Numbers 20

1 The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

١ وَفِي الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ أَقْبَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى صَحْرَاءِ صِينَ، وَأَقَامُوا فِي قَادَشَ حَيْثُ مَاتَتْ مَرْيَمُ وَدُفِنَتْ هُنَاكَ.

2 There was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

٢ وَإِذْ لَمْ يَتَوَافَرْ مَاءٌ لِلشَّعْبِ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ،

3 The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, "We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Jehovah.

٣ وَخَاصَمُوا مُوسَى قَائِلِينَ لَهُ: «لَيْتَنَا هَلَكْنَا كَإِخْوَتِنَا الَّذِينَ أَهْلَكَهُمُ الرَّبُّ.

4 Why have you brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?

٤ لِمَاذَا قُدْتُمَا شَعْبَ الرَّبِّ إِلَى هَذِهِ الصَّحْرَاءِ، لِكَيْ نَمُوتَ فِيهَا نَحْنُ وَمَوَاشِينَا؟

5 Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink."

٥ لِمَاذَا أَخْرَجْتُمَانَا مِنْ مِصْرَ لِتَأْتِيَا بِنَا إِلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ الْقَاحِلِ، حَيْثُ لَا زَرْعَ فِيهِ وَلا تِينَ وَلا كَرْمَ وَلا رُمَّانَ وَلا مَاءَ لِلشُّرْبِ؟»

6 Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces: and the glory of Jehovah appeared to them.

٦ فَافْتَرَقَ مُوسَى وَهَرُونُ عَنِ الْجَمَاعَةِ، وَقَدِمَا إِلَى مَدْخَلِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ حَيْثُ انْطَرَحَا عَلَى وَجْهَيْهِمَا، فَتَرَاءَى لَهُمَا مَجْدُ الرَّبِّ،

7 Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

٧ وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

8 "Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink."

٨ «خُذِ الْعَصَا، وَاجْمَعِ الشَّعْبَ أَنْتَ وَأَخُوكَ هَرُونُ وَأْمُرَا الصَّخْرَةَ عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ تُعْطِيَ مَاءَهَا، فَتُخْرِجَ لَهُمْ مَاءً مِنَ الصَّخْرَةِ فَيَشْرَبَ الشَّعْبُ وَمَوَاشِيهِمْ».

9 Moses took the rod from before Jehovah, as he commanded him.

٩ فَأَطَاعَ مُوسَى وَأَخَذَ الْعَصَا مِنْ أَمَامِ الرَّبِّ،

10 Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring you water out of this rock for you?"

١٠ وَجَمَعَ مُوسَى وَهَرُونُ الشَّعْبَ عِنْدَ الصَّخْرَةِ وَقَالا لَهُمْ: «اسْمَعُوا أَيُّهَا الْمُتَمَرِّدُونَ، أَعَلَيْنَا أَنْ نُخْرِجَ لَكُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّخْرَةِ مَاءً؟»

11 Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.

١١ وَرَفَعَ مُوسَى يَدَهُ وَضَرَبَ الصَّخْرَةَ بِعَصَاهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ، فَتَفَجَّرَ مَاءٌ غَزِيرٌ، فَشَرِبَتِ الْجَمَاعَةُ وَمَوَاشِيهَا.

12 Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them."

١٢ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى وَهَرُونَ: «مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّكُمَا لَمْ تُؤْمِنَا بِي حَتَّى تُقَدِّسَانِي عَلَى مَرْأَىً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَإِنَّكُمَا لَنْ تُدْخِلا هَذَا الشَّعْبَ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لَهُمْ».

13 These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.

١٣ فَكَانَ هَذَا مَاءَ مَرِيبَةَ حَيْثُ خَاصَمَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ الرَّبَّ فَأَظْهَرَ قَدَاسَتَهُ أَمَامَهُمْ.

14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: "Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the travail that has happened to us:

١٤ وَبَعَثَ مُوسَى رُسُلاً مِنْ قَادَشَ إِلَى مَلِكِ أَدُومَ يَقُولُونَ لَهُ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ لَكَ أَخُوكَ إِسْرَائِيلُ: قَدْ بَلَغَكَ مَا أَصَابَنَا مِنْ مَشَقَّةٍ،

15 how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:

١٥ فَقَدِ انْحَدَرَ آبَاؤُنَا إِلَى مِصْرَ فَمَكَثْنَا فِيهَا أَيَّاماً كَثِيرَةً، فَسَامَنَا الْمِصْرِيُّونَ، نَحْنُ وَآبَاءَنَا سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ،

16 and when we cried to Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and look, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of your border.

