1 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

2 “ Take full vengeance for the sons of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you will be gathered to your people.”

«انتَقِمْ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنَ المِديانِيِّينَ بِسَبَبِ ما عَمِلُوهُ بِبَني إسْرائِيلَ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ تَمُوتُ وَتَنضَمُّ إلَى آبائِكَ.»

3 M oses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the Lord’s vengeance on Midian.

فَقالَ مُوسَى لِلشَّعبِ: «اختارُوا بَعضاً مِنْ رِجالِكُمْ لِيُهاجِمُوا مِديانَ وَيُعاقِبُوهُمْ عَلَى ما عَمِلُوا ضِدَّ اللهِ.

4 A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war.”

فأرْسِلُوا فِي هَذِهِ الحَملَةِ ألفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ كُلِّ قَبِيلَةٍ مِنْ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ.»

5 S o there were furnished from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

وَهَكَذا تَمَّ حَشدُ ألفِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ كُلِّ عَشِيرَةٍ مِنْ أُلُوفِ إسْرائِيلَ. تَمَّ اختِيارُ اثْنَي عَشَرَ ألفَ جُندِيٍّ لِهَذِهِ الحَملَةِ.

6 M oses sent them, a thousand from each tribe, to the war, and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war with them, and the holy vessels and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.

فَأرسَلَ مُوسَى الألفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ كُلِّ عَشِيرَةٍ لِهَذِهِ الحَملَةِ مَعَ فِينْحاسَ بْنِ ألِيعازارَ الكاهِنِ. وَأخَذَ فِينْحاسُ مَعَهُ آنِيَةَ المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ وَالأبواقَ لإعطاءِ الإشاراتِ.

7 S o they made war against Midian, just as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

فَحارَبُوا مِديانَ كَما أمَرَ اللهُ مُوسَى، وَقَتَلُوا كُلَّ ذُكُورِهِمُ البالِغِينَ.

8 T hey killed the kings of Midian along with the rest of their slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.

وَمِنْ ضِمْنِ مَنْ قَتَلُوهُمْ أوِيُ وَراقَمُ وَصُورُ وَحُورُ وَرابَعُ، مُلُوكُ مِديانَ الخَمسَةُ. كَما قَتَلُوا بَلْعامَ بْنَ بَعُورَ بِالسَّيفِ.

9 T he sons of Israel captured the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods they plundered.

وَسَبَى بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ نِساءَ مِديانَ وَأطفالَهُمْ، كَما اغتَنَمُوا كُلَّ حَيواناتِهِمْ وَثَروَتِهِمْ.

10 T hen they burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps with fire.

وَأحرَقَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ كُلَّ مُدُنِ المِديانِيِّينَ حَيثُ كانُوا يَسكُنُونَ مَعَ كُلِّ مُخَيَّماتِهِمْ.

11 T hey took all the spoil and all the prey, both of man and of beast.

وَجَمَعُوا كُلَّ ما أخَذُوهُ فِي الحَربِ، بِما فِي ذَلِكَ النّاسَ وَالحَيواناتِ.

12 T hey brought the captives and the prey and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

ثُمَّ أحضَرُوا الأسْرَى وَالسَبْيَ وَالْغَنائِمَ إلَى مُوسَى وَألِيعازارَ الكاهِنِ وَإلَى كُلِّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ فِي المُخَيَّمِ فِي سُهُولِ مُوآبَ، بِجِوارِ نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ، مُقابِلَ أرِيحا.

13 M oses and Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp.

فَخَرَجَ مُوسَى وَألِيعازارُ الكاهِنُ وَكُلُّ رُؤَساءِ الشَّعبِ لِيَستَقبِلُوهُمْ خارِجَ المُخَيَّمِ.

14 M oses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.

وَغَضِبَ مُوسَى جِدّاً عَلَى قادَةِ الجَيشِ، وَعَلَى قادَةِ الألفِ وَقادَةِ المِئَةِ، الَّذِينَ عادُوا مِنَ الحَملَةِ العَسكَرِيَّةِ.

