عَدَد 14

١ 1 فَرَفَعَ الشَّعْبُ كُلُّهُ صَوْتَهُ وَبَكَى فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ،

And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried, and the people wept that night.

٢ 2 وَتَذَمَّرَ عَلَى مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ، وَقَالُوا: «لَيْتَنَا مُتْنَا فِي دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، أَوْ لَيْتَنَا مُتْنَا فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ.

And all the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. And the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt, or would that we had died in this wilderness!

٣ 3 لِمَاذَا أَحْضَرَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ لِنَهْلِكَ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، وَتُؤْخَذَ نِسَاؤُنَا وَأَطْفَالُنَا سَبَايَا؟ أَلَيْسَ مِنَ الأَفْضَلِ لَنَا أَنْ نَرْجِعَ إِلَى مِصْرَ؟»

And why does Jehovah bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey. Were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

٤ 4 وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «لِنَنْتَخِبْ لَنَا قَائِداً وَنَرْجِعْ إِلَى مِصْرَ».

And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

٥ 5 فَخَرَّ مُوسَى وَهَرُونُ عَلَى وَجْهَيْهِمَا أَمَامَ جَمِيعِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.

٦ 6 وَمَزَّقَ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ وَكَالَبُ بْنُ يَفُنَّةَ ثِيَابَهُمَا، وَهُمَا مِمَّنْ تَجَسَّسُوا الأَرْضَ،

And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.

٧ 7 وَقَالا لِكُلِّ الشَّعْبِ: «إِنَّ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي اجْتَزْنَا فِيهَا هِيَ أَرْضُ خَيْرَاتٍ عَظِيمَةٍ جِدّاً.

And they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.

٨ 8 فَإِنْ رَضِيَ عَنَّا الرَّبُّ يُدْخِلْنَا إِلَيْهَا وَيَهَبْهَا لَنَا، أَرْضاً تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً.

If Jehovah delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us, a land which flows with milk and honey.

٩ 9 إِنَّمَا لَا تَتَمَرَّدُوا عَلَى الرَّبِّ وَلا تَجْزَعُوا مِنْ شَعْبِ الأَرْضِ، لأَنَّنَا سَنَبْتَلِعُهُمْ كَالْخُبْزِ، فَقَدْ تَلاشَى ظِلُّ الْحِمَايَةِ عَنْهُمْ، وَالرَّبُّ مَعَنَا فَلا تَرْهَبُوهُمْ».

Only do not rebel against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us. Fear them not.

١٠ 10 وَلَكِنَّ الشَّعْبَ طَالَبَ بِرَجْمِهِمَا بِالْحِجَارَةِ. غَيْرَ أَنَّ مَجْدَ الرَّبِّ ظَهَرَ فِي خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ عَلَى مَرْأَىً مِنْهُمْ جَمِيعاً.

But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel.

١١ 11 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «إِلَى مَتَى يُمْعِنُ هَذَا الشَّعْبُ فِي إِهَانَتِي، وَإِلَى مَتَى لَا يُصَدِّقُونَنِي عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ مُعْجِزَاتِي الَّتِي أَجْرَيْتُهَا فِي وَسَطِهِمْ؟

And Jehovah said to Moses, How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?

١٢ 12 سَأُبِيدُهُمْ بِالْوَبَأِ، وَأَجْعَلُكَ شَعْباً أَكْبَرَ وَأَعْظَمَ مِنْهُمْ».

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلرَّبِّ: «عِنْدَئِذٍ يَسْمَعُ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ، الَّذِينَ أَخْرَجْتَ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، بِهَذَا

And Moses said to Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it, for thou brought up this people in thy might from among them,

١٤ 14 وَيُخْبِرُونَ بِهِ أَهْلَ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ، الَّذِينَ قَدْ سَمِعُوا يَا رَبُّ أَنَّكَ قَائِمٌ فِي وَسَطِ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ، وَأَنَّكَ قَدْ ظَهَرْتَ لَهُمْ وَجْهاً لِوَجْهٍ تُظَلِّلُهُمْ بِحِمَايَتِكَ، وَتَسِيرُ أَمَامَهُمْ فِي عَمُودِ سَحَابٍ نَهَاراً وَفِي عَمُودِ نَارٍ لَيْلاً.

and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou Jehovah are in the midst of this people, for thou Jehovah are seen face to face, and thy cloud stands over them, and thou go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

١٥ 15 فَإِنْ أَهْلَكْتَ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ دَفْعَةً وَاحِدَةً، فَإِنَّ الأُمَمَ الَّتِي سَمِعَتْ بِخَبَرِكَ تَقُولُ

Now if thou shall kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

١٦ 16 إِنَّكَ قَدْ عَجَزْتَ عَنْ أَنْ تُدْخِلَ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدْتَهُمْ بِها، فَأَهْلَكْتَهُمْ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ.

Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.

١٧ 17 وَالآنَ لِتَتَعَظَّمْ قُدْرَةُ سَيِّدِي كَمَا نَطَقْتَ قَائِلاً:

And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou have spoken, saying,

١٨ 18 الرَّبُّ طَوِيلُ الأَنَاةِ، وَافِرُ الرَّحْمَةِ، يَغْفِرُ الذَّنْبَ وَالسَّيِّئَةَ. لَكِنَّهُ لَا يُبْرِئُ، بَلْ يَفْتَقِدُ ذَنْبَ الآبَاءِ فِي الأَبْنَاءِ إِلَى الْجِيلِ الثَّالِثِ وَالرَّابِعِ.

Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

١٩ 19 فَاصْفَحْ عَنْ ذَنْبِ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ بِحَسَبِ نِعْمَتِكَ، وَاغْفِرْ لَهُ كَمَا غَفَرْتَ ذُنُوبَهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ إِلَى هَهُنَا».

Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy loving kindness, and according as thou have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

٢٠ 20 فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «قَدْ صَفَحْتُ بِحَسَبِ قَوْلِكَ.

And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word,

٢١ 21 وَلَكِنْ كَمَا أَنَا حَقّاً حَيٌّ، وَكَمَا أَنَّ مَجْدَ الرَّبِّ حَقّاً يَمْلأُ الأَرْضَ،

but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah,

٢٢ 22 فَإِنَّ جَمِيعَ الرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ عَايَنُوا مَجْدِي وَمُعْجِزَاتِي الَّتِي أَجْرَيْتُهَا فِي مِصْرَ وَفِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، وَجَرَّبُونِي عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُطِيعُوا قَوْلِي،

because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have challenged me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice,

٢٣ 23 لَنْ يَرَوْا الأَرْضَ الَّتِي وَعَدْتُ بِها آبَاءَهُمْ. جَمِيعُ الَّذِينَ اسْتَخَفُّوا بِي، لَنْ يُشَاهِدُوهَا.

surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of them who despised me see it.

٢٤ 24 وَلَكِنْ لأَنَّ فِي عَبْدِي كَالَبَ رُوحاً مُخْتَلِفَةً، وَقَدْ تَبِعَنِي بِكُلِّ قَلْبِهِ، فَسَأُدْخِلُهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي ذَهَبَ إِلَيْهَا، وَسَيَرِثُهَا نَسْلُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ.

But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into which he went, and his seed shall possess it.

٢٥ 25 وَبِمَا أَنَّ الْعَمَالِقَةَ وَالْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ سَاكِنُونَ فِي الْوِدْيَانِ، فَارْجِعُوا غَداً إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ فِي اتِّجَاهِ الْبَحْرِ الأَحْمَرِ».

Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley. Tomorrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

٢٦ 26 قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى وَهَرُونَ:

And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

٢٧ 27 «إِلَى مَتَى أَصْفَحُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْجَمَاعَةِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ الْمُتَذَمِّرَةِ عَلَيَّ؟ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ تَذَمُّرَهُمْ عَلَيَّ،

How long shall I bear with this evil congregation that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they murmur against me.

٢٨ 28 فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: حَيٌّ أَنَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، لأُنْزِلَنَّ بِكُمْ كُلَّ مَا تَكَلَّمْتُمْ بِهِ فِي مَسْمَعِي.

Say to them, As I live, says Jehovah, surely as ye have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you.

٢٩ 29 إِذْ تَتَسَاقَطُ جُثَثُكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحْرَاءِ، مِنِ ابْنِ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فَمَا فَوْقُ مِمَّنْ تَمَّ إِحْصَاؤُهُمْ وَتَذَمَّرُوا عَلَيَّ.

Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness. And all who were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,

٣٠ 30 لَنْ تَدْخُلُوا الأَرْضَ الَّتِي وَعَدْتُ رَافِعاً يَدِي بِقَسَمٍ أَنْ أُسْكِنَكُمْ فِيهَا، مَاعَدَا كَالَبَ بنَ يَفُنَّةَ وَيَشُوعَ بْنَ نُونَ.

surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell in it, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

٣١ 31 غَيْرَ أَنِّي سَأُدْخِلُ إِلَيْهَا أَوْلادَكُمُ الَّذِينَ ادَّعَيْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يُصْبِحُونَ أَسْرَى، فَيَتَمَتَّعُونَ بِالأَرْضِ الَّتِي احْتَقَرْتُمُوهَا.

