1 T hese are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on the other side of the Jordan, in the desert, in the Arabah beside Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab.

هَذا هُوَ الكَلامُ الَّذِي كَلَّمَ بِهِ مُوسَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ شَرقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، فِي الصَّحْراءِ، فِي وادِي الأُردُنِّ قُربَ سُوفٍ، بَينَ صَحراءِ فارانَ وَمُدُنِ تُوفَلَ وَلابانَ وَحَضَيرُوتَ وَذِي ذَهَبٍ.

2 I t takes eleven days to travel from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

وَهِيَ تَبْعُدُ مَسيرَةَ أحَدَ عَشَرَ يَوماً عَبْرَ مِنْطَقَةِ سَعِيرَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، مِنْ جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ إلَى قادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ.

3 O n the first day of the eleventh month in the fortieth year, Moses spoke to the children of Israel. He told them all the Lord said they must do.

فَفِي اليَومِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الحادِي عَشَرَ، فِي السَّنَةِ الأربَعِينَ، تَكَلَّمَ مُوسَى إلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بِحَسَبِ ما أمَرَهُ اللهُ بِأنْ يَقُولَ لَهُمْ.

4 T his was after he had won the war against Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

حَدَثَ هَذا بَعدَ أنْ هَزَمَ مُوسَى سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ الأمُورِيِّينَ الَّذِي حَكَمَ فِي حَشْبُونَ، وَعُوجَ مَلِكِ باشانَ الَّذِي حَكَمَ فِي عَشْتارُوثَ فِي مَدينَةِ إذْرَعِي.

5 O n the other side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses talked to the people about this Law. He said,

وَابْتَدَأ مُوسَى فِي شَرْقِيِّ نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ، فِي أرْضِ مُوآبَ يَشرَحُ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةَ فَقالَ:

6 “ The Lord our God spoke to us at Mount Sinai, saying, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

«تَكَلَّمَ إلَهُنا إلَينا فِي جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ وَقالَ: ‹كَفاكُمْ قُعُودٌ عِندَ هَذا الجَبَلِ!

7 G et ready to travel now. Go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the valley, in the Negev and by the sea, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the big river, the river Euphrates.

قُومُوا وَتَابِعُوا رِحلَتَكُمْ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ الأمُورِيِّينَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، وَكُلِّ جِيرانِهِمْ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ وادِي الأُردُنِّ، وَالمِنْطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ وَالسُّهولِ الغَرْبِيَّةِ وَالنَّقَبِ وَساحِلِ البَحْرِ، أي أرْضِ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ وَمِنْطَقَةِ لُبْنانَ إلَى النَّهرِ العَظِيمِ، نَهْرِ الفُراتِ.

8 S ee, I have set the land in front of you. Go in and take for your own the land which the Lord promised to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and to their children after them.’ Leaders of Family Groups

ها إنِّي قَدْ وَضَعْتُ تِلْكَ الأرْضَ أمامَكُمْ. اذهَبُوا وَامْتَلِكُوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي أقسَمَتُ، أنا اللهَ ، أنْ أعْطِيَها لآبائِكُمْ إبراهِيمَ وَإسْحاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ، وَلِنَسلِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ.› اختِيارُ القادَة

9 “ At that time I said to you, ‘I am not able to take care of you alone.

«قُلْتُ لَكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ: ‹لا أستَطِيعُ وَحدِي أنْ أهتَمَّ بِأُمُورِكُمْ.

10 T he Lord your God has made you become many people. Now you are as many as the stars of heaven.

إلَهُكُمْ كَثَّرَكُمْ، فَها أنتُمُ اليَومَ بِكَثْرَةِ نُجُومِ السَّماءِ.

11 M ay the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you 1, 000 times as many as you are. May He bring good to you just as He has promised you!

فَلْيُضاعِفْ إلَهُ آبائِكُمْ عَدَدَكُمْ ألفَ مَرَّةٍ، وَلِيُبارِكْكُمْ كَما وَعَدَكُمْ.

