Joshua 17

17 ¹Di lot for di tribe of Manasseh, Joseph im firstborn: to Machir, wey be Manasseh im firstborn and papa of Gilead, na Gilead and Bashan dem give, because e be man of war. ²Manasseh im oda sons collect land by clan: Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, Shemida—di male line of Manasseh wey be Joseph im pikin, by clan. ³Zelophehad—wey come from Manasseh through Machir, Gilead, Hepher—no get any son, na only daughters e get: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, Tirzah. ⁴Dem come stand before Eleazar di priest, Joshua di pikin of Nun, and di leaders, dem talk say, “our Papa command Moses make e give us inheritance among our brothers.” So by our Papa command, Joshua give dem inheritance among dia papa im brothers. ⁵Ten portion fall to Manasseh, apart from di land of Gilead and Bashan wey dey for di oda side of di Jordan, ⁶because Manasseh im daughters collect inheritance among im sons. Di land of Gilead na Manasseh im oda sons own am. ⁷Manasseh im territory run from Asher go Michmethath, for di east side of Shechem; den e go south reach di people of En-tappuah. ⁸Manasseh get di land of Tappuah, but Tappuah wey dey for Manasseh border na Ephraim im sons own am. ⁹Di boundary come go down reach di Kanah Ravine. For di south side of di ravine, dis cities wey dey among Manasseh own na Ephraim own; Manasseh im boundary run for di north side of di ravine and e end for di sea. ¹⁰Ephraim im land dey for di south, Manasseh own dey for di north, and di sea na im boundary. For di north dem reach Asher, for di east dem reach Issachar. ¹¹For inside Issachar and Asher, Manasseh still hold Beth-shean and im villages, Ibleam and im villages, di people wey dey Dor and im villages, di people wey dey En-dor and im villages, di people wey dey Taanach and im villages, and di people wey dey Megiddo and im villages—di three heights. ¹²But Manasseh im sons no fit take dis cities, and di Canaanite people continue to dey live for dat land. ¹³Wen Israel grow strong, dem force di Canaanite people make dem do labour but dem no drive dem comot fully. ¹⁴Di sons of Joseph ask Joshua say, “Why you give us only one lot and one portion as inheritance? We plenty well well, because our Papa don bless us reach dis time.”

¹⁵Joshua answer dem say, “If una plenty so, go up go di forest go clear land dia for di territory of di Perizzite and Rephaim people, since Ephraim im hill country too small for una.”

¹⁶Joseph im sons talk say, “Di hill country no do us, and every Canaanite for di valley get iron chariot—di ones wey dey Beth-shean and im villages and di ones wey dey di Jezreel Valley.”

¹⁷Den Joshua tell Joseph im house—Ephraim and Manasseh—“Una plenty and una strong well well. Una no go get just one lot, ¹⁸because di hill country go be una own too. E be forest, but una go clear am, and im far borders go be una own. Una go drive di Canaanite people comot, even doh dia chariots na iron and dem strong.”