Numbers 11

وَكَانَ الشَّعْبُ كَأَنَّهُمْ يَشْتَكُونَ شَرًّا فِي أُذُنَيِ الرَّبِّ. وَسَمِعَ الرَّبُّ فَحَمِيَ غَضَبُهُ، فَاشْتَعَلَتْ فِيهِمْ نَارُ الرَّبِّ وَأَحْرَقَتْ فِي طَرَفِ الْمَحَلَّةِ.

And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

فَصَرَخَ الشَّعْبُ إِلَى مُوسَى، فَصَلَّى مُوسَى إِلَى الرَّبِّ فَخَمَدَتِ النَّارُ.

And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.

فَدُعِيَ اسْمُ ذلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ «تَبْعِيرَةَ» لأَنَّ نَارَ الرَّبِّ اشْتَعَلَتْ فِيهِمْ.

And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.

وَاللَّفِيفُ الَّذِي فِي وَسَطِهِمِ اشْتَهَى شَهْوَةً. فَعَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ أَيْضًا وَبَكَوْا وَقَالُوا: «مَنْ يُطْعِمُنَا لَحْمًا؟

And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

قَدْ تَذَكَّرْنَا السَّمَكَ الَّذِي كُنَّا نَأْكُلُهُ فِي مِصْرَ مَجَّانًا، وَالْقِثَّاءَ وَالْبَطِّيخَ وَالْكُرَّاثَ وَالْبَصَلَ وَالثُّومَ.

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

وَالآنَ قَدْ يَبِسَتْ أَنْفُسُنَا. لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ غَيْرَ أَنَّ أَعْيُنَنَا إِلَى هذَا الْمَنِّ!».

But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

وَأَمَّا الْمَنُّ فَكَانَ كَبِزْرِ الْكُزْبَرَةِ، وَمَنْظَرُهُ كَمَنْظَرِ الْمُقْلِ.

And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

كَانَ الشَّعْبُ يَطُوفُونَ لِيَلْتَقِطُوهُ، ثُمَّ يَطْحَنُونَهُ بِالرَّحَى أَوْ يَدُقُّونَهُ فِي الْهَاوَنِ وَيَطْبُخُونَهُ فِي الْقُدُورِ وَيَعْمَلُونَهُ مَلاَّتٍ. وَكَانَ طَعْمُهُ كَطَعْمِ قَطَائِفَ بِزَيْتٍ.

And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

وَمَتَى نَزَلَ النَّدَى عَلَى الْمَحَلَّةِ لَيْلاً كَانَ يَنْزِلُ الْمَنُّ مَعَهُ.

And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ مُوسَى الشَّعْبَ يَبْكُونَ بِعَشَائِرِهِمْ، كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ فِي بَابِ خَيْمَتِهِ، وَحَمِيَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ جِدًّا، سَاءَ ذلِكَ فِي عَيْنَيْ مُوسَى.

Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلرَّبِّ: «لِمَاذَا أَسَأْتَ إِلَى عَبْدِكَ؟ وَلِمَاذَا لَمْ أَجِدْ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ حَتَّى أَنَّكَ وَضَعْتَ ثِقْلَ جَمِيعِ هذَا الشَّعْبِ عَلَيَّ؟

And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

أَلَعَلِّي حَبِلْتُ بِجَمِيعِ هذَا الشَّعْبِ؟ أَوْ لَعَلِّي وَلَدْتُهُ، حَتَّى تَقُولَ لِي احْمِلْهُ فِي حِضْنِكَ كَمَا يَحْمِلُ الْمُرَبِّي الرَّضِيعَ، إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي حَلَفْتَ لآبَائِهِ؟

Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

مِنْ أَيْنَ لِي لَحْمٌ حَتَّى أُعْطِيَ جَمِيعَ هذَا الشَّعْبِ؟ لأَنَّهُمْ يَبْكُونَ عَلَيَّ قَائِلِينَ: أَعْطِنَا لَحْمًا لِنَأْكُلَ.

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

لاَ أَقْدِرُ أَنَا وَحْدِي أَنْ أَحْمِلَ جَمِيعَ هذَا الشَّعْبِ لأَنَّهُ ثَقِيلٌ عَلَيَّ.

I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَفْعَلُ بِي هكَذَا، فَاقْتُلْنِي قَتْلاً إِنْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ، فَلاَ أَرَى بَلِيَّتِي».

And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «اجْمَعْ إِلَيَّ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلاً مِنْ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ شُيُوخُ الشَّعْبِ وَعُرَفَاؤُهُ، وَأَقْبِلْ بِهِمْ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ فَيَقِفُوا هُنَاكَ مَعَكَ.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

فَأَنْزِلَ أَنَا وَأَتَكَلَّمَ مَعَكَ هُنَاكَ، وَآخُذَ مِنَ الرُّوحِ الَّذِي عَلَيْكَ وَأَضَعَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَيَحْمِلُونَ مَعَكَ ثِقْلَ الشَّعْبِ، فَلاَ تَحْمِلُ أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ.

And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

وَلِلشَّعْبِ تَقُولُ: تَقَدَّسُوا لِلْغَدِ فَتَأْكُلُوا لَحْمًا، لأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ بَكَيْتُمْ فِي أُذُنَيِ الرَّبِّ قَائِلِينَ: مَنْ يُطْعِمُنَا لَحْمًا؟ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَنَا خَيْرٌ فِي مِصْرَ. فَيُعْطِيكُمُ الرَّبُّ لَحْمًا فَتَأْكُلُونَ.

