عَدَد 10

١ 1 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

Yahweh also told Moses/me,

٢ 2 «اصْنَعْ لَكَ بُوقَيْنِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ مَطْرُوقَةٍ تَسْتَخْدِمُهُمَا لِدَعْوَةِ الشَّعْبِ، وَلإِعْلانِ نَفِيرِ الرَّحِيلِ،

“[Tell someone to] make two trumpets by hammering each one from [one lump of] silver. Blow the trumpets to summon the people to come together and also to signal that they must move their tents [to a new location].

٣ 3 فَحَالَمَا يُنْفَخُ فِيهِمَا يَجْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ الشَّعْبُ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

If both trumpets are blown, it means that everyone must gather together at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.

٤ 4 أَمَّا إِذَا نُفِخَ فِي بُوقٍ وَاحِدٍ، يَتَوَافَدُ إِلَيْكَ رُؤَسَاءُ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

If only one trumpet is blown, it means that only the [twelve] leaders of the tribes must gather together.

٥ 5 وَعِنْدَمَا يَرْتَفِعُ نَفِيرُ هُتَافٍ، تَرْتَحِلُ الأَسْبَاطُ الْمُخَيِّمَةُ إِلَى الشَّرْقِ،

If the trumpets are blown loudly, the tribes that are to the east [of the Sacred Tent] should start to travel.

٦ 6 وَإذَا ارْتَفَعَ نَفِيرُ هُتَافٍ ثَانٍ تَرْتَحِلُ الأَسْبَاطُ النَّازِلَةُ إِلَى الْجَنُوبِ، وَهَكَذَا يُعْلَنُ عَنِ الارْتِحَالِ بِنَفِيرِ الْهُتَافِ.

When the trumpets are blown loudly the second time, the tribes that are to the south should start to travel. The loud blasts on the trumpet will signal that they should start to travel.

٧ 7 أَمَّا عِنْدَ جَمْعِ الشَّعْبِ، فَانْفُخُوا بِالْبُوقَيْنِ، وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَيْرِ هُتَافٍ،

When you want only to gather the people together, blow the trumpets, but do not blow them as loudly.

٨ 8 وَيَكُونُ أَبْنَاءُ هَرُونَ هُمُ النَّافِخُونَ بِالأَبْوَاقِ، فَرِيضَةً دَائِمَةً لَكُمْ جِيلاً بَعْدَ جِيلٍ.

“The priests who are descended from Aaron are the ones who should blow the trumpets. That is a regulation that will never be changed.

٩ 9 وَإِنْ ذَهَبْتُمْ لِمُحَارَبَةِ عَدُوٍّ فِي أَرْضِكُمْ يَضُرُّ بِكُمْ، فَاضْرِبُوا بِالأَبْوَاقِ، فَأَذْكُرَكُمْ وَأُخَلِّصَكُمْ مِنْ أَعْدَائِكُمْ.

When you fight against enemies who attack you in your own land, tell the priests to blow the trumpets loudly. I, Yahweh, your God, will hear that, and I will rescue you from your enemies.

١٠ 10 انْفُخُوا فِي الأَبْوَاقِ أَيْضاً فِي أَيَّامِ فَرَحِكُمْ وَفِي أَعْيَادِكُمْ وَرُؤُوسِ شُهُورِكُمْ، وَكَذَلِكَ عَلَى مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ وَذَبَائِحِ سَلامِكُمْ، فَتَكُونَ لَكُمْ تَذْكَاراً أَمَامِي. أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ».

Also tell the priests to blow the trumpets when the people are happy, and at the festivals [each year], and at the times when they celebrate the new moon each month. Tell them to blow the trumpets when the people bring offerings that will be completely burned, and when they bring offerings to maintain fellowship with me. If they do that, it will help you to remember that I, Yahweh your God, [will help you].”

١١ 11 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الْعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي مِنَ السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ (الْعِبْرِيَّةِ) ارْتَفَعَتِ السَّحَابَةُ عَنْ مَسْكَنِ الشَّهَادَةِ،

On the twentieth day of May in the second year [after the/we Israelis left Egypt], the cloud rose up from above the Sacred Tent.

١٢ 12 فَارْتَحَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي صَحْرَاءِ سِينَاءَ مِنْ مَكَانٍ إِلَى آخَرَ إِلَى أَنِ اسْتَقَرَّتِ السَّحَابَةُ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ فَارَانَ.

