Numbers, 14

1. And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

1. Then all the community broke out in loud cries and wept during the night.

2. And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!

2. All the people grumbled against Aaron and Moses; and the whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in Egypt or died in the wilderness.

3. And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

3. Why is Yahweh bringing us to this country where we shall fall under the sword, and our women and little children become part of the plunder? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?"

4. And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

4. And they said to one another, "Let us choose a leader and return to Egypt."

5. Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

5. Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the Israelite community.

6. And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

6. Joshua, son of Nun, and Caleb, son of Jephunneh from those who had explored the country, tore their clothes

7. And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, [is] an exceeding good land.

7. and then spoke to the whole community of Israel, saying, "The land we went through to explore is, indeed, a very good land.

8. If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

8. If Yahweh is pleased with us, he will lead us to this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

9. Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they [are] bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD [is] with us: fear them not.

9. Only do not rebel against Yahweh, and don't be afraid of the people of the land for they will be bread for us: their protection is withdrawn and Yahweh is with us. Have no fear of them!"

10. But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

10. All the community spoke of stoning them when the Glory of Yahweh appeared before all the people of Israel in the Tent of Meeting.

11. And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

11. Yahweh said to Moses, "How long will this people spurn me? How long will they refuse to believe me, in spite of the signs I performed among them?

12. I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

12. I will strike them with a plague and destroy them, and then I will make of you a greater and more powerful nation than they are."

13. And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear [it], (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

13. And Moses said to Yahweh, "The Egyptians know that you have brought out this people from their midst by your power,

14. And they will tell [it] to the inhabitants of this land: [for] they have heard that thou LORD [art] among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and [that] thy cloud standeth over them, and [that] thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

14. and they told it to the inhabitants of the land. They know that you, Yahweh, are in the midst of your people, and that they have seen you face to face. They know that your cloud stands with your people and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

15. Now [if] thou shalt kill [all] this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

15. And now you would destroy this people at one stroke! Then the nations that have heard of you will say:

16. Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

16. Yahweh was not able to bring this people to the land he had promised them in oath, so he slaughtered them in the desert.

17. And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

17. Now let your power be seen, my Lord. For, according to your words,

18. The LORD [is] longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation].

18. you are slow to anger and rich in steadfast love: you forgive sin and rebellion, yet you do not declare innocent those who are guilty, but you punish children to the third and fourth generation for the wickedness of their fathers.

19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

19. Pardon then, I pray you, the sin of this people according to the greatness of your mercy just as you have pardoned them from Egypt even until now."

20. And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

20. Then Yahweh said, "I pardon them as you have pleaded,

21. But [as] truly [as] I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.

21. but as truly as I live and the Glory of Yahweh fills the earth,

22. Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

22. I swear that they will not see the land I promised to their fathers. For all these have seen my Glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the desert, and yet have put me to the test ten times and have not heeded my voice.

23. Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

23. Only my servant Caleb will enter it,

24. But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

24. because he has a different spirit and because he has followed me faithfully. I will bring him to the land where he has already been and his descendants shall possess it,

25. (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

25. while the Amalekites and the Canaanites will remain in the valley. So you shall turn tomorrow and leave for the desert by way of the Red Sea."

26. And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

26. Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron saying,

27. How long [shall I bear with] this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

27. "How long will this wicked community grumble against me?" I have heard the grumblings of the people of Israel against me.

28. Say unto them, [As truly as] I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

28. Say to them: As truly as I live, it is Yahweh who speaks, I will do to you what you have said in my hearing.

29. Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,

29. All of you of twenty years or more, numbered in the census, who grumbled against me, your corpses will fall in the desert.

30. Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, [concerning] which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

30. You will not enter the land where I swore to settle you, except Caleb, son of Jephunneh and Joshua, son of Nun.

31. But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

31. But your children, whom you said would be part of the plunder, them I will bring and they will know the land that you have rejected.

32. But [as for] you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

32. Your corpses will fall in the desert

33. And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

33. and your sons will wander with their flocks for forty years in the desert, bearing the guilt of your faithlessness till the last of you lies dead in the desert.

34. After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, [even] forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, [even] forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.

34. According to the number of days spent in exploring the land - forty days, for every day a year - for forty years you shall bear the guilt of your sins and you shall know what it is to oppose me.

35. I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

35. I, Yahweh, have spoken. Surely this is what I will do to this wicked community that has conspired against me. In this wilderness they shall be destroyed and this is where they shall die."

36. And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,

36. The men sent by Moses to explore the land and who on their return had made the community grumble against him,

37. Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

37. those men who wickedly spread a bad report on the land, died of a plague before Yahweh.

38. But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of the men that went to search the land, lived [still].

38. Only Joshua, son of Nun, and Caleb, son of Jephunneh, survived out of those who went to explore the land.

39. And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

39. When Moses related this to the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.

40. And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [be here], and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.

40. They rose early in the morning and went up to the mountain saying, "Here we are! We have sinned but now we are ready to go to the place that Yahweh spoke of."

41. And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

41. But Moses said, "Why are you going to disobey Yahweh's command? You will not succeed.

42. Go not up, for the LORD [is] not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

42. Do not go up lest you be struck down by your enemies for Yahweh is not with you.

43. For the Amalekites and the Canaanites [are] there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

43. The Amalekites and the Canaanites are there ahead of you and you will fall by the sword, for you turned away from following Yahweh and he will not be with you."

44. But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

44. They insisted on going up to the top of the mountain but neither the Ark of the Covenant of Yahweh nor Moses moved from inside the camp.

45. Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, [even] unto Hormah.

45. Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in the hill country came down and defeated them, beating them back as far as Hormah.