Mga Bilang 11
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ang Lugar na Tinawag na Tabera
11 Dahil sa hirap na dinaranas, nagreklamo ang mga Israelita. Dahil dito, nagalit si Yahweh at pinaulanan ng apoy ang isang bahagi ng kanilang kampo. 2 Kaya, nagmakaawa kay Moises ang mga Israelita at agad naman siyang dumulog kay Yahweh. Dininig naman siya at namatay ang apoy. 3 At ang lugar na iyo'y tinawag nilang Tabera[a] sapagkat nagliyab doon ang apoy mula kay Yahweh.
Pumili si Moises ng Pitumpung Pinuno
4 Ang mga dayuhang sumama sa paglalakbay ng mga Israelita ay nanabik sa dati nilang pagkain at nagaya sa kanila ang mga Israelita. Kaya, nagreklamo na naman sila. Ang sabi nila, “Kailan pa ba tayo makakatikim ng karne? 5 Mabuti pa sa Egipto! Doon, nahihingi lang ang isda. At naaalaala ba ninyo ang pipino, pakwan, sibuyas, bawang at gulay na kinakain natin noon? 6 Nanghihina na tayo ngayon. Walang makain dito kundi ang mannang ito!”
7 Ang(A) manna ay parang buto ng kulantro at kakulay ng bedelio. 8 Ito ang laging pinupulot ng mga tao. Ginigiling nila ito o binabayo. Kapag niluto, ito'y lasang tinapay na sinangkapan ng langis. 9 Ito'y(B) kasama ng hamog na bumabagsak kung gabi.
10 Narinig ni Moises ang reklamo ng lahat ng sambahayan na nakatayo sa pintuan ng kani-kanilang tolda. Nagalit nang labis si Yahweh, kaya't nanlumo si Moises. 11 Itinanong ni Moises kay Yahweh, “Bakit ninyo ako ginaganito? Anong ikinagagalit ninyo sa akin? Bakit ninyo ako binigyan ng ganito kabigat na pasanin? 12 Ako ba ang nagsilang sa kanila? Aalagaan ko ba sila tulad ng pag-aalaga ng ina sa kanyang anak, hanggang makarating kami sa lupaing ipinangako ninyo sa aming mga ninuno? 13 Ayaw nila akong tigilan sa kahihingi ng karne. Saan ako kukuha ng karne para sa ganito karaming tao? 14 Hindi ko sila kayang alagaang mag-isa. Napakabigat ng pasaning ito para sa akin! 15 Kung ganito rin lamang ang gagawin ninyo sa akin, mabuti pa'y mamatay na ako ngayon din kaysa maghirap nang matagal.”
16 Dahil dito, sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, “Pumili ka ng pitumpung matatandang pinuno sa Israel, iyong mga kinikilala ng kanilang lipi, at isama mo sa Toldang Tipanan. 17 Pagdating ninyo roon, bababâ ako at makikipag-usap sa iyo. Babahaginan ko sila ng espiritung ibinigay ko sa iyo upang makatulong mo sila. 18 Sabihin mo naman sa buong bayan na ihanda nila ang kanilang mga sarili sapagkat bukas ay makakakain na sila ng karne. Nagrereklamo na naman sila. Itinatanong nila kung kailan pa sila makakatikim ng karne. Sinabi pang mabuti pa sa Egipto at marami silang pagkain. Kaya, bukas, ibibigay ko sa kanila ang pagkaing gusto nila. 19 Hindi lamang para sa isa, dalawa, lima, sampu, dalawampung araw ang ibibigay ko sa kanila, 20 kundi para sa isang buong buwan. Laging ito ang kakainin nila hanggang sa magsawa sila at magkandasuka sa pagkain nito sapagkat itinakwil nila ako at sinabi pa nilang mabuti pang hindi na sila umalis sa Egipto.”
