Deuteronomy 1

1 These [are] the words which Moses hath spoken unto all Israel, beyond the Jordan, in the wilderness, in the plain over-against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-Zahab;

١ هَذِهِ هِيَ الأَقْوَالُ الَّتِي خَاطَبَ بِها مُوسَى جَمِيعَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ الْمُخَيِّمِينَ فِي وَادِي الْعَرَبَةِ، فِي صَحْرَاءِ مُوآبَ شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، مُقَابِلَ سُوفٍ، مَا بَيْنَ فَارَانَ وَتُوفَلَ وَلابَانَ وَحَضَيْرُوتَ وَذِي ذَهَبٍ.

2 eleven days' from Horeb, the way of mount Seir, unto Kadesh-Barnea.

٢ وَكَانَتِ الرِّحْلَةُ تَسْتَغْرِقُ مِنْ حُورِيبَ عَبْرَ طَرِيقِ جَبَلِ سِعِيرَ إِلَى قَادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ يَوْماً.

3 And it cometh to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month hath Moses spoken unto the sons of Israel according to all that Jehovah hath commanded him concerning them;

٣ فَفِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْحَادِي عَشَرَ، فِي السَّنَةِ الأَرْبَعِينَ، خَاطَبَ مُوسَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِكُلِّ مَا أَوْصَاهُ بِهِ الرَّبُّ إِلَيْهِمْ،

4 after his smiting Sihon king of the Amorite who is dwelling in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan who is dwelling in Ashtaroth in Edrei,

٤ وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ هَزِيمَةِ سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الْمُقِيمِ فِي حَشْبُونَ، وَعُوجَ مَلِكِ بَاشَانَ السَّاكِنِ فِي عَشْتَارُوثَ فِي إِذْرَعِي.

5 beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, hath Moses begun to explain this law, saying:

٥ وَابْتَدَأَ مُوسَى فِي أَرْضِ مُوآبَ شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ يَشْرَحُ الشَّرِيعَةَ قَائِلاً:

6 'Jehovah our God hath spoken unto us in Horeb, saying, Enough to you — of dwelling in this mount;

٦ «لَقَدْ قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا لَنَا فِي جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ: كَفَاكُمُ الْمُقَامُ فِي هَذَا الْجَبَلِ.

7 turn ye and journey for you, and enter the mount of the Amorite, and unto all its neighbouring places, in the plain, in the hill-country, and in the low country, and in the south, and in the haven of the sea, the land of the Canaanite, and of Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Phrat;

٧ تَحَوَّلُوا وَتَقَدَّمُوا وَادْخُلُوا جَبَلَ الأَمُورِيِّينَ وَكُلَّ مَا يَلِيهِ مِنْ وَادِي الْعَرَبَةِ وَالْجَبَلِ وَالسَّهْلِ وَالنَّقَبِ وَسَاحِلِ بَحْرِ أَرْضِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَلُبْنَانَ، إِلَى النَّهْرِ الْكَبِيرِ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ.

8 see, I have set before you the land; go in and possess the land which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them, and to their seed after them.

٨ وَانْظُرُوا، فَهَا أَنَا قَدْ وَهَبْتُكُمُ الأَرْضَ، فَادْخُلُوا وَتَمَلَّكُوهَا لأَنِّي أَقْسَمْتُ أَنْ أُعْطِيَهَا لِآبَائِكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَلِنَسْلِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ».

9 'And I speak unto you at that time, saying, I am not able by myself to bear you;

٩ وَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلشَّعْبِ: «لا أَقْدِرُ وَحْدِي أَنْ أَتَحَمَّلَ مَسْؤولِيَّتَكُمْ،

10 Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and lo, ye [are] to-day as the stars of the heavens for multitude;

١٠ فَقَدْ كَثَّرَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ، وَهَا أَنْتُمْ قَدْ أَصْبَحْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ فِي كَثْرَةِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ.

11 Jehovah, God of your fathers, is adding to you, as ye [are], a thousand times, and doth bless you as He hath spoken to you.

١١ فَلْيَزِدْكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِكُمْ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ وَيُبَارِكْكُمْ كَمَا وَعَدَكُمْ.

12 'How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife?

١٢ وَلَكِنْ كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَحْمِلَ وَحْدِي مَشَاكِلَكُمْ وَأَثْقَالَكُمْ وَخُصُومَاتِكُمْ؟

13 Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;

١٣ فَاخْتَارُوا مِنْ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ رِجَالاً حُكَمَاءَ عُقَلاءَ مِنْ ذَوِي الْمَقَامِ، فَأَجْعَلَهُمْ قَادَةً لَكُمْ.»

