Lakkoobsa 11
1 Sabni sun utuma Waaqayyo isa dhagaʼuu waaʼee rakkina isaa guungume; innis yommuu waan kana dhagaʼetti ni aare. Kana irratti ibiddi Waaqayyoo isaan gidduutti bobaʼee qarqara qubata isaanii gube.
One day the people complained to Yahweh about their troubles. When Yahweh heard what they were saying, he became angry. So he sent a fire which burned among the people at the edge of their camp.
2 Sabni Museetti iyye; Museen immoo Waaqayyoon kadhatee ibiddi sun dhaame.
Then the people cried out to Moses/me, and he/I prayed to Yahweh. Then the fire stopped burning.
3 Sababii ibiddi Waaqayyo biraa gad buʼee gidduu isaaniitti bobaʼeef, iddoon sun “Tabeeraa” jedhamee waamame.
So they called that place Taberah, [which means ‘burning’], because the fire from Yahweh had burned among them.
4 Sabni wal makaan isaan wajjin tures nyaata biraa dharraʼe; Israaʼeloonni ammas akkana jedhanii booʼuu jalqaban; “Nu utuu foon nyaannu argannee!
Then some troublemakers from other people-groups [who were traveling] with the Israelis began to want better food. And [when they started complaining] the Israeli people also started to complain.
5 Nu biyya Gibxi keessatti qurxummii toluma nyaanne; akkasumas dabaaqula, habaabii, goodarree, qullubbii diimaa fi qullubbii adii nyaanne sana ni yaadanna.
They said, “We wish we had some meat!
6 Amma garuu fedhiin nyaataa nurraa badeera; mannaa kana malees waan tokko illee hin arginu!”
We remember the fish that we ate while we were in Egypt, fish that was given to us without (cost/asking us to pay for it). And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic [that we wanted]. But now we do not have any desire to eat, because all we have to eat is this manna!”
7 Mannaan sun akka sanyii dinbilaalaa taʼee bifti isaa haphee fakkaata ture.
The manna resembled small white seeds.
8 Namoonnis mannaa sana nanaannaʼanii walitti qabanii dhagaa daakuutti daakachaa yookaan mooyyeetti tumachaa turan. Isaanis mannaa sana okkoteetti affeelu yookaan maxinoo isaa tolfatu turan. Innis akka waan zayitii ejersaatiin qopheeffameetti miʼaawa ture.
[Each morning] the people would go out and gather some [from the surface of the ground]. Then they made flour by grinding it or pounding it with stones. Then they [added water and] boiled it in a pot, or they made flat cakes with it [and baked them]. The cakes tasted like bread that was baked with [olive] oil.
9 Galgala yommuu fixeensi qubata irra buʼetti mannaan sunis gad buʼe.
Each night the manna came down on their ground where their tents were, like dew [from the sky].
10 Museen utuu namoonni maatii hundaa balbala dunkaana ofii isaa duratti booʼanuu dhagaʼe. Waaqayyos akka malee aare; Museen immoo ni dhiphate.
Moses/I heard all the Israeli people complaining as they were standing in the entrances of their tents. Yahweh became very angry, and Moses/I was also very perturbed.
11 Innis akkana jedhee Waaqayyoon gaafate; “Ati maaliif dhiphina kana garbicha keetti fidde? Ati kan baʼaa saba kanaa hunda narra keesse ani maal balleessee si gaddisiiseeti?
He/I [went into the Sacred Tent and] asked Yahweh, “Why have you caused me, your servant, to experience this trouble [RHQ]? Act mercifully to me! What wrong have I done, with the result that you have appointed me to take care of all of these people [RHQ]?
12 Saba kana hunda anatu ulfaaʼee? Anatu isaan daʼee? Ati maaliif akka ani akkuma guddiftuun daaʼima baattutti gara biyya ati abbootii isaaniitiif kakuudhaan waadaa galteetti irree kootti baadhee isaan geessuudhaaf na ajajja?
(I am not their father./Am I their father?) [RHQ] Why have you told me to take care of them like a woman carries around her baby and (nurses it/gives it her milk) [MET, RHQ]? How can I take them to the land that you promised to give to our ancestors [RHQ]?
13 Ani saba kana hundaaf foon eessaan argadha? Isaan, ‘Foon nyaannu nuu kenni!’ jedhanii natti booʼu.
Where can I get meat to feed all these people? They keep complaining to me, saying, ‘Give us some meat to eat!’
