تَثنِيَة 1

١ 1 هَذِهِ هِيَ الأَقْوَالُ الَّتِي خَاطَبَ بِها مُوسَى جَمِيعَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ الْمُخَيِّمِينَ فِي وَادِي الْعَرَبَةِ، فِي صَحْرَاءِ مُوآبَ شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، مُقَابِلَ سُوفٍ، مَا بَيْنَ فَارَانَ وَتُوفَلَ وَلابَانَ وَحَضَيْرُوتَ وَذِي ذَهَبٍ.

These [are] the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side Jordan in the desert towards the west near the Red Sea, between Pharan Tophol, and Lobon, and Aulon, and the gold works.

٢ 2 وَكَانَتِ الرِّحْلَةُ تَسْتَغْرِقُ مِنْ حُورِيبَ عَبْرَ طَرِيقِ جَبَلِ سِعِيرَ إِلَى قَادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ يَوْماً.

[It is] a journey of eleven days from Choreb to mount Seir as far as Cades Barne.

٣ 3 فَفِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْحَادِي عَشَرَ، فِي السَّنَةِ الأَرْبَعِينَ، خَاطَبَ مُوسَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِكُلِّ مَا أَوْصَاهُ بِهِ الرَّبُّ إِلَيْهِمْ،

And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first [day] of the month, Moses spoke to all the children of Israel, according to all things which the Lord commanded him for them:

٤ 4 وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ هَزِيمَةِ سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الْمُقِيمِ فِي حَشْبُونَ، وَعُوجَ مَلِكِ بَاشَانَ السَّاكِنِ فِي عَشْتَارُوثَ فِي إِذْرَعِي.

after he had smitten Seon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Esebon, and Og the king of Basan who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrain;

٥ 5 وَابْتَدَأَ مُوسَى فِي أَرْضِ مُوآبَ شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ يَشْرَحُ الشَّرِيعَةَ قَائِلاً:

beyond Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,

٦ 6 «لَقَدْ قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا لَنَا فِي جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ: كَفَاكُمُ الْمُقَامُ فِي هَذَا الْجَبَلِ.

The Lord your God spoke to us in Choreb, saying, Let it suffice you to have dwelt [so long] in this mountain.

٧ 7 تَحَوَّلُوا وَتَقَدَّمُوا وَادْخُلُوا جَبَلَ الأَمُورِيِّينَ وَكُلَّ مَا يَلِيهِ مِنْ وَادِي الْعَرَبَةِ وَالْجَبَلِ وَالسَّهْلِ وَالنَّقَبِ وَسَاحِلِ بَحْرِ أَرْضِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَلُبْنَانَ، إِلَى النَّهْرِ الْكَبِيرِ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ.

Turn ye and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and [go] to all that dwell near about Araba, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Chananites near the sea, and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

٨ 8 وَانْظُرُوا، فَهَا أَنَا قَدْ وَهَبْتُكُمُ الأَرْضَ، فَادْخُلُوا وَتَمَلَّكُوهَا لأَنِّي أَقْسَمْتُ أَنْ أُعْطِيَهَا لِآبَائِكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَلِنَسْلِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ».

Behold, [God] has delivered the land before you; go in and inherit the land, which I sware to your fathers, Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob, to give it to them and to their seed after them.

٩ 9 وَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلشَّعْبِ: «لا أَقْدِرُ وَحْدِي أَنْ أَتَحَمَّلَ مَسْؤولِيَّتَكُمْ،

And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I shall not be able by myself to bear you.

١٠ 10 فَقَدْ كَثَّرَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ، وَهَا أَنْتُمْ قَدْ أَصْبَحْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ فِي كَثْرَةِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ.

The Lord your God has multiplied you, and, behold, ye are to-day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

١١ 11 فَلْيَزِدْكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِكُمْ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ وَيُبَارِكْكُمْ كَمَا وَعَدَكُمْ.

The Lord God of your fathers add to you a thousand-fold more than you are, and bless you as he has spoken to you.

١٢ 12 وَلَكِنْ كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَحْمِلَ وَحْدِي مَشَاكِلَكُمْ وَأَثْقَالَكُمْ وَخُصُومَاتِكُمْ؟

How shall I alone be able to bear your labour, and your burden, and your gainsayings?

١٣ 13 فَاخْتَارُوا مِنْ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ رِجَالاً حُكَمَاءَ عُقَلاءَ مِنْ ذَوِي الْمَقَامِ، فَأَجْعَلَهُمْ قَادَةً لَكُمْ.»

