民數記 11
1 當時人民怨聲載道，怨聲已傳入上主的耳中；上主聽見，遂發怒上主的火在他們中燃起，焚燒了營幕的邊緣。
And it came to pass that as the people complained in a manner displeasing in the ears of the Lord, the Lord heard it, and his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed at the uttermost part of the camp.
2 人民遂向梅瑟求救；梅瑟懇求了上主，火就熄滅了，
And the people then cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto the Lord, and the fire disappeared.
3 遂給那地方起名叫塔貝辣，因為上主的火曾在他們中燃燒起來。
And he called the name of the place Tab'erah; because the fire of the Lord had burnt among them.
4 那些跟百姓來的雜族神甚是貪求口腹，連以色列子民也開始哭泣說：「誰給我們肉吃﹖
And the mixed multitude that was among them felt a lustful longing: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who will give us flesh to eat?
5 我們記得：在埃及我們可隨便吃魚，還有胡瓜、西瓜、韭菜、蔥和蒜。
We remember the fish, which we could eat in Egypt for naught; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;
6 現在我們的心靈憔悴，我們眼見的除「瑪納」外，什麼也沒有。」「
But now our soul is faint: there is nothing at all, only to the manna are our eyes [directed].
7 瑪納」形似胡荽種子，色彩有如珍珠。
But the manna was like coriander-seed, and its color as the color of the bdellium.
8 人民四散收斂，用磨研細，或在臼內搗碎，在鍋內煮了做成餅，它的滋味有如油餅的滋味。
The people went about and gathered it, and ground it in a mill, or pounded it in a mortar, and boiled it in a pot, or made cakes of it: and its taste was as the taste of cakes mixed with oil.
9 夜間露水降在營上時，也降下「瑪納。」
And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
10 梅瑟聽見百姓家家戶戶，各在帳棚門口悲哭。上主大發忿怒，梅瑟見了也很難受，
And Moses heard the people weep according to their families, every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; and in the eyes of Moses also was it displeasing.
11 遂對上主說：「你為什麼難為你的僕人﹖為什麼我在你眼中不蒙寵幸，竟將管理這百姓的擔子全放在我身上﹖
And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou done evil to thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy eyes, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
12 莫非是我懷孕了這百姓，或是我生了他們，你竟對我說：你要懷抱他們，如同褓母懷抱乳兒，直到進入你對他們的祖先所誓許的地方﹖
Was it I who have conceived all this people? or was it I who have begotten them? that thou shouldst say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou hast sworn unto their fathers?
13 我從那裏拿肉給這百姓吃﹖因為他們向我哭訴說：給我們肉吃!
Whence shall I obtain flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep around me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
14 我獨自不能抱著這百姓，這為我太重。
I am not able by myself alone to bear all this people, because it is too heavy for me.
15 若你願這樣對待我，如果我在你眼中得寵，求你殺了我罷! 免得我受這苦楚。」
And if thou wilt thus deal with me, then slay me, I pray thee, at once, if I have found favor in thy eyes: that I may not see my wretchedness.
16 上主對梅瑟說：「你給我由以色列老年人中召選七十人，你知道他們是民間的老前輩和會辦事的人，領他們進入會幕，叫他們同你一起站在那裏。
And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and its officers; and take them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall stand there with thee.
17 在那裏我要降下，與你交談，取些你身上具有的神能，賦給他們，叫他們與你分擔管理人民的重擔，不讓你個人獨自承擔。
And I will come down and speak with thee there: and I will take some of the spirit which is upon thee, and I will put it upon them; and they shall bear with thee the burden of the people, and thou shalt not bear it by thyself alone.
