1 و َسَمِعَ عَرادُ، المَلِكُ الكَنعانِيُّ الَّذِي كانَ يَسكُنُ فِي النَّقَبِ أنَّ إسْرائِيلَ كانَ آتِياً فِي طَرِيقِ أتارِيمَ، فَحارَبَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَسَبَى بَعضاً مِنْهُمْ.

The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim. He fought against Israel, and took some of them against their will.

2 ف َنَذَرَ إسْرائِيلُ نَذراً خاصّاً للهِ ، فَقالَ: «إنْ ساعَدْتَنا فِي هَزِيمَةِ هَذا الشَّعبِ، فَسَنُدَمِّرُ مُدُنَهُمْ تَماماً.»

So Israel made a promise to the Lord, and said, “If You will give this people into my hand, I will destroy every part of their cities.”

3 و َسَمِعَ اللهُ لِصَوتِ إسْرائِيلَ وَساعَدَهُمْ فِي هَزِيمَةِ الكَنعانِيِّينَ، فَقَضَوْا عَلَيهِمْ وَدَمَّرُوا مُدُنَهُمْ بِالكامِلِ. وَلِذا دَعُوا اسْمَ المَكانِ حُرْمَةَ. الحَيَّةُ البُرونْزِيَّة

The Lord heard the voice of Israel, and gave them the Canaanites. Then Israel destroyed all of them and their cities. So the name of the place was called Hormah. The Brass Snake

4 ث ُمَّ تَرَكُوا جَبَلَ هُورَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى البَحرِ الأحمَرِ لِيَدُورُوا حَولَ أرْضِ أدُومَ. فَتَضايَقَ الشَّعبُ جِدّاً فِي الطَّرِيقِ،

Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people wanted to give up because of the long way.

5 و َبَدَأوا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ ضِدَّ اللهِ وَمُوسَى: «لِماذا جَعَلْتُمانا نَترُكُ مِصرَ لِنَمُوتَ فِي الصَّحْراءِ؟ فَلَيسَ هُناكَ خُبزٌ أوْ ماءٌ فِي هَذا المَكانِ، وَقَدْ مَلَلْنا هَذا الطَّعامَ السَّخِيفَ.»

They spoke against God and Moses, saying, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? For there is no food and no water. And we hate this bad food.”

6 ف َأرسَلَ اللهُ حَيّاتٍ سامَّةً إلَى الشَّعبِ، فَلَدَغَتْهُمْ. وَماتَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنْ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

Then the Lord sent snakes with a bite of poison among the people. They bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

7 و َلِذا أتَى الشَّعبُ إلَى مُوسَى وَقالُوا: «لَقَدْ أخطَأْنا بِتَكَلّمِنا ضِدَّ اللهِ وَضِدَّكَ. صَلِّ إلَى اللهِ أنْ يَأخُذَ الحَيّاتِ بَعِيداً عَنّا.» فَصَلَّى مُوسَى لأجلِ الشَّعبِ.

So the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and you. Pray to the Lord, that He will take away the snakes from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

8 ف َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «اصنَعْ حَيَّةً نُحاسِيَّةً وَضَعْها عَلَى عَمُودٍ. وَحِينَ يَنظُرُ إلَيها أيُّ شَخصٍ لَدَغَتْهُ حَيَّةٌ فَإنَّهُ سَيُشفَى.»

The Lord said to Moses, “Make a special snake and put it up on a long piece of wood. Everyone who is bitten will live when he looks at it.”

9 ف َصَنَعَ مُوسَى حَيَّةً نُحاسِيَّةً وَعَلَّقَها عَلَى سارِيَةٍ خَشَبِيَّةٍ. فَكانَ كُلُّ مَنْ لَدَغَتْهُ حَيَّةٌ، وَنَظَرَ إلَى الحَيَّةِ البُرونْزِيَّةِ، يُشفَى. الرِّحلَةُ إلَى مُوآب

So Moses made a brass snake and put it up on the long piece of wood. If a snake bit any man, he would live when he looked at the brass snake. From Mount Hor to Moab

10 ث ُمَّ تَرَكَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ ذَلِكَ المَكانَ وَخَيَّمُوا فِي أُوبُوتَ.

The people of Israel traveled on, and set up their tents in Oboth.

11 ث ُمَّ تَرَكُوا أُوبُوتَ وَخَيَّمُوا فِي عَيِّي عَبارِيمَ فِي الصَّحْراءِ عَلَى حَدِّ مُوآبَ إلَى الشَّرقِ مِنها.

Then they left Oboth and stopped at Iye-abarim, in the desert beside Moab, to the east.

