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在曠野發怨言

11 百姓發怨言,惡言傳達到耶和華的耳中。耶和華聽見了就怒氣發作,耶和華的火在他們中間焚燒,燒燬營的外圍。 百姓向摩西哀求,摩西祈求耶和華,火就熄了。 那地方就叫做他備拉,因為耶和華的火曾在他們中間焚燒。

他們中間的閒雜人動了貪慾的心;以色列人又再哭着說:「誰給我們肉吃呢? 我們記得在埃及的時候,不花錢就可以吃魚,還有黃瓜、西瓜、韭菜、蔥、蒜。 現在我們的精力枯乾了。除了這嗎哪以外,在我們眼前甚麼都沒有。」

嗎哪好像芫荽子,看上去如同樹脂的樣子。 百姓四處走動撿取嗎哪,把它用磨磨碎或用臼搗成粉,在鍋中煮了做成餅,滋味好像油烤餅的滋味。 夜間露水降在營中,嗎哪也隨着降下。

10 摩西聽見百姓家家戶戶在帳棚門口哀哭。因此, 耶和華的怒氣大大發作,摩西看了也不高興。 11 摩西對耶和華說:「你為何苦待僕人?我為何不在你眼前蒙恩,竟把這眾百姓的擔子加在我身上呢? 12 這眾百姓豈是我懷的胎,豈是我生下來的呢?你竟對我說:『把他們抱在懷裏,如養育之父抱着吃奶的嬰孩,一直抱到你起誓應許給他們祖宗的土地去。』 13 我從哪裏拿肉給這眾百姓吃呢?他們都向我哭着說:『給我們肉吃!』 14 我不能獨自帶領這眾百姓,這對我太沉重了。 15 如果你這樣待我,倒不如立刻把我殺了吧!我若在你眼前蒙恩,求你不要讓我再受這樣的苦。」

七十個長老

16 耶和華對摩西說:「你要從以色列的長老中為我召集七十個人,就是你所認識,作百姓的長老和官長的,領他們到會幕,使他們和你一同站在那裏。 17 我要在那裏降臨,與你說話,把降給你的靈分給他們。他們就和你分擔帶領百姓的擔子,免得你獨自承擔。 18 你要對百姓說:『你們要為了明天使自己分別為聖,你們將有肉吃。因你們哭着說:誰給我們肉吃呢?我們在埃及多麼好!這聲音傳到了耶和華的耳中,所以他必給你們肉吃。 19 你們不只吃一天、兩天、五天、十天、二十天, 20 而是整整一個月,直到肉從你們的鼻孔噴出來,使你們厭惡。因為你們厭棄那住在你們中間的耶和華,在他面前哭着說:我們為何出埃及呢?』」

21 摩西說:「跟我在一起的百姓,步行的男人就有六十萬,你還說:『我要把肉賜給他們,使他們可以整整吃一個月。』 22 難道宰了羊羣牛羣,就夠給他們嗎?或者把海中所有的魚都捕來,就夠給他們嗎?」 23 耶和華對摩西說:「耶和華的膀臂[a]豈是縮短了嗎?現在你要看我的話向你應驗不應驗。」

24 摩西出去,把耶和華的話告訴百姓,並從百姓的長老中召集七十個人來,叫他們站在會幕的四圍。 25 耶和華在雲中降臨,對摩西說話,把降給他的靈分給那七十個長老。靈停在他們身上的時候,他們就說預言,以後卻沒有再說了。

26 但有兩個人仍在營裏,一個名叫伊利達,一個名叫米達。他們本是在那些登記的人中,卻沒有到會幕那裏去。靈停在他們身上,他們就在營裏說預言。 27 有一個年輕人跑來告訴摩西說:「伊利達米達在營裏說預言。」 28 的兒子約書亞,年輕時就作摩西的助手[b],說:「請我主摩西禁止他們。」 29 摩西對他說:「你為我的緣故嫉妒嗎?惟願耶和華的百姓都是先知,願耶和華把他的靈降在他們身上!」 30 於是,摩西回到營裏去,以色列的長老也回去了。

鵪鶉

31 有一陣風從耶和華那裏颳起,把鵪鶉從海上颳來,散落在營地和周圍;一邊約有一天的路程,另一邊也約有一天的路程,離地面約有二肘。 32 百姓起來,整天整夜,甚至次日一整天,都在捕捉鵪鶉。每人至少捉到十賀梅珥,各自擺在營的四圍。 33 但肉在他們牙間還未咀嚼時,耶和華的怒氣向百姓發作,用極重的災禍擊殺百姓。 34 那地方就叫基博羅‧哈他瓦[c],因為他們在那裏埋葬了貪慾的百姓。 35 百姓從基博羅‧哈他瓦起程,到哈洗錄,就住在哈洗錄

Footnotes

  1. 11.23 「膀臂」:原文是「手」。
  2. 11.28 「年輕時…助手」:七十士譯本是「被選輔助摩西的那人」。
  3. 11.34 「基博羅‧哈他瓦」意思是「貪慾之人的墳墓」。

11 And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.

And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.

And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

11 And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

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

14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the Lord which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

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

22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

23 And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

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

25 And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.

26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.

27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.

29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord'S people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!

30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

31 And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.

32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.

34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

35 And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.