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

فَأخَذَ الشَّعبُ يَصرُخُونَ وَيَبكُونَ طِيلَةَ تِلكَ اللَّيلَةِ.

2 A nd all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only 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 has the Lord brought us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? 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 select 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 before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

فَوَقَعَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ إلَى الأرْضِ أمامَ كُلِّ جَماعَةِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

6 B ut Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among 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 children of Israel, saying: “The land 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 delights in 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, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed 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 A nd all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Now the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel. Moses Intercedes for the People

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

11 T hen the Lord said to Moses: “How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them?

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

12 I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”

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

13 A nd Moses said to the Lord: “Then the Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You brought these people up from among them,

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, Lord, are among these people; that You, Lord, are seen face to face and Your cloud stands above 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 kill these people as one man, then the nations which have heard of Your fame will speak, saying,

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

16 ‘ Because the Lord was not able to bring this people to the land which He swore to give them, therefore He killed them in the wilderness.’

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

17 A nd now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,

«لِذَلِكَ لِتَعظُمْ قُوَّةُ اللهِ كَما وَعَدْتَ وَقُلْتَ:

18 ‘ The Lord is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation. ’

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

19 P ardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, according to the greatness of Your mercy, just as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”

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

20 T hen the Lord said: “I have pardoned, according to your word;

فَقالَ اللهُ: «سَأغفِرُ لَهُمْ كَما طَلَبْتَ.

21 b ut truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord —

لَكِنِّي أُقسِمُ بِذاتِي، وَبِمَجدِي الَّذِي سَيَمْلَأُ الأرْضَ بِمَجدِ اللهِ ،

22 b ecause all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice,

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

23 t hey certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected 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 a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit 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 dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.” Death Sentence on the Rebels

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

26 A nd the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

وَكَلَّمَ اللهُ مُوسَى وَهارُونَ فَقالَ:

27 “ How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make 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 do to you:

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

29 T he carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above.

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

30 E xcept for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.

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

31 B ut your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised.

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

32 B ut as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.

أمّا أنتُمْ، فَسَتَمُوتُونَ فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحْراءِ.

33 A nd your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed 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 the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely forty years, and you shall know My rejection.

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 this. I will surely do so to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.’”

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

36 N ow the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation complain against him by bringing a bad report of the land,

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

37 t hose very men who brought the evil report about the land, died by the 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, of the men who went to spy out the land. A Futile Invasion Attempt

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

39 T hen Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.

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

40 A nd they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, “Here we are, and we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised, for we have sinned!”

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 A nd Moses said, “Now why do you transgress the command of the Lord ? For this will not succeed.

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

42 D o not go up, lest you be defeated by 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 are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have turned away from the Lord, 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 presumed to go up to the mountaintop. Nevertheless, neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed from 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 dwelt in that mountain came down and attacked them, and drove them back as far as Hormah.

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