1 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 « انتَقِمْ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنَ المِديانِيِّينَ بِسَبَبِ ما عَمِلُوهُ بِبَني إسْرائِيلَ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ تَمُوتُ وَتَنضَمُّ إلَى آبائِكَ.»

“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”

3 ف َقالَ مُوسَى لِلشَّعبِ: «اختارُوا بَعضاً مِنْ رِجالِكُمْ لِيُهاجِمُوا مِديانَ وَيُعاقِبُوهُمْ عَلَى ما عَمِلُوا ضِدَّ اللهِ.

So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the Lord on Midian.

4 ف أرْسِلُوا فِي هَذِهِ الحَملَةِ ألفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ كُلِّ قَبِيلَةٍ مِنْ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ.»

A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war.”

5 و َهَكَذا تَمَّ حَشدُ ألفِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ كُلِّ عَشِيرَةٍ مِنْ أُلُوفِ إسْرائِيلَ. تَمَّ اختِيارُ اثْنَي عَشَرَ ألفَ جُندِيٍّ لِهَذِهِ الحَملَةِ.

So there were recruited from the divisions of Israel one thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

6 ف َأرسَلَ مُوسَى الألفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ كُلِّ عَشِيرَةٍ لِهَذِهِ الحَملَةِ مَعَ فِينْحاسَ بْنِ ألِيعازارَ الكاهِنِ. وَأخَذَ فِينْحاسُ مَعَهُ آنِيَةَ المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ وَالأبواقَ لإعطاءِ الإشاراتِ.

Then Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from each tribe; he sent them to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy articles and the signal trumpets in his hand.

7 ف َحارَبُوا مِديانَ كَما أمَرَ اللهُ مُوسَى، وَقَتَلُوا كُلَّ ذُكُورِهِمُ البالِغِينَ.

And they warred against the Midianites, just as the Lord commanded Moses, and they killed all the males.

8 و َمِنْ ضِمْنِ مَنْ قَتَلُوهُمْ أوِيُ وَراقَمُ وَصُورُ وَحُورُ وَرابَعُ، مُلُوكُ مِديانَ الخَمسَةُ. كَما قَتَلُوا بَلْعامَ بْنَ بَعُورَ بِالسَّيفِ.

They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of those who were killed—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. Balaam the son of Beor they also killed with the sword.

9 و َسَبَى بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ نِساءَ مِديانَ وَأطفالَهُمْ، كَما اغتَنَمُوا كُلَّ حَيواناتِهِمْ وَثَروَتِهِمْ.

And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captive, with their little ones, and took as spoil all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods.

10 و َأحرَقَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ كُلَّ مُدُنِ المِديانِيِّينَ حَيثُ كانُوا يَسكُنُونَ مَعَ كُلِّ مُخَيَّماتِهِمْ.

They also burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt, and all their forts.

11 و َجَمَعُوا كُلَّ ما أخَذُوهُ فِي الحَربِ، بِما فِي ذَلِكَ النّاسَ وَالحَيواناتِ.

And they took all the spoil and all the booty—of man and beast. Return from the War

12 ث ُمَّ أحضَرُوا الأسْرَى وَالسَبْيَ وَالْغَنائِمَ إلَى مُوسَى وَألِيعازارَ الكاهِنِ وَإلَى كُلِّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ فِي المُخَيَّمِ فِي سُهُولِ مُوآبَ، بِجِوارِ نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ، مُقابِلَ أرِيحا.

Then they brought the captives, the booty, and the spoil to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

13 ف َخَرَجَ مُوسَى وَألِيعازارُ الكاهِنُ وَكُلُّ رُؤَساءِ الشَّعبِ لِيَستَقبِلُوهُمْ خارِجَ المُخَيَّمِ.

And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went to meet them outside the camp.

14 و َغَضِبَ مُوسَى جِدّاً عَلَى قادَةِ الجَيشِ، وَعَلَى قادَةِ الألفِ وَقادَةِ المِئَةِ، الَّذِينَ عادُوا مِنَ الحَملَةِ العَسكَرِيَّةِ.

But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, with the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, who had come from the battle.

15 و َقالَ مُوسَى لَهُمْ: «هَلْ تَرَكْتُمُ النِّساءَ حَيّاتٍ؟

And Moses said to them: “Have you kept all the women alive?

16 ه َؤُلاءِ هُنَّ اللَّواتِي اتَّبَعْنَ نَصِيحَةَ بَلْعامَ، وَجَعَلْنَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يُخطِئُونَ إلَى اللهِ فِي فَغُورَ. فأدَّى ذَلِكَ إلَى وَباءٍ فَظِيعٍ عَلَى شَعبِ اللهِ.

Look, these women caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.

17 و َالآنَ، اقتُلُوا كُلَّ طِفلٍ ذَكَرٍ وَكُلَّ امْرأةٍ عاشَرَتْ رَجُلاً.

Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately.

18 أ مّا الفَتَياتُ اللَّواتِي لَمْ يُعاشِرْنَ أحَداً، فَأبقُوا عَلَى حَياتِهِنَّ لَكُمْ.

