Nomery 5
1 Ary Jehovah niteny tamin’ i Mosesy ka nanao hoe:
The Lord told Moses,
2 Mandidia ny Zanak’ Isiraely hamoaka ny boka rehetra sy ny marary mitsika rehetra ary ny maloto amim-paty rehetra hiala amin’ ny toby;
“Order the Israelites to expel from the camp anyone who has a skin disease, or who has a discharge, or who is unclean from touching a dead body.
3 na lehilahy na vehivavy dia samy havoakanareo any ivelan’ ny toby, mba tsy handoto ny tobiny izay itoerako eo afovoany.
Whether male or female, you must expel them so they won't make their camp unclean, for that is where I live with them.”
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.
The Israelites followed these instructions, and expelled such people from the camp. They did what the Lord had told Moses they should do.
5 Ary Jehovah niteny tamin’ i Mosesy ka nanao hoe:
The Lord told Moses,
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,
“Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning against someone else, they are guilty
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.
and must confess their sin. They have to pay the full amount of compensation plus one fifth of its value, and give this to the person they have wronged.
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.
However, if that person doesn't have a relative who can be paid the compensation, it belongs to the Lord and shall be given to the priest, together with a sacrificial ram by which the guilty person is set right.
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.
All holy offerings that the Israelites bring to the priest belong to him.
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.
Your holy offerings belong to you, but once you give them to the priest they belong to him.”
11 Ary Jehovah niteny tamin’ i Mosesy ka nanao hoe:
The Lord told Moses,
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,
“Tell the Israelites that these are the instructions to follow if a man's wife has an affair, being unfaithful to him
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;
by sleeping with someone else. It may be that her husband doesn't find out and her unclean act wasn't witnessed—she wasn't caught out.
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;
But if her husband becomes jealous and suspicious of his wife, whether she's guilty or not,
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 is to take her before the priest. He is also to take with him on her behalf an offering of one tenth of an ephath of barley flour. He must also bring for her an offering of an ephah of barley flour. He's not to pour olive oil over it or put frankincense on it, since it's a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder offering to remind people about sin.
16 Ary hampanakaiky azy ny mpisorona ka hampitoetra azy eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah;
The priest is to lead the wife forward and have her stand before 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;
Then he shall fill a clay jar with holy water in a clay jar and sprinkle on it some dust from the floor of the Tabernacle.
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;
Once the priest has had the woman stand before the Lord, he shall let her hair loose and have her hold the reminder grain offering—the grain offering used in cases of jealousy. The priest shall hold the bitter water that curses.
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;
He shall place the woman under oath and tell her, ‘If no one else has slept with you and you have not been unfaithful and become unclean while married to your husband, may you not be harmed by this bitter water that curses.
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 been unfaithful while married to your husband and have become unclean and have had sex with someone else…”
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;
(Here the priest shall place the woman under the oath of the curse as follows.) “May the Lord place a curse on you that everyone knows about by having your thighs shrink and your belly swell up.
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 this water that curses go into your stomach and make your belly swell up and your thighs shrink.” The woman is to answer, “I agree, I agree.”
23 Ary hosoratan’ ny mpisorona amin’ ny taratasy izany fiozonana izany ka hosasany eo amin’ ny rano mangidy ny soratra;
The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash them off into the bitter water.
24 dia hampisotroiny an-dravehivavy ny ranom-pangidiana mitondra ozona; atỳ ny rano izay mitondra ozona dia hiditra ao anatiny ho zava-mangidy.
He shall make the woman drink the bitter water that curses, and it will cause her bitter pain if she is guilty.
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 back from her the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the Lord, and take it to the altar.
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.
Then the priest shall take a handful of the grain offering as a reminder portion and burn it on the altar, and make the woman drink the water.
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.
After he has made her drink the water, if she has made herself unclean and has been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that curses will cause her bitter pain. Her belly will swell up and her thighs will shrink. She will become a cursed woman among her people.
28 Nefa kosa, raha tsy voaloto ravehivavy, fa madio, dia ho afaka izy ka hanan’ anaka.
But if the woman has not made herself unclean by being unfaithful and is clean, she will not experience this punishment and she will still be able to have children.
29 Izany no lalàna ny amin’ ny ahiahy, raha misy vehivavy mivily miala amin’ ny vadiny ka voaloto;
This is the rule to follow in cases of jealousy when a wife has an affair and makes herself unclean while married to her husband,
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.
or when a husband starts feeling jealous and becomes suspicious of his wife. He shall have his wife stand before the Lord, and the priest is to carry out every part of this rule.
31 Dia tsy hanan-tsiny ralehilahy, fa ravehivavy kosa ho meloka.
If she is found guilty, her husband will not be held responsible. But the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.
