1 T he Lord said to Moses,

وَكَلَّمَ اللهُ مُوسَى فَقالَ:

2 “ Speak to the people of Israel. Get walking sticks from them, one for each father’s house. Get twelve walking sticks, from all their leaders by their fathers’ houses. Write each man’s name on his stick.

«كَلِّمْ بَني إسْرائِيلَ، وَخُذْ مِنهُمُ اثْنَتَي عَشْرَةَ عَصاً: عَصاً واحِدَةً لِكُلِّ قَبيلَةٍ مِنْ جَمِيعِ رُؤَساءِ القَبائِلِ. وَاكتُبِ اسْمَ كُلِّ رَجُلٍ عَلَى عَصاهُ.

3 W rite Aaron’s name on the walking stick of Levi. For there will be one walking stick for the head of each father’s house.

وَاكتُبِ اسْمَ هارُونَ عَلَى عَصا قَبِيلَةِ لاوِي، إذْ سَتَكُونُ هُناكَ عَصاً واحِدَةً لِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنْ رُؤَساءِ القَبائِلِ.

4 T hen put them in the meeting tent before the Law, where I meet with you.

وَضَعِ العِصِيَّ فِي خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ أمامَ صُندُوقِ العَهدِ، حَيثُ ألتَقِي بِكُمْ.

5 A nd the walking stick of the man I choose will begin to grow. In this way I will stop the complaining of the people of Israel, who are complaining against you.”

وَعَصا الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي أختارُهُ سَتُورِقُ. وَهَكَذا سَأُوقِفُ تَذَمُّراتِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ الَّتِي يَتَذَمَّرُونَها عَلَيكُما.»

6 S o Moses spoke to the people of Israel. All their leaders each gave him a walking stick, one for each leader by their fathers’ houses, twelve walking sticks. And the walking stick of Aaron was among their walking sticks.

ثُمَّ كَلَّمَ مُوسَى بَني إسْرائِيلَ. وَأعطى كُلُّ رُؤَسائِهِمْ عِصِيّاً: عَصاً مِنْ كُلِّ رَئِيسِ عَشِيرَةٍ. وَكانَتْ عَصا هارُونَ بَينَ عِصِيِّهِمْ.

7 M oses put the walking sticks before the Lord in the meeting tent of the Law.

وَوَضَعَ مُوسَى العِصِيَّ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ فِي خَيمَةِ العَهدِ.

8 T he next day Moses went into the meeting tent of the Law. And he saw that the walking stick of Aaron for the house of Levi had begun to grow buds and flowers and almonds.

وَفِي اليَومِ التّالِي، دَخَلَ مُوسَى إلَى خَيمَةِ العَهدِ، وَرَأى عَصا هارُونَ الَّتِي تُمَثِّلُ قَبِيلَةَ لاوِي قَدْ أورَقَتْ وَأخرَجَتْ بَراعِمَ وَأزهَرَتْ وَأثمَرَتْ لَوزاً.

9 M oses brought out all the walking sticks from before the Lord to all the people of Israel. They looked, and each man took his stick.

فَحِينَئِذٍ، أخرَجَ مُوسَى كُلَّ العِصِيِّ مِنْ مَحْضَرِ اللهِ إلَى بَني إسْرائِيلَ، فَرَأى كُلُّ القادَةِ عِصِيَّهُمْ وَأخَذَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ عَصاهُ.

10 B ut the Lord said to Moses, “Put the walking stick of Aaron in front of the Law again. It will be something special to see against those who go against My Word. Then you may put an end to their complaining against Me, so they will not die.”

فَحِينَئِذٍ، قالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «أرجِعْ عَصا هارُونَ إلَى أمامِ صُندُوقِ الشَّهادَةِ لِحِفظِها كَعَلامَةٍ لِتَحذِيرِ المُتَمَرِّدِينَ كَي يَتَوَقَّفُوا عَنِ التَّذَمُّرِ عَلَيَّ كَي لا يَمُوتُوا.»

11 S o Moses did this. He did just as the Lord had told him.

فَفَعَلَ مُوسَى ذَلِكَ، تَماماً كَما أمَرَهُ اللهُ.

12 T hen the people of Israel said to Moses, “See, we are being destroyed! We are dying! We are all dying!

فَقالَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ لِمُوسَى: «سَنَمُوتُ! سَنَهلِكُ! سَنَفنَى!

13 E veryone who comes near, who comes near the meeting tent of the Lord, must die. Are we all to be destroyed?”

كُلُّ مَنْ يَقتَرِبُ مِنْ مَسْكَنِ اللهِ سَيَمُوتُ. فَهَلْ سَنَمُوتُ جَمِيعاً؟»