民数记 11
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
以色列人发怨言
11 民众因为困难而发怨言，传到耶和华耳中。耶和华听见后便向他们发怒，使火在他们中间燃烧，烧毁了营地的边缘部分。 2 民众呼求摩西，摩西便向耶和华祷告，火就熄了。 3 那地方叫他备拉，因为耶和华的火曾在他们中间燃烧。
4 他们中间有一群乌合之众贪恋从前的食物，以色列人也哭着说：“要是有肉吃多好啊！ 5 还记得在埃及的时候，我们不花钱就可以吃鱼，还有黄瓜、西瓜、韭菜、葱和蒜。 6 我们现在毫无胃口，眼前除了吗哪外，什么都没有。” 7 吗哪的形状像芫荽籽，又像珍珠。 8-9 每天晚上露水降在营地上时，吗哪也随着降下来。早晨民众到四周捡吗哪，把吗哪磨碎或捣碎后，放在锅里煮，再做成饼，味道就像油饼。 10 听见民众都在自己帐篷门口哭泣，惹耶和华发怒，摩西感到难过， 11 就对耶和华说：“你为什么为难仆人？我做了什么令你不悦的事，你竟把管理这些民众的重担放在我身上？ 12 难道他们是我的骨肉，是我生的吗？为什么你要我像父亲呵护儿子一样，把他们抱到你应许给他们祖先的地方呢？ 13 他们都哭着向我要肉吃，我去哪里找肉给他们吃呢？ 14 管理民众的责任实在是太重了，我一个人担当不起啊！ 15 你既然这样对待我，求你施恩杀了我吧，别让我受苦了！”
16 耶和华对摩西说：“你给我招聚七十个以色列人的长老——你所了解的首领，把他们带到会幕，让他们站在你身边。 17 我要在那里降临，对你说话，把降在你身上的灵也赐给他们，让他们为你分担管理民众的责任，免得你独自承担。 18 你要叫民众洁净自己，到明天就会有肉吃。因为我听见了他们哭着要肉吃、说埃及的日子更好，我必给他们肉吃。 19 他们将不止吃一天、两天、五天、十天或二十天， 20 而是要吃整整一个月，直到肉从他们鼻孔里喷出来，令他们厌腻。因为他们厌弃我，在我面前哭诉，后悔离开埃及。” 21 摩西说：“和我同行的，仅男子就有六十万，你还说要让他们吃整整一个月的肉！ 22 就是把牛羊都宰了，把海里的鱼都捕来，恐怕也不够他们吃！” 23 耶和华说：“难道我的臂膀能力不够吗？你很快将看见我的话会不会应验。”
24 摩西就出去把耶和华的话转告民众，又选了七十位长老，叫他们站在会幕周围。 25 耶和华在云中降临，对摩西说话，把降在摩西身上的灵也赐给七十位长老。灵一降在他们身上，他们就说起预言来，但只说了这一次。 26 七十位长老中的伊利达和米达没有到会幕去，但耶和华的灵也降在他们身上，他们就在营中说起预言来。 27 有一个青年跑去禀告摩西说：“伊利达和米达正在营中说预言。” 28 摩西拣选的助手——嫩的儿子约书亚就说：“我主摩西，请你禁止他们。” 29 摩西说：“你是怕我的权威受影响吗？愿耶和华的子民都成为先知！愿耶和华把祂的灵降在他们身上！” 30 之后，摩西和以色列的长老都返回营中。
耶和华赐下鹌鹑
31 耶和华刮起一阵风，把鹌鹑从海面刮到营地四周，达一米之厚，方圆数公里。 32 民众花了两天一夜的时间去捕捉鹌鹑，每人至少捉了一吨。他们把鹌鹑摊在营地的周围。 33 他们口中的肉还没嚼烂，耶和华的怒气就已向他们发作，降下了大灾。 34 因此，那地方叫基博罗·哈他瓦[a]，因为那些贪食者埋葬在那里。 35 民众从基博罗·哈他瓦前往哈洗录，在哈洗录住了下来。
Footnotes
- 11:34 “基博罗·哈他瓦”意思是“贪欲之墓”。
Numbers 11
Contemporary English Version
The Israelites Complain
11 One day the Israelites started complaining about their troubles. The Lord heard them and became so angry that he destroyed the outer edges of their camp with fire.
