Numbers 13

1 And the LORD said to Moses,

1 ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

2 “Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”

2 «أَرْسِلْ جَوَاسِيسَ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ الَّتِي أَنَا وَاهِبُهَا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. أَرْسِلْ رَئِيساً مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ مُمَثِّلاً لَهُ».

3 So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,

3 فَأَرْسَلَ مُوسَى مُمَثِّلِي الشَّعْبِ الرُّؤَسَاءَ مِنْ صَحْرَاءِ فَارَانَ طِبْقاً لأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ.

4 and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

4 وَهُمْ: شَمُّوعُ بْنُ زَكُّورَ عَنْ سِبْطِ رَأُوبَيْنَ،

5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;

5 شَافَاطُ بْنُ حُورِي عَنْ سِبْطِ شِمْعُونَ،

6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

6 كَالَبُ بْنُ يَفُنَّةَ عَنْ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا،

7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

7 يَجْآلُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سِبْطِ يَسَّاكَرَ،

8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

8 هُوشَعُ بْنُ نُونٍ عَنْ سِبْطِ أَفْرَايِمَ،

9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;

9 فَلْطِي بْنُ رَافُو عَنْ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ،

10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;

10 جَدِّيئِيلُ بْنُ سُودِي عَنْ سِبْطِ زَبُولُونَ،

11 from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;

11 جِدِّي بْنُ سُوسِي مِنْ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى عَنْ سِبْطِ يُوسُفَ،

12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;

12 عَمِّيئِيلُ بْنُ جَمَلِّي عَنْ سِبْطِ دَانٍ،

13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;

13 سَتُورُ بْنُ مِيخَائِيلَ عَنْ سِبْطِ أَشِيرَ،

14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;

14 نَحْبِي بْنُ وَفْسِي عَنْ سِبْطِ نَفْتَالِي،

15 and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.

15 جَأُوئِيلُ بْنُ مَاكِي عَنْ سِبْطِ جَادٍ.

16 These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.

16 هَذِهِ هِيَ أَسْمَاءُ الرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ أَرْسَلَهُمْ مُوسَى لِيَتَجَسَّسُوا أَرْضَ كَنْعَانَ، وَآنَذَاكَ غَيَّرَ مُوسَى اسْمَ هُوشَعَ بْنِ نُونٍ إِلَى يَشُوعَ.

17 When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.

17 وَعِنْدَمَا أَطْلَقَهُمْ مُوسَى لِيَتَجَسَّسُوا أَرْضَ كَنْعَانَ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «انْطَلِقُوا مِنْ هُنَا نَحْوَ الْجَنُوبِ، ثُمَّ اصْعَدُوا إِلَى الْجَبَلِ،

18 See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.

18 وَاسْتَكْشِفُوا الْبِلادَ وَأَوْضَاعَهَا وَهَلْ شَعْبُهَا الْمُقِيمُ فِيهَا قَوِيٌّ أَمْ ضَعِيفٌ؟ أَكَثِيرٌ هُوَ أَمْ قَلِيلٌ؟

19 Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?

19 وَمَا هِيَ طَبِيعَةُ الأَرْضِ السَّاكِنُ فِيهَا، أَصَالِحَةٌ هِيَ أَمْ رَدِيئَةٌ؟ وَمَا هِيَ الْمُدُنُ الَّتِي هُوَ قَاطِنٌ فِيهَا؟ أَمُخَيَّمَاتٌ هِيَ أَمْ حُصُونٌ؟

20 Is the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)

20 وَكَيْفَ هِيَ أَرْضُهُ: أَخَصِبَةٌ أَمْ قَاحِلَةٌ؟ أَفِيهَا شَجَرٌ أَمْ جَرْدَاءُ؟ تَشَجَّعُوا وَأَحْضِرُوا عَيِّنَةً مِنْ ثَمَرِ الأَرْضِ». وَكَانَ الْمَوْسِمُ عِنْدَئِذٍ مَوْسِمَ بَاكُورَاتِ الْعِنَبِ.

21 So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

21 فَمَضَوْا وَتَجَسَّسُوا الأَرْضَ، ابْتِدَاءً مِنْ صَحْرَاءِ صِينَ إِلَى رَحُوبَ عَلَى مَشَارِفِ حَمَاةَ.

