1 T hen the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there and was buried there.

وَأتَى كُلُّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ إلَى بَرِّيَّةِ صِينَ فِي الشَّهرِ الأوَّلِ، وَأقامُوا فِي قادِشَ. وَهُناكَ ماتَتْ مَريَمُ وَدُفِنَتْ. خَطَأُ مُوسَى

2 N ow there was no water for the congregation; so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron.

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ ماءٌ لِلشَّعبِ لِيَشْرَبُوا. فاجتَمَعُوا مَعَاً ضِدَّ مُوسَى وَهارُونَ.

3 A nd the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying: “If only we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

وَتَجادَلَ الشَّعبُ مَعَ مُوسَى وَقالُوا لَهُ: «لَيتَنا مُتْنا حِينَ ماتَ إخْوَتُنا فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.

4 W hy have you brought up the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our animals should die here?

لِماذا أتَيتُما بِشَعبِ اللهِ إلَى هَذِهِ الصَّحراءِ كَي نَمُوتَ نَحنُ وَحَيواناتُنا هُنا؟

5 A nd why have you made us come up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink.”

وَلِماذا أخرَجْتُمانا مِنْ مِصرَ إلَى هَذا المَكانِ المُرِيعِ؟ فَلَيسَ فِي هَذا المَكانِ قَمحٌ وَلا تِينٌ وَلا كُرُومٌ وَلا رُمّانٌ وَلا حَتَّى ماءٌ لِلشُّرْبِ.»

6 S o Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and they fell on their faces. And the glory of the Lord appeared to them.

فَذَهَبَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ مِنْ أمامِ الشَّعبِ إلَى مَدخَلِ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ، وَانحَنَيا وَوَجهاهُما نَحوَ الأرْضِ، فَظَهَرَ مَجدُ اللهِ لَهُما.

7 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

8 “ Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.”

«خُذْ أنتَ وَهارُونُ العَصا وَاجمَعا الشَّعبَ. وَأمُرا الصَّخرَةَ أمامَهُمْ بِأنْ تُعْطِيَ ماءَها. هَكَذا تُخرِجُ لَهُمْ ماءً مِنَ الصَّخرَةِ. تُزَوِّدُهُمْ بِالماءِ لِيَشْرَبوا هُمْ وَحَيواناتُهُمْ.»

9 S o Moses took the rod from before the Lord as He commanded him.

فَأخَذَ مُوسَى العَصا مِنْ مَحْضَرِ اللهِ ، كَما أمَرَهُ.

10 A nd Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?”

ثُمَّ جَمَعَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ الشَّعبَ أمامَ الصَّخرَةِ. وَقالَ لَهُمْ مُوسَى: «اسْتَمِعُوا أيُّها الشَّعبُ المُتَمَرِّدُ، هَلْ نُخرِجُ لَكُمْ ماءً مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّخرَةِ؟»

11 T hen Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank.

ثُمَّ رَفَعَ مُوسَى يَدَهُ وَضَرَبَ الصَّخرَةَ مَرَّتَينِ بِالعَصا، فَتَدَفَّقَ الماءُ مِنها، وَشَرِبَ النَّاسُ وَحَيواناتُهُمْ.

12 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”

فَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى وَهارُونَ: «لأنَّكُما لَمْ تَثِقا بِي بِما يَكفِي لِتُقَدِّسانِي أمامَ بَني إسْرائِيلَ، لَنْ تَقُودا هَذا الشَّعبَ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي سَأُعطِيها لَهُمْ.»

13 T his was the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the Lord, and He was hallowed among them. Passage Through Edom Refused

هَذِهِ هِيَ مِياهُ مَرِيبَةَ حَيثُ تَمَرَّدَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى اللهِ ، وَحَيْثُ أظهَرَ قَداسَتَهُ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ. مُقاوَمَةُ أدُومَ لإسْرائِيل

14 N ow Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. “Thus says your brother Israel: ‘You know all the hardship that has befallen us,

وَأرسَلَ مُوسَى رُسُلاً مِنْ قادِشَ إلَى مَلِكِ أدُومَ وَقالَ لَهُ: «أخُوكَ إسْرائِيلُ يَقُولُ لَكَ: أنتَ تَعرِفُ الضِّيقَ الَّذِي تَعَرَّضْنا لَهُ،

15 h ow our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

أنَّ آباءَنا نَزَلُوا إلَى مِصرَ، وَأنَّنا عِشنا هُناكَ لِفَترَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ، وَأنَّ المِصرِيِّينَ كانُوا قُساةً عَلَينا وَعَلَى آبائِنا.

16 W hen we cried out to the Lord, He heard our voice and sent the Angel and brought us up out of Egypt; now here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your border.

