1 ه َذا هُوَ الكَلامُ الَّذِي كَلَّمَ بِهِ مُوسَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ شَرقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، فِي الصَّحْراءِ، فِي وادِي الأُردُنِّ قُربَ سُوفٍ، بَينَ صَحراءِ فارانَ وَمُدُنِ تُوفَلَ وَلابانَ وَحَضَيرُوتَ وَذِي ذَهَبٍ.

These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side the Jordan, in the wilderness, in the plain, opposite to Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2 و َهِيَ تَبْعُدُ مَسيرَةَ أحَدَ عَشَرَ يَوماً عَبْرَ مِنْطَقَةِ سَعِيرَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، مِنْ جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ إلَى قادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ.

There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

3 ف َفِي اليَومِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الحادِي عَشَرَ، فِي السَّنَةِ الأربَعِينَ، تَكَلَّمَ مُوسَى إلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بِحَسَبِ ما أمَرَهُ اللهُ بِأنْ يَقُولَ لَهُمْ.

And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that Jehovah had given him in command to them;

4 ح َدَثَ هَذا بَعدَ أنْ هَزَمَ مُوسَى سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ الأمُورِيِّينَ الَّذِي حَكَمَ فِي حَشْبُونَ، وَعُوجَ مَلِكِ باشانَ الَّذِي حَكَمَ فِي عَشْتارُوثَ فِي مَدينَةِ إذْرَعِي.

after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt at Ashtaroth at Edrei.

5 و َابْتَدَأ مُوسَى فِي شَرْقِيِّ نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ، فِي أرْضِ مُوآبَ يَشرَحُ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةَ فَقالَ:

On this side the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to unfold this law, saying,

6 « تَكَلَّمَ إلَهُنا إلَينا فِي جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ وَقالَ: ‹كَفاكُمْ قُعُودٌ عِندَ هَذا الجَبَلِ!

Jehovah our God spoke unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have stayed long enough in this mountain.

7 ق ُومُوا وَتَابِعُوا رِحلَتَكُمْ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ الأمُورِيِّينَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، وَكُلِّ جِيرانِهِمْ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ وادِي الأُردُنِّ، وَالمِنْطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ وَالسُّهولِ الغَرْبِيَّةِ وَالنَّقَبِ وَساحِلِ البَحْرِ، أي أرْضِ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ وَمِنْطَقَةِ لُبْنانَ إلَى النَّهرِ العَظِيمِ، نَهْرِ الفُراتِ.

Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and unto all the neighbouring places in the plain, in the mountain, and in the lowland, and in the south, and by the seaside, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

8 ه ا إنِّي قَدْ وَضَعْتُ تِلْكَ الأرْضَ أمامَكُمْ. اذهَبُوا وَامْتَلِكُوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي أقسَمَتُ، أنا اللهَ ، أنْ أعْطِيَها لآبائِكُمْ إبراهِيمَ وَإسْحاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ، وَلِنَسلِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ.› اختِيارُ القادَة

Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

9 « قُلْتُ لَكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ: ‹لا أستَطِيعُ وَحدِي أنْ أهتَمَّ بِأُمُورِكُمْ.

And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone.

10 إ لَهُكُمْ كَثَّرَكُمْ، فَها أنتُمُ اليَومَ بِكَثْرَةِ نُجُومِ السَّماءِ.

Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

11 ف َلْيُضاعِفْ إلَهُ آبائِكُمْ عَدَدَكُمْ ألفَ مَرَّةٍ، وَلِيُبارِكْكُمْ كَما وَعَدَكُمْ.

Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you as he hath said unto you!

12 ك َيفَ يُمكِنُنِي وَحْدِي أنْ أحمِلَ أثْقالَكُمْ وَأحمالَكُمْ وَقَضاياكُمْ؟

How can I myself alone sustain your wear, and your burden, and your strife?

