Numbers 14
1 And so, crying out, the entire crowd wept throughout that night.
Igitur vociferans omnis turba flevit nocte illa,
2 And all the sons of Israel were murmuring against Moses and Aaron, saying:
et murmurati sunt contra Moysen et Aaron cuncti filii Israel, dicentes:
3 “If only we had died in Egypt,” and, “If only we would perish in this vast wilderness,” and, “May the Lord not lead us into this land, lest we fall by the sword, and our wives, as well as our children, be led away as captives. Is it not better to return to Egypt?”
Utinam mortui essemus in Aegypto: et in hac vasta solitudine utinam pereamus, et non inducat nos Dominus in Terram istam, ne cadamus gladio, et uxores ac liberi nostri ducantur captivi. Nonne melius est reverti in Aegyptum?
4 And they said to one another, “Let us appoint our leader, and so return to Egypt.”
Dixeruntque alter ad alterum: Constituamus nobis ducem, et revertamur in Aegyptum.
5 And when Moses and Aaron heard this, they fell prone on the ground in the sight of the multitude of the sons of Israel.
Quo audito Moyses et Aaron ceciderunt proni in terram coram omni multitudine filiorum Israel.
6 Yet truly, Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who themselves had also viewed the land, tore their garments,
At vero Iosue filius Nun, et Caleb filius Iephone, qui et ipsi lustraverant terram, sciderunt vestimenta sua,
7 and they said to the entire multitude of the sons of Israel: “The land that we circled through is very good.
et ad omnem multitudinem filiorum Israel locuti sunt: Terra, quam circuivimus, valde bona est.
8 If the Lord will be gracious to us, he will lead us into it, and he will give us the land flowing with milk and honey.
si propitius fuerit Dominus, inducet nos in eam, et tradet humum lacte et melle manantem.
9 Do not choose to be rebellious against the Lord. And do not fear the people of this land, for, like bread, so are we able to devour them. All protection has withdrawn from them. The Lord is with us. Do not be afraid.”
Nolite rebelles esse contra Dominum: neque timeatis populum terrae huius, quia sicut panem ita eos possumus devorare. recessit ab eis omne praesidium: Dominus nobiscum est, nolite metuere.
10 And when the entire multitude cried out, and they wanted to crush them with stones, the glory of the Lord appeared, over the roof of the covenant, to all the sons of Israel.
Cumque clamaret omnis multitudo, et lapidibus eos vellet opprimere, apparuit gloria Domini super tectum foederis cunctis videntibus filiis Israel.
11 And the Lord said to Moses: “How long will this people disparage me? How long will they refuse to believe me, despite all the signs that I have wrought before them?
Et dixit Dominus ad Moysen: Usquequo detrahet mihi populus iste? Quousque non credent mihi in omnibus signis, quae feci coram eis?
12 Therefore, I will strike them with a pestilence, and so I will consume them. But you I will make the ruler over a great nation, and one which is mightier than this one.”
Feriam igitur eos pestilentia, atque consumam: te autem faciam principem super gentem magnam, et fortiorem quam haec est.
13 And Moses said to the Lord: “But then the Egyptians, from whose midst you led out this people,
Et ait Moyses ad Dominum: Ut audiant Aegyptii, de quorum medio eduxisti populum istum,
14 and the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that you, O Lord, are among this people, and that you are seen face to face, and that your cloud protects them, and that you go before them with a column of cloud by day, and a column of fire by night,
et habitatores Terrae huius, qui audierunt quod tu Domine in populo isto sis, et facie videaris ad faciem, et nubes tua protegat illos, et in columna nubis praecedas eos per diem, et in columna ignis per noctem:
15 may hear that you have killed so great a multitude, as if they were one man, and they may say:
quod occideris tantam multitudinem quasi unum hominem, et dicant:
16 ‘He was not able to lead the people into the land about which he had sworn. Therefore, he slew them in the wilderness.’
Non poterat introducere populum in Terram, pro qua iuraverat: idcirco occidit eos in solitudine.
17 Therefore, may the strength of the Lord be magnified, just as you swore, saying:
Magnificetur ergo fortitudo Domini sicut iurasti, dicens:
18 ‘The Lord is patient and full of mercy, taking away iniquity and wickedness, and forsaking no one who is harmless. He visits the sins of the fathers upon the sons, to the third and fourth generation.’
Dominus patiens et multae misericordiae, auferens iniquitatem et scelera, nullumque innoxium derelinquens, qui visitas peccata patrum in filios in tertiam et quartam generationem.
19 Forgive, I beg you, the sins of this people, according to the greatness of your mercy, just as you have been gracious to them in their journey from Egypt to this place.”
Dimitte, obsecro, peccatum populi tui huius secundum magnitudinem misericordiae tuae, sicut propitius fuisti egredientibus de Aegypto usque ad locum istum.
20 And the Lord said: “I have forgiven them according to your word.
Dixitque Dominus: Dimisi iuxta verbum tuum.
21 Also, as I live, the entire world shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
Vivo ego: et implebitur gloria Domini universa terra.
