Exodus 16

1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which [is] between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.

١ ثُمَّ انْتَقَلَتْ كُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ إِيلِيمَ حَتَّى أَقْبَلُوا إِلَى صَحْرَاءِ سِينَ الْوَاقِعَةِ بَيْنَ إِيلِيمَ وَسِينَاءَ، وَذَلِكَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي بَعْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.

2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

٢ وَهُنَاكَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ تَذَمَّرَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ،

3 And the children of Israel said to them, O that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, [and] when we did eat bread to the full: for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

٣ وَقَالُوا لَهُمَا: «لَيْتَ الرَّبَّ أَمَاتَنَا فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، فَهُنَاكَ كُنَّا نَجْلِسُ حَوْلَ قُدُورِ اللَّحْمِ نَأْكُلُ خُبْزاً حَتَّى الشَّبْعِ. وَهَا أَنْتُمَا قَدْ أَخْرَجْتُمَانَا إِلَى هَذِهِ الصَّحْرَاءِ لِتُمِيتَا كُلَّ هَذِهِ الْجَمَاعَةِ جُوعاً».

4 Then said the LORD to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.

٤ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «هَا أَنَا أُمْطِرُ عَلَيْكُمْ خُبْزاً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، فَيَخْرُجُ الشَّعْبُ وَيَلْتَقِطُ حَاجَةَ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ، لِكَيْ أَمْتَحِنَهُمْ، فَأَرَى إنْ كَانُوا يَسْلُكُونَ فِي شَرِيعَتِي أَمْ لا.

5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare [that] which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.

٥ وَلَكِنْ لِيَكُنْ مَا يَلْتَقِطُونَهُ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّادِسِ ضِعْفَ مَا يَجْمَعُونَهُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ».

6 And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, At evening, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:

٦ فَقَالَ مُوسَى وَهَرُونُ لِجَمِيعِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: «فِي الْمَسَاءِ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.

7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: And what [are] we, that ye murmur against us?

٧ وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ تُعَايِنُونَ مَجْدَ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ سَمِعَ تَذَمُّرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَكِنْ مَنْ نَحْنُ حَتَّى تَتَذَمَّرُوا عَلَيْنَا؟»

8 And Moses said, [This shall be] when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: And what [are] we? your murmurings [are] not against us, but against the LORD.

٨ وَقَالَ مُوسَى أَيْضاً: «إِنَّكُمْ سَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ هُوَ الرَّبُّ، عِنْدَمَا يُعْطِيكُمْ لَحْماً فِي الْمَسَاءِ لِتَأْكُلُوا، وَخُبْزاً فِي الصَّبَاحِ لِتَشْبَعُوا، لأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ تَذَمُّرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِ. فَمَاذَا نَحْنُ؟ إِنَّكُمْ تَتَذَمَّرُونَ عَلَى اللهِ».

9 And Moses spoke to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.

٩ وَقَالَ مُوسَى لِهَرُونَ: «قُلْ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَمْثُلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ لأَنَّهُ قَدْ سَمِعَ تَذَمُّرَهُمْ».

10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked towards the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.

١٠ وَفِيمَا كَانَ هَرُونُ يُخَاطِبُ كُلَّ جَمَاعَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، الْتَفَتُوا نَحْوَ الصَّحْرَاءِ وَإذَا بِمَجْدِ الرَّبِّ قَدْ تَجَلَّى فِي السَّحَابِ.

11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

١١ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel; Speak to them, saying, At evening ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God.

١٢ «سَمِعْتُ تَذَمُّرَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: فِي الْمَسَاءِ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْماً، وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ تَشْبَعُونَ خُبْزاً، فَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّنِي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ».

13 And it came to pass, that at evening the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay around the host.

١٣ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَسَاءِ أَقْبَلَتْ طُيُورُ السَّلْوَى (السُّمَانَي) وَغَطَّتِ الْمُخَيَّمَ. وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ كَسَتْ طَبَقَةُ النَّدَى الأَرْضَ الْمُحِيطَةَ بِالْمُخَيَّمِ.

14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness [there lay] a small round thing, [as] small as the hoar frost on the ground:

١٤ وَعِنْدَمَا زَالَتْ طَبَقَةُ النَّدَى إِذَا وَجْهُ الصَّحْرَاءِ مُغَطَّى بِشَيْءٍ رَقِيقٍ كالْقُشُورِ، مُكَتَّلٍ كَالْجَلِيدِ.

15 And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] manna: for they knew not what it [was]. And Moses said to them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

١٥ وَعِنْدَمَا رَآهُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ «مَنْهُو» أَيْ مَا هَذَا؟ لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا مَا هُوَ. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ موُسَى: «هُوَ خُبْزُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي أَعْطَاكُمْ لِتَأْكُلُوهُ.

16 This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating: an omer for every man [according to] the number of your persons, take ye every man for [them] who [are] in his tents.

١٦ وَهَذَا مَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِهِ الرَّبُّ: الْتَقِطُوا مِنْهُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَأْكَلِهِ، لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ عُمِراً (نَحْوَ لِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ اللِّتْرِ) وَفْقاً لِعَدَدِ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الْمُقِيمِينَ مَعَهُ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ».

17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

١٧ فَفَعَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ هَكَذَا فَمِنْهُمْ مَنِ الْتَقَطَ مُكَثِّراً، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنِ الْتَقَطَ مُقِلًّا.

18 And when they measured [it] with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack: they gathered every man according to his eating.

