1 ف َأخَذَ الشَّعبُ يَصرُخُونَ وَيَبكُونَ طِيلَةَ تِلكَ اللَّيلَةِ.

And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

2 و َتَذَمَّرَ كُلُّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى مُوسَى وَهارُونَ. وَقالَ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ لَهُما: «لَيتَنا مُتنا فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ أوْ فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحْراءِ.

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!

3 ل ِماذا يُحضِرُنا اللهُ إلَى هَذِهِ الأرْضِ لِنَمُوتَ فِي الحَربِ وَتُؤخَذَ نِساؤُنا وَأطفالُنا كَغَنِيمَةٍ؟ ألَيسَ مِنَ الأفضَلِ لَنا أنْ نَعُودَ إلَى مِصرَ؟»

And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

4 و َقالَ بَعضُهُمْ لِبَعضٍ: «فَلْنَختَرْ رَئِيساً عَلَينا وَنَرجِعْ إلَى مِصرَ.»

And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

5 ف َوَقَعَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ إلَى الأرْضِ أمامَ كُلِّ جَماعَةِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

6 و َيَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ وَكالِبُ بْنُ يَفُنَّةَ، اللَّذانِ كانا مِمَّنْ اسْتَكْشَفَوا الأرْضَ، مَزَّقا ثِيابَهُما حُزناً مِنْ مَوقِفِ الشَّعبِ.

And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

7 و َقالا لِجَمِيعِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ: «الأرْضُ الَّتِي جُلْنا فِيها لاستِكشافِها، أرْضٌ جَيِّدَةٌ جِدّاً.

And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

8 ف َإنْ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنّا، سَيُدْخِلُنا إلَى هَذِهِ الأرْضِ وَسَيُعطِيها لَنا. إنَّها أرْضٌ تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً.

If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

9 ف َلا تَتَمَرَّدُوا عَلَى اللهِ ، وَلا تَخافُوا مِنْ شَعبِ الأرْضِ، لأنَّنا سَنَهزِمُهُمْ. قَدْ زالَ عَنهُمْ ما كانَ يَحمِيهِمْ. وَأمّا نَحنُ فَاللهُ مَعَنا، فَلا تَخافُوا مِنْهُمْ.»

Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.

10 ف َهَدَّدَ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ بِقَتلِهِما رَجماً بِالحِجارَةِ. حِينَئِذٍ، ظَهَرَ مَجدُ اللهِ فِي خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ لِكُلِّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

11 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «إلَى مَتَى يُهينُنِي هَذا الشَّعبُ؟ إلَى مَتَى لا يَثِقُونَ بِي عَلَى الرُّغْمِ مِنْ كُلِّ العَجائِبِ الَّتِي عَمِلْتُها بَينَهُمْ؟

And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

12 س َأُرْسِلُ إلَيْهِمْ وَباءً فَظِيعاً وَأطْرُدُهُمْ مِنْ أرْضِهِمْ. وَسَأجعَلُكَ، يا مُوسَى، أُمَّةً أعظَمَ وَأقوَى مِنهُمْ.»

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

13 ف َقالَ مُوسَى للهِ: «حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَسمَعُ المِصرِيُّونَ بِهَذا، لأنَّكَ أخرَجْتَ هَذا الشَّعبَ مِنْ بَينِهِمْ بِقُوَّتِكَ.

And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

14 و َسَيُخبِرُونَ سُكّانَ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ. قَدْ سَمِعَ سُكّانُ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ بِأنَّكَ مَعَ هَذا الشَّعبِ يا اللهُ ، وَبِأنَّكَ ظَهَرْتَ لِهَذا الشَّعبِ وَبِأنَّ سَحابَتَكَ تَقِفُ فَوقَهُمْ وَبِأنَّكَ تَسِيرُ أمامَهُمْ فِي عَمُودِ سَحابٍ فِي النَّهارِ وَفِي عَمُودِ نارٍ فِي اللَّيلِ.

