Numbers 12
1 [Moses’/My older sister] Miriam and [his/my older brother] Aaron were saying this: “Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us [RHQ]? Does Yahweh not speak messages to us two also?” [They told people that] they were saying that because Moses/I had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people-group, [but they were really saying that because they (were jealous/did not want Moses/me to be the only leader of the Israeli people)]. But Yahweh heard what they were saying.
Και ελάλησεν η Μαριάμ και ο Ααρών εναντίον του Μωϋσέως ένεκα της Αιθιοπίσσης την οποίαν έλαβε· διότι γυναίκα Αιθιόπισσαν έλαβε·
και είπαν, Μήπως προς τον Μωϋσήν μόνον ελάλησεν ο Κύριος; δεν ελάλησε και προς εμάς; Και ήκουσε τούτο ο Κύριος.
3 [The truth was that] Moses/I was very humble. He/I was more humble than anyone else on the earth [and Moses/I had not appointed himself/myself to be their leader].
Και ο άνθρωπος ο Μωϋσής ήτο πραΰς σφόδρα υπέρ πάντας τους ανθρώπους τους επί της γης.
4 So immediately Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and to Aaron and Miriam. He said, “All three of you must go and stand at the Sacred Tent.” So they/we did that.
Και είπε Κύριος παρευθύς προς τον Μωϋσήν και προς τον Ααρών και προς την Μαριάμ, Εξέλθετε σεις οι τρεις προς την σκηνήν του μαρτυρίου. Και εξήλθον οι τρεις.
5 Then Yahweh descended to the entrance of the tent in a cloud [that resembled a huge white] pillar. He told Aaron and Miriam to step forward, so they did.
Και κατέβη ο Κύριος εν στύλω νεφέλης και εστάθη εις την θύραν της σκηνής του μαρτυρίου, και εκάλεσε τον Ααρών και την Μαριάμ· και εξήλθον αμφότεροι.
6 Then he said to them, “Listen to me! When a prophet is among you, I [usually] reveal myself to him by allowing him to see visions, and I speak to him in dreams.
Και είπεν, Ακούσατε τώρα τους λόγους μου· Εάν ήναι μεταξύ σας προφήτης, εγώ ο Κύριος δι' οπτασίας θέλω γνωρισθή εις αυτόν· καθ' ύπνον θέλω λαλήσει προς αυτόν·
7 But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].
δεν είναι ούτως περί του θεράποντός μου Μωϋσέως· εν όλω τω οίκω μου ούτος είναι πιστός·
8 So I talk to him face-to-face. I speak to him (clearly/using words that he will understand easily), not using parables. He has even seen what I look like. So you should be afraid to criticize my servant Moses!”
στόμα προς στόμα θέλω λαλεί προς αυτόν και φανερώς και ουχί δι' αινιγμάτων, και το πρόσωπον του Κυρίου θέλει βλέπει· διά τι λοιπόν δεν εφοβήθητε να λαλήσητε εναντίον του θεράποντός μου Μωϋσέως;
9 Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.
Και εξήφθη η οργή του Κυρίου κατ' αυτών και ανεχώρησε.
10 When the cloud rose up from the Sacred Tent, Aaron looked at Miriam, and he saw that her skin was [as white] as snow, because she now had leprosy.
Και η νεφέλη απεμακρύνθη από της σκηνής, και ιδού, η Μαριάμ έγεινε λεπρά ως χιών· και είδεν ο Ααρών την Μαριάμ και ιδού, ήτο λεπρά.
11 Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.
Και είπεν ο Ααρών προς τον Μωϋσήν, Δέομαι, κύριέ μου, μη επιθέσης την αμαρτίαν εφ' ημάς, επειδή επράξαμεν ανοήτως και επειδή ημαρτήσαμεν·
12 Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”
ας μη ήναι αυτή ως έκτρωμα, του οποίου είναι φαγωμένον το ήμισυ της σαρκός, ότε εξέρχεται εκ της μήτρας της μητρός αυτού.
13 So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”
Και εβόησεν ο Μωϋσής προς τον Κύριον, λέγων, Δέομαι, Θεέ, ιάτρευσον αυτήν.
14 But Yahweh replied, “If her father had [rebuked her for doing something wrong by] spitting in her face, she would have been ashamed for seven days. [She should be ashamed because of what she has done]. So send her outside the camp for seven days. Then [she will not have leprosy any more, and] she may return to the camp.”
Και είπε Κύριος προς τον Μωϋσήν, Εάν ο πατήρ αυτής μόνον έπτυεν εις το πρόσωπον αυτής, δεν ήθελεν είσθαι κατησχυμμένη επτά ημέρας; ας αποχωρισθή επτά ημέρας από του στρατοπέδου, και μετά ταύτα ας επιστρέψη.
15 So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.
Και απεχωρίσθη η Μαριάμ από του στρατοπέδου επτά ημέρας· και ο λαός δεν εσηκώθη εωσού επέστρεψεν η Μαριάμ.
16 But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.
Και μετά ταύτα εσηκώθη ο λαός από Ασηρώθ και εστρατοπέδευσαν εν τη ερήμω Φαράν.