But your little ones, that ye said would be a prey, them I will bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.

٣٢ 32 أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَإِنَّ جُثَثَكُمْ تَتَسَاقَطُ فِي هَذَا الْقَفْرِ،

But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.

٣٣ 33 وَيَبْقَى بَنُوكُمْ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، تُعَانُونَ مِنْ فُجُورِكُمْ، حَتَّى تَبْلَى جُثَثُكُمْ فِيهَا.

And your sons shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness.

٣٤ 34 وَتَحْمِلُونَ أَوْزَارَكُمْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً. كُلُّ يَوْمٍ بِسَنَةٍ، عَلَى عَدَدِ الأَيَّامِ الأَرْبَعِينَ الَّتِي تَجَسَّسْتُمْ فِيهَا الأَرْضَ، فَتُدْرِكُونَ عَاقِبَةَ ابْتِعَادِي عَنْكُمْ.

After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, ye shall bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my alienation.

٣٥ 35 أَنَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتُ، وَهَذَا مَا سَأُعَاقِبُ بِهِ هَذِهِ الْجَمَاعَةَ الشِّرِّيرَةَ الْمُتَآمِرَةَ عَلَيَّ: فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحْرَاءِ يَفْنَوْنَ وَيَمُوتُونَ».

I, Jehovah, have spoken, surely I will do this to all this evil congregation that are gathered together against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

٣٦ 36 أَمَّا الْجَوَاسِيسُ الَّذِينَ أَرْسَلَهُمْ مُوسَى لاِسْتِكْشَافِ الأَرْضِ، فَرَجَعُوا فَأَثَارُوا عَلَيْهِ الشَّعْبَ بِمَا رَوَّجُوهُ مِنْ أَخْبَارٍ سَيِّئَةٍ عَنِ الأَرْضِ،

And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him by bringing up an evil report against the land,

٣٧ 37 فَقَدْ أَمَاتَهُمُ الرَّبُّ بِالْوَبَأِ عِقَاباً لَهُمْ

even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.

٣٨ 38 وَلَمْ يَعِشْ مِنْهُمْ إِلّا يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ وَكَالَبُ بْنُ يَفُنَّةَ.

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.

٣٩ 39 وَلَمَا أَبْلَغَ مُوسَى هَذَا الْكَلامَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بَكَوْا بُكَاءً شَدِيداً.

And Moses told these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.

٤٠ 40 وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ الْبَاكِرِ صَعِدُوا إِلَى رَأْسِ الْجَبَلِ قَائِلِينَ: «هَا نَحْنُ قَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا، فَلْنَمْضِ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي وَعَدَنَا بِهِ الرَّبُّ».

And they rose up early in the morning, and got up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up to the place which Jehovah has promised, for we have sinned.

٤١ 41 فَقَالَ مُوسَى: «لِمَاذَا تَعْصَوْنَ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ؟ إِنَّ عَمَلَكُمْ هَذَا لَنْ يُفْلِحَ.

And Moses said, Why do ye now transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?

٤٢ 42 لَا تَنْطَلِقُوا لِئَلّا تَنْهَزِمُوا أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِكُمْ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ لَيْسَ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ،

Do not go up, for Jehovah is not among you, that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.

٤٣ 43 فَالْعَمَالِقَةُ وَالْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ مُتَرَبِّصُونَ بِكُمْ هُنَاكَ فَتَهْلِكُونَ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، لأَنَّكُمْ قَدِ ارْتَدَدْتُمْ عَنِ الرَّبِّ وَلَنْ يَكُونَ الرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ».

For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword. Because ye have turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you.

٤٤ 44 لَكِنَّهُمْ، فِي غَطْرَسَتِهِمْ، ارْتَقَوْا إِلَى قِمَّةِ الْجَبَلِ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ وَمُوسَى لَمْ يَبْرَحَا مِنْ وَسَطِ الْمُخَيَّمِ.

But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain, nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, did not depart out of the camp.

٤٥ 45 فَانْقَضَّ عَلَيْهِمِ الْعَمَالِقَةُ وَالْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ الْمُقِيمُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْجَبَلِ، وَهَاجَمُوهُمْ وَتَعَقَّبُوهُمْ إِلَى «حُرْمَةَ».

Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even to Hormah.