So we/the Israelis traveled from the Sinai Desert, and we/they continued traveling [north] until the cloud stopped in the Paran Desert.

١٣ 13 وَكَانَتْ هَذِهِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ يَرْتَحِلُونَ فِيهَا بِمُوْجِبِ التَّنْظِيمِ الْجَدِيدِ الَّذِي أَمَرَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُوسَى،

That was the first time we/they moved, obeying the instructions that Yahweh had given to Moses/me to tell them.

١٤ 14 فَقَدِ ارْتَحَلَتْ أَوَّلاً مُخَيَّمَاتُ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا طِبْقاً لِعَشَائِرِهِمْ، وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِمْ نَحْشُونُ بْنُ عَمِّينَادَابَ.

The group that went first, carrying their flag/banner, was the group from the tribe of Judah. Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, was their leader.

١٥ 15 ثُمَّ عَشَائِرُ سِبْطِ يَسَّاكَرَ، وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِمْ نَثَنَائِيلُ بْنُ صُوغَرَ،

The group from the tribe of Issachar [followed them]. Nethanel, the son of Zuar, was their leader.

١٦ 16 وَتَلاهُمْ سِبْطُ زَبُولُونَ، وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ آلِيآبُ بْنُ حِيلُونَ،

The group from the tribe of Zebulun went next. Eliab, the son of Helon, was their leader.

١٧ 17 ثُمَّ أُنْزِلَ الْمَسْكَنُ، فَارْتَحَلَ بَنُو جَرْشُونَ وَبَنُو مَرَارِي حَامِلِينَ الْمَسْكَنَ،

Then they dismantled the Sacred Tent, and the descendants of Gershon and Merari carried it, and they went next.

١٨ 18 وَأَعْقَبَتْهُمْ مُخَيَّمَاتُ سِبْطِ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَفْقاً لِعَشَائِرِهِمْ، وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِمْ أَلِيصُورُ بْنُ شَدَيْئُورَ.

The group from the tribe of Reuben went next, carrying their flag. Elizur, the son of Shedeur, was their leader.

١٩ 19 ثُمَّ عَشَائِرُ سِبْطِ شِمْعُونَ، وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِمْ شَلُومِيئِيلُ بْنُ صُورِيشَدَّاي،

The group from the tribe of Simeon was next. Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, was their leader.

٢٠ 20 وَتَبِعَتْهُمْ عَشَائِرُ سِبْطِ جَادٍ، وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِمْ أَلِيَاسَافُ بْنُ دَعُوئِيلَ،

The group from the tribe of Gad was next. Eliasaph, the son of Deuel, was their leader.

٢١ 21 ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلَ الْقَهَاتِيُّونَ حَامِلِينَ الْمَقْدِسَ إِلَى حَيْثُ كَانَ الْمَسْكَنُ قَدْ أُقِيمَ فِي انْتِظَارِهِمْ.

The group descended from Kohath was next. They carried the sacred items from the Sacred Tent. The Sacred Tent itself was set up at the new location before they arrived there.

٢٢ 22 وَارْتَحَلَتْ عَلَى أَثَرِهِمْ مُخَيَّمَاتُ أَفْرَايِمَ حَسَبِ عَشَائِرِهَا وَعَلَى رَأْسِهَا أَلِيشَمَعُ بْنُ عَمِّيهُودَ،

The group from the tribe of Ephraim was next, carrying their flag. Elishama, the son of Ammihud, was their leader.

٢٣ 23 ثُمَّ سِبْطُ مَنَسَّى وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ جَمْلِيئِيلُ بْنُ فَدَهْصُورَ،

The group from the tribe of Manasseh went next. Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, was their leader.

٢٤ 24 وَتَبِعَهُمْ سِبْطُ بِنْيَامِينَ، وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ أَبِيدَنُ بْنُ جِدْعُونِي،

The group from the tribe of Benjamin, went next. Abidan, the son of Gideoni, was their leader.

٢٥ 25 ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلَتْ مُخَيَّمَاتُ سِبْطِ دَانٍ بِرَايَتِهِ مَعَ جَمِيعِ عَشَائِرِهِ، فِي مُؤَخَّرَةِ الْجَمَاعَةِ، وَكَانَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ أَخِيعَزَرُ بْنُ عَمِّيشَدَّاي.

