1 ح ِينَئِذٍ دَعا يَشُوعُ الرَأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ وَالجادِيِّينَ وَنِصفَ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى،

Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

2 و َقالَ لَهُمْ: «قَدْ أطَعْتُمْ كُلَّ ما أمَرَ بِهِ مُوسَى خادِمُ اللهِ وَأطَعتُمُونِي فِي كُلِّ ما أمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ.

And said to them, You have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.

3 ل َمْ تَترُكُوا إخْوَتَكُمْ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأيّامِ الكَثِيرَةِ إلَى هَذا اليَومِ، لَكِنَّكُمْ حَفِظْتُمْ وَصِيَّةَ إلَهِكُمْ.

You have not deserted your brethren these many days to this day but have carefully kept the charge of the Lord your God.

4 و َالآنَ قَدْ أعطَى إلَهُكُمْ إخْوَتَكُمْ راحَةً وَأماناً كَما وَعَدَهُمْ. فَعُودُوا الآنَ إلَى خِيامِكُمْ فِي أرْضِكُمُ الَّتِي أعطاها مُوسَى عَبدُ اللهِ لَكُمْ فِي الجِهَةِ الأُخرَى مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ.

But now the Lord your God has given rest to your brethren, as He promised them; so now go, return to your homes in the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the side of the Jordan.

5 ل َكِنِ احرِصُوا عَلَى طاعَةِ الوَصِيَّةِ وَالشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي أعطاها مُوسَى خادِمُ اللهِ لَكُمْ، بِأنْ تُحِبُّوا إلَهَكُمْ وَأنْ تَسلُكُوا فِي طُرُقِهِ وَأنْ تَحفَظُوا وَصاياهُ وَأنْ تَبقُوا قَرِيبِينَ مِنهُ وَأنْ تَخدِمُوهُ وَتَعْبُدُوهُ بِكُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَبِكُلِّ نُفُوسِكُمْ.»

But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you: to love the Lord your God and to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and to cling to and unite with Him and to serve Him with all your heart and soul.

6 ث ُمَّ بارَكَهُمْ يَشُوعُ وَأرسَلَهُمْ، فَذَهَبُوا إلَى خِيامِهِمْ.

So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their homes.

7 و َكانَ مُوسَى قَدْ أعطَى أرْضَ باشانَ لِنِصفِ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى. أمّا النِّصفُ الآخَرُ مِنْ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى فَأعطاهُمْ أرْضاً مَعَ إخْوَتِهِمْ فِي الجِهَةِ الغَربِيَّةِ مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ. وَحِينَ أرسَلَهُمْ يَشُوعُ إلَى خِيامِهِمْ وَبارَكَهُمْ،

Now to one-half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half Joshua gave a possession on the west side of the Jordan among their brethren. So when Joshua sent them away to their homes, he blessed them,

8 ق الَ لَهُمْ: «عُودُوا إلَى خِيامِكُمْ بِثَروَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ وَحَيواناتٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَفِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَنُحاسٍ وحديدٍ وَثِيابٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. وَتَقاسَمُوا مَعَ إخْوَتِكُمُ الَّذِينَ مَكَثُوا فِي أرْضِكُمْ غَنِيمَةَ أعدائِكُمْ.»

And he said to them, Return with much riches to your tents and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

9 ف َتَرَكَ الرَأُوبَيْنِيُّونَ وَالجادِيُّونَ وَنِصفُ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي شِيلُوهَ فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ لِيَعُودُوا إلَى أرْضِ جِلعادَ، أرْضِهِمِ الَّتِي امتَلَكُوها بِحَسَبِ أمرِ اللهِ عَلَى فَمِ مُوسَى.

So the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home, parting from the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to go to the land of Gilead, their own land of which they had been given possession by the command of the Lord through Moses.

10 و َحِينَ أتَوْا إلَى جَلِيلُوثَ عِندَ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ، بَنَى الرَأُوبَيْنِيُّونَ وَالجادِيُّونَ وَنِصفُ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى هُناكَ مَذْبَحاً كَبِيراً عِندَ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ.

And when they came to the region of the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, an altar great to behold.

11 و َسَمِعَ بَقِيَّةُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ أنَّ الرَأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ وَالجادِيِّينَ وَنِصفَ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى قَدْ بَنَوْا مَذْبَحاً عَلَى حُدُودِ أرْضِ كَنْعانَ فِي جَلِيلُوثَ قُرْبَ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، فِي جِهَةِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ الغَربِيَّةِ.

And the Israelites heard it said, Behold, the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the edge of the land of Canaan in the region of the Jordan in the passage, the Israelites.

12 ف لَمّا سَمِعُ بَنُو إسرائِيلَ بِذَلِكَ، اجتَمَعَ كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي شِيلُوهَ لِيَذْهَبُوا وَيُحارِبُوهُمْ.

When the Israelites heard of it, the whole congregation of the sons of Israel gathered at Shiloh to make war on them.

13 و َأرسَلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ الكاهِنَ فِينْحاسَ بْنَ ألِعازَرَ إلَى الرَأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ وَالجادِيِّينَ وَنِصفِ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى فِي جِلعادَ.

