Números 12

1 Pero Miriam y Aarón criticaban a Moisés por su esposa, pues Moisés se había casado con una mujer etíope.

[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 “¿Acaso el Señor solo habla a través de Moisés?”, cuestionaban. “¿No habla también a través de nosotros?” Y el Señor escuchó todo esto.

3 Moisés era un hombre muy humilde, más que nadie en la tierra.

[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 De repente el Señor llamó a Moisés, Aarón y Miriam, diciéndoles: “Ustedes tres, vengan al Tabernáculo de Reunión”. Y los tres lo hicieron.

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 El Señor bajó en una columna de nube y se paró en la entrada de la Tienda. Llamó a Aarón y a Miriam y ellos se adelantaron.

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 “Escuchen mis palabras, les dijo. Si tuvieran profetas, yo, el Señor, me revelaría a ellos en visiones; me comunicaría con ellos en sueños.

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 Pero no es así con mi siervo Moisés, que de todo mi pueblo es el que me es fiel.

But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].

8 Yo hablo con él personalmente, cara a cara. Hablo claramente, y no con acertijos. Él ve la semejanza del Señor. Entonces, ¿por qué no tuvieron miedo al criticar a mi siervo Moisés?”

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 Entonces el Señor se enfadó con ellos, y se fue.

Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.

10 Cuando la nube se elevó sobre la Tienda, la piel de Miriam se volvió repentinamente blanca por la lepra. Aarón se volvió a mirar y vio que tenía lepra.

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 dijo a Moisés: “Señor mío, por favor no nos castigues por este pecado que hemos cometido tan estúpidamente.

Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.

12 Por favor, no dejes que me convierta en un moribundo cuya carne ya se está pudriendo cuando nace!”

Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”

13 Moisés clamó al Señor: “¡Dios, por favor, cúrala!”

So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”

14 Pero el Señor le respondió a Moisés: “Si su padre le hubiera escupido en la cara, ¿no habría sido deshonrosa durante siete días? Mantenla aislada fuera del campamento durante siete días, y luego podrá regresar”.

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 Miriam quedó en aislamiento fuera del campamento durante siete días, y el pueblo no avanzó hasta que fue llevada de vuelta.

So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.

16 Entonces el pueblo se fue de Jazerot y se instaló en el desierto de Parán.

But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.