Cholowa cha Manase
Gawo la Manase likuphatikizapo alongo asanu amene afuna, mwa lamulo la Atate wathu kwa Mose, cholowa chimene atate wawo analibe ana aamuna oti alandire, ndipo achipeza. Ana a Yosefe adandaula kuti gawo lawo ndi laling'ono; Yoswa awauza kuti akadule nkhalango ndi kuleka kuopa magaleta achitsulo.
17 1Maere a fuko la Manase, mwana woyamba wa Yosefe, anali awa: Makiri, mwana woyamba wa Manase ndi atate wa Giliyadi, analandira Giliyadi ndi Basani, pakuti iye anali munthu wa nkhondo. 2Ana ena a Manase analandiranso dziko monga mwa mabanja awo: Abiezeri, Heleki, Asarieli, Sekemu, Heferi, ndi Semida. Awa anali ana aamuna a Manase mwana wa Yosefe, monga mwa mabanja awo. 3Koma Zelofehadi, mwana wa Heferi, mwana wa Giliyadi, mwana wa Makiri, mwana wa Manase, analibe ana aamuna, koma ana aakazi okha; ndipo mayina awo anali awa: Mala, Nowa, Hogila, Milika, ndi Tiriza. 4Ndipo iwo anadza pamaso pa Eliezara wansembe, ndi Yoswa mwana wa Nuni, ndi atsogoleri, nati, “Atate wathu analamula Mose kuti atipatse cholowa pakati pa abale athu.” Choncho monga mwa lamulo la Atate wathu, Yoswa anawapatsa cholowa pakati pa abale a atate wawo. 5Magawo khumi anagwera Manase, kuwonjezera pa dziko la Giliyadi ndi Basani lomwe lili tsidya la Yordano, 6chifukwa ana aakazi a Manase analandira cholowa pakati pa ana ake aamuna. Dziko la Giliyadi linali la ana ena a Manase. 7Malire a Manase anachokera ku Aseri kufikira ku Mikimetati, kummawa kwa Sekemu; ndipo anapitirira kummwera kufikira kwa anthu a ku Eni-Tapuwa. 8Manase anali ndi dziko la Tapuwa, koma mudzi wa Tapuwa umene unali pa malire a Manase unali wa ana a Efurayimu. 9Malire anatsikira ku chigwa cha Kana. Kummwera kwa chigwacho, mizinda imeneyi imene inali pakati pa mizinda ya Manase inali ya Efurayimu; malire a Manase anali kumpoto kwa chigwacho, ndipo anathera ku nyanja. 10Dziko la Efurayimu linali kummwera, la Manase kumpoto, ndipo nyanja inali malire ake. Kumpoto anafika ku Aseri, ndipo kummawa ku Isakara. 11Mu Isakara ndi Aseri, Manase analinso ndi Beti-Seani ndi midzi yake, Ibuleamu ndi midzi yake, anthu okhala ku Dori ndi midzi yake, a ku Eni-Dori ndi midzi yake, a ku Taanaki ndi midzi yake, ndi a ku Megido ndi midzi yake—zitunda zitatu. 12Koma ana a Manase sanathe kulanda mizinda imeneyi, ndipo Akanaani anapitiriza kukhala m'dziko limenelo. 13Pamene Isiraeli anakula mphamvu, anakakamiza Akanaani kugwira ntchito yaukapolo, koma sanawapirikitse kotheratu. 14Ana a Yosefe anafunsa Yoswa, nati, “Nchifukwa chiyani mwatipatsa maere amodzi ndi gawo limodzi kukhala cholowa? Ife ndife anthu ochuluka, pakuti Atate wathu atidalitsa mpaka pano.”
15Yoswa anawayankha nati, “Ngati ndinu ochuluka chotere, kwerani ku nkhalango ndipo mukadule dziko komweko m'chigawo cha Aperizi ndi Arefaimu, popeza dziko la mapiri la Efurayimu ndi lopapatiza kwa inu.”
16Ana a Yosefe anati, “Dziko la mapiri silitikwanira ife, ndipo Mkanaani aliyense wa m'chigwa ali ndi magareta achitsulo—onse a ku Beti-Seani ndi midzi yake ndi a ku Chigwa cha Yezireeli.”
17Ndipo Yoswa anauza nyumba ya Yosefe—Efurayimu ndi Manase—nati, “Inu ndinu ochuluka ndi amphamvu kwambiri. Simudzakhala ndi maere amodzi okha, 18pakuti dziko la mapiri lidzakhalanso lanu. Ndi nkhalango, koma mudzalidula, ndipo malire ake akutali adzakhala anu. Mudzapirikitsa Akanaani, ngakhale magareta awo ndi achitsulo ndipo iwo ndi amphamvu.”
