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 children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole congregation said unto them: 'Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would 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 wherefore doth the LORD bring us unto 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 children 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 them that spied out the land, rent their clothes.

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

And they spoke unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: 'The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.

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

If the LORD delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and give it unto us — a land which floweth 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 rebel not against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us; their defence is removed from over them, and the LORD 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, when the glory of the LORD appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the children 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 the LORD said unto 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 destroy 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 unto the LORD: 'When the Egyptians shall hear — for Thou broughtest 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.

they will say to the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that Thou LORD art in the midst of this people; inasmuch as Thou LORD art seen face to face, and Thy cloud standeth over them, and Thou goest 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 shalt 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 the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore unto them, therefore He hath 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 hast 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.

The LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, 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 unto the greatness of Thy lovingkindness, and according as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.'

٢٠ 20 فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «قَدْ صَفَحْتُ بِحَسَبِ قَوْلِكَ.

And the LORD 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 all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD —

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

surely all those men that have seen My glory, and My signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to proof 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 unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that 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 hath followed Me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto 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 Vale; tomorrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.'

٢٦ 26 قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى وَهَرُونَ:

And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto 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 keep murmuring against Me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they keep murmuring against Me.

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

Say unto them: As I live, saith the LORD, surely as ye have spoken in Mine 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 carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, ye that 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 lifted up My hand that I would make you dwell therein, save 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 will I 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 carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.

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

And your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your strayings, until your carcasses 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, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know My displeasure.

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

I the LORD have spoken, surely this will I do unto 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, and who, when they returned, 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 that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

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 that 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 unto all the children 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 them up to the top of the mountain, saying: 'Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised; for we have sinned.'

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

And Moses said: 'Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD, seeing it shall not prosper?

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

Go not up, for the LORD 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; forasmuch as ye are turned back from following the LORD, and the LORD 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 the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

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

Then the Amalekite and the Canaanite, who dwelt in that hill-country, came down, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.