Josue 17
Magandang Balita Biblia
17 Isang bahagi ng lupain ang ibinigay sa lipi ni Manases, sapagkat siya'y panganay ni Jose. Ibinigay ang Gilead at Bashan kay Maquir na ama ni Gilead, anak na panganay ni Manases, sapagkat siya'y isang mandirigma. 2 Binigyan din ng kani-kanilang bahagi sa lupain ang mga angkan nina Abiezer, Helec, Asriel, Shekem, Hefer at Semida. Sila ang mga anak na lalaki ni Manases, at mga pinuno ng kani-kanilang angkan. 3 Ngunit si Zelofehad na anak ni Hefer at apo ni Gilead na anak naman ni Maquir at apo ni Manases, ay walang anak na lalaki. Babae lahat ang anak niya, at ang pangalan nila'y Mahla, Noa, Hogla, Milca at Tirza. 4 Lumapit(A) sila kay Eleazar na pari, kay Josue na anak ni Nun, at sa mga pinuno ng bayan. Sinabi nila, “Iniutos ni Yahweh kay Moises na bigyan din kami ng lupain, gaya ng ginawa niya sa iba naming kapatid.” Kaya't ayon sa utos ni Yahweh, binigyan din sila ng bahagi tulad ng kanilang mga kamag-anak na lalaki. 5 Ito ang dahilan kung bakit ang lipi ni Manases ay tumanggap pa ng sampung parte, bukod sa Gilead at Bashan sa kabila ng Jordan. 6 Binigyan din ng kanilang kaparte ang mga anak na babae. Ang Gilead ay napunta sa ibang mga anak na lalaki ni Manases.
7 Ang lupain ng lipi ni Manases ay mula sa Asher hanggang sa Micmetat na nasa tapat ng Shekem. Buhat doon, nagtuloy ang hangganan sa En-tapua. 8 Talagang bahagi ng Manases ang lupain ng Tapua, ngunit ang bayan ng Tapua na nasa gilid ng hangganan ng Manases ay kabilang sa mga bayang napapunta sa lipi ni Efraim. 9 Ang hanggana'y nagtuloy sa batis ng Cana, namaybay rito, at nagtapos sa Dagat Mediteraneo. Bahagi ng Efraim ang mga lunsod na nasa timog ng batis, kahit na malapit ang mga ito sa mga lunsod ng Manases. 10 Ang lupain ng Efraim ay nasa timog ng batis at ang lupain ng Manases ay nasa hilaga. Ang Dagat Mediteraneo ang hangganan nila sa kanluran. Katabi ng lipi ni Manases ang Asher sa dulong hilaga, at ang Isacar sa dakong silangan. 11 Sa loob ng lupain ng Isacar at Asher ay may mga lunsod pa ring napunta sa lipi ni Manases: ang mga lunsod ng Beth-sean at Ibleam, pati ang mga nayon sa paligid, gayundin ang mga naninirahan sa Dor, Endor, Taanac at Megido, at sa kanilang mga nayon sa paligid. 12 Ngunit(B) hindi napaalis lahat ng mga taga-Manases ang mga naninirahan sa mga nasabing lunsod, kaya't nanatili roon ang mga Cananeo. 13 Subalit nang maging mas makapangyarihan ang mga Israelita, hindi na nila lubusang pinaalis ang mga Cananeo ngunit sapilitan nilang pinagtrabaho ang mga ito bilang alipin.
14 Lumapit kay Josue ang mga lipi ni Jose at kanilang sinabi, “Bakit iisang bahagi ang ibinigay mo sa amin, gayong napakarami namin sapagkat pinagpala kami ni Yahweh?”
15 Sumagot si Josue, “Kung hindi sapat sa inyo ang kaburulan ng Efraim, pasukin ninyo at linisan ang mga kagubatan sa lupain ng mga Perezeo at mga Refaita.”
16 Tumutol pa ang mga lipi ni Jose, “Hindi pa rin sapat sa amin ang kaburulan. Hindi naman namin kaya ang mga Cananeo sa kapatagan sapagkat sila'y may mga karwaheng bakal; gayundin ang mga Cananeo sa Beth-sean, sa mga nayon sa paligid, at sa Kapatagan ng Jezreel.”
17 Sumagot muli si Josue, “Kayo'y napakarami at makapangyarihan. Hindi lamang iisa ang magiging kaparte ninyo. 18 Mapapasa-inyo ang kaburulan. Kahit na kagubatan pa ngayon, lilinisan ninyo at titirhan ang kabuuan niyon. Mapapalayas ninyo ang mga Cananeo kahit na makapangyarihan sila at may mga karwaheng bakal.”
Joshua 17
King James Version
17 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.
8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
9 And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out.
14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto?
15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
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