15 A nd Moses said to them, “Have you spared all the women?

وَقالَ مُوسَى لَهُمْ: «هَلْ تَرَكْتُمُ النِّساءَ حَيّاتٍ؟

16 B ehold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the Lord.

هَؤُلاءِ هُنَّ اللَّواتِي اتَّبَعْنَ نَصِيحَةَ بَلْعامَ، وَجَعَلْنَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يُخطِئُونَ إلَى اللهِ فِي فَغُورَ. فأدَّى ذَلِكَ إلَى وَباءٍ فَظِيعٍ عَلَى شَعبِ اللهِ.

17 N ow therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man intimately.

وَالآنَ، اقتُلُوا كُلَّ طِفلٍ ذَكَرٍ وَكُلَّ امْرأةٍ عاشَرَتْ رَجُلاً.

18 B ut all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves.

أمّا الفَتَياتُ اللَّواتِي لَمْ يُعاشِرْنَ أحَداً، فَأبقُوا عَلَى حَياتِهِنَّ لَكُمْ.

19 A nd you, camp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day.

امْكُثُوا خارِجَ المُخَيَّمِ لِسَبعَةِ أيّامٍ. وَكُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ، أوْ مِنَ المُسَبِّبِينَ، قَتلَ شَخْصاً أوْ لَمَسَ جُثَّةَ مَيِّتٍ، فَلْيَتَطَّهَرْ فِي اليَومَينِ الثّالِثِ وَالسّابِعِ.

20 Y ou shall purify for yourselves every garment and every article of leather and all the work of goats’ hair, and all articles of wood.”

طَهِّرُوا كُلَّ ثَوبٍ، وَكُلَّ شَيءٍ مَصنُوعٍ مِنَ الجِلدِ أوْ شَعرِ الماعِزِ أوْ مِنَ الخَشَبِ.»

21 T hen Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, “This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses:

ثُمَّ قالَ ألِيعازارُ الكاهِنُ لِلرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا فِي الحَملَةِ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ قاعِدَةُ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي أعطاها اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

22 o nly the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin and the lead,

الذَّهَبُ وَالفِضَّةُ وَالبُرونْزُ وَالحَدِيدُ وَالقَصدِيرُ وَالرَّصاصُ،

23 e verything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean, but it shall be purified with water for impurity. But whatever cannot stand the fire you shall pass through the water.

وَكُلُّ شَيءٍ يَحتَمِلُ النّارَ ضَعُوهُ فِي النّارِ فَيَصِيرَ طاهِراً. لَكِنْ يَنْبَغِي تَطهِيرُهُ أيضاً بِماءِ التَّطهِيرِ. وَكُلُّ ما لا يُمكِنُ وَضعُهُ فِي النّارِ، يُوضَعُ فِي الماءِ.

24 A nd you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may enter the camp.” Division of the Booty

وَفِي اليَومِ السّابِعِ، تَغسِلُونَ ثِيابَكُمْ فَتَكُونُونَ طاهِرِينَ. وَبَعدَ هَذا يُمكِنُكُمْ أنْ تَدخُلُوا المُخَيَّمَ.»

25 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

26 “ You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation take a count of the booty that was captured, both of man and of animal;

«قُمْ أنتَ وَألِيعازارُ الكاهِنُ وَرُؤَساءُ عَشائِرِ الشَّعبِ بِإحصاءِ ما تَمَّ سَبيُهُ مِنَ النّاسِ وَالحَيواناتِ.

27 a nd divide the booty between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.

وَوَزِّعُوا غَنائِمَ الحَربِ بِالتَّساوِي: نِصْفاً للجُنُودِ الَّذِينَ شارَكُوا فِي الحَملَةِ العَسكَرِيَّةِ، وَنِصْفاً لِبَقِيَّةِ الشَّعبِ.

28 L evy a tax for the Lord from the men of war who went out to battle, one in five hundred of the persons and of the cattle and of the donkeys and of the sheep;

وَخُذُوا ضَرِيبَةً للهِ. فَمِنَ الجُنُودِ الَّذِينَ اشتَرَكُوا فِي الحَملَةِ، خُذُوا واحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ خَمسِ مِئَةٍ: مِنَ النّاسِ وَالبَقَرِ وَالحَمِيرِ وَالغَنَمِ.

29 t ake it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as an offering to the Lord.

تُؤخَذُ هَذِهِ الأشياءُ مِنْ نِصْفِ الغَنِيمَةِ، وَتُعطَى لإلِيعازارَ الكاهِنِ كَتَقدِمَةٍ للهِ.

30 F rom the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys and of the sheep, from all the animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.”

وَمِنَ النِّصفِ الخاصِّ بِبَني إسْرائِيلَ، خُذُوا واحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ خَمسِينَ: مِنَ النّاسِ وَالبَقَرِ وَالحَمِيرِ وَالغَنَمِ وَكُلِّ الحَيواناتِ، وَأعطُوها لِلّاوِيِّينَ المَسْؤولِينَ عَنْ مَسْكَنِ اللهِ المُقَدَّسِ.»

31 M oses and Eleazar the priest did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

فَفَعَلَ مُوسَى وَألِيعازارُ الكاهِنُ حَسَبَ ما أمَرَ اللهُ بِهِ مُوسَى.

32 N ow the booty that remained from the spoil which the men of war had plundered was 675, 000 sheep,

وَغَنِمَ الجُنُودُ ما يَلِي مِنَ الحَربِ: سِتَّ مِئَةٍ وَخَمساً وَسَبعِينَ ألفاً مِنَ الغَنَمِ،

33 a nd 72, 000 cattle,

وَاثْنَينِ وَسَبعِينَ ألفاً مِنَ البَقَرِ،

34 a nd 61, 000 donkeys,

وَواحِداً وَسِتِّينَ ألفاً مِنَ الحَمِيرِ،

35 a nd of human beings, of the women who had not known man intimately, all the persons were 32, 000.

وَاثْنَينِ وَثَلاثِينَ ألفاً مِنَ النّاسِ، أي النِّساءِ اللَّواتِي لَمْ يُعاشِرْنَ رَجُلاً قَطُّ.

36 T he half, the portion of those who went out to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337, 500,

وَكانَ النِّصفُ الخاصُّ بِالجُنُودِ ما يَلِي: عَدَدُ الغَنَمِ ثَلاثُ مِئَةٍ وَسَبعَةً وَثَلاثِينَ ألفاً وَخَمسَ مِئَةٍ،

37 a nd the Lord’s levy of the sheep was 675;

وَكانَتْ ضَرِيبَةُ اللهِ مِنَ الغَنَمِ سِتَّ مِئَةٍ وَخَمساً وَسَبعِينَ.

38 a nd the cattle were 36, 000, from which the Lord’s levy was 72;

وَكانَ عَدَدُ الأبقارِ سِتَّةً وَثَلاثِينَ ألفاً، وَكانَتْ ضَرِيبَةُ اللهِ مِنها اثْنَينِ وَسَبعِينَ.

39 a nd the donkeys were 30, 500, from which the Lord’s levy was 61;

وَكانَ عَدَدُ الحَمِيرِ ثَلاثِينَ ألفاً وَخَمسَ مِئَةٍ، وَكانَتْ ضَرِيبَةُ اللهِ مِنهُمْ واحِداً وَسِتِّينَ.

40 a nd the human beings were 16, 000, from whom the Lord’s levy was 32 persons.

وَكانَ عَدَدُ النّاسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ ألفاً، وَكانَتْ ضَرِيبَةُ اللهِ مِنهُمُ اثْنَينِ وَثَلاثِينَ.

