1 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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

“Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.”

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

So Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.

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

Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;

5 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ شِمْعُونَ شافاطُ بْنُ حُورِي.

from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;

6 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ يَهُوذا كالِبُ بْنُ يَفُنَّةَ.

from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

7 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ يسّاكِرَ يَجْآلُ بنُ يُوسُفَ.

from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;

8 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ أفْرايِمَ هُوشَعُ بْنُ نُونَ.

from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;

9 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ بَنْيامِيْنَ فَلْطِي بْنُ رافُو.

from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;

10 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ زَبُولُونَ جَدِّيئِيلُ بْنُ سُودِي.

from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;

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

from the tribe of Joseph, that is, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;

12 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ دانَ عَمِّيئِيلُ بْنُ جَمَلِّي.

from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;

13 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ أشِيرَ سَتُورُ بْنُ مِيخائِيلَ.

from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;

14 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ نَفْتالِي نَحْبِي بْنُ وَفْسِي.

from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;

15 و َمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ جادَ جَأُوئِيلُ بْنُ ماكي.

from 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 whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.

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

Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains,

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

and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are 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.

whether the land they dwell in is good or bad; whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or strongholds;

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.

whether the land is rich or poor; and whether there are forests there or not. Be of good courage. And bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.

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

So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near the entrance of 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 went up through the South and came to Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (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.

Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.

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

The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there.

25 و َرَجِعَ الرِّجالُ مِنِ استِكشافِ الأرْضِ بَعدَ أربَعِينَ يَوماً.

And they returned from spying out 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.

Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed 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.

Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

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

Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants 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; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”

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

Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, 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 who had gone up with him said, “We are 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 gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.

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

There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”