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.
Engang talte Mirjam og Aron ille om Moses for den etiopiske kvinnes skyld som han hadde tatt til hustru; for han hadde ektet en etiopisk kvinne.
Og de sa: Er det bare Moses Herren har talt med, har han ikke talt med oss og? Og Herren hørte det.
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].
Men Moses var en meget saktmodig mann, mere enn alle mennesker på jorden.
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.
Og med ett sa Herren til Moses og til Aron og til Mirjam: Gå ut, alle tre, til sammenkomstens telt! Og de gikk ut alle tre.
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.
Da kom Herren ned i en skystøtte og stod i inngangen til teltet, og han kalte på Aron og Mirjam, og de gikk ut begge to.
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.
Og han sa: Hør nu hvad jeg har å si eder: Er det en profet som I, så gir jeg, Herren, mig til kjenne for ham i syner og taler med ham i drømmer.
7 But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].
Men så er det ikke med min tjener Moses; han er tro i hele mitt hus.
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!”
Munn til munn taler jeg med ham, klart og ikke i gåter, og han skuer Herrens skikkelse. Hvorledes kunde I da våge å tale ille om Moses, min tjener?
9 Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.
Og Herrens vrede optendtes mot dem, og han gikk bort.
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.
Og da skyen vek bort fra teltet, se, da var Mirjam spedalsk, hvit som sne; og da Aron vendte sig mot Mirjam, så han at hun var spedalsk.
11 Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.
Da sa Aron til Moses: Hør mig, herre! La oss ikke lide for en synd vi har gjort i vår dårskap!
12 Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”
La henne ikke være som et dødt foster, hvis kjøtt er halvt fortært når det kommer ut av morsliv!
13 So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”
Da ropte Moses til Herren og sa: Akk Gud, helbred henne!
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.”
Og Herren sa til Moses: Om hennes far hadde spyttet henne i ansiktet, skulde hun da ikke sitte med skammen i syv dager? La henne holdes innestengt utenfor leiren i syv dager, så kan hun komme tilbake igjen.
15 So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.
Og Mirjam blev holdt innestengt utenfor leiren i syv dager; og folket brøt ikke op før Mirjam var kommet tilbake igjen.
16 But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.
Derefter brøt folket op fra Haserot og leiret sig i ørkenen Paran.
