1 T hese be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

هَذا هُوَ الكَلامُ الَّذِي كَلَّمَ بِهِ مُوسَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ شَرقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، فِي الصَّحْراءِ، فِي وادِي الأُردُنِّ قُربَ سُوفٍ، بَينَ صَحراءِ فارانَ وَمُدُنِ تُوفَلَ وَلابانَ وَحَضَيرُوتَ وَذِي ذَهَبٍ.

2 ( There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)

وَهِيَ تَبْعُدُ مَسيرَةَ أحَدَ عَشَرَ يَوماً عَبْرَ مِنْطَقَةِ سَعِيرَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، مِنْ جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ إلَى قادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ.

3 A nd it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them;

فَفِي اليَومِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الحادِي عَشَرَ، فِي السَّنَةِ الأربَعِينَ، تَكَلَّمَ مُوسَى إلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بِحَسَبِ ما أمَرَهُ اللهُ بِأنْ يَقُولَ لَهُمْ.

4 a fter he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

حَدَثَ هَذا بَعدَ أنْ هَزَمَ مُوسَى سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ الأمُورِيِّينَ الَّذِي حَكَمَ فِي حَشْبُونَ، وَعُوجَ مَلِكِ باشانَ الَّذِي حَكَمَ فِي عَشْتارُوثَ فِي مَدينَةِ إذْرَعِي.

5 o n this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

وَابْتَدَأ مُوسَى فِي شَرْقِيِّ نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ، فِي أرْضِ مُوآبَ يَشرَحُ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةَ فَقالَ:

6 T he Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

«تَكَلَّمَ إلَهُنا إلَينا فِي جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ وَقالَ: ‹كَفاكُمْ قُعُودٌ عِندَ هَذا الجَبَلِ!

7 t urn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

قُومُوا وَتَابِعُوا رِحلَتَكُمْ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ الأمُورِيِّينَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، وَكُلِّ جِيرانِهِمْ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ وادِي الأُردُنِّ، وَالمِنْطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ وَالسُّهولِ الغَرْبِيَّةِ وَالنَّقَبِ وَساحِلِ البَحْرِ، أي أرْضِ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ وَمِنْطَقَةِ لُبْنانَ إلَى النَّهرِ العَظِيمِ، نَهْرِ الفُراتِ.

8 B ehold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

ها إنِّي قَدْ وَضَعْتُ تِلْكَ الأرْضَ أمامَكُمْ. اذهَبُوا وَامْتَلِكُوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي أقسَمَتُ، أنا اللهَ ، أنْ أعْطِيَها لآبائِكُمْ إبراهِيمَ وَإسْحاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ، وَلِنَسلِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ.› اختِيارُ القادَة

9 A nd I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

«قُلْتُ لَكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ: ‹لا أستَطِيعُ وَحدِي أنْ أهتَمَّ بِأُمُورِكُمْ.

10 t he Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

إلَهُكُمْ كَثَّرَكُمْ، فَها أنتُمُ اليَومَ بِكَثْرَةِ نُجُومِ السَّماءِ.

11 ( The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

فَلْيُضاعِفْ إلَهُ آبائِكُمْ عَدَدَكُمْ ألفَ مَرَّةٍ، وَلِيُبارِكْكُمْ كَما وَعَدَكُمْ.

12 H ow can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

كَيفَ يُمكِنُنِي وَحْدِي أنْ أحمِلَ أثْقالَكُمْ وَأحمالَكُمْ وَقَضاياكُمْ؟

13   Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

اختارُوا مِنْ كُلِّ قَبِيلَةٍ مِنْ قَبائِلِكُمْ رِجالاً حُكَماءَ وَذَوِي فَهْمٍ وَخِبرَةٍ، لأُعَيِّنَهُمْ رُؤَساءَ لَكُمْ.›

14 A nd ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

«فَقُلْتُمْ: ‹هَذا أمرٌ جَيِّدٌ يَنبَغِي عَمَلُهُ.›

15 S o I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

«فاختَرْتُ رُؤَساءَ قَبائِلِكُمْ، رِجالاً حُكَماءَ وَذَوِي خِبْرَةٍ وَعَيَّنْتُهُمْ رُؤَساءَ عَلَيكُمْ، أي قادَةَ أُلُوفٍ وَقادَةَ مِئاتٍ وَقادَةَ خَماسِينَ وَقادَةَ عَشَراتٍ، وَرُؤساءَ بِحَسَبِ كُلِّ قَبائِلِكُمْ.

16 A nd I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

«وَأوصَيتُ قُضاتَكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: استَمِعُوا إلَى الخُصُوماتِ الَّتِي بَينَ إخْوَتِكُمْ، وَاحْكُمُوا بِالحَقِّ وَالعَدلِ بَينَ إنْسانٍ وَآخَرَ، مُواطِناً كانَ أمْ غَريباً مُقيماً بَينَكُمْ.

