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.
Miriam e Arão falaram contra Moisés por causa da mulher cuchita com quem ele havia casado; pois ele havia casado com uma mulher cuchita.
Eles disseram: “Será que Yahweh realmente falou somente com Moisés? Ele não falou também conosco?”. E Yahweh ouviu.
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].
Agora o homem Moisés era muito humilde, mais do que todos os homens que estavam na superfície da terra.
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.
Yahweh falou subitamente a Moisés, a Arão e a Miriam: “Vocês três venham para a Tenda da Reunião”! Os três saíram.
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.
Yahweh desceu em uma coluna de nuvem, e ficou na porta da Tenda, e chamou Aaron e Miriam; e ambos se apresentaram.
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.
Ele disse: “Agora ouçam minhas palavras. Se houver um profeta entre vocês, eu, Yahweh, me farei conhecer a ele numa visão. Falarei com ele em um sonho.
7 But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].
Meu servo Moisés não é assim. Ele é fiel em toda a minha casa.
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!”
Com ele, falarei boca a boca, mesmo claramente, e não por enigmas; e ele verá a forma de Javé. Por que então não teve medo de falar contra meu servo, contra Moisés”?
9 Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.
A raiva de Javé queimou contra eles; e ele partiu.
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.
A nuvem partiu de cima da Tenda; e eis que Miriam era leprosa, tão branca como a neve. Aaron olhou para Miriam, e eis que ela era leprosa.
11 Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.
Arão disse a Moisés: “Oh, meu senhor, por favor não conte este pecado contra nós, no qual fizemos tolices, e no qual pecamos.
12 Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”
Que ela não seja, oro, como um morto, de quem a carne é meio consumida quando ele sai do ventre de sua mãe”.
13 So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”
Moisés gritou a Javé, dizendo: “Cura-a, Deus, eu te imploro”!
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.”
Yahweh disse a Moisés: “Se seu pai só tivesse cuspido na cara dela, ela não deveria ter vergonha de sete dias? Que ela fique fechada fora do acampamento sete dias, e depois disso ela será trazida novamente”.
15 So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.
Miriam foi fechada fora do acampamento por sete dias, e as pessoas não viajaram até que Miriam fosse trazida novamente.
16 But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.
Depois disso, o povo viajou de Hazeroth, e acamparam no deserto de Paran.
