Exodus 16

1 And they journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel come to the wilderness of Sin, which [is] between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month of their going out from the land of Egypt.

١ ثُمَّ انْتَقَلَتْ كُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ إِيلِيمَ حَتَّى أَقْبَلُوا إِلَى صَحْرَاءِ سِينَ الْوَاقِعَةِ بَيْنَ إِيلِيمَ وَسِينَاءَ، وَذَلِكَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي بَعْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.

2 And all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;

٢ وَهُنَاكَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ تَذَمَّرَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ،

3 and the sons of Israel say to them, “Oh that we had died by the hand of YHWH in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety—for you have brought us out to this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.”

٣ وَقَالُوا لَهُمَا: «لَيْتَ الرَّبَّ أَمَاتَنَا فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، فَهُنَاكَ كُنَّا نَجْلِسُ حَوْلَ قُدُورِ اللَّحْمِ نَأْكُلُ خُبْزاً حَتَّى الشَّبْعِ. وَهَا أَنْتُمَا قَدْ أَخْرَجْتُمَانَا إِلَى هَذِهِ الصَّحْرَاءِ لِتُمِيتَا كُلَّ هَذِهِ الْجَمَاعَةِ جُوعاً».

4 And YHWH says to Moses, “Behold, I am raining bread from the heavens for you—and the people have gone out and gathered the matter of a day in its day—so that I try them whether they walk in My law or not;

٤ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «هَا أَنَا أُمْطِرُ عَلَيْكُمْ خُبْزاً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، فَيَخْرُجُ الشَّعْبُ وَيَلْتَقِطُ حَاجَةَ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ، لِكَيْ أَمْتَحِنَهُمْ، فَأَرَى إنْ كَانُوا يَسْلُكُونَ فِي شَرِيعَتِي أَمْ لا.

5 and it has been on the sixth day, that they have prepared that which they bring in, and it has been double above that which they gather day [by] day.”

٥ وَلَكِنْ لِيَكُنْ مَا يَلْتَقِطُونَهُ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّادِسِ ضِعْفَ مَا يَجْمَعُونَهُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ».

6 And Moses says—Aaron also—to all the sons of Israel, “Evening—and you have known that YHWH has brought you out from the land of Egypt;

٦ فَقَالَ مُوسَى وَهَرُونُ لِجَمِيعِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: «فِي الْمَسَاءِ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.

7 and morning—and you have seen the glory of YHWH, in His hearing your murmurings against YHWH, and what [are] we, that you murmur against us?”

٧ وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ تُعَايِنُونَ مَجْدَ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ سَمِعَ تَذَمُّرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَكِنْ مَنْ نَحْنُ حَتَّى تَتَذَمَّرُوا عَلَيْنَا؟»

8 And Moses says, “In YHWH’s giving to you flesh to eat in the evening, and bread in the morning to satiety—in YHWH’s hearing your murmurings, which you are murmuring against Him, and what [are] we? Your murmurings [are] not against us, but against YHWH.”

٨ وَقَالَ مُوسَى أَيْضاً: «إِنَّكُمْ سَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ هُوَ الرَّبُّ، عِنْدَمَا يُعْطِيكُمْ لَحْماً فِي الْمَسَاءِ لِتَأْكُلُوا، وَخُبْزاً فِي الصَّبَاحِ لِتَشْبَعُوا، لأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ تَذَمُّرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِ. فَمَاذَا نَحْنُ؟ إِنَّكُمْ تَتَذَمَّرُونَ عَلَى اللهِ».

9 And Moses says to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, Come near before YHWH, for He has heard your murmurings”;

٩ وَقَالَ مُوسَى لِهَرُونَ: «قُلْ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَمْثُلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ لأَنَّهُ قَدْ سَمِعَ تَذَمُّرَهُمْ».

10 and it comes to pass, when Aaron is speaking to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, that they turn toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of YHWH is seen in the cloud.

١٠ وَفِيمَا كَانَ هَرُونُ يُخَاطِبُ كُلَّ جَمَاعَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، الْتَفَتُوا نَحْوَ الصَّحْرَاءِ وَإذَا بِمَجْدِ الرَّبِّ قَدْ تَجَلَّى فِي السَّحَابِ.

11 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

١١ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

12 “I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, Between the evenings you eat flesh, and in the morning you are satisfied [with] bread, and you have known that I [am] your God YHWH.”

١٢ «سَمِعْتُ تَذَمُّرَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: فِي الْمَسَاءِ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْماً، وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ تَشْبَعُونَ خُبْزاً، فَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّنِي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ».

