1 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

2 « أرسِلْ رِجالاً لِيَستَكشِفُوا أرْضَ كَنعانَ الَّتِي سَأُعطِيها لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ. أرسِلُوا رَجُلاً مِنْ كُلِّ عَشِيرَةٍ بِحَيثُ يَكُونُ مِنْ قادَةِ قَبِيلَتِهِ.»

Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

3 ف َأرسَلَهُمْ مُوسَى مِنْ بَرِّيَّةِ فارانَ بِحَسَبِ أمرِ اللهِ. وَكانَ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجالُ مِنْ قادَةِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

4 و َهَذِهِ هِيَ أسماؤُهُمْ: مِنْ قَبِيلَةِ رَأُوبَيْنَ شَمُّوعُ بْنُ زَكُّورَ.

And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

5 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ شِمْعُونَ شافاطُ بْنُ حُورِي.

Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

6 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ يَهُوذا كالِبُ بْنُ يَفُنَّةَ.

Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

7 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ يسّاكِرَ يَجْآلُ بنُ يُوسُفَ.

Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.

8 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ أفْرايِمَ هُوشَعُ بْنُ نُونَ.

Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

9 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ بَنْيامِيْنَ فَلْطِي بْنُ رافُو.

Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.

10 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ زَبُولُونَ جَدِّيئِيلُ بْنُ سُودِي.

Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.

11 و َمِنْ عَشِيرَةِ يُوسُفَ، أي قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى جِدِّي بْنُ سُوسِي.

Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.

12 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ دانَ عَمِّيئِيلُ بْنُ جَمَلِّي.

Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.

13 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ أشِيرَ سَتُورُ بْنُ مِيخائِيلَ.

Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.

14 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ نَفْتالِي نَحْبِي بْنُ وَفْسِي.

Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.

15 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ جادَ جَأُوئِيلُ بْنُ ماكي.

Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

16 ه َذِهِ هِيَ أسْماءُ الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ أرسَلَهُمْ مُوسَى لِيَتَجَسَّسُوا الأرْضَ وَيَستَكشِفُوها. أمَّا هُوشَعُ بْنُ نُونَ فَدَعاهُ مُوسَى يَشُوعَ.

These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

17 و َحِينَ أرسَلَهُمْ مُوسَى لاستِكشافِ أرْضِ كَنعانَ، قالَ لَهُمْ: «اصْعَدُوا إلَى النَّقَبِ ثُمَّ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ التِّلالِ.

And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

18 ت َفَحَّصُوا طَبِيعَةَ الأرْضِ، وَالسّاكِنِينَ فِيها. أهُمْ أقوِياءُ أمْ ضُعَفاءُ، قَلِيلونَ أمْ كَثِيرُونَ؟

and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

19 ت َفَحَّصُوا طَبِيعَةَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي يَعِيشُونَ فِيها، إنْ كانَتْ حَسَنَةً أمْ رَدِيئَةً، وَهَلْ هِيَ مُخَيَّماتٌ مَفتُوحَةٌ أمْ حُصُونٌ تُحِيطُها أسوارٌ.

and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

20 و َافْحَصُوا الأرْضَ إنْ كانَتْ خَصِبَةً أمْ فَقِيرَةً. وَإنْ كانَ هُناكَ أشجارٌ أوْ لا. وَاحْرِصُوا أنْ تُحضِرُوا مِنْ ثَمَرِ الأرْضِ.» فَقَدْ كانَ ذَلِكَ الوَقتُ بِدايَةَ مَوسِمِ العِنَبِ.

and what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

21 ف َذَهَبُوا وَاستَكشَفُوا الأرْضَ مِنْ بَرِّيَّةِ صِينَ إلَى رَحُوبَ قُربَ مَدخَلِ حَماةَ.

So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

22 ف َذَهَبُوا إلَى النَّقَبِ، وَأتَوْا إلَى حَبْرُونَ. وَكانَتْ قَبائِلُ أخِيمانَ وَشِيشايَ وَتَلْمايَ تَسكُنُ هُناكَ – وَهُمْ مِنْ نَسلِ عَناقَ. وَكانَتْ مَدِينَةُ حَبرُونَ قَدْ بُنِيَتْ قَبلَ مَدِينَةِ صُوعَنَ فِي مِصرَ بِسَبعِ سَنَواتٍ.

