Çölde Sayim 25
1 İsrailliler Şittim'de yaşarken, erkekleri Moavlı kadınlarla zina etmeye başladı.
While the Israelis were camped at a place called Acacia [Grove], some of the men caused themselves to become unacceptable to God by having sex with some of the women of the Moab [people-group who lived in that area].
2 Bu kadınlar kendi ilahlarına kurban sunarken İsrailliler'i de çağırdılar. İsrail halkı yiyeceklerden yedi ve onların ilahlarına taptı.
Then those women invited the men to come when the sacrifices were being offered to their gods. The Israeli men [accepted]. They went to the feasts with the women and worshiped the gods of the Moab people-group.
3 Böylece Baal-Peor'a bağlandılar. RAB bu yüzden onlara öfkelendi.
By doing that, those Israeli people joined the women in worshiping the god Baal [add] the Moab people-group thought lived on Peor Mountain. That caused Yahweh to become very angry with his people.
4 Musa'ya, “Bu halkın bütün önderlerini gündüz benim önümde öldür” dedi, “Öyle ki, İsrail halkına öfkem yatışsın.”
Yahweh said this to Moses/me: “Seize all the leaders of those men who are doing this and execute them while I am watching. Do that in the daytime. After you do that, I will no longer be angry with the Israeli people.”
5 Bunun üzerine Musa İsrail yargıçlarına, “Her biriniz kendi adamlarınız arasında Baal-Peor'a bağlanmış olanları öldürün” dedi.
So Moses/I said to the other Israeli leaders, “Each of you must execute your men who have joined [others] in worshiping Baal.”
6 O sırada İsrailli bir adam geldi, Musa'nın ve Buluşma Çadırı'nın girişinde ağlayan İsrail topluluğunun gözü önünde kardeşine Midyanlı bir kadın getirdi.
[But later], while Moses/I and many [HYP] other people were crying at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, while they/we were watching, one of the Israeli men brought a woman from the Midian people-group into his tent [and started to have sex with her].
7 Bunu gören Kâhin Harun oğlu Elazar oğlu Pinehas topluluktan ayrılıp eline bir mızrak aldı.
When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear
8 İsrailli'nin ardına düşerek çadıra girdi ve mızrağı ikisine birden sapladı. Mızrak hem İsrailli'nin, hem de Midyanlı kadının karnını delip geçti. Böylece İsrail'i yok eden hastalık dindi.
and rushed into the man’s tent. He thrust the spear completely through the man’s body and into the woman’s belly [and killed both of them]. When he did that, the (plague/serious illness) [that had started to strike the Israelis] stopped.
9 Hastalıktan ölenlerin sayısı 24 000 kişiydi.
But 24,000 people had already died [from that plague].
10 RAB Musa'ya şöyle dedi:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
11 “Kâhin Harun oğlu Elazar oğlu Pinehas İsrail halkına öfkemin dinmesine neden oldu. Çünkü o, aralarında benim adıma büyük kıskançlık duydu. Bu yüzden onları kıskançlıktan büsbütün yok etmedim.
“Phinehas has caused me to stop being angry with the Israeli people, by being as eager as I am [to stop this sinful behavior]. I was ready to get rid of all the Israeli people because I was extremely angry, but Phinehas has prevented me from doing that.
12 Ona de ki, ‘Onunla bir esenlik antlaşması yapacağım.
Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him.
13 Kendisi ve soyundan gelenler için kalıcı bir kâhinlik antlaşması olacak bu. Çünkü o Tanrısı için kıskançlık duydu ve İsrail halkının günahlarını bağışlattı.’”
In this agreement, I am promising to give to him and to his descendants the right/authority to be priests. I am doing this because [he showed that] he was very eager to honor me, his God, by stopping this sinful behavior. He has caused the Israeli people to become acceptable to me again by causing them to be forgiven for their sin.”
14 Midyanlı kadınla birlikte öldürülen İsrailli, Şimonoğulları'nın bir aile başıydı ve adı Salu oğlu Zimri'ydi.
The Israeli man who was killed with the woman of the Moab people-group was named Zimri. He was the son of Salu, who was the leader of a family from the tribe of Simeon.
15 Öldürülen kadın ise Midyanlı bir aile başı olan Sur'un kızı Kozbi'ydi.
The woman’s name was Cozbi. She was the daughter of Zur, who was the leader of one of the clans of the Midian people-group.
16 RAB Musa'ya, “Midyanlılar'ı düşman say ve yok et” dedi,
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
“[Take your men and] attack the Midian people-group and kill them.
18 “Çünkü Peor olayında ve bunun sonucunda ölümcül hastalık çıktığı gün öldürülen kızkardeşleri Midyanlı önderin kızı Kozbi olayında kurdukları tuzaklarla sizi aldatarak düşmanca davrandılar.”
They have become your enemies, because they tricked you Israeli people and induced/persuaded many of you to worship Baal, and because [one of your men had sex with] Cozbi, who was the daughter of a leader of the Midian people-group. She was killed at the time the plague [started because the people sinned] at Peor [Mountain].”
