يَشُوع 22
| ثُمَّ اسْتَدْعَى يَشُوعُ الرَّأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ وَالْجَادِيِّينَ وَنِصْفَ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى، | ١ 1 |
Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
| وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لَقَدْ وَفَيْتُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا أَوْصَاكُمْ بِهِ مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ، وَأَطَعْتُمْ كَلامِي فِي كُلِّ مَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ. | ٢ 2 |
and told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.
| وَلَمْ تَتَخَلَّوْا عَنْ إِخْوَتِكُمْ طَوَالَ هَذِهِ الأَيَّامِ الْكَثِيرَةِ حَتَّى هَذِهِ اللَّحْظَةِ، بَلْ نَفَّذْتُمُ الْمُهِمَّةَ الَّتِي أَوْكَلَهَا إِلَيْكُمُ الرَّبُّ. | ٣ 3 |
All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.
| وَهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمُ الآنَ قَدْ أَرَاحَ إِخْوَتَكُمْ كَمَا وَعَدَهُمْ، فَانْصَرِفُوا إِلَى خِيَامِكُمْ وَإِلَى أَرْضِ مِلْكِكُمُ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَكُمْ مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ فِي شَرْقِيِّ الأُرْدُنِّ. | ٤ 4 |
And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
| إِنَّمَا احْرِصُوا جِدّاً عَلَى مُمَارَسَةِ الْوَصِيَّةِ وَالشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي أَمَرَكُمْ بِها مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ، وَهِيَ أَنْ تُحِبُّوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ وَتَسْلُكُوا فِي كُلِّ سُبُلِهِ وَتُطِيعُوا وَصَايَاهُ وَتَتَمَسَّكُوا بِهِ وَتَعْبُدُوهُ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَنُفُوسِكُمْ». | ٥ 5 |
But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
| ثُمَّ بَارَكَهُمْ يَشُوعُ وَأَطْلَقَهُمْ، فَمَضَوْا إِلَى خِيَامِهِمْ. | ٦ 6 |
So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.
| وَكَانَ مُوسَى قَدْ وَهَبَ لِنِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى مِلْكاً فِي بَاشَانَ، أَمَّا نِصْفُهُ الآخَرُ فَقَدْ أَعْطَاهُمْ يَشُوعُ مِيرَاثاً مَعَ إِخْوَتِهِمْ غَرْبِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ. وَعِنْدَمَا أَطْلَقَهُمْ يَشُوعُ أَيْضاً إِلَى خِيَامِهِمْ بَارَكَهُمْ | ٧ 7 |
(To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan among their brothers.) When Joshua sent them to their homes he blessed them,
| وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «ارْجِعُوا إِلَى خِيَامِكُمْ بِغَنَائِمَ كَثِيرَةٍ وَبِمَوَاشٍ وَفِيرَةٍ وَبِفِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَنُحَاسٍ وَحَدِيدٍ وَمَلابِسَ كَثِيرَةٍ جِدّاً، تَقَاسَمُوا غَنِيمَةَ أَعْدَائِكُمْ مَعَ إِخْوَتِكُمْ». | ٨ 8 |
saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
| فَرَجَعَ أَبْنَاءُ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَأَبْنَاءُ جَادٍ وَنِصْفُ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى مِنْ عِنْدِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ شِيلُوهَ الْوَاقِعَةِ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، إِلَى أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ، أَرْضِ مِيرَاثِهِمِ الَّتِي امْتَلَكُوهَا حَسَبَ وَعْدِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُوسَى. | ٩ 9 |
So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
| وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ رِجَالُ سِبْطَيْ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ وَنِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى حَوْضَ الأُرْدُنِّ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، شَيَّدُوا عَلَى ضَفَّةِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ مَذْبَحاً رَائِعَ الْمَنْظَرِ. | ١٠ 10 |
And when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
| فَقِيلَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هَا قَدْ بَنَى أَبْنَاءُ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ وَأَبْنَاءُ نِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى مَذْبَحاً فِي حَوْضِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ مُقَابِلَ جَانِبِنَا مِنَ النَّهْرِ». | ١١ 11 |
Then the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”
| فَاحْتَشَدَ كُلُّ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي شِيلُوهَ مُتَأَهِّبِينَ لِمُحَارَبَتِهِمْ. | ١٢ 12 |
And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.