13 ا ختارُوا مِنْ كُلِّ قَبِيلَةٍ مِنْ قَبائِلِكُمْ رِجالاً حُكَماءَ وَذَوِي فَهْمٍ وَخِبرَةٍ، لأُعَيِّنَهُمْ رُؤَساءَ لَكُمْ.›

Provide you wise and understanding and known men, according to your tribes, that I may make them your chiefs.

14 « فَقُلْتُمْ: ‹هَذا أمرٌ جَيِّدٌ يَنبَغِي عَمَلُهُ.›

And ye answered me, and said, The thing that thou hast spoken is good to do.

15 « فاختَرْتُ رُؤَساءَ قَبائِلِكُمْ، رِجالاً حُكَماءَ وَذَوِي خِبْرَةٍ وَعَيَّنْتُهُمْ رُؤَساءَ عَلَيكُمْ، أي قادَةَ أُلُوفٍ وَقادَةَ مِئاتٍ وَقادَةَ خَماسِينَ وَقادَةَ عَشَراتٍ، وَرُؤساءَ بِحَسَبِ كُلِّ قَبائِلِكُمْ.

So I took the chiefs of your tribes, wise men and known, and made them chiefs over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers for your tribes.

16 « وَأوصَيتُ قُضاتَكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: استَمِعُوا إلَى الخُصُوماتِ الَّتِي بَينَ إخْوَتِكُمْ، وَاحْكُمُوا بِالحَقِّ وَالعَدلِ بَينَ إنْسانٍ وَآخَرَ، مُواطِناً كانَ أمْ غَريباً مُقيماً بَينَكُمْ.

And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and him also that sojourneth with him.

17 ل ا تَنحازُوا فِي القَضاءِ، بَلِ اسْتَمِعُوا إلَى الصَّغيرِ وَالعَظِيمِ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَواءِ. لا تَخافُوا أحَداً لِأنَّ القَضاءَ لَلَّهِ. وَالقَضِيَّةُ الَّتِي تَصْعُبُ عَلَيكُمْ، أحْضِرُوها إلَيَّ وَأنا أسْمَعُها.

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment: ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the matter that is too hard for you shall ye bring to me, that I may hear it.

18 و َهَكَذا أمَرتُكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، بِكُلِّ ما يَنبَغي أنْ تَعْمَلُوهُ. استِكشافُ الأرْض

And I commanded you at that time all the things that ye should do.

19 « وَانطَلَقْنا مِنْ جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ، وَسِرْنا عَبْرَ الصَّحراءِ الكُبْرَى الرَّهيبَةِ الَّتِي رَأيتُمُوها فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى بِلادِ الأمُورِيَّينَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، كَما أمَرَنا إلَهُنا. وَوَصَلْنا إلَى قادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ.

And we departed from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw, on the way to the mountain of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God had commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

20 ف َقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: ‹قَدْ أتَيتُمْ إلَى بِلادِ الأمُورِيَّينَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ الَّتِي أعطاها إلَهُنا لَنا.

And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth us.

21 ه ا هِيَ الأرْضُ الَّذِي وَضَعَها إلهُكُمْ أمامَكُمْ، فاذْهَبُوا وَامتَلِكُوها كَما وَعَدَ اللهُ ، إلَهُ آبائِكُمْ. لا تَرْتاعُوا وَلا تَخافُوا مِنْ شَيْءٍ.›

Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah the God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.

22 « فَأتَيتُمْ جَمِيعُكُمْ إلَيَّ وَقُلتُمْ: ‹لِنُرسِلْ رِجالاً أمامَنا لِيَستَكشِفُوا لَنا الأرْضَ، ثُمَّ يَعُودُوا بِخَبَرٍ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سَنَسلُكُها، وَالمُدُنِ الَّتِي سَنَذْهَبُ إلَيها.›

And ye came near to me all of you, and said, We will send men before us, who shall examine the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and of the cities to which we shall come.

23 ف َاسْتَحْسَنْتُ ذَلِكَ، وَاخْتَرْتُ مِنكُمُ اثنَي عَشَرَ رَجُلاً، واحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ قَبِيلَةٍ.

