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 spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.

2 « ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِي:

And the Lord spake unto me, saying,

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

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

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

And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

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

Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

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

Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye 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 thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast 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.

And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed 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 unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

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

The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;

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

Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.

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 Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.

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

Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And 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 space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them.

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

For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

16 « وَعِندَما ماتَ كُلُّ المُحارِبِينَ مِنَ الشَّعبِ،

So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

17 ت َكَلَّمَ اللهُ إلَيَّ وَقالَ:

That the Lord spake unto me, saying,

18 ‹ سَتَعبُرُ اليَومَ حُدُودَ مُوآبَ فِي عارَ.

Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:

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

And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

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

(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

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 Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt 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 to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

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

And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of 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 ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine 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 of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

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

And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto 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 thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.

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

Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;

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 children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth 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 thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

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

And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit 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 delivered him before us; and we smote 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.

And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

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

Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

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 by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:

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

Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us.