1 Y ahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

2 “ Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them.”

«أرسِلْ رِجالاً لِيَستَكشِفُوا أرْضَ كَنعانَ الَّتِي سَأُعطِيها لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ. أرسِلُوا رَجُلاً مِنْ كُلِّ عَشِيرَةٍ بِحَيثُ يَكُونُ مِنْ قادَةِ قَبِيلَتِهِ.»

3 M oses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Yahweh. All them were men who were heads of the children of Israel.

فَأرسَلَهُمْ مُوسَى مِنْ بَرِّيَّةِ فارانَ بِحَسَبِ أمرِ اللهِ. وَكانَ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجالُ مِنْ قادَةِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

4 T hese were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

وَهَذِهِ هِيَ أسماؤُهُمْ: مِنْ قَبِيلَةِ رَأُوبَيْنَ شَمُّوعُ بْنُ زَكُّورَ.

5 O f the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

وَمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ شِمْعُونَ شافاطُ بْنُ حُورِي.

6 O f the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

وَمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ يَهُوذا كالِبُ بْنُ يَفُنَّةَ.

7 O f the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.

وَمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ يسّاكِرَ يَجْآلُ بنُ يُوسُفَ.

8 O f the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.

وَمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ أفْرايِمَ هُوشَعُ بْنُ نُونَ.

9 O f the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.

وَمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ بَنْيامِيْنَ فَلْطِي بْنُ رافُو.

10 O f the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.

وَمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ زَبُولُونَ جَدِّيئِيلُ بْنُ سُودِي.

11 O f the tribe of Joseph, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.

وَمِنْ عَشِيرَةِ يُوسُفَ، أي قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى جِدِّي بْنُ سُوسِي.

12 O f the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.

وَمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ دانَ عَمِّيئِيلُ بْنُ جَمَلِّي.

13 O f the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.

وَمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ أشِيرَ سَتُورُ بْنُ مِيخائِيلَ.

14 O f the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.

وَمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ نَفْتالِي نَحْبِي بْنُ وَفْسِي.

15 O f the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

وَمِنْ قَبِيلَةِ جادَ جَأُوئِيلُ بْنُ ماكي.

16 T hese are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.

هَذِهِ هِيَ أسْماءُ الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ أرسَلَهُمْ مُوسَى لِيَتَجَسَّسُوا الأرْضَ وَيَستَكشِفُوها. أمَّا هُوشَعُ بْنُ نُونَ فَدَعاهُ مُوسَى يَشُوعَ.

17 M oses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill country.

وَحِينَ أرسَلَهُمْ مُوسَى لاستِكشافِ أرْضِ كَنعانَ، قالَ لَهُمْ: «اصْعَدُوا إلَى النَّقَبِ ثُمَّ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ التِّلالِ.

18 S ee the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;

تَفَحَّصُوا طَبِيعَةَ الأرْضِ، وَالسّاكِنِينَ فِيها. أهُمْ أقوِياءُ أمْ ضُعَفاءُ، قَلِيلونَ أمْ كَثِيرُونَ؟

19 a nd what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;

تَفَحَّصُوا طَبِيعَةَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي يَعِيشُونَ فِيها، إنْ كانَتْ حَسَنَةً أمْ رَدِيئَةً، وَهَلْ هِيَ مُخَيَّماتٌ مَفتُوحَةٌ أمْ حُصُونٌ تُحِيطُها أسوارٌ.

20 a nd what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein, or not. Be courageous, and bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes.

وَافْحَصُوا الأرْضَ إنْ كانَتْ خَصِبَةً أمْ فَقِيرَةً. وَإنْ كانَ هُناكَ أشجارٌ أوْ لا. وَاحْرِصُوا أنْ تُحضِرُوا مِنْ ثَمَرِ الأرْضِ.» فَقَدْ كانَ ذَلِكَ الوَقتُ بِدايَةَ مَوسِمِ العِنَبِ.

21 S o they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.

فَذَهَبُوا وَاستَكشَفُوا الأرْضَ مِنْ بَرِّيَّةِ صِينَ إلَى رَحُوبَ قُربَ مَدخَلِ حَماةَ.