| وَأَرْسَلُوا فِينْحَاسَ بْنَ أَلِعَازَارَ الْكَاهِنَ إِلَى أَبْنَاءِ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَأَبْنَاءِ جَادٍ وَأَبْنَاءِ نِصْفِ مَنَسَّى فِي أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ | ١٣ 13 |
The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
| عَلَى رَأْسِ وَفْدٍ مِنْ عَشْرَةِ زُعَمَاءَ يُمَثِّلُ كُلُّ زَعِيمٍ مِنْهُمْ سِبْطاً مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٤ 14 |
With him they sent ten chiefs—one family leader from each tribe of Israel, each the head of a family among the clans of Israel.
| وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلُوا إِلَى جِلْعَادَ قَالُوا لَهُمْ: | ١٥ 15 |
They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,
| «هَذَا مَا تَقُولُهُ لَكُمْ كُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ الرَّبِّ: مَا هَذِهِ الْخِيَانَةُ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبْتُمُوهَا فِي حَقِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَارْتَدَدْتُمْ عَنِ الرَّبِّ وَبَنَيْتُمْ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ مَذْبَحاً، مُتَمَرِّدِينَ بِذَلِكَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ؟ | ١٦ 16 |
“This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel against the LORD this day?
| أَلَمْ يَكْفِنَا إِثْمُ فَغُورَ الَّذِي لَمْ نَتَطَهَّرْ مِنْهُ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ مُنْذُ أَنْ تَفَشَّى الْوَبَأُ فِي جَمَاعَةِ الرَّبِّ، | ١٧ 17 |
Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.
| حَتَّى تَرْتَدُّوا أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ عَنِ الرَّبِّ؟ إِذَا تَمَرَّدْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْخَطُ غَداً عَلَى كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٨ 18 |
And now, would you turn away from the LORD? If you rebel today against the LORD, tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
| فَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَرْضُكُمْ نَجِسَةً فَتَعَالَوْا إِلَى أَرْضِ الرَّبِّ، الَّتِي نُصِبَ فِيهَا مَسْكَنُ الرَّبِّ، وَرِثُوا بَيْنَنَا، وَلَكِنْ لَا تَتَمَرَّدُوا عَلَى الرَّبِّ وَلا عَلَيْنَا بِتَشْيِيدِكُمْ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ مَذْبَحاً غَيْرَ مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا. | ١٩ 19 |
If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.
| أَلَمْ يَرْتَكِبْ عَخَانُ بْنُ زَارَحَ خِيَانَةً فَسَرَقَ مَا حَرَّمَهُ اللهُ، فَانْصَبَّ السَّخَطُ عَلَى كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُوَ وَحْدَهُ فَقَطْ الَّذِي هَلَكَ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ إِثْمِهِ؟» | ٢٠ 20 |
Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
| فَأَجَابَهُمْ أَبْنَاءُ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ وَنِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى: | ٢١ 21 |
Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:
| «إِنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ هُوَ إِلَهُ كُلِّ الآلِهَةِ؛ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ هُوَ إِلَهُ كُلِّ الْآلِهَةِ. هُوَ يَعْلَمُ، وَعَلَى شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ أَنَّنَا لَمْ نَبْنِ الْمَذْبَحَ تَمَرُّداً عَلَيْهِ أَوْ خِيَانَةً فِي حَقِّهِ وَإلَّا فَلْيُهْلِكْنَا هَذَا الْيَوْمَ، | ٢٢ 22 |
“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
| وَلْيُعَاقِبْنَا الرَّبُّ نَفْسُهُ إِنْ كُنَّا قَدْ شَيَّدْنَا هَذَا الْمَذْبَحَ لِلارْتِدَادِ عَنْهُ أَوْ لإِصْعَادِ مُحْرَقَةٍ أَوْ تَقْدِمَةٍ أَوْ تَقْرِيبِ ذَبَائِحِ سَلامٍ عَلَيْهِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
If we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.