14 and ye answer me and say, Good [is] the thing which thou hast spoken — to do.

١٤ فَأَجَبْتُمُونِي قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ مَا تَقْتَرِحُ عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نَفْعَلَهُ أَمْرٌ صَائِبٌ».

15 'And I take the heads of your tribes, men, wise and known, and I appoint them heads over you, princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds, and princes of fifties, and princes of tens, and authorities, for your tribes.

١٥ فَاخْتَرْتُ رُؤَسَاءَ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ رِجَالاً حُكَمَاءَ مِنْ ذَوِي الْمَقَامِ، وَأَقَمْتُهُمْ قَادَةً عَلَيْكُمْ، فَكَانُوا رُؤَسَاءَ أُلُوفٍ وَمِئَاتٍ وَخَمَاسِينَ وَعَشَرَاتٍ، وَعُرَفَاءَ لأَسْبَاطِكُمْ.

16 And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren — then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner;

١٦ وَأَمَرْتُ قُضَاتَكُمْ آنَئِذٍ قَائِلاً: اسْتَمِعُوا إِلَى الْخُصُومَاتِ النَّاشِبَةِ بَيْنَ إِخْوَتِكُمْ وَاقْضُوا بِالْعَدْلِ بَيْنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّ وَأَخِيهِ أَوْ بَيْنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّ وَالنَّزِيلِ.

17 ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;

١٧ لَا تُحَابُوا فِي الْقَضَاءِ وَاسْتَمِعُوا لِلصَّغِيرِ كَمَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ لِلْكَبِيرِ. لَا تَهَابُوا إِنْسَاناً، لأَنَّ الْقَضَاءَ لِلهِ. وَمَا يَصْعُبُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ أَمْرٍ تَرْفَعُونَهُ إِلَيَّ فَأَقْضِي فِيهِ.

18 and I command you, at that time, all the things which ye do.

١٨ وَأَوْصَيْتُكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ بِجَمِيعِ الأُمُورِ الَّتِي يَجِبُ أَنْ تُجْرُوهَا.

19 'And we journey from Horeb, and go [through] all that great and fearful wilderness which ye have seen — the way of the hill-country of the Amorite, as Jehovah our God hath commanded us, and we come in unto Kadesh-Barnea.

١٩ ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلْنَا بِمُوْجِبِ أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ مِنْ جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ مُجْتَازِينَ تِلْكَ الصَّحْرَاءَ الْعَظِيمَةَ الْمَخُوفَةَ الَّتِي رَأَيْتُمُوهَا، مُتَّجِهِينَ نَحْوَ بِلادِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الْجَبَلِيَّةِ، إِلَى أَنْ أَقْبَلْنَا عَلَى قَادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ.

20 'And I say unto you, Ye have come in unto the hill-country of the Amorite, which Jehovah our God is giving to us;

٢٠ فَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: هَا قَدْ جِئْتُمْ إِلَى بِلادِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الْجَبَلِيَّةِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا،

21 see, Jehovah thy God hath set before thee the land; go up, possess, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.

٢١ فَانْظُرُوا لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ قَدْ أَعْطَاكُمُ الأَرْضَ، فَاصْعَدُوا وَاسْتَوْلُوا عَلَيْهَا كَمَا وَعَدَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِكُمْ. لَا تَخَافُوا وَلا تَرْتَعِبُوا.

22 'And ye come near unto me, all of you, and say, Let us send men before us, and they search for us the land, and they bring us back word [concerning] the way in which we go up into it, and the cities unto which we come in;

٢٢ فَتَقَدَّمْتُمْ إِلَيَّ جَمِيعُكُمْ وَقُلْتُمْ: دَعْنَا نُرْسِلُ قَوْماً لِيَتَجَسَّسُوا الأَرْضَ لَنَا، ثُمَّ يُوَافُونَا بِنَبَإِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي نَسْلُكُهَا وَالْمُدُنِ الَّتِي نَجْتَازُ بِها.

23 and the thing is good in mine eyes, and I take of you twelve men, one man for a tribe.

٢٣ فَرَاقَنِي الاقْتِرَاحُ، وَانْتَخَبْتُ مِنْكُمُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً، وَاحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ.

