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 the other side of the Jordan, in the desert, in the Arabah beside 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.

It takes eleven days to travel 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.

On the first day of the eleventh month in the fortieth year, Moses spoke to the children of Israel. He told them all the Lord said they must do.

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.

This was after he had won the war against Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

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

On the other side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses talked to the people about this Law. He said,

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

“The Lord our God spoke to us at Mount Sinai, saying, ‘You have stayed long enough at 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.

Get ready to travel now. Go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the valley, in the Negev and by the sea, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the big 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

See, I have set the land in front of you. Go in and take for your own the land which the Lord promised to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and to their children after them.’ Leaders of Family Groups

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

“At that time I said to you, ‘I am not able to take care of you alone.

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

The Lord your God has made you become many people. Now you are as many as the stars of heaven.

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

May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you 1, 000 times as many as you are. May He bring good to you just as He has promised you!

12 ك َيفَ يُمكِنُنِي وَحْدِي أنْ أحمِلَ أثْقالَكُمْ وَأحمالَكُمْ وَقَضاياكُمْ؟

How can I alone carry the weight of your troubles?

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

Choose wise, understanding and able men from your family groups. And I will make them leaders over you.’

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

You answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have spoken is good for us 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 leaders of your family groups, wise and able men. I made them leaders over you, leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens, and rulers of your family groups.

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.

“Then I said to your judges at that time, ‘Listen to the problems between your brothers. And be right in what you decide between a man and his brother or the stranger who is 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.

Do not show favor as you judge. Listen to the small and the great alike. Do not be afraid of any man, because you are judging for God. Bring to me any problem that is too hard for you, and I will hear it.’

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

I told you at that time all the things you should do. Men Are Sent to Spy Out the Land

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.

“Then we left Mount Sinai. We went through the big desert you saw which fills people with fear, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the Lord our God had told us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.

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

I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God will give us.

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

See, the Lord your God has set the land in front of you. Go and take it for your own, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or troubled.’

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

Then all of you came to me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, to spy out the land for us. They will return and tell us which way we should go and which cities we will come to.’

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

What you said pleased me. I took twelve of your men, one man for each family group.

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

They went up into the hill country, came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there.

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

They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us. And they told us that it is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.

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

“Yet you would not go up. You went against what the Lord your God told you to do.

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

You complained in your tents, saying, ‘Because the Lord hates us He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to give us to 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.›

Where would we be going? Our brothers have made our hearts weak with fear, saying, ‘The people are bigger and taller than we. The cities are large, with walls as high as the heavens. And we have even seen the sons of the Anakim there.’”

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

Then I said to you, ‘Do not be afraid of them.

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

The Lord your God Who goes before you will Himself fight for you. He did this for you in Egypt in front of 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 desert. There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way you have walked until you came to this place.’

32 « لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَثِقُوا بِإلَهِكُمْ ،

But even so, you did not trust the Lord 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 goes before you on your way. He finds a place for you to set up your tents. He uses fire to show you the way to go during the night. During the day He uses a cloud to lead you. Israel’s Punishment

34 « وَسَمِعَ اللهُ تَذَمُّرَكُمْ فَغَضِبَ جِدّاً وَأقسَمَ:

“The Lord heard your words and was angry. He swore,

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

‘Not one of these men of these sinful people will see the good land I promised to give 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 will see it. I will give the land on which he has walked to him and his children because he has always followed the Lord.’

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

The Lord was angry with me because of you. He said, ‘Not even you will go in there.

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

Joshua the son of Nun, who stands in front of you, will go in there. Tell him to be strong, for he will bring Israel into their new land.

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 whom you said would be taken by strange hands, and your children who do not yet know the difference between good and bad, will go in there. I will give the land to them. It will be theirs.

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

But as for you, turn around and go into the desert by 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.

“Then you said to me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God told us.’ So every man of you put on his sword and thought it an easy thing to go up into the hill country.

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

The Lord said to me, ‘Say to them, “Do not go up or fight. For I am not among you. You would be destroyed by those who hate you.”’

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

So I spoke to you but you would not listen. You went against what the Lord told you. In your pride you went up into the hill country.

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

Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you. They came at you like bees, and crushed you from Seir to Hormah.

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

And you returned and cried before the Lord but the Lord did not listen to you.

46 و َأقَمْتُمْ فِي قادَشَ مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً.

So you stayed in Kadesh. Many days you stayed there.