| إِنَّمَا أَقَمْنَاهُ خَوْفاً مِنْ أَنْ يَقُولَ يَوْماً أَوْلادُكُمْ لأَوْلادِنَا: بِأَيِّ حَقٍّ تَعْبُدُونَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ | ٢٤ 24 |
But in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
| لَقَدْ جَعَلَ الرَّبُّ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ حَدّاً فَاصِلاً بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَنَا يَا أَبْنَاءَ سِبْطَيْ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ، فَلَيْسَ لَكُمْ نَصِيبٌ فِي الرَّبِّ، وَبِذَلِكَ يَثْنِي أَوْلادُكُمْ أَوْلادَنَا عَنْ تَقْوَى الرَّبِّ. | ٢٥ 25 |
For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.
| وَذَلِكَ مَا جَعَلَنَا نَقُولُ: هَيَّا نَبْنِي مَذْبَحاً، لَا لِنُقَدِّمَ عَلَيْهِ مُحْرَقَةً أَوْ ذَبِيحَةً، | ٢٦ 26 |
That is why we said, ‘Let us take action and build an altar for ourselves, but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.
| إِنَّمَا لِيَكُونَ شَاهِداً بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ أَجْيَالِنَا الْقَادِمَةِ بَعْدَنَا، بِأَنَّنَا نَعْبُدُ الرَّبَّ بِذَبَائِحِنَا وَمُحْرَقَاتِنَا وَتَقْدِمَاتِ سَلامِنَا، فَلا يَقُولُ أَبْنَاؤُكُمْ غَداً لأَبْنَائِنَا: لَيْسَ لَكُمْ نَصِيبٌ فِي الرَّبِّ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’
| وَقُلْنَا: إِذَا حَدَثَ وَقَالُوا ذَلِكَ لأَجْيَالِنَا غَداً، أَنَّهُمْ يُجِيبُونَهُمْ: انْظُرُوا شِبْهَ مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي شَيَّدَهُ آبَاؤُنَا، لَا لِلْمُحْرَقَةِ وَلا لِلذَّبِيحَةِ، بَلْ لِيَكُونَ شَاهِداً بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ. | ٢٨ 28 |
Therefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’
| فَحَاشَا لَنَا أَنْ نَتَمَرَّدَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ وَنَرْتَدَّ عَنْهُ بِبِنَاءِ مَذْبَحٍ لِلْمُحْرَقَةِ أَوِ التَّقْدِمَةِ أَوِ الذَّبِيحَةِ غَيْرَ مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا الْقَائِمِ أَمَامَ مَسْكَنِهِ». | ٢٩ 29 |
Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices, other than the altar of the LORD our God, which stands before His tabernacle.”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ فِينْحَاسُ الْكَاهِنُ وَقَادَةُ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُرَافِقِينَ لَهُ مَا أَجَابَ بِهِ أَبْنَاءُ سِبْطَيْ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ وَأَبْنَاءُ نِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى، حَظِيَ ذَلِكَ بِرِضَاهُمْ. | ٣٠ 30 |
When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.
| فَقَالَ فِينْحَاسُ بْنُ أَلِعَازَارَ الْكَاهِنُ لَهُمْ: «الْيَوْمَ عَرَفْنَا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ بَيْنَنَا، لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَرْتَكِبُوا هَذِهِ الْخِيَانَةَ بِحَقِّهِ، وَبِذَلِكَ أَنْقَذْتُمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ عِقَابِ الرَّبِّ». | ٣١ 31 |
Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”
| وَرَجَعَ فِينْحَاسُ بْنُ أَلِعَازَارَ الْكَاهِنُ وَالرُّؤَسَاءُ عَائِدِينَ مِنْ أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ حَيْثُ يُقِيمُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ وَأَخْبَرُوهُمْ بِجَوَابِهِمْ. | ٣٢ 32 |
Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, together with the other leaders, returned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan and brought back a report regarding the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead.
| فَاغْتَبَطَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ وَبَارَكُوا الرَّبَّ وَتَخَلَّوْا عَنْ فِكْرَةِ مُحَارَبَةِ الرَّأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ وَالْجَادِيِّينَ وَتَخْرِيبِ أَرْضِهِمْ. | ٣٣ 33 |
The Israelites were satisfied with the report, and they blessed God and spoke no more about going to war against them to destroy the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.
| وَسَمَّى بَنُو رَأُوبَيْنَ وَبَنُو جَادٍ الْمَذْبَحَ «الشَّاهِدَ» لأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّهُ شَاهِدٌ بَيْنَنَا بِأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ إِلَهُنَا. | ٣٤ 34 |
So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
