Joshua 17

¹ Dem give a part of land for west of Jordan to some of the families wey descend from Joshua son Manasseh. Machir, wey be Gilead papa, be Manasseh son wey old pass and him na military hero, so dem give am Gilead and Bashan area, wey dey east of Jordan.

² The land wey dey for west of Jordan, dem give am to the rest of Manasseh families: Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. Dem be male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and dem be head of families.

³ Zelophehad, wey be son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, and him no get son, but na only daughters he get. Their name na Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

⁴ Dem go meet Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the leaders, and tell them say, “God command Moses make he give us a part of the land as our own, just like our male relatives.” So dem give them land like their male relatives, as God don command.

⁵ Na why Manasseh get ten shares join Gilead and Bashan wey dey east side of Jordan,

⁶ since dem also give land to him male and female descendants. Na the rest of the descendants of Manasseh get Gilead land.

⁷ Manasseh territory reach from Asher to Michmethath, for east of Shechem. The border con go south to add Entappuah people join.

⁸ Na Manasseh get the land wey round Tappuah, but na descendants of Ephraim get Tappuah town, wey dey the border.

⁹ The border con go down to stream of Kanah. Na Ephraim get the cities wey dey for south of the stream, even though dem dey Manasseh territory. Manasseh border continue along north side of the stream and end for Mediterranean Sea.

¹⁰ Ephraim dey for south, and Manasseh dey for north, and na Mediterranean Sea be their western border. Na Asher dey for north-west, and Issachar dey north-east.

¹¹ For territory of Issachar and Asher, na Manasseh get Beth Shan and Ibleam, and the towns wey surround them, and Dor (the one wey dey on the coast), Endor, Taanach, Megiddo, and the towns wey surround them.

¹² People of Manasseh no fit drive out the people wey dey live for those cities, naso the Canaanites continue dey live for there.

¹³ Even when Israelites don become stronger, dem no drive out all the Canaanites, but force the Canaanites to dey work for them.

¹⁴ The descendants of Joseph tell Joshua say, “Why e be say na only one part of the land you give us as our own? We plenty because God don bless us.”

¹⁵ Joshua answer them say, “If una plenty and the hill country of Ephraim no reach una, make una enter forest and clear ground for unaself in the land of Perizzites and Rephaim.

¹⁶ Dem reply say, “The hill country no dey big enough for us, but the Canaanites wey dey there get iron chariots, those wey dey live for Beth Shan and towns wey surround am and those wey dey live for Valley of Jezreel.

¹⁷ Joshua con tell tribe of Ephraim and West Manasseh say, “Na true say una plenty, and una dey powerful. Una go get more than one share.

¹⁸ The hill country go be una own. Even though na forest e be, una go clear am and take am as una own from one end reach the other. Una go drive out the Canaanites, even though dem get iron chariots and dem be strong people.