< عَدَد 11 >

وَرَاحَ الشَّعْبُ يَتَذَمَّرُ فِي مَسْمَعِ الرَّبِّ وَكَأَنَّ شَرّاً أَصَابَهُمْ، فَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَانْدَلَعَتْ فِيهِمْ نَارُهُ وَأَحْرَقَتْ طَرَفَ الْمُخَيَّمِ، ١ 1
And the people murmured sinfully before the Lord; and the Lord heard [them] and was very angry; and fire was kindled among them from the Lord, and devoured a part of the camp.
فَصَرَخُوا إِلَى مُوسَى، فَصَلَّى مُوسَى إِلَى الرَّبِّ فَخَمِدَتِ النَّارُ، ٢ 2
And the people cried to Moses: and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was quenched.
فَدُعِيَ ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانُ «تَبْعِيرَةَ» (وَمَعْنَاهُ: اشْتِعَالٌ) لأَنَّ نَارَ الرَّبِّ اشْتَعَلَتْ فِيهِمْ. ٣ 3
And the name of that place was called Burning; for a fire was kindled among them from the Lord.
وَاشْتَهَى أَخْلاطُ الأُمَمِ الْمُقِيمُونَ بَيْنَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، مِمَّنْ خَرَجُوا مَعَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ، طَعَامَ مِصْرَ، فَعَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَبْكُونَ قَائِلِينَ: «مَنْ يُطْعِمُنَا لَحْماً؟ ٤ 4
And the mixed multitude among them lusted exceedingly; and they and the children of Israel sat down and wept and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
لَقَدْ تَذَكَّرْنَا سَمَكَ مِصْرَ الَّذِي كُنَّا نَأْكُلُهُ مَجَّاناً، وَالقِثَّاءَ وَالْبَطِّيخَ وَالْكُرَّاتَ وَالْبَصَلَ وَالثُّومَ، ٥ 5
We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt freely; and the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the garlic, and the onions.
أَمَّا الآنَ فَقَدْ فَقَدْنَا شَهِيَّتَنَا وَهُزِلْنَا، وَلَيْسَ أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِنَا سِوَى هَذَا الْمَنِّ». ٦ 6
But now our soul is dried up; our eyes [turn] to nothing but to the manna.
وَكَانَ الْمَنُّ فِي حَجْمِ بُذُورِ الْكُزْبَرَةِ، وَشَكْلُهُ مُمَاثِلاً لِلْمُقْلِ. ٧ 7
And the manna is as coriander seed, and the appearance of it the appearance of hoar-frost.
وَكَانَ الشَّعْبُ يَطُوفُونَ لِيَجْمَعُوهُ ثُمَّ يَطْحَنُونَهُ بِالرَّحَى أَوْ يَدُقُّونَهُ فِي الْهَاوَنِ وَيَطْبُخُونَهُ فِي الْقُدُورِ أَوْ يَخْبِزُونَهُ عَلَى حِجَارَةٍ مُحَمَّاةٍ. وَكَانَ طَعْمُهُ كَطَعْمِ قَطَائِفَ بِزَيْتٍ. ٨ 8
And the people went through the field, and gathered, and ground it in the mill, or pounded it in a mortar, and baked it in a pan, and made cakes of it; and the sweetness of it was as the taste [of] wafer made with oil.
وَكَانَ الْمَنُّ يَنْزِلُ بِنُزُولِ النَّدَى عَلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ اللَّيْلِ. ٩ 9
And when the dew came upon the camp by night, the manna came down upon it.
فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ مُوسَى بُكَاءَ جَمِيعِ أَفْرَادِ الشَّعْبِ، كُلٍّ أَمَامَ بَابِ خَيْمَتِهِ، وَرَأَى احْتِدَامَ غَضَبِ الرَّبِّ الشَّدِيدِ اعْتَرَاهُ الاسْتِيَاءُ. ١٠ 10
And Moses heard them weeping by their families, every one in his door: and the Lord was very angry; and the thing was evil in the sight of Moses.
فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلرَّبِّ: «لَمَاذَا أَسَأْتَ إِلَى عَبْدِكَ وَلَمْ تَرْضَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى إِنَّكَ حَمَّلْتَهُ مَسْؤولِيَّةَ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ؟ ١١ 11
And Moses said to the Lord, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant, and why have I not found grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest lay the weight of this people upon me?
أَلَعَلِّي حَبِلْتُ بِهِ أَوْ وَلَدْتُهُ، حَتَّى تَقُولَ لِي احْمِلْهُ فِي حِضْنِكَ كَمَا يَحْمِلُ الْمُرَبِّي الرَّضِيعَ، وَقُدْهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدْتَ بِها آبَاءَهُ. ١٢ 12
Have I conceived all this people, or have I born them? that thou sayest to me, Take them into thy bosom, as a nurse would take her suckling, into the land which thou swarest to their fathers?
