產業。

and they draw near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, “YHWH commanded Moses to give an inheritance to us in the midst of our brothers”; and he gives to them, at the command of YHWH, an inheritance in the midst of the brothers of their father.

5 這樣，除約旦河東的基肋阿得和巴商二地外，尚有十分歸屬於默納協，

And ten portions fall [to] Manasseh, apart from the land of Gilead and Bashan, which [are] beyond the Jordan;

6 因為默納協的孫女，在默納協的孫子中也獲得產業；不過基肋阿得屬於默納協其餘的子孫。

for the daughters of Manasseh have inherited an inheritance in the midst of his sons, and the land of Gilead has been for the sons of Manasseh who are left.

7 默納協的地界，是從阿協爾起，到舍根對面的米革默塔特，再折向南，直達雅史布和恩塔普亞。

And the border of Manasseh is from Asher to Michmethah, which [is] on the front of Shechem, and the border has gone on to the right, to the inhabitants of En-Tappuah.

8 普亞地歸默納協，但默納協邊界上的特普亞城，卻屬厄弗辣因子孫。

The land of Tappuah has been for Manasseh, and Tappuah to the border of Manasseh for the sons of Ephraim.

9 邊界由此向下伸至卡納谷；谷南的成市屬厄弗辣因，是厄弗辣因在默納協城市所有的城市。默納協的境界是由谷北，直到大海。

And the border has come down [to] the Brook of Kanah, southward of the brook; these cities of Ephraim [are] in the midst of the cities of Manasseh, and the border of Manasseh [is] on the north of the brook, and its outgoings are at the sea.

10 南面屬厄弗辣因，北面屬默納協，以海為界；北接阿協爾，東部鄰依撒加爾。

Southward [is] for Ephraim and northward for Manasseh, and the sea is his border, and in Asher they meet on the north, and in Issachar on the east.

11 默納協在依撒加爾和阿協爾境內，有貝特商和所屬村鎮；依貝肋罕和所屬村鎮，多爾居民和所屬村鎮，還有恩多爾居民和所屬村鎮，塔納客居民和所屬村鎮，默基多居民和所屬村鎮，共三區。

And in Issachar and in Asher, Manasseh has 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—three counties.

12 但是默納協子孫未能將這些城中的土人趕走，客納罕人仍然居住在這地區內。

And the sons of Manasseh have not been able to occupy these cities, and the Canaanite is desirous to dwell in this land,

13 當以色列子民強冊盛以後，迫使客納罕人做苦工，卻沒有將他們完全趕走。

and it comes to pass, when the sons of Israel have been strong, that they put the Canaanite to forced labor, and have not utterly dispossessed him.

14 若瑟的子孫對若蘇厄說：「上主這樣祝福我們，我們又是人數最多的一族，你為什麼只叫我們抽一籤，分一份土地作產業呢﹖

And the sons of Joseph speak with Joshua, saying, “Why have you given an inheritance to me—one lot and one portion, and I [am] a numerous people? YHWH has blessed me until now.”

15 若蘇厄對他們說：「如果你們人數眾多，厄弗辣因為你們太癥狹小，可甘培黎齊人和勒法因人的地方去，砍伐森林中的樹木。」

And Joshua says to them, “If you [are] a numerous people, go up to the forest for yourself, then you have created [a place] for yourself there in the land of the Perizzite and of the Rephaim, when Mount Ephraim has been narrow for you.”

16 若瑟的子孫回答說：「這山區為我們仍不夠，何況住在盆地，即住在貝特商和所屬村鎮，以及住在依次勒耳盆地的一切客納罕人，都擁有鐵車。」

And the sons of Joseph say, “The mountain is not enough for us, and a chariot of iron [is] with every Canaanite who is dwelling in the land of the valley—to him who [is] in Beth-Shean and its towns, and to him who [is] in the Valley of Jezreel.”

17 若蘇厄對若瑟家，即對厄弗辣因和默納協人說：「你們人數眾多，勢力強大，不能只抽一籤，

And Joshua speaks to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, “You [are] a numerous people, and have great power; you do not have [only] one lot,

18 因此，山地也應歸於你們；那裏雖是森林，盡可砍伐，開闢的土地自然歸於你們。客納罕人雖然擁有鐵車，勢力強大，但你們必能將他們趕走。」

because the mountain is yours; because it [is] a forest—you have created it, and its outgoings have been yours; because you dispossess the Canaanite, though it has chariots of iron—though it [is] strong.”