21 Sumagot si Moises, “Lahat-lahat ng kasama ko'y 600,000, at sinasabi mong bibigyan mo sila ng karne para sa isang buong buwan? 22 Kahit na patayin ang lahat naming hayop o mahuli ang lahat ng isda sa dagat ay hindi sasapat sa ganito karaming tao.”
23 Sinabi ni Yahweh, “Moises, mayroon ba akong hindi kayang gawin? Ngayon di'y ipapakita ko sa iyo kung totoo o hindi ang aking sinasabi.”
24 Lumakad na si Moises at ibinalita sa mga Israelita ang sinabi ni Yahweh. Isinama niya ang pitumpung pinuno ng Israel at pinatayo sa paligid ng Toldang Tipanan. 25 Bumabâ si Yahweh sa ulap at kinausap si Moises. Ang pitumpung matatandang pinuno ay binahaginan nga niya ng espiritu, tulad ng ibinigay niya kay Moises. Sila'y napuspos ng kapangyarihan at nagpropesiya ngunit hindi na nila ito muling nagawa.
26 May naiwang dalawang pinuno sa kampo, Eldad ang pangalan ng isa at Medad naman ang isa. Tinawag silang kasama ng pitumpu ngunit hindi sumama. Gayunman, binahaginan din sila ng espiritu ni Yahweh kaya sila'y nagpahayag din tulad ng mga propeta sa loob ng kampo. 27 Nakita pala sila ng isang binata at patakbo itong nagpunta kay Moises. Sinabi niya, “Sina Eldad at Medad ay nagpapahayag sa kampo.”
28 Dahil dito, sinabi ni Josue na anak ni Nun at lingkod ni Moises, “Bakit di po ninyo sila sawayin?”
29 Ngunit sinabi ni Moises, “Nangangamba ka bang ako'y mababawasan ng karangalan? Gusto ko ngang maging propeta at mapuspos ng espiritu ni Yahweh ang lahat ng mga Israelita.” 30 Si Moises at ang pitumpung pinuno ng Israel ay nagbalik na sa kampo.
Nagpadala ng Napakaraming Pugo si Yahweh
31 Si Yahweh ay nagpadala ng hanging may tangay na laksa-laksang pugo mula sa kabila ng dagat. Ang mga ito'y nagliliparan sa paligid ng kampo. Isang metro lang ang taas ng kanilang lipad mula sa lupa at ang lawak ay isang araw na lakarin sa kabi-kabilang kampo. 32 Lumabas ng kampo ang mga Israelita at nanghuli ng pugo hanggang kinabukasan; ang pinakakaunting nahuli ng isang tao ay aabot sa sampung malalaking sisidlan.[b] Ang mga ito'y ibinilad nila sa paligid ng kampo. 33 Ngunit bago pa lamang nila ito kinakagat, ibinuhos na ni Yahweh ang kanyang galit sa mga Israelita at siya'y nagpadala ng isang kakila-kilabot na salot. 34 Ang lugar na iyon ay tinawag na Kibrot-hataava sapagkat doon nalibing ang mga taong naging hayok sa karne. 35 Mula roon, nagpatuloy sila ng paglalakbay hanggang sa Hazerot.
Footnotes
- Mga Bilang 11:3 TABERA: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang mga salitang “Tabera” at “nagliliyab” ay magkasintunog.
- Mga Bilang 11:32 MALALAKING SISIDLAN: Ang mga sisidlang ito ay maaaring maglaman ng timbang na halos 220 litro.
Numbers 11
Legacy Standard Bible
The People Complain
11 Now the people became like (A)those who complain of calamity (B)in the ears of Yahweh. And Yahweh heard it and His anger was kindled, and the fire of Yahweh burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. 2 (C)The people therefore cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire [a]died out. 3 So the name of that place was called [b](D)Taberah because the fire of Yahweh burned among them.
4 And the (E)rabble who were among them [c]had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, “(F)Who will give us [d]meat to eat? 5 (G)We remember the fish which we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic, 6 but now (H)our [e]appetite is dried up. There is nothing at all [f]to look at except this manna.”
