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Ang Tubig nga Nagaguwa sa Bato(A)

20 Sa nahauna nga bulan, nag-abot ang bug-os nga katilingban sang Israel sa kamingawan sang Zin, kag nagkampo sila sa Kadesh. Didto napatay si Miriam kag ginlubong.

Karon, wala sing tubig didto, kag nagtipon naman ang mga tawo kontra kay Moises kag kay Aaron. Nagbais sila kay Moises kag nagsiling, “Maayo pa nga napatay na lang kami upod sang amon mga kasimanwa nga nagkalamatay sadto sa presensya sang Ginoo. Ngaa bala nga gindala mo pa kami nga katilingban sang Ginoo diri sa kamingawan agod nga magkalamatay man lang kami kag ang amon kasapatan? Ngaa bala nga ginpaguwa mo pa kami sa Egipto kag gindala diri sa wala sing pulos nga lugar? Wala diri sing uyas, higos, ubas ukon pomegranata. Kag wala pa sing tubig nga mainom!”

Gani naghalin si Moises kag si Aaron sa katilingban, kag nagkadto sila sa puwertahan sang Tolda nga Ginapakigkitaan kag nagluhod sila sa pagpangamuyo. Dayon nagpakita sa ila ang gamhanan nga presensya sang Ginoo. Nagsiling ang Ginoo kay Moises, “Kuhaa ang baston kag tipuna ninyo sang imo utod nga si Aaron ang bug-os nga katilingban. Kag samtang nagatulok sila, sugua ang bato nga magtubod, kag magatubod ini. Sa sini nga paagi mahatagan ninyo sing tubig ang katawhan agod mapainom ninyo sila kag ang ila kasapatan.”

Gani ginkuha ni Moises ang baston sa presensya sang Ginoo, didto sa Kahon sang Kasugtanan, suno sa sugo sang Ginoo sa iya. 10 Dayon gintipon nila ni Aaron ang bug-os nga katilingban sa atubangan sang bato, kag nagsiling si Moises sa ila, “Pamati kamo nga mga rebelde, kinahanglan bala nga hatagan namon kamo sang tubig halin sa sini nga bato?” 11 Dayon ginbayaw ni Moises ang iya baston kag ginhampak sing makaduha ka beses ang bato, kag nagpuswak ang tubig, kag nag-inom ang katilingban kag ang ila mga kasapatan.

12 Pero nagsiling ang Ginoo kay Moises kag kay Aaron, “Tungod kay wala kamo magpati sa akon sa inyo pagpakita sang akon pagkabalaan sa atubangan sang mga Israelinhon, indi kamo ang magapangulo sa pagdala sini nga katilingban sa duta nga ihatag ko sa ila.”

13 Ini nga lugar gintawag nga tuburan sang Meriba[a] kay ginbais sang mga Israelinhon ang Ginoo sa sini nga lugar, kag diri man ginpakita sang Ginoo sa ila ang iya pagkabalaan.

Wala Pagtuguti sang mga Taga-Edom ang mga Israelinhon sa Pag-agi

14 Samtang didto pa ang mga Israelinhon sa Kadesh, nagpadala si Moises sang mga mensahero sa hari sang Edom. Amo ini ang iya mensahi, “Ini nga mensahi halin sa imo mga paryente, ang katawhan sang Israel: Nahibaluan mo ang tanan nga kabudlayan nga amon naagihan. 15 Ang amon mga katigulangan nagkadto sa Egipto, kag malawig ang amon pag-estar didto. Ginpigos kami kag ang amon mga katigulangan sang mga Egiptohanon, 16 pero nagpangayo kami sang bulig sa Ginoo kag ginpamatian niya kami kag ginpadal-an sang anghel nga nagpaguwa sa amon sa Egipto.

“Karon, ari kami diri sa Kadesh, ang banwa sa higad sang imo teritoryo. 17 Kon mahimo tuguti kami sa pag-agi sa imo duta. Indi kami mag-agi sa mga uma ukon talamnan sang ubas ukon mag-inom sa mga bubon. Maagi lang kami sa imo mayor nga dalan[b] kag indi kami mag-agi sa iban nga mga dalan hasta nga makaguwa kami sa imo teritoryo.”

18 Pero amo ini ang sabat sang hari sang Edom: “Indi kamo mag-agi diri sa amon. Kon mag-agi kamo, salakayon namon kamo kag pamatyon.” 19 Nagsabat ang mga Israelinhon, “Maagi lang kami sa mayor nga dalan, kag kon makainom man kami kag ang amon mga kasapatan sang inyo tubig, bayaran namon ini. Maagi lang gid kami sa inyo.”

20 Nagsabat liwat ang hari sang Edom:

“Basta indi kamo mag-agi diri.” Dayon gintipon sang hari sang Edom ang iya gamhanan kag mabakod nga mga soldado agod magpakig-away sa mga Israelinhon. 21 Tungod kay indi magpaagi ang mga taga-Edom sa ila teritoryo, naglikaw na lang ang mga Israelinhon.

