< Deuteronomy 1 >

1 These [are] the words which Moses has spoken to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain opposite Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-Zahab.
هَذِهِ هِيَ الأَقْوَالُ الَّتِي خَاطَبَ بِها مُوسَى جَمِيعَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ الْمُخَيِّمِينَ فِي وَادِي الْعَرَبَةِ، فِي صَحْرَاءِ مُوآبَ شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، مُقَابِلَ سُوفٍ، مَا بَيْنَ فَارَانَ وَتُوفَلَ وَلابَانَ وَحَضَيْرُوتَ وَذِي ذَهَبٍ.١
2 [It takes] eleven days [to go] from Horeb, the way of Mount Seir, to Kadesh-Barnea.
وَكَانَتِ الرِّحْلَةُ تَسْتَغْرِقُ مِنْ حُورِيبَ عَبْرَ طَرِيقِ جَبَلِ سِعِيرَ إِلَى قَادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ يَوْماً.٢
3 And it comes to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, Moses has spoken to the sons of Israel according to all that YHWH has commanded him concerning them,
فَفِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْحَادِي عَشَرَ، فِي السَّنَةِ الأَرْبَعِينَ، خَاطَبَ مُوسَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِكُلِّ مَا أَوْصَاهُ بِهِ الرَّبُّ إِلَيْهِمْ،٣
4 after his striking Sihon king of the Amorite who is dwelling in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan who is dwelling in Ashtaroth in Edrei.
وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ هَزِيمَةِ سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الْمُقِيمِ فِي حَشْبُونَ، وَعُوجَ مَلِكِ بَاشَانَ السَّاكِنِ فِي عَشْتَارُوثَ فِي إِذْرَعِي.٤
5 Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses has begun to explain this law, saying,
وَابْتَدَأَ مُوسَى فِي أَرْضِ مُوآبَ شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ يَشْرَحُ الشَّرِيعَةَ قَائِلاً:٥
6 “Our God YHWH has spoken to us in Horeb, saying, For you dwell at this mountain long enough;
«لَقَدْ قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا لَنَا فِي جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ: كَفَاكُمُ الْمُقَامُ فِي هَذَا الْجَبَلِ.٦
7 turn and journey for yourselves, and go to the mountain of the Amorite, and to all its neighboring places in the plain, in the hill-country, and in the low country, and in the south, and in the haven of the sea, the land of the Canaanite, and of Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates River;
تَحَوَّلُوا وَتَقَدَّمُوا وَادْخُلُوا جَبَلَ الأَمُورِيِّينَ وَكُلَّ مَا يَلِيهِ مِنْ وَادِي الْعَرَبَةِ وَالْجَبَلِ وَالسَّهْلِ وَالنَّقَبِ وَسَاحِلِ بَحْرِ أَرْضِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَلُبْنَانَ، إِلَى النَّهْرِ الْكَبِيرِ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ.٧
8 see, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which YHWH has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them.
وَانْظُرُوا، فَهَا أَنَا قَدْ وَهَبْتُكُمُ الأَرْضَ، فَادْخُلُوا وَتَمَلَّكُوهَا لأَنِّي أَقْسَمْتُ أَنْ أُعْطِيَهَا لِآبَائِكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَلِنَسْلِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ».٨
9 And I speak to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you by myself;
وَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلشَّعْبِ: «لا أَقْدِرُ وَحْدِي أَنْ أَتَحَمَّلَ مَسْؤولِيَّتَكُمْ،٩
10 your God YHWH has multiplied you, and behold, today you [are] as the stars of the heavens for multitude;
فَقَدْ كَثَّرَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ، وَهَا أَنْتُمْ قَدْ أَصْبَحْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ فِي كَثْرَةِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ.١٠
11 YHWH, God of your fathers, is adding to you, as you [are], one thousand times, and blesses you as He has spoken to you.
فَلْيَزِدْكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِكُمْ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ وَيُبَارِكْكُمْ كَمَا وَعَدَكُمْ.١١
12 How do I bear your pressure, and your burden, and your strife by myself?
وَلَكِنْ كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَحْمِلَ وَحْدِي مَشَاكِلَكُمْ وَأَثْقَالَكُمْ وَخُصُومَاتِكُمْ؟١٢
13 Provide wise and understanding men for yourselves that are known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;
فَاخْتَارُوا مِنْ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ رِجَالاً حُكَمَاءَ عُقَلاءَ مِنْ ذَوِي الْمَقَامِ، فَأَجْعَلَهُمْ قَادَةً لَكُمْ.»١٣
14 and you answer me and say, The thing which you have spoken [is] good to do.
