1 T hen all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.

فَأخَذَ الشَّعبُ يَصرُخُونَ وَيَبكُونَ طِيلَةَ تِلكَ اللَّيلَةِ.

2 A ll the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “ Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!

وَتَذَمَّرَ كُلُّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى مُوسَى وَهارُونَ. وَقالَ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ لَهُما: «لَيتَنا مُتنا فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ أوْ فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحْراءِ.

3 W hy is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

لِماذا يُحضِرُنا اللهُ إلَى هَذِهِ الأرْضِ لِنَمُوتَ فِي الحَربِ وَتُؤخَذَ نِساؤُنا وَأطفالُنا كَغَنِيمَةٍ؟ ألَيسَ مِنَ الأفضَلِ لَنا أنْ نَعُودَ إلَى مِصرَ؟»

4 S o they said to one another, “ Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”

وَقالَ بَعضُهُمْ لِبَعضٍ: «فَلْنَختَرْ رَئِيساً عَلَينا وَنَرجِعْ إلَى مِصرَ.»

5 T hen Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in the presence of all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.

فَوَقَعَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ إلَى الأرْضِ أمامَ كُلِّ جَماعَةِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

6 J oshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

وَيَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ وَكالِبُ بْنُ يَفُنَّةَ، اللَّذانِ كانا مِمَّنْ اسْتَكْشَفَوا الأرْضَ، مَزَّقا ثِيابَهُما حُزناً مِنْ مَوقِفِ الشَّعبِ.

7 a nd they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “ The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.

وَقالا لِجَمِيعِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ: «الأرْضُ الَّتِي جُلْنا فِيها لاستِكشافِها، أرْضٌ جَيِّدَةٌ جِدّاً.

8 I f the Lord is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us— a land which flows with milk and honey.

فَإنْ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنّا، سَيُدْخِلُنا إلَى هَذِهِ الأرْضِ وَسَيُعطِيها لَنا. إنَّها أرْضٌ تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً.

9 O nly do not rebel against the Lord; and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our prey. Their protection has been removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”

فَلا تَتَمَرَّدُوا عَلَى اللهِ ، وَلا تَخافُوا مِنْ شَعبِ الأرْضِ، لأنَّنا سَنَهزِمُهُمْ. قَدْ زالَ عَنهُمْ ما كانَ يَحمِيهِمْ. وَأمّا نَحنُ فَاللهُ مَعَنا، فَلا تَخافُوا مِنْهُمْ.»

10 B ut all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Then the glory of the Lord appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel. Moses Pleads for the People

فَهَدَّدَ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ بِقَتلِهِما رَجماً بِالحِجارَةِ. حِينَئِذٍ، ظَهَرَ مَجدُ اللهِ فِي خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ لِكُلِّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

11 T he Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have performed in their midst?

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «إلَى مَتَى يُهينُنِي هَذا الشَّعبُ؟ إلَى مَتَى لا يَثِقُونَ بِي عَلَى الرُّغْمِ مِنْ كُلِّ العَجائِبِ الَّتِي عَمِلْتُها بَينَهُمْ؟

12 I will smite them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”

سَأُرْسِلُ إلَيْهِمْ وَباءً فَظِيعاً وَأطْرُدُهُمْ مِنْ أرْضِهِمْ. وَسَأجعَلُكَ، يا مُوسَى، أُمَّةً أعظَمَ وَأقوَى مِنهُمْ.»

13 B ut Moses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought up this people from their midst,

فَقالَ مُوسَى للهِ: «حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَسمَعُ المِصرِيُّونَ بِهَذا، لأنَّكَ أخرَجْتَ هَذا الشَّعبَ مِنْ بَينِهِمْ بِقُوَّتِكَ.

14 a nd they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, O Lord, are in the midst of this people, for You, O Lord, are seen eye to eye, while Your cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

وَسَيُخبِرُونَ سُكّانَ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ. قَدْ سَمِعَ سُكّانُ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ بِأنَّكَ مَعَ هَذا الشَّعبِ يا اللهُ ، وَبِأنَّكَ ظَهَرْتَ لِهَذا الشَّعبِ وَبِأنَّ سَحابَتَكَ تَقِفُ فَوقَهُمْ وَبِأنَّكَ تَسِيرُ أمامَهُمْ فِي عَمُودِ سَحابٍ فِي النَّهارِ وَفِي عَمُودِ نارٍ فِي اللَّيلِ.

15 N ow if You slay this people as one man, then the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,

فَإنْ قَتَلْتَ هَذا الشَّعبَ كُلَّهُ فَإنَّ الأُمَمَ الَّتِي سَمِعَتْ عَنْكَ سَتَقُولُ:

16 ‘ Because the Lord could not bring this people into the land which He promised them by oath, therefore He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

‹لَمْ يَستَطِعِ اللهُ أنْ يُدخِلَ هَذا الشَّعبَ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدَهُمْ بِها، فَقَتَلَهُمْ فِي الصَّحْراءِ.›

17 B ut now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared,

«لِذَلِكَ لِتَعظُمْ قُوَّةُ اللهِ كَما وَعَدْتَ وَقُلْتَ:

18 ‘ The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.’

