Numbers 25
1 Nígbà tí àwọn Israẹli dúró ní Ṣittimu, àwọn ènìyàn sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í ṣe àgbèrè pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọbìnrin Moabu,
Now Israel, at that time, dwelt in Shittim, and the people were fornicating with the daughters of Moab,
2 tí ó pè wọ́n sí ibi ẹbọ òrìṣà wọn. Àwọn ènìyàn náà jẹun wọ́n sì foríbalẹ̀ níwájú òrìṣà wọn.
who called them to their sacrifices. And they ate, and they adored their gods.
3 Báyìí ni Israẹli ṣe darapọ̀ mọ́ wọn tí wọ́n sì jọ ń sin Baali-Peori. Ìbínú Olúwa sì ru sí wọn.
And Israel was initiated into Baal of Peor. And so the Lord, being angry,
4 Olúwa sọ fún Mose pé, “Mú gbogbo àwọn olórí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí, pa wọ́n kí o sì fi wọ́n kọ́ sórí igi ní gbangba nínú oòrùn níwájú Olúwa, kí ìbínú Olúwa lè kúrò ní ọ̀dọ̀ Israẹli.”
said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people, and hang them on gallows against the sun, so that my fury may be averted from Israel.”
5 Mose sọ fún àwọn onídàájọ́ Israẹli, “Ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan yín gbọdọ̀ pa arákùnrin rẹ̀ èyí tí ó darapọ̀ ní fífi orí balẹ̀ fún Baali-Peori.”
And Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Let each one kill his neighbors, who have been initiated into Baal of Peor.”
6 Nítòótọ́ ọ̀kan lára àwọn ọmọkùnrin Israẹli sì mú obìnrin Midiani wá síwájú ojú Mose àti gbogbo ìjọ ti Israẹli wọ́n sì ń sọkún ní àbáwọlé àgọ́ ìpàdé.
And behold, one of the sons of Israel entered, in the sight of his brothers, to a prostitute of Midian, within view of Moses and of all the crowd of the sons of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle.
7 Nígbà tí Finehasi, ọmọ Eleasari, ọmọ Aaroni, àlùfáà, rí èyí, ó fi ìjọ sílẹ̀, pẹ̀lú ọ̀kọ̀ ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀.
And when Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, had seen it, he rose up from the midst of the multitude, and, seizing a dagger,
8 Ó sì tẹ̀lé arákùnrin Israẹli yìí lọ sínú àgọ́. Ó sì fi ọ̀kọ̀ gún àwọn méjèèjì ní àgúnyọ láti ara ọkùnrin Israẹli àti sí ara obìnrin náà. Nígbà náà ni àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn lórí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli sì dúró;
he entered after the Israelite man, into the brothel, and he pierced both of them at the same time, specifically, the man and the woman at the location of their genitals. And the scourge ceased from among the sons of Israel.
9 ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo àwọn tí ó kú nínú àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn náà jẹ́ ẹgbàá méjìlá.
And there were slain twenty-four thousand men.
10 Olúwa sì tún sọ fún Mose pé,
And the Lord said to Moses:
11 “Finehasi ọmọ Eleasari ọmọ Aaroni, àlùfáà, ti yí ìbínú mi padà kúrò lọ́dọ̀ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli, nítorí tí ó ní ìtara bí èmi náà ti ní ìtara fún iyì mi láàrín wọn, kí ó lè jẹ́ pé èmi ló pa wọ́n run nínú ìtara mi sí wọn.
“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has averted my wrath from the sons of Israel. For he was moved against them by my zeal, so that I myself, in my zeal, might not wipe away the sons of Israel.
12 Nítorí náà sọ fún un pé èmi ṣe májẹ̀mú àlàáfíà mi pẹ̀lú rẹ̀.
Because of this, say to him: Behold, I give to him the peace of my covenant.
13 Òun àti irú-ọmọ rẹ̀ yóò ní májẹ̀mú láéláé fún iṣẹ́ àlùfáà, nítorí pé ó ní ìtara fún Ọlọ́run rẹ̀ láti fi yẹ́ Ọlọ́run sí, ó sì ṣe ètùtù fún àwọn ọmọ Israẹli.”
And the covenant of the everlasting priesthood shall be as much for him as for his offspring. For he was zealous on behalf of his God, and he has made expiation for the wickedness of the sons of Israel.”
14 Orúkọ ọmọ Israẹli tí a pa pẹ̀lú obìnrin Midiani náà ni Simri, ọmọ Salu, olórí ilé kan nínú àwọn ọmọ Simeoni.
Now the name of the Israelite man, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader from the kinship and tribe of Simeon.
15 Orúkọ ọmọbìnrin Midiani náà tí a pa ní Kosbi ọmọbìnrin Suri, tí ṣe olóyè àwọn ẹ̀yà kan nínú ìdílé kan ní Midiani.
Moreover, the Midianite woman, who was put to death together with him, was called Cozbi the daughter of Zur, a most noble leader among the Midianites.
16 Olúwa sì tún sọ fún Mose pé,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
17 “Ka àwọn ará Midiani sí ọ̀tá, kí o sì pa wọ́n,
“Let the Midianites perceive you as enemies, and strike them down,
18 nítorí pé wọ́n ṣe sí yín gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀tá nígbà tí wọ́n tàn yín nípa ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ Peori, àti arábìnrin wọn Kosbi ọmọbìnrin ìjòyè Midiani kan, obìnrin tí a pa nígbà tí àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn ṣẹlẹ̀ nítorí Peori.”
for they, too, have behaved with hostility against you, and they have deceived you insidiously by means of the idol Peor, and by Cozbi, the daughter of a commander of Midian, their sister, who was struck down in the day of the scourge because of the sacrilege of Peor.”
