عَدَد 14

١ 1 فَرَفَعَ الشَّعْبُ كُلُّهُ صَوْتَهُ وَبَكَى فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ،

And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried aloud; 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 people murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole congregation said unto them, Oh who would grant that we had died in the land of Egypt! or that we might but die 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 yonder land, to fall by the sword? that our wives and our children may become a prey? is it not better for us to return to Egypt?

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

And they said one to another, Let us appoint a chief, and let us return to Egypt.

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

Then fell Moses and Aaron 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 Yephunneh, of those that had spied out the land, rent their garments.

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

And they said unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, as followeth, The land, through which we have passed to spy it out, this land is exceedingly good.

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

If the Lord have delight in us, then will he bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which is flowing 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 against the Lord do ye not rebel; and then ye need not fear the people of the land; for they are our bread: their shadow is departed from them, while 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 said to stone them with stones: when the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation 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 yet shall this people provoke me? and how long yet will they not believe in me, with all the signs which I have shown in the midst of them?

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

I will smite them with the pestilence, and root them out, and I 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, But when the Egyptian hear, from the midst of whom thou hast brought up in thy might this people; —

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 when they tell to the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that thou, Lord, art in the midst of this people, that face to face thou, Lord, art seen, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that in a pillar of cloud thou goest before them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night; —

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

That thou hast killed this people as one man: then will the nations that have heard thy fame, say in this manner,

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

That because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he had sworn unto them, hath he slain them in the wilderness.

١٧ 17 وَالآنَ لِتَتَعَظَّمْ قُدْرَةُ سَيِّدِي كَمَا نَطَقْتَ قَائِلاً:

And now, I beseech thee, let the greatness of the power of the Lord be made manifest, 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 Eternal is long-suffering, and abundant in beneficence, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but who 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 beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of thy beneficence, and as thou hast been indulgent to this people, from Egypt even until hitherto.

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 as truly as I live, and as all the earth is 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،

That all the men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I have displayed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted 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.

Shall surely not see the land which I have sworn unto their fathers, yea all those that have provoked me shall not 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, as a reward that he had another spirit with him, and followed me fully, —therefore will I bring him 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».

And the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley: tomorrow turn you, and set forward 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 indulgence be given] to this evil congregation, that murmur against me? the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me, have I heard.

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

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, 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.

In this wilderness shall your carcasses fall, and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward; ye 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.

Truly ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I have lifted up my hand to let you dwell therein; save Caleb the son of Yephunneh, 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 of which ye said, They would become a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

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 wander about in the wilderness forty years, and bear your backslidings, until your carcasses be spent 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, forty days, yea, each one day for a year, shall ye bear for your iniquities, forty years; and ye shall experience my withdrawal [of protection].

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 it, surely, this will I do unto all this evil congregation that have assembled against me: in this wilderness shall they be spent, and therein shall they 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 had sent to spy out the land, and who returned, and caused 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 these men, that had brought up the 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 Yephunneh, remained alive of those men, who had gone to spy out the land.

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

And Moses spoke 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 went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, here we are, and we will go up unto the place of which the Lord hath spoken; 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 order of the Lord? and it will not prosper.

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

Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye may not be smitten before your enemies.

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

For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye will fall by the sword; since, because ye are turned away from the Lord, the Lord also 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.

Yet they persisted to go up unto the top of the mountain; but the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, did not move out of the camp.

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

Then came down the Amalekites, and the Canaanites that dwelt on that mountain, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Chormah.