عَدَد 17
| وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: | ١ 1 |
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
| «كَلِّمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَخُذْ مِنْهُمْ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ عَصاً، وَاحِدَةً مِنْ كُلِّ رَئِيسِ سِبْطٍ مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ آبَائِهِمْ، وَاحْفُرِ اسْمَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى عَصَاهُ. | ٢ 2 |
“Tell the Israeli people to bring to you twelve walking sticks. They should bring one from each of the leaders of the twelve tribes. You should carve each leader’s name on his stick.
| وَاحْفُرِ اسْمَ هَرُونَ عَلَى عَصَا لاوِي، لأَنَّ لِرَئِيسِ بَيْتِ آبَائِهِمْ عَصاً وَاحِدَةً. | ٣ 3 |
There must be one stick for the leader of each tribe, so you must carve Aaron’s name on the stick for the tribe of Levi.
| وَضَعِ الْعِصِيَّ فِي خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ أَمَامَ الشَّهَادَةِ حَيْثُ أَجْتَمِعُ بِكُمْ. | ٤ 4 |
Put those sticks inside the Sacred Tent, in front of the sacred chest that has in it the tablets on which the Ten Commandments are written. That is the place where I always talk with you.
| فَالرَّجُلُ الَّذِي أَخْتَارُهُ تُوْرِقُ عَصَاهُ، وَبِذَلِكَ أَضَعُ حَدّاً لِتَذَمُّرَاتِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّتِي تَرْتَفِعُ ضِدَّكُمَا». | ٥ 5 |
Buds will sprout on the stick of the man whom I have chosen [to be the priest]. [When the people see that], they will stop their constantly complaining about you [because they will realize that you are the one whom I have chosen].”
| فَأَبْلَغَ مُوسَى ذَلِكَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَعْطَاهُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ رُؤَسَائِهِمْ عَصاً بِحَسَبِ أَسْبَاطِهِمْ فَكَانَتِ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ عَصاً. وَكَانَتْ عَصَا هَرُونَ مِنْ بَيْنِ عِصِيِّهِمْ. | ٦ 6 |
So Moses/I told the people what Yahweh had said. Then each of the twelve Israeli leaders, including Aaron, brought his walking stick to Moses/me.
| فَوَضَعَ مُوسَى الْعِصِيَّ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ فِي خَيْمَةِ الشَّهَادَةِ. | ٧ 7 |
Moses/I placed the sticks inside the Sacred Tent in front of the sacred chest.
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي دَخَلَ مُوسَى إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الشَّهَادَةِ فَوَجَدَ أَنَّ عَصَا هَرُونَ الَّتِي تُمَثِّلُ سِبْطَ لاوِي قَدْ أَوْرَقَتْ، إِذْ أَخْرَجَتْ فُرُوخاً وَأَزْهَرَتْ وَأَثْمَرَتْ لَوْزاً نَاضِجاً. | ٨ 8 |
The following morning, when he/I went into the tent, he/I saw that Aaron’s stick, which represented the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, it had produced leaves and blossoms, and it had also produced almonds that were ripe!
| فَأَخْرَجَ مُوسَى جَمِيعَ الْعِصِيِّ مِنْ حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ لِيَتَفَحَّصَهَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلُّهُمْ، فَأَخَذَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَصَاهُ. | ٩ 9 |
Moses/I brought all the sticks out of the Sacred Tent and showed them to the people. Each of the twelve leaders took back his own stick.
| وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «رُدَّ عَصَا هَرُونَ إِلَى أَمَامِ تَابُوتِ الْعَهْدِ وَاحْفَظْهَا لِتَكُونَ عِبْرَةً لِلْمُتَمَرِّدِينَ، فَتَكُفَّ تَذَمُّرَاتُهُمْ عَنِّي لِئَلّا يَهْلِكُوا». | ١٠ 10 |
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Put Aaron’s stick in front of the sacred chest, and let it stay there permanently. That will be a warning to people who want to rebel [against me]. Then no more people will die [because of complaining against me].”
| فَفَعَلَ مُوسَى بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ. | ١١ 11 |
So Moses/I did what Yahweh had commanded.
| وَقَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِمُوسَى: «إِنَّنَا انْقَرَضْنَا وَهَلَكْنَا جَمِيعاً، | ١٢ 12 |
Then the Israeli people said to Moses/me, “We are going to die! All of us are surely going to die!
| لأَنَّ كُلَّ مَنِ اقْتَرَبَ إِلَى مَسْكَنِ الرَّبِّ يَمُوتُ. تُرَى أَنَفْنَى كُلُّنَا؟» | ١٣ 13 |
Everyone who comes close to Yahweh’s Sacred Tent dies. Are the rest of us going to die, also?” [RHQ]
