The Book of Numbers, Chapter 11ΑΡΙΘΜΟΙ ΙΑ′

καὶ ἦν ὁ λαὸς γογγύζων πονηρὰ ἔναντι κυρίου καὶ ἤκουσεν κύριος καὶ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ καὶ ἐξεκαύθη ἐν αὐτοῖς πῦρ παρὰ κυρίου καὶ κατέφαγεν μέρος τι τῆς παρεμβολῆς.

And the people were murmuring evil things before the LORD; and the LORD heard, and he was angered in wrath, and a fire from the LORD was kindled among them, and it devoured a certain part of the camp.

καὶ ἐκέκραξεν ὁ λαὸς πρὸς Μωυσῆν καὶ ηὔξατο Μωυσῆς πρὸς κύριον καὶ ἐκόπασεν τὸ πῦρ.

And the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου ἐμπυρισμός ὅτι ἐξεκαύθη ἐν αὐτοῖς πῦρ παρὰ κυρίου.

And the name of that place was called 'Burning' (Taberah), because a fire from the LORD was kindled among them.

καὶ ὁ ἐπίμικτος ὁ ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐπεθύμησαν ἐπιθυμίαν καὶ καθίσαντες ἔκλαιον καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ καὶ εἶπαν τίς ἡμᾶς ψωμιεῖ κρέα;

And the mixed multitude that was among them craved a craving, and sitting down they wept, and the sons of Israel also, and said, 'Who will feed us meat?'

ἐμνήσθημεν τοὺς ἰχθύας οὓς ἠσθίομεν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ δωρεάν καὶ τοὺς σικύας καὶ τοὺς πέπονας καὶ τὰ πράσα καὶ τὰ κρόμμυα καὶ τὰ σκόρδα.

We remembered the fish that we used to eat in Egypt for free, and the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic.

νυνὶ δὲ ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν κατάξηρος οὐδὲν πλὴν εἰς τὸ μαννα οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν.

But now our soul is utterly dried up; there is nothing at all except the manna before our eyes.

τὸ δὲ μαννα ὡσεὶ σπέρμα κορίου ἐστίν καὶ τὸ εἶδος αὐτοῦ εἶδος κρυστάλλου.

Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance was like the appearance of crystal.

καὶ διεπορεύετο ὁ λαὸς καὶ συνέλεγον καὶ ἤληθον αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ μύλῳ καὶ ἔτριβον ἐν τῇ θυίᾳ καὶ ἥψουν αὐτὸ ἐν τῇ χύτρᾳ καὶ ἐποίουν αὐτὸ ἐγκρυφίας καὶ ἦν ἡ ἡδονὴ αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ γεῦμα ἐγκρὶς ἐξ ἐλαίου.

And the people would go about and gather it, and grind it in the mill, and pound it in the mortar, and boil it in the pot, and make it into cakes; and its taste was like the taste of a cake baked with oil.

καὶ ὅταν κατέβη ἡ δρόσος ἐπὶ τὴν παρεμβολὴν νυκτός κατέβαινεν τὸ μαννα ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς.

And whenever the dew came down upon the camp by night, the manna would come down upon it.

καὶ ἤκουσεν Μωυσῆς κλαιόντων αὐτῶν κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τῆς θύρας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ κύριος σφόδρα καὶ ἔναντι Μωυσῆ ἦν πονηρόν.

And Moses heard them weeping by their families, each one at his own door; and the LORD was greatly angered in wrath, and in the sight of Moses it was an evil thing.

καὶ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς πρὸς κύριον ἵνα τί ἐκάκωσας τὸν θεράποντά σου καὶ διὰ τί οὐχ εὕρηκα χάριν ἐναντίον σου ἐπιθεῖναι τὴν ὁρμὴν τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου ἐπ᾿ ἐμέ;

And Moses said to the LORD, 'Why have you afflicted your servant, and why have I not found favor before you, that you should lay the burden of this people upon me?'

μὴ ἐγὼ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔλαβον πάντα τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον ἢ ἐγὼ ἔτεκον αὐτούς ὅτι λέγεις μοι λαβὲ αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν κόλπον σου ὡσεὶ ἄραι τιθηνὸς τὸν θηλάζοντα εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ὤμοσας τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν;

Did I conceive all this people in the womb, or did I bear them, that you say to me, 'Take it to your bosom, as a nurse carries the suckling child,' into the land which you swore to their fathers?