لَكِنَّنا صَرَخنا إلَى اللهِ طالِبِينَ عَونَهُ، وَقَدِ اسْتَجابَ وَأرسَلَ مَلاكاً أخرَجَنا مِنْ مِصرَ. إنَّنا فِي قادِشَ، المَدِينَةِ الَّتِي عَلَى حُدُودِ أرْضِكَ.

17 P lease let us pass through your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, nor will we drink water from wells; we will go along the King’s Highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.’”

فاسْمَحْ لَنا بِالمُرُورِ فِي أرْضِكَ. نَتَعَهَّدُ بِأنْ لا نَمُرَّ فِي الحُقُولِ أوِ الكُرُومِ، أوْ نَشرَبَ ماءً مِنْ آبارِكُمْ. نَسِيرُ فِي ‹طَرِيقِ المَلِكِ.› لا نَمِيلُ إلَى اليَمِينِ أوِ اليَسارِ حَتَّى نَجتازَ أرْضَكَ.»

18 T hen Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through my land, lest I come out against you with the sword.”

فَقالَ مَلِكُ أدُومَ لَهُمْ: «لا أسمَحُ لَكُمْ بِالمُرُورِ فِي أرْضِي، فَإنْ حاوَلْتُمْ عَمَلَ ذَلِكَ، فَإنَّنا سَنَخرُجُ وَنُقاوِمُكُمْ بِالسُّيُوفِ.»

19 S o the children of Israel said to him, “We will go by the Highway, and if I or my livestock drink any of your water, then I will pay for it; let me only pass through on foot, nothing more. ”

فَقالَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ لَهُ: «سَنَسِيرُ فِي ‹طَرِيقِ المَلِكِ.› وَإنْ شَرِبْنا نَحنُ أوْ حَيواناتُنا مِنْ مائِكَ، سَنَدفَعُ ثَمَنَهُ. اسْمَحْ لَنا بِأنْ نَمُرَّ فِي أرْضِكَ سَيْراً عَلَى الأقدامِ. هَذا كُلُّ ما نَطلُبُهُ مِنكَ.»

20 T hen he said, “You shall not pass through.” So Edom came out against them with many men and with a strong hand.

وَأمّا مَلِكُ أدُومَ فَقالَ: «لَنْ تَمُرُّوا فِي أرْضِي.» وَخَرَجَ أدُومُ لِيُلاقِي بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بِجَيشٍ عَظِيمٍ وَقَوِيٍّ.

21 T hus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; so Israel turned away from him. Death of Aaron

وَرَفَضَ مَلِكُ أدُومَ السَّماحَ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بِالمُرُورِ فِي أرْضِهِ، فَمالُوا عَنْ أرْضِهِ. مَوتُ هارُون

22 N ow the children of Israel, the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.

فَتَرَكَ جَمِيعُ بَني إسْرائِيلَ قادِشَ وَأتَوا إلَى جَبَلِ هُورَ.

23 A nd the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor by the border of the land of Edom, saying:

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى وَهارُونَ عَلَى جَبَلِ هُورَ الَّذِي يَقَعُ قُربَ حُدُودِ أدُومَ:

24 “ Aaron shall be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against My word at the water of Meribah.

«ليَمُتْ هارُونُ وَيُضَمّ إلَى جَماعَتِهِ. فَهُوَ لَنْ يَدخُلَ الأرْضَ الَّتِي سَأُعطِيها لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ، لأنَّكُما عَصَيتُما أمرِي عِندَ مَرِيبَةَ.

25 T ake Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;

«خُذْ هارُونَ وَألِيعازارَ ابْنَهُ وَاصعَدْ بِهِما إلَى جَبَلِ هُورَ.

26 a nd strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; for Aaron shall be gathered to his people and die there.”

ثُمَّ انْزَعْ ثِيابَ هارُونَ الكَهَنُوتِيَّةَ عَنهُ وَألبِسْها لألِيعازارَ ابْنِهِ. فَسَيَمُوتُ هارُونُ هُناكَ وَيُضَمُّ إلَى جَماعَتِهِ.»

27 S o Moses did just as the Lord commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

فَفَعَلَ مُوسَى كَما أمَرَهُ اللهُ. فَصَعِدُوا إلَى جَبَلِ هُورَ أمامَ كُلِّ الشَّعبِ.

28 M oses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

وَنَزَعَ مُوسَى ثِيابَ هارُونَ الكَهَنُوتِيَّةَ عَنهُ وَألبَسَها لألِيعازارَ ابنِهِ. وَماتَ هارُونُ عَلَى قِمَّةِ الجَبَلِ. حِينَئِذٍ، نَزَلَ مُوسَى وَألِيعازارُ مِنَ الجَبَلِ.

29 N ow when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.

وَعَرَفَ جَمِيعُ الشَّعبِ أنَّ هارُونَ قَدْ ماتَ. فَبَكَى جَمِيعُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى هارُونَ مُدَّةَ ثَلاثِينَ يَوماً.