١٦ فَتَضَرَّعْنَا إِلَى الرَّبِّ فَاسْتَجَابَ لِصَوْتِنَا، وَأَرْسَلَ مَلاكاً أَخْرَجَنَا مِنْ مِصْرَ. وَهَا نَحْنُ نَازِلُونَ فِي مَدِينَةِ قَادَشَ فِي طَرَفِ تُخُومِكَ.

17 "Please let us pass through your land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border."

١٧ فَأْذَنْ لَنَا أَنْ نَمُرَّ فِي أَرْضِكَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ نَدُوسَ فِي حَقْلٍ أَوْ كَرْمٍ أَوْ نَشْرَبَ مَاءَ بِئْرٍ، بَلْ نَسِيرُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْعَامَّةِ الْمُخَصَّصَةِ لِلسَّفَرِ. لَا نَمِيلُ يَمِيناً أَوْ شِمَالاً حَتَّى نَتَجَاوَزَ حُدُودَكَ».

18 Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you."

١٨ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ مَلِكُ أَدُومَ: «إِيَّاكُمُ الْمُرُورَ بِأَرْضِي لِئَلّا أُجَابِهَكُمْ بِالسَّيْفِ».

19 The children of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then will I give its price: let me only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet."

١٩ فَأَجَابَهُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ: «لَنْ نَسِيرَ إِلّا عَلَى طَرِيقِ السَّفَرِ، وَإِنِ اسْتَقَيْنَا نَحْنُ وَمَوَاشِينَا مِنْ مَائِكَ نَدْفَعْ ثَمَنَهُ. إِنَّنَا لَا نَطْلُبُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْمُرُورِ رَاجِلِينَ».

20 He said, "You shall not pass through." Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.

٢٠ فَقَالَ: «لا تَمُرُّوا». وَعَبَّأَ مَلِكُ أَدُومَ جَيْشاً قَوِيًّا وَخَرَجَ لِلِقَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.

٢١ وَأَبَى مَلِكُ أَدُومَ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ لِلإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ بِاجْتِيَازِ أَرَاضِيهِ. فَتَحَوَّلُوا عَنْهُ.

22 They traveled from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

٢٢ وَارْتَحَلُوا جَمِيعُهُمْ مِنْ قَادَشَ حَتَّى أَقْبَلُوا عَلَى جَبَلِ هُورٍ.

23 Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

٢٣ وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى وَهَرُونَ فِي جَبَلِ هُورٍ عِنْدَ حُدُودِ أَرْضِ أَدُومَ:

24 "Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.

٢٤ «هَرُونُ لَنْ يَلْبَثَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ، لأَنَّهُ لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَنَّكُمَا عَصَيْتُمَا كَلامِي عِنْدَ مَاءِ مَرِيبَةَ.

25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;

٢٥ خُذْ هَرُونَ وَأَلِعَازَارَ ابْنَهُ وَاصْعَدْ إِلَى جَبَلِ هُورٍ،

26 and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be taken, and shall die there."

٢٦ وَانْزِعْ عَنْ هَرُونَ ثِيَابَهُ وَأَلْبِسْهَا أَلِعَازَارَ ابْنَهُ، لأَنَّ هُنَاكَ يَمُوتُ هَرُونُ».

27 Moses did as Jehovah commanded: and they went up into Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

٢٧ فَفَعَلَ مُوسَى كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ، فَصَعِدُوا جَمِيعاً إِلَى الْجَبَلِ عَلَى مَرْأىً مِنَ الشَّعْبِ كُلِّهِ،

28 Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

٢٨ فَنَزَعَ مُوسَى ثِيَابَ هَرُونَ وَأَلْبَسَهَا أَلِعَازَارَ ابْنَهُ. وَمَاتَ هَرُونُ هُنَاكَ عَلَى قِمَّةِ الْجَبَلِ، ثُمَّ انْحَدَرَ مُوسَى وَأَلِعَازَارُ عَنِ الْجَبَلِ.

29 When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

٢٩ وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَ الشَّعْبُ أَنَّ هَرُونَ قَدْ مَاتَ، نَاحُوا عَلَيْهِ ثَلاثِينَ يَوْماً.