Numbers 12
Good News Translation
Miriam Is Punished
12 Moses had married a Cushite[a] woman, and Miriam and Aaron criticized him for it. 2 They said, “Has the Lord spoken only through[b] Moses? Hasn't he also spoken through[c] us?” The Lord heard what they said. (3 (A)Moses was a humble man, more humble than anyone else on earth.)
4 Suddenly the Lord said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “I want the three of you to come out to the Tent of my presence.” They went, 5 and the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance of the Tent, and called out, “Aaron! Miriam!” The two of them stepped forward, 6 and the Lord said, “Now hear what I have to say! When there are prophets among you,[d] I reveal myself to them in visions and speak to them in dreams. 7 (B)It is different when I speak with my servant Moses; I have put him in charge of all my people Israel.[e] 8 So I speak to him face-to-face, clearly and not in riddles; he has even seen my form! How dare you speak against my servant Moses?”
9 The Lord was angry with them; and so as he departed 10 and the cloud left the Tent, Miriam's skin was suddenly covered with a dreaded disease and turned as white as snow. When Aaron looked at her and saw that she was covered with the disease, 11 he said to Moses, “Please, sir, do not make us suffer this punishment for our foolish sin. 12 Don't let her become like something born dead with half its flesh eaten away.”
13 So Moses cried out to the Lord, “O God, heal her!”
14 (C)The Lord answered, “If her father had spit in her face, she would have to bear her disgrace for seven days. So let her be shut out of the camp for a week, and after that she can be brought back in.” 15 Miriam was shut out of the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought back in. 16 Then they left Hazeroth and set up camp in the wilderness of Paran.
Footnotes
- Numbers 12:1 Cushite (compare Hb 3.7); or Midianite; or Ethiopian.
- Numbers 12:2 through; or to.
- Numbers 12:2 through; or to.
- Numbers 12:6 Some ancient translations When … you; Hebrew unclear.
- Numbers 12:7 I have put … Israel; or he can be trusted with all my affairs.
Numeri 12
Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero
Miriamu ndi Aaroni Atsutsana ndi Mose
12 Miriamu ndi Aaroni anayamba kuyankhula motsutsana ndi Mose chifukwa cha mkazi wa ku Kusi, popeza Moseyo anakwatira Mkusi. 2 Iwowo anafunsa kuti, “Kodi Yehova anayankhula kudzera mwa Mose yekha? Kodi sanayankhule kudzeranso mwa ife?” Ndipo Yehova anamva zimenezi.
3 (Koma Mose anali munthu wodzichepetsa kwambiri kuposa munthu aliyense pa dziko lapansi).
4 Nthawi yomweyo Yehova anati kwa Mose, Aaroni ndi Miriamu, “Bwerani ku tenti ya msonkhano nonse atatu.” Ndipo atatuwo anapitadi kumeneko. 5 Tsono Yehova anatsika mu mtambo, nayima pa khomo la chihema. Kenaka anayitana Aaroni ndi Miriamu. Ndipo onse awiri atapita patsogolo, 6 Mulungu anati, “Mverani mawu anga:
“Pakakhala mneneri wa Yehova pakati panu,
ndimadzionetsera kwa iyeyo mʼmasomphenya,
ndimayankhula naye mʼmaloto.
7 Koma sinditero ndi Mose mtumiki wanga;
Iyeyu ndi wokhulupirika mʼnyumba yanga yonse.
8 Ndimayankhula naye maso ndi maso,
momveka bwino osati mophiphiritsa;
ndipo amaona maonekedwe a Yehova.
Nʼchifukwa chiyani simunaope
kuyankhula motsutsana ndi Mose mtumiki wanga?”
9 Ndipo Yehova anawakwiyira, nachoka.
10 Pamene mtambo unachoka pamwamba pa Chihema, taonani, Miriamu anagwidwa ndi khate. Aaroni atachewuka anaona Miriamu ali ndi khate; 11 ndipo Aaroni anawuza Mose kuti, “Pepani mbuye wanga, musatilange chifukwa cha tchimo limene tachita mopusa. 12 Musalole kuti Miriamu akhale ngati mwana wobadwa wakufa kuchoka mʼmimba mwa amayi ake, thupi lake litawonongeka.”
13 Tsono Mose anafuwulira Yehova kuti, “Chonde Inu Mulungu, muchiritseni!”
14 Yehova anayankha Mose kuti, “Abambo ake akanamulavulira malovu mʼmaso, kodi sakanakhala wonyozeka masiku asanu ndi awiri? Mutsekereni kunja kwa msasa masiku asanu ndi awiri, kenaka mumulowetsenso.” 15 Choncho anamutsekera Miriamu kunja kwa msasa masiku asanu ndi awiri ndipo anthu sanayende ulendo wawo mpaka Miriamu atamulowetsanso.
16 Pambuyo pake anthu ananyamuka ku Heziroti ndi kukamanga mʼchipululu cha Parani.
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