Numbers 25
1 While the Israelis were camped at a place called Acacia [Grove], some of the men caused themselves to become unacceptable to God by having sex with some of the women of the Moab [people-group who lived in that area].
Und Israel wohnte in Sittim und das Volk fing an Unzucht zu treiben mit den Töchtern der Moabiter,
2 Then those women invited the men to come when the sacrifices were being offered to their gods. The Israeli men [accepted]. They went to the feasts with the women and worshiped the gods of the Moab people-group.
welche das Volk zu den Opfern ihrer Götter luden. Und das Volk aß und betete ihre Götter an.
3 By doing that, those Israeli people joined the women in worshiping the god Baal [add] the Moab people-group thought lived on Peor Mountain. That caused Yahweh to become very angry with his people.
Und Israel hängte sich an Baal-Peor. Da ergrimmte der Zorn des HERRN über Israel.
4 Yahweh said this to Moses/me: “Seize all the leaders of those men who are doing this and execute them while I am watching. Do that in the daytime. After you do that, I will no longer be angry with the Israeli people.”
Und der HERR sprach zu Mose: Nimm alle Obersten des Volks und hänge sie dem HERRN auf angesichts der Sonne, daß der grimmige Zorn des HERRN von Israel abgewandt werde!
5 So Moses/I said to the other Israeli leaders, “Each of you must execute your men who have joined [others] in worshiping Baal.”
Und Mose sprach zu den Richtern Israels: Jedermann töte seine Leute, die sich an Baal-Peor gehängt haben!
6 [But later], while Moses/I and many [HYP] other people were crying at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, while they/we were watching, one of the Israeli men brought a woman from the Midian people-group into his tent [and started to have sex with her].
Und siehe, ein Mann aus den Kindern Israel kam und brachte eine Midianitin zu seinen Brüdern vor den Augen Moses und der ganzen Gemeinde der Kinder Israel, während sie weinten vor der Tür der Stiftshütte.
7 When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear
Als Pinehas, der Sohn Eleasars, des Sohnes Aarons, des Priesters, solches sah, stand er auf inmitten der Gemeinde und nahm einen Speer in seine Hand
8 and rushed into the man’s tent. He thrust the spear completely through the man’s body and into the woman’s belly [and killed both of them]. When he did that, the (plague/serious illness) [that had started to strike the Israelis] stopped.
und ging dem israelitischen Mann nach, hinein in das Gemach, und durchstach sie beide, den israelitischen Mann und das Weib, durch den Bauch. Da hörte die Plage auf von den Kindern Israel.
9 But 24,000 people had already died [from that plague].
Und derer, die an dieser Plage starben, waren vierundzwanzigtausend.
10 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Und der HERR redete zu Mose und sprach:
11 “Phinehas has caused me to stop being angry with the Israeli people, by being as eager as I am [to stop this sinful behavior]. I was ready to get rid of all the Israeli people because I was extremely angry, but Phinehas has prevented me from doing that.
Pinehas, der Sohn Eleasars, des Sohnes Aarons, des Priesters, hat dadurch, daß er mit meinem Eifer unter ihnen eiferte, meinen Grimm von den Kindern Israel abgewandt, so daß ich in meinem Eifer die Kinder Israel nicht aufgerieben habe.
12 Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him.
Darum sprich zu ihm: Siehe, ich gebe ihm meinen Bund des Friedens,
13 In this agreement, I am promising to give to him and to his descendants the right/authority to be priests. I am doing this because [he showed that] he was very eager to honor me, his God, by stopping this sinful behavior. He has caused the Israeli people to become acceptable to me again by causing them to be forgiven for their sin.”
und es soll ihm und seinem Samen nach ihm, der Bund eines ewigen Priestertums zufallen dafür, daß er für seinen Gott geeifert und für die Kinder Israel Sühne erwirkt hat.
14 The Israeli man who was killed with the woman of the Moab people-group was named Zimri. He was the son of Salu, who was the leader of a family from the tribe of Simeon.
Der erschlagene israelitische Mann aber, der samt der Midianitin erschlagen ward, hieß Simri; ein Sohn Salus, ein Fürst des Vaterhauses der Simeoniter.
15 The woman’s name was Cozbi. She was the daughter of Zur, who was the leader of one of the clans of the Midian people-group.
Das erschlagene midianitische Weib aber hieß Kosbi; eine Tochter Zurs, der das Stammesoberhaupt eines Vaterhauses unter den Midianitern war.
16 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Und der HERR redete zu Mose und sprach:
17 “[Take your men and] attack the Midian people-group and kill them.
Befehdet die Midianiter und schlagt sie;
18 They have become your enemies, because they tricked you Israeli people and induced/persuaded many of you to worship Baal, and because [one of your men had sex with] Cozbi, who was the daughter of a leader of the Midian people-group. She was killed at the time the plague [started because the people sinned] at Peor [Mountain].”
denn sie sind es, die euch befehdet haben mit ihrer Arglist, die sie wider euch erdacht haben in Sachen Peors und ihrer Schwester Kosbi, der midianitischen Fürstentochter, die am Tage der Plage erschlagen wurde, welche um Peors willen entstand.