22 And yet, all the men who have seen my majesty, and the signs that I have wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, and who have tested me ten times already, and yet have not obeyed my voice,
Attamen omnes homines qui viderunt maiestatem meam, et signa quae feci in Aegypto et in solitudine, et tentaverunt me iam per decem vices, nec obedierunt voci meae,
23 these shall not see the land, about which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who detracted me gaze upon it.
non videbunt Terram pro qua iuravi patribus eorum, nec quisquam ex illis qui detraxit mihi, intuebitur eam.
24 My servant Caleb, who, being full of another spirit, has followed me, I will lead into this land, through which he has wandered, and his offspring shall possess it.
Servum meum Caleb, qui plenus alio spiritu secutus est me, inducam in Terram hanc, quam circuivit: et semen eius possidebit eam.
25 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys. Tomorrow, move the camp and return into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea.”
Quoniam Amalecites et Chananaeus habitant in vallibus. Cras movete castra, et revertimini in solitudinem per viam Maris rubri.
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron, dicens:
27 “How long will this very wicked multitude murmur against me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel.
Usquequo multitudo haec pessima murmurat contra me? querelas filiorum Israel audivi.
28 Therefore, say to them: As I live, says the Lord, as you spoke in my hearing, so will I do to you.
Dic ergo eis: Vivo ego, ait Dominus: sicut locuti estis audiente me, sic faciam vobis.
29 In the wilderness, here shall your carcasses lie. All you who were numbered from twenty years and above, and who have murmured against me,
In solitudine hac iacebunt cadavera vestra. Omnes qui numerati estis a viginti annis et supra, et murmurastis contra me,
30 you shall not enter into the land, over which I lifted up my hand to cause you to live there, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
non intrabitis Terram, super quam levavi manum meam ut habitare vos facerem, praeter Caleb filium Iephone, et Iosue filium Nun.
31 But your little ones, about whom you said that they would be a prey to the enemies, I will lead them in, so that they may see the land that has displeased you.
Parvulos autem vestros, de quibus dixistis quod praedae hostibus forent, introducam: ut videant Terram, quae vobis displicuit.
32 Your carcasses shall lie in the wilderness.
Vestra cadavera iacebunt in solitudine.
33 Your sons shall wander in the desert for forty years, and they shall bear your fornication, until the carcasses of their fathers are consumed in the desert.
Filii vestri erunt vagi in deserto annis quadraginta, et portabunt fornicationem vestram, donec consumantur cadavera patrum in deserto,
34 According to the number of the forty days, during which you examined the land, one year shall be charged for each day. And so, for forty years you shall take back your iniquities, and you shall know my retribution.
iuxta numerum quadraginta dierum, quibus considerastis Terram: annus pro die imputabitur. Et quadraginta annis recipietis iniquitates vestras, et scietis ultionem meam:
35 For just as I have spoken, so shall I do, to this entire most wicked multitude, which has risen up together against me. In the wilderness, here shall it fade away and die.”
quoniam sicut locutus sum, ita faciam omni multitudini huic pessimae, quae consurrexit adversum me: in solitudine hac deficiet, et morietur.
36 Therefore, all the men, whom Moses had sent to contemplate the land, and who, having returned, had caused the entire multitude to murmur against him, disparaging the land as if it were evil,
Igitur omnes viri, quos miserat Moyses ad contemplandam Terram, et qui reversi murmurare fecerant contra eum omnem multitudinem, detrahentes Terrae quod esset mala,
37 suffered death and were struck down in the sight of the Lord.
mortui sunt atque percussi in conspectu Domini.
38 But only Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, out of all those who had journeyed to examine the land.
Iosue autem filius Nun, et Caleb filius Iephone vixerunt ex omnibus, qui perrexerant ad considerandam Terram.
39 And Moses spoke all these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned exceedingly.
Locutusque est Moyses universa verba haec ad omnes filios Israel, et luxit populus nimis.
40 And behold, rising up at first light, they climbed to the top of the mountain, and they said, “We are prepared to ascend to the place, about which the Lord has spoken, for we have sinned.”
Et ecce mane primo surgentes ascenderunt verticem montis, atque dixerunt: Parati sumus ascendere ad locum, de quo Dominus locutus est: quia peccavimus.
41 And Moses said to them: “Why do you transgress the word of the Lord, merely because it will not result in prosperity for you?
Quibus Moyses: Cur, inquit, transgredimini verbum Domini, quod vobis non cedet in prosperum?
42 Do not ascend, for the Lord is not with you, lest you be overthrown before your enemies.
Nolite ascendere: non enim est Dominus vobiscum: ne corruatis coram inimicis vestris.
43 The Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, by whose sword you shall be ruined, for you were not willing to consent to the Lord, and so the Lord is not with you.”
Amalecites et Chananaeus ante vos sunt, quorum gladio corruetis, eo quod nolueritis acquiescere Domino, nec erit Dominus vobiscum.
44 But they, having been darkened, ascended to the top of the mountain. But the ark of the testament of the Lord, and Moses, did not withdraw from the camp.
At illi contenebrati ascenderunt in verticem montis. Arca autem testamenti Domini et Moyses non recesserunt de castris.
45 And the Amalekites descended, along with those Canaanites who were living in the mountains. And so, striking and cutting them down, they pursued them all the way to Hormah.
Descenditque Amalecites et Chananaeus, qui habitabat in monte: et percutiens eos atque concidens, persecutus est eos usque Horma.