The ones who went last were the group from the tribe of Dan, carrying their flag. Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, was their leader.

٢٦ 26 وَسِبْطِ أَشِيرَ وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَجْعِيئِيلُ بْنُ عُكْرَنَ،

The group from the tribe of Asher went next. Pagiel, the son of Ocran, was their leader.

٢٧ 27 وَسِبْطِ نَفْتَالِي وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ أَخِيرَعُ بْنُ عِينَنَ،

The group from the tribe of Naphtali went last. Ahira, the son of Enan, was their leader.

٢٨ 28 فَكَانَ هَذَا هُوَ النِّظَامُ الَّذِي سَارَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَسْبَاطُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ رَحِيلِهِمْ.

That was the order in which the groups of Israeli tribes traveled.

٢٩ 29 وَقَالَ مُوسَى لِحَمِيهِ حُوبَابَ بْنِ رَعُوئِيلَ الْمِدْيَانِيِّ: «إِنَّنَا رَاحِلُونَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدَ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يَهَبَهَا لَنَا، فَتَعَالَ مَعْنَا، فَنُحْسِنَ إِلَيْكَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ وَعَدَ أَنْ يُحْسِنَ إِلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ».

One day Moses/I said to his/my brother-in-law Hobab, the son of Reuel from the Midian people-group, “We are on the way to the place that Yahweh promised to give to us. Come with us, and we will take good care of you, because Yahweh has promised [to do] good things for us Israeli people.”

٣٠ 30 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «لا أَذْهَبُ، بَلْ دَعْنِي أَمْضِي إِلَى أَرْضِي وَعَشِيرَتِي».

But Hobab replied, “No, I will not go with you. I want to return to my own land and to my own family.”

٣١ 31 فَقَالَ مُوسَى: «لا تَتْرُكْنَا لأَنَّكَ تَعْرِفُ مَسَالِكَ الصَّحْرَاءِ وَمَوَاضِعَ الإِقَامَةِ فِيهَا، فَتَكُونَ لَنَا دَلِيلاً.

But Moses/I said, “Please do not leave us. You know the places where we can set up our tents in this desert, and you can guide us.

٣٢ 32 وَإِنْ رَافَقْتَنَا فَإِنَّنَا نُحْسِنُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَفْسِ الإِحْسَانِ الَّذِي يُحْسِنُ الرَّبُّ بِهِ إِلَيْنَا».

Come with us. We will share with you all the good things that Yahweh gives to us.”

٣٣ 33 فَارْتَحَلُوا مِنْ عِنْدِ جَبَلِ الرَّبِّ مَسِيرَةَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَكَانَ تَابُوتُ الرَّبِّ يَتَقَدَّمُهُمْ بَاحِثاً لَهُمْ عَنْ مَوْضِعِ إِقَامَةٍ.

[So Hobab agreed to go with them]. The Israelis left Sinai Mountain, [which they called] Yahweh’s Mountain, and they walked for three days. The [men carrying the] sacred chest went in front of the other people for those three days, and they kept looking for a place to set up their tents.

٣٤ 34 وَكَانَتْ سَحَابَةُ الرَّبِّ تُظَلِّلُهُمْ نَهَاراً فِي أَثْنَاءِ ارْتِحَالِهِمْ مِنَ الْمُخَيَّمِ،

The cloud sent by Yahweh was over them every day.

٣٥ 35 وَكَانَ مُوسَى يَقُولُ عِنْدَ ارْتِحَالِ التَّابُوتِ: «قُمْ يَا رَبُّ وَبَدِّدْ أَعْدَاءَكَ فَيَهْرُبَ مُبْغِضُوكَ مِنْ أَمَامِكَ»

Each morning when the men who were carrying the sacred chest started to walk, Moses/I said, “Yahweh, arise! Scatter your enemies! Cause those who hate you to run away from you!”

٣٦ 36 وَكَانَ يَقُولُ عِنْدَ حُلُولِهِ: «ارْجِعْ يَا رَبُّ إِلَى عَشَرَاتِ أُلُوفِ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

And each time the men [stopped to] set down the sacred chest, Moses/I said, “Yahweh, stay close to the thousands of us Israelis!”