Nomery 5

1 Ary Jehovah niteny tamin’ i Mosesy ka nanao hoe:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 Mandidia ny Zanak’ Isiraely hamoaka ny boka rehetra sy ny marary mitsika rehetra ary ny maloto amim-paty rehetra hiala amin’ ny toby;

“Instruct the sons of Israel to cast out of the camp every leper, and those who have a flow of seed, and those who have been polluted because of the dead;

3 na lehilahy na vehivavy dia samy havoakanareo any ivelan’ ny toby, mba tsy handoto ny tobiny izay itoerako eo afovoany.

cast out of the camp both male and female, lest they contaminate it while I am dwelling with you.”

4 Dia nanao izany ny Zanak’ Isiraely ka namoaka ireny ho any ivelan’ ny toby; araka izay nolazain’ i Jehovah tamin’ i Mosesy no nataon’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely.

And the sons of Israel did so, and they cast them out, beyond the camp, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses.

5 Ary Jehovah niteny tamin’ i Mosesy ka nanao hoe:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

6 Lazao amin’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely hoe: Raha misy lehilahy na vehivavy manao izay mety ho fahotan’ ny olona ka manao izay mahadiso amin’ i Jehovah ary meloka,

“Say to the sons of Israel: A man or a woman, when they have done anything out of all the sins that often befall men, or if, by negligence, they have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and so have committed an offense,

7 dia tsy maintsy hiaiky ny fahotana izay nataony izy ary hanonitra ny amin’ ny fahadisoany ka hanampy azy ho tonga avy fahenina, ary homeny an’ ilay nanaovany diso.

they shall confess their sin, and they shall restore the principle itself, plus a fifth part above it, to any against whom they have sinned.

8 Fa raha tàhiny tsy manana havana akaiky haterany ny fanonerana ny amin’ ny fahadisoany ilay olona, ny zavatra naterina ho fanonerana dia ho an’ i Jehovah ka ho an’ ny mpisorona, ho fanampin’ ny ondrilahy fanavotana izay hanaovany fanavotana ho azy.

But if there would be no one to receive it, they shall give it to the Lord, and it shall be for the priest, except for the ram, which is offered for expiation, in order to be a pleasing victim.

9 Ary ny fanatitra rehetra alaina amin’ ny zava-masìna rehetra aterin’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely, izay ateriny ho an’ ny mpisorona, dia ho azy izany.

Likewise, all the first-fruits, which the sons of Israel offer, belong to the priest,

10 Ary ho azy ny zava-masìna aterin’ ny olona rehetra; na inona na inona omen’ olona ho an’ ny mpisorona, dia ho azy izany.

with whatever is offered by each one at the Sanctuary, and which is delivered into the hands of the priest; it shall be his.”

11 Ary Jehovah niteny tamin’ i Mosesy ka nanao hoe:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

12 Mitenena amin’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely, ka lazao aminy hoe: Na iza na iza vadin’ olona mivily ka manao izay mahadiso azy amin’ ny lahy,

“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: The man whose wife will have gone astray, and, disdaining her husband,

13 fa nisy lehilahy nandry taminy, nefa tsy hitan’ ny lahy, fa miafina, ary voaloto ravehivavy, nefa tsy misy vavolombelona hiampanga azy, ary tsy azo olan-tanana izy;

will have slept with another man, and if her husband cannot discover it, but the adultery is secret, and if it cannot be proved by witnesses, because she was not caught in the shameful act,

14 kanefa misy fiahiahiana ao amin’ ny lahy, ka miahiahy ny vadiny izy, sady efa voaloto ravehivavy; na misy fiahiahiana ao amin’ ny lahy, ka miahiahy ny vadiny izy, kanjo tsy voaloto ravehivavy;

if the spirit of jealousy stirs up the husband against his wife, who either has been polluted or is being assailed with a false suspicion,

15 dia ho entin’ ny lahy ho eo amin’ ny mpisorona ny vadiny, ary hitondra ny fanatiny noho ny vavy izy, dia kobam-bary hordea ampahafolon’ ny efaha; tsy hanidinany diloilo izany, sady tsy hasiany ditin-kazo mani-pofona, satria fanatitra noho ny ahiahy izany, dia fanati-pahatsiarovana, hampahatsiaro heloka.

he shall bring her to the priest, and he shall offer an oblation for her, a tenth part of native barley meal. He shall not pour oil over it, nor shall he place frankincense on it, because it is a sacrifice for jealousy, or an oblation investigating adultery.

16 Ary hampanakaiky azy ny mpisorona ka hampitoetra azy eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah;

Therefore, the priest shall offer it, and he shall set it in the sight of the Lord.

17 dia haka rano masìna amin’ ny lovia tany ny mpisorona; ary ny vovoka eo amin’ izay itoeran’ ny tabernakely dia hangalan’ ny mpisorona ka hataony amin’ ny rano;

And he shall take up holy water in an earthen vessel, and he shall cast a little earth from the pavement of the tabernacle into it.

