Números 11
1 Pero aconteció que el pueblo se quejó de adversidad a oídos de Yavé. Y Yavé oyó y se encendió su ira, de manera que el fuego de Yavé ardió entre ellos. Consumió [a algunos] en los extremos del campamento.
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 Entonces el pueblo clamó a Moisés, y Moisés oró a Yavé, y el fuego se extinguió.
Then the people cried out to Moses/me, and he/I prayed to Yahweh. Then the fire stopped burning.
3 [Alguien] llamó aquel lugar Tabirá, porque el fuego de Yavé se encendió contra ellos.
So they called that place Taberah, [which means ‘burning’], because the fire from Yahweh had burned among them.
4 El populacho de extraños que estaba entre ellos tuvo grandes deseos. También los hijos de Israel volvieron a llorar y dijeron: ¿Quién nos dará carne para comer?
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 ¡Cómo nos acordamos del pescado que comíamos en Egipto sin pago, de los pepinos, los melones, el ajo porro, las cebollas y los ajos!
They said, “We wish we had some meat!
6 Pero ahora se nos fue el apetito, pues nada ven nuestros ojos sino este maná.
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 El maná era como semilla de cilantro, y su aspecto como el aspecto de resina.
The manna resembled small white seeds.
8 El pueblo se dispersaba para recogerlo y lo molían en molinos o lo machacaban en morteros. Lo cocinaban en ollas o hacían tortas con él, y su sabor era como el sabor de tortas horneadas con aceite.
[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 Por la noche, cuando el rocío descendía sobre el campamento, el maná descendía con él.
Each night the manna came down on their ground where their tents were, like dew [from the sky].
10 Moisés oyó al pueblo, cómo lloraban familias enteras, cada cual en la entrada de su tienda. La ira de Yavé se encendió grandemente, y también fue desagradable a los ojos de Moisés.
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 Entonces dijo Moisés a Yavé: ¿Por qué maltratas a tu esclavo? ¿Por qué no hallé gracia ante Ti, pues echaste la carga de todo este pueblo sobre mí?
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 ¿Yo concebí a todo este pueblo o lo engendré para que me digas: Cárgalo en tu pecho, como una madre de crianza lleva al que mama, a la tierra que prometiste con juramento a sus antepasados?
(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 ¿De dónde tengo yo carne para todo este pueblo? Pues lloran ante mí, y dicen: ¡Danos a comer carne!
Where can I get meat to feed all these people? They keep complaining to me, saying, ‘Give us some meat to eat!’
14 No puedo yo solo soportar todo este pueblo, pues es demasiado pesado para mí.
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 Si así me vas a tratar, mátame del todo. Si hallé gracia ante Ti, te ruego, para que yo no vea más tu mal.
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 Yavé dijo a Moisés: Reúneme 70 varones de los ancianos de Israel, que tú sabes que son ancianos y oficiales del pueblo. Tráelos a la entrada del Tabernáculo de Reunión, y que permanezcan allí contigo.
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 Yo descenderé y hablaré allí contigo. Tomaré del Espíritu que está sobre ti y lo pondré sobre ellos, para que lleven la carga del pueblo contigo y no la lleves tú solo.
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 Dirás al pueblo: Santifíquense para mañana, y comerán carne, porque lloraron a oídos de Yavé, y dijeron: ¡Quién nos diera a comer carne! Pues nos iba mejor en Egipto. Yavé, pues, les dará carne, y comerán.
“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 No comerán solo un día, ni dos, ni cinco, ni diez, ni 20 días,
You will eat meat not only for one or two days, nor only for five or ten or 20 days.
20 sino hasta un mes, hasta que les salga por las fosas nasales y la aborrezcan, por cuanto despreciaron a Yavé, Quien está en medio de ustedes. Lloraron delante de Él y dijeron: ¿Para qué salimos de Egipto?
[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 Pero Moisés respondió: el pueblo en medio del cual estoy es 600.000 de a pie, y Tú dices: Les daré carne para que coman un mes entero.
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 Si se degollara todo el rebaño y el ganado vacuno, ¿alcanzaría para ellos? Si se recogieran para ellos todos los peces del mar, ¿les sería suficiente?
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 Yavé respondió a Moisés: ¿Se acortó la mano de Yavé? ¡Ahora verás si se te cumple o no mi Palabra!
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 Entonces Moisés salió y dijo al pueblo las Palabras de Yavé. También reunió a los 70 varones de los ancianos del pueblo y los puso alrededor del Tabernáculo.
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 Yavé descendió en la nube y le habló. Luego tomó del Espíritu que estaba sobre él y lo colocó sobre los 70 ancianos. Cuando el Espíritu descansó sobre ellos, profetizaron, pero después no continuaron.
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 Quedaron en el campamento dos hombres. El nombre de uno era Eldad y el del otro, Medad. El Espíritu reposó también sobre ellos, pues figuraban entre los contados, pero no fueron al Tabernáculo. Ellos profetizaron en el campamento.
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 Un joven corrió y dio aviso a Moisés: Eldad y Medad profetizan en el campamento.
So a young man ran and told Moses/me, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in all their tents!”
28 Entonces Josué, hijo de Nun, el ayudante de Moisés desde su juventud, respondió: Moisés, ʼadón mío, ¡impídeles!
Joshua, who had helped Moses/me since he was a young man, said, “Sir, tell them to stop doing that!”
29 Pero Moisés le dijo: ¿Tienes celos por causa de mí? ¡Ojalá todo el pueblo de Yavé fuera profeta, y que Yavé impusiera su Espíritu sobre ellos!
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 Moisés volvió al campamento junto con los ancianos de Israel.
Then Moses/I and all the leaders went back to their/our tents.
31 Entonces llegó un viento de parte de Yavé que trajo codornices desde el mar, y las dejó caer sobre el campamento, como un día de camino por un lado y un día de camino por el otro, a casi 90 centímetros de altura sobre la superficie de la tierra.
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 El pueblo estuvo levantado todo aquel día, toda aquella noche y todo el día siguiente recogiendo codornices. El que menos recogió, hizo diez montones de 220 litros, y los esparcieron alrededor del campamento.
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 Pero mientras la carne estaba entre los dientes de ellos, antes que la masticaran, la ira de Yavé se encendió contra el pueblo, y Yavé golpeó al pueblo con un azote muy grande.
[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 [Alguien] llamó aquel lugar Kibrot-hatava, porque allí sepultaron a un pueblo codicioso.
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 Luego el pueblo salió de Kibrot-hatava para Haserot, y permaneció en Haserot.
From there, the Israelis continued walking [east] until they arrived at Hazeroth [town], where they stopped and stayed [for a long time].