2 When the people begged Moses to help, he prayed, and the fire went out. 3 They named the place “Burning,”[a] because in his anger the Lord had set their camp on fire.
The People Grumble about Being Hungry
4 One day some foreigners among the Israelites became greedy for food, and even the Israelites themselves began moaning, “We don't have any meat! 5 In Egypt we could eat all the fish we wanted, and there were cucumbers, melons, all kinds of onions, and garlic. 6 But we're starving out here, and the only food we have is this manna.”
7 (A) The manna was like small whitish seeds 8-9 (B) and tasted like something baked with sweet olive oil. It appeared at night with the dew. In the morning the people would collect the manna, grind or crush it into flour, then boil it and make it into thin wafers.
10 The Israelites stood around their tents complaining. Moses heard them and was upset that they had made the Lord angry. 11 He prayed:
I am your servant, Lord, so why are you doing this to me? What have I done to deserve this? You've made me responsible for all these people, 12 but they're not my children. You told me to nurse them along and to carry them to the land you promised their ancestors. 13 They keep whining for meat, but where can I get meat for them? 14 This job is too much for me. How can I take care of all these people by myself? 15 If this is the way you're going to treat me, just kill me now and end my miserable life!
Seventy Leaders Are Chosen To Help Moses
16 The Lord said to Moses:
Choose 70 of Israel's respected leaders and go with them to the sacred tent. 17 While I am talking with you there, I will give them some of your authority, so they can share responsibility for my people. You will no longer have to care for them by yourself.
18 As for the Israelites, I have heard them complaining about not having meat and about being better off in Egypt. So tell them to make themselves acceptable to me, because tomorrow they will have meat. 19-20 In fact, they will have meat day after day for a whole month—not just a few days, or even 10 or 20. They turned against me and wanted to go back to Egypt. Now they will eat meat until they get sick of it.
21 Moses replied, “At least 600,000 grown men are here with me. How can you say there will be enough meat to feed them and their families for a whole month? 22 Even if we butchered all our sheep and cattle, or caught every fish in the sea, we wouldn't have enough to feed them.”
23 The Lord answered, “I can do anything! Watch and you'll see my words come true.”
24 Moses told the people what the Lord had said. Then he chose 70 respected leaders and went with them to the sacred tent. While the leaders stood in a circle around the tent, Moses went inside, 25 and the Lord spoke with him. Then the Lord took some authority[b] from Moses and gave it to the 70 leaders. And when the Lord's Spirit took control of them, they started shouting like prophets. But they did it only this one time.
26 Eldad and Medad were two leaders who had not gone to the tent. But when the Spirit took control of them, they began shouting like prophets right there in camp. 27 A boy ran to Moses and told him about Eldad and Medad.
28 Joshua[c] was there helping Moses, as he had done since he was young. And he said to Moses, “Sir, you must stop them!”
29 But Moses replied, “Are you concerned what this might do to me? I wish the Lord would give his Spirit to all his people so everyone could be a prophet.” 30 Then Moses and the 70 leaders went back to camp.
The Lord Sends Quails
31 Some time later the Lord sent a strong wind that blew quails in from the sea until Israel's camp was completely surrounded with birds, piled up about a meter high for many kilometers in every direction. 32 The people picked up quails for two days—each person filled at least ten large baskets. Then they spread them out to dry. 33 But before the meat could be eaten, the Lord became angry and sent a deadly disease through the camp.
34 After they had buried the people who had been so greedy for meat, they called the place “Graves for the Greedy.”[d]
35 Israel then broke camp and traveled to Hazeroth.
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