And the Israelites sent to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest,

14 و َأرسَلُوا مَعَهُ عَشْرَةَ قادَةٍ، قائِداً مِنْ كُلِّ عَشِيرَةٍ فِي إسْرائِيلَ. فَكانَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ رَئِيساً فِي قَبِيلَتِهِ وَسَطَ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ.

And with him ten chiefs, one from each of the tribal families of Israel; and each one was a head of a father’s house among the clans of Israel.

15 ف َذَهَبُوا إلَى الرَأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ وَالجادِيِّينَ وَنِصفِ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى فِي أرْضِ جِلعادَ وَقالُوا لَهُمْ:

And they came to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and they said to them,

16 « هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ كُلُّ شَعبِ اللهِ: ‹ما هَذِهِ الخِيانَةُ الَّتِي خُنْتُمْ بِها إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ: حِدْتُمُ اليَومَ عَنِ اتِّباعِ اللهِ ، وَبَنَيتُمْ مَذْبَحاً مُتَمَرِّدِينَ عَلَى اللهِ ؟

The whole congregation of the Lord says, What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that you have built yourselves an altar to rebel this day against the Lord?

17 أ لَمْ تَكُنْ خَطِيَّةُ فَغُورَ كافِيَةً لَنا؟ إنَّنا حَتَّى الآنَ لَمْ نَتَطَهَّرْ مِنْ تِلْكَ الخَطِيَّةِ مَعَ أنَّ وَباءً أتَى عَلَى شَعبِ اللهِ.

Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed even now, although there came a plague in the congregation of the Lord,

18 ف َهَلْ تَترُكُونَ اللهَ الآنَ؟ إنْ تَمَرَّدْتُمْ عَلَى اللهِ اليَومَ، فَإنَّ اللهَ سَيَغضَبُ غَداً عَلَى كُلِّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.

That you must turn away this day from following the Lord? The result will be, since you rebel today against the Lord, that tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.

19 « ‹إنْ كانَتِ الأرْضُ الَّتِي أخَذْتُمُوها نَجِسَةً، فاعبُرُوا إلَى أرْضِ اللهِ حَيثُ تُوجَدُ خَيمَةُ اللهِ ، وَخُذُوا قِسْماً مِنَ الأرْضِ بَينَنا. لا تَتَمَرَّدُوا عَلَى اللهِ أوْ عَلَينا بِبِنائِكُمْ مَذْبَحاً غَيرَ مَذْبَحِ إلَهِنا.

But now, if your land is unclean, pass over into the Lord’s land, where the Lord’s tabernacle resides, and take for yourselves a possession among us. But do not rebel against the Lord or rebel against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.

20 أ ِلَمْ يَرفُضْ عَخانُ بْنُ زارَحَ أنْ يُطِيعَ الأمْرَ المُتَعَلِّقَ بِإتلافِ الغَنِيمَةِ، فَأتَى العِقابُ عَلَى كُلِّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ؟ وَلَمْ يَهلِكْ هُوَ وَحدَهُ بِسَبَبِ خَطِيَّتِهِ؟›»

Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a trespass in the matter of taking accursed things and wrath fall on all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone in his perversity and iniquity.

21 ف َأجابَ الرَأُوبَيْنِيُّونَ وَالجادِيُّونَ وَنِصفُ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى قادَةَ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ:

Then the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh said to the heads of the clans of Israel,

22 « يهوه هُوَ اللهُ العَظيمُ! يهوه هُوَ اللهُ العَظيمُ! هُوَ يَعلَمُ. وَلْيَعلَمْ إسْرائِيلُ أيضاً! إنْ كُنّا قَدْ تَمَرَّدْنا أوْ عَصَيْنا اللهَ ، فَلا تُنَجِّنا اليَومَ.

The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows, and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in transgression against the Lord, spare us not today.

23 و َإنْ كُنّا قَدْ بَنَينا لِأنفُسِنا مَذْبَحاً مُنْحَرِفِينَ عَنْ اتِّباعِ اللهِ ، وَلِتَقدِيمِ ذَبائِحَ أوْ تَقدِماتِ حُبُوبٍ أوْ ذَبائِحَ سَلامٍ، فَلْيُعاقِبْنا اللهُ نَفسُهُ.

If we have built us an altar to turn away from following the Lord, or if we did so to offer on it burnt offerings or cereal offerings or peace offerings, may the Lord Himself take vengeance.

24 ب َلْ فَعَلنا ذَلِكَ خَوْفاً مِنْ يَوْمٍ يَأتِي، حِينَ يَقُولُ أولادُكُمْ لِأولادِنا: ‹ما عَلاقَتُكُمْ بِاللهِ ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ؟

No! But we did it for fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

25 ا للهُ وَضَعَ نَهْرَ الأُردُنِّ بَينَنا وَبَينَكُمْ أيُّها الرَأُوبَيْنِيُّونَ وَالجادِيُّونَ! فَلَيسَ لَكُمْ نَصِيبٌ فِي اللهِ.› وَبِهَذا يُوقِفُ أولادُكُمْ أولادَنا عَنْ عِبادَةِ اللهِ.

