1 N ow the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying:

وَتَكَلَّمَ اللهُ إلَى مُوسَى فِي بَرِّيَّةِ سِيناءَ فِي الشَّهرِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ بَعدَ أنْ تَرَكُوا أرْضَ مِصرَ، فَقالَ:

2 “ Let the children of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.

«لِيَحْتَفِلْ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ بِعِيدِ الفِصحِ فِي مَوْعِدِهِ المُعَيَّنِ.

3 O n the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time. According to all its rites and ceremonies you shall keep it.”

تَحتَفِلُون بِهِ فِي مَوعِدِهِ فِي اليَومِ الرّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهرِ بَعْدَ الغُرُوبِ وَقَبلَ حُلُولِ الظَلامِ. وَتُحَافِظُونَ عَلَى شَرائِعِهِ وَقَواعِدِهِ.»

4 S o Moses told the children of Israel that they should keep the Passover.

فَطَلَبَ مُوسَى مِنَ الشَّعبِ أنْ يَحتَفِلُوا بِالفِصحِ.

5 A nd they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, at twilight, in the Wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did.

فَاحْتَفَلُوا بِالفِصحِ فِي الرّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الأوَّلِ، بَعْدَ الغُرُوبِ وَقَبلَ حُلُولِ الظَلامِ، فِي بَرِّيَّةِ سِيناءَ. فَعَلَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ هَذا بِحَسَبِ ما أمَرَ اللهُ مُوسَى بِهِ.

6 N ow there were certain men who were defiled by a human corpse, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and Aaron that day.

وَكانَ هُناكَ رِجالٌ غَيرُ طاهِرِينَ بِسَبَبِ لَمسِهِمْ لِجَسَدِ مَيِّتٍ، فَلَمْ يَكُونُوا قادِرِينَ عَلَى الاحتِفالِ بِالفِصحِ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ. فَجاءوا إلَى مُوسَى وَهارُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ،

7 A nd those men said to him, “We became defiled by a human corpse. Why are we kept from presenting the offering of the Lord at its appointed time among the children of Israel?”

وَقالُوا: «لَسْنا طاهِرِينَ بِسَبَبِ لَمْسِنا لِجَسَدٍ مَيِّتٍ، وَلا نَسْتَطيعُ أنْ نُقَدِّمَ للهِ التَّقدِمَةَ فِي مَوعِدِها مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ؟ فَماذا نَفْعَلُ؟»

8 A nd Moses said to them, “Stand still, that I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”

فَقالَ مُوسَى لَهُمْ: «انتَظِرُونِي. سَأسمَعُ ما سَيَأمُرُ اللهُ بِهِ بِشَأنِكُمْ.»

9 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

فَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

10 “ Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If anyone of you or your posterity is unclean because of a corpse, or is far away on a journey, he may still keep the Lord ’s Passover.

«قُلْ لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ: إنْ تَنَجَّسَ أحَدٌ مِنكُمْ أوْ مِنْ أولادِكُمْ بِسَبَبِ لَمسِ جَسَدٍ مَيِّتٍ، أوْ كانَ فِي رِحلَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ، فَعَلَيهِ أنْ يَحْتَفِلَ بِالفِصحِ للهِ.

11 O n the fourteenth day of the second month, at twilight, they may keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

يَنبَغِي أنْ يَحتَفِلُوا بِالفِصحِ فِي اليَومِ الرّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الثّانِي، بَعْدَ الغُرُوبِ وَقَبلَ حُلُولِ الظَلامِ. وَليَأكُلُوا حَمَلَ الفِصحِ مَعَ خُبزٍ غَيرِ مُخْتَمِرٍ وَأعشابٍ مُرَّةٍ.

12 T hey shall leave none of it until morning, nor break one of its bones. According to all the ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it.

وَلا يَترُكُوا شَيئاً مِنهُ حَتَّى الصَّباحِ، وَلا يَكسِرُوا عَظْماً واحِداً مِنْ عِظامِهِ. يَنبَغِي أنْ يَحتَفِلُوا بِهِ بِحَسَبِ جَمِيعِ شَرائِعِ الفِصحِ.

13 B ut the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and ceases to keep the Passover, that same person shall be cut off from among his people, because he did not bring the offering of the Lord at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.

وَأمّا الشَّخصُ الطّاهِرُ وَالَّذِي لَيسَ عَلَى سَفَرٍ، لَكِنَّهُ يَتَجاهَلُ الفِصحَ، فَيُقطَعُ مِنَ الشَّعبِ، لأنَّهُ لَمْ يُقَدِّمْ تَقدِمَةَ اللهِ فِي مَوعِدِها المُعَيَّنِ. وَهَكَذا يُعاقَبُ عَلَى خَطِيَّتِهِ.