12 و َتَرَكُوا ذَلِكَ المَكانَ وَخَيَّمُوا فِي وادِي زارَدَ.

From there they traveled on to Wadi Zered.

13 و َتَرَكُوا ذَلِكَ المَكانَ وَخَيَّمُوا عَلَى ضِفَّةِ نَهرِ أرنُونَ فِي الصَّحْراءِ المُمتَدَّةِ مِنْ أرْضِ الأمُورِيِّينَ – فَنَهرُ أرْنُونَ هُوَ الحَدُّ الفاصِلُ بَينَ مُوآبَ وَأرْضِ الأمُورِيِّينَ.

And from there they traveled on and set up their tents on the other side of the Arnon. It is in the desert that goes out from the land of the Amorites. For the Arnon is the side of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

14 و َيُوصَفُ هَذا فِي كِتابِ حُرُوبِ اللهِ كَما يَلِي: «… وَاهِبٌ فِي سُوفَةَ وَأودِيَةِ أرنُونَ،

So it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord: “Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of the Arnon,

15 و َمُنحَدَراتُ أودِيَتِهِ تُؤَدِّي إلَى مَساكِنِ عارَ وَتَقَعُ عَلَى حُدُودِ مُوآبَ.»

and the hill-side of the valleys that goes to the place of Ar, and rests on the side of Moab.”

16 و َمِنْ هُناكَ ذَهَبُوا إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ بِيْرَ، حَيْثُ البِئْرُ الَّتِي قالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى عَنْها: «اجمَعِ الشَّعبَ هُناكَ، وَأنا سَأُعطِيهِمْ ماءً.»

From there they went on to Beer. That is the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together, so I may give them water.”

17 ث ُمَّ رَنَّمَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ هَذِهِ التَّرنِيمَةَ: «تَدَفَّقِي بِالماءِ أيَّتُها البِئْرُ. رَنِّمُوا لَها.

Then Israel sang this song: “Come up, O well! Sing to it!

18 ا لبِئْرُ الَّتِي حَفَرَها عُظَماءُ الشَّعبِ، الَّتِي بَدَأ قادَةُ الشَّعبِ بِحَفرِها، بِصَولَجاناتِهِمْ وَعِصِيِّهِمْ.» ثُمَّ تَرَكُوا تِلْكَ الصَّحْراءَ وَأتَوا إلَى مَتّانَةَ.

The well, which the leaders dug, which the rulers of the people dug, with the special stick of power and with their walking sticks.” From the desert they went on to Mattanah.

19 و َمِنْ مَتّانَةَ أتَوا إلَى نَحلِيئِيلَ. وَمِنْ نَحلِيئِيلَ أتَوا إلَى بامُوتَ.

From Mattanah they went to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth.

20 و َمِنْ بامُوتَ أتَوا إلَى الوادِي الَّذِيِ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ مُوآبَ عَلَى قِمَّةِ جَبَلِ الفِسْجَةِ الَّذِي يُشرِفُ عَلَى الصَّحْراءِ. سِيحُونُ وَعُوج

From Bamoth they went to the valley in the land of Moab, at the top of Pisgah which looks down upon the desert. Battle with Amorites

21 و َأرسَلَ إسْرائِيلُ رُسُلاً إلَى المَلِكِ سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ الأمُورِيِّينَ فَقالَ:

Then Israel sent men to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

22 « اسْمَحْ لَنا بِالمُرُورِ فِي بَلَدِكَ. وَنَحنُ نَعِدُ بِأنَّنا لَنْ نَمِيلَ إلَى حُقُولِكَ أوْ كُرُومِكَ، وَلَنْ نَشرَبَ ماءً مِنْ بِئرِكَ. سَنَسِيرُ فِي ‹طَرِيقِ المَلِكِ› حَتَّى نَتَجاوَزَ أرْضَكَ.»

“Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or vines. We will not drink water from wells. We will go on the king’s road until we have passed through your country.”

23 ل َكِنَّ سِيحُونَ لَمْ يَسمَحْ لإسْرائِيلَ بِالمُرُورِ فِي أرْضِهِ، بَلْ جَمَعَ كُلَّ شَعبِهِ وَخَرَجَ لِيَلتَقِيَ إسْرائِيلَ فِي الصَّحْراءِ، فَجاءَ إلَى ياهَصَ وَهاجَمَ إسْرائِيلَ.

But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his country. He gathered all his people and went out against Israel in the desert. He came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.

24 ل َكِنَّ إسْرائِيلَ قَتَلُوهُ وَأخَذُوا أرْضَهُ مِنْ نَهرِ أرنُونَ إلَى نَهرِ يَبُّوقَ، وَإلَى حُدُودِ أرْضِ العَمُّونِيِّينَ، لأنَّ حُدُودَ العَمُّونِيِّينَ كانَتْ قَوِيَّةً.

Then Israel killed Sihon with the sword. They took his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the people of Ammon. For Jazer was the side of the land of the Ammonites.

25 ف َأخَذَ إسْرائِيلُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ المُدُنِ وَسَكَنُوا كُلَّ مُدُنِ الأمُورِيِّينَ تِلكَ، فِي حَشبُونَ وَالمُدُنِ المُحِيطَةِ بِها.

Israel took all these cities. They lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its towns.

26 ك انَتْ أدُومُ مَدِينَةَ المَلِكِ الأمُورِيِّ سِيحُونَ. وَكانَ سِيحُونُ قَدْ حارَبَ مَلِكَ مُوآبَ السّابِقَ، وَأخَذَ كُلَّ أرْضِهِ مِنهُ إلَى نَهرِ أرنُونَ.

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites. He had fought against the man who was once the king of Moab, and had taken all his land as far as the Arnon.

27 و َلِهَذا يَقُولُ المُغَنُّونَ: «تَعالَوا إلَى حَشبُونَ، فَلْيُعَدْ بِناؤُها. فَلْيُعَدْ بِناءُ مَدِينَةِ حَشْبُونَ.

So those who use wise sayings say, “Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! Let the city of Sihon be built.

28 ل أنَّ ناراً خَرَجَتْ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ سِيحُونَ، وَلَهِيباً مِنْ مَدِينَةِ سِيحُونَ. أكَلَتِ النّارُ عارَ فِي مُوآبَ، وَالتَهَمَتِ التِّلالَ الَّتِي فَوقَ أرنُونَ.

For a fire went out from Heshbon, fire from the city of Sihon. It burned up Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of the Arnon.

29 و َيلٌ لَكَ يا مُوآبُ. قَدْ تَحَطَّمْتُمْ يا شَعبَ كَمُوشَ. جَعَلَ كَمُوشُ أبْناءَكَ يَهرُبُونَ، وَبَناتِكَ أسِيراتٍ لِسِيحُونَ مَلِكِ الأمُورِيِّينَ.

It is bad for you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! His sons run for their lives. His daughters have been taken against their will by an Amorite king, Sihon.

30 و َلَكِنَّنا هَزَمْنا هَؤُلاءِ الأمُورِيِّينَ. دَمَّرْنا مُدُنَهُمْ مِنْ حَشْبُونَ إلَى دِيبُونَ، مِنْ نَشِيمَ إلَى نُوفَحَ، القَرِيبَةِ مِنْ مِيدَبا.»

But we have put them down. Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We have destroyed even to Nophah, which goes to Medeba.”

31 و َسَكَنَ إسْرائِيلُ فِي أرْضِ الأمُورِيِّينَ.

So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

32 و َأرسَلَ مُوسَى رِجالاً لِيَستَكشِفُوا يَعزِيرَ، فَأخَذُوا المُدُنَ المُحِيطَةَ بِها وَأجبَرُوا الأمُورِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا هُناكَ عَلَى تَركِ المِنطَقَةِ.

Then Moses sent men to spy out Jazer in secret. And Israel took its towns and took the place of the Amorites who were there. King Og Killed

33 ث ُمَّ دارَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ وَسارُوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى باشانَ. فَخَرَجَ عُوجُ مَلِكُ باشانَ إلَى إذرَعِي مَعَ كُلِّ شَعبِهِ لِيُحارِبَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.

Then they turned and went up by the way of Bashan. Og the king of Bashan went out with all his people to battle at Edrei.

34 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «لا تَخَفْ مِنهُ، لأنِّي سَأُسَلِّمُهُ هُوَ وَكُلَّ شَعبِهِ وَكُلَّ أرْضِهِ إلَيكَ. فَافْعَلْ بِهِ كَما فَعَلْتَ بِسِيحُونَ مَلِكِ الأمُورِيِّينَ الَّذِي كانَ يَحْكُمُ فِي حَشبُونَ.»

But the Lord said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him. For I have given him into your hand, with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon.”

35 ف َقَتَلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ عُوجَ وَأبناءَهُ وَكُلَّ شَعبِهِ، حَتَّى لَمْ يَبقَ هُناكَ ناجٍ واحِدٌ. ثُمَّ أخَذُوا أرْضَهُ.

So the people of Israel killed Og and his sons and all his people, until there was not one left alive. And they took his land.