24 'And they turn and go up to the hill-country, and come in unto the valley of Eshcol, and spy it,

٢٤ فَاخْتَرَقُوا مَسَالِكَ الْجِبَالِ حَتَّى وَصَلُوا وَادِي أَشْكُولَ، فَاسْتَكْشَفُوهُ،

25 and they take with their hand of the fruit of the land, and bring down unto us, and bring us back word, and say, Good is the land which Jehovah our God is giving to us.

٢٥ وَقَطَفُوا مِنْ ثِمَارِ الأَرْضِ وَحَمَلُوهَا إِلَيْنَا، وَقَالُوا: الأَرْضُ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا أَرْضٌ جَيِّدَةٌ.

26 'And ye have not been willing to go up, and ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God,

٢٦ لَكِنَّكُمْ تَقَاعَسْتُمْ عَنِ الصُّعُودِ إِلَيْهَا وَعَصَيْتُمْ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ،

27 and murmur in your tents, and say, In Jehovah's hating us He hath brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorite — to destroy us;

٢٧ وَتَذَمَّرْتُمْ فِي خِيَامِكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَكْرَهُنَا أَخْرَجَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيُوْقِعَنَا فِي أَيْدِي الأَمُورِيِّينَ وَيُهْلِكَنَا.

28 whither are we going up? our brethren have melted our heart, saying, A people greater and taller than we, cities great and fenced to heaven, and also sons of Anakim — we have seen there.

٢٨ فَإِلَى أَيْنَ نَذْهَبُ؟ لَقَدْ أَوْهَنَ إِخْوَتُنَا قُلُوبَنَا عِنْدَمَا أَخْبَرُونَا أَنَّ أَهْلَ الأَرْضِ أَعْظَمُ مِنَّا وَأَكْثَرُ طُولاً، وَمُدُنَهُمْ عَظِيمَةٌ تَبْلُغُ حُصُونُهَا عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ، وَقَدْ شَاهَدْنَا هُنَاكَ بَنِي عَنَاقَ أَيْضاً.

29 'And I say unto you, Be not terrified, nor be afraid of them;

٢٩ فَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: لَا تَجْزَعُوا وَلا تَخَافُوا مِنْهُمْ،

30 Jehovah your God, who is going before you — He doth fight for you, according to all that He hath done with you in Egypt before your eyes,

٣٠ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمُ السَّائِرَ أَمَامَكُمْ هُوَ يُحَارِبُ عَنْكُمْ كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ مَعَكُمْ فِي مِصْرَ.

31 and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen that Jehovah thy God hath borne thee as a man beareth his son, in all the way which ye have gone, till your coming in unto this place.

٣١ كَذَلِكَ شَهِدْتُمْ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ كَيْفَ حَمَلَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ كَمَا يَحْمِلُ الإِنْسَانُ ابْنَهُ، فِي كُلِّ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سَلَكْتُمُوهَا، حَتَّى أَقْبَلْتُمْ إِلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ.

32 'And in this thing ye are not stedfast in Jehovah your God,

٣٢ وَلَكِنْ عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَثِقُوا بِالَّربِّ إِلَهِكُمُ

33 who is going before you in the way to search out to you a place for your encamping, in fire by night, to shew you in the way in which ye go, and in a cloud by day.

٣٣ السَّائِرِ أَمَامَكُمْ فِي رِحْلَتِكُمْ، لِيَلْتَمِسَ لَكُمْ مَكَاناً تَنْزِلُونَ فِيهِ. فَكَانَ يَقُودُكُمْ فِي عَمُودِ نَارٍ لَيْلاً وَفِي عَمُودِ سَحَابٍ نَهَاراً.

34 'And Jehovah heareth the voice of your words, and is wroth, and sweareth, saying,

٣٤ وَسَمِعَ الرَّبُّ تَذَمُّرَكُمْ فَسَخَطَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَقْسَمَ قَائِلاً:

35 Not one of these men of this evil generation doth see the good land which I have sworn to give to your fathers,

٣٥ لَنْ يَرَى إِنْسَانٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْجِيلِ الشِّرِّيرِ الأَرْضَ الْجَيِّدَةَ الَّتِي أَقْسَمْتُ أَنْ أَهَبَهَا لِآبَائِكُمْ.

36 save Caleb son of Jephunneh — he doth see it, and to him I give the land on which he hath trodden, and to his sons, because that he hath been fully after Jehovah.