Take to yourselves wise and understanding and prudent men for your tribes, and I will set your leaders over you.

١٤ 14 فَأَجَبْتُمُونِي قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ مَا تَقْتَرِحُ عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نَفْعَلَهُ أَمْرٌ صَائِبٌ».

And ye answered me and said, The thing which thou hast told us [is] good to do.

١٥ 15 فَاخْتَرْتُ رُؤَسَاءَ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ رِجَالاً حُكَمَاءَ مِنْ ذَوِي الْمَقَامِ، وَأَقَمْتُهُمْ قَادَةً عَلَيْكُمْ، فَكَانُوا رُؤَسَاءَ أُلُوفٍ وَمِئَاتٍ وَخَمَاسِينَ وَعَشَرَاتٍ، وَعُرَفَاءَ لأَسْبَاطِكُمْ.

So I took of you wise and understanding and prudent men, and I set them to rule over you as rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, and officers to your judges.

١٦ 16 وَأَمَرْتُ قُضَاتَكُمْ آنَئِذٍ قَائِلاً: اسْتَمِعُوا إِلَى الْخُصُومَاتِ النَّاشِبَةِ بَيْنَ إِخْوَتِكُمْ وَاقْضُوا بِالْعَدْلِ بَيْنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّ وَأَخِيهِ أَوْ بَيْنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّ وَالنَّزِيلِ.

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [causes] between your brethren, and judge rightly between a man and [his] brother, and the stranger that is with him.

١٧ 17 لَا تُحَابُوا فِي الْقَضَاءِ وَاسْتَمِعُوا لِلصَّغِيرِ كَمَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ لِلْكَبِيرِ. لَا تَهَابُوا إِنْسَاناً، لأَنَّ الْقَضَاءَ لِلهِ. وَمَا يَصْعُبُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ أَمْرٍ تَرْفَعُونَهُ إِلَيَّ فَأَقْضِي فِيهِ.

Thou shalt not have respect to persons in judgment, thou shalt judge small and great equally; thou shalt not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgment is God's; and whatsoever matter shall be too hard for you, ye shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.

١٨ 18 وَأَوْصَيْتُكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ بِجَمِيعِ الأُمُورِ الَّتِي يَجِبُ أَنْ تُجْرُوهَا.

And I charged upon you at that time all the commands which ye shall perform.

١٩ 19 ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلْنَا بِمُوْجِبِ أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ مِنْ جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ مُجْتَازِينَ تِلْكَ الصَّحْرَاءَ الْعَظِيمَةَ الْمَخُوفَةَ الَّتِي رَأَيْتُمُوهَا، مُتَّجِهِينَ نَحْوَ بِلادِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الْجَبَلِيَّةِ، إِلَى أَنْ أَقْبَلْنَا عَلَى قَادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ.

And we departed from Choreb, and went through all that great wilderness and terrible, which ye saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorite, as the Lord our God charged us, and we came as far as Cades Barne.

٢٠ 20 فَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: هَا قَدْ جِئْتُمْ إِلَى بِلادِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الْجَبَلِيَّةِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا،

And I said to you, Ye have come as far as the mountain of the Amorite, which the Lord our God gives to you:

٢١ 21 فَانْظُرُوا لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ قَدْ أَعْطَاكُمُ الأَرْضَ، فَاصْعَدُوا وَاسْتَوْلُوا عَلَيْهَا كَمَا وَعَدَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِكُمْ. لَا تَخَافُوا وَلا تَرْتَعِبُوا.

behold, the Lord your God has delivered to us the land before you: go up and inherit it as the Lord God of your fathers said to you; fear not, neither be afraid.

٢٢ 22 فَتَقَدَّمْتُمْ إِلَيَّ جَمِيعُكُمْ وَقُلْتُمْ: دَعْنَا نُرْسِلُ قَوْماً لِيَتَجَسَّسُوا الأَرْضَ لَنَا، ثُمَّ يُوَافُونَا بِنَبَإِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي نَسْلُكُهَا وَالْمُدُنِ الَّتِي نَجْتَازُ بِها.

And ye all came to me, and said, Let us send men before us, and let them go up to the land for us; and let them bring back to us a report of the way by which we shall go up, and of the cities into which we shall enter.

٢٣ 23 فَرَاقَنِي الاقْتِرَاحُ، وَانْتَخَبْتُ مِنْكُمُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً، وَاحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ.

