Numbers 20
1 And the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Sin, in the first month, and the people abode in Cades; and Mariam died there, and was buried there.
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 congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.
會眾沒有人水喝，就聚在一起反抗梅瑟和亞郎。
3 And the people reviled Moses, saying, Would we had died in the destruction of our brethren 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 And therefore have you brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, to kill us and our cattle?
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 And therefore [is] this? You have brought us up out of Egypt, that we should come into this evil place; a place where there is no sowing, neither figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there water to drink.
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 And Moses and Aaron went from before the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of witness, and they fell upon their faces; and the glory of the Lord appeared to them.
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 spoke to Moses, saying,
上主吩咐梅瑟說：
8 Take your rod, and call the assembly, you and Aaron your brother, and speak you to the rock before them, and it shall give forth its waters; and you shall bring forth for them water out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.
「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 his rod which was before the Lord, as the Lord commanded.
梅瑟就照上主吩咐他的，由上主面前拿了棍杖。
10 And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock, and said to them, Hear me, you disobedient ones; must we bring you water out of this 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 Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his rod twice; and much water came forth, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.
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 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you have not believed me to sanctify me before the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation 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 This is the water of Strife, because the children of Israel spoke insolently before the Lord, and he was sanctified in 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 And Moses sent messengers from Cades to the king of Edom, saying, Thus says your brother Israel; You know all the distress that has come upon us.
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 And [how] our fathers went down into Egypt, and we sojourned in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians afflicted us and 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 we cried to the Lord, and the Lord heard our voice, and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt; and now we are in the city of Cades, at the extremity of your coasts.
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 We will pass through your land: we will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, nor will we drink water out of your cistern: we will go by the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, until we have passed your borders.
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 to him, You shall not pass through me, and if otherwise, I will go forth to meet you in war.
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 say to him, We will pass by the mountain; and if I and my cattle drink of your water, I will pay you: but it is no matter of importance, we will go by the mountain.
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 And he said, You shall not pass through me; and Edom went forth to meet him with a great host, and a mighty hand.
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 refused to allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Israel turned away from him.
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 departed from Cades; and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Or.
以色列子民全會眾由卡德士起程，來到了曷爾山。
23 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Or, on the borders of the land of Edom, saying,
在厄東國界的了曷爾山上，上主對梅瑟和亞郎說：
24 Let Aaron be added to his people; for you shall certainly not go into the land which I have given the children of Israel, because you provoked me at the water of strife.
「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 Take Aaron, and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to the mount Or before all the congregation;
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 apparel from off him, and put it on Eleazar his son: and let Aaron die there and be added to [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 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and took him up to mount Or, before all the congregation.
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 he took Aaron's garments off him, and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron died on the top of the mountain; and 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 all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead: and they wept for Aaron thirty days, [even] all the house of Israel.
全會眾知道亞郎死了，以色列全家為亞郎舉哀三十天。
