4 Mose 25
1 Israel aber saß zu Sittim. Da befleckte sich das Volk durch Unzucht mit den Töchtern Moabs.
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 Diese luden das Volk zu ihren Götteropfern ein. Da aß das Volk und warf sich vor ihren Göttern nieder.
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 Und Israel paarte sich zu Ehren des Baal Peor. Da ward der Herr über Israel zornig.
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 Und der Herr sprach zu Moses: "Nimm dieses Volkes Rädelsführer und setze sie dem Herrn, im Angesicht der Sonne, aus, daß die Zornesglut des Herrn von Israel lasse!"
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 Da sprach Moses zu den Stämmen Israels: "Töte jeder seine Leute, die sich zu Ehren Baal-Peors gepaart!"
So Moses/I said to the other Israeli leaders, “Each of you must execute your men who have joined [others] in worshiping Baal.”
6 Da kam eben ein israelitischer Mann und führte seinen Stammesgenossen eine gewisse Midianiterin zu, unter den Augen des Moses und der ganzen israelitischen Gemeinde, die an ihren Zelttüren ohne Unterlaß weinten.
[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 Dies sah Eleazars Sohn Pinechas, der Enkel des Priesters Aaron. Da trat er aus der Gemeinde hervor und nahm einen Speer.
When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear
8 Dann ging er dem israelitischen Manne in das innere Gemach nach und durchstach beiden, dem israelitischen Mann und dem Weibe, den Unterleib. Da ward dem Blutbad unter den Israeliten Einhalt getan.
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 Die Zahl der im Blutbad Gefallenen betrug 24.000.
But 24,000 people had already died [from that plague].
10 Da sprach der Herr zu Moses also:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
11 "Pinechas, der Sohn des Eleazar, des Priesters Aaron Enkel, hat von den Israeliten meinen Grimm gewendet, mit meinem Eifer unter ihnen eifernd. Und so habe ich die Israeliten nicht in meinem Eifer aufgerieben.
“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 Darum künde! Ich nehme ihn nachträglich in meinen Bund auf.
Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him.
13 Ihm und seinem Stamme nach ihm soll Priesterrecht für alle Zeit gesichert sein, dafür, daß er für seinen Gott geeifert und den Israeliten Sühne verschafft hat!"
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 Der getötete israelitische Mann aber, der mit der Midianiterin erschlagen worden war, hieß Zimri, der Sohn Salus, des Fürsten einer Familie der Simeoniten.
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 Und das getötete midianitische Weib hieß Kozbi, die Tochter Surs, des Sippenhäuptlings einer midianitischen Familie.
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 Der Herr sprach zu Moses:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
17 "Befehdet die Midianiter! Schlagt sie!
“[Take your men and] attack the Midian people-group and kill them.
18 Denn sie befehden euch durch ihre Ränke, mit denen sie euch durch Peor umgarnt haben, und durch ihre Schwester Kozbi, diese midianitische Fürstentochter, die am Tage des Blutbades getötet ward, das wegen Peor angerichtet wurde." - Es war nach dem Blutbad.
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].”
