Numbers 9

1 In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:

1 وَفِي الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ لِخُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى فِي صَحْرَاءِ سِينَاءَ:

2 “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

2 «لِيَحْتَفِلْ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِالْفِصْحِ فِي أَوَانِهِ.

3 You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”

3 احْتَفِلُوا بِهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ بَيْنَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ وَحُلُولِ الظَّلامِ قَائِمِينَ بِكُلِّ شَعَائِرِهِ وَأَحْكَامِهِ».

4 So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover,

4 فَأَمَرَ مُوسَى الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ أَنْ يَحْتَفِلُوا بِالْفِصْحِ،

5 and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

5 فَاحْتَفَلُوا بِهِ فِي صَحْرَاءِ سِينَاءَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ بَيْنَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ وَحُلُولِ الظَّلامِ، طِبْقاً لِكُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ بِهِ مُوسَى.

6 But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day

6 إِلّا أَنَّ قَوْماً كَانُوا قَدْ لَمَسُوا مَيْتاً فَتَنَجَّسُوا، فَلَمْ يَحِلَّ لَهُمُ الاحْتِفَالُ بِالْفِصْحِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، فَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ،

7 and said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”

7 وَسَأَلُوهُ: «إِنَّنَا مُتَنَجِّسُونَ لأَنَّنَا لَمَسْنَا مَيْتاً، فَلِمَاذَا نُحْرَمُ مِنْ تَقْدِيمِ قُرْبَانِ الرَّبِّ فِي أَوَانِهِ مِنْ دُونِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟»

8 “Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.

8 فَأَجَابَهُمْ مُوسَى: «انْتَظِرُوا رَيْثَمَا يُبَلِّغُنِي الرَّبُّ أَمْرَهُ بِشَأْنِكُمْ».

9 Then the LORD said to Moses,

9 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

10 «أَوْصِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: فِي وُسْعِ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْكُمْ وَمِنْ أَعْقَابِكُمْ تَنَجَّسَ لِلَمْسِهِ مَيْتاً أَوْ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ بَعِيدٍ، أَنْ يَحْتَفِلَ بِفِصْحِ الرَّبِّ.

11 Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

11 احْتَفِلُوا بِهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي بَيْنَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ وَحُلُولِ الظَّلامِ فَتَأْكُلُوا الْفِصْحَ مَعَ فَطِيرٍ وَأَعْشَابٍ مُرَّةٍ.

12 they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.

12 لَا تَتْرُكُوا مِنْهُ شَيْئاً إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ، وَلا تَكْسِرُوا مِنْهُ عَظْماً. احْتَفِلُوا بِهِ طِبْقاً لِشَعَائِرِ الْفِصْحِ كُلِّهَا.

13 But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.

13 وَلَكِنْ مَنْ كَانَ طَاهِراً وَلَيْسَ فِي سَفَرٍ، وَأَغْفَلَ الاحْتِفَالَ بِالْفِصْحِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُسْتَأْصَلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ شَعْبِهِ، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُقَدِّمْ قُرْبَانَ الرَّبِّ فِي أَوَانِهِ. ذَلِكَ الإِنْسَانُ يَتَحَمَّلُ عِقَابَ خَطِيئَتِهِ.

14 If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”

14 وَإذَا حَلَّ عِنْدَكُمْ غَرِيبٌ فَلْيَحْتَفِلْ بِالْفِصْحِ طِبْقاً لِشَعَائِرِ الْفِصْحِ وَأَحْكَامِهِ، فَتَكُونَ لَكُمْ فَرِيضَةً وَاحِدَةً لِلْغَرِيبِ وَلِلْمُوَاطِنِ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَوَاءٍ».

15 On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

15 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي نُصِبَ فِيهِ الْمَسْكَنُ غَطَّتِ السَّحَابَةُ خَيْمَةَ الشَّهَادَةِ. وَفِي الْمَسَاءِ بَدَا وَكَأَنَّ عَلَى الْمَسْكَنِ نَاراً بَقِيَتْ حَتَّى الصَّبَاحِ.

16 It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.

16 وَاسْتَمَرَّ الأَمْرُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْحَالِ، إِذْ كَانَتِ السَّحَابَةُ تُغَطِّي الْمَسْكَنَ نَهَاراً، وَتَتَحَوَّلُ إِلَى مَا يُشْبِهُ النَّارَ لَيْلاً.

17 Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.

17 وَكُلَّمَا ارْتَفَعَتِ السَّحَابَةُ عَنِ الْخَيْمَةِ كَانَ عَلَى شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الارْتِحَالُ، وَحَيْثُمَا حَلَّتِ السَّحَابَةُ كَانُوا يَنْزِلُونَ هُنَاكَ،

18 At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.

18 فَكَانَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَرْتَحِلُونَ حَسَبَ قَوْلِ الرَّبِّ، وَبِمُوْجِبِ أَمْرِهِ كَانُوا يَنْزِلُونَ، وَيَمْكُثُونَ مُقِيمِينَ طَوَالَ أَيَّامِ حُلُولِ السَّحَابَةِ عَلَى الْمَسْكَنِ.

19 Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.

19 وَإِنْ طَالَ أَمَدُ حُلُولِ السَّحَابَةِ عَلَى الْمَسْكَنِ أَيَّاماً كَثِيرَةً، كَانَ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ يُطِيعُونَ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ، وَيَلْبَثُونَ مُقِيمِينَ لَا يَرْتَحِلُونَ.

20 Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command.

20 وَكَانَتِ السَّحَابَةُ تُخَيِّمُ أَحْيَاناً عَلَى الْمَسْكَنِ أَيَّاماً قَلِيلَةً، فَكَانَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ يَنْزِلُونَ حَسَبَ قَوْلِ الرَّبِّ، وَوَفْقاً لأَمْرِهِ كَانُوا يَرْتَحِلُونَ.

21 Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they would set out. Whether it was by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up, they would set out.

21 وَإذَا حَلَّتِ السَّحَابَةُ مِنَ الْمَسَاءِ إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ ثُمَّ ارْتَفَعَتْ عِنْدَ الصَّبَاحِ فَإِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَرْتَحِلُونَ، وَكَذَلِكَ إِنْ حَلَّتْ يَوْماً وَلَيْلَةً ثُمَّ ارْتَفَعَتْ، كَانُوا يَرْتَحِلُونَ.

22 Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.

22 أَوْ إِنْ مَكَثَتِ السَّحَابَةُ يَوْمَيْنِ أَوْ شَهْراً أَوْ سَنَةً، كَانَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ يُقِيمُونَ وَلا يَرْتَحِلُونَ مَادَامَتِ السَّحَابَةُ حَالَّةً عَلَى الْمَسْكَنِ. وَمَتَى ارْتَفَعَتْ كَانُوا يَرْتَحِلُونَ.

23 They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.

23 وَهَكَذَا كَانُوا فِي نُزُولِهِمْ وَرَحِيلِهِمْ يَأْتَمِرُونَ بِقَوْلِ الرَّبِّ، فَأَطَاعُوا أَوَامِرَ الرَّبِّ طِبْقاً لِمَا أَوْصَى بِهِ مُوسَى.