41 M oses gave the levy which was the Lord’s offering to Eleazar the priest, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

فَأعطَى مُوسَى الضَّرِيبَةَ، الَّتِي هِيَ حِصَّةُ اللهِ لألِيعازارَ الكاهِنِ، كَما أمَرَهُ اللهُ.

42 A s for the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from the men who had gone to war—

وَكانَ النِّصفُ الخاصُّ بِبَني إسْرائِيلَ وَالَّذِي أُخِذَ مِنَ الجُنُودِ كَما يَلِي:

43 n ow the congregation’s half was 337, 500 sheep,

كانَ عَدَدُ الغَنَمِ ثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ وَسَبعَةً وَثَلاثِينَ ألفاً وَخَمسَ مِئَةٍ،

44 a nd 36, 000 cattle,

وَكانَ عَدَدُ الأبقارِ سِتَّةً وَثَلاثِينَ ألفاً.

45 a nd 30, 500 donkeys,

وَعَدَدُ الحَمِيرِ ثَلاثِينَ ألفاً وَخَمسَ مِئَةٍ،

46 a nd the human beings were 16, 000—

وَعَدَدُ النّاسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ ألفاً.

47 a nd from the sons of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

وَأخَذَ مُوسَى مِنَ النِّصفِ الخاصِّ بِبَني إسْرائِيلَ واحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ خَمسِينَ مِنَ الحَيواناتِ وَالنّاسِ وَأعطاها لِلّاوِيِّينَ المَسْؤولِينَ عَنْ مَسْكَنِ اللهِ المُقَدَّسِ، تَماماً كما أمَرَهُ اللهُ.

48 T hen the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, approached Moses,

ثُمَّ أتَى قادَةُ أقسامِ الجَيشِ إلَى مُوسَى – قادَةُ الألُوفِ وَقادَةُ المِئاتِ –

49 a nd they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken a census of men of war who are in our charge, and no man of us is missing.

وَقالُوا لِمُوسَى: «نَحنُ خُدّامَكَ قَدْ أحصَينا الجُنُودَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا تَحتَ إمرَتِنا، فَوَجَدْنا أنَّهُ لَمْ يُفقَدْ وَلا رَجُلٌ واحِدٌ مِنّا.

50 S o we have brought as an offering to the Lord what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”

وَلِذا نَأتِي بِتَقدِمَةٍ للهِ مِنَ الأشياءِ المَصنُوعَةِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ الَّتِي وَجَدَها كُلُّ واحِدٍ فِينا: أربِطَةً لِلسَّواعِدِ وَأساوِرَ وَخَواتِمَ وَأحلاقَ وَقَلائِدَ، تَقدِمَةً اختِيارِيَّةً فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ ، تَقدِيراً لإنقاذِهِ حَياتَنا.»

51 M oses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles.

فَأخَذَ مُوسَى وَألِيعازارُ الكاهِنُ الذَّهَبَ مِنهُمْ، كُلَّ الأشياءِ المَصنُوعَةِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ.

52 A ll the gold of the offering which they offered up to the Lord, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, was 16, 750 shekels.

فَكانَ وَزنُ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِي رَفَعَهُ قادَةُ الأُلوفِ وَقادَةُ المِئاتِ للهِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ ألْفاً وَسَبْعَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ مِثْقالاً.

53 T he men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.

وَأخَذَ كُلُّ جُندِيٍّ نَصِيبَهُ مِنَ الغَنِيمَةِ.

54 S o Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it to the tent of meeting as a memorial for the sons of Israel before the Lord.

فَأخَذَ مُوسَى وَألِيعازارُ الكاهِنُ الذَّهَبَ مِنْ قادَةِ الأُلوفِ وَقادَةِ المِئاتِ، وَأتَيا بِهِ إلَى خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ لِيَكُونَ تَذكاراً لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.