فَأَجَبْتُمُونِي قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ مَا تَقْتَرِحُ عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نَفْعَلَهُ أَمْرٌ صَائِبٌ».١٤
15 And I take the heads of your tribes, wise men that are known, and I appoint them [as] heads over you, princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds, and princes of fifties, and princes of tens, and authorities for your tribes.
فَاخْتَرْتُ رُؤَسَاءَ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ رِجَالاً حُكَمَاءَ مِنْ ذَوِي الْمَقَامِ، وَأَقَمْتُهُمْ قَادَةً عَلَيْكُمْ، فَكَانُوا رُؤَسَاءَ أُلُوفٍ وَمِئَاتٍ وَخَمَاسِينَ وَعَشَرَاتٍ، وَعُرَفَاءَ لأَسْبَاطِكُمْ.١٥
16 And I command your judges at that time, saying, Listen between your brothers—then you have judged [in] righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner;
وَأَمَرْتُ قُضَاتَكُمْ آنَئِذٍ قَائِلاً: اسْتَمِعُوا إِلَى الْخُصُومَاتِ النَّاشِبَةِ بَيْنَ إِخْوَتِكُمْ وَاقْضُوا بِالْعَدْلِ بَيْنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّ وَأَخِيهِ أَوْ بَيْنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّ وَالنَّزِيلِ.١٦
17 you do not discern faces in judgment; you hear the little as well as the great; you are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God’s, and the thing which is too hard for you, you bring near to me, and I have heard it.
لَا تُحَابُوا فِي الْقَضَاءِ وَاسْتَمِعُوا لِلصَّغِيرِ كَمَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ لِلْكَبِيرِ. لَا تَهَابُوا إِنْسَاناً، لأَنَّ الْقَضَاءَ لِلهِ. وَمَا يَصْعُبُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ أَمْرٍ تَرْفَعُونَهُ إِلَيَّ فَأَقْضِي فِيهِ.١٧
18 And I command you at that time all the things which you do.
وَأَوْصَيْتُكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ بِجَمِيعِ الأُمُورِ الَّتِي يَجِبُ أَنْ تُجْرُوهَا.١٨
19 And we journey from Horeb, and go [through] all that great and fearful wilderness which you have seen, the way of the hill-country of the Amorite, as our God YHWH has commanded us, and we come to Kadesh-Barnea.
ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلْنَا بِمُوْجِبِ أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ مِنْ جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ مُجْتَازِينَ تِلْكَ الصَّحْرَاءَ الْعَظِيمَةَ الْمَخُوفَةَ الَّتِي رَأَيْتُمُوهَا، مُتَّجِهِينَ نَحْوَ بِلادِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الْجَبَلِيَّةِ، إِلَى أَنْ أَقْبَلْنَا عَلَى قَادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ.١٩
20 And I say to you, You have come to the hill-country of the Amorite, which our God YHWH is giving to us;
فَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: هَا قَدْ جِئْتُمْ إِلَى بِلادِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الْجَبَلِيَّةِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا،٢٠
21 see, your God YHWH has set the land before you; go up, possess, as YHWH, God of your fathers, has spoken to you; do not fear, nor be frightened.
فَانْظُرُوا لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ قَدْ أَعْطَاكُمُ الأَرْضَ، فَاصْعَدُوا وَاسْتَوْلُوا عَلَيْهَا كَمَا وَعَدَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِكُمْ. لَا تَخَافُوا وَلا تَرْتَعِبُوا.٢١
22 And you come near to me, all of you, and say, Let us send men before us, and they search the land for us, and they bring us back word [concerning] the way in which we go up into it, and the cities to which we come in;
فَتَقَدَّمْتُمْ إِلَيَّ جَمِيعُكُمْ وَقُلْتُمْ: دَعْنَا نُرْسِلُ قَوْماً لِيَتَجَسَّسُوا الأَرْضَ لَنَا، ثُمَّ يُوَافُونَا بِنَبَإِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي نَسْلُكُهَا وَالْمُدُنِ الَّتِي نَجْتَازُ بِها.٢٢
23 and the thing is good in my eyes, and I take twelve men from you, one man for the tribe.
