Liber Numeri 20
1 veneruntque filii Israhel et omnis multitudo in desertum Sin mense primo et mansit populus in Cades mortuaque est ibi Maria et sepulta in eodem loco
The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there.
2 cumque indigeret aqua populus coierunt adversum Mosen et Aaron
There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
3 et versi in seditionem dixerunt utinam perissemus inter fratres nostros coram Domino
The people quarrelled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!
4 cur eduxistis ecclesiam Domini in solitudinem ut et nos et nostra iumenta moriantur
Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?
5 quare nos fecistis ascendere de Aegypto et adduxistis in locum istum pessimum qui seri non potest qui nec ficum gignit nec vineas nec mala granata insuper et aquam non habet ad bibendum
Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.”
6 ingressusque Moses et Aaron dimissa multitudine tabernaculum foederis corruerunt proni in terram et apparuit gloria Domini super eos
Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces. The LORD’s glory appeared to them.
7 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
8 tolle virgam et congrega populum tu et Aaron frater tuus et loquimini ad petram coram eis et illa dabit aquas cumque eduxeris aquam de petra bibet omnis multitudo et iumenta eius
“Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it pour out its water. You shall bring water to them out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink.”
9 tulit igitur Moses virgam quae erat in conspectu Domini sicut praeceperat ei
Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
10 congregata multitudine ante petram dixitque eis audite rebelles et increduli num de petra hac vobis aquam poterimus eicere
Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Shall we bring water out of this rock for you?”
11 cumque elevasset Moses manum percutiens virga bis silicem egressae sunt aquae largissimae ita ut et populus biberet et iumenta
Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.
12 dixitque Dominus ad Mosen et Aaron quia non credidistis mihi ut sanctificaretis me coram filiis Israhel non introducetis hos populos in terram quam dabo eis
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”
13 haec est aqua Contradictionis ubi iurgati sunt filii Israhel contra Dominum et sanctificatus est in eis
These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
14 misit interea nuntios Moses de Cades ad regem Edom qui dicerent haec mandat frater tuus Israhel nosti omnem laborem qui adprehendit nos
Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “Your brother Israel says: You know all the travail that has happened to us;
15 quomodo descenderint patres nostri in Aegyptum et habitaverimus ibi multo tempore adflixerintque nos Aegyptii et patres nostros
how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers.
16 et quomodo clamaverimus ad Dominum et exaudierit nos miseritque angelum qui eduxerit nos de Aegypto ecce in urbe Cades quae est in extremis finibus tuis positi
When we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the edge of your border.
17 obsecramus ut nobis transire liceat per terram tuam non ibimus per agros nec per vineas non bibemus aquas de puteis tuis sed gradiemur via publica nec ad dextram nec ad sinistram declinantes donec transeamus terminos tuos
“Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink from the water of the wells. We will go along the king’s highway. We will not turn away to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.”
18 cui respondit Edom non transibis per me alioquin armatus occurram tibi
Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.”
19 dixeruntque filii Israhel per tritam gradiemur viam et si biberimus aquas tuas nos et pecora nostra dabimus quod iustum est nulla erit in pretio difficultas tantum velociter transeamus
The children of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway; and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.”
20 at ille respondit non transibis statimque egressus est obvius cum infinita multitudine et manu forti
He said, “You shall not pass through.” Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.
21 nec voluit adquiescere deprecanti ut concederet transitum per fines suos quam ob rem devertit ab eo Israhel
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
22 cumque castra movissent de Cades venerunt in montem Or qui est in finibus terrae Edom
They travelled from Kadesh, and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.
23 ubi locutus est Dominus ad Mosen
The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,
24 pergat inquit Aaron ad populos suos non enim intrabit terram quam dedi filiis Israhel eo quod incredulus fuerit ori meo ad aquas Contradictionis
“Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.
25 tolle Aaron et filium eius cum eo et duces eos in montem Or
Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;
26 cumque nudaveris patrem veste sua indues ea Eleazarum filium eius et Aaron colligetur et morietur ibi
and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there.”
27 fecit Moses ut praeceperat Dominus et ascenderunt in montem Or coram omni multitudine
Moses did as the LORD commanded. They went up onto Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
28 cumque Aaron spoliasset vestibus suis induit eis Eleazarum filium eius illo mortuo in montis supercilio descendit cum Eleazaro
Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there on the top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
29 omnis autem multitudo videns occubuisse Aaron flevit super eo triginta diebus per cunctas familias suas
When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