But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately.

19 ا مْكُثُوا خارِجَ المُخَيَّمِ لِسَبعَةِ أيّامٍ. وَكُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ، أوْ مِنَ المُسَبِّبِينَ، قَتلَ شَخْصاً أوْ لَمَسَ جُثَّةَ مَيِّتٍ، فَلْيَتَطَّهَرْ فِي اليَومَينِ الثّالِثِ وَالسّابِعِ.

And as for you, remain outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.

20 ط َهِّرُوا كُلَّ ثَوبٍ، وَكُلَّ شَيءٍ مَصنُوعٍ مِنَ الجِلدِ أوْ شَعرِ الماعِزِ أوْ مِنَ الخَشَبِ.»

Purify every garment, everything made of leather, everything woven of goats’ hair, and everything made of wood.”

21 ث ُمَّ قالَ ألِيعازارُ الكاهِنُ لِلرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا فِي الحَملَةِ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ قاعِدَةُ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي أعطاها اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to the battle, “This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses:

22 ا لذَّهَبُ وَالفِضَّةُ وَالبُرونْزُ وَالحَدِيدُ وَالقَصدِيرُ وَالرَّصاصُ،

Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

23 و َكُلُّ شَيءٍ يَحتَمِلُ النّارَ ضَعُوهُ فِي النّارِ فَيَصِيرَ طاهِراً. لَكِنْ يَنْبَغِي تَطهِيرُهُ أيضاً بِماءِ التَّطهِيرِ. وَكُلُّ ما لا يُمكِنُ وَضعُهُ فِي النّارِ، يُوضَعُ فِي الماءِ.

everything that can endure fire, you shall put through the fire, and it shall be clean; and it shall be purified with the water of purification. But all that cannot endure fire you shall put through water.

24 و َفِي اليَومِ السّابِعِ، تَغسِلُونَ ثِيابَكُمْ فَتَكُونُونَ طاهِرِينَ. وَبَعدَ هَذا يُمكِنُكُمْ أنْ تَدخُلُوا المُخَيَّمَ.»

And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may come into the camp.” Division of the Plunder

25 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

26 « قُمْ أنتَ وَألِيعازارُ الكاهِنُ وَرُؤَساءُ عَشائِرِ الشَّعبِ بِإحصاءِ ما تَمَّ سَبيُهُ مِنَ النّاسِ وَالحَيواناتِ.

“Count up the plunder that was taken—of man and beast—you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation;

27 و َوَزِّعُوا غَنائِمَ الحَربِ بِالتَّساوِي: نِصْفاً للجُنُودِ الَّذِينَ شارَكُوا فِي الحَملَةِ العَسكَرِيَّةِ، وَنِصْفاً لِبَقِيَّةِ الشَّعبِ.

and divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.

28 و َخُذُوا ضَرِيبَةً للهِ. فَمِنَ الجُنُودِ الَّذِينَ اشتَرَكُوا فِي الحَملَةِ، خُذُوا واحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ خَمسِ مِئَةٍ: مِنَ النّاسِ وَالبَقَرِ وَالحَمِيرِ وَالغَنَمِ.

And levy a tribute for the Lord on the men of war who went out to battle: one of every five hundred of the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep;

29 ت ُؤخَذُ هَذِهِ الأشياءُ مِنْ نِصْفِ الغَنِيمَةِ، وَتُعطَى لإلِيعازارَ الكاهِنِ كَتَقدِمَةٍ للهِ.

take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as a heave offering to the Lord.

30 و َمِنَ النِّصفِ الخاصِّ بِبَني إسْرائِيلَ، خُذُوا واحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ خَمسِينَ: مِنَ النّاسِ وَالبَقَرِ وَالحَمِيرِ وَالغَنَمِ وَكُلِّ الحَيواناتِ، وَأعطُوها لِلّاوِيِّينَ المَسْؤولِينَ عَنْ مَسْكَنِ اللهِ المُقَدَّسِ.»

And from the children of Israel’s half you shall take one of every fifty, drawn from the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep, from all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.”

31 ف َفَعَلَ مُوسَى وَألِيعازارُ الكاهِنُ حَسَبَ ما أمَرَ اللهُ بِهِ مُوسَى.

So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

32 و َغَنِمَ الجُنُودُ ما يَلِي مِنَ الحَربِ: سِتَّ مِئَةٍ وَخَمساً وَسَبعِينَ ألفاً مِنَ الغَنَمِ،

The booty remaining from the plunder, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

33 و َاثْنَينِ وَسَبعِينَ ألفاً مِنَ البَقَرِ،

seventy-two thousand cattle,

34 و َواحِداً وَسِتِّينَ ألفاً مِنَ الحَمِيرِ،

sixty-one thousand donkeys,

35 و َاثْنَينِ وَثَلاثِينَ ألفاً مِنَ النّاسِ، أي النِّساءِ اللَّواتِي لَمْ يُعاشِرْنَ رَجُلاً قَطُّ.

and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women who had not known a man intimately.