فَرَاقَنِي الاقْتِرَاحُ، وَانْتَخَبْتُ مِنْكُمُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً، وَاحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ.٢٣
24 And they turn and go up to the hill-country, and come to the Valley of Eshcol, and spy it out,
فَاخْتَرَقُوا مَسَالِكَ الْجِبَالِ حَتَّى وَصَلُوا وَادِي أَشْكُولَ، فَاسْتَكْشَفُوهُ،٢٤
25 and they take in their hand from the fruit of the land, and bring [it] down to us, and bring us back word, and say, The land is good which our God YHWH is giving to us.
وَقَطَفُوا مِنْ ثِمَارِ الأَرْضِ وَحَمَلُوهَا إِلَيْنَا، وَقَالُوا: الأَرْضُ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا أَرْضٌ جَيِّدَةٌ.٢٥
26 And you have not been willing to go up, and you provoke the mouth of your God YHWH,
لَكِنَّكُمْ تَقَاعَسْتُمْ عَنِ الصُّعُودِ إِلَيْهَا وَعَصَيْتُمْ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ،٢٦
27 and murmur in your tents, and say, In YHWH’s hating us He has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorite—to destroy us;
وَتَذَمَّرْتُمْ فِي خِيَامِكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَكْرَهُنَا أَخْرَجَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيُوْقِعَنَا فِي أَيْدِي الأَمُورِيِّينَ وَيُهْلِكَنَا.٢٧
28 to where are we going up? Our brothers have melted our heart, saying, [The] people [are] greater and taller than we; [the] cities [are] great and fortified up to the heavens, and we have also seen sons of Anakim there.
فَإِلَى أَيْنَ نَذْهَبُ؟ لَقَدْ أَوْهَنَ إِخْوَتُنَا قُلُوبَنَا عِنْدَمَا أَخْبَرُونَا أَنَّ أَهْلَ الأَرْضِ أَعْظَمُ مِنَّا وَأَكْثَرُ طُولاً، وَمُدُنَهُمْ عَظِيمَةٌ تَبْلُغُ حُصُونُهَا عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ، وَقَدْ شَاهَدْنَا هُنَاكَ بَنِي عَنَاقَ أَيْضاً.٢٨
29 And I say to you, Do not be terrified, nor be afraid of them;
فَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: لَا تَجْزَعُوا وَلا تَخَافُوا مِنْهُمْ،٢٩
30 your God YHWH, who is going before you—He fights for you, according to all that He has done with you in Egypt before your eyes,
لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمُ السَّائِرَ أَمَامَكُمْ هُوَ يُحَارِبُ عَنْكُمْ كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ مَعَكُمْ فِي مِصْرَ.٣٠
31 and in the wilderness where you have seen that your God YHWH has carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way which you have gone until your coming to this place.
كَذَلِكَ شَهِدْتُمْ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ كَيْفَ حَمَلَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ كَمَا يَحْمِلُ الإِنْسَانُ ابْنَهُ، فِي كُلِّ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سَلَكْتُمُوهَا، حَتَّى أَقْبَلْتُمْ إِلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ.٣١
32 And in this thing you are not steadfast in your God YHWH,
وَلَكِنْ عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَثِقُوا بِالَّربِّ إِلَهِكُمُ٣٢
33 who is going before you in the way to search out for you a place for your encamping, in fire by night, to show you in the way in which you go, and in a cloud by day.
السَّائِرِ أَمَامَكُمْ فِي رِحْلَتِكُمْ، لِيَلْتَمِسَ لَكُمْ مَكَاناً تَنْزِلُونَ فِيهِ. فَكَانَ يَقُودُكُمْ فِي عَمُودِ نَارٍ لَيْلاً وَفِي عَمُودِ سَحَابٍ نَهَاراً.٣٣
34 And YHWH hears the voice of your words, and is angry, and swears, saying,
وَسَمِعَ الرَّبُّ تَذَمُّرَكُمْ فَسَخَطَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَقْسَمَ قَائِلاً:٣٤
35 Not one of these men of this evil generation sees the good land which I have sworn to give to your fathers,
لَنْ يَرَى إِنْسَانٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْجِيلِ الشِّرِّيرِ الأَرْضَ الْجَيِّدَةَ الَّتِي أَقْسَمْتُ أَنْ أَهَبَهَا لِآبَائِكُمْ.٣٥
36 except Caleb son of Jephunneh—he sees it, and to him I give the land on which he has trodden, and to his sons, because that he has been fully after YHWH.