‹ اللهُ بَطِيءُ الغَضَبِ، وَمَحَبَّتُهُ عَظِيمَةٌ. يَغْفِرُ الذَّنْبَ وَالمَعْصِيَةَ. لَكِنَّهُ لا يُلْغِي العُقُوبَةَ، بَلْ يَحْسِبُ خَطايا الآباءِ عَلَى أبْنائِهِمْ وَأحفادِهِمْ وَأحفادِ أبْنائِهِمْ.

19 P ardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.” The Lord Pardons and Rebukes

اغْفِرْ خَطِيَّةَ هَذا الشَّعبِ بِحَسَبِ مَحَبَّتِكَ العَظِيمَةِ، كَما غَفَرْتَ لَهُ مُنذُ خُرُوجِهِ مِنْ مِصرَ وَحَتَّى الآنَ.›»

20 S o the Lord said, “ I have pardoned them according to your word;

فَقالَ اللهُ: «سَأغفِرُ لَهُمْ كَما طَلَبْتَ.

21 b ut indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord.

لَكِنِّي أُقسِمُ بِذاتِي، وَبِمَجدِي الَّذِي سَيَمْلَأُ الأرْضَ بِمَجدِ اللهِ ،

22 S urely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,

إنَّ جَمِيعَ أولَئِكَ الَّذينَ رَأَوْا مَجدِي وَعَجائِبِي الَّتِي عَمِلْتُها فِي مِصرَ وَفِي الصَّحْراءِ، وجَرَّبُونِي عَشرَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَلَمْ يُطِيعُونِي،

23 s hall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it.

لَنْ يَرَوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي وَعَدْتُ بِها آباءَهُمْ. جَمِيعُ الَّذِينَ أهانُونِي لَنْ يَدخُلُوا الأرْضَ.

24 B ut My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it.

«أمّا خادِمِي كالِبَ فَرأى الأمْرَ بِرُوحٍ مُختَلِفَةٍ. وَقَدْ أطاعِنِي تَماماً. لِذَلِكَ سَأُدخِلُهُ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي ذَهَبَ إلَيها، وَيَرِثُها نَسلُهُ.

25 N ow the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out to the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.”

«هَا العَمالِقَةُ وَالكَنعانِيُّونَ يَسكُنُونَ الوادِي. فَاسْتَدِيرُوا فِي الغَدِ نَحوَ الصَّحْراءِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى البَحرِ الأحمَرِ.» عِقابُ اللهِ لِلشَّعب

26 T he Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

وَكَلَّمَ اللهُ مُوسَى وَهارُونَ فَقالَ:

27 “ How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who are grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they are making against Me.

«إلَى مَتَى سَيَستَمِرُّ هَذا الشَّعبُ الشِّرِّيرُ فِي التَّذَمُّرِ عَلَيَّ؟ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ تَذَمُّراتِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ الَّتِي يَتَذَمَّرُونَها عَلَيَّ.

28 S ay to them, ‘ As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will surely do to you;

قُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹أُقسِمُ بِذاتِي، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، سَأعمَلُ لَكُمْ ما قُلْتُمُوهُ أمامِي.

29 y our corpses will fall in this wilderness, even all your numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me.

فَسَتَمُوتُونَ فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحْراءِ، أيْ جَمِيعُ الَّذِينَ تَمَّ إحصاؤُهُمْ، كُلُّ مَنْ كانَ فِي العِشرِينَ فَأكثَرَ، الَّذِينَ تَذَمَّرُوا عَلَيَّ.

30 S urely you shall not come into the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

فَلَنْ تَدخُلُوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي وَعَدْتُ بِأنْ تَسكُنُوا فِيها، بِاستِثناءِ كالِبَ بْنِ يَفُنَّةَ وَيَشُوعَ بْنَ نُونَ.

31 Y our children, however, whom you said would become a prey—I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected.

وَأطفالُكُمُ الَّذِينَ قُلْتُمْ بِأنَّهُمْ سَيُؤخَذُونَ غَنِيمَةً، سَأُدخِلُهُمُ الأرْضَ. وَسَيَعرِفُونَ الأرْضَ الَّتِي رَفَضْتُمُوها.

32 B ut as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness.

أمّا أنتُمْ، فَسَتَمُوتُونَ فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحْراءِ.

33 Y our sons shall be shepherds for forty years in the wilderness, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your corpses lie in the wilderness.