17 Y e shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

لا تَنحازُوا فِي القَضاءِ، بَلِ اسْتَمِعُوا إلَى الصَّغيرِ وَالعَظِيمِ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَواءِ. لا تَخافُوا أحَداً لِأنَّ القَضاءَ لَلَّهِ. وَالقَضِيَّةُ الَّتِي تَصْعُبُ عَلَيكُمْ، أحْضِرُوها إلَيَّ وَأنا أسْمَعُها.

18 A nd I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

وَهَكَذا أمَرتُكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، بِكُلِّ ما يَنبَغي أنْ تَعْمَلُوهُ. استِكشافُ الأرْض

19 A nd when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

«وَانطَلَقْنا مِنْ جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ، وَسِرْنا عَبْرَ الصَّحراءِ الكُبْرَى الرَّهيبَةِ الَّتِي رَأيتُمُوها فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى بِلادِ الأمُورِيَّينَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، كَما أمَرَنا إلَهُنا. وَوَصَلْنا إلَى قادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ.

20 A nd I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us.

فَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: ‹قَدْ أتَيتُمْ إلَى بِلادِ الأمُورِيَّينَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ الَّتِي أعطاها إلَهُنا لَنا.

21 B ehold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.

ها هِيَ الأرْضُ الَّذِي وَضَعَها إلهُكُمْ أمامَكُمْ، فاذْهَبُوا وَامتَلِكُوها كَما وَعَدَ اللهُ ، إلَهُ آبائِكُمْ. لا تَرْتاعُوا وَلا تَخافُوا مِنْ شَيْءٍ.›

22 A nd ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.

«فَأتَيتُمْ جَمِيعُكُمْ إلَيَّ وَقُلتُمْ: ‹لِنُرسِلْ رِجالاً أمامَنا لِيَستَكشِفُوا لَنا الأرْضَ، ثُمَّ يَعُودُوا بِخَبَرٍ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سَنَسلُكُها، وَالمُدُنِ الَّتِي سَنَذْهَبُ إلَيها.›

23 A nd the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

فَاسْتَحْسَنْتُ ذَلِكَ، وَاخْتَرْتُ مِنكُمُ اثنَي عَشَرَ رَجُلاً، واحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ قَبِيلَةٍ.

24 a nd they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

فَدارُوا وَصَعِدُوا إلَى المِنْطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، وَأتَوا إلَى وادِي أشْكُولَ وَاسْتَكْشَفُوهُ.

25 A nd they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us.

وَأخَذُوا بِأيدِيهِمْ بَعضَ ثَمَرِ الأرْضِ وَأحضَرُوهُ لَنا، وَعادُوا بِتَقرِيرٍ عَنِ الأرْضِ وَقالُوا: ‹الأرْضُ الَّتِي أعطاها لَنا إلَهُنا جَيِّدَةٌ.›

26 N otwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God:

«لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُرِيدُوا الذَّهابَ إلَى الأرْضِ، بَلْ تَمَرَّدْتُمْ عَلَى أمْرِ إلَهِكُمْ.

27 a nd ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

تَذَمَّرْتُمْ فِي خِيامِكُمْ وَقُلْتُمْ: ‹لِأنَّ اللهَ يَكرَهُنا، أخرَجَنا مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيُتِيحَ لِلأمُورِيِّينَ فُرْصَةً لِقَتلِنا.

28 W hither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

أيُّ مَصِيرٍ يَنْتَظِرُنا هُناكَ؟ لَقَدْ أثارَ إخْوَتُنا الخَوفَ فِي قُلُوبِنا إذْ قالُوا: الشَّعبُ أعظَمُ وَأطوَلُ مِنّا، وَالمُدُنُ حَصِينَةٌ وَأسوارُها مُرتَفِعَةٌ كارتِفاعِ السَّماءِ، كَما أنَّنا رَأينا العَناقِيِّينَ هُناكَ.›

29 T hen I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

فَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: ‹لا تَرتَعِبُوا وَلا تَخافُوا مِنهُمْ.

30 T he Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

إلَهُكُمْ سَيَسِيرُ أمامَكُمْ، وَهْوَ نَفْسُهُ سَيُحارِبُ عَنكُمْ كَما فَعَلَ أمامَ عُيُونِكُمْ فِي مِصْرَ.

31 a nd in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.

رَأيتُمْ كَيفَ حَمَلَكُمْ إلَهُكُمْ فِي الصَّحْراءِ كَما يَحمِلُ الرَّجُلُ ابْنَهُ كُلَّ الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي سِرْتُمْ فِيهِ، حَتَّى وَصَلْتُمْ إلَى هَذا المَكانِ.›

32 Y et in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God,

«لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَثِقُوا بِإلَهِكُمْ ،

33 w ho went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.