And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe.

24 ف َدارُوا وَصَعِدُوا إلَى المِنْطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، وَأتَوا إلَى وادِي أشْكُولَ وَاسْتَكْشَفُوهُ.

And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

25 و َأخَذُوا بِأيدِيهِمْ بَعضَ ثَمَرِ الأرْضِ وَأحضَرُوهُ لَنا، وَعادُوا بِتَقرِيرٍ عَنِ الأرْضِ وَقالُوا: ‹الأرْضُ الَّتِي أعطاها لَنا إلَهُنا جَيِّدَةٌ.›

And they took of the fruit of the land in their hand, and brought it down unto us, and brought us answer, and said, The land is good that Jehovah our God hath given us.

26 « لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُرِيدُوا الذَّهابَ إلَى الأرْضِ، بَلْ تَمَرَّدْتُمْ عَلَى أمْرِ إلَهِكُمْ.

But ye would not go up, and rebelled against the word of Jehovah your God;

27 ت َذَمَّرْتُمْ فِي خِيامِكُمْ وَقُلْتُمْ: ‹لِأنَّ اللهَ يَكرَهُنا، أخرَجَنا مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيُتِيحَ لِلأمُورِيِّينَ فُرْصَةً لِقَتلِنا.

and ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because Jehovah hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

28 أ يُّ مَصِيرٍ يَنْتَظِرُنا هُناكَ؟ لَقَدْ أثارَ إخْوَتُنا الخَوفَ فِي قُلُوبِنا إذْ قالُوا: الشَّعبُ أعظَمُ وَأطوَلُ مِنّا، وَالمُدُنُ حَصِينَةٌ وَأسوارُها مُرتَفِعَةٌ كارتِفاعِ السَّماءِ، كَما أنَّنا رَأينا العَناقِيِّينَ هُناكَ.›

Whither shall we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, a people greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

29 ف َقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: ‹لا تَرتَعِبُوا وَلا تَخافُوا مِنهُمْ.

And I said unto you, Be not afraid, neither fear them;

30 إ لَهُكُمْ سَيَسِيرُ أمامَكُمْ، وَهْوَ نَفْسُهُ سَيُحارِبُ عَنكُمْ كَما فَعَلَ أمامَ عُيُونِكُمْ فِي مِصْرَ.

Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

31 ر َأيتُمْ كَيفَ حَمَلَكُمْ إلَهُكُمْ فِي الصَّحْراءِ كَما يَحمِلُ الرَّجُلُ ابْنَهُ كُلَّ الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي سِرْتُمْ فِيهِ، حَتَّى وَصَلْتُمْ إلَى هَذا المَكانِ.›

and in the wilderness where thou hast seen that Jehovah thy God bore thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came to this place.

32 « لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَثِقُوا بِإلَهِكُمْ ،

But In this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God,

33 ا لَّذِي يَسِيرُ أمامَكُمْ فِي رِحلَتِكُمْ، لِيَجِدَ لَكُمْ مَكاناً تُخَيِّمُونَ فِيهِ. فَكانَ يَسِيرُ فِي النّارِ لَيلاً، وَفِي السَّحابِ نَهاراً لِيُرِيَكُمُ الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي تَسلُكُونَ. عَدَمُ السَّماحِ لِلشَّعبِ بِدُخُولِ الأرْض

who went in the way before you, to search you out a place for your encamping, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.

34 « وَسَمِعَ اللهُ تَذَمُّرَكُمْ فَغَضِبَ جِدّاً وَأقسَمَ:

And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying,

35 ‹ لَنْ يَرَى أحَدٌ مِنْ هَذا الجِيلِ الشِّرِّيرِ الأرْضَ الجَدِيدَةَ الَّتِي أقسَمْتُ بِأنْ أعْطِيَها لآبائِكُمْ.

None among these men, this evil generation, shall in any wise see that good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers!

