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 y Aarón hablaron contra Moisés a causa de la mujer cusita con la que se había casado, pues se había casado con una mujer cusita.
Dijeron: “¿Acaso Yahvé ha hablado sólo con Moisés? ¿No ha hablado también con nosotros?” Y Yahvé lo escuchó.
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].
El hombre Moisés era muy humilde, más que todos los hombres que había sobre la superficie de la tierra.
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.
Yahvé habló de repente a Moisés, a Aarón y a Miriam: “¡Salgan ustedes tres a la Tienda del Encuentro!” Los tres salieron.
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.
El Señor descendió en una columna de nube, se paró a la puerta de la Tienda y llamó a Aarón y a Miriam, y ambos se acercaron.
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.
El dijo: “Escuchen ahora mis palabras. Si hay un profeta entre ustedes, yo, Yahvé, me daré a conocer a él en una visión. Hablaré con él en un sueño.
7 But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].
Mi siervo Moisés no es así. Él es fiel en toda mi 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!”
Con él hablaré de boca a boca, claramente y no con enigmas, y verá la forma de Yahvé. ¿Por qué, pues, no temiste hablar contra mi siervo, contra Moisés?”
9 Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.
La ira de Yahvé ardió contra ellos, y se marchó.
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.
La nube se apartó de la Tienda, y he aquí que Miriam estaba leprosa, blanca como la nieve. Aarón miró a Miriam, y he aquí que estaba leprosa.
11 Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.
Aarón dijo a Moisés: “Oh, señor mío, por favor, no nos tomes en cuenta este pecado, en el que hemos actuado neciamente y en el que hemos pecado.
12 Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”
Te ruego que no sea como un muerto, cuya carne está medio consumida cuando sale del vientre de su madre”.
13 So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”
Moisés clamó a Yahvé diciendo: “¡Sánala, Dios, te lo ruego!”
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.”
Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “Si su padre no hubiera hecho más que escupirle en la cara, ¿no debería estar avergonzada siete días? Que la encierren fuera del campamento durante siete días, y después la volverán a meter”.
15 So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.
Miriam fue encerrada fuera del campamento durante siete días, y el pueblo no viajó hasta que Miriam fue traída de nuevo.
16 But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.
Después, el pueblo partió de Hazerot y acampó en el desierto de Parán.