12 H ow can I alone carry the weight of your troubles?

كَيفَ يُمكِنُنِي وَحْدِي أنْ أحمِلَ أثْقالَكُمْ وَأحمالَكُمْ وَقَضاياكُمْ؟

13 C hoose wise, understanding and able men from your family groups. And I will make them leaders over you.’

اختارُوا مِنْ كُلِّ قَبِيلَةٍ مِنْ قَبائِلِكُمْ رِجالاً حُكَماءَ وَذَوِي فَهْمٍ وَخِبرَةٍ، لأُعَيِّنَهُمْ رُؤَساءَ لَكُمْ.›

14 Y ou answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have spoken is good for us to do.’

«فَقُلْتُمْ: ‹هَذا أمرٌ جَيِّدٌ يَنبَغِي عَمَلُهُ.›

15 S o I took the leaders of your family groups, wise and able men. I made them leaders over you, leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens, and rulers of your family groups.

«فاختَرْتُ رُؤَساءَ قَبائِلِكُمْ، رِجالاً حُكَماءَ وَذَوِي خِبْرَةٍ وَعَيَّنْتُهُمْ رُؤَساءَ عَلَيكُمْ، أي قادَةَ أُلُوفٍ وَقادَةَ مِئاتٍ وَقادَةَ خَماسِينَ وَقادَةَ عَشَراتٍ، وَرُؤساءَ بِحَسَبِ كُلِّ قَبائِلِكُمْ.

16 “ Then I said to your judges at that time, ‘Listen to the problems between your brothers. And be right in what you decide between a man and his brother or the stranger who is with him.

«وَأوصَيتُ قُضاتَكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: استَمِعُوا إلَى الخُصُوماتِ الَّتِي بَينَ إخْوَتِكُمْ، وَاحْكُمُوا بِالحَقِّ وَالعَدلِ بَينَ إنْسانٍ وَآخَرَ، مُواطِناً كانَ أمْ غَريباً مُقيماً بَينَكُمْ.

17 D o not show favor as you judge. Listen to the small and the great alike. Do not be afraid of any man, because you are judging for God. Bring to me any problem that is too hard for you, and I will hear it.’

لا تَنحازُوا فِي القَضاءِ، بَلِ اسْتَمِعُوا إلَى الصَّغيرِ وَالعَظِيمِ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَواءِ. لا تَخافُوا أحَداً لِأنَّ القَضاءَ لَلَّهِ. وَالقَضِيَّةُ الَّتِي تَصْعُبُ عَلَيكُمْ، أحْضِرُوها إلَيَّ وَأنا أسْمَعُها.

18 I told you at that time all the things you should do. Men Are Sent to Spy Out the Land

وَهَكَذا أمَرتُكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، بِكُلِّ ما يَنبَغي أنْ تَعْمَلُوهُ. استِكشافُ الأرْض

19 “ Then we left Mount Sinai. We went through the big desert you saw which fills people with fear, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the Lord our God had told us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.

«وَانطَلَقْنا مِنْ جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ، وَسِرْنا عَبْرَ الصَّحراءِ الكُبْرَى الرَّهيبَةِ الَّتِي رَأيتُمُوها فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى بِلادِ الأمُورِيَّينَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، كَما أمَرَنا إلَهُنا. وَوَصَلْنا إلَى قادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ.

20 I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God will give us.

فَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: ‹قَدْ أتَيتُمْ إلَى بِلادِ الأمُورِيَّينَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ الَّتِي أعطاها إلَهُنا لَنا.

21 S ee, the Lord your God has set the land in front of you. Go and take it for your own, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or troubled.’

ها هِيَ الأرْضُ الَّذِي وَضَعَها إلهُكُمْ أمامَكُمْ، فاذْهَبُوا وَامتَلِكُوها كَما وَعَدَ اللهُ ، إلَهُ آبائِكُمْ. لا تَرْتاعُوا وَلا تَخافُوا مِنْ شَيْءٍ.›

22 T hen all of you came to me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, to spy out the land for us. They will return and tell us which way we should go and which cities we will come to.’

«فَأتَيتُمْ جَمِيعُكُمْ إلَيَّ وَقُلتُمْ: ‹لِنُرسِلْ رِجالاً أمامَنا لِيَستَكشِفُوا لَنا الأرْضَ، ثُمَّ يَعُودُوا بِخَبَرٍ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سَنَسلُكُها، وَالمُدُنِ الَّتِي سَنَذْهَبُ إلَيها.›

23 W hat you said pleased me. I took twelve of your men, one man for each family group.

فَاسْتَحْسَنْتُ ذَلِكَ، وَاخْتَرْتُ مِنكُمُ اثنَي عَشَرَ رَجُلاً، واحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ قَبِيلَةٍ.