36 و َكانَ النِّصفُ الخاصُّ بِالجُنُودِ ما يَلِي: عَدَدُ الغَنَمِ ثَلاثُ مِئَةٍ وَسَبعَةً وَثَلاثِينَ ألفاً وَخَمسَ مِئَةٍ،

And the half, the portion for those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep;

37 و َكانَتْ ضَرِيبَةُ اللهِ مِنَ الغَنَمِ سِتَّ مِئَةٍ وَخَمساً وَسَبعِينَ.

and the Lord ’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.

38 و َكانَ عَدَدُ الأبقارِ سِتَّةً وَثَلاثِينَ ألفاً، وَكانَتْ ضَرِيبَةُ اللهِ مِنها اثْنَينِ وَسَبعِينَ.

The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the Lord ’s tribute was seventy-two.

39 و َكانَ عَدَدُ الحَمِيرِ ثَلاثِينَ ألفاً وَخَمسَ مِئَةٍ، وَكانَتْ ضَرِيبَةُ اللهِ مِنهُمْ واحِداً وَسِتِّينَ.

The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the Lord ’s tribute was sixty-one.

40 و َكانَ عَدَدُ النّاسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ ألفاً، وَكانَتْ ضَرِيبَةُ اللهِ مِنهُمُ اثْنَينِ وَثَلاثِينَ.

The persons were sixteen thousand, of which the Lord ’s tribute was thirty-two persons.

41 ف َأعطَى مُوسَى الضَّرِيبَةَ، الَّتِي هِيَ حِصَّةُ اللهِ لألِيعازارَ الكاهِنِ، كَما أمَرَهُ اللهُ.

So Moses gave the tribute which was the Lord ’s heave offering to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.

42 و َكانَ النِّصفُ الخاصُّ بِبَني إسْرائِيلَ وَالَّذِي أُخِذَ مِنَ الجُنُودِ كَما يَلِي:

And from the children of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from the men who fought—

43 ك انَ عَدَدُ الغَنَمِ ثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ وَسَبعَةً وَثَلاثِينَ ألفاً وَخَمسَ مِئَةٍ،

now the half belonging to the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

44 و َكانَ عَدَدُ الأبقارِ سِتَّةً وَثَلاثِينَ ألفاً.

thirty-six thousand cattle,

45 و َعَدَدُ الحَمِيرِ ثَلاثِينَ ألفاً وَخَمسَ مِئَةٍ،

thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,

46 و َعَدَدُ النّاسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ ألفاً.

and sixteen thousand persons—

47 و َأخَذَ مُوسَى مِنَ النِّصفِ الخاصِّ بِبَني إسْرائِيلَ واحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ خَمسِينَ مِنَ الحَيواناتِ وَالنّاسِ وَأعطاها لِلّاوِيِّينَ المَسْؤولِينَ عَنْ مَسْكَنِ اللهِ المُقَدَّسِ، تَماماً كما أمَرَهُ اللهُ.

and from the children of Israel’s half Moses took one of every fifty, drawn from man and beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

48 ث ُمَّ أتَى قادَةُ أقسامِ الجَيشِ إلَى مُوسَى – قادَةُ الألُوفِ وَقادَةُ المِئاتِ –

Then the officers who were over thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;

49 و َقالُوا لِمُوسَى: «نَحنُ خُدّامَكَ قَدْ أحصَينا الجُنُودَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا تَحتَ إمرَتِنا، فَوَجَدْنا أنَّهُ لَمْ يُفقَدْ وَلا رَجُلٌ واحِدٌ مِنّا.

and they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken a count of the men of war who are under our command, and not a man of us is missing.

50 و َلِذا نَأتِي بِتَقدِمَةٍ للهِ مِنَ الأشياءِ المَصنُوعَةِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ الَّتِي وَجَدَها كُلُّ واحِدٍ فِينا: أربِطَةً لِلسَّواعِدِ وَأساوِرَ وَخَواتِمَ وَأحلاقَ وَقَلائِدَ، تَقدِمَةً اختِيارِيَّةً فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ ، تَقدِيراً لإنقاذِهِ حَياتَنا.»

Therefore we have brought an offering for the Lord, what every man found of ornaments of gold: armlets and bracelets and signet rings and earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”

51 ف َأخَذَ مُوسَى وَألِيعازارُ الكاهِنُ الذَّهَبَ مِنهُمْ، كُلَّ الأشياءِ المَصنُوعَةِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ.

So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from them, all the fashioned ornaments.

52 ف َكانَ وَزنُ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِي رَفَعَهُ قادَةُ الأُلوفِ وَقادَةُ المِئاتِ للهِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ ألْفاً وَسَبْعَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ مِثْقالاً.

And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the Lord, from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

53 و َأخَذَ كُلُّ جُندِيٍّ نَصِيبَهُ مِنَ الغَنِيمَةِ.

(The men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

54 ف َأخَذَ مُوسَى وَألِيعازارُ الكاهِنُ الذَّهَبَ مِنْ قادَةِ الأُلوفِ وَقادَةِ المِئاتِ، وَأتَيا بِهِ إلَى خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ لِيَكُونَ تَذكاراً لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of meeting as a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord.