1 D epois o povo tornou-se queixoso, falando o que era mau aos ouvidos do Senhor; e quando o Senhor o ouviu, acendeu-se a sua ira; o fogo do Senhor irrompeu entre eles, e devorou as extremidades do arraial.

Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the hearing of the Lord; and when the Lord heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.

2 E ntão o povo clamou a Moisés, e Moisés orou ao Senhor, e o fogo se apagou.

The people therefore cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord and the fire died out.

3 P elo que se chamou aquele lugar Tabera, porquanto o fogo do Senhor se acendera entre eles.

So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them.

4 O ra, o vulgo que estava no meio deles veio a ter grande desejo; pelo que os filhos de Israel também tornaram a chorar, e disseram: Quem nos dará carne a comer?

The rabble who were among them had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, “ Who will give us meat to eat?

5 L embramo-nos dos peixes que no Egito comíamos de graça, e dos pepinos, dos melões, dos porros, das cebolas e dos alhos.

We remember the fish which we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic,

6 M as agora a nossa alma se seca; coisa nenhuma há senão este maná diante dos nossos olhos.

but now our appetite is gone. There is nothing at all to look at except this manna.”

7 E era o maná como a semente do coentro, e a sua aparência como a aparência de bdélio.

Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium.

8 O povo espalhava-se e o colhia, e, triturando-o em moinhos ou pisando-o num gral, em panelas o cozia, e dele fazia bolos; e o seu sabor era como o sabor de azeite fresco.

The people would go about and gather it and grind it between two millstones or beat it in the mortar, and boil it in the pot and make cakes with it; and its taste was as the taste of cakes baked with oil.

9 E , quando o orvalho descia de noite sobre o arraial, sobre ele descia também o maná.

When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it. The Complaint of Moses

10 E ntão Moisés ouviu chorar o povo, todas as suas famílias, cada qual ã porta da sua tenda; e a ira do Senhor grandemente se acendeu; e aquilo pareceu mal aos olhos de Moisés.

Now Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, each man at the doorway of his tent; and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly, and Moses was displeased.

11 D isse, pois, Moisés ao Senhor: Por que fizeste mal a teu servo, e por que não achei graça aos teus olhos, pois que puseste sobre mim o peso de todo este povo.

So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all this people on me?

12 C oncebi eu porventura todo este povo? dei-o eu ã luz, para que me dissesses: Leva-o ao teu colo, como a ama leva a criança de peito, para a terra que com juramento prometeste a seus pais?

Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which You swore to their fathers’?

13 D onde teria eu carne para dar a todo este povo? porquanto choram diante de mim, dizendo: Dá-nos carne a comer.

Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat that we may eat!’

14 E u só não posso: levar a todo este povo, porque me é pesado demais.

I alone am not able to carry all this people, because it is too burdensome for me.

15 S e tu me hás de tratar assim, mata-me, peço-te, se tenho achado graça aos teus olhos; e não me deixes ver a minha miséria.

So if You are going to deal thus with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness.” Seventy Elders to Assist

16 D isse então o Senhor a Moisés: Ajunta-me setenta homens dos anciãos de Israel, que sabes serem os anciãos do povo e seus oficiais; e os trarás perante a tenda da revelação, para que estejam ali contigo.

The Lord therefore said to Moses, “Gather for Me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and their officers and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.

17 E ntão descerei e ali falarei contigo, e tirarei do espírito que está sobre ti, e o porei sobre eles; e contigo levarão eles o peso do povo para que tu não o leves só.

Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit who is upon you, and will put Him upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you will not bear it all alone.

18 E dirás ao povo: Santificai-vos para amanhã, e comereis carne; porquanto chorastes aos ouvidos do Senhor, dizendo: Quem nos dará carne a comer? pois bem nos ia no Egito. Pelo que o Senhor vos dará carne, e comereis.

Say to the people, ‘ Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, “Oh that someone would give us meat to eat! For we were well-off in Egypt.” Therefore the Lord will give you meat and you shall eat.

