4 Mooseksen 25
1 Niin Israel asettui Sittimiin. Ja kansa rupesi irstailemaan Mooabin tyttärien kanssa.
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].
2 Nämä kutsuivat kansaa jumaliensa uhreille, ja kansa söi ja kumarsi heidän jumaliansa.
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.
3 Kun Israel näin antautui palvelemaan Baal-Peoria, syttyi Herran viha Israelia kohtaan.
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.
4 Ja Herra sanoi Moosekselle: "Ota kansan kaikki päämiehet ja lävistä heidät paaluihin Herralle, vasten aurinkoa, että Herran vihan hehku kääntyisi pois Israelista".
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.”
5 Niin Mooses sanoi Israelin tuomareille: "Surmatkoon jokainen miehistään ne, jotka ovat antautuneet palvelemaan Baal-Peoria".
So Moses/I said to the other Israeli leaders, “Each of you must execute your men who have joined [others] in worshiping Baal.”
6 Ja katso, muuan mies israelilaisista tuli ja toi veljiensä luo midianilaisen naisen, Mooseksen ja kaiken israelilaisten seurakunnan nähden, kun nämä olivat itkemässä ilmestysmajan ovella.
[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].
7 Kun Piinehas, pappi Aaronin pojan Eleasarin poika, näki sen, nousi hän kansan keskeltä ja otti keihään käteensä
When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear
8 ja seurasi tuota Israelin miestä makuusuojaan ja lävisti heidät molemmat, Israelin miehen ja sen naisen, vatsan kohdalta. Silloin taukosi israelilaisilta vitsaus.
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.
9 Ja niitä, jotka kuolivat tässä vitsauksessa, oli kaksikymmentäneljä tuhatta.
But 24,000 people had already died [from that plague].
10 Ja Herra puhui Moosekselle sanoen:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
11 "Piinehas, pappi Aaronin pojan Eleasarin poika, on kääntänyt minun vihani pois israelilaisista, kun hän on kiivaillut minun puolestani heidän keskuudessaan, niin ettei minun ole tarvinnut kiivaudessani tehdä loppua israelilaisista.
“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.
12 Sano siis: Katso, minä teen hänen kanssansa liiton hänen menestymiseksensä.
Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him.
13 Ja se tulee hänelle ja hänen jälkeläisillensä ikuiseksi pappeuden liitoksi, koska hän kiivaili Jumalansa puolesta ja toimitti sovituksen israelilaisille."
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.”
14 Ja surmatun Israelin miehen nimi, sen, joka surmattiin midianilaisen naisen kanssa, oli Simri, simeonilaisen perhekunta-päämiehen Saalun poika.
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.
15 Ja surmatun midianilais-naisen nimi oli Kosbi, Suurin, midianilaisen perhekunnan heimopäällikön, tytär.
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.
16 Ja Herra puhui Moosekselle sanoen:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
17 "Ahdistakaa midianilaisia ja tuhotkaa heidät.
“[Take your men and] attack the Midian people-group and kill them.
18 Sillä he ahdistivat teitä viekkailla juonillansa, joilla he houkuttelivat teidät Peorin ja sisarensa Kosbin, midianilaisen päämiehen tyttären, ansaan, hänen, joka surmattiin Peorin vuoksi tapahtuneen vitsauksen päivänä."
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].”
