4 Mosebok 12
1 Engang talte Mirjam og Aron ille om Moses for den etiopiske kvinnes skyld som han hadde tatt til hustru; for han hadde ektet en etiopisk kvinne.
[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 Og de sa: Er det bare Moses Herren har talt med, har han ikke talt med oss og? Og Herren hørte det.
3 Men Moses var en meget saktmodig mann, mere enn alle mennesker på jorden.
[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 Og med ett sa Herren til Moses og til Aron og til Mirjam: Gå ut, alle tre, til sammenkomstens telt! Og de gikk ut alle tre.
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 Da kom Herren ned i en skystøtte og stod i inngangen til teltet, og han kalte på Aron og Mirjam, og de gikk ut begge to.
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 Og han sa: Hør nu hvad jeg har å si eder: Er det en profet som I, så gir jeg, Herren, mig til kjenne for ham i syner og taler med ham i drømmer.
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 Men så er det ikke med min tjener Moses; han er tro i hele mitt hus.
But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].
8 Munn til munn taler jeg med ham, klart og ikke i gåter, og han skuer Herrens skikkelse. Hvorledes kunde I da våge å tale ille om Moses, min tjener?
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 Og Herrens vrede optendtes mot dem, og han gikk bort.
Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.
10 Og da skyen vek bort fra teltet, se, da var Mirjam spedalsk, hvit som sne; og da Aron vendte sig mot Mirjam, så han at hun var spedalsk.
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 Da sa Aron til Moses: Hør mig, herre! La oss ikke lide for en synd vi har gjort i vår dårskap!
Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.
12 La henne ikke være som et dødt foster, hvis kjøtt er halvt fortært når det kommer ut av morsliv!
Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”
13 Da ropte Moses til Herren og sa: Akk Gud, helbred henne!
So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”
14 Og Herren sa til Moses: Om hennes far hadde spyttet henne i ansiktet, skulde hun da ikke sitte med skammen i syv dager? La henne holdes innestengt utenfor leiren i syv dager, så kan hun komme tilbake igjen.
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 Og Mirjam blev holdt innestengt utenfor leiren i syv dager; og folket brøt ikke op før Mirjam var kommet tilbake igjen.
So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.
16 Derefter brøt folket op fra Haserot og leiret sig i ørkenen Paran.
But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.