πόθεν μοι κρέα δοῦναι παντὶ τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ ὅτι κλαίουσιν ἐπ᾿ ἐμοὶ λέγοντες δὸς ἡμῖν κρέα ἵνα φάγωμεν;

From where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep against me, saying, 'Give us meat, that we may eat.'

οὐ δυνήσομαι ἐγὼ μόνος φέρειν τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον ὅτι βαρύτερόν μοί ἐστιν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο.

I am not able to bear this people by myself alone, because it is too heavy for me, this matter.

εἰ δὲ οὕτως σὺ ποιεῖς μοι ἀπόκτεινόν με ἀναιρέσει εἰ εὕρηκα ἔλεος παρὰ σοί ἵνα μὴ ἴδω μου τὴν κάκωσιν.

But if you are going to deal with me this way, kill me outright, if I have found mercy with you, that I may not see my own misery.

καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν συνάγαγέ μοι ἑβδομήκοντα ἄνδρας ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων Ισραηλ οὓς αὐτὸς σὺ οἶδας ὅτι οὗτοί εἰσιν πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ γραμματεῖς αὐτῶν καὶ ἄξεις αὐτοὺς πρὸς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου καὶ στήσονται ἐκεῖ μετὰ σοῦ.

And the LORD said to Moses, 'Gather for me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom you yourself know to be elders of the people and their officers, and you shall bring them to the tent of meeting, and they shall stand there with you.'

καὶ καταβήσομαι καὶ λαλήσω ἐκεῖ μετὰ σοῦ καὶ ἀφελῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἐπὶ σοὶ καὶ ἐπιθήσω ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς καὶ συναντιλήμψονται μετὰ σοῦ τὴν ὁρμὴν τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ οὐκ οἴσεις αὐτοὺς σὺ μόνος.

And I will come down and speak there with you, and I will take from the Spirit that is upon you and put it upon them, and they will share with you in bearing the burden of the people, and you will not bear them, you alone.

καὶ τῷ λαῷ ἐρεῖς ἁγνίσασθε εἰς αὔριον καὶ φάγεσθε κρέα ὅτι ἐκλαύσατε ἔναντι κυρίου λέγοντες τίς ἡμᾶς ψωμιεῖ κρέα ὅτι καλὸν ἡμῖν ἐστιν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ δώσει κύριος ὑμῖν κρέα φαγεῖν καὶ φάγεσθε κρέα.

And to the people you shall say: 'Purify yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat, because you wept before the LORD, saying, "Who will feed us meat? For it was good for us in Egypt." So the LORD will give you meat to eat, and you shall eat meat.'

οὐχ ἡμέραν μίαν φάγεσθε οὐδὲ δύο οὐδὲ πέντε ἡμέρας οὐδὲ δέκα ἡμέρας οὐδὲ εἴκοσι ἡμέρας.

You shall eat it not one day, nor two, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

ἕως μηνὸς ἡμερῶν φάγεσθε ἕως ἂν ἐξέλθῃ ἐκ τῶν μυκτήρων ὑμῶν καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν εἰς χολέραν ὅτι ἠπειθήσατε κυρίῳ ὅς ἐστιν ἐν ὑμῖν καὶ ἐκλαύσατε ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ λέγοντες ἵνα τί ἡμῖν ἐξελθεῖν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου.

for a month of days you shall eat, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathing to you, because you disobeyed the LORD who is among you, and wept before him, saying, 'Why did we ever come out of Egypt?'

καὶ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς ἑξακόσιαι χιλιάδες πεζῶν ὁ λαός ἐν οἷς εἰμι ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ σὺ εἶπας κρέα δώσω αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν καὶ φάγονται μῆνα ἡμερῶν.

And Moses said, 'Six hundred thousand on foot is the people in whose midst I am, and you have said, "I will give them meat to eat, and they shall eat a month of days."'

μὴ πρόβατα καὶ βόες σφαγήσονται αὐτοῖς καὶ ἀρκέσει αὐτοῖς ἢ πᾶν τὸ ὄψος τῆς θαλάσσης συναχθήσεται αὐτοῖς καὶ ἀρκέσει αὐτοῖς;

Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, and will it be enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered for them, and will it be enough for them?

καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν μὴ χεὶρ κυρίου οὐκ ἐξαρκέσει ἤδη γνώσει εἰ ἐπικαταλήμψεταί σε ὁ λόγος μου ἢ οὔ.

And the LORD said to Moses, 'Shall the hand of the LORD not be sufficient? Now you will know whether my word will overtake you or not.'

καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Μωυσῆς καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς τὸν λαὸν τὰ ῥήματα κυρίου καὶ συνήγαγεν ἑβδομήκοντα ἄνδρας ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτοὺς κύκλῳ τῆς σκηνῆς.

And Moses went out and spoke to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy men from the elders of the people and set them around the tent.

καὶ κατέβη κύριος ἐν νεφέλῃ καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς αὐτόν καὶ παρείλατο ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ καὶ ἐπέθηκεν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἑβδομήκοντα ἄνδρας τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ὡς δὲ ἐπανεπαύσατο τὸ πνεῦμα ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς καὶ ἐπροφήτευσαν καὶ οὐκέτι προσέθεντο.

And the LORD came down in a cloud and spoke to him, and took from the Spirit that was upon him and put it upon the seventy men, the elders; and when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied — and they did not do so again.

καὶ κατελείφθησαν δύο ἄνδρες ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ ὄνομα τῷ ἑνὶ Ελδαδ καὶ ὄνομα τῷ δευτέρῳ Μωδαδ καὶ ἐπανεπαύσατο ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ οὗτοι ἦσαν τῶν καταγεγραμμένων καὶ οὐκ ἦλθον πρὸς τὴν σκηνήν καὶ ἐπροφήτευσαν ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ.

But two men had remained in the camp — the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the second Medad — and the Spirit rested upon them; and these were among those registered, but they had not gone to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.

καὶ προσδραμὼν ὁ νεανίσκος ἀπήγγειλεν Μωυσῇ καὶ εἶπεν λέγων Ελδαδ καὶ Μωδαδ προφητεύουσιν ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ.

And a young man ran up and reported to Moses, and said, 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.'

καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ναυη ὁ παρεστηκὼς Μωυσῇ ὁ ἐκλεκτὸς εἶπεν κύριε Μωυσῆ κώλυσον αὐτούς.

And Joshua the son of Nun, who stood beside Moses, the chosen one, answered and said, 'My lord Moses, restrain them!'

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Μωυσῆς μὴ ζηλοῖς σύ μοι καὶ τίς δῴη πάντα τὸν λαὸν κυρίου προφήτας ὅταν δῷ κύριος τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς;

And Moses said to him, 'Are you jealous on my account? Would that all the LORD's people were prophets, when the LORD puts his Spirit upon them!'

καὶ ἀπῆλθεν Μωυσῆς εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι Ισραηλ.

And Moses departed into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

καὶ πνεῦμα ἐξῆλθεν παρὰ κυρίου καὶ ἐξεπέρασεν ὀρτυγομήτραν ἀπὸ τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ ἐπέβαλεν ἐπὶ τὴν παρεμβολὴν ὁδὸν ἡμέρας ἐντεῦθεν καὶ ὁδὸν ἡμέρας ἐντεῦθεν κύκλῳ τῆς παρεμβολῆς ὡσεὶ δίπηχυ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.

And a wind went out from the LORD, and it brought over quail from the sea, and cast them upon the camp, a day's journey on this side and a day's journey on that side, around the camp, about two cubits above the ground.

καὶ ἀναστὰς ὁ λαὸς ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα καὶ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν τὴν ἐπαύριον καὶ συνήγαγον τὴν ὀρτυγομήτραν ὁ τὸ ὀλίγον συνήγαγεν δέκα κόρους καὶ ἔψυξαν ἑαυτοῖς ψυγμοὺς κύκλῳ τῆς παρεμβολῆς.

And the people rose up all that day and all the night and all the next day, and gathered the quail; the one who gathered least gathered ten cors; and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.

τὰ κρέα ἔτι ἦν ἐν τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν αὐτῶν πρὶν ἢ ἐκλείπειν καὶ κύριος ἐθυμώθη εἰς τὸν λαόν καὶ ἐπάταξεν κύριος τὸν λαὸν πληγὴν μεγάλην σφόδρα.

The meat was still in their teeth, before it failed, when the LORD was angered against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.

καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου μνήματα τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἔθαψαν τὸν λαὸν τὸν ἐπιθυμητήν.

And the name of that place was called 'Graves of Craving' (Kibroth-hattaavah), because there they buried the people who had craved.

ἀπὸ μνημάτων ἐπιθυμίας ἐξῆρεν ὁ λαὸς εἰς Ασηρωθ καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ λαὸς ἐν Ασηρωθ.

From the Graves of Craving the people set out for Hazeroth, and the people came to be in Hazeroth.