14 Ani kophaa koo saba kana hunda baachuu hin dandaʼu; baʼaan kun akka malee natti ulfaata.
I cannot carry all these people’s burdens by myself! [They are like a heavy load [MET], and] I cannot carry this very heavy load any more.
15 Ati yoo akkana na goota taʼe, yoo ani fuula kee duratti fudhatama argadhee jiraadhe, maaloo ammuma na ajjeesi; akka ani gidiraa natti dhufu argus na hin godhin.”
If you intend to act like this toward me, kill me now. If you are really concerned about me, be kind to me and [kill me to] end my misery [of trying to take care of them]!”
16 Waaqayyos Museedhaan akkana jedhe; “Maanguddoota Israaʼel keessaa nama torbaatama kanneen hooggantootaa fi qondaaltota sabaa taʼuu isaanii beektu naa fidi. Akka isaan gara dunkaana wal gaʼii dhufanii si wajjin achi dhadhaabatan godhi.
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Summon 70 men whom you know are leaders among the Israeli people. Tell them to stand with you in front of the Sacred Tent.
17 Ani gad buʼee achitti si wajjin nan dubbadha; Hafuura sirra jiru irraas fuudhee isaan irra nan kaaʼa; isaanis akka ati kophaa kee baʼaa sana hin baanneef baʼaa saba sanaa si wajjin baatu.
I will come down and talk with you there. Then I will take some of [the power of] my Spirit that you have, and I will put [that power] on them also. They will help you to take care of some of the things that the people are concerned about, in order that you will not need to do it alone.
18 “Saba kanaan akkana jedhi: ‘Isin bori foon nyaattuutii of qulqulleessaa qophaaʼaa. Waaqayyo yeroo isin, “Nu utuu foonuma nyaannu argannee! Yeroo nu biyya Gibxi keessa jirru nuu wayya ture!” jettanii boossan dhagaʼeeraatii. Waaqayyo amma foon isinii kenna; isinis ni nyaattu.
“Furthermore, say to the people, ‘Make yourselves acceptable to me, and tomorrow you will have meat to eat. You were complaining, and Yahweh heard you when you were saying, “We want some meat to eat. We had better food in Egypt!” Now Yahweh will give you some meat, and you will eat it.
19 Isin hamma guyyaa tokkoo, yookaan lamaa, yookaan shanii, kudhanii, yookaan digdamaa qofa hin nyaattan;
You will eat meat not only for one or two days, nor only for five or ten or 20 days.
20 garuu jiʼa tokko guutuu hamma funyaaniin isin baʼutti, hamma nuffitanittis nyaattu; isin Waaqayyo gidduu keessan jiru sana diddanii, “Nu maaliif biyya Gibxi keessaa baane?” jettanii fuula isaa duratti boossanii turtaniitii.’”
[You will eat meat every day] for one month, and then you will loathe/despise it, and it will cause you to want to vomit. [This will happen] because you have rejected Yahweh who is here among you, and you have wailed in his presence, saying [“We would have had better food to eat] if we had not left Egypt [RHQ].”’”
21 Museen garuu akkana jedhe; “Kunoo ani namoota lafoo kuma dhibba jaʼa gidduun jira; ati immoo, ‘Ani foon isaan jiʼa guutuu nyaatan kennaaf!’ jetta.
But Moses/I replied to Yahweh, “There are 600,000 men [plus women and children] here with me, so ([why] do you say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’?/it does not seem right for you to say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’) [RHQ]
22 Utuma bushaayee fi karri loonii isaaniif qalamanii iyyuu gaʼaa laata? Utuma qurxummiin galaana keessaa hundi isaanii qabamee iyyuu gaʼaa laata?”
Even if we killed all the sheep and cattle, that would not [RHQ] be enough [to provide meat for all of them] Even if we caught all the fish in the sea [and gave it to them], that would not be enough [RHQ]!”
23 Waaqayyo Museedhaan akkana jedhe; “Harki Waaqayyoo gabaabaadhaa? Ati akka wanni ani siin jedhu siif guutamuu fi akka siif hin guutamne amma ni argita.”
But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do you think that I [SYN] have no power? You will now see if I can do what I say I will do.”
24 Museen dhaqee waan Waaqayyo jedhe sana sabatti hime. Innis saba sana keessaa maanguddoota torbaatama walitti qabee akka isaan naannoo dunkaanaa dhadhaabatan godhe.
So Moses/I went out [from the Sacred Tent] and told the people what Yahweh had said. Then he/I gathered together the 70 leaders and told them to stand around the Sacred Tent.