19 N ão comereis um dia, nem dois dias, nem cinco dias, nem dez dias, nem vinte dias;

You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

20 m as um mês inteiro, até vos sair pelas narinas, até que se vos torne coisa nojenta; porquanto rejeitastes ao Senhor, que está no meio de vós, e chorastes diante dele, dizendo: Por que saímos do Egito?

but a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you; because you have rejected the Lord who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”’”

21 R espondeu Moisés: Seiscentos mil homens de pé é este povo no meio do qual estou; todavia tu tens dito: Dar-lhes-ei carne, e comerão um mês inteiro.

But Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are 600, 000 on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a whole month.’

22 M atar-se-ão para eles rebanhos e gados, que lhes bastem? ou ajuntar-se-ão, para eles todos os peixes do mar, que lhes bastem?

Should flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Or should all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?”

23 P elo que replicou o Senhor a Moisés: Porventura tem-se encurtado a mão do Senhor? agora mesmo verás se a minha palavra se há de cumprir ou não.

The Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord’s power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not.”

24 S aiu, pois, Moisés, e relatou ao povo as palavras do Senhor; e ajuntou setenta homens dentre os anciãos do povo e os colocou ao redor da tenda.

So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord. Also, he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and stationed them around the tent.

25 E ntão o Senhor desceu: na nuvem, e lhe falou; e, tirando do espírito que estava sobre ele, pô-lo sobre aqueles setenta anciãos; e aconteceu que, quando o espírito repousou sobre eles profetizaram, mas depois nunca mais o fizeram.

Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took of the Spirit who was upon him and placed Him upon the seventy elders. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do it again.

26 M as no arraial ficaram dois homens; chamava-se um Eldade, e o outro Medade; e repousou sobre eles: o espírito, porquanto estavam entre os inscritos, ainda que não saíram para irem ã tenda; e profetizavam no arraial.

But two men had remained in the camp; the name of one was Eldad and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them (now they were among those who had been registered, but had not gone out to the tent), and they prophesied in the camp.

27 C orreu, pois, um moço, etenho dado os levitas a Arão e a Eldade e Medade profetizaram no arraial.

So a young man ran and told Moses and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”

28 E ntão Josué, filho de Num, servidor de Moisés, um dos seus mancebos escolhidos, respondeu e disse: Meu Senhor Moisés, proíbe-lho.

Then Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, said, “ Moses, my lord, restrain them.”

29 M oisés, porém, lhe disse: Tens tu ciúmes por mim? Oxalá que do povo do Senhor todos fossem profetas, que o Senhor pusesse o seu espírito sobre eles!

But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets, that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!”

30 D epois Moisés se recolheu ao arraial, ele e os anciãos de Israel.

Then Moses returned to the camp, both he and the elders of Israel. The Quail and the Plague

31 S oprou, então, um vento da parte do Senhor e, do lado do mar, trouxe codornizes que deixou cair junto ao arraial quase caminho de um dia de um e de outro lado, ã roda do arraial, a cerca de dois côvados da terra.

Now there went forth a wind from the Lord and it brought quail from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp and about two cubits deep on the surface of the ground.

32 E ntão o povo, levantando-se, colheu as codornizes por todo aquele dia e toda aquela noite, e por todo o dia seguinte; o que colheu menos, colheu dez hômeres. E as estenderam para si ao redor do arraial.

The people spent all day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail (he who gathered least gathered ten homers) and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.

33 Q uando a carne ainda estava entre os seus dentes, antes que fosse mastigada, acendeu-se a ira do Senhor contra o povo, e feriu o Senhor ao povo com uma praga, mui grande.

While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very severe plague.

34 P elo que se chamou aquele lugar Quibrote-Hataavá, porquanto ali enterraram o povo que tivera o desejo.

So the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had been greedy.

35 D e Quibrote-Hataavá partiu o povo para Hazerote; e demorou-se em Hazerote.

From Kibroth-hattaavah the people set out for Hazeroth, and they remained at Hazeroth.