22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

22 وَاجْتَازُوا صَحْرَاءَ النَّقَبِ حَتَّى وَصَلُوا حَبْرُونَ حَيْثُ تُقِيمُ قَبَائِلُ بَنِي عَنَاقَ: أَخِيمَانَ وَشِيشَايَ وَتَلْمَايَ. وَكَانَتْ حَبْرُونُ قَدْ بُنِيَتْ قَبْلَ مَدِينَةِ صُوعَنَ الْمِصْرِيَّةِ بِسَبْعِ سَنَوَاتٍ.

23 When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.

23 ثُمَّ قَدِمُوا عَلَى وَادِي أَشْكُولَ، فَقَطَفُوا فَرْعاً مِنْ كَرْمَةِ عِنَبٍ فِيهِ عُنْقُودٌ وَاحِدٌ، حَمَلُوهُ بِعَصاً عَلَى كَتِفَيْ اثْنَيْنِ مِنْهُمْ، فَضْلاً عَنْ شَيْءٍ مِنَ التِّينِ وَالرُّمَّانِ.

24 Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.

24 فَدُعِيَ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعُ وَادِي أَشْكُولَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: وَادِي الْعُنْقُودِ) بِسَبَبِ عُنْقُودِ الْعِنَبِ الَّذِي قَطَفَهُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ.

25 After forty days the men returned from spying out the land,

25 وَبَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً رَجَعُوا مِنِ اسْتِكْشَافِ الأَرْضِ.

26 and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.

26 فَأَقْبَلُوا عَلَى مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ وَسَائِرِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي صَحْرَاءِ فَارَانَ فِي قَادِشَ، وَبَلَّغُوهُمْ بِمَا شَاهَدُوهُ، وَأَرَوْهُمْ ثَمَرَ الأَرْضِ.

27 And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!

27 وَقَالُوا: «قَدِ انْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَرْسَلْتَنَا إِلَيْهَا، فَوَجَدْنَاهَا تَفِيضُ حَقّاً لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً، وَهَذِهِ هِيَ ثِمَارُهَا،

28 Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.

28 غَيْرَ أَنَّ الشَّعْبَ الْمُسْتَوْطِنَ فِيهَا بَالِغُ الْقُوَّةِ وَمُدُنَهُ مَنِيعَةٌ وَعَظِيمَةٌ جِدّاً. كَمَا شَاهَدْنَا هُنَاكَ بَنِي عَنَاقَ،

29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”

29 فَالْعَمَالِقَةُ مُقِيمُونَ فِي أَرْضِ الْجَنُوبِ، وَالْحِثِّيُّونَ وَالْيَبُوسِيُّونَ وَالأَمُورِيُّونَ مُتَمَنِّعُونَ فِي الْجَبَلِ، وَالْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ مُسْتَوْطِنُونَ عِنْدَ الْبَحْرِ وَعَلَى مُحَاذَاةِ الأُرْدُنِّ».

30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”

30 وَلَكِنَّ كَالَبَ هَدَّأَ رَوْعَ الشَّعْبِ الْمَاثِلِ أَمَامَ مُوسَى وَقَالَ: «لِنَمْضِ وَنَمْتَلِكِ الأَرْضَ لأَنَّنَا قَادِرُونَ حَقّاً عَلَى ذَلِكَ».

31 But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”

31 فَعَارَضَهُ الرِّجَالُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَهُ وَقَالُوا: «لا نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نُقَاوِمَ سُكَّانَهَا لأَنَّهُمْ أَقْوَى مِنَّا».

32 So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.

32 وَبِذَلِكَ أَشَاعُوا الذُّعْرَ بَيْنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مِنَ الْبِلادِ الَّتِي تَجَسَّسُوهَا قَائِلِينَ: «سَتَفْتَرِسُنَا الأَرْضُ الَّتِي تَجَسَّسْنَاهَا، وَجَمِيعُ مَنْ شَاهَدْنَاهُمْ مِنْ سُكَّانِهَا عَمَالِقَةٌ.

33 We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”

33 فَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا هُنَاكَ الْجَبَابِرَةَ بَنِي عَنَاقَ، فَبَدَوْنَا فِي أَعْيُنِ أَنْفُسِنَا كَالْجَرَادِ، وَكَذَلِكَ كُنَّا فِي عُيُونِهِمْ».