36 ك الِبُ بنُ يَفُنَّةَ، هُوَ الوَحِيدُ الَّذِي سَيَراها. وَلَهُ وَلِنَسلِهِ فَقَط سَأُعْطِي الأرْضَ الَّتِي سارَ عَلَيها، لِأنَّهُ ظَلَّ أمِيناً مَعَ اللهِ.›

Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah.

37 « حَتَّى أنا غَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَيَّ بِسَبَبِكُمْ، وَقالَ لِي: ‹حَتَّى أنْتَ لَنْ تَدخُلَ الأرْضَ.

Also Jehovah was angry with me on your account, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

38 ي َشُوعُ بنُ نُونَ الَّذِي يَقِفُ أمامَكَ سَيَدخُلُ الأرْضَ. فَشَجِّعْهُ لِأنَّهُ سَيَجْعَلُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يَمْتَلِكُونَ الأرْضَ.

Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

39 و َأطفالُكُمُ الَّذِينَ قُلْتُمْ عَنهُمْ: ‹سَيَكُونُونَ غَنِيمَةً لِلأعْداءِ،› أطفالُكُمُ الَّذِينَ لا يُمَيِّزُونَ الخَيرَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ بَعْدُ، هُمْ سَيَدخُلُونَ الأرْضَ. سَأُعطِي الأرْضَ لَهُمْ وَسَيَمْتَلِكُونَها.

And your little ones, of whom ye said, They shall be a prey, and your children, who this day know neither good nor evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

40 أ مّا أنتُمْ فَدُورُوا وَانْطَلِقُوا إلَى الصَّحراءِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى البَحْرِ الأحْمَرِ.›

But ye, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

41 « فأجَبْتُمْ وَقُلْتُمْ: ‹أخطَأنا إلَى اللهِ ، وَنَحنُ مُستَعِدُّونَ الآنَ لِكَي نَذْهَبَ وَنُحارِبَ كَما أمَرَنا إلَهُنا.› فَجَهَّزتُمْ أنفُسَكُمْ لِلمَعرَكَةِ، وَظَنَنْتُمْ أنَّهُ مِنَ السَّهلِ أنْ تَصعَدُوا إلَى المِنطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ.

—And ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God hath commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and ye would go presumptuously up the hill.

42 « فَقالَ لِي اللهُ: ‹قُلْ لَهُمْ لا تَصعَدُوا وَلا تُحارِبُوا لِأنِّي لَسْتُ مَعَكُمْ. إنْ سَمِعْتُمْ لِي فَلَنْ تُقتَلُوا أمامَ أعدائِكُمْ.›

And Jehovah said to me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

43 « فَأخبَرتُكُمْ بَهَذا، لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَسمَعُوا، بَلْ عَصَيتُمْ كَلامَ اللهِ وَكُنتُمْ عَنِيدِينَ مُتَكَبِّرِينَ، وَصَعِدْتُمْ إلَى المِنطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ لأخْذِها.

And I spoke unto you, but ye would not hear, and ye rebelled against the word of Jehovah, and acted presumptuously, and went up the hill.

44 ف َأتَى الأمُورِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَسكُنُونَ المِنطَقَةَ الجَبَلِيَّةَ وَحارَبُوكُمْ وَطارَدُوكُمْ كَما يُطارَدُ النَّحلُ. سَحَقُوكُمْ فِي سَعِيرَ وَطارَدُوكُمْ حَتَّى حُرْمَةَ.

And the Amorite that dwelt on that hill came out against you, and chased you, like as bees do, and cut you in pieces in Seir, as far as Hormah.

45 ف َرَجِعْتُمْ وَبَكَيتُمْ أمامَ اللهِ ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُعِرِ انتِباهاً لِصَوتِكُمْ وَلَمْ يُصغِ لَكُمْ.

And ye returned and wept before Jehovah, but Jehovah would not listen to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

46 و َأقَمْتُمْ فِي قادَشَ مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً.

And ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode.