Numbers 12
1 [Moses’/My older sister] Miriam and [his/my older brother] Aaron were saying this: “Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us [RHQ]? Does Yahweh not speak messages to us two also?” [They told people that] they were saying that because Moses/I had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people-group, [but they were really saying that because they (were jealous/did not want Moses/me to be the only leader of the Israeli people)]. But Yahweh heard what they were saying.
OR Maria ed Aaronne parlarono contro a Mosè, per cagion della moglie Cusita ch'egli avea presa; perciocchè egli avea presa una moglie Cusita.
E dissero: Ha veramente il Signore parlato sol per Mosè? non ha egli eziandio parlato per noi? E il Signore udì [queste parole].
3 [The truth was that] Moses/I was very humble. He/I was more humble than anyone else on the earth [and Moses/I had not appointed himself/myself to be their leader].
(Or quell'uomo Mosè [era] molto mansueto, più che [altro] uomo che [fosse] in su la terra.)
4 So immediately Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and to Aaron and Miriam. He said, “All three of you must go and stand at the Sacred Tent.” So they/we did that.
E il Signore disse in quello stante a Mosè, e ad Aaronne, e a Maria: Uscite tutti e tre, e venite al Tabernacolo della convenenza. Ed essi uscirono tutti e tre.
5 Then Yahweh descended to the entrance of the tent in a cloud [that resembled a huge white] pillar. He told Aaron and Miriam to step forward, so they did.
E il Signore scese nella colonna della nuvola, e si fermò all'entrata del Tabernacolo; e chiamò Aaronne e Maria. E amendue andarono là.
6 Then he said to them, “Listen to me! When a prophet is among you, I [usually] reveal myself to him by allowing him to see visions, and I speak to him in dreams.
E [il Signore] disse: Ascoltate ora le mie parole: Se v'è fra voi alcun profeta, io, il Signore, mi do a conoscere a lui in visione, [o] parlo a lui in sogno.
7 But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].
[Ma] non [fo] così [inverso] il mio servitore Mosè, il quale [è] fedele in tutta la mia casa.
8 So I talk to him face-to-face. I speak to him (clearly/using words that he will understand easily), not using parables. He has even seen what I look like. So you should be afraid to criticize my servant Moses!”
Io parlo a bocca a bocca con lui, e a veduta, e non con maniere oscure; ed egli vede la sembianza del Signore; perchè dunque non avete voi temuto di parlar contro al mio servitore, contro a Mosè?
9 Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.
E l'ira del Signore si accese contro a loro, ed egli se ne andò.
10 When the cloud rose up from the Sacred Tent, Aaron looked at Miriam, and he saw that her skin was [as white] as snow, because she now had leprosy.
E la nuvola si partì d'in sul Tabernacolo; ed ecco, Maria [era] lebbrosa, [bianca] come neve; e Aaronne riguardò Maria; ed ecco, era lebbrosa.
11 Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.
E Aaronne disse a Mosè: Ahi! Signore mio; deh! non metterci peccato addosso; conciossiachè noi abbiamo follemente fatto, e abbiamo peccato.
12 Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”
Deh! non sia ella come un [parto] morto, la cui carne, quando egli esce del seno di sua madre, è già mezza consumata.
13 So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”
E Mosè gridò al Signore, dicendo: Deh! sanala ora, o Dio.
14 But Yahweh replied, “If her father had [rebuked her for doing something wrong by] spitting in her face, she would have been ashamed for seven days. [She should be ashamed because of what she has done]. So send her outside the camp for seven days. Then [she will not have leprosy any more, and] she may return to the camp.”
E il Signore disse a Mosè: Se suo padre le avesse sputato nel viso, non sarebb'ella tutta vergognosa per sette giorni? Sia rinchiusa fuor del campo sette giorni; poi sia raccolta.
15 So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.
Maria adunque fu rinchiusa fuor del campo sette giorni; e il popolo non si mosse, finchè Maria non fu raccolta.
16 But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.
POI il popolo si partì di Haserot, e si accampò nel deserto di Paran.
