Hesabu 12
1 Miriamu na Aroni walianza kuzungumza dhidi ya Mose kwa sababu ya mke wake Mkushi, kwa kuwa alikuwa ameoa Mkushi.
Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
2 Waliuliza, “Je, Bwana amesema kupitia Mose peke yake? Je, hajasema kutupitia sisi pia?” Naye Bwana akasikia hili.
They said, “Has the LORD indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn’t he spoken also with us?” And the LORD heard it.
3 (Basi Mose alikuwa mtu mnyenyekevu sana, mnyenyekevu kuliko mtu mwingine yeyote katika uso wa dunia.)
Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
4 Ghafula Bwana akawaambia Mose, Aroni na Miriamu, “Njooni katika Hema la Kukutania, ninyi nyote watatu.” Kwa hiyo wote watatu wakaenda.
The LORD spoke suddenly to Moses, to Aaron, and to Miriam, “You three come out to the Tent of Meeting!” The three of them came 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 cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward.
6 Bwana akasema, “Sikilizeni maneno yangu: “Akiwapo nabii wa Bwana miongoni mwenu, nitajifunua kwake kwa maono, nitanena naye katika ndoto.
He said, “Now hear my words. If there is a prophet amongst you, I, the LORD, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.
7 Lakini sivyo kwa mtumishi wangu Mose; yeye ni mwaminifu katika nyumba yangu yote.
My servant Moses is not so. He is 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?”
With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see the LORD’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?”
9 Hasira ya Bwana ikawaka dhidi yao, akawaacha.
The LORD’s anger burnt against them; and he departed.
10 Wakati hilo wingu liliinuka kutoka juu ya Hema, Miriamu akawa tayari ana ukoma, mweupe kama theluji. Aroni akamgeukia, akaona ana ukoma.
The cloud departed from over the Tent; and behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
11 Kisha Aroni akamwambia Mose, “Tafadhali, bwana wangu, usituhesabie dhambi hii ambayo tumeifanya kwa upumbavu.
Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, please don’t count this sin against us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned.
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, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
13 Hivyo Mose akamlilia Bwana akisema, “Ee Mungu, nakuomba umponye!”
Moses cried to the LORD, saying, “Heal her, God, I beg you!”
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.”
The LORD said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn’t she be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.”
15 Kwa hiyo Miriamu akafungiwa nje ya kambi kwa siku saba, nao watu hawakuendelea na safari mpaka aliporudishwa kambini.
Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days, and the people didn’t travel until Miriam was brought in again.
16 Baada ya hayo, watu waliondoka Haserothi, wakapiga kambi katika Jangwa la Parani.
Afterward the people travelled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
