Numbers 13
1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
| ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: | ١ |
2 “Send men for yourself, and they spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; one man—you send one man for the tribe of his fathers, everyone a prince among them.”
| «أَرْسِلْ جَوَاسِيسَ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ الَّتِي أَنَا وَاهِبُهَا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. أَرْسِلْ رَئِيساً مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ مُمَثِّلاً لَهُ». | ٢ |
3 And Moses sends them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of YHWH; all of them [are] men, [and] they are heads of the sons of Israel,
| فَأَرْسَلَ مُوسَى مُمَثِّلِي الشَّعْبِ الرُّؤَسَاءَ مِنْ صَحْرَاءِ فَارَانَ طِبْقاً لأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ. | ٣ |
4 and these [are] their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
| وَهُمْ: شَمُّوعُ بْنُ زَكُّورَ عَنْ سِبْطِ رَأُوبَيْنَ، | ٤ |
5 for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
| شَافَاطُ بْنُ حُورِي عَنْ سِبْطِ شِمْعُونَ، | ٥ |
6 for the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
| كَالَبُ بْنُ يَفُنَّةَ عَنْ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا، | ٦ |
7 for the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
| يَجْآلُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سِبْطِ يَسَّاكَرَ، | ٧ |
8 for the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea son of Nun;
| هُوشَعُ بْنُ نُونٍ عَنْ سِبْطِ أَفْرَايِمَ، | ٨ |
9 for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
| فَلْطِي بْنُ رَافُو عَنْ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ، | ٩ |
10 for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
| جَدِّيئِيلُ بْنُ سُودِي عَنْ سِبْطِ زَبُولُونَ، | ١٠ |
11 for the tribe of Joseph (for the tribe of Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
| جِدِّي بْنُ سُوسِي مِنْ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى عَنْ سِبْطِ يُوسُفَ، | ١١ |
12 for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
| عَمِّيئِيلُ بْنُ جَمَلِّي عَنْ سِبْطِ دَانٍ، | ١٢ |
13 for the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
| سَتُورُ بْنُ مِيخَائِيلَ عَنْ سِبْطِ أَشِيرَ، | ١٣ |
14 for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi;
| نَحْبِي بْنُ وَفْسِي عَنْ سِبْطِ نَفْتَالِي، | ١٤ |
15 for the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
| جَأُوئِيلُ بْنُ مَاكِي عَنْ سِبْطِ جَادٍ. | ١٥ |
16 These [are] the names of the men whom Moses has sent to spy out the land; and Moses calls Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.
| هَذِهِ هِيَ أَسْمَاءُ الرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ أَرْسَلَهُمْ مُوسَى لِيَتَجَسَّسُوا أَرْضَ كَنْعَانَ، وَآنَذَاكَ غَيَّرَ مُوسَى اسْمَ هُوشَعَ بْنِ نُونٍ إِلَى يَشُوعَ. | ١٦ |
17 And Moses sends them to spy out the land of Canaan and says to them, “Go up this [way] into the south, and you have gone up the mountain,
| وَعِنْدَمَا أَطْلَقَهُمْ مُوسَى لِيَتَجَسَّسُوا أَرْضَ كَنْعَانَ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «انْطَلِقُوا مِنْ هُنَا نَحْوَ الْجَنُوبِ، ثُمَّ اصْعَدُوا إِلَى الْجَبَلِ، | ١٧ |
18 and have seen the land, what it [is], and the people which is dwelling on it, whether it [is] strong or feeble, [and] whether it [is] few or many;
| وَاسْتَكْشِفُوا الْبِلادَ وَأَوْضَاعَهَا وَهَلْ شَعْبُهَا الْمُقِيمُ فِيهَا قَوِيٌّ أَمْ ضَعِيفٌ؟ أَكَثِيرٌ هُوَ أَمْ قَلِيلٌ؟ | ١٨ |
19 and what the land [is] in which it is dwelling, whether it [is] good or bad; and what [are] the cities in which it is dwelling, whether in camps or in fortresses.
| وَمَا هِيَ طَبِيعَةُ الأَرْضِ السَّاكِنُ فِيهَا، أَصَالِحَةٌ هِيَ أَمْ رَدِيئَةٌ؟ وَمَا هِيَ الْمُدُنُ الَّتِي هُوَ قَاطِنٌ فِيهَا؟ أَمُخَيَّمَاتٌ هِيَ أَمْ حُصُونٌ؟ | ١٩ |
20 And what the land [is], whether it [is] fat or lean; whether there is wood in it or not; and you have strengthened yourselves, and have taken of the fruit of the land”; now the days [are] days of the first-fruits of grapes.
