1 T hese are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on the side of the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah, over near Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, 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 I t is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

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

3 A nd in the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the Israelites according to all that the Lord had given him in commandment to 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 defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth 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 B eyond (east of) the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying,

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

6 T he Lord our God said to us in Horeb, You have dwelt long enough on this mountain.

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

7 T urn and take up your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the lowland, in the South (the Negeb), and on the coast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as 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 take possession of the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants 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 I said to you at that time, I am not able to bear you alone.

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

10 T he Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of the heavens for multitude.

إلَهُكُمْ كَثَّرَكُمْ، فَها أنتُمُ اليَومَ بِكَثْرَةِ نُجُومِ السَّماءِ.

11 M ay the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you as He has promised you!

فَلْيُضاعِفْ إلَهُ آبائِكُمْ عَدَدَكُمْ ألفَ مَرَّةٍ، وَلِيُبارِكْكُمْ كَما وَعَدَكُمْ.

12 H ow can I bear alone the weariness and pressure and burden of you and your strife?

كَيفَ يُمكِنُنِي وَحْدِي أنْ أحمِلَ أثْقالَكُمْ وَأحمالَكُمْ وَقَضاياكُمْ؟

13 C hoose wise, understanding, experienced, and respected men according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

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

14 A nd you answered me, The thing which you have spoken is good for us to do.

«فَقُلْتُمْ: ‹هَذا أمرٌ جَيِّدٌ يَنبَغِي عَمَلُهُ.›

15 S o I took the heads of your tribes, wise, experienced, and respected men, and made them heads over you, commanders of thousands, and hundreds, and fifties, and tens, and officers according to 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: Hear the cases between your brethren and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the stranger or sojourner who 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 ou shall not be partial in judgment; but you shall hear the small as well as the great. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God’s. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to 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 that you 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 you saw on the way to the hill country 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 to you, You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God gives us.

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

21 B ehold, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said to you. Fear not, neither be dismayed.

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

22 T hen you all came near to me and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search out the land for us and bring us word again by what way we should go up and the cities into which 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 T he thing pleased me well, and I took twelve men of you, one for each tribe.

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

24 A nd they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied 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 to us and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God gives us.

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

26 Y et you 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 Y ou were peevish and discontented in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, He 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 T o what are we going up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, The people are bigger and taller than we are; the cities are great and fortified to the heavens. And moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim 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 to you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

فَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: ‹لا تَرتَعِبُوا وَلا تَخافُوا مِنهُمْ.

30 T he Lord your God Who goes before you, He will fight for you just as 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 you have seen how the Lord your God bore you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to 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 spite of this word you did not believe (trust, rely on, and remain steadfast to) the Lord your God,

«لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَثِقُوا بِإلَهِكُمْ ،

33 W ho went in the way before you to search out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in the 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 your words, and was angered and He swore,

«وَسَمِعَ اللهُ تَذَمُّرَكُمْ فَغَضِبَ جِدّاً وَأقسَمَ:

35 N ot one of these men of this evil generation shall see that good land which I swore to give to your fathers,

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

36 E xcept Caleb son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land upon which he has walked, because he has 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 T he Lord was angry with me also for your sakes, and said, You also shall not enter Canaan.

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

38 B ut Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter there. 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 whom you said would become a prey, and your children who at this time cannot discern between good and evil, they shall enter Canaan, and to them I will 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 and journey into the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.

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

41 T hen you said to me, We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight, as the Lord our God commanded us. And you girded on every man his battle weapons, and thought it a simple matter to go up into the hill country.

«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 to me, Say to them, Do not go up or fight, for I am not among you—lest you be dangerously hurt by 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 spoke to you, and you would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and were presumptuous and went up into the hill country.

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

44 T hen the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do and struck you down in Seir as far as Hormah.

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

45 A nd you returned and wept before the Lord, but the Lord would not heed your voice or listen to you.

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

46 S o you remained in Kadesh; many days you remained there.

وَأقَمْتُمْ فِي قادَشَ مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً.