1 و َأتَى كُلُّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ إلَى بَرِّيَّةِ صِينَ فِي الشَّهرِ الأوَّلِ، وَأقامُوا فِي قادِشَ. وَهُناكَ ماتَتْ مَريَمُ وَدُفِنَتْ. خَطَأُ مُوسَى

And the Israelites, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month. And the people dwelt in Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there.

2 و َلَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ ماءٌ لِلشَّعبِ لِيَشْرَبُوا. فاجتَمَعُوا مَعَاً ضِدَّ مُوسَى وَهارُونَ.

Now there was no water for the congregation, and they assembled together against Moses and Aaron.

3 و َتَجادَلَ الشَّعبُ مَعَ مُوسَى وَقالُوا لَهُ: «لَيتَنا مُتْنا حِينَ ماتَ إخْوَتُنا فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.

And the people contended with Moses, and said, Would that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

4 ل ِماذا أتَيتُما بِشَعبِ اللهِ إلَى هَذِهِ الصَّحراءِ كَي نَمُوتَ نَحنُ وَحَيواناتُنا هُنا؟

And why have you brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die here, we and our livestock?

5 و َلِماذا أخرَجْتُمانا مِنْ مِصرَ إلَى هَذا المَكانِ المُرِيعِ؟ فَلَيسَ فِي هَذا المَكانِ قَمحٌ وَلا تِينٌ وَلا كُرُومٌ وَلا رُمّانٌ وَلا حَتَّى ماءٌ لِلشُّرْبِ.»

And why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us into this evil place? It is no place of grain or of figs or of vines or of pomegranates. And there is no water to drink.

6 ف َذَهَبَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ مِنْ أمامِ الشَّعبِ إلَى مَدخَلِ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ، وَانحَنَيا وَوَجهاهُما نَحوَ الأرْضِ، فَظَهَرَ مَجدُ اللهِ لَهُما.

Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting and fell on their faces. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to them.

7 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

And the Lord said to Moses,

8 « خُذْ أنتَ وَهارُونُ العَصا وَاجمَعا الشَّعبَ. وَأمُرا الصَّخرَةَ أمامَهُمْ بِأنْ تُعْطِيَ ماءَها. هَكَذا تُخرِجُ لَهُمْ ماءً مِنَ الصَّخرَةِ. تُزَوِّدُهُمْ بِالماءِ لِيَشْرَبوا هُمْ وَحَيواناتُهُمْ.»

Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to give forth its water, and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink.

9 ف َأخَذَ مُوسَى العَصا مِنْ مَحْضَرِ اللهِ ، كَما أمَرَهُ.

So Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as He commanded him.

10 ث ُمَّ جَمَعَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ الشَّعبَ أمامَ الصَّخرَةِ. وَقالَ لَهُمْ مُوسَى: «اسْتَمِعُوا أيُّها الشَّعبُ المُتَمَرِّدُ، هَلْ نُخرِجُ لَكُمْ ماءً مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّخرَةِ؟»

And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock and Moses said to them, Hear now, you rebels; must we bring you water out of this rock?

11 ث ُمَّ رَفَعَ مُوسَى يَدَهُ وَضَرَبَ الصَّخرَةَ مَرَّتَينِ بِالعَصا، فَتَدَفَّقَ الماءُ مِنها، وَشَرِبَ النَّاسُ وَحَيواناتُهُمْ.

And Moses lifted up his hand and with his rod he smote the rock twice. And the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.

12 ف َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى وَهارُونَ: «لأنَّكُما لَمْ تَثِقا بِي بِما يَكفِي لِتُقَدِّسانِي أمامَ بَني إسْرائِيلَ، لَنْ تَقُودا هَذا الشَّعبَ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي سَأُعطِيها لَهُمْ.»

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you did not believe in (rely on, cling to) Me to sanctify Me in the eyes of the Israelites, you therefore shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

13 ه َذِهِ هِيَ مِياهُ مَرِيبَةَ حَيثُ تَمَرَّدَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى اللهِ ، وَحَيْثُ أظهَرَ قَداسَتَهُ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ. مُقاوَمَةُ أدُومَ لإسْرائِيل

These are the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites contended with the Lord and He showed Himself holy among them.

14 و َأرسَلَ مُوسَى رُسُلاً مِنْ قادِشَ إلَى مَلِكِ أدُومَ وَقالَ لَهُ: «أخُوكَ إسْرائِيلُ يَقُولُ لَكَ: أنتَ تَعرِفُ الضِّيقَ الَّذِي تَعَرَّضْنا لَهُ،

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying, Thus says your kinsman Israel: You know all the adversity and birth pangs that have come upon us:

15 أ نَّ آباءَنا نَزَلُوا إلَى مِصرَ، وَأنَّنا عِشنا هُناكَ لِفَترَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ، وَأنَّ المِصرِيِّينَ كانُوا قُساةً عَلَينا وَعَلَى آبائِنا.

How our fathers went down to Egypt; we dwelt there a long time, and the Egyptians dealt evilly with us and our fathers.

