اَلْعَدَد 5

١ 1 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

Then the LORD said to Moses,

٢ 2 «أَوْصِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَنْفُوا مِنَ ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ كُلَّ أَبْرَصَ، وَكُلَّ ذِي سَيْلٍ، وَكُلَّ مُتَنَجِّسٍ لِمَيْتٍ.

“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.

٣ 3 ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنْثَى تَنْفُونَ. إِلَى خَارِجِ ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ تَنْفُونَهُمْ لِكَيْلَا يُنَجِّسُوا مَحَلَّاتِهِمْ حَيْثُ أَنَا سَاكِنٌ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ».

You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”

٤ 4 فَفَعَلَ هَكَذَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَنَفَوْهُمْ إِلَى خَارِجِ ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ. كَمَا كَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى هَكَذَا فَعَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ.

So the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.

٥ 5 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

And the LORD said to Moses,

٦ 6 «قُلْ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِذَا عَمِلَ رَجُلٌ أَوِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ شَيْئًا مِنْ جَمِيعِ خَطَايَا ٱلْإِنْسَانِ، وَخَانَ خِيَانَةً بِٱلرَّبِّ، فَقَدْ أَذْنَبَتْ تِلْكَ ٱلنَّفْسُ.

“Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty

٧ 7 فَلْتُقِرَّ بِخَطِيَّتِهَا ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَتْ، وَتَرُدَّ مَا أَذْنَبَتْ بِهِ بِعَيْنِهِ، وَتَزِدْ عَلَيْهِ خُمْسَهُ، وَتَدْفَعْهُ لِلَّذِي أَذْنَبَتْ إِلَيْهِ.

and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.

٨ 8 وَإِنْ كَانَ لَيْسَ لِلرَّجُلِ وَلِيٌّ لِيَرُدَّ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْمُذْنَبَ بِهِ، فَٱلْمُذْنَبُ بِهِ ٱلْمَرْدُودُ يَكُونُ لِلرَّبِّ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْكَاهِنِ، فَضْلًا عَنْ كَبْشِ ٱلْكَفَّارَةِ ٱلَّذِي يُكَفِّرُ بِهِ عَنْهُ.

But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.

٩ 9 وَكُلُّ رَفِيعَةٍ مَعَ كُلِّ أَقْدَاسِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّتِي يُقَدِّمُونَهَا لِلْكَاهِنِ تَكُونُ لَهُ.

Every sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him.

١٠ 10 وَٱلْإِنْسَانُ أَقْدَاسُهُ تَكُونُ لَهُ. إِذَا أَعْطَى إِنْسَانٌ شَيْئًا لِلْكَاهِنِ فَلَهُ يَكُونُ».

Each man’s sacred gifts are his own, but whatever he gives to the priest will belong to the priest.”

١١ 11 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

Then the LORD said to Moses,

١٢ 12 «كَلِّمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِذَا زَاغَتِ ٱمْرَأَةُ رَجُلٍ وَخَانَتْهُ خِيَانَةً،

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him

١٣ 13 وَٱضْطَجَعَ مَعَهَا رَجُلٌ ٱضْطِجَاعَ زَرْعٍ، وَأُخْفِيَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ عَيْنَيْ رَجُلِهَا، وَٱسْتَتَرَتْ وَهِيَ نَجِسَةٌ وَلَيْسَ شَاهِدٌ عَلَيْهَا، وَهِيَ لَمْ تُؤْخَذْ،

by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),

١٤ 14 فَٱعْتَرَاهُ رُوحُ ٱلْغَيْرَةِ وَغَارَ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَتِهِ وَهِيَ نَجِسَةٌ، أَوِ ٱعْتَرَاهُ رُوحُ ٱلْغَيْرَةِ وَغَارَ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَتِهِ وَهِيَ لَيْسَتْ نَجِسَةً،

and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—

١٥ 15 يَأْتِي ٱلرَّجُلُ بِٱمْرَأَتِهِ إِلَى ٱلْكَاهِنِ، وَيَأْتِي بِقُرْبَانِهَا مَعَهَا: عُشْرِ ٱلْإِيفَةِ مِنْ طَحِينِ شَعِيرٍ، لَا يَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِ زَيْتًا وَلَا يَجْعَلُ عَلَيْهِ لُبَانًا، لِأَنَّهُ تَقْدِمَةُ غَيْرَةٍ، تَقْدِمَةُ تَذْكَارٍ تُذَكِّرُ ذَنْبًا.

then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.

١٦ 16 فَيُقَدِّمُهَا ٱلْكَاهِنُ وَيُوقِفُهَا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ،

The priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD.

