Nomery 12
1 Ie amy zao, nifosae’ i Miriame naho i Aharone t’i Mosè amy nte-Kose nengae’ey; ie nañenga ampela nte-Kose ho tañanjomba’e.
Miriam and Aaron were critical of Moses because of his Ethiopian wife—he'd married an Ethiopian woman.
2 Le hoe iereo, I Mosè avao hao ty nampitsara’ Iehovà? Tsy itika ka hao ty nilañonà’e. Jinanji’ Iehovà izay.
“Is it only through Moses that the Lord speaks?” they asked. “Doesn't he speak through us too?” The Lord heard all this.
3 Toe ondaty nimpirè-batañe t’i Mosè, lombolombo ze hene ondaty ambone ty tane toy.
Moses was a very humble man, more than anyone else on earth.
4 Aa le nanao ty hoe amy Mosè naho i Aharone vaho i Miriame amy zao t’Iehovà, Akia nahareo telo, mb’ an-kibohom-pamantañañe mb’eo! Aa le niavotse mb’eo i telo rey.
All of a sudden the Lord called for Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, telling them, “The three of you, come to the Tent of Meeting.” The three of them did so.
5 Nizotso amy rahoñe nijoalay t’Iehovà naho nijohañe an-dalambei’ i kivohoy vaho kinanji’e t’i Aharone naho i Miriame le niheo mb’eo iereo roe.
The Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood in the entrance to the Tent. He called Aaron and Miriam and they came forward.
6 Le hoe re, Janjiño o entakoo: naho ama’ Iehovà ty mpitoky le anoñonako vatañe añ’ aroñaroñe vaho itaroñako ami’ty nofy.
“Now listen to my words, he told them. If you had prophets, I the Lord would reveal myself to them in visions; I would communicate with them in dreams.
7 Fe tsy izay amy Mosè mpitoroko; Ie matoe amy hene trañokoy.
But it's not like this with my servant Moses, who of all my people is the one who is faithful.
8 Ie ty taroñako falie am-palie, an-kazavàñe fa tsy aman-drazan-tsara; ie ty mahaisake ty talinjo’ Iehovà. Tsy nahahembañe anahareo hao ty nañinje i Mosè mpitorokoy?
I talk to him personally, face to face. I speak plainly, not in riddles. He sees the likeness of the Lord. So why weren't you afraid when you criticized my servant Moses?”
9 Aa le nisolebotse am’ iereo ty haviñera’ Iehovà, le nienga re.
The Lord was angry with them, and he left.
10 Aa naho nienga boak’ ambone’ i kivohoy i rahoñey le nizoeñe te angamae t’i Miriame, foty mikatsatsaoke. Ie nitolik’ amy Miriame t’i Aharone, nizoe’e te angamae.
As the cloud rose above the Tent, Miriam's skin suddenly turned white with leprosy. Aaron turned to look and saw that she had leprosy.
11 Le hoe t’i Aharone amy Mosè, O ry talèko! miambane ama’o, ko apo’o ama’ay i fandilara’aiy, i hakeo nanoe’ay an-kagegeañey.
He said to Moses, “My lord, please don't punish us for this sin that we've so stupidly committed.
12 Ehe ko ampihambañe’o ami’ty lolo niboloañe boak’ an-tron-drene’e ao, ie fa voroke ty antsasa’ o nofo’eo.
Please don't let her become like a stillborn baby whose flesh is already decaying when they're born!”
13 Aa le nitoreo am’ Iehovà t’i Mosè nanao ty hoe, Ry Andrianañahare, mihalaly ama’o: Jangaño re!
Moses called out to the Lord, “God, please heal her!”
14 Le hoe t’i Iehovà amy Mosè, Naho nitsorihan-drae’e an-tarehe’e, tsy ho nivavè’e fito andro hao ty hasalara’e? Aa le adono re hagabeñe alafe’ i tobey fito andro; ie modo le rambeseñe indraike.
But the Lord replied to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face wouldn't she have been disgraced for seven days? Keep her in isolation outside the camp for seven days, and then she can be taken back in.”
15 Aa le narindriñe alafe’ i tobey fito andro t’i Miriame; le tsy nionjoñe ka ondatio am-para’ te nampihovaeñe ao indraike t’i Miriame.
Miriam was kept in isolation outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was taken back in.
16 Añe izay le nienga i Katserote ondatio nitobe am-patrambei’ i Parane añe.
Then the people left Hazeroth and set up camp in the Desert of Paran.