13 And it comes to pass in the evening, that the quail comes up, and covers the camp, and in the morning there has been the lying of dew around the camp,

١٣ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَسَاءِ أَقْبَلَتْ طُيُورُ السَّلْوَى (السُّمَانَي) وَغَطَّتِ الْمُخَيَّمَ. وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ كَسَتْ طَبَقَةُ النَّدَى الأَرْضَ الْمُحِيطَةَ بِالْمُخَيَّمِ.

14 and the lying of the dew goes up, and behold, on the face of the wilderness [is] a thin, bare thing, thin as hoarfrost on the earth.

١٤ وَعِنْدَمَا زَالَتْ طَبَقَةُ النَّدَى إِذَا وَجْهُ الصَّحْرَاءِ مُغَطَّى بِشَيْءٍ رَقِيقٍ كالْقُشُورِ، مُكَتَّلٍ كَالْجَلِيدِ.

15 And the sons of Israel see, and say to one another, “What [is] it?” For they have not known what it [is]; and Moses says to them, “It [is] the bread which YHWH has given to you for food.

١٥ وَعِنْدَمَا رَآهُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ «مَنْهُو» أَيْ مَا هَذَا؟ لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا مَا هُوَ. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ موُسَى: «هُوَ خُبْزُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي أَعْطَاكُمْ لِتَأْكُلُوهُ.

16 This [is] the thing which YHWH has commanded: Gather of it, each according to his eating, an omer for the counted head; and the number of your persons, take, each, for those in his tent.”

١٦ وَهَذَا مَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِهِ الرَّبُّ: الْتَقِطُوا مِنْهُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَأْكَلِهِ، لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ عُمِراً (نَحْوَ لِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ اللِّتْرِ) وَفْقاً لِعَدَدِ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الْمُقِيمِينَ مَعَهُ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ».

17 And the sons of Israel do so, and they gather, he who is [gathering] much, and he who is [gathering] little;

١٧ فَفَعَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ هَكَذَا فَمِنْهُمْ مَنِ الْتَقَطَ مُكَثِّراً، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنِ الْتَقَطَ مُقِلًّا.

18 and they measure with an omer, and he who is [gathering] much has nothing over, and he who is [gathering] little has no lack, each according to his eating they have gathered.

١٨ وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا كَالُوا بِالعُمِرِ مَا الْتَقَطُوهُ، فَإِنَّ الْمُكَثِّرَ لَمْ يَفْضُلْ عَنْهُ، وَالمُقِلَّ لَمْ يَنْقُصْهُ شَيْءٌ، فَجَمَعَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَأْكَلِهِ.

19 And Moses says to them, “Let no man leave of it until morning”;

١٩ وَقَالَ مُوسَى لَهُمْ: «لا يُبْقِ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ».

20 and they have not listened to Moses, and some of them leave of it until morning, and it brings up worms and stinks; and Moses is angry with them.

٢٠ وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ، فَإِنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ لِمُوسَى، بَلْ أَبْقَوْا مِنْهُ لِلصَّبَاحِ، فَتَوَلَّدَ فِيهِ دُودٌ وَأَنْتَنَ. فَسَخَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُوسَى.

21 And they gather it morning by morning, each according to his eating; when the sun has been warm, then it has melted.

٢١ فَكَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَلْتَقِطُ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَأْكَلِهِ. وَمَا إِنْ تَشْتَدُّ حَرَارَةُ الشَّمْسِ حَتَّى يَذُوبَ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ.

22 And it comes to pass on the sixth day, they have gathered a second bread, two omers for one, and all the princes of the congregation come in, and declare [it] to Moses.

٢٢ أَمَّا فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّادِسِ فَكَانُوا يَلْتَقِطُونَ مِنَ الْخُبْزِ الضِّعْفَ، أَيْ عُمِرَيْنِ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ لِتْرَاتٍ) لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ فَجَاءَ رُؤَسَاءُ الْجَمَاعَةِ وَأَبْلَغُوا الأَمْرَ لِمُوسَى.

23 And he says to them, “It [is] that which YHWH has spoken: A rest—a holy Sabbath to YHWH—[is] tomorrow; that which you bake, bake; and that which you boil, boil; and all that is remaining, let [it] rest for yourselves for preservation until the morning.”

٢٣ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذَا مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ. غَداً يَكُونُ يَوْمَ رَاحَةٍ، سَبْتاً مُقَدَّساً لِلرَّبِّ. اخْبِزُوا مَا تُرِيدُونَ خَبْزَهُ وَاطْبُخُوا مَا تَشَاؤُونَ، وَاحْتَفِظُوا بِمَا يَفْضُلُ إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ».

