1 ح ِينَئِذٍ دَعا يَشُوعُ الرَأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ وَالجادِيِّينَ وَنِصفَ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى،

Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the 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 left your brethren these many days, up to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment 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.

And now the Lord your God has given rest to your brethren, as He promised them; now therefore, return and go to your tents and to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other 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 careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

6 ث ُمَّ بارَكَهُمْ يَشُوعُ وَأرسَلَهُمْ، فَذَهَبُوا إلَى خِيامِهِمْ.

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

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 half the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half of it Joshua gave a possession among their brethren on this side of the Jordan, westward. And indeed, when Joshua sent them away to their tents, 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 spoke to them, saying, “Return with much riches to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with 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 children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they had obtained according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. An Altar by the Jordan

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 which is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan—a great, impressive altar.

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.

Now the children of Israel heard someone say, “Behold, the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the frontier of the land of Canaan, in the region of the Jordan—on the children of Israel’s side.”

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

And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered together at Shiloh to go to war against them.

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

Then the children of Israel sent Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead,

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 rulers, one ruler each from the chief house of every tribe of Israel; and each one was the head of the house of his father among the divisions of Israel.

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

Then they came to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,

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 ؟

“Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord: ‘What treachery 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 for yourselves an altar, that you might 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 not enough for us, from which we are not cleansed till this day, although there was 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.

but that you must turn away this day from following the Lord ? And it shall be, if 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.

Nevertheless, if the land of your possession is unclean, then cross over to the land of the possession of the Lord, where the Lord ’s tabernacle stands, and take possession among us; but do not rebel against the Lord, nor rebel against us, by building yourselves an altar besides 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 the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? And that man did not perish alone in his iniquity.’”

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

Then the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh answered and said to the heads of the divisions 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 Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, He knows, and let Israel itself know—if it is in rebellion, or if in treachery against the Lord, do not save us this day.

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 ourselves an altar to turn from following the Lord, or if to offer on it burnt offerings or grain offerings, or if to offer peace offerings on it, let the Lord Himself require an account.

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

But in fact we have done it for fear, for a reason, saying, ‘In time to come your descendants may speak to our descendants, saying, “What have you to do with the Lord 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 border between you and us, you children of Reuben and children of Gad. You have no part in the Lord.” So your descendants would make our descendants cease fearing the Lord.’

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

Therefore we said, ‘Let us now prepare to build ourselves 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 that it may be a witness between you and us and our generations after us, that we may perform the service of the Lord before Him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your descendants may not say to our descendants in time to come, “You have no part 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.›

Therefore we said that it will be, when they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say, ‘Here is the replica of the altar of the Lord which our fathers made, though not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between you and us.’

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 from following the Lord this day, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for grain offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar of the Lord our God which is before His tabernacle.”

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

Now when Phinehas the priest and the rulers of the congregation, the heads of the divisions of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh 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.»

Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh, “This day we perceive that the Lord is among us, because you have not committed this treachery against the Lord. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.”

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.

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the rulers, returned from the children of Reuben and the children of Gad, from the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought back word to them.

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

So the thing pleased the children of Israel, and the children of Israel blessed God; they spoke no more of going against them in battle, to destroy the land where the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

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

The children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar, Witness, “For it is a witness between us that the Lord is God.”