Miriamu na Aroni banosola Mushe
1 Miriamu na Aroni bakatangisa sola Mushe ngekwe nkadzi uwe we Nkhushi, ngobe wakabe alobola Nkhushi. 2 Bebhuzhwana beti, “Apa Yahwe bakalebeleka na Mushe ega? Abazolebelekabo naswi kene?” Ngono Yahwe bakahwa tjabanoleba.
3 (Mushe wakabe ali nthu unozwiyisa pasi kwazo, ezwiyisa pasi kupinda nthu mmwe ne mmwe mu shango.)
4 Tjinyolotjo Yahwe bakadwa Mushe na Aroni na Miriamu bakati, “Ndomushaka ku nshasha we bushanganilo mose butatu gwenyu.” Ipapo butatu gwabo bakabhuda bakayenda. 5 Ndizo Yahwe bakadeluka bali mu gole, bakama pa nkoba we nshasha bakadana Aroni na Miriamu. Kukati bebhudila kuzhe bubili gwabo, 6 Yahwe bakabadwa bakati, “Teedzani matama angu:
“Ha muna nlebesambeli wa Yahwe pakati kwenyu,
Ndowonzwilakidza nge mbono,
Ndowolebeleka naye nge mawoloto.
7 Koga ngekwe nlanda wangu Mushe akuzojalo;
unogalikabgwe mu ng'umba yangu.
8 Iye ndolebeleka naye tishandudzana takalingisana ku mesho
kuli patjena ndisinga pese;
ebona mbumbiko ya Yahwe.
Apa ini tjisingamutjise
sola nlanda wangu Mushe kene?”
9 Yahwe bakazhala bushongola nge kwabo, bakathubukana nabo. 10 Kukati gole limilika pezhugwi kwe nshasha, Miriamu kadzuka mbili wose, ukashanduka ukasala uli ntjena unga kapuku. Kukati Aroni elinga Miriamu kabona alizhele mapele, 11 kadwa Mushe kati, “Ndomukumbila tetshi wangu, musititilike nlandu ngekwe tjibi tjatathama nge bulengwe. 12 Musinletje kanga lushabana gwazwagwa gusingatjile gwakajika lubadu gumwe gutjadwa mu ntumbu wa mme bago.”
13 Ipapo Mushe kamimila eti kuna Yahwe, “Ndomukumbila Ndzimu wangu, mumpodze!”
14 Yahwe bakashandula Mushe beti, “Ha tate babe bakabe banthwila mate mu buso, apa unobe asakadusigwa kuzhe kwe nzi mazhuba ali kutendeka kene? Umbige kuzhe kwe bukotokelo mazhuba ali kutendeka, shule kwa ikoku abe ebgwiliziwa mu bukotokelo.” 15 Miriamu wakazhaliligwa kuzhe kwe bukotokelo mazhuba ali kutendeka, bathu bakasitongoyenda kudzina ebgwiliziwa mu bukotokelo. 16 Shule kwa ipapo, bathu bakamilika mu Hazeroti bakanokotokela mu tjilambanyika tje Parani.
Miriam and Aaron Are Jealous of Moses
1-3 Although Moses was the most humble person in all the world, Miriam and Aaron started complaining, “Moses had no right to marry that woman from Ethiopia! Who does he think he is? The Lord has spoken to us, not just to him.”
The Lord heard their complaint 4 and told Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to come to the entrance of the sacred tent. 5 There the Lord appeared in a cloud and told Aaron and Miriam to come closer. 6 Then after commanding them to listen carefully, he said:
“I, the Lord, speak to prophets
in visions and dreams.
7 But my servant Moses
is the leader of my people.
8 He sees me face to face,
and everything I say to him
is perfectly clear.
You have no right to criticize
my servant Moses.”
9 The Lord became angry with Aaron and Miriam. And after the Lord left 10 and the cloud disappeared from over the sacred tent, Miriam's skin turned white with leprosy. When Aaron saw what had happened to her, 11 he said to Moses, “Sir, please don't punish us for doing such a foolish thing. 12 Don't let Miriam's flesh rot away like a child born dead!”
13 Moses prayed, “Lord God, please heal her.”
14 But the Lord replied, “Miriam would be disgraced for seven days if her father had punished her by spitting in her face. So make her stay outside the camp for seven days, before coming back.”
15 The people of Israel did not move their camp until Miriam returned seven days later. 16 Then they left Hazeroth and set up camp in the Paran Desert.