And the saying pleased me: and I took of you twelve men, one man of a tribe.

٢٤ 24 فَاخْتَرَقُوا مَسَالِكَ الْجِبَالِ حَتَّى وَصَلُوا وَادِي أَشْكُولَ، فَاسْتَكْشَفُوهُ،

And they turned and went up to the mountain, and they came as far as the valley of the cluster, and surveyed it.

٢٥ 25 وَقَطَفُوا مِنْ ثِمَارِ الأَرْضِ وَحَمَلُوهَا إِلَيْنَا، وَقَالُوا: الأَرْضُ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا أَرْضٌ جَيِّدَةٌ.

And they took in their hands of the fruit of the land, and brought it to you, and said, The land is good which the Lord our God gives us.

٢٦ 26 لَكِنَّكُمْ تَقَاعَسْتُمْ عَنِ الصُّعُودِ إِلَيْهَا وَعَصَيْتُمْ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ،

Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the words of the Lord our God.

٢٧ 27 وَتَذَمَّرْتُمْ فِي خِيَامِكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَكْرَهُنَا أَخْرَجَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيُوْقِعَنَا فِي أَيْدِي الأَمُورِيِّينَ وَيُهْلِكَنَا.

And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us.

٢٨ 28 فَإِلَى أَيْنَ نَذْهَبُ؟ لَقَدْ أَوْهَنَ إِخْوَتُنَا قُلُوبَنَا عِنْدَمَا أَخْبَرُونَا أَنَّ أَهْلَ الأَرْضِ أَعْظَمُ مِنَّا وَأَكْثَرُ طُولاً، وَمُدُنَهُمْ عَظِيمَةٌ تَبْلُغُ حُصُونُهَا عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ، وَقَدْ شَاهَدْنَا هُنَاكَ بَنِي عَنَاقَ أَيْضاً.

Whither do we go up? and your brethren drew away your heart, saying, [It is a] great nation and populous, and mightier than we; and [there are] cities great and walled up to heaven: moreover we saw there the sons of the giants.

٢٩ 29 فَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: لَا تَجْزَعُوا وَلا تَخَافُوا مِنْهُمْ،

And I said to you, Fear not, neither be ye afraid of them;

٣٠ 30 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمُ السَّائِرَ أَمَامَكُمْ هُوَ يُحَارِبُ عَنْكُمْ كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ مَعَكُمْ فِي مِصْرَ.

the Lord your God who goes before your face, he shall fight against them together with you effectually, according to all that he wrought for you in the land of Egypt;

٣١ 31 كَذَلِكَ شَهِدْتُمْ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ كَيْفَ حَمَلَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ كَمَا يَحْمِلُ الإِنْسَانُ ابْنَهُ، فِي كُلِّ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سَلَكْتُمُوهَا، حَتَّى أَقْبَلْتُمْ إِلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ.

and in this wilderness which ye saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorite; how the Lord thy God will bear thee as a nursling, as if any man should nurse his child, through all the way which ye have gone until ye came to this place.

٣٢ 32 وَلَكِنْ عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَثِقُوا بِالَّربِّ إِلَهِكُمُ

And in this matter ye believed not the Lord our God,

٣٣ 33 السَّائِرِ أَمَامَكُمْ فِي رِحْلَتِكُمْ، لِيَلْتَمِسَ لَكُمْ مَكَاناً تَنْزِلُونَ فِيهِ. فَكَانَ يَقُودُكُمْ فِي عَمُودِ نَارٍ لَيْلاً وَفِي عَمُودِ سَحَابٍ نَهَاراً.

who goes before you in the way to choose you a place, guiding you in fire by night, shewing you the way by which ye go, and a cloud by day.

٣٤ 34 وَسَمِعَ الرَّبُّ تَذَمُّرَكُمْ فَسَخَطَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَقْسَمَ قَائِلاً:

And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and being greatly provoked he sware, saying,

٣٥ 35 لَنْ يَرَى إِنْسَانٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْجِيلِ الشِّرِّيرِ الأَرْضَ الْجَيِّدَةَ الَّتِي أَقْسَمْتُ أَنْ أَهَبَهَا لِآبَائِكُمْ.

Not one of these men shall see this good land, which I sware to their fathers,

٣٦ 36 إِلّا كَالِبَ بْنَ يَفُنَّةَ، فَهُوَ يَرَاهَا وَأُوَرِّثُهُ هُوَ وَبَنِيهِ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي وَطِئَهَا، لأَنَّهُ أَطَاعَ الرَّبَّ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِهِ.

except Chaleb the son of Jephonne, he shall see it; and to him I will give the land on which he went up, and to his sons, because he attended to the things of the Lord.

