गिनती 25
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 २ और जब उन स्त्रियों ने उन लोगों को अपने देवताओं के यज्ञों में नेवता दिया, तब वे लोग खाकर उनके देवताओं को दण्डवत् करने लगे।
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.
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 ४ और यहोवा ने मूसा से कहा, “प्रजा के सब प्रधानों को पकड़कर यहोवा के लिये धूप में लटका दे, जिससे मेरा भड़का हुआ कोप इस्राएल के ऊपर से दूर हो जाए।”
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 ५ तब मूसा ने इस्राएली न्यायियों से कहा, “तुम्हारे जो-जो आदमी बालपोर के संग मिल गए हैं उन्हें घात करो।”
So Moses/I said to the other Israeli leaders, “Each of you must execute your men who have joined [others] in worshiping Baal.”
6 ६ जब इस्राएलियों की सारी मण्डली मिलापवाले तम्बू के द्वार पर रो रही थी, तो एक इस्राएली पुरुष मूसा और सब लोगों की आँखों के सामने एक मिद्यानी स्त्री को अपने साथ अपने भाइयों के पास ले आया।
[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 ७ इसे देखकर एलीआजर का पुत्र पीनहास, जो हारून याजक का पोता था, उसने मण्डली में से उठकर हाथ में एक बरछी ली,
When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear
8 ८ और उस इस्राएली पुरुष के डेरे में जाने के बाद वह भी भीतर गया, और उस पुरुष और उस स्त्री दोनों के पेट में बरछी बेध दी। इस पर इस्राएलियों में जो मरी फैल गई थी वह थम गई।
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.
But 24,000 people had already died [from that plague].
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
11 ११ “हारून याजक का पोता एलीआजर का पुत्र पीनहास, जिसे इस्राएलियों के बीच मेरी जैसी जलन उठी, उसने मेरी जलजलाहट को उन पर से यहाँ तक दूर किया है, कि मैंने जलकर उनका अन्त नहीं कर डाला।
“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.
Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him.
13 १३ “और वह उसके लिये, और उसके बाद उसके वंश के लिये, सदा के याजकपद की वाचा होगी, क्योंकि उसे अपने परमेश्वर के लिये जलन उठी, और उसने इस्राएलियों के लिये प्रायश्चित किया।”
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 १४ जो इस्राएली पुरुष मिद्यानी स्त्री के संग मारा गया, उसका नाम जिम्री था, वह सालू का पुत्र और शिमोनियों में से अपने पितरों के घराने का प्रधान था।
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 १५ और जो मिद्यानी स्त्री मारी गई उसका नाम कोजबी था, वह सूर की बेटी थी, जो मिद्यानी पितरों के एक घराने के लोगों का प्रधान था।
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.
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
“[Take your men and] attack the Midian people-group and kill them.
18 १८ क्योंकि पोर के विषय और कोजबी के विषय वे तुम को छल करके सताते हैं।” कोजबी तो एक मिद्यानी प्रधान की बेटी और मिद्यानियों की जाति बहन थी, और मरी के दिन में पोर के मामले में मारी गई।
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].”