١٧ 17 وَيَأْخُذُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ مَاءً مُقَدَّسًا فِي إِنَاءِ خَزَفٍ، وَيَأْخُذُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ مِنَ ٱلْغُبَارِ ٱلَّذِي فِي أَرْضِ ٱلْمَسْكَنِ وَيَجْعَلُ فِي ٱلْمَاءِ،

Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

١٨ 18 وَيُوقِفُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ ٱلْمَرْأَةَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَيَكْشِفُ رَأْسَ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ، وَيَجْعَلُ فِي يَدَيْهَا تَقْدِمَةَ ٱلتَّذْكَارِ ٱلَّتِي هِيَ تَقْدِمَةُ ٱلْغَيْرَةِ، وَفِي يَدِ ٱلْكَاهِنِ يَكُونُ مَاءُ ٱللَّعْنَةِ ٱلْمُرُّ.

After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.

١٩ 19 وَيَسْتَحْلِفُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ ٱلْمَرْأَةَ وَيَقُولُ لَهَا: إِنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَضْطَجِعْ مَعَكِ رَجُلٌ، وَإِنْ كُنْتِ لَمْ تَزِيغِي إِلَى نَجَاسَةٍ مِنْ تَحْتِ رَجُلِكِ، فَكُونِي بَرِيئَةً مِنْ مَاءِ ٱللَّعْنَةِ هَذَا ٱلْمُرِّ.

And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

٢٠ 20 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كُنْتِ قَدْ زُغْتِ مِنْ تَحْتِ رَجُلِكِ وَتَنَجَّسْتِ، وَجَعَلَ مَعَكِ رَجُلٌ غَيْرُ رَجُلِكِ مَضْجَعَهُ.

But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—

٢١ 21 يَسْتَحْلِفُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ ٱلْمَرْأَةَ بِحَلْفِ ٱللَّعْنَةِ، وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ: يَجْعَلُكِ ٱلرَّبُّ لَعْنَةً وَحَلْفًا بَيْنَ شَعْبِكِ، بِأَنْ يَجْعَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ فَخْذَكِ سَاقِطَةً وَبَطْنَكِ وَارِمًا.

and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

٢٢ 22 وَيَدْخُلُ مَاءُ ٱللَّعْنَةِ هَذَا فِي أَحْشَائِكِ لِوَرَمِ ٱلْبَطْنِ، وَلِإِسْقَاطِ ٱلْفَخْذِ. فَتَقُولُ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ: آمِينَ، آمِينَ.

May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’

٢٣ 23 وَيَكْتُبُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ هَذِهِ ٱللَّعْنَاتِ فِي ٱلْكِتَابِ ثُمَّ يَمْحُوهَا فِي ٱلْمَاءِ ٱلْمُرِّ،

And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.

٢٤ 24 وَيَسْقِي ٱلْمَرْأَةَ مَاءَ ٱللَّعْنَةِ ٱلْمُرَّ، فَيَدْخُلُ فِيهَا مَاءُ ٱللَّعْنَةِ لِلْمَرَارَةِ.

He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause her bitter suffering.

٢٥ 25 وَيَأْخُذُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ تَقْدِمَةَ ٱلْغَيْرَةِ، وَيُرَدِّدُ ٱلتَّقْدِمَةَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَيُقَدِّمُهَا إِلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ.

The priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.

٢٦ 26 وَيَقْبِضُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ مِنَ ٱلتَّقْدِمَةِ تَذْكَارَهَا وَيُوقِدُهُ عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَسْقِي ٱلْمَرْأَةَ ٱلْمَاءَ.

Then the priest is to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar; after that he is to have the woman drink the water.

٢٧ 27 وَمَتَى سَقَاهَا ٱلْمَاءَ، فَإِنْ كَانَتْ قَدْ تَنَجَّسَتْ وَخَانَتْ رَجُلَهَا، يَدْخُلُ فِيهَا مَاءُ ٱللَّعْنَةِ لِلْمَرَارَةِ، فَيَرِمُ بَطْنُهَا وَتَسْقُطُ فَخْذُهَا، فَتَصِيرُ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ لَعْنَةً فِي وَسَطِ شَعْبِهَا.

When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.

٢٨ 28 وَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ قَدْ تَنَجَّسَتْ بَلْ كَانَتْ طَاهِرَةً، تَتَبَرَّأُ وَتَحْبَلُ بِزَرْعٍ.

But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.

٢٩ 29 «هَذِهِ شَرِيعَةُ ٱلْغَيْرَةِ، إِذَا زَاغَتِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ مِنْ تَحْتِ رَجُلِهَا وَتَنَجَّسَتْ،

This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,

٣٠ 30 أَوْ إِذَا ٱعْتَرَى رَجُلًا رُوحُ غَيْرَةٍ فَغَارَ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَتِهِ، يُوقِفُ ٱلْمَرْأَةَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَيَعْمَلُ لَهَا ٱلْكَاهِنُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ.

or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.

٣١ 31 فَيَتَبَرَّأُ ٱلرَّجُلُ مِنَ ٱلذَّنْبِ، وَتِلْكَ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ تَحْمِلُ ذَنْبَهَا».

The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”