إِلّا كَالِبَ بْنَ يَفُنَّةَ، فَهُوَ يَرَاهَا وَأُوَرِّثُهُ هُوَ وَبَنِيهِ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي وَطِئَهَا، لأَنَّهُ أَطَاعَ الرَّبَّ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِهِ.٣٦
37 Moreover, YHWH has been angry with me for your sake, saying, Indeed, you do not go in there;
كَمَا غَضِبَ الرَّبُّ عَلَيَّ بِسَبَبِكُمْ قَائِلاً: وَأَنْتَ أَيْضاً لَنْ تَدْخُلَ الأَرْضَ.٣٧
38 Joshua son of Nun, who is standing before you, he goes in there; strengthen him, for he causes Israel to inherit [it].
إِنَّمَا يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونٍ الْمَاثِلُ أَمَامَكَ هُوَ يَدْخُلُهَا فَشَجِّعْهُ لأَنَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِي يُوَزِّعُهَا عَلَى الإِسْرَائيِليِّينَ.٣٨
39 And your infants, of whom you have said, They are for a prey, and your sons who today have not known good and evil, they go in there, and I give it to them, and they possess it;
أَمَّا أَطْفَالُكُمُ الَّذِينَ ادَّعَيْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يُصْبِحُونَ غَنِيمَةً، وَصِغَارُكُمُ الَّذِينَ لَا يُمَيِّزُونَ بَعْدُ الْخَيْرَ وَالشَّرَّ، فَهُمْ يَدْخُلُونَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ وَلَهُمْ أَهَبُ الأَرْضَ وَهُمْ يَرِثُونَهَا.٣٩
40 but you, turn and journey for yourselves toward the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea.
وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتَحَوَّلُوا وَارْتَحِلُوا إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ عَلَى مُحَاذَاةِ طَرِيقِ الْبَحْرِ الأَحْمَرِ.٤٠
41 And you answer and say to me, We have sinned against YHWH; we go up and we have fought, according to all that which our God YHWH has commanded us; and you each gird on his weapons of war, and you are ready to go up into the hill-country;
فَأَجَبْتُمْ وَقُلْتُمْ لِي: لَقْدْ أَخْطَأْنَا إِلَى الرَّبِّ، وَنَحْنُ صَاعِدُونَ إِلَى الْحَرْبِ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَنَا بِهِ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا. وَحَمَلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ سِلاحَهُ، مَسْتَخِفّاً بِمَصَاعِبِ ارْتِقَاءِ الْجِبَالِ.٤١
42 and YHWH says to me, Say to them, You do not go up, nor fight, for I am not in your midst, and you are not struck before your enemies.
فَأَمَرَنِي الرَّبُّ: قُلْ لَهُمْ لَا تَصْعَدُوا وَلا تُحَارِبُوا، لأَنِّي لَسْتُ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ، لِئَلّا تَنْهَزِمُوا أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِكُمْ.٤٢
43 And I speak to you, and you have not listened, and provoke the mouth of YHWH, and act proudly, and go up into the hill-country;
فَكَلَّمْتُكُمْ وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا، بَلْ عَصَيْتُمْ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ وَتَمَرَّدْتُمْ وَصَعِدْتُمْ إِلَى الأَرَاضِي الْجَبَلِيَّةِ.٤٣
44 and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country comes out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and strike you in Seir, even to Hormah.
فَانْدَفَعَ الأَمُورِيُّونَ الْمُسْتَوْطِنُونَ فِي الأَرَاضِي الْجَبَلِيَّةِ لِلِقَائِكُمْ، وَطَارَدُوكُمْ كَمَا يُطَارِدُ النَّحْلُ، وَهَزَمُوكُمْ فِي سِعِيرَ حَتَّى تُخُومِ حُرْمَةَ.٤٤
45 And you return and weep before YHWH, and YHWH has not listened to your voice, nor has He given ear to you;
فَرَجَعْتُمْ وَنُحْتُمْ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، وَلَمْ يَسْمَعِ الرَّبُّ لِصَوْتِكُمْ وَلا أَنْصَتَ إِلَيْكُمْ.٤٥
46 and you dwell in Kadesh [for] many days, according to the days which you had dwelt.”
وَمَكَثْتُمْ فِي قَادَشَ أَيَّاماً كَثِيرَةً، أَيْ طَوَالَ الْفَتْرَةِ الَّتِي بَقِيتُمْ فِيهَا هُنَاكَ.٤٦

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