Çölde Sayım 11

¹Halk Rab'bin huzurunda kötü niyetle şikayet edip duruyordu; Rab bunu duyduğunda öfkesi şiddetle alevlendi, aralarında Rab'den gelen bir ateş tutuştu ve ordugahın bir kısmını yiyip bitirdi.

²Bunun üzerine halk Musa'ya feryat etti; Musa Rab'be yalvararak dua edince ateş dindi.

³O yerin adına Empirismos dendi, çünkü aralarında Rab'den gelen bir ateş alevlenmişti.

⁴Aralarındaki karışık yabancı topluluk büyük bir açgözlülükle arzuladı; İsrailoğulları da yeniden oturup ağladılar ve "Bizi etle kim besleyecek?" dediler.

⁵"Mısır'da bedavaya yediğimiz balıkları, salatalıkları, kavunları, pırasaları, soğanları ve sarımsakları özlemle hatırlıyoruz."

⁶"Şimdiyse canımız kupkuru oldu; gözlerimizin önünde bu mandan başka bakacak hiçbir şey yok."

⁷Man ise kişniş tohumu gibiydi ve görünüşü kristal görünüşünü andırıyordu.

⁸Halk gezinip onu toplar, değirmende öğütür ya da havanda döverdi; tencerede haşlar ve ondan külde pişmiş pideler yaparlardı; onun lezzeti zeytinyağlı çörek tadı gibiydi.

⁹Geceleyin ordugahın üzerine çiy düştüğünde, man da onun üzerine inerdi.

¹⁰Musa halkın boy boy, herkesin kendi çadırının kapısında ağladığını duydu; Rab'bin öfkesi çok şiddetle alevlendi ve bu durum Musa'nın gözünde de kötüydü.

¹¹Musa Rab'be şöyle dedi: "Neden kuluna kötü davrandın ve neden senin gözünde lütuf bulamadım ki, bu halkın tüm taşkınlığını benim üzerime yükledin?"

¹²"Bu halkın hepsine ben mi gebe kaldım, yoksa onları ben mi doğurdum ki bana, 'Bir sütannenin emzikteki bebeği taşıdığı gibi, onları bağrına basıp babalarına ant içtiğin toprağa götür' diyorsun?"

¹³"Bütün bu halka verecek eti nereden bulayım? Çünkü bana ağlayarak, 'Bize yiyecek et ver ki yiyelim' diyorlar."

¹⁴"Bu halkı tek başıma taşımaya gücüm yetmeyecek, çünkü bu mesele bana çok ağır geliyor."

¹⁵"Eğer bana böyle yapacaksan ve senin katında merhamet bulduysam, beni hemen tamamen öldür de kendi sefaletimi görmeyeyim."

¹⁶Rab Musa'ya şöyle dedi: "İsrail'in ihtiyarlarından, halkın ihtiyarları ve yazıcıları olduğunu bizzat bildiğin yetmiş adamı bana topla; onları Tanıklık Çadırı'na getir, orada seninle birlikte dursunlar."

¹⁷"Ben de aşağı inip orada seninle konuşacağım; senin üzerindeki ruhtan alıp onların üzerine koyacağım; halkın taşkınlığını seninle birlikte göğüsleyecekler, böylece onu tek başına taşımak zorunda kalmayacaksın."

¹⁸"Halka şöyle de: 'Yarın için kendinizi kutsayıp arındırın, et yiyeceksiniz; çünkü Rab'bin önünde ağlayıp, "Bize kim et yedirecek? Mısır'da halimiz ne iyiydi!" dediniz. Bu yüzden Rab size yemeniz için et verecek ve et yiyeceksiniz.'"

¹⁹"Sadece bir gün, iki gün, beş gün, on gün ya da yirmi gün değil,"

²⁰"tam bir ay boyunca, et burun deliklerinizden çıkıncaya ve sizde safra kusmuğu etkisi yaratıncaya dek yiyeceksiniz; çünkü aranızda olan Rab'be itaatsizlik ettiniz ve O'nun önünde ağlayıp, 'Mısır'dan neden çıktık?' dediniz."

²¹Musa şöyle dedi: "Aralarında bulunduğum halk altı yüz bin yaya askerden oluşuyor; sen ise, 'Onlara et vereceğim, tam bir ay boyunca yiyecekler' diyorsun."

²²"Onlara yetecek kadar koyun ve sığır mı kesilmeli? Yoksa onlara yetsin diye denizin bütün balıkları mı toplanmalı?"

²³Rab Musa'ya, "Rab'bin eli yetersiz mi kalacak?" dedi, "Sözümün sana erişip gerçekleşmeyeceğini şimdi göreceksin."

²⁴Musa dışarı çıkıp Rab'bin sözlerini halka bildirdi; halkın ihtiyarlarından yetmiş kişi toplayıp onları çadırın çevresine dizdi.

²⁵Rab bulut içinde aşağı inip onunla konuştu; onun üzerindeki ruhtan alıp yetmiş ihtiyar adamın üzerine koydu; ruh üzerlerine konunca peygamberlik ettiler, ama bir daha bunu sürdürmediler.

²⁶Ordugahta iki adam kalmıştı; birinin adı Eldad, diğerinin adı ise Modad'dı; ruh onların da üzerine kondu; onlar da yazılanlar arasındaydı ama çadıra gitmemişlerdi; ordugahta peygamberlik ettiler.

²⁷Bir genç koşup Musa'ya haber verdi: "Eldad ile Modad ordugahta peygamberlik ediyorlar" dedi.

²⁸Musa'nın yardımcısı ve seçilmiş adamı olan Nave oğlu Yeşu yanıt vererek, "Efendim Musa, onlara engel ol!" dedi.

²⁹Musa ona, "Benim adıma mı kıskanıyorsun?" dedi, "Keşke Rab'bin bütün halkı peygamber olsaydı ve Rab üzerlerine kendi ruhunu koysaydı!"

³⁰Sonra Musa ve İsrail'in ihtiyarları ordugaha döndüler.

³¹Rab'den bir rüzgar çıktı, denizden bıldırcınlar taşıyıp getirdi ve onları ordugahın üzerine, ordugahın çevresinde bu tarafa bir günlük, öbür tarafa bir günlük yol boyunca, yerden yaklaşık iki arşın yükseklikte bıraktı.

³²Halk bütün o gün, bütün gece ve ertesi gün boyunca durmaksızın bıldırcın topladı; en az toplayan bile on kor topladı; onları ordugahın çevresine kendileri için serip kuruttular.

³³Et henüz dişlerinin arasındayken, daha tükenmeden, Rab'bin halka karşı öfkesi alevlendi ve Rab halkı çok büyük bir salgın belayla vurdu.

³⁴O yerin adına Arzunun Mezarları dendi; çünkü açgözlülükle arzuya kapılan halkı oraya gömdüler.

³⁵Halk Arzunun Mezarları'ndan Aserot'a doğru yola çıktı ve Aserot'ta konakladı.

¹ΚΑΙ ἦν ὁ λαὸς γογγύζων πονηρὰ ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ ἤκουσε Κύριος καὶ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ, καὶ ἐξεκαύθη ἐν αὐτοῖς πῦρ παρὰ Κυρίου καὶ κατέφαγε μέρος τι τῆς παρεμβολῆς.

²καὶ ἐκέκραξεν ὁ λαὸς πρὸς Μωυσῆν, καὶ ηὔξατο Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ ἐκόπασε τὸ πῦρ.

³καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου ᾿Εμπυρισμός, ὅτι ἐξεκαύθη ἐν αὐτοῖς παρὰ Κυρίου.

⁴Καὶ ὁ ἐπίμικτος ὁ ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐπεθύμησεν ἐπιθυμίαν, καὶ καθίσαντες ἔκλαιον καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ εἶπαν· τίς ἡμᾶς ψωμιεῖ κρέα;

⁵ἐμνήσθημεν τοὺς ἰχθύας, οὓς ἠσθίομεν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ δωρεάν, καὶ τοὺς σικύους καὶ τοὺς πέπονας καὶ τὰ πράσα καὶ τὰ κρόμμυα καὶ τὰ σκόρδα·

⁶νυνὶ δὲ ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν κατάξηρος, οὐδὲν πλὴν εἰς τὸ μάννα οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν·

⁷τὸ δὲ μάννα ὡσεὶ σπέρμα κορίου ἐστί, καὶ τὸ εἶδος αὐτοῦ εἶδος κρυστάλλου·

⁸καὶ διεπορεύετο ὁ λαὸς καὶ συνέλεγον καὶ ἤληθον αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ μύλῳ καὶ ἔτριβον ἐν τῇ θυΐᾳ καὶ ἥψουν αὐτὸ ἐν τῇ χύτρᾳ καὶ ἐποίουν αὐτὸ ἐγκρυφίας, καὶ ἦν ἡ ἡδονὴ αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ γεῦμα ἐγκρὶς ἐξ ἐλαίου·

⁹καὶ ὅταν κατέβη ἡ δρόσος ἐπὶ τὴν παρεμβολὴν νυκτός, κατέβαινε τὸ μάννα ἐπ’ αὐτῆς.

¹⁰καὶ ἤκουσε Μωυσῆς κλαιόντων αὐτῶν κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν, ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τῆς θύρας αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ Κύριος σφόδρα, καὶ ἔναντι Μωυσῆ ἦν πονηρόν.

¹¹καὶ εἶπε Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον· ἱνατί ἐκάκωσας τὸν θεράποντά σου, καὶ διατί οὐχ εὕρηκα χάριν ἐναντίον σου, ἐπιθεῖναι τὴν ὁρμὴν τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου ἐπ’ ἐμέ;

¹²μὴ ἐγὼ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔλαβον πάντα τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον, ἢ ἐγὼ ἔτεκον αὐτούς, ὅτι λέγεις μοι, λάβε αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν κόλπον σου, ὡσεὶ ἄραι τιθηνὸς τὸν θηλάζοντα, εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ὤμοσας τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν;

¹³πόθεν μοι κρέα δοῦναι παντὶ τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ; ὅτι κλαίουσιν ἐπ’ ἐμοί, λέγοντες· δὸς ἡμῖν κρέα, ἵνα φάγωμεν.

¹⁴οὐ δυνήσομαι ἐγὼ μόνος φέρειν τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον, ὅτι βαρύτερόν μοί ἐστι τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο.

¹⁵εἰ δ’ οὕτω σὺ ποιεῖς μοι, ἀπόκτεινόν με ἀναιρέσει, εἰ εὕρηκα ἔλεος παρὰ σοί, ἵνα μὴ ἴδω τὴν κάκωσίν μου.

¹⁶καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν· συνάγαγέ μοι ἑβδομήκοντα ἄνδρας ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων ᾿Ισραήλ, οὓς αὐτὸς σὺ οἶδας, ὅτι οὗτοί εἰσι πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ γραμματεῖς αὐτῶν. καὶ ἄξεις αὐτοὺς πρὸς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ στήσονται ἐκεῖ μετὰ σοῦ.

¹⁷καὶ καταβήσομαι καὶ λαλήσω ἐκεῖ μετὰ σοῦ καὶ ἀφελῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἐπὶ σοὶ καὶ ἐπιθήσω ἐπ’ αὐτούς, καὶ συναντιλήψονται μετὰ σοῦ τὴν ὁρμὴν τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ οὐκ οἴσεις αὐτοὺς σὺ μόνος.

¹⁸καὶ τῷ λαῷ ἐρεῖς· ἁγνίσασθε εἰς αὔριον, καὶ φάγεσθε κρέα, ὅτι ἐκλαύσατε ἔναντι Κυρίου λέγοντες· τίς ἡμᾶς ψωμιεῖ κρέα; ὅτι καλὸν ἡμῖν ἐστιν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ. καὶ δώσει Κύριος ὑμῖν φαγεῖν κρέα, καὶ φάγεσθε κρέα.

¹⁹οὐχ ἡμέραν μίαν φάγεσθε, οὐδὲ δύο, οὐδὲ πέντε ἡμέρας, οὐδὲ δέκα ἡμέρας, οὐδὲ εἴκοσιν ἡμέρας.

²⁰ἕως μηνὸς ἡμερῶν φάγεσθε, ἕως ἂν ἐξέλθῃ ἐκ τῶν μυκτήρων ὑμῶν. καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν εἰς χολέραν, ὅτι ἠπειθήσατε Κυρίῳ, ὅς ἐστιν ἐν ὑμῖν, καὶ ἐκλαύσατε ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ λέγοντες· ἱνατί ἡμῖν ἐξελθεῖν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου;

²¹καὶ εἶπε Μωυσῆς· ἑξακόσιαι χιλιάδες πεζῶν ὁ λαός, ἐν οἷς εἰμι ἐν αὐτοῖς. καὶ σὺ εἶπας, κρέα δώσω αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν, καὶ φάγονται μῆνα ἡμερῶν.

²²μὴ πρόβατα καὶ βόες σφαγήσονται αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἀρκέσει αὐτοῖς; ἢ πᾶν τὸ ὄψος τῆς θαλάσσης συναχθήσεται αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἀρκέσει αὐτοῖς;

²³καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν· μὴ χεὶρ Κυρίου οὐκ ἐξαρκέσει; ἤδη γνώσῃ εἰ ἐπικαταλήψεταί σε ὁ λόγος μου ἢ οὔ.

²⁴καὶ ἐξῆλθε Μωυσῆς καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς τὸν λαὸν τὰ ρήματα Κυρίου καὶ συνήγαγεν ἑβδομήκοντα ἄνδρας ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτοὺς κύκλῳ τῆς σκηνῆς.

²⁵καὶ κατέβη Κύριος ἐν νεφέλῃ καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς αὐτόν· καὶ παρείλατο ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ καὶ ἐπέθηκεν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἑβδομήκοντα ἄνδρας τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους· ὡς δὲ ἐπανεπαύσατο πνεῦμα ἐπ’ αὐτούς, καὶ ἐπροφήτευσαν καὶ οὐκ ἔτι προσέθεντο.

²⁶καὶ κατελείφθησαν δύο ἄνδρες ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ, ὄνομα τῷ ἑνὶ ῾Ελδὰδ καὶ ὄνομα τῷ δευτέρῳ Μωδάδ, καὶ ἐπανεπαύσατο ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς πνεῦμα· καὶ οὗτοι ἦσαν τῶν καταγεγραμμένων καὶ οὐκ ἦλθον πρὸς τὴν σκηνήν· καὶ ἐπροφήτευσαν ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ.

²⁷καὶ προσδραμὼν ὁ νεανίσκος ἀπήγγειλε Μωυσῇ καὶ εἶπε λέγων· ῾Ελδὰδ καὶ Μωδὰδ προφητεύουσιν ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ.

²⁸καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ᾿Ιησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ναυὴ ὁ παρεστηκὼς Μωυσῇ, ὁ ἐκλεκτός, εἶπε· κύριε Μωυσῆ, κώλυσον αὐτούς.

²⁹καὶ εἶπε Μωυσῆς αὐτῷ· μὴ ζηλοῖς ἐμέ; καὶ τίς δῴη πάντα τὸν λαὸν Κυρίου προφήτας, ὅταν δῷ Κύριος τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ αὐτούς;

³⁰καὶ ἀπῆλθε Μωυσῆς εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ᾿Ισραήλ.

³¹καὶ πνεῦμα ἐξῆλθε παρὰ Κυρίου καὶ ἐξεπέρασεν ὀρτυγομήτραν ἀπὸ τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ ἐπέβαλεν ἐπὶ τὴν παρεμβολὴν ὁδὸν ἡμέρας ἐντεῦθεν καὶ ὁδὸν ἡμέρας ἐντεῦθεν, κὐκλῳ τῆς παρεμβολῆς, ὡσεὶ δίπηχυ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.

³²καὶ ἀναστὰς ὁ λαὸς ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα καὶ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν τὴν ἐπαύριον καὶ συνήγαγον τὴν ὀρτυγομήτραν, ὁ τὸ ὀλίγον, συνήγαγε δέκα κόρους, καὶ ἔψυξαν ἑαυτοῖς ψυγμοὺς κύκλῳ τῆς παρεμβολῆς.

³³τὰ κρέα ἔτι ἦν ἐν τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν αὐτῶν πρινὴ ἐκλείπειν, καὶ Κύριος ἐθυμώθη εἰς τὸν λαόν, καὶ ἐπάταξε Κύριος τὸν λαὸν πληγὴν μεγάλην σφόδρα.

³⁴καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου Μνήματα τῆς ἐπιθυμίας, ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἔθαψαν τὸν λαὸν τὸν ἐπιθυμητήν.

³⁵᾿Απὸ Μνημάτων ἐπιθυμίας ἐξῇρεν ὁ λαὸς εἰς ᾿Ασηρώθ, καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ λαὸς ἐν ᾿Ασηρώθ.

¹And the people murmured sinfully before the Lord; and the Lord heard [them] and was very angry; and fire was kindled among them from the Lord, and devoured a part of the camp.

²And the people cried to Moses: and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was quenched.

³And the name of that place was called Burning; for a fire was kindled among them from the Lord.

⁴And the mixed multitude among them lusted exceedingly; and they and the children of Israel sat down and wept and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

⁵We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt freely; and the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the garlic, and the onions.

⁶But now our soul is dried up; our eyes [turn] to nothing but to the manna.

⁷And the manna is as coriander seed, and the appearance of it the appearance of hoar-frost.

⁸And the people went through the field, and gathered, and ground it in the mill, or pounded it in a mortar, and baked it in a pan, and made cakes of it; and the sweetness of it was as the taste [of] wafer made with oil.

⁹And when the dew came upon the camp by night, the manna came down upon it.

¹⁰And Moses heard them weeping by their families, every one in his door: and the Lord was very angry; and the thing was evil in the sight of Moses.

¹¹And Moses said to the Lord, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant, and why have I not found grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest lay the weight of this people upon me?

¹²Have I conceived all this people, or have I born them? that thou sayest to me, Take them into thy bosom, as a nurse would take her suckling, into the land which thou swarest to their fathers?

¹³Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

¹⁴I shall not be able to bear this people alone, for this thing is too heavy for me.

¹⁵And if thou doest thus to me, slay me utterly, if I have found favour with thee, that I may not see my affliction.

¹⁶And the Lord said to Moses, Gather me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom thou thyself knowest that they are the elders of the people, and their scribes; and thou shalt bring them to the tabernacle of witness, and they shall stand there with thee.

¹⁷And I will go down, and speak there with thee; and I will take of the spirit that is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear together with thee the burden of the people, and thou shalt not bear them alone.

¹⁸And to the people thou shalt say, Purify yourselves for the morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye wept before the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: and the Lord shall allow you to eat flesh, and ye shall eat flesh.

¹⁹Ye shall not eat one day, nor two, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days;

²⁰ye shall eat for a full month, until [the flesh] come[s] out at your nostrils; and it shall be nausea to you, because ye disobeyed the Lord, who is among you, and wept before him, saying, What had we to do to come out of Egypt?

²¹And Moses said, The people among whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou saidst, I will give them flesh to eat, and they shall eat a whole month.

²²Shall sheep and oxen be slain for them, and shall it suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, and shall it suffice them?

²³And the Lord said to Moses, Shall not the hand of the Lord be fully sufficient? now shalt thou know whether my word shall come to pass to thee or not.

²⁴And Moses went out, and spoke the words of the Lord to the people; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and he set them round about the tabernacle.

²⁵And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men that were elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and ceased.

²⁶And there were two men left in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Modad; and the spirit rested upon them, and these were of the number of them that were enrolled, but they did not come to the tabernacle; and they prophesied in the camp.

²⁷And a young man ran and told Moses, and spoke, saying, Eldad and Modad prophesy in the camp.

²⁸And Joshua the son of Naue, who attended on Moses, the chosen one, said, [My] lord Moses, forbid them.

²⁹And Moses said to him, Art thou jealous on my account? and would that all the Lord’s people were prophets; whenever the Lord shall put his spirit upon them.

³⁰And Moses departed into the camp, himself and the elders of Israel.

³¹And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails over from the sea; and it brought them down upon the camp a day’s journey on this side, and a day’s journey on that side, round about the camp, as it were two cubits from the earth.

³²And the people rose up all the day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered quails; he that gathered least, gathered ten measures; and they refreshed themselves round about the camp.

³³The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it failed, when the Lord was wroth with the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.

³⁴And the name of that place was called the Graves of Lust; for there they buried the people that lusted.

³⁵The people departed from the Graves of Lust to Aseroth; and the people halted at Aseroth.