Exodus 33

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’

1 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «اتْرُكْ هَذَا الْمَكَانَ أَنْتَ وَالشَّعْبُ الَّذِي أَصْعَدْتَهُ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَامْضِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَقْسَمْتُ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ قَائِلاً: سَأَهَبُهَا لِنَسْلِكَ.

2 And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

2 وَسَأُرْسِلُ أَمَامَكَ مَلاكاً، وَأَطْرُدُ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ.

3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”

3 إِنَّهَا أَرْضٌ تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً. أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَنْ أَسِيرَ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ لأَنَّكُمْ شَعْبٌ مُتَصَلِّبُ الْقَلْبِ لِئَلّا أَفْنِيَكُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ».

4 When the people heard this bad news, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.

4 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْشَّعْبُ هَذَا الْكَلامَ الْقَاسِي، شَرَعُوا فِي النَّوْحِ، وَلَمْ يَتَزَيَّنْ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ.

5 For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”

5 وَكَانَ الرَّبُّ قَدْ قَالَ لِمُوسَى: «قُلْ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْتُمْ شَعْبٌ مُتَصَلِّبُ الْقَلْبِ، لِهَذَا إِنْ بَقِيتُ لَحْظَةً وَاحِدَةً فِي وَسَطِكُمْ أَفْنِيكُمْ. وَلَكِنِ الْآنَ انْزَعُوا زِينَتَكُمْ عَنْكُمْ إِلَى أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ قَرَارِي بِشَأْنِكُمْ».

6 So the Israelites stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.

6 فَخَلَعَ الشَّعْبُ زِينَتَهُمْ عِنْدَ جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ.

7 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.

7 وَأَخَذَ مُوسَى خَيْمَةً وَنَصَبَهَا بَعِيداً خَارِجَ الْمُخَيَّمِ، وَدَعَاهَا خَيْمَةَ الاجْتِمَاعِ. فَكَانَ كُلُّ مُلْتَمِسٍ لِلرَّبِّ يَسْعَى إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ الْقَائِمَةِ خَارِجَ الْمُخَيَّمِ.

8 Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.

8 وَكُلَّمَا مَضَى مُوسَى إِلَى الْخَيْمَةِ، كَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ يَقِفُ فِي بَابِ خَيْمَتِهِ، وَيُتَابِعُونَهُ بِأَنْظَارِهِمْ إِلَى أَنْ يَدْخُلَهَا.

9 As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.

9 وَمَا إِنْ يَتَوَارَى مُوسَى فِيهَا، حَتَّى يَنْزِلَ عَمُودُ السَّحَابِ وَيَقِفَ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِهَا، فَيَتَكَلَّمُ الرَّبُّ مَعَ مُوسَى،

10 When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent.

10 فَيُشَاهِدُ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ عَمُودَ السَّحَابِ وَاقِفاً عِنْدَ بَابِ الْخَيْمَةِ، فَيَسْجُدُونَ لِلرَّبِّ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ أَمَامَ بَابِ خَيْمَتِهِ،

11 Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.

11 فَكَانَ الرَّبُّ يُكَلِّمُ مُوسَى وَجْهاً لِوَجْهٍ كَمَا يُكَلِّمُ الإِنْسَانُ صَاحِبَهُ. وَإذَا رَجَعَ مُوسَى إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ، كَانَ خَادِمُهُ الشَّابُ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ يَمْكُثُ دَاخِلَ الْخَيْمَةِ.

12 Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’

12 وَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلرَّبَّ: «هَا أَنْتَ قَدْ قُلْتَ لِي: قُدْ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ، وَلَكِنْ لَمْ تُعْلِمْنِي مَنْ سَتُرْسِلُ مَعِي. ثُمَّ قُلْتَ: إِنِّي عَرَفْتُكَ بِاسْمِكَ وَحَظِيتَ بِرِضَايْ.

13 Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.”

13 فَالآنَ إِنْ كُنْتُ حَقّاً قَدْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكَ، فَأَرْشِدْنِي إِلَى طَرِيقِكَ لِكَيْ أَسْلُكَ حَسَبَ قَصْدِكَ، وَأَحْظَى بِمَسَرَّتِكَ، وَاذْكُرْ أَيْضاً أَنَّ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةَ هِيَ شَعْبُكَ».

14 And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

14 فَأَجَابَهُ: «إِنِّي أُرَافِقُكَ فَأُرِيحُكَ».

15 “If Your Presence does not go with us,” Moses replied, “do not lead us up from here.

15 فَقَالَ مُوسَى: «إِنْ لَمْ تُرَافِقْنَا، فَلا تُصْعِدْنَا مِنْ هُنَا،

16 For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

16 إِذْ كَيْفَ يُدْرَكُ أَنَّنِي وَشَعْبَكَ قَدْ حَظِينَا بِرِضَاكَ؟ أَلَيْسَ بِمُرَافَقَتِكَ لَنَا، فَنَتَمَيَّزُ أَنَا وَشَعْبُكَ بِذَلِكَ عَنْ جَمِيعِ الشُّعُوبِ السَّاكِنِينَ فِي الأَرْضِ؟»

17 So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

17 فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى: «سَأَفْعَلُ عَيْنَ هَذَا الأَمْرِ الَّذِي الْتَمَسْتَهُ. لأَنَّكَ حَظِيتَ بِرِضَايْ وَأَنَا عَرَفْتُكَ بِاسْمِكَ».

18 Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”

18 وَقَالَ مُوسَى: «أَرِنِي مَجْدَكَ».

19 “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

19 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «أُجِيزُ إِحْسَانَاتِي أَمَامَكَ، وَأُذِيعُ اسْمِي (الرَّبَّ) أَمَامَكَ. أُغْدِقُ رَأْفَتِي عَلَى مَنْ أَشَاءُ وَرَحْمَتِي عَلَى مَنْ أُرِيدُ»،

20 But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”

20 وَأَضَافَ: «وَلَكِنَّكَ لَنْ تَرَى وَجْهِي، لأَنَّ الإِنْسَانَ الَّذِي يَرَانِي لَا يَعِيشُ».

21 The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,

21 ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ: «لَدَيَّ مَكَانٌ قَرِيبٌ مِنِّي. فَقِفْ عَلَى الصَّخْرَةِ،

22 and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

22 وَعِنْدَمَا يَعْبُرُ مَجْدِي، أَضَعُكَ فِي نُقْرَةٍ مِنَ الصَّخْرِ، وَأَحْجُبُكَ بِيَدِي حَتَّى أَعْبُرَ،

23 Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”

23 ثُمَّ أَرْفَعُ يَدِي فَتَنْظُرُ وَرَائِي، أَمَّا وَجْهِي فَيَظَلُّ مَحْجُوباً عَنِ الْعِيَانِ».