25 Ergasiis Waaqayyo duumessaan gad buʼee isatti dubbate; Hafuura isa irra jirus fuudhee maanguddoota torbaatamman sana irra buuse. Isaanis yeroo Hafuurri sun isaan irra boqotetti raajii dubbatan; ergasii immoo deebiʼanii raajii sana hin dubbanne.
Then Yahweh came down in the cloud [that was above the tent] and spoke to Moses/me. He took some of [the power of] the Spirit that he had given to Moses/me and gave it to the 70 leaders. By means of the power of the Spirit within them, they (prophesied/spoke messages that Yahweh gave them), but they did that only once.
26 Taʼu illee namoonni lama kanneen maqaan isaanii Eldaadii fi Meedaad jedhaman qubata keessatti hafanii turan. Isaanis maanguddoota sana keessatti galmeeffamanii turan malee gad baʼanii gara dunkaanaa hin dhaqne ture. Hafuurri immoo isaan irra illee buʼe; isaanis qubata keessatti raajii dubbatan.
Two of the leaders whom Moses/I appointed, Eldad and Medad, were not there when the rest of them gathered together. They had not left [their tents] to go and stand around the Sacred Tent. But Yahweh’s Spirit came on them also, and they started to (prophesy/speak messages from Yahweh).
27 Dargaggeessi tokko fiigee dhaqee, “Eldaadii fi Meedaad raajii dubbachuutti jiru” jedhee Museetti hime.
So a young man ran and told Moses/me, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in all their tents!”
28 Iyyaasuun ilmi Nuuni kan ijoollummaa ofiitii jalqabee gargaartuu Musee ture sun kaʼee, “Yaa Musee, yaa gooftaa ko, isaan dhowwi!” jedhee dubbate.
Joshua, who had helped Moses/me since he was a young man, said, “Sir, tell them to stop doing that!”
29 Museen garuu akkana jedhee deebise; “Ati anaaf hinaaftaa? Ani utuu sabni Waaqayyoo hundinuu raajota taʼanii Waaqayyos Hafuura isaa isaan irra kaaʼee nan hawwa!”
But Moses/I replied, “(Are you worried that they might injure my reputation/Do you think that I want to be the only one who prophesies) [RHQ]? I wish that all Yahweh’s people could (prophesy/speak messages from Yahweh). I wish that Yahweh would give the power of his Spirit to all of them!”
30 Ergasiis Musee fi maanguddoonni Israaʼel gara qubataatti deebiʼan.
Then Moses/I and all the leaders went back to their/our tents.
31 Bubbeen tokkos Waaqayyo biraa baʼee galaana keessaa dimbiriqqee gara qubataatti oofe. Bubbeen sunis dimbiriqqee sana naannoo qubata sanaatti gama hundaan hamma deemsa guyyaa tokkoo fagaatu harcaasee hamma dhundhuma lamaa oli tuule.
Then Yahweh sent a strong wind from the sea. It blew quail into the area all around the camp for miles in every direction, [and caused the quail to fall onto the ground]. They were piled up on the ground about (3 feet/1 meter) high!
32 Guyyaa sana guutuu fi halkan sana guutuu, guyyaa itti aanu guutuus sabni sun gad baʼee dimbiriqqee sana walitti qabate; isaan keessaas namni homeerii kudhanii gad walitti qabate hin turre. Ergasii dimbiriqqee sana naannoo qubata sanaa afatan.
So the people went out and gathered up the quail all that day, and all that night, and all of the following day. [It seemed as though] everyone gathered at least 50 bushels! They spread the quail out on the ground all around the camp, [so that the quail would dry out].
33 Garuu utuma foon sun amma illee gidduu ilkaan isaanii jiruu, utuu hin alanfatin Waaqayyo isaanitti aaree dhaʼicha hamaadhaan isaan dhaʼe.
[Then they cooked them and started to eat them]. But while they were still eating the meat [MTY], Yahweh [showed that he] was very angry with them. He struck them with a severe plague/sickness, [and many people died].
34 Sababii isaan namoota nyaata biraa dharraʼan achitti awwaalaniif maqaan iddoo sanaa, “Qiibrooti Haataaʼabaa” jedhame.
The people who died and were buried were the ones who had said they wanted to eat meat [like they had formerly eaten in Egypt]. So they called that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, [which means ‘graves of those who craved’].
35 Sabni sunis Qiibrooti Haataaʼabaadhaa kaʼee gara Haxerooti dhaqee achi jiraate.
From there, the Israelis continued walking [east] until they arrived at Hazeroth [town], where they stopped and stayed [for a long time].
