New American Standard Bible 1995

Ezekiel 46:16-18

16‘Thusכֹּה־koh-H3541saysאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136 GodH3068, “Ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588the princeהַנָּשִׂ֤יאha.na.Si'H5387givesיִתֵּ֨ןyi.TenH5414agiftמַתָּנָה֙ma.ta.NahH4979out ofhis inheritanceנַחֲלָת֥וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159to anyלְאִ֣ישׁle.'IshH376of his sonsמִבָּנָ֔יוmi.ba.NavH1121,it shall belongתִּֽהְיֶ֑הtih.YehH1961to his sonsלְבָנָ֣יוle.va.NavH1121;it is their possessionאֲחֻזָּתָ֥ם'a.chu.za.TamH272by inheritanceבְּנַחֲלָֽה׃be.na.cha.LahH5159.

17But ifוְכִֽי־ve.khi-H3588he givesיִתֵּ֨ןyi.TenH5414a giftמַתָּנָ֜הma.ta.NahH4979from his inheritanceמִנַּחֲלָת֗וֹmi.na.cha.la.ToH5159to oneלְאַחַד֙le.'a.ChadH259of his servantsמֵֽעֲבָדָ֔יוme.'a.va.DavH5650,it shall be his untilעַד־'ad-H5704theyearשְׁנַ֣תshe.NatH8141of libertyהַדְּר֔וֹרha.de.RorH1865;then it shall returnוְשָׁבַ֖תve.sha.VatH7725to the princeלַנָּשִׂ֑יאla.na.Si'H5387.His inheritanceנַחֲלָת֔וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159shall beonlyאַ֚ךְ'akhH389his sons’בָּנָ֖יוba.NavH1121;it shall belongH1961to them.

18The princeהַנָּשִׂ֜יאha.na.Si'H5387shallnot takeיִקַּ֨חyi.KachH3947from the people’sהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971inheritanceמִנַּחֲלַ֣תmi.na.cha.LatH5159,thrustingלְהֽוֹנֹתָם֙le.ho.no.TamH3238them out of their possessionמֵאֲחֻזָּתָ֔םme.'a.chu.za.TamH272;he shall giveH5157his sonsבָּנָ֑יוba.NavH1121inheritanceH5157from his own possessionמֵאֲחֻזָּת֖וֹme.'a.chu.za.ToH272soלְמַ֙עַן֙le.Ma.'anH4616that My peopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971will not be scatteredיָפֻ֣צוּya.Fu.tzuH6327,anyoneאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376from his possessionמֵאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃me.'a.chu.za.ToH272.”’”

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