1 « ثُمَّ دُرنا وَانْطَلَقنا نَحوَ الصَّحراءِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى البَحرِ الأحمَرِ كَما أمَرَنِي اللهُ. وَسِرْنا حَولَ مِنْطَقَةِ سَعِيرَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ أيّاماً كَثِيرَةً.

Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea, as the Lord directed me; and for many days we journeyed around Mount Seir.

2 « ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِي:

And the Lord spoke to me, saying,

3 ‹ كَفاكُمْ دَوَراناً حَولَ هَذا الجَبَلِ، اتَّجِهُوا الآنَ نَحْوَ الشَّمالِ.

You have roamed around this mountain country long enough; turn northward.

4 و َمُرِ الشَّعبَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: سَتَعبُرُونَ حُدُودَ أقرِبائِكُمْ نَسلِ عِيسُو الَّذِينَ يَسكُنُونَ فِي سَعِيرَ فَيَخافُونَ مِنْكُمْ، فَكُونُوا حَذِرِينَ جِدّاً.

And command the Israelites, You are to pass through the territory of your kinsmen the sons of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So watch yourselves carefully.

5 ل ا تُحارِبُوهُم لِأنَّنِي لَنْ أُعطِيكُمْ شَيئاً مِنْ أرْضِهِمْ. فقَدْ أعطَيتُ مِنْطَقَةَ سَعِيرَ الجَبَلِيَّةَ لِعِيسُو مُلكاً لَهُ.

Do not provoke or stir them up, for I will not give you of their land, no, not enough for the sole of your foot to tread on, for I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

6 س َتَشتَرُونَ الطَّعامَ مِنْهُمْ بِمالٍ لِتَأكُلُوا، وَسَتَشتَرُونَ الماءَ مِنهُمْ لِتَشرَبُوا.

You shall buy food from them for money, that you may eat, and you shall also buy water from them for money, that you may drink.

7 ق َدْ بارَكَكَ إلَهُكَ فِي كُلِّ ما عَمِلتَهُ. وَاهتَمَّ بِكَ فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحْراءِ العَظِيمَةِ. كانَ إلَهُكَ مَعكَ فِي السَّنَواتِ الأربَعِينَ الماضِيَةِ، وَلَمْ تَحْتَجْ إلَى شَيءٍ.›

For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.

8 « حِينَئِذٍ، انطَلَقْنا بَعِيداً عَنْ أقرِبائِنا نَسلِ عِيسُو المُقِيمِينَ فِي جَبَلِ سَعِيرَ، بَعِيداً عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ إلَى وادِي الأُردُنِّ، وَبَعِيداً عَنْ إيلاتَ، وَبَعِيداً عَنْ عِصْيُونِ جابِرَ. ثُمَّ دُرْنا وَسِرْنا فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى بَرِّيَّةِ مُوآبَ.

So we passed on from our brethren the sons of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, away from the Arabah (wilderness), and from Elath and from Ezion-geber. We turned and went by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

9 « وَقالَ اللهُ لِي: ‹لا تُزْعِجْ شَعبَ مُوآبَ وَلا تُحارِبْهُمْ، لِأنِّي لَنْ أُعطِيَكَ شَيئاً مِنْ أرْضِهِمْ مُلْكاً لَكَ. فَقَدْ أعطَيتُ مَدينَةَ عارَ مِيراثاً لِنَسلِ لُوطَ مُلْكاً لَهُمْ.›»

And the Lord said to me, Do not trouble or assault Moab or contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot for a possession.

10 ف َقَدْ سَكَنَ الإيمِيُّونَ مَدينَةَ عارَ قَبلاً. وَكانُوا شَعباً قَوِيّاً وَكَثِيراً وَطَوِيلاً كَالعَناقِيِّينَ.

(The Emim dwelt there in times past, a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim.

11 ك انَ يُعتَقَدُ أنَّ الإيمِيِّينَ رَفائِيُّونَ كَالعَناقِيِّينِ، غَيرَ أنَّ المُوَآبِيِّينَ يَدعُونَهُمُ الإيمِيِّينَ.

These also are known as Rephaim, as are the Anakim, but the Moabites call them Emim.

12 ك َما سَكَنَ الحُورِيُّونَ فِي سَعِيرَ سابِقاً، لَكِنَّ نَسلَ عِيسُو طَرَدُوهُمْ وَأهلَكُوهُمْ مِنْ أمامِهِمْ وَسَكَنُوا مَكانَهُمْ، كَما عَمِلَ إسْرائِيلُ بِشَعبِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي امتَلَكَها، وَالَّتِي أعطاها اللهُ لَهُمْ.

