Numbers 20
1 In the first month all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Zin, and put up their tents in Kadesh; there death came to Miriam, and they put her body to rest in the earth.
以色列子民全會眾於正月來到了親曠野，人民就在卡德士住下了。米黎盎在那裏死了，也就埋在那裏。
2 And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron.
會眾沒有人水喝，就聚在一起反抗梅瑟和亞郎。
3 And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!
民眾同梅瑟爭辯說：「巴不得我們的兄弟也上主面前死去時，我們也死了!
4 Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?
為什麼你們領上主的會眾來到這曠野裏，叫我們和我們的牲畜都死在這裏﹖
5 Why have you made us come out of Egypt into this evil place? This is no place of seed or figs or vines or other fruits, and there is no water for drinking.
為什麼你們使我們由埃及上來，領我們來到這樣壞的地方﹖這地方不但沒有糧食，沒有無花果，沒有葡萄，沒有石榴，而且連喝的水也沒有! 」
6 Then Moses and Aaron went away from the people to the door of the Tent of meeting; and, falling on their faces there, they saw the glory of the Lord.
梅瑟和亞郎遂離開會眾，來到會幕門口，俯伏在地；上主的榮耀遂發現給他們。
7 And the Lord said to Moses,
上主吩咐梅瑟說：
8 Take the rod, you and Aaron, your brother, and make all the people come together, and before their eyes give orders to the rock to give out its water; and so make water come out of the rock for them, and give the people and their cattle drink.
「你拿上棍杖，然後你和你的兄弟亞郎召集會眾，當著他們眼前對這磐石發命，叫磐石流水。這樣你便可使水由磐石中給他們流出，給會眾和他們的牲畜喝」。
9 And Moses took the rod from before the Lord as he gave him orders.
梅瑟就照上主吩咐他的，由上主面前拿了棍杖。
10 Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?
梅瑟和亞郎召集會眾來到磐石前，對他們說：「你們這些叛徒，聽著! 我們豈能從這磐石中給你們引出水來﹖」
11 And lifting up his hand, Moses gave the rock two blows with his rod: and water came streaming out, and the people and their cattle had drink enough.
梅瑟遂舉起手來，用棍杖打了磐石兩次，才有大量的水湧出，會眾和他們的生畜都喝夠了。
12 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you had not enough faith in me to keep my name holy before the children of Israel, you will not take this people into the land which I have given them.
上主卻對梅瑟和亞郎說：「因為你們沒有相信我，使我以色列子民眼前被尊為聖，所以你們不得領這會眾進入我賜給他們的土地」。
13 These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel went against the Lord, and they saw that he was holy among them.
這就是默黎巴水的來歷，因為以色列子民在那裏與上主爭辯過，上主因而顯示了自己的聖德。
14 Then Moses sent men from Kadesh to the king of Edom to say to him, Your brother Israel says, You have knowledge of all the things we have been through;
梅瑟由卡德士派遺使者去見厄東王說：「你的兄弟以色列這樣說：你知道我們所遭遇的一切困難，
15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:
我們的祖先下到了埃及。我們在埃及住了很久，埃及人虐待了我們和我們的祖先。
16 And the Lord gave ear to the voice of our cry, and sent an angel and took us out of Egypt: and now we are in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your land;
我們曾向上主呼號，衪俯聽了我們的呼聲，派來了一位使者，領我們出離了埃及。看，我們現在就在你邊境上的卡德士城，
17 Let us now go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, till we have gone past the limits of your land.
求你讓我們由你的境內經過；我們決不會踏過莊田或葡萄園，菩提不喝井裏的水，只走王道，不偏右，也不偏左；直至走過你的國境」。
18 And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword.
厄東卻答覆說：「不准你們由我們這裏經過，不然我要以刀相迎」。
19 And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway: and if we or our cattle take of your water, we will give you a price for it: only let us go through on our feet, nothing more.
以色列子民再向他說：「我們只沿大路走，我們和我們的牲畜若喝了你的水，我們願付錢；只求經過這點小事」。
20 But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army.
他仍然說：「不准你經過」。厄東即領大隊人馬和武裝步隊出迎。
21 So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.
厄東既然不讓以色列由他境內經過，以色列就從那裏折回。
22 And they went on from Kadesh, and came, with all their people, to Mount Hor.
以色列子民全會眾由卡德士起程，來到了曷爾山。
23 And at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom, the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
在厄東國界的了曷爾山上，上主對梅瑟和亞郎說：
24 Aaron will be put to rest with his people; he will not go into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you went against my word at the waters of Meribah.
「亞郎要歸到他祖先那裏去，他不能進入我賜給以色列子民的地方，因為你們在默黎巴取水的事上，違背了我的訓令。
25 So take Aaron and Eleazar, his son, up into Mount Hor;
你帶亞郎和他的兒子厄肋阿匝爾，一同上曷爾山上去，
26 And take Aaron's robes off him and put them on Eleazar, his son: and death will come to Aaron there, and he will be put to rest with his people.
將亞郎的長袍脫下，給他的兒子厄肋阿匝爾穿上，因為亞郎要被召回歸去，死在那裏」。
27 So Moses did as the Lord had said, and before the eyes of all the people they went up Mount Hor.
梅瑟就照上主吩咐的做了。當著全會眾的面，他們上了曷爾山。
28 And Moses took off Aaron's robes, and put them on Eleazar, his son; and there on the top of the mountain death came to Aaron: then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
梅瑟把亞郎的長袍脫下，給他的兒子厄肋阿匝爾穿上，亞郎就在山頂死了。以後梅瑟和厄肋阿匝爾由山上下來。
29 And when the people saw that Aaron was dead, all the children of Israel gave themselves up to weeping for him for thirty days.
全會眾知道亞郎死了，以色列全家為亞郎舉哀三十天。
