Numeri 25
1 OR Israele, stanziato in Sittim, cominciò a fornicar con le figliuole di Moab.
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 Ed esse invitarono il popolo a' sacrificii de' loro iddii, e il popolo [ne] mangiò, e adorò gl'iddii d'esse.
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 E Israele si congiunse con Baal-peor; laonde l'ira del Signore si accese contro a Israele.
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 E il Signore disse a Mosè: Prendi tutti i Capi del popolo, e appiccali al Signore, davanti al sole; e l'ira accesa del Signore si rivolgerà d'Israele.
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 Mosè disse ancora a' Giudici d'Israele: Uccida ciascun [di voi] quelli de' suoi, che si son congiunti con Baal-peor.
So Moses/I said to the other Israeli leaders, “Each of you must execute your men who have joined [others] in worshiping Baal.”
6 Or in quel mezzo tempo un uomo d'Israele venne, e menò a' suoi fratelli una donna Madianita, davanti agli occhi di Mosè, e davanti agli occhi di tutta la raunanza de' figliuoli d'Israele, i quali piangevano all'entrata del Tabernacolo della convenenza.
[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 E Finees, figliuolo d'Eleazaro, figliuolo del Sacerdote Aaronne, avendo ciò veduto, si levò d'infra la raunanza, e prese in mano una lancia.
When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear
8 Ed entrò dietro a quell'uomo Israelita, dentro al lupanare, e li trafisse amendue, l'uomo Israelita, e la donna, per lo ventre d'essa. E la piaga fu arrestata d'in su i figliuoli d'Israele.
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 E i morti di quella piaga furono ventiquattromila.
But 24,000 people had already died [from that plague].
10 E il Signore parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
11 Finees, figliuolo d'Eleazaro, figliuolo del Sacerdote Aaronne, ha acquetata l'ira mia d'in su i figliuoli d'Israele; perchè è stato mosso del mio zelo nel mezzo di loro; laonde io non ho consumati i figliuoli d'Israele nella mia gelosia.
“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 Perciò di[gli] ch'io gli do il mio patto di pace.
Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him.
13 E il patto del Sacerdozio perpetuo sarà suo, e della sua progenie dopo lui; perciocchè egli è stato mosso di zelo per l'Iddio suo, e ha fatto purgamento per li figliuoli d'Israele.
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 Or il nome dell'uomo Israelita ucciso, il quale era stato ucciso con la donna Madianita, [era] Zimri, figliuolo di Salu, Capo d'una famiglia paterna de' Simeoniti.
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 E il nome della donna Madianita uccisa [era] Cozbi, figliuola di Sur, Capo di nazioni, e di famiglia paterna in Madian.
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 Poi il Signore parlò a Mosè, dicendo:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
17 Fate guerra a' Madianiti, e percoteteli;
“[Take your men and] attack the Midian people-group and kill them.
18 conciossiachè essi abbiano fatta guerra a voi, co' loro inganni, che v'hanno fatti nel fatto di Peor, e nel fatto di Cozbi, figliuola d'un de' Capi di Madian, lor sorella, ch'è stata uccisa al giorno della piaga [avvenuta] per cagione di Peor.
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].”