The Horites also formerly lived in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and dwelt in their stead, as Israel did to the land of their possession which the Lord gave to them.)

13 « وَقالَ اللهُ: ‹وَالآنَ قُومُوا وَاعْبُرُوا وادِيَ زارَدَ.› فَعَبَرْنا وادِي زارَدَ.

Now rise up and go over the brook Zered. So we went over the brook Zered.

14 و َقَدِ اسْتَغرَقَنا السَّفَرُ مِنْ قادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ إلَى وادِي زارَدَ ثَمانِيَ وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً. وَخِلالَ هَذِهِ الفَترَةِ فَنِيَ فِي المُخَيَّمِ كُلُّ جِيلِ المُحارِبِينَ تَماماً كَما أقْسَمَ اللهُ لَهُمْ.

And the time from our leaving Kadesh-barnea until we had come over the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until the whole generation of the men of war had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.

15 ف َقَدَ مَدَّ اللهُ يَدَهُ ليُقاوَمَهُمُ، حَتَّى استأصَلَهُمْ مِنَ المُخَيَّمِ، وَأهلَكَهُمْ تَماماً.

Moreover the hand of the Lord was against them to exterminate them from the midst of the camp, until they were all gone.

16 « وَعِندَما ماتَ كُلُّ المُحارِبِينَ مِنَ الشَّعبِ،

So when all the men of war had died from among the people,

17 ت َكَلَّمَ اللهُ إلَيَّ وَقالَ:

The Lord spoke to me, saying,

18 ‹ سَتَعبُرُ اليَومَ حُدُودَ مُوآبَ فِي عارَ.

You are this day to pass through Ar, the border of Moab.

19 و َحِينَ تَقْتَرِبُونَ مِنَ العَمُّونِيِّينَ، لا تُهَيِّجُوهُمْ وَلا تُحارِبُوهُمْ، لِأنِّي لَنْ أُعطِيكُمْ شَيئاً مِنْ أرْضِهِمْ، لِأنِّي أعطَيتُها لِنَسلِ لُوطَ مُلْكاً لَهُمْ.›»

But when you come near the territory of the sons of Ammon, do not trouble or assault them or provoke or stir them up, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites for a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot for a possession.

20 و َأرْضُ العَمُّونِيِّينَ أيضاً تُعتَبَرُ أرْضَ رَفائِيِّينَ، إذْ سَكَنُوا فِيها قَبلاً. وَقَدْ كانَ العَمُّونِيُّونَ يَدعُونَهُمْ زَمْزُمِيِّينَ.

(That also is known as a land of Rephaim; Rephaim dwelt there formerly, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,

21 و َقَدْ كانُوا شَعباً قَوِيّاً وَكَثِيراً وَطَوِيلاً كَالعَناقِيِّينَ. لَكِنَّ اللهَ أهلَكَهُمْ مِنْ أمامِ العَمُّونِيِّينَ. فَطَرَدَهُمُ العَمُّونِيُّونَ وَسَكَنُوا مَكانَهُمْ.

A people great and many, and tall as the Anakim. But the Lord destroyed them before, and they dispossessed them and settled in their stead,

22 ت َماماً كَما فَعَلَ لِنَسلِ عِيسُو الَّذِي كانَ يَسكُنُ فِي سَعِيرَ حِينَ أهلَكَ الحُورِيِّينَ أمامَهُمْ. فامتَلَكَ الأدُومِيُّونَ أرْضَهُمْ وَسَكَنُوا مَكانَهُمْ إلَى هَذا اليَومِ.

As He did for the sons of Esau, who dwell in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them, and they dispossessed them and settled in their stead even to this day.

23 و َكَذَلِكَ الكَفْتُورِيُّونَ، الَّذِينَ أتَوا مِنْ كَفتُور، أبادُوا العُوِّيِّينَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَسْكُنُونُ القُرَى القَرِيبَةَ مِنْ غِزَّةَ، وَسَكَنُوا هُناكَ مَكانَهُمْ. مُحارَبَةُ الأمُورِيِّين

As for the Avvim who dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim who came from Caphtor destroyed them and dwelt in their stead.)

24 « وَقالَ لِيَ اللهُ: ‹قُمْ وَانْطَلِقْ وَاعبُرْ وادِي أرنُونَ، فَها قَدْ أعطَيتُكَ القُوَّةَ لِتَهزِمَ سِيحُونَ مَلِكَ حَشْبُونَ. فبادِرْ بِامتِلاكِ أرْضِهِ، وَبِشَنِّ حَرْبٍ عَلَيهِ.

Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the Valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it and contend with him in battle.

25 و َسَأبدَأُ أنا اليَومَ بِزَرْعِ رُعبٍ وَخَوفٍ مِنكَ فِي النّاسِ، حَتَّى يَخافُوا وَيَرْتَعِدُوا أمامَكَ حِينَ يَسمَعُونَ أخْبارَكَ.›

This day will I begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the peoples who are under the whole heavens, who shall hear the report of you and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.

26 « فَأرْسَلْتُ رُسُلاً مِنَ الصَّحْراءِ الشَّرقِيَّةِ إلَى سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ حَشْبُونَ باتَّفاقِيَّةِ سَلامٍ حَيْثُ قُلْتُ لَهُ

So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

27 ا سمَحْ لَنا بِالمُرُورِ بِأرْضِكَ. وَسَنَبقَى فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَقَطْ دُونَ أنْ نَمِيلَ يَمِيناً أوْ يَساراً.

Let me pass through your land. I will go only by the road, turning aside neither to the right nor to the left.

28 ن َشْتَري مِنْكَ الطَّعامَ بِمالٍ لِنَأكُلَ، وَالماءَ لِنَشرَبَ. فاسمَحْ لَنا بِالمُرُورِ عَلَى أقدامِنا،

You shall sell me food to eat and sell me water to drink; only let me walk through,

29 ك َما سَمَحَ لَنا نَسلُ عِيسُو المُقِيمُونَ فِي سَعِيرَ، وَالمُوآبِيُّونَ المُقِيمُونَ فِي عارَ، لِنَعْبُرَ نَهرَ الأُردُنِّ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبَها لَنا إلَهُنا.

As the sons of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites, who dwell in Ar, did for me, until I go over the Jordan into the land which the Lord our God gives us.

30 « لَكِنَّ سِيحُونَ مَلِكَ حَشبُونَ رَفَضَ أنْ يَسمَح لَنا بِالمُرُورِ فِي أرْضِهِ، لِأنَّ إلَهَكَ قَسَّى رُوحَهُ، وَجَرّأَ قَلْبَهُ، لِكَي يُخضِعَهُ لَكَ كَما فَعَلَ الآنَ.

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might give him into your hand, as at this day.

31 ث ُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِي: ‹ها قَدْ بَدَأْتُ بِإعطاءِ سِيحُونَ وَأرْضِهِ لَكَ، فابدَأ بامتِلاكِها.›

And the Lord said to me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession, that you may succeed him and occupy his land.

32 « فَخَرَجَ سِيحُونُ وَشَعبُهُ إلَى ياهَصَ لِمُحارَبَتِنا.

Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.

33 ف َأسلَمَهُ إلَهُنا لَنا، فَهَزَمْناهُ هُوَ وَأبناءَهُ وَكُلَّ شَعبِهِ.

And the Lord our God gave him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and all his people.

34 و َأخَذْنا كُلَّ مُدُنِهِ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ. وَأهلَكْنا الرِّجالَ وَالنِّساءَ وَالأطْفالَ فِي كُلِّ المُدُنِ، فَلَمْ يَنجُ أحَدٌ مَنهُمْ.

At the same time we took all his cities and utterly destroyed every city—men, women, and children. We left none to remain.

35 ل َكِنَّنا أخَذْنا الحَيواناتِ فَقَطْ غَنِيمَةً لَنا، وَسَلَبْنا المُدُنَ الَّتِي أخَذْناها.

Only the cattle we took as booty for ourselves and the spoil of the cities which we had captured.

36 و َلَمْ تَكُنْ هُناكَ مَدِينَةٌ لَمْ نَستَطِعْ أخذَها، ابْتِداءً مِنْ عَرُوعِيرَ الواقِعَةِ عَلَى ضِفَّةِ وادِي أرنُونَ، وَالمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي فَي بَطْنِ الوادِي إلَى جِلعادَ، فَقَدْ أعطانا إلَهُنا كُلَّ واحِدَةٍ مِنْها.

From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon Valley, and from the city that is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was no city too high and strong for us; the Lord our God delivered all to us.

37 ل َكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَقتَرِبُوا مَنْ أرْضِ العَمُّونِيِّينَ، فَتَجَنَّبْتُمْ جَمِيعَ ضِفافِ وادِي يَبُّوقَ، وَمُدُنَ المِنْطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، تَماماً كَما أمَرَنا إلَهُنا.

Only you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, that is, to any bank of the river Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the Lord our God had forbidden us.