مِنْ أَيْنَ أَجِيءُ بِلَحْمٍ يَكْفِي جَمِيعَ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ؟ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَبْكُونَ إِلَيَّ قَائِلِينَ: أَعْطِنَا لَحْماً لِنَأْكُلَ. ١٣ 13
Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
إِنَّنِي عَاجِزٌ عَنْ حَمْلِ عِبْءِ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ وَحْدِي لأَنَّهُ ثَقِيلٌ عَلَيَّ. ١٤ 14
I shall not be able to bear this people alone, for this thing is too heavy for me.
إِنْ كُنْتَ سَتُعَامِلُنِي هَكَذَا، فَاقْتُلْنِي، إِنْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكَ، فَلا أَشْهَدُ بَلِيَّتِي». ١٥ 15
And if thou doest thus to me, slay me utterly, if I have found favour with thee, that I may not see my affliction.
فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «اجْمَعْ إِلَيَّ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلاً مِنَ رُؤَسَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِمَّنْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ حَقّاً شُيُوخُ الشَّعْبِ وَعُرَفَاؤُهُ، وَأَقْبِلْ بِهِمْ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ لِيَمْثُلُوا مَعَكَ هُنَاكَ. ١٦ 16
And the Lord said to Moses, Gather me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom thou thyself knowest that they are the elders of the people, and their scribes; and thou shalt bring them to the tabernacle of witness, and they shall stand there with thee.
فَأَنْزِلَ وَأُخَاطِبَكَ هُنَاكَ، وَآخُذَ مِنَ الرُّوحِ الَّذِي عَلَيْكَ وَأَضَعَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَيُعِينُونَكَ فِي حَمْلِ مَسْؤولِيَّةِ الشَّعْبِ، فَلا تَحْمِلُهَا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ. ١٧ 17
And I will go down, and speak there with thee; and I will take of the spirit that is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear together with thee the burden of the people, and thou shalt not bear them alone.
وَقُلْ لِلشَّعْبِ، أَنْ يَتَقَدَّسُوا لِلْغَدِ، فَيَأْكُلُوا لَحْماً، لأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ بَكَيْتُمْ فِي أُذُنَي الرَّبِّ مُتَسَائِلِينَ: مَنْ يُطْعِمُنَا لَحْماً؟ لَقَدْ كَانَ لَنَا خَيْرٌ فِي مِصْرَ. إِنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيُعْطِيكُمْ لَحْماً فَتَأْكُلُونَ. ١٨ 18
And to the people thou shalt say, Purify yourselves for the morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye wept before the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: and the Lord shall allow you to eat flesh, and ye shall eat flesh.
وَسَتَأْكُلُونَهُ لَا لِيَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَلا لِيَوْمَيْنِ، وَلا لِخَمْسَةِ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ لِعَشْرَةِ أَيَّامٍ وَلا لِعِشْرِينَ يَوْماً، ١٩ 19
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days;
بَلْ لِشَهْرٍ كَامِلٍ إِلَى أَنْ تَعَافُوهُ وَيَخْرُجَ مِنْ أُنُوفِكُمْ، لأَنَّكُمْ رَفَضْتُمُ الرَّبَّ الَّذِي فِي وَسَطِكُمْ، وَبَكَيْتُمْ لَدَيْهِ قَائِلِينَ: لِمَاذَا خَرَجْنَا مِنْ مِصْرَ؟» ٢٠ 20
ye shall eat for a full month, until [the flesh] come out at your nostrils; and it shall be nausea to you, because ye disobeyed the Lord, who is among you, and wept before him, saying, What had we to do to come out of Egypt?
فَقَالَ مُوسَى: «هَذَا الشَّعْبُ الَّذِي أَنَا قَائِمٌ فِي وَسَطِهِ نَحْوَ سِتِّ مِئَةِ أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ، مَاعَدَا النَّسَاءَ وَالأَطْفَالَ، وَأَنْتَ تَقُولُ إِنَّكَ سَتُعْطِيهِمْ لَحْماً لِيَأْكُلُوا شَهْراً كَامِلاً، ٢١ 21
And Moses said, The people among whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou saidst, I will give them flesh to eat, and they shall eat a whole month.
فَمَهْمَا ذُبِحَ مِنْ غَنَمٍ وَبَقَرٍ أَيَكْفِيهِمْ؟ أَمْ يَكْفِيهِمْ لَوْ جُمِعَ كُلُّ سَمَكِ الْبَحْرِ؟» ٢٢ 22
Shall sheep and oxen be slain for them, and shall it suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, and shall it suffice them?
فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «هَلْ تَعْجَزُ يَدُ الرَّبِّ؟ انْتَظِرِ الآنَ لِتَرَى إِنْ كَانَ يَتَحَقَّقُ كَلامِي أَمْ لا». ٢٣ 23
And the Lord said to Moses, Shall not the hand of the Lord be fully sufficient? now shalt thou know whether my word shall come to pass to thee or not.
