1 و َكانَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ يُقيمونَ فِي شِطِّيمَ. فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، بَدَأ رِجالُ إسْرائِيلَ يَزنُونَ مَعَ نِساءٍ مُوآبِيّاتٍ.

Now Israel remained in Acacia Grove, and the people began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab.

2 و َدَعَتِ النِّساءُ المُوآبِيّاتُ بَني إسْرائِيلَ لِلمُشارَكَةِ فِي الذَّبحِ لإلِهَتِهِنَّ. فَأكَلَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ مِنَ الذَّبائِحِ وَعَبَدُوا آلِهَةَ المُوآبِيِّينَ.

They invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

3 و َهَكَذا بَدَأ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ يَعبُدُونَ الإلَهَ المُزَيَّفَ بَعلَ فَغُورَ، مِمّا أغْضَبَ اللهَ عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ.

So Israel was joined to Baal of Peor, and the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel.

4 ف َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «خُذْ كُلَّ قادَةِ الشَّعبِ وَعَلِّقْهُمْ خَارِجاً تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ أمامَ اللهِ ، فَيَزُولُ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ.»

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang the offenders before the Lord, out in the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.”

5 ف َقالَ مُوسَى لِقُضاةِ إسْرائِيلَ: «عَلَى كُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنكُمْ أنْ يَقتُلَ أقرِباءَهُ الَّذِينَ يَعبُدُونَ الإلَهَ المُزَيَّفَ بَعلَ فَغُورَ.»

So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Every one of you kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.”

6 و َفِي تِلكَ اللَّحظَةِ، أتَى أحَدُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَمَعَهُ امْرأةٌ مِديانِيَّةٌ قَدْ أحضَرَها إلَى إخْوَتِهِ. فَعَلَ هَذا أمامَ مُوسَى وَكُلِّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ، الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَبكُونَ فِي مَدخَلِ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ.

And indeed, one of the children of Israel came and presented to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

7 و َحِينَ رَأى فِينْحاسُ بْنُ ألِيعازارَ بْنِ هارُونَ الكاهِنِ هَذا، تَرَكَ مَكانَ تَجَمُّعِ الشَّعبِ، وَأمسَكَ بِرُمحِهِ،

Now when Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose from among the congregation and took a javelin in his hand;

8 و َلَحِقَ بِالرَّجُلِ الإسْرائِيلِيِّ إلَى الخَيمَةِ. وَطَعَنَ فِينْحاسُ الإسْرائِيلِيَّ وَالمَرأةَ المِديانِيَّةَ فِي بَطنَيهِما. حِينَئِذٍ، تَوَقَّفَ الوَباءُ فِي بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stopped among the children of Israel.

9 و َكانَ عَدَدُ الَّذِينَ ماتُوا مِنَ الوَباءِ أربَعَةً وَعِشرِينَ ألفاً.

And those who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.

10 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

11 « فِينْحاسُ بْنُ ألِيعازَرَ بنِ هارُونَ الكاهِنِ أنقَذَ بَني إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ غَضَبِي. فَقَدْ أظْهَرَ غِيرَتِي بِغِيرَتِهِ عَلَى مَجْدِي فِي وَسْطِهِمْ. وَلِذَلِكَ لَمْ أقتُلْ بَني إسْرائِيلَ بِسَبِبِ غَيرَتِي.

“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in My zeal.

12 ف َقُلْ لَهُ إنِّي أعقِدُ عَهدَ صَداقَةٍ وَسَلامٍ مَعَهُ.

Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace;

13 و َهَذا هُوَ العَهدُ: هُوَ وَنَسلُهُ الَّذِي سَيَأتِي مِنْ بَعدِهِ سَيَكُونُونَ دائِماً كَهَنَةً. لأنَّهُ كانَ غَيُّوراً عَلَى اللهِ وَمُحِبّاً لَهُ، فَأنْقَذَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.»

and it shall be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.’”

14 و َكانَ اسْمُ الإسْرائِيلِيِّ الَّذِي قُتِلَ مَعَ المَرأةِ المِديانِيَّةِ زِمْرِي بْنَ سالُو. وَهُوَ قائِدٌ لِعائِلَةٍ فِي قَبِيلَةِ شِمْعُونَ.

Now the name of the Israelite who was killed, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s house among the Simeonites.

15 أ مّا اسْمُ المَرأةِ الَّتِي قُتِلَتْ فَهُوَ كُزْبِي بِنتَ صُورٍ. وَأبوها رَئِيسٌ فِي بَعْضِ قَبائِلِ مِديانَ.

And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a father’s house in Midian.

16 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

17 « عادُوا المِديانِيِّينَ وَاقتُلُوهُمْ،

“Harass the Midianites, and attack them;

18 ل أنَّهُمْ عادُوكُمْ بِسَبَبِ المَكِيدَةِ الَّتِي احتالُوا عَلَيكُمْ بِها فِي فَغُورَ، وَبِسَبَبِ المَكِيدَةِ الَّتِي دَبَّرُوها مِنْ خِلالِ قَرِيبَتِهِمْ كُزْبِي بِنتِ أحَدِ رُؤَساءِ مِديانَ، الَّتِي قُتِلَتْ فِي وَقتِ الوَباءِ بِسَبَبِ ما حَدَثَ فِي فَغُورَ.»

for they harassed you with their schemes by which they seduced you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed in the day of the plague because of Peor.”