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

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of his Cushite wife, 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.

They said, “Is it true that the Lord has spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it.

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

Now Moses was a man with no pride, more so than any man on the earth.

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

At once the Lord said to Moses and Aaron and Miriam, “You three come out to the meeting tent.” 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 cloud and stood at the door of the meeting tent, and called Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had come near,

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

the Lord said, “Now listen to Me. If there is a man who speaks for God among you, I the Lord will make Myself known to him in a special dream. I will 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 house.

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

With him I speak face to face in ways he understands, and not in ways he does not understand. And he sees what the Lord is like. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

9 و َاشتَعَلَ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَيهِما وَتَرَكَهُما.

The Lord was angry with them, and He left.

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

When the cloud lifted from over the meeting tent, Miriam had a very bad skin disease. She was as white as snow. Aaron turned toward Miriam and saw that she had a bad skin disease.

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

Then Aaron said to Moses, “O, my lord, I beg you. Do not punish us because we have been foolish and have sinned.

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

Let her not be like one who is dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he is born!”‘

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

And Moses cried 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 only spit in her face, would she not carry her shame for seven days? Let her be shut up for seven days away from the tents. After that, she may be brought in again.”

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

So Miriam was shut up away from the tents for seven days. And the people did not travel on until Miriam was brought in again.

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

The people moved from Hazeroth after that. And they set up their tents in the desert of Paran.