1 W hile Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.

وَكانَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ يُقيمونَ فِي شِطِّيمَ. فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، بَدَأ رِجالُ إسْرائِيلَ يَزنُونَ مَعَ نِساءٍ مُوآبِيّاتٍ.

2 F or they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

وَدَعَتِ النِّساءُ المُوآبِيّاتُ بَني إسْرائِيلَ لِلمُشارَكَةِ فِي الذَّبحِ لإلِهَتِهِنَّ. فَأكَلَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ مِنَ الذَّبائِحِ وَعَبَدُوا آلِهَةَ المُوآبِيِّينَ.

3 S o Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor, and the Lord was angry against Israel.

وَهَكَذا بَدَأ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ يَعبُدُونَ الإلَهَ المُزَيَّفَ بَعلَ فَغُورَ، مِمّا أغْضَبَ اللهَ عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ.

4 T he Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the Lord, so that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.”

فَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «خُذْ كُلَّ قادَةِ الشَّعبِ وَعَلِّقْهُمْ خَارِجاً تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ أمامَ اللهِ ، فَيَزُولُ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ.»

5 S o Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you slay his men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor.”

فَقالَ مُوسَى لِقُضاةِ إسْرائِيلَ: «عَلَى كُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنكُمْ أنْ يَقتُلَ أقرِباءَهُ الَّذِينَ يَعبُدُونَ الإلَهَ المُزَيَّفَ بَعلَ فَغُورَ.»

6 T hen behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his relatives a Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

وَفِي تِلكَ اللَّحظَةِ، أتَى أحَدُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَمَعَهُ امْرأةٌ مِديانِيَّةٌ قَدْ أحضَرَها إلَى إخْوَتِهِ. فَعَلَ هَذا أمامَ مُوسَى وَكُلِّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ، الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَبكُونَ فِي مَدخَلِ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ.

7 W hen Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he arose from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand,

وَحِينَ رَأى فِينْحاسُ بْنُ ألِيعازارَ بْنِ هارُونَ الكاهِنِ هَذا، تَرَكَ مَكانَ تَجَمُّعِ الشَّعبِ، وَأمسَكَ بِرُمحِهِ،

8 a nd he went after the man of Israel into the tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the body. So the plague on the sons of Israel was checked.

وَلَحِقَ بِالرَّجُلِ الإسْرائِيلِيِّ إلَى الخَيمَةِ. وَطَعَنَ فِينْحاسُ الإسْرائِيلِيَّ وَالمَرأةَ المِديانِيَّةَ فِي بَطنَيهِما. حِينَئِذٍ، تَوَقَّفَ الوَباءُ فِي بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

9 T hose who died by the plague were 24, 000. The Zeal of Phinehas

وَكانَ عَدَدُ الَّذِينَ ماتُوا مِنَ الوَباءِ أربَعَةً وَعِشرِينَ ألفاً.

10 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

11 “ Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not destroy the sons of Israel in My jealousy.

«فِينْحاسُ بْنُ ألِيعازَرَ بنِ هارُونَ الكاهِنِ أنقَذَ بَني إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ غَضَبِي. فَقَدْ أظْهَرَ غِيرَتِي بِغِيرَتِهِ عَلَى مَجْدِي فِي وَسْطِهِمْ. وَلِذَلِكَ لَمْ أقتُلْ بَني إسْرائِيلَ بِسَبِبِ غَيرَتِي.

12 T herefore say, ‘ Behold, I give him My covenant of peace;

فَقُلْ لَهُ إنِّي أعقِدُ عَهدَ صَداقَةٍ وَسَلامٍ مَعَهُ.

13 a nd it shall be for him and his descendants after him, a covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the sons of Israel.’”

وَهَذا هُوَ العَهدُ: هُوَ وَنَسلُهُ الَّذِي سَيَأتِي مِنْ بَعدِهِ سَيَكُونُونَ دائِماً كَهَنَةً. لأنَّهُ كانَ غَيُّوراً عَلَى اللهِ وَمُحِبّاً لَهُ، فَأنْقَذَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.»

14 N ow the name of the slain man of Israel who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s household among the Simeonites.

وَكانَ اسْمُ الإسْرائِيلِيِّ الَّذِي قُتِلَ مَعَ المَرأةِ المِديانِيَّةِ زِمْرِي بْنَ سالُو. وَهُوَ قائِدٌ لِعائِلَةٍ فِي قَبِيلَةِ شِمْعُونَ.

15 T he name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who was head of the people of a father’s household in Midian.

أمّا اسْمُ المَرأةِ الَّتِي قُتِلَتْ فَهُوَ كُزْبِي بِنتَ صُورٍ. وَأبوها رَئِيسٌ فِي بَعْضِ قَبائِلِ مِديانَ.

16 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

17 “ Be hostile to the Midianites and strike them;

«عادُوا المِديانِيِّينَ وَاقتُلُوهُمْ،

18 f or they have been hostile to you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the affair of Peor and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was slain on the day of the plague because of Peor.”

لأنَّهُمْ عادُوكُمْ بِسَبَبِ المَكِيدَةِ الَّتِي احتالُوا عَلَيكُمْ بِها فِي فَغُورَ، وَبِسَبَبِ المَكِيدَةِ الَّتِي دَبَّرُوها مِنْ خِلالِ قَرِيبَتِهِمْ كُزْبِي بِنتِ أحَدِ رُؤَساءِ مِديانَ، الَّتِي قُتِلَتْ فِي وَقتِ الوَباءِ بِسَبَبِ ما حَدَثَ فِي فَغُورَ.»