24 T hey went up into the hill country, came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there.

فَدارُوا وَصَعِدُوا إلَى المِنْطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، وَأتَوا إلَى وادِي أشْكُولَ وَاسْتَكْشَفُوهُ.

25 T hey took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us. And they told us that it is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.

وَأخَذُوا بِأيدِيهِمْ بَعضَ ثَمَرِ الأرْضِ وَأحضَرُوهُ لَنا، وَعادُوا بِتَقرِيرٍ عَنِ الأرْضِ وَقالُوا: ‹الأرْضُ الَّتِي أعطاها لَنا إلَهُنا جَيِّدَةٌ.›

26 “ Yet you would not go up. You went against what the Lord your God told you to do.

«لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُرِيدُوا الذَّهابَ إلَى الأرْضِ، بَلْ تَمَرَّدْتُمْ عَلَى أمْرِ إلَهِكُمْ.

27 Y ou complained in your tents, saying, ‘Because the Lord hates us He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to give us to the Amorites to destroy us.

تَذَمَّرْتُمْ فِي خِيامِكُمْ وَقُلْتُمْ: ‹لِأنَّ اللهَ يَكرَهُنا، أخرَجَنا مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيُتِيحَ لِلأمُورِيِّينَ فُرْصَةً لِقَتلِنا.

28 W here would we be going? Our brothers have made our hearts weak with fear, saying, ‘The people are bigger and taller than we. The cities are large, with walls as high as the heavens. And we have even seen the sons of the Anakim there.’”

أيُّ مَصِيرٍ يَنْتَظِرُنا هُناكَ؟ لَقَدْ أثارَ إخْوَتُنا الخَوفَ فِي قُلُوبِنا إذْ قالُوا: الشَّعبُ أعظَمُ وَأطوَلُ مِنّا، وَالمُدُنُ حَصِينَةٌ وَأسوارُها مُرتَفِعَةٌ كارتِفاعِ السَّماءِ، كَما أنَّنا رَأينا العَناقِيِّينَ هُناكَ.›

29 T hen I said to you, ‘Do not be afraid of them.

فَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: ‹لا تَرتَعِبُوا وَلا تَخافُوا مِنهُمْ.

30 T he Lord your God Who goes before you will Himself fight for you. He did this for you in Egypt in front of your eyes,

إلَهُكُمْ سَيَسِيرُ أمامَكُمْ، وَهْوَ نَفْسُهُ سَيُحارِبُ عَنكُمْ كَما فَعَلَ أمامَ عُيُونِكُمْ فِي مِصْرَ.

31 a nd in the desert. There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way you have walked until you came to this place.’

رَأيتُمْ كَيفَ حَمَلَكُمْ إلَهُكُمْ فِي الصَّحْراءِ كَما يَحمِلُ الرَّجُلُ ابْنَهُ كُلَّ الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي سِرْتُمْ فِيهِ، حَتَّى وَصَلْتُمْ إلَى هَذا المَكانِ.›

32 B ut even so, you did not trust the Lord your God,

«لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَثِقُوا بِإلَهِكُمْ ،

33 W ho goes before you on your way. He finds a place for you to set up your tents. He uses fire to show you the way to go during the night. During the day He uses a cloud to lead you. Israel’s Punishment

الَّذِي يَسِيرُ أمامَكُمْ فِي رِحلَتِكُمْ، لِيَجِدَ لَكُمْ مَكاناً تُخَيِّمُونَ فِيهِ. فَكانَ يَسِيرُ فِي النّارِ لَيلاً، وَفِي السَّحابِ نَهاراً لِيُرِيَكُمُ الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي تَسلُكُونَ. عَدَمُ السَّماحِ لِلشَّعبِ بِدُخُولِ الأرْض

34 “ The Lord heard your words and was angry. He swore,

«وَسَمِعَ اللهُ تَذَمُّرَكُمْ فَغَضِبَ جِدّاً وَأقسَمَ:

35 ‘ Not one of these men of these sinful people will see the good land I promised to give your fathers,

‹لَنْ يَرَى أحَدٌ مِنْ هَذا الجِيلِ الشِّرِّيرِ الأرْضَ الجَدِيدَةَ الَّتِي أقسَمْتُ بِأنْ أعْطِيَها لآبائِكُمْ.