And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

15 ف َإنْ قَتَلْتَ هَذا الشَّعبَ كُلَّهُ فَإنَّ الأُمَمَ الَّتِي سَمِعَتْ عَنْكَ سَتَقُولُ:

Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

16 ‹ لَمْ يَستَطِعِ اللهُ أنْ يُدخِلَ هَذا الشَّعبَ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدَهُمْ بِها، فَقَتَلَهُمْ فِي الصَّحْراءِ.›

Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

17 « لِذَلِكَ لِتَعظُمْ قُوَّةُ اللهِ كَما وَعَدْتَ وَقُلْتَ:

And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

18 ‹ اللهُ بَطِيءُ الغَضَبِ، وَمَحَبَّتُهُ عَظِيمَةٌ. يَغْفِرُ الذَّنْبَ وَالمَعْصِيَةَ. لَكِنَّهُ لا يُلْغِي العُقُوبَةَ، بَلْ يَحْسِبُ خَطايا الآباءِ عَلَى أبْنائِهِمْ وَأحفادِهِمْ وَأحفادِ أبْنائِهِمْ.

The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

19 ا غْفِرْ خَطِيَّةَ هَذا الشَّعبِ بِحَسَبِ مَحَبَّتِكَ العَظِيمَةِ، كَما غَفَرْتَ لَهُ مُنذُ خُرُوجِهِ مِنْ مِصرَ وَحَتَّى الآنَ.›»

Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

20 ف َقالَ اللهُ: «سَأغفِرُ لَهُمْ كَما طَلَبْتَ.

And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

21 ل َكِنِّي أُقسِمُ بِذاتِي، وَبِمَجدِي الَّذِي سَيَمْلَأُ الأرْضَ بِمَجدِ اللهِ ،

But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.

22 إ نَّ جَمِيعَ أولَئِكَ الَّذينَ رَأَوْا مَجدِي وَعَجائِبِي الَّتِي عَمِلْتُها فِي مِصرَ وَفِي الصَّحْراءِ، وجَرَّبُونِي عَشرَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَلَمْ يُطِيعُونِي،

Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

23 ل َنْ يَرَوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي وَعَدْتُ بِها آباءَهُمْ. جَمِيعُ الَّذِينَ أهانُونِي لَنْ يَدخُلُوا الأرْضَ.

Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

24 « أمّا خادِمِي كالِبَ فَرأى الأمْرَ بِرُوحٍ مُختَلِفَةٍ. وَقَدْ أطاعِنِي تَماماً. لِذَلِكَ سَأُدخِلُهُ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي ذَهَبَ إلَيها، وَيَرِثُها نَسلُهُ.

But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

25 « هَا العَمالِقَةُ وَالكَنعانِيُّونَ يَسكُنُونَ الوادِي. فَاسْتَدِيرُوا فِي الغَدِ نَحوَ الصَّحْراءِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى البَحرِ الأحمَرِ.» عِقابُ اللهِ لِلشَّعب

(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

26 و َكَلَّمَ اللهُ مُوسَى وَهارُونَ فَقالَ:

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

27 « إلَى مَتَى سَيَستَمِرُّ هَذا الشَّعبُ الشِّرِّيرُ فِي التَّذَمُّرِ عَلَيَّ؟ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ تَذَمُّراتِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ الَّتِي يَتَذَمَّرُونَها عَلَيَّ.

How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

28 ق ُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹أُقسِمُ بِذاتِي، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، سَأعمَلُ لَكُمْ ما قُلْتُمُوهُ أمامِي.

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

29 ف َسَتَمُوتُونَ فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحْراءِ، أيْ جَمِيعُ الَّذِينَ تَمَّ إحصاؤُهُمْ، كُلُّ مَنْ كانَ فِي العِشرِينَ فَأكثَرَ، الَّذِينَ تَذَمَّرُوا عَلَيَّ.

Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against me.

30 ف َلَنْ تَدخُلُوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي وَعَدْتُ بِأنْ تَسكُنُوا فِيها، بِاستِثناءِ كالِبَ بْنِ يَفُنَّةَ وَيَشُوعَ بْنَ نُونَ.

Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

31 و َأطفالُكُمُ الَّذِينَ قُلْتُمْ بِأنَّهُمْ سَيُؤخَذُونَ غَنِيمَةً، سَأُدخِلُهُمُ الأرْضَ. وَسَيَعرِفُونَ الأرْضَ الَّتِي رَفَضْتُمُوها.

But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

32 أ مّا أنتُمْ، فَسَتَمُوتُونَ فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحْراءِ.

