1 و َتَكَلَّمَتْ مَريَمُ وَهارُونُ عَلَى مُوسَى بِسَبَبِ المَرأةِ الكُوشِيَّةِ الَّتِي كانَ تَزَوَّجَها، لأنَّهُ كانَ قَدْ تَزَوَّجَ امْرأةً كُوشِيَّةً،

Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a Cushite woman);

2 ف َقالا: «هَلْ تَكَلَّمَ اللهُ مِنْ خِلالِ مُوسَى فَقَطْ؟ ألَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ مِنْ خِلالِنا أيضاً؟» فَسَمِعَ اللهُ هَذا الكَلامَ.

and they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us as well?” And the Lord heard it.

3 أ مّا مُوسَى فَقَدْ كانَ مُتَواضِعاً جِدّاً أكثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ النّاسِ عَلَى الأرْضِ.

(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.)

4 و َفَوراً، قالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى وَهارُونَ وَمَريَمَ: «اخرُجُوا ثَلاثَتُكُمْ إلَى خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ.» فَخَرَجَ ثَلاثَتُهُمْ.

Suddenly the Lord said to Moses and Aaron and to Miriam, “You three come out to the tent of meeting.” So the three of them came out.

5 ث ُمَّ نَزَلَ اللهُ فِي عَمُودِ سَحابٍ وَوَقَفَ فِي مَدخَلِ الخَيمَةِ، وَدَعا هارُونَ وَمَريَمَ، فَخَرَجَ كِلاهُما.

Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the doorway of the tent, and He called Aaron and Miriam. When they had both come forward,

6 ف َقالَ اللهُ: «اسْمَعا كَلامِيَ: حِينَ يَكُونُ هُناكَ نَبِيٌّ بَينَكُمْ فَإنَّنِي، أنا اللهَ ، أُعلِنُ عَنْ نَفسِي لَهُ بِرُؤْيا، وَقَدْ أتَكَلَّمُ مَعَهُ فِي حُلْمٍ.

He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in a vision. I shall speak with him in a dream.

7 ل َكِنِّي لا أتَعامَلُ هَكَذا مَعَ خادِمِي مُوسَى، فَأنا أثِقُ بِمُوسَى فِي كُلِّ شُؤُونِ بَيتِي.

“Not so, with My servant Moses, He is faithful in all My household;

8 أ تَكَلَّمُ إلَيهِ مُباشَرَةً وَبِوُضُوحٍ وَلَيسَ بِألغازٍ، وَهُوَ يَرَى شَكلَ اللهِ. كَيفَ لَمْ تَخافا مِنَ الإساءَةِ لِخادِمِي مُوسَى؟»

With him I speak mouth to mouth, Even openly, and not in dark sayings, And he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant, against Moses?”

9 و َاشتَعَلَ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَيهِما وَتَرَكَهُما.

So the anger of the Lord burned against them and He departed.

10 و َحِينَ ارتَفَعَتِ السَّحابَةُ مِنَ الخَيمَةِ، كانَ جِلْدُ مَريَمَ أبْيَضَ كَالثَّلجِ. فَرآها هارُونُ وَعَرَفَ أنَّها بَرْصاءُ.

But when the cloud had withdrawn from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. As Aaron turned toward Miriam, behold, she was leprous.

11 ف َقالَ هارُونُ لِمُوسَى: «يا سَيِّدِي، لا تُعاقِبْنا، فَقَدْ تَصَرَّفْنا بِحَماقَةٍ وَأخطَأْنا.

Then Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, I beg you, do not account this sin to us, in which we have acted foolishly and in which we have sinned.

12 ف َلا تَتْرُكْها حَتَّى يَنْسَلِخَ جِلْدُها كَطِفلٍ وُلِدَ مَيِّتاً نِصْفَ مُشَوَّهٍ.»

Oh, do not let her be like one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes from his mother’s womb!”

13 ف َصَرَخَ مُوسَى إلَى اللهِ: «يا اللهُ، اشْفِها.»

Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “O God, heal her, I pray!”

14 ف َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «لَو بَصَقَ أبوها فِي وَجهِها، أفَما كانَتْ سَتَبقَى مَخزِيَّةً لِسَبعَةِ أيّامٍ. فَلْتُطْرَدْ خارِجَ المُخَيَّمِ لِسَبعَةِ أيّامٍ، وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ تَعُودُ.»

But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut up for seven days outside the camp, and afterward she may be received again.”

15 ف َوَضَعُوا مَريَمَ خارِجَ المُخَيَّمِ لِسَبعَةِ أيّامٍ. وَلَمْ يَرتَحِلِ الشَّعبُ حَتَّى عادَتْ مَريَمُ.

So Miriam was shut up outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was received again.

16 و َبَعدَ ذَلِكَ ارْتَحَلَ الشَّعبُ مِنْ حَضَيرُوتَ وَخَيَّمُوا فِي بَرِّيَّةِ فارانَ.

Afterward, however, the people moved out from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.