فَخَرجَ مُوسَى وَكَلَّمَ الشَّعْبَ بِمَا قَالَهُ الرَّبُّ، وَجَمَعَ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلاً مِنْ رُؤَسَائِهِمْ وَأَوْقَفَهُمْ حَوْلَ الْخَيْمَةِ. ٢٤ 24
And Moses went out, and spoke the words of the Lord to the people; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and he set them round about the tabernacle.
فَنَزَلَ الرَّبُّ فِي سَحَابَةٍ وَخَاطَبَهُ، وَأَخَذَ مِنَ الرُّوحِ الْحَالِّ عَلَيْهِ وَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى السَّبْعِينَ رَئِيساً. فَلَمَّا حَلَّ عَلَيْهِمِ الرُّوحُ تَنَبَّأُوا لِفَتْرَةٍ وَتَوَقَّفُوا. ٢٥ 25
And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men that were elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and ceased.
وَكَانَ قَدْ بَقِيَ اثْنَانِ مِنَ الشُّيُوخِ الْمُسَجَّلِينَ بَيْنَ السَّبْعِينَ فِي الْمُخَيَّمِ لَمْ يَأْتِيَا إِلَى الْخَيْمَةِ، اسْمُ أَحَدِهِمَا أَلْدَادُ، وَاسْمُ الآخَرِ مِيدَادُ. فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِمَا الرُّوحُ فَتَنَبَّآ فِي الْمُخَيَّمِ. ٢٦ 26
And there were two men left in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Modad; and the spirit rested upon them, and these were of the number of them that were enrolled, but they did not come to the tabernacle; and they prophesied in the camp.
فَأَسْرَعَ أَحَدُ الشُّبَّانِ وَأَخْبَرَ مُوسَى بِذَلِكَ، ٢٧ 27
And a young man ran and told Moses, and spoke, saying, Eldad and Modad prophesy in the camp.
فَقَالَ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ، مُسَاعِدُ مُوسَى مُنْذُ حَدَاثَتِهِ: «يَا سَيِّدِي، امْنَعْهُمَا!» ٢٨ 28
And Joshua the son of Naue, who attended on Moses, the chosen one, said, [My] lord Moses, forbid them.
غَيْرَ أَنَّ مُوسَى قَالَ لَهُ: «هَلْ مَلَأَتْكَ غَيْرَةٌ عَلَيَّ؟ لَيْتَ كُلَّ شَعْبِ الرَّبِّ يُصْبِحُونَ أَنْبِيَاءَ يَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِمِ الرَّبُّ بِرُوحِهِ». ٢٩ 29
And Moses said to him, Art thou jealous on my account? and would that all the Lord's people were prophets; whenever the Lord shall put his spirit upon them.
ثُمَّ رَجَعَ مُوسَى وَشُيُوخُ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ. ٣٠ 30
And Moses departed into the camp, himself and the elders of Israel.
فَهَبَّتْ رِيحٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ سَاقَتِ السُّمَانِيَ مِنْ جِهَةِ الْبَحْرِ وَأَسْقَطَتْهَا عَلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ، نَحْوَ مَسِيرَةِ يَوْمٍ، مِنْ كِلا جِهَتَيْهِ وَحَوَالَيْهِ، وَتَرَاكَمَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ ارْتِفَاعُهُ ذِرَاعَيْنِ (نَحْوَ مِتْرٍ) فَوْقَ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ. ٣١ 31
And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails over from the sea; and it brought them down upon the camp a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on that side, round about the camp, as it were two cubits from the earth.
فَهَبَّ الشَّعْبُ طَوَالَ ذَلِكَ النَّهَارِ وَاللَّيْلِ، وَكُلَّ نَهَارِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي يَلْتَقِطُونَ السُّمَانِيَ. فَكَانَتْ أَقَلُّ كَمِّيَّةٍ جُمِعَتْ حَوَالَيْ عَشْرَةِ حَوَامِرَ (نَحْوَ أَلْفَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ لِتْرٍ)، ثُمَّ نَشَرُوهَا حَوْلَ الْمُخَيَّمِ لِتَجِفَّ. ٣٢ 32
And the people rose up all the day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered quails; he that gathered least, gathered ten measures; and they refreshed themselves round about the camp.
وَإِذْ كَانُوا مَازَالُوا يَمْضُغُونَ اللَّحْمَ، احْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَأَفْشَى بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَأً مُمِيتاً، ٣٣ 33
The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it failed, when the Lord was wroth with the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.
فَدَعُوا الْمَكَانَ «قَبَرُوتَ هَتَّأَوَةَ» (وَمَعْنَاهُ قُبُورُ الشَّهْوَةِ) لأَنَّهُمْ هُنَاكَ دَفَنُوا الْقَوْمَ الْمُشْتَهِينَ. ٣٤ 34
And the name of that place was called the Graves of Lust; for there they buried the people that lusted.
ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلَ الشَّعْبُ مِنْ قَبَرُوتَ هَتَّأَوَةَ إِلَى حَضَيْرُوتَ وَمَكَثُوا فِيهَا. ٣٥ 35
The people departed from the Graves of Lust to Aseroth; and the people halted at Aseroth.

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