Çölde Sayım 27

¹Yusuf oğlu Manasse boyundan, Mahir oğlu, Galaad oğlu, Ofer oğlu Salpaad'ın kızları yaklaştı; onların isimleri şunlardı: Maala, Noa, Egla, Melha ve Tersa.

²Musa'nın, kâhin Eleazar'ın, önderlerin ve bütün topluluğun önünde, Tanıklık Çadırı'nın kapısında durarak şöyle dediler:

³«Babamız çölde öldü; o, Kore topluluğunda Rabbe karşı ayaklanan o güruhun arasında değildi, aksine kendi günahı yüzünden öldü ve onun hiç oğlu olmadı. Babamızın adı, oğlu yok diye kendi halkının ortasından silinmesin; babamızın kardeşlerinin arasında bize de bir mülk verin.»

⁴Musa onların davasını Rabbin huzuruna götürdü.

⁵Rab Musa'ya şöyle diyerek konuştu:

⁶«Salpaad'ın kızları doğru söylüyorlar; babalarının kardeşleri arasında onlara kesinlikle mülk olarak bir miras payı vereceksin ve babalarının mirasını onlara devredeceksin.

⁷İsrailoğulları'na da şöyle diyerek konuşacaksın:

⁸“Bir adam ölür de oğlu olmazsa, onun mirasını kızına devredeceksiniz.

⁹Eğer kızı da yoksa, mirasını kardeşine vereceksiniz.

¹⁰Eğer kardeşleri de yoksa, mirasını babasının kardeşine vereceksiniz.

¹¹Eğer babasının kardeşleri de yoksa, mirasını kendi kabilesinden kendisine en yakın olan akrabasına, ona sahip olması için vereceksiniz; ve bu, Rabbin Musa'ya buyurduğu gibi, İsrailoğulları için bir yargı yasası olacaktır.”»

¹²Rab Musa'ya, «Şeria'nın karşı tarafındaki bu dağa, yani Nabau Dağı'na çık» dedi, «ve İsrailoğulları'na mülk olarak vermekte olduğum Kenan ülkesine bak.

¹³Orayı göreceksin ve kardeşin Harun'un Hor Dağı'nda halkına katıldığı gibi, sen de kendi halkına katılacaksın.

¹⁴Çünkü Zin Çölü'nde, topluluk bana karşı çıktığında, suların yanında onların gözü önünde beni kutsal kılmak hususunda sözümü çiğnediniz; beni onların önünde kutsal kılmadınız.» (Bu sular, Zin Çölü'ndeki Kadeş'te bulunan çekişme sularıdır.)

¹⁵Musa Rabbe şöyle dedi:

¹⁶«Bütün ruhların ve her bedenin Tanrısı olan Rab, bu topluluğun üzerine öyle bir adam atasın ki,

¹⁷onların önünde çıksın, onların önünde girsin, onları dışarı çıkarsın ve içeri getirsin; öyle ki Rabbin topluluğu çobansız koyunlar gibi kalmasın.»

¹⁸Rab Musa'ya şöyle dedi: «İçinde ruh olan bir adamı, Naue oğlu İsa'yı yanına al ve elini onun üzerine koy.

¹⁹Onu kâhin Eleazar'ın ve bütün topluluğun önüne çıkarıp onların gözü önünde ona talimat ver ve onun hakkında onlara buyruklar ilet.

²⁰İsrailoğulları topluluğu ona itaat etsin diye kendi görkeminden ona da pay ver.

²¹O, kâhin Eleazar'ın önünde duracak ve Eleazar onun için Rabbin huzurunda belirtilerin kararına göre danışacak; onun ağzından çıkan sözle çıkacaklar ve onun ağzından çıkan sözle girecekler; kendisi, onunla birlikte tek bir yürekle bütün İsrailoğulları ve tüm topluluk.»

²²Musa, Rabbin kendisine buyurduğu gibi yaptı; İsa'yı alıp kâhin Eleazar'ın ve bütün topluluğun önüne çıkardı.

²³Rabbin Musa aracılığıyla buyurduğu gibi, ellerini onun üzerine koyup onu atadı.