18 ary ravehivavy dia hampitoeran’ ny mpisorona eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah, ka harakarakany ny volondohan-dravehivavy, ary hataony eo an-tànany ny fanati-pahatsiarovana, dia ny fanatitra noho ny ahiahy; ary ho eo an-tànan’ ny mpisorona ny ranom-pangidiana izay mitondra ozona;

And while the woman stands before the Lord, he shall uncover her head, and he shall place over her hands the sacrifice of recollection and oblation of jealousy. But he shall take hold of the most bitter waters, in which he has gathered curses with loathing.

19 dia hampianiana an-dravehivavy ny mpisorona ka hanao aminy hoe: Raha tsy nisy lehilahy nandry taminao, ka tsy nivily niala tamin’ ny vadinao ho amin’ ny fahalotoana ianao, dia afaka amin’ ity ranom-pangidiana mitondra ozona ity;

And he shall bind her by an oath, and he shall say: ‘If another man has not slept with you, and if you have not been polluted by forsaking the bed of your husband, these most bitter waters, into which I have gathered curses, shall not harm you.

20 fa raha nivily niala tamin’ ny vadinao kosa ianao ka voaloto ihany, fa nisy lehilahy nandry taminao, afa-tsy ny vadinao,

But if you have turned away from your husband, and also have been defiled, and have lain together with another man,

21 dia hampianiana an-dravehivavy ny mpisorona mba hiozona, ka hanao aminy hoe: Jehovah anie hanao anao ho fiozonana sy ho fianianana eo amin’ ny firenenao, amin’ ny fampifezahan’ i Jehovah ny fenao sy ny fampivontosany ny kibonao;

these curses shall be thrown upon you: May the Lord turn you into a curse and an example among all his people. May he cause your thigh to rot, and may your abdomen swell up and burst out.

22 ary ity rano mitondra ozona ity dia hiditra ao an-kibonao ka hampivonto ny kibonao sy hampifezaka ny fenao. Ary ravehivavy hanao hoe: Amena, amena.

May the cursed waters enter into your stomach, and may your womb swell and your thigh rot.’ And the woman shall respond: ‘Amen, amen.’

23 Ary hosoratan’ ny mpisorona amin’ ny taratasy izany fiozonana izany ka hosasany eo amin’ ny rano mangidy ny soratra;

And the priest shall write these curses in a little book, and then he shall erase them with the very bitter waters, into which he had gathered the curses,

24 dia hampisotroiny an-dravehivavy ny ranom-pangidiana mitondra ozona; atỳ ny rano izay mitondra ozona dia hiditra ao anatiny ho zava-mangidy.

and he shall give it to her to drink. And when she has emptied it,

25 Dia halain’ ny mpisorona eo an-tànan-dravehivavy ny fanatitra noho ny ahiahy; ary hahevahevany eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah izany ka hateriny eo amin’ ny alitara.

the priest shall take from her hand the sacrifice of jealousy, and he shall elevate it before the Lord, and he shall impose it upon the altar. Yet only after he first

26 Dia horaofin’ ny mpisorona ny fanati-pahatsiarovana avy amin’ ny fanatitra ka hodorany ho fofona eo ambonin’ ny alitara; ary rehefa afaka izany, dia hampisotroiny io rano io ravehivavy.

takes a handful of the sacrifice from that which is offered, and burns it upon the altar, and then he may give the most bitter waters to the woman as a drink.

27 Ary rehefa nampisotroina ny rano izy, ary voaloto, satria nanao izay nahadiso azy tamin’ ny vadiny, dia hiditra ao anatiny ho zava-mangidy ny rano mitondra ozona, ary hivonto ny kibony, sady hifezaka ny feny; ka dia ho fiozonana eo amin’ ny fireneny ravehivavy.

And when she drinks it, if she has been defiled, and, having despised her husband, is guilty of adultery, the curse shall pass through her, and as her belly swells up, her thigh shall decay, and the woman shall become a curse and an example to all the people.

28 Nefa kosa, raha tsy voaloto ravehivavy, fa madio, dia ho afaka izy ka hanan’ anaka.

But if she has not been defiled, she shall be unharmed and she shall bear children.

29 Izany no lalàna ny amin’ ny ahiahy, raha misy vehivavy mivily miala amin’ ny vadiny ka voaloto;

This is the law for jealousy. If a woman has turned aside from her husband, and if she has been polluted,

30 na misy lehilahy azon’ ny fiahiahiana ka miahiahy ny vadiny; dia hampitoetra ny vadiny eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah izy, ary ny mpisorona hanefa izany lalàna rehetra izany aminy.

and if the husband, being stirred up by the spirit of jealousy, has brought her before the sight of the Lord, and the priest has acted toward her according to all that has been written:

31 Dia tsy hanan-tsiny ralehilahy, fa ravehivavy kosa ho meloka.

then the husband shall be without guilt, and she shall bear her iniquity.”