Napatay si Aaron

22 Naghalin ang bug-os nga katilingban sang Israel sa Kadesh kag nagkadto sa Bukid sang Hor. 23 Didto sa Bukid sang Hor, malapit sa dulunan sang Edom, nagsiling ang Ginoo kay Moises kag kay Aaron, 24 “Nag-abot na ang tion nga isimpon ka na Aaron sa imo mga paryente nga nagkalamatay na. Indi ka makasulod sa duta nga ihatag ko sa mga Israelinhon tungod kay nagsupak kamo nga duha ni Moises sa akon sugo didto sa tuburan sang Meriba. 25 Karon, Moises, dal-a si Aaron kag ang iya anak nga si Eleazar sa Bukid sang Hor. 26 Dayon ubahi si Aaron sang iya bayo nga pagkapari kag ipasuksok mo sa iya anak nga si Eleazar, kay mapatay na si Aaron didto sa bukid.”

27 Gintuman ni Moises ang ginsugo sa iya sang Ginoo. Nagsaka sila sa Bukid sang Hor samtang nagatulok ang bug-os nga katilingban. 28 Dayon gin-uba ni Moises ang bayo ni Aaron kag ginpasuksok niya ini kay Eleazar. Kag napatay didto si Aaron sa ibabaw sang bukid. Dayon nagpanaog si Moises kag si Eleazar sa bukid. 29 Kag sang mahibaluan sang bug-os nga katilingban nga patay na si Aaron, nagpangasubo sila para sa iya sa sulod sang 30 ka adlaw.

Footnotes

  1. 20:13 Meriba: buot silingon sa Hebreo, pagbais.
  2. 20:17 mayor nga dalan: sa literal, alagyan sang hari.

Water From the Rock

20 In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin,(A) and they stayed at Kadesh.(B) There Miriam(C) died and was buried.

Now there was no water(D) for the community,(E) and the people gathered in opposition(F) to Moses and Aaron. They quarreled(G) with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead(H) before the Lord!(I) Why did you bring the Lord’s community into this wilderness,(J) that we and our livestock should die here?(K) Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates.(L) And there is no water to drink!(M)

Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting(N) and fell facedown,(O) and the glory of the Lord(P) appeared to them. The Lord said to Moses, “Take the staff,(Q) and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water.(R) You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”

So Moses took the staff(S) from the Lord’s presence,(T) just as he commanded him. 10 He and Aaron gathered the assembly together(U) in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”(V) 11 Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water(W) gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

12 But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy(X) in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”(Y)

13 These were the waters of Meribah,[a](Z) where the Israelites quarreled(AA) with the Lord and where he was proved holy among them.(AB)

Edom Denies Israel Passage

14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh(AC) to the king of Edom,(AD) saying:

“This is what your brother Israel says: You know(AE) about all the hardships(AF) that have come on us. 15 Our ancestors went down into Egypt,(AG) and we lived there many years.(AH) The Egyptians mistreated(AI) us and our ancestors, 16 but when we cried out to the Lord, he heard our cry(AJ) and sent an angel(AK) and brought us out of Egypt.(AL)

“Now we are here at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.(AM) 17 Please let us pass through your country. We will not go through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will travel along the King’s Highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.(AN)

18 But Edom(AO) answered:

“You may not pass through here; if you try, we will march out and attack you with the sword.(AP)

19 The Israelites replied:

“We will go along the main road, and if we or our livestock(AQ) drink any of your water, we will pay for it.(AR) We only want to pass through on foot—nothing else.”

20 Again they answered:

“You may not pass through.(AS)

Then Edom(AT) came out against them with a large and powerful army. 21 Since Edom refused to let them go through their territory,(AU) Israel turned away from them.(AV)

The Death of Aaron

22 The whole Israelite community set out from Kadesh(AW) and came to Mount Hor.(AX) 23 At Mount Hor, near the border of Edom,(AY) the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 24 “Aaron will be gathered to his people.(AZ) He will not enter the land I give the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against my command(BA) at the waters of Meribah.(BB) 25 Get Aaron and his son Eleazar and take them up Mount Hor.(BC) 26 Remove Aaron’s garments(BD) and put them on his son Eleazar, for Aaron will be gathered to his people;(BE) he will die there.”

27 Moses did as the Lord commanded: They went up Mount Hor(BF) in the sight of the whole community. 28 Moses removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar.(BG) And Aaron died there(BH) on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain, 29 and when the whole community learned that Aaron had died,(BI) all the Israelites mourned for him(BJ) thirty days.

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 20:13 Meribah means quarreling.

20 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him.

10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

16 And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet.

20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.

23 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,

24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:

26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.

27 And Moses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.