Números 17
1 Então fallou o Senhor a Moysés, dizendo:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 Falla aos filhos d'Israel, e toma d'elles uma vara por cada casa paterna de todos os seus principes, segundo as casas de seus paes doze varas; e escreverás o nome de cada um sobre a sua vara.
“Tell the Israeli people to bring to you twelve walking sticks. They should bring one from each of the leaders of the twelve tribes. You should carve each leader’s name on his stick.
3 Porém o nome de Aarão escreverás sobre a vara de Levi; porque cada cabeça da casa de seus paes terá uma vara
There must be one stick for the leader of each tribe, so you must carve Aaron’s name on the stick for the tribe of Levi.
4 E as porás na tenda da congregação, perante o testemunho, onde eu virei a vós.
Put those sticks inside the Sacred Tent, in front of the sacred chest that has in it the tablets on which the Ten Commandments are written. That is the place where I always talk with you.
5 E será que a vara do homem que eu tiver escolhido florescerá; assim farei cessar as murmurações dos filhos d'Israel contra mim, com que murmuram contra vós
Buds will sprout on the stick of the man whom I have chosen [to be the priest]. [When the people see that], they will stop their constantly complaining about you [because they will realize that you are the one whom I have chosen].”
6 Fallou pois Moysés aos filhos d'Israel: e todos os seus maioraes deram-lhe cada um uma vara, por cada maioral uma vara, segundo as casas de seus paes; doze varas; e a vara d'Aarão estava entre as suas varas.
So Moses/I told the people what Yahweh had said. Then each of the twelve Israeli leaders, including Aaron, brought his walking stick to Moses/me.
7 E Moysés poz estas varas perante o Senhor na tenda do testemunho.
Moses/I placed the sticks inside the Sacred Tent in front of the sacred chest.
8 Succedeu pois que no dia seguinte Moysés entrou na tenda do testemunho, e eis-que a vara d'Aarão, pela casa de Levi, florescia; porque produzira flores, e brotara renovos e dera amendoas.
The following morning, when he/I went into the tent, he/I saw that Aaron’s stick, which represented the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, it had produced leaves and blossoms, and it had also produced almonds that were ripe!
9 Então Moysés tirou todas as varas de diante do Senhor a todos os filhos d'Israel; e elles o viram, e tomaram cada um a sua vara.
Moses/I brought all the sticks out of the Sacred Tent and showed them to the people. Each of the twelve leaders took back his own stick.
10 Então o Senhor disse a Moysés: Torna a pôr a vara d'Aarão perante o testemunho, para que se guarde por signal para os filhos rebeldes: assim farás acabar as suas murmurações contra mim, e não morrerão.
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Put Aaron’s stick in front of the sacred chest, and let it stay there permanently. That will be a warning to people who want to rebel [against me]. Then no more people will die [because of complaining against me].”
11 E Moysés fez assim; como lhe ordenára o Senhor, assim fez.
So Moses/I did what Yahweh had commanded.
12 Então fallaram os filhos de Israel a Moysés, dizendo: Eis-aqui, nós expiramos, perecemos, nós perecemos todos.
Then the Israeli people said to Moses/me, “We are going to die! All of us are surely going to die!
13 Todo aquelle que se approximar do tabernaculo do Senhor, morrerá: seremos pois todos consumidos?
Everyone who comes close to Yahweh’s Sacred Tent dies. Are the rest of us going to die, also?” [RHQ]
