Numbers 27

27 ¹Di daughters of Zelophehad pikin of Hepher, pikin of Gilead, pikin of Machir, pikin of Manasseh, from di clans of Manasseh pikin of Joseph, come forward. Im daughters name na: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, Tirzah. ²Dem stand for front of Moses, for front of Eleazar di priest, for front of di leaders and di whole assembly, for di door of di tent of meeting, and dem talk say: ³“Our papa die for di wilderness. E no dey among dose wey gather against our Papa with Korah im group; e die for im own sin, and e no get sons. ⁴Why our papa name go disappear from im clan because e no get son? Give us property among our papa im brothers.”

⁵So Moses carry dem case bring am for front of our Papa. ⁶And our Papa tell Moses say:

⁷“Zelophehad im daughters dey correct. Give dem inheritance portion among dem papa im brothers, and transfer dem papa im inheritance give dem. ⁸Tell di Israelites say: If man die and e no get son, transfer im inheritance give im daughter. ⁹If e no get daughter, make una give im inheritance to im brothers. ¹⁰If e no get brothers, make una give im inheritance to im papa im brothers. ¹¹If im papa no get brothers, give im inheritance to di relative wey near am pass for im clan, and dat one go possess am. Dis na legal statute for di Israelites, as our Papa command Moses.”

Moses See di Land

¹²Den our Papa tell Moses say, “Climb Mount Abarim go up and see di land wey I don give di Israelites. ¹³Wen you see am, you too go join your people wey don gather, as Aaron your brother join im people, ¹⁴because una rebel against my command for di wilderness of Zin, for time wen di congregation quarrel, wen una suppose honour me as holy for di water for dem eyes—di water of Meribah of Kadesh, for di wilderness of Zin.”

¹⁵Moses talk to our Papa, e say: ¹⁶“Make di Papa of di spirits of all flesh appoint one man over di congregation, ¹⁷wey go go out for dem front and come in for dem front, wey go lead dem comot and bring dem in, so dat our Papa im assembly no go be like sheep wey no get shepherd.”

¹⁸So our Papa tell Moses say, “Take Joshua pikin of Nun, one man wey get di Spirit of our Papa inside am, and put your hand on top am. ¹⁹Make am stand for front of Eleazar di priest and di whole assembly, and commission am for dem eyes. ²⁰Give am some of your authority, so dat di whole congregation of di Israelites go obey am. ²¹E go stand for front of Eleazar di priest, wey go consult di judgment of di Urim for am for front of our Papa. For Eleazar im word dem go go out, for im word dem go come in—am, all di Israelites with am, di whole congregation.”

²²Moses obey our Papa im command: e take Joshua and stand am for front of Eleazar di priest and di whole assembly. ²³E put im hands on top am and commission am, as our Papa don talk through Moses.