But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

33 « ‹سَيَكُونُ أبْناؤُكُمْ رُعاةً فِي الصَّحْراءِ لأرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً. سَيُعانُونَ بِسَبَبِ عَدَمِ أمانَتِكُمْ، إلَى أنْ تَسقُطَ جُثَثُكُمْ جَمِيعاً فِي الصَّحْراءِ.

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

34 س َتُعاقَبُونَ عَلَى خَطاياكُمْ لأرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، بِحَسَبِ عَدَدِ الأيّامِ الَّتِي استَكشَفْتُمْ فِيها الأرْضَ: أربَعِينَ يَوماً، سَنَةً مُقابِلَ يَومٍ. فَتَعرِفُونَ عَاقِبَةَ الابْتِعادِ عَنِّي.›

After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.

35 « أنا اللهَ تَكَلَّمْتُ، وَسَأفعَلُ ما تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ عَنْ هَذا الشَّعبِ الشِّرِّيرِ المُجتَمِعِ ضِدِّي. فَسَيَمُوتُونَ جَمِيعاً فِي الصَّحْراءِ.»

I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

36 و َكانَ مُوسَى قَدْ أرسَلَ رِجالاً لِيَستَكشِفُوا الأرْضَ. فَجَعَلُوا كُلَّ الشَّعبِ يَتَذَمَّرُ عَلَى مُوسَى عِندما رَجِعُوا بأخبارٍ مُحبِطَةٍ عَنِ الأرْضِ.

And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,

37 ه َؤُلاءِ الرِّجالُ الَّذِينَ رَجِعُوا بأخبارٍ مُحبِطَةٍ عَنِ الأرْضِ، ماتُوا بِوَباءٍ أرسَلَهُ اللهُ عَلَيهِمْ.

Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

38 ف َقَطْ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ وَكالِبُ بْنُ يَفُنَّةَ بَقِيا حَيَّيْنِ مِنْ ضِمنِ الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا لِيَستَكشِفُوا الأرْضَ. مُحاوَلَةٌ لِلذَّهابِ إلَى الأرْض

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.

39 و َحِينَ تَكَلَّمَ مُوسَى بِهَذِهِ الكَلِماتِ لِكُلِّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ ناحَ الشَّعبُ كَثِيراً.

And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

40 و َنَهَضُوا فِي الصَّباحِ باكِراً، وَبَدَأُوا سَيرَهُمْ نَحوَ أعلَى مِنْطَقَةٍ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ التِّلالِ. وَقالُوا: «ها نَحنُ ذاهِبُونَ إلَى المَكانِ الَّذِي وَعَدَ اللهُ بِإعطائِهِ لَنا، فَإنَّنا أخطَأْنا إذْ تَذَمَّرْنا عَلَيهِ.»

And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned.

41 ح ِينَئِذٍ، قالَ مُوسَى لَهُمْ: «لِماذا تَعصُونَ أمرَ اللهِ ؟ لَنْ تَنجَحُوا فِي ما تَعمَلُونَ.

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord ? but it shall not prosper.

42 ل ا تَصعَدُوا كَي لا يَهزِمَكُمْ أعداؤُكُمْ، لأنَّ اللهَ لَيسَ مَعَكُمْ.

Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

43 ل أنَّ العَمالِقَةَ وَالكَنعانِيِّينَ سَيَكُونُونَ هُناكَ وَيُقاوِمُونَكُمْ، وَسَتُقتَلُونَ فِي المَعرَكَةِ، لأنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ تَتْبَعُونَ اللهَ ، فاللهُ لَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَكُمْ.»

For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you.

44 ل َكِنَّهُمْ صَعِدُوا بِعِنادٍ إلَى أعلَى مَوقِعٍ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ التِّلالِ. أمّا صُندُوقُ عَهدِ اللهِ وَمُوسَى فَبَقِيا وَسَطَ المُخَيَّمِ.

But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

45 ف َنَزَلَ العَمالِقَةُ وَالكَنعانِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَسكُنُونَ فِي تِلكَ التِّلالِ، وَهاجَمُوا بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَحَطَّمُوهُمْ طَوالَ الطَّرِيقِ حَتَّى حُرْمَةَ.

Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.