Manasse kuuninginino
1 Oshitopolwa shimwe shevi kuuninginino osha pewa omagumbo gamwe gomoluvalo lwaManasse, osheeli shaJosef, Makir, he yaGilead, okwa li osheeli shaManasse. Shoka okwa li omukwiita ofule, okwa pewa Gilead naBaasha kuuzilo waJordan. 2 Evi lyokuuninginino waJordan olya pewa oshihupe shomomagumbo gaManasse: Abieser, Helek, Asriel, Shekem, Hefer naShemida. Mbaka oya li aalumentu yomoluvalo lwaManasse gaJosef noya li aakuluntu yomagumbo. 3 Zelofhad yaHefer yaGilead yaMakir gaManasse okwa li kee na nando omwanamati, aakadhona ayeke. Omadhina gawo ogo Mahla, Noa, Hogla, Milka naTirza. 4 Oya yi komuyambi Eleasar naJosua yaNun nokaawiliki e taa ti: “Omuwa okwa lombwele Moses, e tu pe ngaashi aalumentu aakwetu oshitopolwa shevi, shi ninge eliko lyetu.” Oyo noya pewa eliko lyawo mokati koohegona aasamane, ngaashi sha tiwa kOmuwa. 5 Osho ngeyi Manasse okwa pewa iitopolwa omulongo kakele kaGilead naBaasha kuuzilo waJordan, 6 oshoka noluvalo lwe lwaakiintu olwa pewa evi ngaashi ndoka lwaalumentu. Evi lyaGilead olya pewa oshihupe sholuvalo lwaManasse. 7 Oshitopolwa shaManasse osha li okuza Aser, sigo oMikmetat kuuzilo waShekem. Ongamba oyu uka kuumbugantu nokweedhilila mo aantu yomuEntappua. 8 Evi momudhingoloko gwaTappua olya li lyaManasse, ihe oshilando Tappua pongamba osha li sholuvalo lwaEfraim. 9 Opo ihe ongamba tayi silukile kokalonga Kana. Iilando yokuumbugantu wokalonga oya li yaEfraim, nando oya kala moshitopolwa shaManasse. Ongamba yaManasse otayi ende kombinga yokuumbangalantu wokalonga notayi hulile mEfuta lyopokati. 10 Efraim okwa li kuumbugantu, Manasse okuumbangalantu, nEfuta lyopokati olya li ongamba yawo yokuuninginino. Aser okwa li kuuningininombangalantu nalsaskar okuuzilombangalantu. 11 Miitopolwa yaIssaskar noyaAser Manasse okwa pewa mo Betshan naJibleam pamwe nomikunda dhayo, osho wo Dor (shoka shokomunkulo), Endor, Taanak, Megiddo niitayilando yayo. 12 Ihe Aamanasse inaa wapa okutidha mo aantu miilando mbika, onkee Aakaanana oya tsikile okukala muyo. 13 Nokuli Aaisraeli nando oya ningi aanankondo, inaa tidha mo Aakaanana, ihe oye ya thiminike oku ya longela.
Efraim naManasse kuuninginino taa pula evi li vule lyonale
14 Oluvalo lwaJosef olwa ti kuJosua: “Omolwashike we tu pe ashike oshitopolwa shimwe shevi, shi ninge eliko lyetu? Otu li oyendji, oshoka Omuwa okwe tu yambeka.” 15 Josua okwa yamukula: “Ngele ne oyendji nevi lyokoondundu dhaEfraim eshona nane, nena indeni momakuti, mu ki ikokolele omapya mevi lyAaperisi nolyAarafa,” 16 Oyo ya yamukula: “Evi lyokoondundu inali tu gwanena, ihe Aakaanana ya kala momalushandja, oye na omatembakwiita giiyela, ayehe mboka ye li muBetshan nomikunda dhasho naamboka ye li molusilu lwaJesreel.” 17 Josua okwa ti kezimo lyaEfraim nolyaManasse: “Eeno shili, ne oyendji, ne aanankondo wo unene. Ne otamu pumbwa evi enene li vule oshitopolwa shimwe. 18 Evi lyokoondundu olyeni. Nonando olyo okuti, li kokoleni, li ninge lyeni, sigo okooha dhalyo. Kombinga yAakaanana, ya tidhii po, nando oye na omatembakwiita giiyela yo aanankondo.”
Manasseh's Land West of the Jordan River
1-6 Manasseh was Joseph's oldest son, and Machir was Manasseh's oldest son. Machir had a son named Gilead, and some of his descendants had already received the regions of Gilead and Bashan because they were good warriors. The other clans of the Manasseh tribe descended from Gilead's sons Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. The following is a description of the land they received.
Hepher's son Zelophehad did not have any sons, but he did have five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. One day the clans that were descendants of Zelophehad's five daughters went to the priest Eleazar, Joshua, and the leaders of Israel. The people of these clans said, “The Lord told Moses to give us land just as he gave land to our relatives.”
Joshua followed the Lord's instructions and gave land to these five clans, as he had given land to the five clans that had descended from Hepher's brothers. So Manasseh's land west of the Jordan River was divided into ten parts.
7 The land of the Manasseh tribe went from its northern border with the Asher tribe south to Michmethath, which is to the east of Shechem. The southern border started there, but curved even farther south to include the people who lived around Tappuah Spring. 8 The town of Tappuah was on Manasseh's border with Ephraim. Although the land around Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, the town itself belonged to Ephraim.
9-10 Then the border went west to the Kanah Gorge and ran along the northern edge of the gorge to the Mediterranean Sea. The land south of the gorge belonged to Ephraim. And even though there were a few towns that belonged to Ephraim north of the gorge, the land north of the gorge belonged to Manasseh.
The western border of Manasseh was the Mediterranean Sea, and the tribe shared a border with the Asher tribe on the northwest and with the Issachar tribe on the northeast.
11 Manasseh was supposed to have the following towns with their surrounding villages inside the borders of Issachar's and Asher's tribal lands:
Beth-Shan, Ibleam, Endor, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, which is also called Naphath.
12 But the people of Manasseh could not capture these towns, so the Canaanites kept on living in them. 13 When the Israelites grew stronger, they made the Canaanites in these towns work as their slaves, though they never did force them to leave.
Joseph's Descendants Ask for More Land
14 One day the Joseph tribes came to Joshua and asked, “Why didn't you give us more land? The Lord has always been kind to us, and we have too many people for this small region.”
15 Joshua replied, “If there's not enough room for you in the hill country of Ephraim, then go into the forest that belonged to the Perizzites and the Rephaim. Clear out the trees and make more room for yourselves there.”
16 “Even if we do that,” they answered, “there still won't be enough land for us in the hill country. And we can't move down into Jezreel Valley, because the Canaanites who live in Beth-Shan and in other parts of the valley have iron chariots.”
17 “Your tribes do have a lot of people,” Joshua admitted. “I'll give you more land. Your tribes are powerful, 18 so you can have the rest of the hill country, but it's a forest, and you'll have to cut down the trees and clear the land. You can also have Jezreel Valley. Even though the Canaanites there are strong and have iron chariots, you can force them to leave the valley.”
