Liber Numeri 12

1 Locutaque est Maria et Aaron contra Moysen propter uxorem eius Aethiopissam,

Now Miriam and Aaron said evil against Moses, because of the Cushite woman to whom he was married, for he had taken a Cushite woman as his wife.

2 et dixerunt: Num per solum Moysen locutus est Dominus? nonne et nobis similiter est locutus? Quod cum audisset Dominus iratus est,

And they said, Have the words of the Lord been given to Moses only? have they not come to us? And the Lord took note of it.

3 (Erat enim Moyses vir mitissimus super omnes homines qui morabantur in terra)

Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.

4 statim locutus est Dominus ad eum, et ad Aaron et Mariam: Egredimini vos tantum tres ad tabernaculum foederis. Cumque fuissent egressi,

And suddenly the Lord said to Moses and Aaron and Miriam, Come out, you three, to the Tent of meeting. And the three of them went out.

5 descendit Dominus in columna nubis, et stetit in introitu tabernaculi vocans Aaron et Mariam. Qui cum issent,

And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, taking his place at the door of the Tent, and made Aaron and Miriam come before him.

6 dixit ad eos: Audite sermones meos: si quis fuerit inter vos propheta Domini, in visione apparebo ei, vel per somnium loquar ad illum.

And he said, Now give ear to my words: if there is a prophet among you I will give him knowledge of myself in a vision and will let my words come to him in a dream.

7 At non talis servus meus Moyses, qui in omni domo mea fidelissimus est:

My servant Moses is not so; he is true to me in all my house:

8 ore enim ad os loquor ei: et palam, et non per aenigmata et figuras Dominum videt. Quare ergo non timuistis detrahere servo meo Moysi?

With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?

9 Iratusque contra eos, abiit:

And burning with wrath against them, the Lord went away.

10 nubes quoque recessit quae erat super tabernaculum: et ecce Maria apparuit candens lepra quasi nix. Cumque respexisset eam Aaron, et vidisset perfusam lepra,

And the cloud was moved from over the Tent; and straight away Miriam became a leper, as white as snow: and Aaron, looking at Miriam, saw that she was a leper.

11 ait ad Moysen: Obsecro domine mi, ne imponas nobis hoc peccatum quod stulte commisimus,

Then Aaron said to Moses, O my lord, let not our sin be on our heads, for we have done foolishly and are sinners.

12 ne fiat haec quasi mortua, et ut abortivum quod proiicitur de vulva matris suae. ecce iam medium carnis eius devoratum est a lepra.

Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half wasted when he comes out from the body of his mother.

13 Clamavitque Moyses ad Dominum, dicens: Deus, obsecro, sana eam.

And Moses, crying to the Lord, said, Let my prayer come before you, O God, and make her well.

14 Cui respondit Dominus: Si pater eius spuisset in faciem illius, nonne debuerat saltem septem diebus rubore suffundi? Separetur septem diebus extra castra, et postea revocabitur.

And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had put a mark of shame on her, would she not be shamed for seven days? Let her be shut up outside the tent-circle for seven days, and after that she may come in again.

15 Exclusa est itaque Maria extra castra septem diebus: et populus non est motus de loco illo, donec revocata est Maria.

So Miriam was shut up outside the tent-circle for seven days: and the people did not go forward on their journey till Miriam had come in again.

16 Profectusque est populus de Haseroth fixis tentoriis in deserto Pharan.

After that, the people went on from Hazeroth and put up their tents in the waste land of Paran.