18 你對民眾說：你們聖潔自己直到明天，你們就會有肉吃，因為上主已聽見你們哀哭說：誰給我們肉吃﹖我們在埃及是多麼好! 如今上主要給你們肉吃了；
And unto the people shalt thou say, Hold yourselves ready against tomorrow, that ye may eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was better with us in Egypt: thus will the Lord give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
19 不但是一天、兩天、五天、十天、二十天，你們有肉吃，
Not one day shall ye eat, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days;
20 而是整月，直到肉從你們的鼻子裏出來，吃的生厭，因為你們輕視了住在你們中的上主，在他面前涕泣說：為什麼我們出離了埃及﹖」
But up to a full month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it become loathsome unto you; because that ye have despised the Lord who is in the midst of you, and ye have wept before him, saying, Why did we come forth out of Egypt?
21 梅瑟說：「與我同住的人民，步行的男子就有六十萬，你卻說：我要給他們肉吃，且吃一整月。
And Moses said, Six hundred thousand men on foot is the people, in the midst of whom I am; and yet thou hast said, Flesh will I give them, that they may eat a whole month.
22 就是將牛羊都為他們殺了，為他們夠用麼﹖或將海裏的魚全給他們捉來，為他們足用麼﹖」
Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, that they may suffice for them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, that they may suffice for them?
23 上主回答梅瑟說：「難道上主的手短了﹖你就要看見我對你說的話是否應驗。」
And the Lord said unto Moses, Should the Lord's hand be too short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
24 梅瑟將上主的話告訴了人民；隨後從人民的老年人中召選了七十人，令他們站在會幕四周。
And Moses went out, and spoke to the people the words of the Lord; and he assembled seventy men from the elders of the people, and placed them round about the tabernacle.
25 上主乘雲降下，與梅瑟談話；將他身上的神能，賦給那七十位長老；這神能一降在他們身上，他們就出神說話；以後再沒有出神。
And the Lord came down in a cloud and spoke unto him; and he took some of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men, the elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did not so any more.
26 當時有兩個人留在營內，一個名叫厄耳達得，一個名叫默達得；這神能也降在他們身上；他們原是在被錄取的人內，卻沒有到會幕那裏去，就在營內出神說話。
And there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of those that were written down, but they had not gone out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
27 有一少年跑來告訴梅瑟說：「厄耳達得和默達得在營內出神說話。」
And there ran a young man, and told to Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.
28 自幼即服事梅瑟的農的兒子若蘇厄遂說：「我主梅瑟! 你該禁止他們。」
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses from his youth, answered and said, My Lord Moses, forbid them.
29 梅瑟回答他說：「你為我的緣故嫉妒人麼﹖巴不得上主的人民都成先知，上主將自己的精神貫注在他們身上! 」
And Moses said unto him, Art thou zealous for my sake? And oh that one might render all the people of the Lord prophets, that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!
30 梅瑟遂與以色列的長老回到了營內。
And Moses retired back into thy camp, he with the elders of Israel.
31 那時上主使一陣風颳起，由海上吹來了鵪鶉，散落在營幕上；鵪鶉在營幕四周多得有一天路程那麼遠，在地面上約有兩肘厚。
And a wind went forth from the Lord, and drove up quails from the sea, and scattered them over the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits high over the face of the earth.
32 人民那一整日整夜，且在第二日整天都忙於捕捉鵪鶉，收集得最少的，也收集了十堆，都擺在營幕四周。
And the people arose all that day, and all that night, and all the following day, and they gathered the quails; he that had taken the least, had gathered ten chomers: and they spread them out for themselves round about the camp.
33 肉還在他們的牙齒間，尚未嚼爛，上主就對人民發怒了，以極嚴重的災禍打擊了人民。
The flesh was yet between their teeth, it was not yet chewed: when the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote among the people a very great plague.
34 故此人給那地方起名叫克貝洛特阿塔瓦，因為在那裏埋葬了貪饕的人民。
And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they buried the people that had lustfully craved.
35 以後民眾由克貝洛特阿塔瓦起程，向哈茲洛特出發，在哈茲洛特住下了。
From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Chazeroth; and they remained at Chazeroth.