الَّذِي يَسِيرُ أمامَكُمْ فِي رِحلَتِكُمْ، لِيَجِدَ لَكُمْ مَكاناً تُخَيِّمُونَ فِيهِ. فَكانَ يَسِيرُ فِي النّارِ لَيلاً، وَفِي السَّحابِ نَهاراً لِيُرِيَكُمُ الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي تَسلُكُونَ. عَدَمُ السَّماحِ لِلشَّعبِ بِدُخُولِ الأرْض

34 A nd the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

«وَسَمِعَ اللهُ تَذَمُّرَكُمْ فَغَضِبَ جِدّاً وَأقسَمَ:

35 S urely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

‹لَنْ يَرَى أحَدٌ مِنْ هَذا الجِيلِ الشِّرِّيرِ الأرْضَ الجَدِيدَةَ الَّتِي أقسَمْتُ بِأنْ أعْطِيَها لآبائِكُمْ.

36 s ave Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.

كالِبُ بنُ يَفُنَّةَ، هُوَ الوَحِيدُ الَّذِي سَيَراها. وَلَهُ وَلِنَسلِهِ فَقَط سَأُعْطِي الأرْضَ الَّتِي سارَ عَلَيها، لِأنَّهُ ظَلَّ أمِيناً مَعَ اللهِ.›

37 A lso the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

«حَتَّى أنا غَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَيَّ بِسَبَبِكُمْ، وَقالَ لِي: ‹حَتَّى أنْتَ لَنْ تَدخُلَ الأرْضَ.

38 B ut Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

يَشُوعُ بنُ نُونَ الَّذِي يَقِفُ أمامَكَ سَيَدخُلُ الأرْضَ. فَشَجِّعْهُ لِأنَّهُ سَيَجْعَلُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يَمْتَلِكُونَ الأرْضَ.

39 M oreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

وَأطفالُكُمُ الَّذِينَ قُلْتُمْ عَنهُمْ: ‹سَيَكُونُونَ غَنِيمَةً لِلأعْداءِ،› أطفالُكُمُ الَّذِينَ لا يُمَيِّزُونَ الخَيرَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ بَعْدُ، هُمْ سَيَدخُلُونَ الأرْضَ. سَأُعطِي الأرْضَ لَهُمْ وَسَيَمْتَلِكُونَها.

40 B ut as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

أمّا أنتُمْ فَدُورُوا وَانْطَلِقُوا إلَى الصَّحراءِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى البَحْرِ الأحْمَرِ.›

41 T hen ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the Lord, we will go up and fight, according to all that the Lord our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.

«فأجَبْتُمْ وَقُلْتُمْ: ‹أخطَأنا إلَى اللهِ ، وَنَحنُ مُستَعِدُّونَ الآنَ لِكَي نَذْهَبَ وَنُحارِبَ كَما أمَرَنا إلَهُنا.› فَجَهَّزتُمْ أنفُسَكُمْ لِلمَعرَكَةِ، وَظَنَنْتُمْ أنَّهُ مِنَ السَّهلِ أنْ تَصعَدُوا إلَى المِنطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ.

42 A nd the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

«فَقالَ لِي اللهُ: ‹قُلْ لَهُمْ لا تَصعَدُوا وَلا تُحارِبُوا لِأنِّي لَسْتُ مَعَكُمْ. إنْ سَمِعْتُمْ لِي فَلَنْ تُقتَلُوا أمامَ أعدائِكُمْ.›

43 S o I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and went presumptuously up into the hill.

«فَأخبَرتُكُمْ بَهَذا، لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَسمَعُوا، بَلْ عَصَيتُمْ كَلامَ اللهِ وَكُنتُمْ عَنِيدِينَ مُتَكَبِّرِينَ، وَصَعِدْتُمْ إلَى المِنطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ لأخْذِها.

44 A nd the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

فَأتَى الأمُورِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَسكُنُونَ المِنطَقَةَ الجَبَلِيَّةَ وَحارَبُوكُمْ وَطارَدُوكُمْ كَما يُطارَدُ النَّحلُ. سَحَقُوكُمْ فِي سَعِيرَ وَطارَدُوكُمْ حَتَّى حُرْمَةَ.

45 A nd ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

فَرَجِعْتُمْ وَبَكَيتُمْ أمامَ اللهِ ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُعِرِ انتِباهاً لِصَوتِكُمْ وَلَمْ يُصغِ لَكُمْ.

46 S o ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.

وَأقَمْتُمْ فِي قادَشَ مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً.