1 T he Lord said to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt,

وَتَكَلَّمَ اللهُ إلَى مُوسَى فِي بَرِّيَّةِ سِيناءَ فِي الشَّهرِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ بَعدَ أنْ تَرَكُوا أرْضَ مِصرَ، فَقالَ:

2 L et the Israelites keep the Passover at its appointed time.

«لِيَحْتَفِلْ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ بِعِيدِ الفِصحِ فِي مَوْعِدِهِ المُعَيَّنِ.

3 O n the fourteenth day of this month in the evening, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and ordinances you shall keep it.

تَحتَفِلُون بِهِ فِي مَوعِدِهِ فِي اليَومِ الرّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهرِ بَعْدَ الغُرُوبِ وَقَبلَ حُلُولِ الظَلامِ. وَتُحَافِظُونَ عَلَى شَرائِعِهِ وَقَواعِدِهِ.»

4 S o Moses told the Israelites they should keep the Passover.

فَطَلَبَ مُوسَى مِنَ الشَّعبِ أنْ يَحتَفِلُوا بِالفِصحِ.

5 A nd they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month in the evening in the Wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the Israelites did.

فَاحْتَفَلُوا بِالفِصحِ فِي الرّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الأوَّلِ، بَعْدَ الغُرُوبِ وَقَبلَ حُلُولِ الظَلامِ، فِي بَرِّيَّةِ سِيناءَ. فَعَلَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ هَذا بِحَسَبِ ما أمَرَ اللهُ مُوسَى بِهِ.

6 A nd there were certain men who were defiled by touching the dead body of a man, so they could not keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.

وَكانَ هُناكَ رِجالٌ غَيرُ طاهِرِينَ بِسَبَبِ لَمسِهِمْ لِجَسَدِ مَيِّتٍ، فَلَمْ يَكُونُوا قادِرِينَ عَلَى الاحتِفالِ بِالفِصحِ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ. فَجاءوا إلَى مُوسَى وَهارُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ،

7 T hose men said to, We are defiled by touching the dead body. Why are we prevented from offering the Lord’s offering at its appointed time among the Israelites?

وَقالُوا: «لَسْنا طاهِرِينَ بِسَبَبِ لَمْسِنا لِجَسَدٍ مَيِّتٍ، وَلا نَسْتَطيعُ أنْ نُقَدِّمَ للهِ التَّقدِمَةَ فِي مَوعِدِها مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ؟ فَماذا نَفْعَلُ؟»

8 A nd Moses said to them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.

فَقالَ مُوسَى لَهُمْ: «انتَظِرُونِي. سَأسمَعُ ما سَيَأمُرُ اللهُ بِهِ بِشَأنِكُمْ.»

9 A nd the Lord said to Moses,

فَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

10 S ay to the Israelites, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of touching a dead body or is far off on a journey, still he shall keep the Passover to the Lord.

«قُلْ لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ: إنْ تَنَجَّسَ أحَدٌ مِنكُمْ أوْ مِنْ أولادِكُمْ بِسَبَبِ لَمسِ جَسَدٍ مَيِّتٍ، أوْ كانَ فِي رِحلَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ، فَعَلَيهِ أنْ يَحْتَفِلَ بِالفِصحِ للهِ.

11 O n the fourteenth day of the second month in the evening they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

يَنبَغِي أنْ يَحتَفِلُوا بِالفِصحِ فِي اليَومِ الرّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الثّانِي، بَعْدَ الغُرُوبِ وَقَبلَ حُلُولِ الظَلامِ. وَليَأكُلُوا حَمَلَ الفِصحِ مَعَ خُبزٍ غَيرِ مُخْتَمِرٍ وَأعشابٍ مُرَّةٍ.

12 T hey shall leave none of it until the morning nor break any bone of it; according to all the statutes for the Passover they shall keep it.

وَلا يَترُكُوا شَيئاً مِنهُ حَتَّى الصَّباحِ، وَلا يَكسِرُوا عَظْماً واحِداً مِنْ عِظامِهِ. يَنبَغِي أنْ يَحتَفِلُوا بِهِ بِحَسَبِ جَمِيعِ شَرائِعِ الفِصحِ.

13 B ut the man who is clean and is not on a journey, yet does not keep the Passover, that person shall be cut off from among his people because he did not bring the Lord’s offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.

وَأمّا الشَّخصُ الطّاهِرُ وَالَّذِي لَيسَ عَلَى سَفَرٍ، لَكِنَّهُ يَتَجاهَلُ الفِصحَ، فَيُقطَعُ مِنَ الشَّعبِ، لأنَّهُ لَمْ يُقَدِّمْ تَقدِمَةَ اللهِ فِي مَوعِدِها المُعَيَّنِ. وَهَكَذا يُعاقَبُ عَلَى خَطِيَّتِهِ.

14 A nd if a stranger sojourns among you and will keep the Passover to the Lord, according to statutes and its ordinances, so shall he do; you shall have one statute both for the temporary resident and for him who was born in the land.

«وَإنْ كانَ بَينَكُمْ غَرِيبٌ مُقِيْمٌ، وَيُرِيدُ أنْ يَحْتَفِلَ بِفِصحِ اللهِ ، فَلْيَحْفَظْهُ بِحَسَبِ شَرائِعِ الفِصحِ وَقَواعِدِهِ. الشِّريعَةُ نَفْسُها لِلغَرِيبِ وَالمُواطِنِ.» السَّحابَةُ وَالنّار

15 A nd on the day that the tabernacle was erected, the cloud covered the tabernacle, that is, the Tent of the Testimony; and at evening it was over the tabernacle, having the appearance of fire until the morning.

وَفِي اليَومِ الَّذِي أُقيمَ بِهِ المَسْكَنُ المُقَدَّسُ، غَطَّتِ السَّحابَةُ المَسكَنَ وَخَيمَةَ العَهْدِ. وَفِي المَساءِ مَكَثَتِ السَّحابَةُ فَوقَ المَسْكَنِ، وَكانَتْ تَبدُو كَالنّارِ حَتَّى الصَّباحِ.

16 S o it was constantly; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

كانَ الأمرُ كَذَلِكَ دائِماً، فَكانَتِ السَّحابَةُ تُغَطِّي الخَيمَةَ المُقَدَّسَةَ فِي النَّهارِ، وَفِي اللَّيلِ كانَتِ السَّحابَةُ تَبدُو كَالنّارِ.

17 W henever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, after that the Israelites journeyed; and in the place where the cloud rested, there the Israelites encamped.

وَحِينَ كانَتِ السَّحابَةُ تَرتَفِعُ مِنْ فَوقِ الخَيمَةِ، كانَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ يِرْتَحِلُونَ. وَحَيثُما كانَتِ الخَيمَةُ تَستَقِرُّ، كانَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ يُخَيِّمونَ.

18 A t the Lord’s command the Israelites journeyed, and at command they encamped. As long as the cloud rested upon the tabernacle they remained encamped.

فَكانَ بنُو إسْرائيلَ يِرْتَحِلُونَ بِعَلامَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ ، وَيُخَيِّمُونَ بِعَلامَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ. كانُوا يَمْكُثُونَ فِي المُخَيَّمِ مَا مَكَثَتِ السَّحابَةُ فَوقَ المَسْكَنِ.

19 E ven when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, the Israelites kept the Lord’s charge and did not set out.

فَإذا طالَ بَقاءُ السَّحابَةِ فَوقَ المَسْكَنِ لِعِدَّةِ أيَّامٍ، كانَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ يَحفَظُونَ أمرَ اللهِ ، فَلَمْ يَكُونُوا يِرْتَحِلُونَ.

20 A nd sometimes the cloud was only a few days upon the tabernacle, but according to the command of the Lord they remained encamped, and at His command they journeyed.

وَكَذَلِكَ الامْرُ إذا بَقِيَتِ السَّحابَةُ فَوقَ المَسْكَنِ لِبِضْعَةِ أيَّامٍ. فَكانُوا يُخَيِّمُونَ بِعَلامَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ ، وَيِرْتَحِلُونَ بِعَلامَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ.

21 A nd sometimes the cloud remained from evening only until morning, but when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed; whether it was taken up by day or by night, they journeyed.

وَحَتَّى حِينَ كانَتِ السَّحابَةُ تَبقَى فَوقَ الخَيمَةِ المُقَدَّسَةِ مِنَ المَساءِ وَحَتَّى الصَّباحِ فَقَطْ، ثُمَّ تَرتَفِعُ فِي الصَّباحِ، كانُوا يِرْتَحِلُونَ. فَسَواءٌ أكانَ الوَقْتُ نَهاراً أمْ لَيلاً، كانُوا يِرْتَحِلُونَ حِينَ تَرتَفِعُ السَّحابَةُ.

22 W hether it was two days or a month or a longer time that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, dwelling on it, the Israelites remained encamped; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

وَإنْ مكَثَتِ السَّحابَةُ فَوقَ المَسْكَنِ لأيّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، كانَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ يَمكُثُونَ فَلا يِرْتَحِلُونَ. لَكِنْ حِينَ كانَتْ تَرتَفِعُ، كانُوا يِرْتَحِلُونَ.

23 A t the command of the Lord they remained encamped, and at command they journeyed; they kept the charge of the Lord, at the command of the Lord through Moses.

فَكانُوا يُخَيِّمُونَ بِعَلامَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ ، وَيِرْتَحِلُونَ بِعَلامَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ. كانوا يَحفَظُونَ أمرَ اللهِ الّذِي سَمِعُوهُ مِنْ مُوسَى.