For the Lord has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, you Reubenites and Gadites; you have no part in the Lord. So your children might make our children cease from fearing the Lord.

26 « فَقُلْنا: ‹فَلْنَعمَلْ شَيئاً لِأنفُسِنا، فَلْنَبنِ مَذْبَحاً.› لَيسَ لِلتَّقْدِماتِ أوِ الذَّبائِحِ،

So we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice,

27 ب َلْ لِيَكُونَ شاهِداً بَينَنا وَبَينَكُمْ وَبَينَ الأجيالِ الَّتِي سَتَأْتِي بَعدَنا أنَّنا سَنَعبُدُ اللهَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ بِذَبائِحَ صاعِدَةٍ وَقَرابِينَ وَذَبائِحَ شَرِكَةٍ. فَلا يَستَطِيعَ أولادُكُمْ أنْ يَقُولُوا لِأولادِنا فِي المُستَقبَلِ: ‹لَيسَ لَكُمْ نَصِيبٌ فِي اللهِ.›

But to be a witness between us and you and between the generations after us, that we will perform the service of the Lord before Him with our burnt offerings and sacrifices and peace offerings; lest your children say to our children in time to come, You have no portion in the Lord.

28 و َقُلْنا: ‹إنْ حَدَثَ هَذا مَعْنا أوْ مَعَ أولادِنا فِي المُستَقبَلِ، سَنَقُولُ لَهُمْ: انظُرُوا إلَى نَمُوذَجِ مَذْبَحِ اللهِ الَّذِي بَناهُ آباؤنا. فَلَيسَ هُوَ لِلتَّقْدِماتِ أوِ الذَّبائِحِ، بَلْ لِيَكُونَ شاهِداً بَينَنا وَبَينَكُمْ.›

So we thought, if that should be said to us or to our descendants in time to come, we can reply, Behold the copy of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices, but to be a witness between us and you.

29 « لَنْ نَتَمَرَّدَ عَلَى اللهِ وَنَتَوَقَّفَ اليَومَ عَنِ اتِّباعِهِ بِبِناءِ مَذْبَحٍ لِلتَّقْدِماتِ الصّاعِدَةِ أوْ تَقدِماتِ الحُبُوبِ أوِ الذَّبائِحِ غَيرَ مَذبَحِ إلَهِنا الَّذِيِ أمامَ خَيمةِ محضرِه.»

Far be it from us that we should rebel against the Lord and turn away this day from following the Lord to build an altar for burnt offerings, for cereal offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar of the Lord our God that is before His tabernacle.

30 ف َحِينَ سَمِعَ الكاهِنُ فِينْحاسُ وَقادَةُ الشَّعبِ وَرُؤَساءُ العَشائِرِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا مَعَهُ كَلامَ الرَأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ وَالجادِيِّينَ وَالمَنَسِّيِّينَ، فَرِحُوا وَاستَراحُوا.

And when Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation and heads of the clans of Israel who were with him heard the words that the Reubenites, Gadites, and Manassites spoke, it pleased them.

31 و َقالَ الكاهِنُ فِينْحاسُ بْنُ ألِعازَرَ لِلرَأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ وَالجادِيِّينَ وَالمَنَسِّيِّينَ: «الآنَ نَعرِفُ أنَّ اللهَ فِي وَسَطِنا، لِأنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَتَمَرَّدُوا عَلَى اللهِ فِي هَذا الأمرِ. قَدْ أنقَذْتُمْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ عِقابِ اللهِ.»

Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and Manassites, Today we know the Lord is among us, because you have not committed this trespass and treachery against the Lord; now you have saved the Israelites from the Lord’s hand.

32 ح ِينَئِذٍ، عادَ الكاهِنُ فِينْحاسُ بْنُ ألِعازَرَ وَالقادَةُ مِنْ عِندِ الرَأُوبَيْنَيِّينَ وَالجادِيِّينَ فِي أرْضِ جِلْعادَ إلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ، وَأخبَرُوهُمْ بِما جَرَى بَينَهُمْ.

Then Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, and the chiefs returned from the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the Israelites, and brought back word to them.

33 و َسَرَّتِ الأخبارُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَسَبَّحُوا اللهَ. وَتَراجَعُوا عَنِ الحَربِ ضِدَّ الرَأُوبَيْنِّيُنَ وَالجادِيِّينَ لِتَدْمِيرِ أرْضِهِمْ.

The report pleased the Israelites and they blessed God; and they spoke no more of going to war against them to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites dwelt.

34 و َدَعا الرَأُوبَيْنِيُّونَ وَالجادِيُّونَ اسْمَ المَذْبَحِ «شاهِدٌ،» فَقَدْ قالُوا: «إنَّ شاهِداً بَينَنا حَقّاً. يهوه هُوَ اللهُ حَقّاً.»

The Reubenites and Gadites called the altar Ed, saying, It shall be: A Witness Between Us that the Lord is God.