And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

23 ث ُمَّ أتَوا إلَى وادِي أشكُولَ. وَمِنْ هُناكَ قَطَعُوا غُصناً فِيهِ عُنقُودُ عِنَبٍ واحِدٍ، حَمَلَهُ رَجُلانِ بِعَصاً فِيما بَينَهما! كَما حَمَلُوا مَعَهُمْ بَعضَ العِنَبِ وَالتِّينِ أيضاً.

And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.

24 و َدُعِيَ ذَلِكَ المُكانُ بِوادِي أشكُولَ بِسَبَبِ العُنقُودِ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ هُناكَ.

The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

25 و َرَجِعَ الرِّجالُ مِنِ استِكشافِ الأرْضِ بَعدَ أربَعِينَ يَوماً.

And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

26 و َأتَوا إلَى مُوسَى وَهارُونَ وَكُلِّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ فارانَ فِي قادِشَ. وَقَدَّمُوا لَهُما وَلِكُلِّ الشَّعبِ تَقرِيراً عَمّا رَأُوهُ، وَأرُوهُمْ ثَمَرَ الأرْضِ.

And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

27 ف َقالُوا لِمُوسَى: «قَدْ ذَهَبْنا إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي أرسَلْتَنا إلَيها. هِيَ حَقّاً أرْضٌ تَفيِضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً. وَهَذا ثَمَرُها.

And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

28 ل َكِنَّ الشَّعبَ الَّذِي يَعِيشُ فِي الأرْضِ قَوِيٌّ، وَمُدُنُهُمْ مُحَصَّنَةٌ وَضَخمَةٌ جِدّاً. كَما أنَّنا رَأينا مِنْ نَسلِ عَناقَ هُناكَ.

Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

29 و َالعَمالِقَةُ يَسكُنُونَ أرْضَ النَّقَبِ، وَالحِثِّيُّونَ وَاليَبُوسِيُّونَ وَالأمُّورِيُّونَ يَسكُنُونَ فِي التِّلالِ. وَيَسكُنُ الكَنعانِيُّونَ قُربَ البَحرِ وَعَلَى طُولِ نَهرِ الأردُنِّ.»

The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

30 ح ِينَئِذٍ، أسْكَتَ كالِبُ الشَّعبَ الَّذِيَ بِقُربِ مُوسَى، وَقالَ: «سَنَصعَدُ وَنَمتَلِكُ الأرْضَ، لأنَّنا قَادِرُونَ عَلَى أنْ نَغزُوَها وَنَمتَلِكَها.»

And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

31 ل َكِنَّ الرِّجالَ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا مَعَهُ قالُوا: «لَسنا قادِرِينَ عَلَى أنْ نَهزِمَ ذَلِكَ الشَّعبَ لأنَّهُمْ أقوَى مِنّا.»

But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

32 و َهَكَذا ثَبَّطُوا بِكَلامِهِمْ هَذا عَزِيمَةَ بَني إسْرائِيلَ بِشأنِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي استَكشَفُوها. وَقالُوا: «الأرْضُ الَّتِي سافَرْنا عَبْرَها لاسْتِكشافِها هِيَ أرْضٌ تُدَمِّرُ الشَّعبَ الَّذِي يَعِيشُ فِيها. وَكُلُّ النّاسِ الَّذِينَ رَأيناهُمْ فِيها مِنَ العَمالِقَةِ!

And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

33 و َقَدْ رَأينا هُناكَ الجَبابِرَةَ – جاءَ نَسلُ عَناقَ مِنَ الجَبابِرَةِ – فَشَعَرْنا وَكَأنَّنا جَرادٌ أمامَهُمْ! وَهَكَذا كُنّا بِالفِعلِ فِي نَظَرِهِمْ!»

And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.