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 dijeron murmuraron contra Moisés por la mujer etíope con quien estaba casado, porque había tomado a una mujer etíope por esposa.
Y dijeron: ¿Se han dado las palabras del Señor solamente a Moisés? ¿No han venido a nosotros? Y el Señor tomó nota de ello.
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].
Ahora, Moisés era más manso que cualquier otro hombre en 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.
Y de pronto el Señor dijo a Moisés, a Aarón y a María: Salgan, ustedes tres, a la tienda de reunión. Y 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.
Y el Señor descendió en una columna de nube, tomando su lugar en la puerta de la Tienda, e hizo que Aarón y Miriam se presentaran ante él.
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.
Y él dijo: Ahora escucha mis palabras: si hay un profeta entre ustedes, le daré conocimiento de mí mismo en una visión y dejaré que mis palabras vengan a 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 a mí 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 cara a cara, abiertamente y no en palabras oscuras; y con sus ojos verá la forma del Señor: ¿por qué, pues, no temiste decir mal contra mi siervo Moisés?
9 Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.
Y se enojó mucho con ellos, el Señor se fue.
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.
Y la nube se movió sobre la Tienda; y de inmediato Miriam se convirtió en una leprosa, tan blanca como la nieve: y Aaron, mirando a Miriam, vio que ella era una leprosa.
11 Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.
Entonces Aarón dijo a Moisés: Señor mío, no permitas que nuestro pecado caiga sobre nuestras cabezas, porque lo hemos hecho tontamente y somos pecadores.
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 no sea ella como una muerta, cuya carne está casi desechada cuando sale del cuerpo de su madre.
13 So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”
Entonces Moisés, clamando al Señor, dijo: Deja que mi oración venga ante ti, oh Dios, y sánala.
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.”
Y él Señor dijo a Moisés: Si su padre le hubiera puesto una señal de vergüenza, ¿no sería ella avergonzada por siete días? Deje que se quede recluida fuera del campamento de la tienda durante siete días, y después de eso puede volver a entrar.
15 So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.
Así que Miriam fue echada fuera del campamento durante siete días: y la gente no siguió adelante en su viaje hasta que Miriam había vuelto a entrar.
16 But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.
Después de eso, la gente salió de Hazeroth y puso sus tiendas en el desierto de Paran.
