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].
Και έμεινεν ο Ισραήλ εν Σιττείμ· και ήρχισεν ο λαός να πορνεύη μετά των θυγατέρων Μωάβ·
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.
αίτινες προσεκάλεσαν τον λαόν εις τας θυσίας των θεών αυτών· και έφαγεν ο λαός και προσεκύνησε τους θεούς αυτών.
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.
Και προσεκολλήθη ο Ισραήλ εις τον Βέελ-φεγώρ· και εξήφθη η οργή του Κυρίου κατά του Ισραήλ.
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.”
Και είπε Κύριος προς τον Μωϋσήν, Λάβε πάντας τους αρχηγούς του λαού και κρέμασον αυτούς ενώπιον του Κυρίου κατέναντι του ηλίου· διά να σηκωθή από του Ισραήλ η φλογερά οργή του Κυρίου.
5 So Moses/I said to the other Israeli leaders, “Each of you must execute your men who have joined [others] in worshiping Baal.”
Και είπεν ο Μωϋσής προς τους κριτάς του Ισραήλ, Φονεύσατε έκαστος τους ανθρώπους αυτού, τους όσοι προσεκολλήθησαν εις τον Βέελ-φεγώρ.
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].
Και ιδού, εις εκ των υιών Ισραήλ ήλθε φέρων εις τους αδελφούς αυτού γυναίκα Μαδιανίτιν, ενώπιον του Μωϋσέως και ενώπιον πάσης της συναγωγής των υιών Ισραήλ, ενώ έκλαιον εν τη θύρα της σκηνής του μαρτυρίου.
7 When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear
Και ιδών Φινεές, ο υιός του Ελεάζαρ, υιού του Ααρών του ιερέως, εσηκώθη εκ μέσον της συναγωγής, και λαβών εις την χείρα αυτού δοράτιον,
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.
υπήγε κατόπιν του ανθρώπου του Ισραηλίτου εις την σκηνήν και διεπέρασεν αμφοτέρους, τον τε άνθρωπον τον Ισραηλίτην και την γυναίκα διά της κοιλίας αυτής. Και έπαυσεν η πληγή από των υιών Ισραήλ.
9 But 24,000 people had already died [from that plague].
Ήσαν δε οι αποθανόντες εν τη πληγή εικοσιτέσσαρες χιλιάδες.
10 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Και ελάλησε Κύριος προς τον Μωϋσήν λέγων,
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.
Ο Φινεές, ο υιός του Ελεάζαρ, υιού Ααρών του ιερέως, απέστρεψε τον θυμόν μου από των υιών Ισραήλ, δείξας ζήλον υπέρ εμού μεταξύ αυτών, όθεν δεν εξωλόθρευσα τους υιούς Ισραήλ εν τη ζηλοτυπία μου·
12 Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him.
διά τούτο ειπέ, Ιδού, εγώ δίδω εις αυτόν την διαθήκην μου της ειρήνης·
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.”
και θέλει είσθαι εις αυτόν και εις το σπέρμα αυτού μετ' αυτόν διαθήκη ιερατείας αιωνίου· διότι εστάθη ζηλωτής υπέρ του Θεού αυτού, και έκαμεν εξιλέωσιν υπέρ των υιών Ισραήλ.
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.
Το δε όνομα του Ισραηλίτου του θανατωθέντος εκείνου, όστις εθανατώθη μετά της γυναικός της Μαδιανίτιδος, ήτο Ζιμβρί, υιός Σαλού, άρχοντος οικογενείας επισήμου μεταξύ των Συμεωνιτών.
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.
Και το όνομα της γυναικός της Μαδιανίτιδος της θανατωθείσης ήτο Χασβί, θυγάτηρ του Σούρ, αρχηγού λαού, εξ επισήμου οικογενείας εν Μαδιάμ.
16 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Και ελάλησε Κύριος προς τον Μωϋσήν λέγων,
17 “[Take your men and] attack the Midian people-group and kill them.
Πολεμείτε τους Μαδιανίτας και πατάξατε αυτούς·
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].”
διότι αυτοί σας πολεμούσι με τας δολιότητας αυτών, με τας οποίας σας εδολιεύθησαν εις την υπόθεσιν του Φεγώρ και εις την υπόθεσιν της Χασβί θυγατρός του άρχοντος Μαδιανίτου, της αδελφής αυτών, ήτις εθανατώθη εν τη ημέρα της πληγής διά την υπόθεσιν του Φεγώρ.