24 And they let it rest until the morning, as Moses has commanded, and it has not stunk, and a worm has not been in it.

٢٤ فَأَبْقُوهُ إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ كَمَا أَمَرَ مُوسَى، فَلَمْ يُنْتِنْ وَلا صَارَ فِيهِ دُودٌ.

25 And Moses says, “Eat it today, for today [is] a Sabbath to YHWH; today you do not find it in the field:

٢٥ وَقَالَ مُوسَى: «كُلُوا الْيَوْمَ لأَنَّ الْيَوْمَ هُوَ سَبْتٌ لِلرَّبِّ، إذْ لَنْ تَجِدُوا الْيَوْمَ طَعَاماً فِي الْحَقْلِ.

26 six days you gather it, and in the seventh day—the Sabbath—there is none in it.”

٢٦ سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ تَلْتَقِطُونَهُ وَأَمَّا الْيَوْمُ السَّابِعُ فَهُوَ سَبْتٌ وَلَنْ تَجِدُوا فِيهِ طَعَاماً».

27 And it comes to pass on the seventh day, some of the people have gone out to gather, and have not found.

٢٧ غَيْرَ أَنَّ أُنَاساً مِنْهُمْ خَرَجُوا فِي السَّبْتِ لِيَلْتَقِطُوا مِنْهُ، فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا شَيْئاً.

28 And YHWH says to Moses, “How long have you refused to keep My commands and My laws?

٢٨ ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «إِلَى مَتَى تَأْبُونَ حِفْظَ وَصَايَايَ وَشَرِيعَتِي؟

29 See, because YHWH has given the Sabbath to you, therefore He is giving to you on the sixth day bread of two days; each abide [in] his place, no one goes out from his place on the seventh day.”

٢٩ انْظُرُوا. فَهَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَعْطَاكُمُ السَّبْتَ لِذَلِكَ هُوَ يُقَدِّمُ لَكُمْ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّادِسِ خُبْزَ يَوْمَيْنِ، فَلْيَلْبَثْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ فِي مَكَانِهِ وَلا يُغَادِرْهُ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ».

30 And the people rest on the seventh day,

٣٠ فَاسْتَرَاحَ الشَّعْبُ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ.

31 and the house of Israel calls its name Manna, and it [is] as white coriander seed; and its taste [is] as a cake with honey.

٣١ وَدَعَا شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْخُبْزَ «مَنّاً». وَكَانَ أَبْيَضَ كَبِزْرِ الْكُزْبَرَةِ، وَمَذَاقُهُ كَرِقَاقٍ مَصْنُوعَةٍ بِعَسَلٍ.

32 And Moses says, “This [is] the thing which YHWH has commanded: Fill the omer with it, for a charge for your generations, so that they see the bread which I have caused you to eat in the wilderness, in My bringing you out from the land of Egypt.”

٣٢ وَقَالَ مُوسَى: «إِلَيْكُمْ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ: احْفَظُوا مِلْءَ الْعُمِرِ مِنْهُ ذِكْرَى لأَجْيَالِكُمُ الْمُقْبِلَةِ، لِكَيْ يَرَوْا الْخُبْزَ الَّذِي أَطْعَمْتُكُمْ بِهِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ عِنْدَمَا أَخْرَجْتُكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ».

33 And Moses says to Aaron, “Take one pot, and put the fullness of the omer of manna [in] there, and let it rest before YHWH, for a charge for your generations”;

٣٣ وَقَالَ مُوسَى لِهَرُونَ: «خُذْ إِنَاءً وَاجْعَلْ فِيهِ مِقْدَارَ عُمِرٍ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَضَعْهُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ لِيَظَلَّ مَحْفُوظاً فِي أَجْيَالِكُمْ».

34 as YHWH has given command to Moses, so Aaron lets it rest before the Testimony, for a charge.

٣٤ وَكَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى وَضَعَهُ هَرُونُ أَمَامَ الشَّهَادَةِ حِفَاظاً عَلَيْهِ.

35 And the sons of Israel have eaten the manna [for] forty years, until their coming to the land to be inhabited; they have eaten the manna until their coming to the extremity of the land of Canaan.

٣٥ وَاقْتَاتَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ بِالمَنِّ طَوَالَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً حَتَّى جَاءُوا إِلَى تُخُومِ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ الْعَامِرَةِ بِالسُّكَّانِ.

36 And the omer is a tenth of the ephah.

٣٦ وَأَمَّا الْعُمِرُ فَهُوَ عُشْرُ الإِيفَةِ.