Hesabu 12
1 Miriamu na Aroni walianza kuzungumza dhidi ya Mose kwa sababu ya mke wake Mkushi, kwa kuwa alikuwa ameoa Mkushi.
And Mary and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife the Ethiopian,
2 Waliuliza, “Je, Bwana amesema kupitia Mose peke yake? Je, hajasema kutupitia sisi pia?” Naye Bwana akasikia hili.
And they said: Hath the Lord spoken by Moses only? hath he not also spoken to us in like manner? And when the Lord heard this,
3 (Basi Mose alikuwa mtu mnyenyekevu sana, mnyenyekevu kuliko mtu mwingine yeyote katika uso wa dunia.)
(For Moses was a man exceeding meek above all men that dwelt upon earth)
4 Ghafula Bwana akawaambia Mose, Aroni na Miriamu, “Njooni katika Hema la Kukutania, ninyi nyote watatu.” Kwa hiyo wote watatu wakaenda.
Immediately he spoke to him, and to Aaron and Mary: Come out you three only to the tabernacle of the covenant. And when they were come out,
5 Kisha Bwana akashuka katika nguzo ya wingu, akasimama kwenye ingilio la Hema, akawaita Aroni na Miriamu. Wakati wote wawili waliposogea mbele,
The Lord came down in a pillar of the cloud, and stood in the entry of the tabernacle calling to Aaron and Mary. And when they were come,
6 Bwana akasema, “Sikilizeni maneno yangu: “Akiwapo nabii wa Bwana miongoni mwenu, nitajifunua kwake kwa maono, nitanena naye katika ndoto.
He said to them: Hear my words: if there be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream.
7 Lakini sivyo kwa mtumishi wangu Mose; yeye ni mwaminifu katika nyumba yangu yote.
But it is not so with my servant Moses a who is most faithful in all my house:
8 Kwake nitanena naye uso kwa uso, waziwazi wala si kwa mafumbo; yeye ataona umbo la Bwana. Kwa nini basi ninyi hamkuogopa kuzungumza kinyume cha mtumishi wangu Mose?”
For I speak to him mouth to mouth: and plainly, and not by riddles and figures doth he see the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak ill of my servant Moses?
9 Hasira ya Bwana ikawaka dhidi yao, akawaacha.
And being angry with them he went away:
10 Wakati hilo wingu liliinuka kutoka juu ya Hema, Miriamu akawa tayari ana ukoma, mweupe kama theluji. Aroni akamgeukia, akaona ana ukoma.
The cloud also that was over the tabernacle departed: and behold Mary appeared white as snow with a leprosy. And when Aaron had looked on her, and saw her all covered with leprosy,
11 Kisha Aroni akamwambia Mose, “Tafadhali, bwana wangu, usituhesabie dhambi hii ambayo tumeifanya kwa upumbavu.
He said to Moses: I beseech thee, my lord, lay not upon us this sin, which we have foolishly committed:
12 Usimwache awe kama mtoto mchanga aliyezaliwa akiwa mfu, ambaye nusu ya mwili wake imeharibika hapo atokapo katika tumbo la mama yake.”
Let her not be as one dead, and as an abortive that is cast forth from the mother’s womb. Lo, now one half of her flesh is consumed with the leprosy.
13 Hivyo Mose akamlilia Bwana akisema, “Ee Mungu, nakuomba umponye!”
And Moses cried to the Lord, saying: O God, I beseech thee heal her.
14 Bwana akamjibu Mose, “Je, kama baba yake angemtemea usoni, asingeona aibu kwa siku saba? Mfungie nje ya kambi kwa siku saba; baada ya hapo anaweza kurudishwa kambini.”
And the Lord answered him: If her father had spitten upon her face, ought she not to have been ashamed for seven days at least? Let her be separated seven days without the camp, and after wards she shall be called again.
15 Kwa hiyo Miriamu akafungiwa nje ya kambi kwa siku saba, nao watu hawakuendelea na safari mpaka aliporudishwa kambini.
Mary therefore was put out of the camp seven days: and the people moved not from that place until Mary was called again.
16 Baada ya hayo, watu waliondoka Haserothi, wakapiga kambi katika Jangwa la Parani.
And the people marched from Haseroth, and pitched their tents in the desert of Pharan.