٣٧ 37 كَمَا غَضِبَ الرَّبُّ عَلَيَّ بِسَبَبِكُمْ قَائِلاً: وَأَنْتَ أَيْضاً لَنْ تَدْخُلَ الأَرْضَ.

And the Lord was angry with me for your sake, saying, Neither shalt thou by any means enter therein.

٣٨ 38 إِنَّمَا يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونٍ الْمَاثِلُ أَمَامَكَ هُوَ يَدْخُلُهَا فَشَجِّعْهُ لأَنَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِي يُوَزِّعُهَا عَلَى الإِسْرَائيِليِّينَ.

Joshua the son of Naue, who stands by thee, he shall enter in there; do thou strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

٣٩ 39 أَمَّا أَطْفَالُكُمُ الَّذِينَ ادَّعَيْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يُصْبِحُونَ غَنِيمَةً، وَصِغَارُكُمُ الَّذِينَ لَا يُمَيِّزُونَ بَعْدُ الْخَيْرَ وَالشَّرَّ، فَهُمْ يَدْخُلُونَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ وَلَهُمْ أَهَبُ الأَرْضَ وَهُمْ يَرِثُونَهَا.

And every young child who this day knows not good or evil, —they shall enter therein, and to them I will give it, and they shall inherit it.

٤٠ 40 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتَحَوَّلُوا وَارْتَحِلُوا إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ عَلَى مُحَاذَاةِ طَرِيقِ الْبَحْرِ الأَحْمَرِ.

And ye turned and marched into the wilderness, in the way by the Red Sea.

٤١ 41 فَأَجَبْتُمْ وَقُلْتُمْ لِي: لَقْدْ أَخْطَأْنَا إِلَى الرَّبِّ، وَنَحْنُ صَاعِدُونَ إِلَى الْحَرْبِ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَنَا بِهِ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا. وَحَمَلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ سِلاحَهُ، مَسْتَخِفّاً بِمَصَاعِبِ ارْتِقَاءِ الْجِبَالِ.

And ye answered and said, We have sinned before the Lord our God; we will go up and fight according to all that the Lord our God has commanded us: and having taken every one his weapons of war, and being gathered together, ye went up to the mountain.

٤٢ 42 فَأَمَرَنِي الرَّبُّ: قُلْ لَهُمْ لَا تَصْعَدُوا وَلا تُحَارِبُوا، لأَنِّي لَسْتُ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ، لِئَلّا تَنْهَزِمُوا أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِكُمْ.

And the Lord said to me, Tell them, Ye shall not go up, neither shall ye fight, for I am not with you; thus shall ye not be destroyed before your enemies.

٤٣ 43 فَكَلَّمْتُكُمْ وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا، بَلْ عَصَيْتُمْ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ وَتَمَرَّدْتُمْ وَصَعِدْتُمْ إِلَى الأَرَاضِي الْجَبَلِيَّةِ.

And I spoke to you, and ye did not hearken to me; and ye transgressed the commandment of the Lord; and ye forced your way and went up into the mountain.

٤٤ 44 فَانْدَفَعَ الأَمُورِيُّونَ الْمُسْتَوْطِنُونَ فِي الأَرَاضِي الْجَبَلِيَّةِ لِلِقَائِكُمْ، وَطَارَدُوكُمْ كَمَا يُطَارِدُ النَّحْلُ، وَهَزَمُوكُمْ فِي سِعِيرَ حَتَّى تُخُومِ حُرْمَةَ.

And the Amorite who dwelt in that mountain came out to meet you, and pursued you as bees do, and wounded you from Seir to Herma.

٤٥ 45 فَرَجَعْتُمْ وَنُحْتُمْ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، وَلَمْ يَسْمَعِ الرَّبُّ لِصَوْتِكُمْ وَلا أَنْصَتَ إِلَيْكُمْ.

And ye sat down and wept before the Lord our God, and the Lord hearkened not to your voice, neither did he take heed to you.

٤٦ 46 وَمَكَثْتُمْ فِي قَادَشَ أَيَّاماً كَثِيرَةً، أَيْ طَوَالَ الْفَتْرَةِ الَّتِي بَقِيتُمْ فِيهَا هُنَاكَ.

And ye dwelt in Cades many days, as many days as ye dwelt [there].