٣٦ إِلّا كَالِبَ بْنَ يَفُنَّةَ، فَهُوَ يَرَاهَا وَأُوَرِّثُهُ هُوَ وَبَنِيهِ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي وَطِئَهَا، لأَنَّهُ أَطَاعَ الرَّبَّ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِهِ.

37 'Also with me hath Jehovah been angry for your sake, saying, Also, thou dost not go in thither;

٣٧ كَمَا غَضِبَ الرَّبُّ عَلَيَّ بِسَبَبِكُمْ قَائِلاً: وَأَنْتَ أَيْضاً لَنْ تَدْخُلَ الأَرْضَ.

38 Joshua son of Nun, who is standing before thee, he goeth in thither; him strengthen thou; for he doth cause Israel to inherit.

٣٨ إِنَّمَا يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونٍ الْمَاثِلُ أَمَامَكَ هُوَ يَدْخُلُهَا فَشَجِّعْهُ لأَنَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِي يُوَزِّعُهَا عَلَى الإِسْرَائيِليِّينَ.

39 'And your infants, of whom ye have said, For a prey they are, and your sons who have not known to-day good and evil, they go in thither, and to them I give it, and they possess it;

٣٩ أَمَّا أَطْفَالُكُمُ الَّذِينَ ادَّعَيْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يُصْبِحُونَ غَنِيمَةً، وَصِغَارُكُمُ الَّذِينَ لَا يُمَيِّزُونَ بَعْدُ الْخَيْرَ وَالشَّرَّ، فَهُمْ يَدْخُلُونَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ وَلَهُمْ أَهَبُ الأَرْضَ وَهُمْ يَرِثُونَهَا.

40 and ye, turn for yourselves, and journey toward the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea.

٤٠ وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتَحَوَّلُوا وَارْتَحِلُوا إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ عَلَى مُحَاذَاةِ طَرِيقِ الْبَحْرِ الأَحْمَرِ.

41 'And ye answer and say unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah; we — we go up, and we have fought, according to all that which Jehovah our God hath commanded us; and ye gird on each his weapons of war, and ye are ready to go up into the hill-country;

٤١ فَأَجَبْتُمْ وَقُلْتُمْ لِي: لَقْدْ أَخْطَأْنَا إِلَى الرَّبِّ، وَنَحْنُ صَاعِدُونَ إِلَى الْحَرْبِ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَنَا بِهِ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا. وَحَمَلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ سِلاحَهُ، مَسْتَخِفّاً بِمَصَاعِبِ ارْتِقَاءِ الْجِبَالِ.

42 and Jehovah saith unto me, Say to them, Ye do not go up, nor fight, for I am not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies.

٤٢ فَأَمَرَنِي الرَّبُّ: قُلْ لَهُمْ لَا تَصْعَدُوا وَلا تُحَارِبُوا، لأَنِّي لَسْتُ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ، لِئَلّا تَنْهَزِمُوا أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِكُمْ.

43 'And I speak unto you, and ye have not hearkened, and provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and act proudly, and go up into the hill-country;

٤٣ فَكَلَّمْتُكُمْ وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا، بَلْ عَصَيْتُمْ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ وَتَمَرَّدْتُمْ وَصَعِدْتُمْ إِلَى الأَرَاضِي الْجَبَلِيَّةِ.

44 and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country cometh out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and smite you in Seir — unto Hormah.

٤٤ فَانْدَفَعَ الأَمُورِيُّونَ الْمُسْتَوْطِنُونَ فِي الأَرَاضِي الْجَبَلِيَّةِ لِلِقَائِكُمْ، وَطَارَدُوكُمْ كَمَا يُطَارِدُ النَّحْلُ، وَهَزَمُوكُمْ فِي سِعِيرَ حَتَّى تُخُومِ حُرْمَةَ.

45 'And ye turn back and weep before Jehovah, and Jehovah hath not hearkened to your voice, nor hath he given ear unto you;

٤٥ فَرَجَعْتُمْ وَنُحْتُمْ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، وَلَمْ يَسْمَعِ الرَّبُّ لِصَوْتِكُمْ وَلا أَنْصَتَ إِلَيْكُمْ.

46 and ye dwell in Kadesh many days, according to the days which ye had dwelt.

٤٦ وَمَكَثْتُمْ فِي قَادَشَ أَيَّاماً كَثِيرَةً، أَيْ طَوَالَ الْفَتْرَةِ الَّتِي بَقِيتُمْ فِيهَا هُنَاكَ.