< Bilangan 12 >

1 Miryam serta Harun mengatai Musa berkenaan dengan perempuan Kush yang diambilnya, sebab memang ia telah mengambil seorang perempuan Kush.
And Mary and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife the Ethiopian,
2 Kata mereka: "Sungguhkah TUHAN berfirman dengan perantaraan Musa saja? Bukankah dengan perantaraan kita juga Ia berfirman?" Dan kedengaranlah hal itu kepada TUHAN.
And they said: Hath the Lord spoken by Moses only? hath he not also spoken to us in like manner? And when the Lord heard this,
3 Adapun Musa ialah seorang yang sangat lembut hatinya, lebih dari setiap manusia yang di atas muka bumi.
(For Moses was a man exceeding meek above all men that dwelt upon earth)
4 Lalu berfirmanlah TUHAN dengan tiba-tiba kepada Musa, Harun dan Miryam: "Keluarlah kamu bertiga ke Kemah Pertemuan." Maka keluarlah mereka bertiga.
Immediately he spoke to him, and to Aaron and Mary: Come out you three only to the tabernacle of the covenant. And when they were come out,
5 Lalu turunlah TUHAN dalam tiang awan, dan berdiri di pintu kemah itu, lalu memanggil Harun dan Miryam; maka tampillah mereka keduanya.
The Lord came down in a pillar of the cloud, and stood in the entry of the tabernacle calling to Aaron and Mary. And when they were come,
6 Lalu berfirmanlah Ia: "Dengarlah firman-Ku ini. Jika di antara kamu ada seorang nabi, maka Aku, TUHAN menyatakan diri-Ku kepadanya dalam penglihatan, Aku berbicara dengan dia dalam mimpi.
He said to them: Hear my words: if there be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream.
7 Bukan demikian hamba-Ku Musa, seorang yang setia dalam segenap rumah-Ku.
But it is not so with my servant Moses a who is most faithful in all my house:
8 Berhadap-hadapan Aku berbicara dengan dia, terus terang, bukan dengan teka-teki, dan ia memandang rupa TUHAN. Mengapakah kamu tidak takut mengatai hamba-Ku Musa?"
For I speak to him mouth to mouth: and plainly, and not by riddles and figures doth he see the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak ill of my servant Moses?
9 Sebab itu bangkitlah murka TUHAN terhadap mereka, lalu pergilah Ia.
And being angry with them he went away:
10 Dan ketika awan telah naik dari atas kemah, maka tampaklah Miryam kena kusta, putih seperti salju; ketika Harun berpaling kepada Miryam, maka dilihatnya, bahwa dia kena kusta!
The cloud also that was over the tabernacle departed: and behold Mary appeared white as snow with a leprosy. And when Aaron had looked on her, and saw her all covered with leprosy,
11 Lalu kata Harun kepada Musa: "Ah tuanku, janganlah kiranya timpakan kepada kami dosa ini, yang kami perbuat dalam kebodohan kami.
He said to Moses: I beseech thee, my lord, lay not upon us this sin, which we have foolishly committed:
12 Janganlah kiranya dibiarkan dia sebagai anak gugur, yang pada waktu keluar dari kandungan ibunya sudah setengah busuk dagingnya."
Let her not be as one dead, and as an abortive that is cast forth from the mother’s womb. Lo, now one half of her flesh is consumed with the leprosy.
13 Lalu berserulah Musa kepada TUHAN: "Ya Allah, sembuhkanlah kiranya dia."
And Moses cried to the Lord, saying: O God, I beseech thee heal her.
14 Kemudian berfirmanlah TUHAN kepada Musa: "Sekiranya ayahnya meludahi mukanya, tidakkah ia mendapat malu selama tujuh hari? Biarlah dia selama tujuh hari dikucilkan ke luar tempat perkemahan, kemudian bolehlah ia diterima kembali."
And the Lord answered him: If her father had spitten upon her face, ought she not to have been ashamed for seven days at least? Let her be separated seven days without the camp, and after wards she shall be called again.
15 Jadi dikucilkanlah Miryam ke luar tempat perkemahan tujuh hari lamanya, dan bangsa itu tidak berangkat sebelum Miryam diterima kembali.
Mary therefore was put out of the camp seven days: and the people moved not from that place until Mary was called again.
16 Kemudian berangkatlah mereka dari Hazerot dan berkemah di padang gurun Paran.
And the people marched from Haseroth, and pitched their tents in the desert of Pharan.

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