| وَكَيْفَ هِيَ أَرْضُهُ: أَخَصِبَةٌ أَمْ قَاحِلَةٌ؟ أَفِيهَا شَجَرٌ أَمْ جَرْدَاءُ؟ تَشَجَّعُوا وَأَحْضِرُوا عَيِّنَةً مِنْ ثَمَرِ الأَرْضِ». وَكَانَ الْمَوْسِمُ عِنْدَئِذٍ مَوْسِمَ بَاكُورَاتِ الْعِنَبِ. | ٢٠ |
21 And they go up and spy out the land, from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob at the going in to Hamath;
| فَمَضَوْا وَتَجَسَّسُوا الأَرْضَ، ابْتِدَاءً مِنْ صَحْرَاءِ صِينَ إِلَى رَحُوبَ عَلَى مَشَارِفِ حَمَاةَ. | ٢١ |
22 and they go up by the south, and come to Hebron, and there [are] Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, children of Anak (and Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt),
| وَاجْتَازُوا صَحْرَاءَ النَّقَبِ حَتَّى وَصَلُوا حَبْرُونَ حَيْثُ تُقِيمُ قَبَائِلُ بَنِي عَنَاقَ: أَخِيمَانَ وَشِيشَايَ وَتَلْمَايَ. وَكَانَتْ حَبْرُونُ قَدْ بُنِيَتْ قَبْلَ مَدِينَةِ صُوعَنَ الْمِصْرِيَّةِ بِسَبْعِ سَنَوَاتٍ. | ٢٢ |
23 and they come to the Brook of Eshcol, and cut down a branch and one cluster of grapes there, and they carry it on a staff by two, also [some] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
| ثُمَّ قَدِمُوا عَلَى وَادِي أَشْكُولَ، فَقَطَفُوا فَرْعاً مِنْ كَرْمَةِ عِنَبٍ فِيهِ عُنْقُودٌ وَاحِدٌ، حَمَلُوهُ بِعَصاً عَلَى كَتِفَيْ اثْنَيْنِ مِنْهُمْ، فَضْلاً عَنْ شَيْءٍ مِنَ التِّينِ وَالرُّمَّانِ. | ٢٣ |
24 That place has been called the Brook of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut from there.
| فَدُعِيَ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعُ وَادِي أَشْكُولَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: وَادِي الْعُنْقُودِ) بِسَبَبِ عُنْقُودِ الْعِنَبِ الَّذِي قَطَفَهُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ. | ٢٤ |
25 And they return from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
| وَبَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً رَجَعُوا مِنِ اسْتِكْشَافِ الأَرْضِ. | ٢٥ |
26 And they go and come to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they bring them and all the congregation back word, and show them the fruit of the land.
| فَأَقْبَلُوا عَلَى مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ وَسَائِرِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي صَحْرَاءِ فَارَانَ فِي قَادِشَ، وَبَلَّغُوهُمْ بِمَا شَاهَدُوهُ، وَأَرَوْهُمْ ثَمَرَ الأَرْضِ. | ٢٦ |
27 And they recount to him, and say, “We came to the land to where you have sent us, and it is indeed flowing with milk and honey—and this [is] its fruit;
| وَقَالُوا: «قَدِ انْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَرْسَلْتَنَا إِلَيْهَا، فَوَجَدْنَاهَا تَفِيضُ حَقّاً لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً، وَهَذِهِ هِيَ ثِمَارُهَا، | ٢٧ |
28 only, surely the people which is dwelling in the land [is] strong; and the cities are fortified [and] very great; and we have also seen children of Anak there.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ الشَّعْبَ الْمُسْتَوْطِنَ فِيهَا بَالِغُ الْقُوَّةِ وَمُدُنَهُ مَنِيعَةٌ وَعَظِيمَةٌ جِدّاً. كَمَا شَاهَدْنَا هُنَاكَ بَنِي عَنَاقَ، | ٢٨ |
29 Amalek is dwelling in the land of the south, and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite are dwelling in the hill country, and the Canaanite is dwelling by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.”
| فَالْعَمَالِقَةُ مُقِيمُونَ فِي أَرْضِ الْجَنُوبِ، وَالْحِثِّيُّونَ وَالْيَبُوسِيُّونَ وَالأَمُورِيُّونَ مُتَمَنِّعُونَ فِي الْجَبَلِ، وَالْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ مُسْتَوْطِنُونَ عِنْدَ الْبَحْرِ وَعَلَى مُحَاذَاةِ الأُرْدُنِّ». | ٢٩ |
30 And Caleb stills the people concerning Moses and says, “Let us certainly go up—and we have possessed it; for we are thoroughly able to [do] it.”
| وَلَكِنَّ كَالَبَ هَدَّأَ رَوْعَ الشَّعْبِ الْمَاثِلِ أَمَامَ مُوسَى وَقَالَ: «لِنَمْضِ وَنَمْتَلِكِ الأَرْضَ لأَنَّنَا قَادِرُونَ حَقّاً عَلَى ذَلِكَ». | ٣٠ |
31 And the men who have gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for it [is] stronger than we”;
| فَعَارَضَهُ الرِّجَالُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَهُ وَقَالُوا: «لا نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نُقَاوِمَ سُكَّانَهَا لأَنَّهُمْ أَقْوَى مِنَّا». | ٣١ |
32 and they bring out an evil account of the land which they have spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, “The land into which we passed over to spy it out is a land eating up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in its midst [are] men of stature;
| وَبِذَلِكَ أَشَاعُوا الذُّعْرَ بَيْنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مِنَ الْبِلادِ الَّتِي تَجَسَّسُوهَا قَائِلِينَ: «سَتَفْتَرِسُنَا الأَرْضُ الَّتِي تَجَسَّسْنَاهَا، وَجَمِيعُ مَنْ شَاهَدْنَاهُمْ مِنْ سُكَّانِهَا عَمَالِقَةٌ. | ٣٢ |
33 and there we saw the giants, sons of Anak, of the giants; and we are as grasshoppers in our own eyes—and so we were in their eyes.”
| فَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا هُنَاكَ الْجَبَابِرَةَ بَنِي عَنَاقَ، فَبَدَوْنَا فِي أَعْيُنِ أَنْفُسِنَا كَالْجَرَادِ، وَكَذَلِكَ كُنَّا فِي عُيُونِهِمْ». | ٣٣ |