¹ΚΑΙ προσελθοῦσαι αἱ θυγατέρες Σαλπαὰδ υἱοῦ ᾿Οφέρ, υἱοῦ Γαλαάδ, υἱοῦ Μαχίρ, τοῦ δήμου Μανασσῆ, τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ιωσήφ (καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν· Μααλὰ καὶ Νουὰ καὶ ᾿Εγλὰ καὶ Μελχὰ καὶ Θερσά)

²καὶ στᾶσαι ἔναντι Μωυσῆ καὶ ἔναντι ᾿Ελεάζαρ τοῦ ἱερέως καὶ ἔναντι τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ ἔναντι πάσης συναγωγῆς ἐπὶ τῆς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου λέγουσιν·

³ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν ἀπέθανεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ αὐτὸς οὐκ ἦν ἐν μέσῳ τῆς συναγωγῆς τῆς ἐπισυστάσης ἔναντι Κυρίου ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ Κορέ, ὅτι δι’ ἁμαρτίαν αὐτοῦ ἀπέθανε, καὶ υἱοὶ οὐκ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ· μὴ ἐξαλειφθήτω τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν ἐκ μέσου τοῦ δήμου αὐτοῦ, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ υἱός· δότε ἡμῖν κατάσχεσιν ἐν μέσῳ ἀδελφῶν πατρὸς ἡμῶν.

⁴καὶ προσήγαγε Μωυσῆς τὴν κρίσιν αὐτῶν ἔναντι Κυρίου.

⁵καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων·

⁶ὀρθῶς θυγατέρες Σαλπαὰδ λελαλήκασι· δόμα δώσεις αὐταῖς κατάσχεσιν κληρονομίας ἐν μέσῳ ἀδελφῶν πατρὸς αὐτῶν καὶ περιθήσεις τὸν κλῆρον τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν αὐταῖς.

⁷καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς ᾿Ισραὴλ λαλήσεις λέγων·

⁸ἄνθρωπος ἐὰν ἀποθάνῃ καὶ υἱὸς μὴ ᾖ αὐτῷ, περιθήσετε τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ τῇ θυγατρὶ αὐτοῦ·

⁹ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ᾖ θυγάτηρ αὐτῷ, δώσετε τὴν κληρονομίαν τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ·

¹⁰ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ὦσιν αὐτῷ ἀδελφοί, δώσετε τὴν κληρονομίαν τῷ ἀδελφῷ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ·

¹¹ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ὦσιν ἀδελφοὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, δώσετε τὴν κληρονομίαν τῷ οἰκείῳ τῷ ἔγγιστα αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς αὐτοῦ κληρονομῆσαι τὰ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἔσται τοῦτο τοῖς υἱοῖς ᾿Ισραὴλ δικαίωμα κρίσεως, καθὰ συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ.

¹²Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν· ἀνάβηθι εἰς τὸ ὄρος τὸ ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ ᾿Ιορδάνου (τοῦτο τὸ ὄρος Ναβαύ) καὶ ἰδὲ τὴν γῆν Χαναάν, ἣν ἐγὼ δίδωμι τοῖς υἱοῖς ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν κατασχέσει·

¹³καὶ ὄψῃ αὐτὴν καὶ προστεθήσῃ πρὸς τὸν λαόν σου καὶ σύ, καθὰ προσετέθη ᾿Ααρὼν ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἐν ῍Ωρ τῷ ὄρει,

¹⁴διότι παρέβητε τὸ ῥῆμά μου ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Σὶν ἐν τῷ ἀντιπίπτειν τὴν συναγωγὴν ἁγιάσαι με· οὐχ ἡγιάσατέ με ἐπὶ τῷ ὕδατι ἔναντι αὐτῶν (τοῦτ’ ἔστι τὸ ὕδωρ ἀντιλογίας ἐν Κάδης ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Σίν).

¹⁵καὶ εἶπε Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον·

¹⁶ἐπισκεψάσθω Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πνευμάτων καὶ πάσης σαρκὸς ἄνθρωπον ἐπὶ τῆς συναγωγῆς ταύτης,

¹⁷ὅστις ἐξελεύσεται πρὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν καὶ ὅστις εἰσελεύσεται πρὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν καὶ ὅστις ἐξάξει αὐτοὺς καὶ ὅστις εἰσάξει αὐτούς, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ἡ συναγωγὴ Κυρίου ὡσεὶ πρόβατα οἷς οὐκ ἔστι ποιμήν.

