| 1 María y Aarón hablaron contra Moisés a causa de la mujer cusita que había tomado por esposa. Decían: | 1 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife, an Ethiopian, |
| 2 «¿Ha hablado el Señor solo a través de Moisés? ¿No ha hablado también a través de nosotros?». El Señor lo oyó. | 2 and they said: “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Has he not also spoken similarly to us?” And when the Lord had heard this, |
| 3 Moisés era un hombre muy humilde, más que nadie sobre la faz de la tierra. | 3 (for Moses was a man exceedingly meek, beyond all the men who were living upon the earth) |
| 4 De repente, el Señor habló a Moisés, Aarón y María: «Salid los tres hacia la Tienda del Encuentro».Y los tres salieron. | 4 immediately he spoke to him, and to Aaron and Miriam, “Go out, you three only, to the tabernacle of the covenant.” And when they had gone out, |
| 5 El Señor bajó en la columna de nube y se colocó a la entrada de la Tienda, y llamó a Aarón y a María. | 5 the Lord descended in a column of cloud, and he stood at the entrance of the tabernacle, calling to Aaron and Miriam. And when they had advanced, |
| 6 y el Señor les habló: «Escuchad mis palabras: si hay entre vosotros un profeta del Señor, me doy a conocer a él en visión y le hablo en sueños; | 6 he said to them: “Listen to my words. If there will be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him through a dream. |
| 7 no así a mi siervo Moisés, el más fiel de todos mis siervos. | 7 But it is not so with my servant Moses, who is the most faithful in all my house. |
| 8 A él le hablo cara a cara; abiertamente y no por enigmas; y contempla la figura del Señor. ¿Cómo os habéis atrevido a hablar contra mi siervo Moisés?». | 8 For I speak with him mouth to mouth, and plainly. And not through enigmas and figures does he perceive the Lord. Therefore, why were you not afraid to disparage my servant Moses?” |
| 9 La ira del Señor se encendió contra ellos, y el Señor se marchó. | 9 And being angry against them, he went away. |
| 10 Al apartarse la Nube de la Tienda, María estaba leprosa, con la piel como la nieve. Aarón se volvió hacia ella y vio que estaba leprosa. | 10 Likewise, the cloud which was over the tabernacle withdrew. And behold, Miriam appeared to be white with a leprosy, like snow. And when Aaron had looked upon her, and he had seen the spreading of the leprosy, |
| 11 Entonces Aarón dijo a Moisés: «Perdón, señor. No nos exijas cuentas del pecado que hemos cometido insensatamente. | 11 he said to Moses: “I beg you, my lord, not to impose upon us this sin, which we have committed foolishly. |
| 12 No dejes a María como un aborto que sale del vientre con la mitad de la carne consumida». | 12 Do not let this one be like one who is dead, or like an abortion that has been cast from the womb of her mother. Behold, half of her flesh is already consumed by leprosy.” |
| 13 Moisés suplicó al Señor: «Por favor, cúrala». | 13 And Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “O God, I beg you: heal her.” |
| 14 El Señor respondió a Moisés: «Si su padre le hubiera escupido en la cara, ¿no habría tenido que pasar siete días de vergüenza? Que quede siete días fuera del campamento y luego se incorpore de nuevo». | 14 And the Lord answered him: “If her father had spit on her face, should she not have been filled with shame for at least seven days? Let her be separated, outside the camp, for seven days, and after that, she will be called back.” |
| 15 María quedó siete días excluida del campamento. Pero el pueblo no partió hasta que ella se reincorporó. | 15 And so Miriam was excluded from the camp for seven days. And the people did not move from that place, until Miriam was called back. |
| 16 El pueblo marchó de Jaserot y acampó en el desierto de Farán. | |