16 ل َكِنَّنا صَرَخنا إلَى اللهِ طالِبِينَ عَونَهُ، وَقَدِ اسْتَجابَ وَأرسَلَ مَلاكاً أخرَجَنا مِنْ مِصرَ. إنَّنا فِي قادِشَ، المَدِينَةِ الَّتِي عَلَى حُدُودِ أرْضِكَ.

But when we cried to the Lord, He heard us and sent an angel and brought us forth out of Egypt. Now behold, we are in Kadesh, a city on your country’s edge.

17 ف اسْمَحْ لَنا بِالمُرُورِ فِي أرْضِكَ. نَتَعَهَّدُ بِأنْ لا نَمُرَّ فِي الحُقُولِ أوِ الكُرُومِ، أوْ نَشرَبَ ماءً مِنْ آبارِكُمْ. نَسِيرُ فِي ‹طَرِيقِ المَلِكِ.› لا نَمِيلُ إلَى اليَمِينِ أوِ اليَسارِ حَتَّى نَجتازَ أرْضَكَ.»

Let us pass, I pray you, through your country. We will not pass through field or vineyard, or drink of the water of the wells. We will go along the king’s highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed your borders.

18 ف َقالَ مَلِكُ أدُومَ لَهُمْ: «لا أسمَحُ لَكُمْ بِالمُرُورِ فِي أرْضِي، فَإنْ حاوَلْتُمْ عَمَلَ ذَلِكَ، فَإنَّنا سَنَخرُجُ وَنُقاوِمُكُمْ بِالسُّيُوفِ.»

But Edom said to him, You shall not go through, lest I come out against you with the sword.

19 ف َقالَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ لَهُ: «سَنَسِيرُ فِي ‹طَرِيقِ المَلِكِ.› وَإنْ شَرِبْنا نَحنُ أوْ حَيواناتُنا مِنْ مائِكَ، سَنَدفَعُ ثَمَنَهُ. اسْمَحْ لَنا بِأنْ نَمُرَّ فِي أرْضِكَ سَيْراً عَلَى الأقدامِ. هَذا كُلُّ ما نَطلُبُهُ مِنكَ.»

And the Israelites said to him, We will go by the highway, and if I and my livestock drink of your water, I will pay for it. Only let me pass through on foot, nothing else.

20 و َأمّا مَلِكُ أدُومَ فَقالَ: «لَنْ تَمُرُّوا فِي أرْضِي.» وَخَرَجَ أدُومُ لِيُلاقِي بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بِجَيشٍ عَظِيمٍ وَقَوِيٍّ.

But Edom said, You shall not go through. And Edom came out against Israel with many people and a strong hand.

21 و َرَفَضَ مَلِكُ أدُومَ السَّماحَ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بِالمُرُورِ فِي أرْضِهِ، فَمالُوا عَنْ أرْضِهِ. مَوتُ هارُون

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him.

22 ف َتَرَكَ جَمِيعُ بَني إسْرائِيلَ قادِشَ وَأتَوا إلَى جَبَلِ هُورَ.

They journeyed from Kadesh, and the Israelites, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

23 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى وَهارُونَ عَلَى جَبَلِ هُورَ الَّذِي يَقَعُ قُربَ حُدُودِ أدُومَ:

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom,

24 « ليَمُتْ هارُونُ وَيُضَمّ إلَى جَماعَتِهِ. فَهُوَ لَنْ يَدخُلَ الأرْضَ الَّتِي سَأُعطِيها لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ، لأنَّكُما عَصَيتُما أمرِي عِندَ مَرِيبَةَ.

Aaron shall be gathered to his people. For he shall not enter the land which I have given to the Israelites, because you both rebelled against My instructions at the waters of Meribah.

25 « خُذْ هارُونَ وَألِيعازارَ ابْنَهُ وَاصعَدْ بِهِما إلَى جَبَلِ هُورَ.

Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up to Mount Hor.

26 ث ُمَّ انْزَعْ ثِيابَ هارُونَ الكَهَنُوتِيَّةَ عَنهُ وَألبِسْها لألِيعازارَ ابْنِهِ. فَسَيَمُوتُ هارُونُ هُناكَ وَيُضَمُّ إلَى جَماعَتِهِ.»

Strip Aaron of his vestments and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and shall die there.

27 ف َفَعَلَ مُوسَى كَما أمَرَهُ اللهُ. فَصَعِدُوا إلَى جَبَلِ هُورَ أمامَ كُلِّ الشَّعبِ.

And Moses did as the Lord commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

28 و َنَزَعَ مُوسَى ثِيابَ هارُونَ الكَهَنُوتِيَّةَ عَنهُ وَألبَسَها لألِيعازارَ ابنِهِ. وَماتَ هارُونُ عَلَى قِمَّةِ الجَبَلِ. حِينَئِذٍ، نَزَلَ مُوسَى وَألِيعازارُ مِنَ الجَبَلِ.

And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron died there on the mountain top; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

29 و َعَرَفَ جَمِيعُ الشَّعبِ أنَّ هارُونَ قَدْ ماتَ. فَبَكَى جَمِيعُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى هارُونَ مُدَّةَ ثَلاثِينَ يَوماً.

When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept and mourned for him thirty days, all the house of Israel.