And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

تَأْكُلُونَ لاَ يَوْمًا وَاحِدًا، وَلاَ يَوْمَيْنِ، وَلاَ خَمْسَةَ أَيَّامٍ، وَلاَ عَشَرَةَ أَيَّامٍ، وَلاَ عِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا،

Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

بَلْ شَهْرًا مِنَ الزَّمَانِ، حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ مِنْ مَنَاخِرِكُمْ، وَيَصِيرَ لَكُمْ كَرَاهَةً، لأَنَّكُمْ رَفَضْتُمُ الرَّبَّ الَّذِي فِي وَسَطِكُمْ وَبَكَيْتُمْ أَمَامَهُ قَائِلِينَ: لِمَاذَا خَرَجْنَا مِنْ مِصْرَ؟»

But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

فَقَالَ مُوسَى: «سِتُّ مِئَةِ أَلْفِ مَاشٍ هُوَ الشَّعْبُ الَّذِي أَنَا فِي وَسَطِهِ، وَأَنْتَ قَدْ قُلْتَ: أُعْطِيهِمْ لَحْمًا لِيَأْكُلُوا شَهْرًا مِنَ الزَّمَانِ.

And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

أَيُذْبَحُ لَهُمْ غَنَمٌ وَبَقَرٌ لِيَكْفِيَهُمْ؟ أَمْ يُجْمَعُ لَهُمْ كُلُّ سَمَكِ الْبَحْرِ لِيَكْفِيَهُمْ؟»

Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «هَلْ تَقْصُرُ يَدُ الرَّبِّ؟ الآنَ تَرَى أَيُوافِيكَ كَلاَمِي أَمْ لاَ».

And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

فَخَرَجَ مُوسَى وَكَلَّمَ الشَّعْبَ بِكَلاَمِ الرَّبِّ، وَجَمَعَ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلاً مِنْ شُيُوخِ الشَّعْبِ وَأَوْقَفَهُمْ حَوَالَيِ الْخَيْمَةِ.

And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.

فَنَزَلَ الرَّبُّ فِي سَحَابَةٍ وَتَكَلَّمَ مَعَهُ، وَأَخَذَ مِنَ الرُّوحِ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلَ عَلَى السَّبْعِينَ رَجُلاً الشُّيُوخَ. فَلَمَّا حَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِمِ الرُّوحُ تَنَبَّأُوا، وَلكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَزِيدُوا.

And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.

وَبَقِيَ رَجُلاَنِ فِي الْمَحَلَّةِ، اسْمُ الْوَاحِدِ أَلْدَادُ، وَاسْمُ الآخَرِ مِيدَادُ، فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِمَا الرُّوحُ. وَكَانَا مِنَ الْمَكْتُوبِينَ، لكِنَّهُمَا لَمْ يَخْرُجَا إِلَى الْخَيْمَةِ، فَتَنَبَّآ فِي الْمَحَلَّةِ.

But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.

فَرَكَضَ غُلاَمٌ وَأَخْبَرَ مُوسَى وَقَالَ: «أَلْدَادُ وَمِيدَادُ يَتَنَبَّآنِ فِي الْمَحَلَّةِ».

And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

فَأَجَابَ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ خَادِمُ مُوسَى مِنْ حَدَاثَتِهِ وَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدِي مُوسَى، ارْدَعْهُمَا!»

And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.

فَقَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى: «هَلْ تَغَارُ أَنْتَ لِي؟ يَا لَيْتَ كُلَّ شَعْبِ الرَّبِّ كَانُوا أَنْبِيَاءَ إِذَا جَعَلَ الرَّبُّ رُوحَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ».

And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!

ثُمَّ انْحَازَ مُوسَى إِلَى الْمَحَلَّةِ هُوَ وَشُيُوخُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

فَخَرَجَتْ رِيحٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ الرَّبِّ وَسَاقَتْ سَلْوَى مِنَ الْبَحْرِ وَأَلْقَتْهَا عَلَى الْمَحَلَّةِ، نَحْوَ مَسِيرَةِ يَوْمٍ مِنْ هُنَا وَمَسِيرَةِ يَوْمٍ مِنْ هُنَاكَ، حَوَالَيِ الْمَحَلَّةِ، وَنَحْوَ ذِرَاعَيْنِ فَوْقَ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ.

And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.

فَقَامَ الشَّعْبُ كُلَّ ذلِكَ النَّهَارِ، وَكُلَّ اللَّيْلِ وَكُلَّ يَوْمِ الْغَدِ وَجَمَعُوا السَّلْوَى. الَّذِي قَلَّلَ جَمَعَ عَشَرَةَ حَوَامِرَ. وَسَطَّحُوهَا لَهُمْ مَسَاطِحَ حَوَالَيِ الْمَحَلَّةِ.

And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

وَإِذْ كَانَ اللَّحْمُ بَعْدُ بَيْنَ أَسْنَانِهِمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْقَطِعَ، حَمِيَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ، وَضَرَبَ الرَّبُّ الشَّعْبَ ضَرْبَةً عَظِيمَةً جِدًّا.

And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

فَدُعِيَ اسْمُ ذلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ «قَبَرُوتَ هَتَّأَوَةَ» لأَنَّهُمْ هُنَاكَ دَفَنُوا الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَهَوْا.

And he called the name of that place Kibroth–hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

وَمِنْ قَبَرُوتَ هَتَّأَوَةَ ارْتَحَلَ الشَّعْبُ إِلَى حَضَيْرُوتَ، فَكَانُوا فِي حَضَيْرُوتَ.

And the people journeyed from Kibroth–hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.