Numbers 36
1 The heads of the fathers’ households of the family 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 princes, the heads of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel.
Para kepala keluarga dalam kaum Gilead, anak Makhir, yaitu cucu Manasye, anak Yusuf, pergi menghadap Musa dan pemimpin-pemimpin lainnya.
2 They said, “The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel. My lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
Kata mereka, "TUHAN menyuruh kamu membagikan tanah itu kepada orang Israel dengan cara membuang undi. Ia juga menyuruh kamu memberikan tanah pusaka saudara kami Zelafehad kepada anak-anaknya perempuan.
3 If they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall belong. So it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.
Tetapi perlu diingat bahwa apabila mereka itu kawin dengan orang laki-laki dari suku lain, tanah mereka jatuh ke tangan suku itu. Dengan demikian tanah yang ditentukan sebagai wilayah kami akan berkurang.
4 When the jubilee of the children of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall belong. So their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”
Dalam Tahun Pengembalian, pada waktu seluruh harta milik yang telah dijual dikembalikan kepada pemiliknya yang semula, tanah anak-anak perempuan Zelafehad itu akan tetap menjadi milik suami-suami mereka, sehingga suku kami kehilangan tanah itu."
5 Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the LORD’s word, saying, “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speak what is right.
Lalu Musa menyampaikan kepada bangsa Israel perintah ini dari TUHAN, "Apa yang dikatakan orang-orang keturunan Yusuf itu benar,
6 This is the thing which the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them be married to whom they think best, only they shall marry into the family of the tribe of their father.
dan karena itu TUHAN berkata bahwa anak-anak perempuan Zelafehad bebas kawin dengan siapa saja yang mereka sukai, asal yang sama sukunya dengan mereka.
7 So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel move from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall all keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
Tanah pusaka setiap orang Israel akan tetap terikat kepada sukunya.
8 Every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may each possess the inheritance of his fathers.
Setiap wanita yang mewarisi tanah pusaka di dalam salah satu suku bangsa Israel, harus kawin dengan orang dari suku itu juga. Dengan demikian setiap orang Israel akan mewarisi tanah pusaka nenek moyangnya,
9 So shall no inheritance move from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall each keep his own inheritance.’”
sehingga tanah pusaka itu tidak berpindah-pindah dari satu suku ke suku yang lain. Setiap suku bangsa Israel akan tetap memiliki tanah pusakanya sendiri."
10 The daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD commanded Moses:
Jadi sesuai dengan perintah TUHAN kepada Musa, kelima anak perempuan Zelafehad itu, yakni Mahla, Tirza, Hogla, Milka dan Noa kawin dengan orang-orang yang masih saudara dari pihak ayah.
11 for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father’s brothers’ sons.
12 They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph. Their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
Mereka kawin dengan orang-orang dari kaum-kaum dalam suku bangsa Manasye, anak Yusuf. Dengan demikian tanah pusaka mereka tetap menjadi milik suku bangsa ayah mereka.
13 These are the commandments and the ordinances which the LORD commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Itulah peraturan-peraturan dan ketetapan-ketetapan yang diberikan TUHAN kepada bangsa Israel melalui Musa, waktu bangsa Israel ada di dataran Moab di tepi Sungai Yordan, dekat kota Yerikho.