7 (I)Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of (J)bdellium. 8 The people would go about and gather it and grind it [g]between two millstones or beat it in the mortar, and boil it in the pot and make cakes with it; and its taste was as the taste of [h]cakes baked with oil. 9 (K)And when the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall [i]with it.
Moses Complains
10 Now Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, each man at the doorway of his tent; and the anger of Yahweh was kindled greatly, and it was evil in the sight of Moses. 11 (L)So Moses said to Yahweh, “Why have You [j]allowed this evil toward Your slave? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all this people on me? 12 Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who gave birth to them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom as a [k](M)nurse carries a nursing baby, to the land which (N)You swore to their fathers’? 13 Where am I to get meat to give to (O)all this people? For they weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat that we may eat!’ 14 (P)I alone am not able to carry all this people because it is too heavy for me. 15 (Q)So if You are going to deal thus with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness.”
The Spirit Rests upon the Elders
16 Yahweh therefore said to Moses, “Gather for Me (R)seventy men from the elders of Israel, (S)whom you know to be the elders of the people and their officers, and take them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you. 17 (T)Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of (U)the Spirit who is upon you, and will put Him upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you will not bear it all alone. 18 And say to the people, ‘(V)Set yourselves apart as holy for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept (W)in the ears of Yahweh, saying, “Oh that someone would give us meat to eat! For it was good for us in Egypt.” Therefore Yahweh will give you meat, and you shall eat. 19 You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, 20 [l]but a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you; because (X)you have rejected Yahweh who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, “Why did we ever go out from Egypt?”’” 21 But Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are 600,000 on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a whole month.’ 22 Should flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Or should all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?” 23 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Is (Y)Yahweh’s [m]power limited? Now you shall see whether (Z)My word will happen for you or not.”
24 So Moses went out and (AA)told the people the words of Yahweh. Also, he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent. 25 (AB)Then Yahweh came down in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took of the Spirit who was upon him and placed Him upon the seventy elders. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do it again.
26 But two men had remained in the camp; the name of one was Eldad and the name of the [n]other Medad. And (AC)the Spirit rested upon them (now they were among those who had been registered, but had not gone out to the tent), and they prophesied in the camp. 27 So a young man ran and told Moses and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.” 28 Then (AD)Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, said, “(AE)Moses, my lord, restrain them.” 29 But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? (AF)Would that all the people of Yahweh were prophets, that Yahweh would put His Spirit upon them!” 30 Then Moses [o]returned to the camp, both he and the elders of Israel.
The Quail and the Plague
31 (AG)Now there went forth a wind from Yahweh, and it brought quail from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp and [p]about two [q]cubits over the surface of the ground. 32 And the people [r]spent all day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail (he who gathered least gathered [s]ten (AH)homers), and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. 33 (AI)While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very severe plague. 34 So the name of that place was called [t](AJ)Kibroth-hattaavah because there they buried the people who had been greedy. 35 From Kibroth-hattaavah (AK)the people set out for Hazeroth, and they [u]remained at Hazeroth.
Footnotes
- Numbers 11:2 Lit sank down
- Numbers 11:3 Lit burning
- Numbers 11:4 Lit desired a desire
- Numbers 11:4 Lit flesh, so in ch
- Numbers 11:6 Lit soul
- Numbers 11:6 Lit for our eyes
- Numbers 11:8 Lit with
- Numbers 11:8 Lit juice of oil
- Numbers 11:9 Lit on
- Numbers 11:11 Lit dealt ill with
- Numbers 11:12 Or foster-father
- Numbers 11:20 Lit until
- Numbers 11:23 Lit hand short
- Numbers 11:26 Lit second
- Numbers 11:30 Lit removed himself
- Numbers 11:31 Or from about two cubits above
- Numbers 11:31 A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
- Numbers 11:32 Lit rose
- Numbers 11:32 Approx. 65 bu. or 2,300 l, a homer was approx. 6.5 bu. or 230 l
- Numbers 11:34 Lit the graves of greediness
- Numbers 11:35 Lit were
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