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 to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled Mount Seir many days.

2 « ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِي:

Yahweh spoke to me, saying,

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

“You have encircled this mountain long enough. Turn northward.

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

Command the people, saying, ‘You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore be careful.

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

Don’t contend with them; for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

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

You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat. 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 Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He has known your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years, Yahweh 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 by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. 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.›»

Yahweh said to me, “Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.”

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

(The Emim lived therein before, 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 considered to be Rephaim, as 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 lived in Seir before, but the children of Esau succeeded them. They destroyed them from before them, and lived in their place; as Israel did to the land of his possession, which Yahweh gave to them.)

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

“Now rise up, and cross over the brook Zered.” 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.

The days in which we came from Kadesh Barnea, until we had come over the brook Zered, were thirty-eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the middle of the camp, as Yahweh swore to them.

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

Moreover Yahweh’s hand was against them, to destroy them from the middle of the camp, until they were consumed.

16 « وَعِندَما ماتَ كُلُّ المُحارِبِينَ مِنَ الشَّعبِ،

So, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

17 ت َكَلَّمَ اللهُ إلَيَّ وَقالَ:

Yahweh spoke to me, saying,

18 ‹ سَتَعبُرُ اليَومَ حُدُودَ مُوآبَ فِي عارَ.

“You are to pass over Ar, the border of Moab, today.

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

When you come near the border of the children of Ammon, don’t bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it to 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 is considered a land of Rephaim: Rephaim lived there before; 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 great people, many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place;

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 children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place 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

and the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and lived in their place.)

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.›

Today I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, 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

I sent messengers out of 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 along by the highway, I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.

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

You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink. Just let me 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 who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh 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 Yahweh your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as it is today.

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

Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before you. Begin to possess, that you may inherit his land.”

32 « فَخَرَجَ سِيحُونُ وَشَعبُهُ إلَى ياهَصَ لِمُحارَبَتِنا.

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

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

Yahweh our God delivered him up before us; and we struck him, 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.

We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. We left no one remaining.

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

Only the livestock we took for plunder for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities which we had taken.

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 valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. Yahweh our God delivered up all before us.

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

Only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn’t come near; all the banks of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us.