14 ‘ And if a stranger dwells among you, and would keep the Lord ’s Passover, he must do so according to the rite of the Passover and according to its ceremony; you shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and the native of the land.’” The Cloud and the Fire

«وَإنْ كانَ بَينَكُمْ غَرِيبٌ مُقِيْمٌ، وَيُرِيدُ أنْ يَحْتَفِلَ بِفِصحِ اللهِ ، فَلْيَحْفَظْهُ بِحَسَبِ شَرائِعِ الفِصحِ وَقَواعِدِهِ. الشِّريعَةُ نَفْسُها لِلغَرِيبِ وَالمُواطِنِ.» السَّحابَةُ وَالنّار

15 N ow on the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the Testimony; from evening until morning it was above the tabernacle like the appearance of fire.

وَفِي اليَومِ الَّذِي أُقيمَ بِهِ المَسْكَنُ المُقَدَّسُ، غَطَّتِ السَّحابَةُ المَسكَنَ وَخَيمَةَ العَهْدِ. وَفِي المَساءِ مَكَثَتِ السَّحابَةُ فَوقَ المَسْكَنِ، وَكانَتْ تَبدُو كَالنّارِ حَتَّى الصَّباحِ.

16 S o it was always: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

كانَ الأمرُ كَذَلِكَ دائِماً، فَكانَتِ السَّحابَةُ تُغَطِّي الخَيمَةَ المُقَدَّسَةَ فِي النَّهارِ، وَفِي اللَّيلِ كانَتِ السَّحابَةُ تَبدُو كَالنّارِ.

17 W henever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, after that the children of Israel would journey; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the children of Israel would pitch their tents.

وَحِينَ كانَتِ السَّحابَةُ تَرتَفِعُ مِنْ فَوقِ الخَيمَةِ، كانَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ يِرْتَحِلُونَ. وَحَيثُما كانَتِ الخَيمَةُ تَستَقِرُّ، كانَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ يُخَيِّمونَ.

18 A t the command of the Lord the children of Israel would journey, and at the command of the Lord they would camp; as long as the cloud stayed above the tabernacle they remained encamped.

فَكانَ بنُو إسْرائيلَ يِرْتَحِلُونَ بِعَلامَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ ، وَيُخَيِّمُونَ بِعَلامَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ. كانُوا يَمْكُثُونَ فِي المُخَيَّمِ مَا مَكَثَتِ السَّحابَةُ فَوقَ المَسْكَنِ.

19 E ven when the cloud continued long, many days above the tabernacle, the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord and did not journey.

فَإذا طالَ بَقاءُ السَّحابَةِ فَوقَ المَسْكَنِ لِعِدَّةِ أيَّامٍ، كانَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ يَحفَظُونَ أمرَ اللهِ ، فَلَمْ يَكُونُوا يِرْتَحِلُونَ.

20 S o it was, when the cloud was above the tabernacle a few days: according to the command of the Lord they would remain encamped, and according to the command of the Lord they would journey.

وَكَذَلِكَ الامْرُ إذا بَقِيَتِ السَّحابَةُ فَوقَ المَسْكَنِ لِبِضْعَةِ أيَّامٍ. فَكانُوا يُخَيِّمُونَ بِعَلامَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ ، وَيِرْتَحِلُونَ بِعَلامَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ.

21 S o it was, when the cloud remained only from evening until morning: when the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they would journey; whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud was taken up, they would journey.

وَحَتَّى حِينَ كانَتِ السَّحابَةُ تَبقَى فَوقَ الخَيمَةِ المُقَدَّسَةِ مِنَ المَساءِ وَحَتَّى الصَّباحِ فَقَطْ، ثُمَّ تَرتَفِعُ فِي الصَّباحِ، كانُوا يِرْتَحِلُونَ. فَسَواءٌ أكانَ الوَقْتُ نَهاراً أمْ لَيلاً، كانُوا يِرْتَحِلُونَ حِينَ تَرتَفِعُ السَّحابَةُ.

22 W hether it was two days, a month, or a year that the cloud remained above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would remain encamped and not journey; but when it was taken up, they would journey.

وَإنْ مكَثَتِ السَّحابَةُ فَوقَ المَسْكَنِ لأيّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، كانَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ يَمكُثُونَ فَلا يِرْتَحِلُونَ. لَكِنْ حِينَ كانَتْ تَرتَفِعُ، كانُوا يِرْتَحِلُونَ.

23 A t the command of the Lord they remained encamped, and at the command of the Lord they journeyed; they kept the charge of the Lord, at the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

فَكانُوا يُخَيِّمُونَ بِعَلامَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ ، وَيِرْتَحِلُونَ بِعَلامَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ. كانوا يَحفَظُونَ أمرَ اللهِ الّذِي سَمِعُوهُ مِنْ مُوسَى.