١٨ وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا كَالُوا بِالعُمِرِ مَا الْتَقَطُوهُ، فَإِنَّ الْمُكَثِّرَ لَمْ يَفْضُلْ عَنْهُ، وَالمُقِلَّ لَمْ يَنْقُصْهُ شَيْءٌ، فَجَمَعَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَأْكَلِهِ.

19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.

١٩ وَقَالَ مُوسَى لَهُمْ: «لا يُبْقِ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ».

20 Notwithstanding, they hearkened not to Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became offensive; and Moses was wroth with them.

٢٠ وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ، فَإِنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ لِمُوسَى، بَلْ أَبْقَوْا مِنْهُ لِلصَّبَاحِ، فَتَوَلَّدَ فِيهِ دُودٌ وَأَنْتَنَ. فَسَخَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُوسَى.

21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun became hot, it melted.

٢١ فَكَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَلْتَقِطُ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَأْكَلِهِ. وَمَا إِنْ تَشْتَدُّ حَرَارَةُ الشَّمْسِ حَتَّى يَذُوبَ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ.

22 And it came to pass, [that] on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one [man]: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

٢٢ أَمَّا فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّادِسِ فَكَانُوا يَلْتَقِطُونَ مِنَ الْخُبْزِ الضِّعْفَ، أَيْ عُمِرَيْنِ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ لِتْرَاتٍ) لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ فَجَاءَ رُؤَسَاءُ الْجَمَاعَةِ وَأَبْلَغُوا الأَمْرَ لِمُوسَى.

23 And he said to them, This [is that] which the LORD hath said, To-morrow [is] the rest of the holy sabbath to the LORD: bake [that] which ye will bake [to-day], and boil that ye will boil; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

٢٣ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذَا مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ. غَداً يَكُونُ يَوْمَ رَاحَةٍ، سَبْتاً مُقَدَّساً لِلرَّبِّ. اخْبِزُوا مَا تُرِيدُونَ خَبْزَهُ وَاطْبُخُوا مَا تَشَاؤُونَ، وَاحْتَفِظُوا بِمَا يَفْضُلُ إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ».

24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses ordered: and it did not putrefy, neither was there any worm therein.

٢٤ فَأَبْقُوهُ إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ كَمَا أَمَرَ مُوسَى، فَلَمْ يُنْتِنْ وَلا صَارَ فِيهِ دُودٌ.

25 And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day [is] a sabbath to the LORD; to-day ye will not find it in the field.

٢٥ وَقَالَ مُوسَى: «كُلُوا الْيَوْمَ لأَنَّ الْيَوْمَ هُوَ سَبْتٌ لِلرَّبِّ، إذْ لَنْ تَجِدُوا الْيَوْمَ طَعَاماً فِي الْحَقْلِ.

26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, [which is] the sabbath, in it there will be none.

٢٦ سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ تَلْتَقِطُونَهُ وَأَمَّا الْيَوْمُ السَّابِعُ فَهُوَ سَبْتٌ وَلَنْ تَجِدُوا فِيهِ طَعَاماً».

27 And it came to pass, [that some] of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, and they found none.

٢٧ غَيْرَ أَنَّ أُنَاساً مِنْهُمْ خَرَجُوا فِي السَّبْتِ لِيَلْتَقِطُوا مِنْهُ، فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا شَيْئاً.

28 And the LORD said to Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

٢٨ ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «إِلَى مَتَى تَأْبُونَ حِفْظَ وَصَايَايَ وَشَرِيعَتِي؟

29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days: abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

٢٩ انْظُرُوا. فَهَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَعْطَاكُمُ السَّبْتَ لِذَلِكَ هُوَ يُقَدِّمُ لَكُمْ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّادِسِ خُبْزَ يَوْمَيْنِ، فَلْيَلْبَثْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ فِي مَكَانِهِ وَلا يُغَادِرْهُ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ».

30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

٣٠ فَاسْتَرَاحَ الشَّعْبُ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ.

31 And the house of Israel called its name Manna: and it [was] like coriander-seed, white; and the taste of it [was] like wafers [made] with honey.

٣١ وَدَعَا شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْخُبْزَ «مَنّاً». وَكَانَ أَبْيَضَ كَبِزْرِ الْكُزْبَرَةِ، وَمَذَاقُهُ كَرِقَاقٍ مَصْنُوعَةٍ بِعَسَلٍ.

32 And Moses said, This [is] the thing which the LORD commanded, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

٣٢ وَقَالَ مُوسَى: «إِلَيْكُمْ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ: احْفَظُوا مِلْءَ الْعُمِرِ مِنْهُ ذِكْرَى لأَجْيَالِكُمُ الْمُقْبِلَةِ، لِكَيْ يَرَوْا الْخُبْزَ الَّذِي أَطْعَمْتُكُمْ بِهِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ عِنْدَمَا أَخْرَجْتُكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ».

33 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.

٣٣ وَقَالَ مُوسَى لِهَرُونَ: «خُذْ إِنَاءً وَاجْعَلْ فِيهِ مِقْدَارَ عُمِرٍ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَضَعْهُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ لِيَظَلَّ مَحْفُوظاً فِي أَجْيَالِكُمْ».

34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

٣٤ وَكَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى وَضَعَهُ هَرُونُ أَمَامَ الشَّهَادَةِ حِفَاظاً عَلَيْهِ.

35 And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited: they ate manna, until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.

٣٥ وَاقْتَاتَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ بِالمَنِّ طَوَالَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً حَتَّى جَاءُوا إِلَى تُخُومِ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ الْعَامِرَةِ بِالسُّكَّانِ.

36 Now an omer [is] the tenth [part] of an ephah.

٣٦ وَأَمَّا الْعُمِرُ فَهُوَ عُشْرُ الإِيفَةِ.