36 e xcept Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He will see it. I will give the land on which he has walked to him and his children because he has always followed the Lord.’

كالِبُ بنُ يَفُنَّةَ، هُوَ الوَحِيدُ الَّذِي سَيَراها. وَلَهُ وَلِنَسلِهِ فَقَط سَأُعْطِي الأرْضَ الَّتِي سارَ عَلَيها، لِأنَّهُ ظَلَّ أمِيناً مَعَ اللهِ.›

37 T he Lord was angry with me because of you. He said, ‘Not even you will go in there.

«حَتَّى أنا غَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَيَّ بِسَبَبِكُمْ، وَقالَ لِي: ‹حَتَّى أنْتَ لَنْ تَدخُلَ الأرْضَ.

38 J oshua the son of Nun, who stands in front of you, will go in there. Tell him to be strong, for he will bring Israel into their new land.

يَشُوعُ بنُ نُونَ الَّذِي يَقِفُ أمامَكَ سَيَدخُلُ الأرْضَ. فَشَجِّعْهُ لِأنَّهُ سَيَجْعَلُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يَمْتَلِكُونَ الأرْضَ.

39 A nd your little ones whom you said would be taken by strange hands, and your children who do not yet know the difference between good and bad, will go in there. I will give the land to them. It will be theirs.

وَأطفالُكُمُ الَّذِينَ قُلْتُمْ عَنهُمْ: ‹سَيَكُونُونَ غَنِيمَةً لِلأعْداءِ،› أطفالُكُمُ الَّذِينَ لا يُمَيِّزُونَ الخَيرَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ بَعْدُ، هُمْ سَيَدخُلُونَ الأرْضَ. سَأُعطِي الأرْضَ لَهُمْ وَسَيَمْتَلِكُونَها.

40 B ut as for you, turn around and go into the desert by way of the Red Sea.’

أمّا أنتُمْ فَدُورُوا وَانْطَلِقُوا إلَى الصَّحراءِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى البَحْرِ الأحْمَرِ.›

41 “ Then you said to me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God told us.’ So every man of you put on his sword and thought it an easy thing to go up into the hill country.

«فأجَبْتُمْ وَقُلْتُمْ: ‹أخطَأنا إلَى اللهِ ، وَنَحنُ مُستَعِدُّونَ الآنَ لِكَي نَذْهَبَ وَنُحارِبَ كَما أمَرَنا إلَهُنا.› فَجَهَّزتُمْ أنفُسَكُمْ لِلمَعرَكَةِ، وَظَنَنْتُمْ أنَّهُ مِنَ السَّهلِ أنْ تَصعَدُوا إلَى المِنطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ.

42 T he Lord said to me, ‘Say to them, “Do not go up or fight. For I am not among you. You would be destroyed by those who hate you.”’

«فَقالَ لِي اللهُ: ‹قُلْ لَهُمْ لا تَصعَدُوا وَلا تُحارِبُوا لِأنِّي لَسْتُ مَعَكُمْ. إنْ سَمِعْتُمْ لِي فَلَنْ تُقتَلُوا أمامَ أعدائِكُمْ.›

43 S o I spoke to you but you would not listen. You went against what the Lord told you. In your pride you went up into the hill country.

«فَأخبَرتُكُمْ بَهَذا، لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَسمَعُوا، بَلْ عَصَيتُمْ كَلامَ اللهِ وَكُنتُمْ عَنِيدِينَ مُتَكَبِّرِينَ، وَصَعِدْتُمْ إلَى المِنطَقَةِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ لأخْذِها.

44 T hen the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you. They came at you like bees, and crushed you from Seir to Hormah.

فَأتَى الأمُورِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَسكُنُونَ المِنطَقَةَ الجَبَلِيَّةَ وَحارَبُوكُمْ وَطارَدُوكُمْ كَما يُطارَدُ النَّحلُ. سَحَقُوكُمْ فِي سَعِيرَ وَطارَدُوكُمْ حَتَّى حُرْمَةَ.

45 A nd you returned and cried before the Lord but the Lord did not listen to you.

فَرَجِعْتُمْ وَبَكَيتُمْ أمامَ اللهِ ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُعِرِ انتِباهاً لِصَوتِكُمْ وَلَمْ يُصغِ لَكُمْ.

46 S o you stayed in Kadesh. Many days you stayed there.

وَأقَمْتُمْ فِي قادَشَ مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً.