< 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.
[Moses’/My older sister] Miriam and [his/my older brother] Aaron were saying this: “Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us [RHQ]? Does Yahweh not speak messages to us two also?” [They told people that] they were saying that because Moses/I had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people-group, [but they were really saying that because they (were jealous/did not want Moses/me to be the only leader of the Israeli people)]. But Yahweh heard what they were saying.
2 Le hoe iereo, I Mosè avao hao ty nampi­tsara’ Iehovà? Tsy itika ka hao ty nilañonà’e. Jinanji’ Iehovà izay.
3 Toe ondaty nimpirè-batañe t’i Mosè, lombolombo ze hene ondaty ambone ty tane toy.
[The truth was that] Moses/I was very humble. He/I was more humble than anyone else on the earth [and Moses/I had not appointed himself/myself to be their leader].
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.
So immediately Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and to Aaron and Miriam. He said, “All three of you must go and stand at the Sacred Tent.” So they/we did that.
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.
Then Yahweh descended to the entrance of the tent in a cloud [that resembled a huge white] pillar. He told Aaron and Miriam to step forward, so they did.
6 Le hoe re, Janjiño o entakoo: naho ama’ Iehovà ty mpitoky le anoñonako vatañe añ’ aroñaroñe vaho itaroñako ami’ty nofy.
Then he said to them, “Listen to me! When a prophet is among you, I [usually] reveal myself to him by allowing him to see visions, and I speak to him in dreams.
7 Fe tsy izay amy Mosè mpitoroko; Ie matoe amy hene trañokoy.
But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].
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?
So I talk to him face-to-face. I speak to him (clearly/using words that he will understand easily), not using parables. He has even seen what I look like. So you should be afraid to criticize my servant Moses!”
9 Aa le nisolebotse am’ iereo ty haviñera’ Iehovà, le nienga re.
Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, 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.
When the cloud rose up from the Sacred Tent, Aaron looked at Miriam, and he saw that her skin was [as white] as snow, because she now 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.
Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.
12 Ehe ko ampi­hambañe’o ami’ty lolo niboloañe boak’ an-tron-drene’e ao, ie fa voroke ty antsasa’ o nofo’eo.
Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”
13 Aa le nitoreo am’ Iehovà t’i Mosè nanao ty hoe, Ry Andrianañahare, mihalaly ama’o: Jangaño re!
So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to 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 Yahweh replied, “If her father had [rebuked her for doing something wrong by] spitting in her face, she would have been ashamed for seven days. [She should be ashamed because of what she has done]. So send her outside the camp for seven days. Then [she will not have leprosy any more, and] she may return to the camp.”
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.
So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.
16 Añe izay le nienga i Katserote ondatio nitobe am-patrambei’ i Parane añe.
But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.

< Nomery 12 >