22 T hey went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

فَذَهَبُوا إلَى النَّقَبِ، وَأتَوْا إلَى حَبْرُونَ. وَكانَتْ قَبائِلُ أخِيمانَ وَشِيشايَ وَتَلْمايَ تَسكُنُ هُناكَ – وَهُمْ مِنْ نَسلِ عَناقَ. وَكانَتْ مَدِينَةُ حَبرُونَ قَدْ بُنِيَتْ قَبلَ مَدِينَةِ صُوعَنَ فِي مِصرَ بِسَبعِ سَنَواتٍ.

23 T hey came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.

ثُمَّ أتَوا إلَى وادِي أشكُولَ. وَمِنْ هُناكَ قَطَعُوا غُصناً فِيهِ عُنقُودُ عِنَبٍ واحِدٍ، حَمَلَهُ رَجُلانِ بِعَصاً فِيما بَينَهما! كَما حَمَلُوا مَعَهُمْ بَعضَ العِنَبِ وَالتِّينِ أيضاً.

24 T hat place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.

وَدُعِيَ ذَلِكَ المُكانُ بِوادِي أشكُولَ بِسَبَبِ العُنقُودِ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ هُناكَ.

25 T hey returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.

وَرَجِعَ الرِّجالُ مِنِ استِكشافِ الأرْضِ بَعدَ أربَعِينَ يَوماً.

26 T hey went and came to Moses, to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them and to all the congregation. They showed them the fruit of the land.

وَأتَوا إلَى مُوسَى وَهارُونَ وَكُلِّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ فارانَ فِي قادِشَ. وَقَدَّمُوا لَهُما وَلِكُلِّ الشَّعبِ تَقرِيراً عَمّا رَأُوهُ، وَأرُوهُمْ ثَمَرَ الأرْضِ.

27 T hey told him, and said, “We came to the land where you sent us. Surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

فَقالُوا لِمُوسَى: «قَدْ ذَهَبْنا إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي أرسَلْتَنا إلَيها. هِيَ حَقّاً أرْضٌ تَفيِضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً. وَهَذا ثَمَرُها.

28 H owever the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.

لَكِنَّ الشَّعبَ الَّذِي يَعِيشُ فِي الأرْضِ قَوِيٌّ، وَمُدُنُهُمْ مُحَصَّنَةٌ وَضَخمَةٌ جِدّاً. كَما أنَّنا رَأينا مِنْ نَسلِ عَناقَ هُناكَ.

29 A malek dwells in the land of the South. The Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country. The Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along the side of the Jordan.”

وَالعَمالِقَةُ يَسكُنُونَ أرْضَ النَّقَبِ، وَالحِثِّيُّونَ وَاليَبُوسِيُّونَ وَالأمُّورِيُّونَ يَسكُنُونَ فِي التِّلالِ. وَيَسكُنُ الكَنعانِيُّونَ قُربَ البَحرِ وَعَلَى طُولِ نَهرِ الأردُنِّ.»

30 C aleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it!”

حِينَئِذٍ، أسْكَتَ كالِبُ الشَّعبَ الَّذِيَ بِقُربِ مُوسَى، وَقالَ: «سَنَصعَدُ وَنَمتَلِكُ الأرْضَ، لأنَّنا قَادِرُونَ عَلَى أنْ نَغزُوَها وَنَمتَلِكَها.»

31 B ut the men who went up with him said, “We aren’t able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”

لَكِنَّ الرِّجالَ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا مَعَهُ قالُوا: «لَسنا قادِرِينَ عَلَى أنْ نَهزِمَ ذَلِكَ الشَّعبَ لأنَّهُمْ أقوَى مِنّا.»

32 T hey brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the children of Israel, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people who we saw in it are men of great stature.

وَهَكَذا ثَبَّطُوا بِكَلامِهِمْ هَذا عَزِيمَةَ بَني إسْرائِيلَ بِشأنِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي استَكشَفُوها. وَقالُوا: «الأرْضُ الَّتِي سافَرْنا عَبْرَها لاسْتِكشافِها هِيَ أرْضٌ تُدَمِّرُ الشَّعبَ الَّذِي يَعِيشُ فِيها. وَكُلُّ النّاسِ الَّذِينَ رَأيناهُمْ فِيها مِنَ العَمالِقَةِ!

33 T here we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”

وَقَدْ رَأينا هُناكَ الجَبابِرَةَ – جاءَ نَسلُ عَناقَ مِنَ الجَبابِرَةِ – فَشَعَرْنا وَكَأنَّنا جَرادٌ أمامَهُمْ! وَهَكَذا كُنّا بِالفِعلِ فِي نَظَرِهِمْ!»