«‹سَيَكُونُ أبْناؤُكُمْ رُعاةً فِي الصَّحْراءِ لأرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً. سَيُعانُونَ بِسَبَبِ عَدَمِ أمانَتِكُمْ، إلَى أنْ تَسقُطَ جُثَثُكُمْ جَمِيعاً فِي الصَّحْراءِ.

34 A ccording to the number of days which you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall bear your guilt a year, even forty years, and you will know My opposition.

سَتُعاقَبُونَ عَلَى خَطاياكُمْ لأرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، بِحَسَبِ عَدَدِ الأيّامِ الَّتِي استَكشَفْتُمْ فِيها الأرْضَ: أربَعِينَ يَوماً، سَنَةً مُقابِلَ يَومٍ. فَتَعرِفُونَ عَاقِبَةَ الابْتِعادِ عَنِّي.›

35 I , the Lord, have spoken, surely this I will do to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be destroyed, and there they will die.’”

«أنا اللهَ تَكَلَّمْتُ، وَسَأفعَلُ ما تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ عَنْ هَذا الشَّعبِ الشِّرِّيرِ المُجتَمِعِ ضِدِّي. فَسَيَمُوتُونَ جَمِيعاً فِي الصَّحْراءِ.»

36 A s for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land and who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report concerning the land,

وَكانَ مُوسَى قَدْ أرسَلَ رِجالاً لِيَستَكشِفُوا الأرْضَ. فَجَعَلُوا كُلَّ الشَّعبِ يَتَذَمَّرُ عَلَى مُوسَى عِندما رَجِعُوا بأخبارٍ مُحبِطَةٍ عَنِ الأرْضِ.

37 e ven those men who brought out the very bad report of the land died by a plague before the Lord.

هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجالُ الَّذِينَ رَجِعُوا بأخبارٍ مُحبِطَةٍ عَنِ الأرْضِ، ماتُوا بِوَباءٍ أرسَلَهُ اللهُ عَلَيهِمْ.

38 B ut Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land. Israel Repulsed

فَقَطْ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ وَكالِبُ بْنُ يَفُنَّةَ بَقِيا حَيَّيْنِ مِنْ ضِمنِ الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا لِيَستَكشِفُوا الأرْضَ. مُحاوَلَةٌ لِلذَّهابِ إلَى الأرْض

39 W hen Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people mourned greatly.

وَحِينَ تَكَلَّمَ مُوسَى بِهَذِهِ الكَلِماتِ لِكُلِّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ ناحَ الشَّعبُ كَثِيراً.

40 I n the morning, however, they rose up early and went up to the ridge of the hill country, saying, “ Here we are; we have indeed sinned, but we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised.”

وَنَهَضُوا فِي الصَّباحِ باكِراً، وَبَدَأُوا سَيرَهُمْ نَحوَ أعلَى مِنْطَقَةٍ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ التِّلالِ. وَقالُوا: «ها نَحنُ ذاهِبُونَ إلَى المَكانِ الَّذِي وَعَدَ اللهُ بِإعطائِهِ لَنا، فَإنَّنا أخطَأْنا إذْ تَذَمَّرْنا عَلَيهِ.»

41 B ut Moses said, “ Why then are you transgressing the commandment of the Lord, when it will not succeed?

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ مُوسَى لَهُمْ: «لِماذا تَعصُونَ أمرَ اللهِ ؟ لَنْ تَنجَحُوا فِي ما تَعمَلُونَ.

42 D o not go up, or you will be struck down before your enemies, for the Lord is not among you.

لا تَصعَدُوا كَي لا يَهزِمَكُمْ أعداؤُكُمْ، لأنَّ اللهَ لَيسَ مَعَكُمْ.

43 F or the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you, and you will fall by the sword, inasmuch as you have turned back from following the Lord. And the Lord will not be with you.”

لأنَّ العَمالِقَةَ وَالكَنعانِيِّينَ سَيَكُونُونَ هُناكَ وَيُقاوِمُونَكُمْ، وَسَتُقتَلُونَ فِي المَعرَكَةِ، لأنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ تَتْبَعُونَ اللهَ ، فاللهُ لَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَكُمْ.»

44 B ut they went up heedlessly to the ridge of the hill country; neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses left the camp.

لَكِنَّهُمْ صَعِدُوا بِعِنادٍ إلَى أعلَى مَوقِعٍ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ التِّلالِ. أمّا صُندُوقُ عَهدِ اللهِ وَمُوسَى فَبَقِيا وَسَطَ المُخَيَّمِ.

45 T hen the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, and struck them and beat them down as far as Hormah.

فَنَزَلَ العَمالِقَةُ وَالكَنعانِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَسكُنُونَ فِي تِلكَ التِّلالِ، وَهاجَمُوا بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَحَطَّمُوهُمْ طَوالَ الطَّرِيقِ حَتَّى حُرْمَةَ.