عَدَد 5

١ 1 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

Then the LORD said to Moses,

٢ 2 «أَوْصِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَعْزِلُوا مِنَ الْمُخَيَّمِ كُلَّ أَبْرَصَ، وَكُلَّ مَرِيضٍ بِالسَّيَلانِ، وَكُلَّ مَنْ يَتَنَجَّسُ بِلَمْسِ مَيْتٍ.

“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.

٣ 3 اعْزِلُوهُمْ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمُخَيَّمِ سَوَاءٌ كَانَ رَجُلاً أَمِ امْرَأَةً لِئَلّا يُنَجِّسُوا مُخَيَّمَهُمْ، حَيْثُ أَنَا سَاكِنٌ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ».

You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”

٤ 4 فَنَفَّذَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الأَمْرَ، وَعَزَلُوهُمْ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمُخَيَّمِ، طِبْقاً لِمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى.

So the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.

٥ 5 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

And the LORD said to Moses,

٦ 6 «أَوْصِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِذَا ارْتَكَبَ رَجُلٌ أَوِ امْرَأَةٌ خَطِيئَةَ السَّرِقَةِ وَخَانَ الرَّبَّ، فَقَد أَذْنَبَتْ تِلْكَ النَّفْسُ،

“Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty

٧ 7 وَعَلَيْهَا أَنْ تَعْتَرِفَ بِخَطِيئَتِهَا الَّتِي اقْتَرَفَتْهَا، وَتَرُدَّ مَا أَذْنَبَتْ بِهِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ تُضِيفَ عَلَيْهِ خُمْسَهُ وَتَدْفَعَهُ لِمَنْ أَذْنَبَتْ بِحَقِّهِ.

and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.

٨ 8 وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِلرَّجُلِ الْمَسْرُوقِ، إِذَا مَاتَ، وَلِيٌّ يُرَدُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَسْرُوقُ، فَلْيَكُنِ الْمَسْرُوقُ لِلرَّبِّ. يَأْخُذُهُ الْكَاهِنُ لِنَفْسِهِ، فَضْلاً عَنْ كَبْشِ الْكَفَّارَةِ الَّذِي يُكَفِّرُ بِهِ عَنْهُ.

But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.

٩ 9 وَتَكُونُ كُلُّ التَّقْدِمَاتِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ الَّتِي يُقَرِّبُهَا الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ لِلْكَاهِنِ نَصِيباً لَهُ.

Every sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him.

١٠ 10 وَكَذَلِكَ أَقْدَاسُ الإِنْسَانِ تَكُونُ لَهُ. وَإذَا أَعْطَى إِنْسَانٌ شَيْئاً لِلْكَاهِنِ فَلَهُ يَكُونُ».

Each man’s sacred gifts are his own, but whatever he gives to the priest will belong to the priest.”

١١ 11 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

Then the LORD said to Moses,

١٢ 12 «أَوْصِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِذَا ضَلَّتْ زَوْجَةٌ وَخَانَتْ زَوْجَهَا

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him

١٣ 13 بِزِنَاهَا مَعَ رَجُلٍ آخَرَ، وَخَفِيَ الأَمْرُ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا، وَلَمْ يَقُمْ عَلَيْهَا دَلِيلٌ وَلَمْ يُقْبَضْ عَلَيْهَا مُتَلَبِّسَةً بِزِنَاهَا.

by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),

١٤ 14 وَإذَا اعْتَرَتْ زَوْجَهَا الْغَيْرَةُ وَارْتَابَ بِزَوْجَتِهِ وَكَانَتْ نَجِسَةً، أَوْ غَارَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ مَعَ أَنَّهَا طَاهِرَةٌ.

and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—

١٥ 15 فَلْيُحْضِرِ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ إِلَى الْكَاهِنِ، وَيَأْتِ مَعَهُ بِقُرْبَانِهَا عُشْرِ الإِيفَةِ (نَحْوَ لِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ اللِّتْرِ) مِنْ دَقِيقِ الشَّعِيرِ. لَا يَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِ زَيْتاً، وَلا يَضَعُ عَلَيْهِ لُبَاناً، لأَنَّهُ تَقْدِمَةُ غَيْرَةٍ، تَقْدِمَةُ تَذْكِرَةٍ تُذَكِّرُ بِذَنْبٍ.

then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.

١٦ 16 فَيَجْعَلُ الْكَاهِنُ الزَّوْجَةَ تَمْثُلُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ،

The priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD.

١٧ 17 ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُ مَاءً مُقَدَّساً فِي إِنَاءٍ مِنْ خَزَفٍ وَيَلْتَقِطُ بَعْضَ غُبَارِ أَرْضِ الْمَسْكَنِ وَيَضَعُهُ فِي الْمَاءِ.

Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

١٨ 18 وَيَكْشِفُ رَأْسَ الزَّوْجَةِ، وَيَضَعُ فِي يَدَيْهَا تَقْدِمَةَ التَّذْكَارِ الَّتِي هِيَ تَقْدِمَةُ الْغَيْرَةِ، وَيَحْمِلُ الْكَاهِنُ بِيَدِهِ مَاءَ اللَّعْنَةِ الْمُرَّ.

After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.

١٩ 19 وَيَسْتَحْلِفُ الْكَاهِنُ الْمَرْأَةَ قَائِلاً لَهَا: إِنْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ لَمْ يُضَاجِعْكِ، وَلَمْ تَخُونِي زَوْجَكِ، فَأَنْتِ بَرِيئَةٌ مِنْ مَاءِ اللَّعْنَةِ الْمُرِّ هَذَا.

And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

٢٠ 20 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كُنْتِ قَدْ خُنْتِ زَوْجَكِ وَتَنَجَّسْتِ بِمُضَاجَعَةِ رَجُلٍ غَيْرِهِ.

But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—

٢١ 21 فَلْيَجْعَلِ الرَّبُّ لَعْنَةَ شَعْبِكِ عَلَيْكِ، فَيَتَبَرَّأُوا مِنْكِ عِنْدَمَا يَجْعَلُ الرَّبُّ فَخْذَكِ يَذْوِي وَبَطْنَكِ يَتَوَرَّمُ.

and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

٢٢ 22 وَلْيَدْخُلْ مَاءُ اللَّعْنَةِ هَذَا فِي أَحْشَائِكِ لِيُسَبِّبَ وَرَماً لِبَطْنِكِ، وَلْيَذْوِ فَخْذُكِ. فَتَقُولُ الْمَرْأَةُ: آمِين. آمِين».

May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’

٢٣ 23 «ثُمَّ يُدَوِّنُ الْكَاهِنُ هَذِهِ اللَّعَنَاتِ فِي دَرْجٍ وَيَمْحُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ الْمُرِّ؛

And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.

٢٤ 24 وَيَسْقِي الْمَرْأَةَ مَاءَ اللَّعْنَةِ الْمُرَّ الَّذِي مَحَا بِهِ اللَّعْنَاتِ فَيَدْخُلُ فِيهَا مَاءُ اللَّعْنَةِ لِيُسَبِّبَ لَهَا آلامَ الْمَرَارَةِ.

He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause her bitter suffering.

٢٥ 25 ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُ الْكَاهِنُ مِنْ يَدِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَقْدِمَةَ الْغَيْرَةِ، وَيُرَجِّحُهَا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، ثُمَّ يُقَدِّمُهَا إِلَى الْمَذْبَحِ.

The priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.

٢٦ 26 وَيَتَنَاوَلُ مِلْءَ قَبْضَتِهِ مِنْهَا وَيُحْرِقُهُ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَسْقِي الْمَرْأَةَ الْمَاءَ.

Then the priest is to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar; after that he is to have the woman drink the water.

٢٧ 27 فَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ قَدْ تَنَجَّسَتْ وَخَانَتْ زَوْجَهَا، فَإِنَّهَا حِينَ تَشْرَبُ الْمَاءَ الْجَالِبَ اللَّعْنَةَ يُسَبِّبُ لَهَا آلامَ مَرَارَةٍ، فَيَتَوَرَّمُ بَطْنُهَا وَيَذْوِي فَخْذُهَا، وَتُصْبِحُ الْمَرْأَةُ لَعْنَةً فِي وَسَطِ شَعْبِهَا.

When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.

٢٨ 28 أَمَّا إِنْ كَانَتْ بَرِيئَةً طَاهِرَةً، فَإِنَّهَا تَتَبَرَّأُ وَلا تُصْبِحُ عَاقِراً.

But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.

٢٩ 29 إِذاً، هَذِهِ هِيَ شَرِيعَةُ الْغَيْرَةِ الَّتِي تُطَبِّقُونَهَا إِذَا خَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ زَوْجَهَا وَتَنَجَّسَتْ.

This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,

٣٠ 30 أَوْ إِذَا اعْتَرَتِ الْغَيْرَةُ رَجُلاً، فَغَارَ عَلَى زَوْجَتِهِ، فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بِالْمَرْأَةِ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ وَيُمَارِسُ عَلَيْهَا الْكَاهِنُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الشَّعَائِرِ.

or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.

٣١ 31 وَلا يُعَاقَبُ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا أَصَابَ الضَّرَرُ زَوْجَتَهُ الْمُذْنِبَةَ، أَمَّا هِيَ فَتَحْمِلُ قَصَاصَ خَطِيئَتِهَا».

The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”