¹⁸καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων· λάβε πρὸς σεαυτὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν υἱὸν Ναυή, ἄνθρωπον ὃς ἔχει πνεῦμα ἐν ἑαυτῷ, καὶ ἐπιθήσεις τὰς χεῖράς σου ἐπ’ αὐτὸν

¹⁹καὶ στήσεις αὐτὸν ἔναντι ᾿Ελεάζαρ τοῦ ἱερέως καὶ ἐντελῇ αὐτῷ ἔναντι πάσης συναγωγῆς καὶ ἐντελῇ περὶ αὐτοῦ ἐναντίον αὐτῶν

²⁰καὶ δώσεις τῆς δόξης σου ἐπ’ αὐτόν, ὅπως ἂν εἰσακούσωσιν αὐτοῦ οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραήλ.

²¹καὶ ἔναντι ᾿Ελεάζαρ τοῦ ἱερέως στήσεται, καὶ ἐπερωτήσουσιν αὐτὸν τὴν κρίσιν τῶν δήλων ἔναντι Κυρίου· ἐπὶ τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσονται καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ εἰσελεύσονται αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ὁμοθυμαδὸν καὶ πᾶσα ἡ συναγωγή.

²²καὶ ἐποίησε Μωυσῆς, καθὰ ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ Κύριος, καὶ λαβὼν τὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν ἔστησεν αὐτὸν ἐναντίον ᾿Ελεάζαρ τοῦ ἱερέως καὶ ἐναντίον πάσης συναγωγῆς

²³καὶ ἐπέθηκε τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ αὐτόν, καὶ συνέστησεν αὐτὸν καθάπερ συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ.

¹And the daughters of Salpaad the son of Opher, the son of Galaad, the son of Machir, of the tribe of Manasse, of the sons of Joseph, came near; and these were their names, Maala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa;

²and they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, and before all the congregation at the door of the tabernacle of witness, saying,

³Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the midst of the congregation that rebelled against the Lord in the gathering of Core; for he died for his own sin, and he had no sons. Let not the name of our father be blotted out of the midst of his people, because he has no son give us an inheritance in the midst of our father’s brethren.

⁴And Moses brought their case before the Lord.

⁵And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

⁶The daughters of Salpaad have spoken rightly: thou shalt surely give them a possession of inheritance in the midst of their father’s brethren, and thou shalt assign their father’s inheritance to them.

⁷And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying,

⁸If a man die, and have no son, ye shall assign his inheritance to his daughter.

⁹And if he have no daughter, ye shall give his inheritance to his brother.

¹⁰And if he have no brethren, ye shall give his inheritance to his father’s brother.

¹¹And if there be no brethren of his father, ye shall give the inheritance to his nearest relation of his tribe, to inherit his possessions; and this shall be to the children of Israel an ordinance of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.

¹²And the Lord said to Moses, Go up to the mountain that is in the country beyond Jordan, this mount Nabau, and behold the land Chanaan, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession.

¹³And thou shalt see it, and thou also shalt be added to thy people, as Aaron thy brother was added [to them] in mount Or:

¹⁴because ye transgressed my commandment in the wilderness of Sin, when the congregation resisted [and refused] to sanctify me; ye sanctified me not at the water before them. This is the water of Strife in Cades in the wilderness of Sin.

¹⁵And Moses said to the Lord,

¹⁶Let the Lord God of spirits and of all flesh look out for a man over this congregation,

¹⁷who shall go out before them, and who shall come in before them, and who shall lead them out, and who shall bring them in; so the congregation of the Lord shall not be as sheep without a shepherd.

¹⁸And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Take to thyself Joshua the son of Naue, a man who has the Spirit in him, and thou shalt lay thy hands upon him.

¹⁹And thou shalt set him before Eleazar the priest, and thou shalt give him a charge before all the congregation, and thou shalt give a charge concerning him before them.

²⁰And thou shalt put of thy glory upon him, that the children of Israel may hearken to him.

²¹And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, and they shall ask of him before the Lord the judgment of the Urim: they shall go forth at his word, and at his word they shall come in, he and the children of Israel with one accord, and all the congregation.

²²And Moses did as the Lord commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation.

²³And he laid his hands on him, and appointed him as the Lord ordered Moses.