Baiziraela ku Peori
1 Kukati Baiziraela batjigele mu Shitimu balume bakatangisa kuthama bufukula ne bakololokadzi be Moabu. 2 Bakadzi ibaba bakakokela Baiziraela ku mishingo ye kupisa zwibhayilo ne kunamata midzimu yabo ye Moabu. Ngono Baiziraela bakaja bakabuya bakanamata midzimu ye Moabu. 3 Ndizo Baiziraela bakazwibhatshanya na Bhaale we Peori. Ngono Yahwe bakazhala bushongola kwazo ngekwe Iziraela. 4 Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Tola batungamili bose be Iziraela ubabulaye nge kubalembeledza mbeli kwa Yahwe kuli masikati, kuti bushongola gwa Yahwe gushanduke gudwe mu Iziraela.” 5 Ngono Mushe kadwa basumikilisi be Iziraela kati, “Mmwe ne mmwe wenyu abulaye bathu babe bose bakazwibhatshanya na Bhaale we Peori.”
6 Ngono bonani, mmwe nlume we Iziraela kazha ne nkadzi we Midiyani kangina naye mu nshasha uwe, Mushe ne gubungano lose le Iziraela bakalinga. Baiziraela bakabe batjalila bali pa nkoba we nshasha wa Yahwe we bushanganilo. 7 Kukati Finihasi nkololo wa Eleazari, mwana we mwana we mpirisiti Aroni ebona ikoku, kamilika mu gubungano akabhata thumo, 8 kanginilila nlume uwoyo ne nkadzi mukati kwe nshasha, kababhaya bose ngethumo kang'ompela. Ndiyo zila yakamisa tjiga tjakabe tjishingikala mu bathu be Iziraela. 9 Nenguba kwakajalo, bathu bakabe bafa kale nge tjiga bakabe bali zwiwulu zwili makumi mabili ana banna (24 000).
10 Ngono Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, 11 “Finihasi nkololo wa Eleazari nkololo we mpirisiti Aroni, wapodza moyo wangu mu bushongola gwandabe ndili igo mu bathu be Iziraela nge kumusa meya kungapa pakati kwabo nge kwangu mu kunamata kwabo mindzimu ipoga kuzhe kwangu ndizo ndisalobesa Baiziraela ngekwe fupa langu. 12 Ndizo ubudze Finihasi uti, ‘Bona, ndothama tjidumano tje mbakiso naye. 13 Tjowobe tjidumano tjitje ne zwizekugwana zwizwe zwinowozha. Tjidumano tje bupirisiti nge kusingapele, ngobe wathamila fupa Baiziraela ebathamila fupa ngekwe Ndzimu uwe. Kabe ethamila bathu be Iziraela gadzano na Yahwe.’ ”
14 Nlume we Iziraela wakabulawa ana nkadzi we Midiyani zina lile lakabe liyi Zimiri nkololo wa Salu nsholo we nsha wa tate babe mu ludzi gwa Simiyoni. 15 Zina la iwoyo we Midiyani liyi Khozibhi nkololokadzi wa Zuri, wakabe ali nsholo we nsha wa tate babe mu Midiyani.
16 Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, 17 “Udziyidze Bamidiyani ubalobese, 18 Ngobe bakamudziyidza nge bupitipiti gwabo kamutjebela mu mija ye Peori. Ne mu nshingo we lufu gwe hazwadzi yabo Khozibhi nkololokadzi we ntungamili we Midiyani, wakabulawa mu zhuba le tjiga tjakashingikala nge mija ye Peori.”
The Israelites Worship Baal
1 While the Israelites were camped at Acacia, some of the men had sex with Moabite women. 2 These women then invited the men to ceremonies where sacrifices were offered to their gods. The men ate the meat from the sacrifices and worshiped the Moabite gods.
3 The Lord was angry with Israel because they had worshiped the god Baal Peor. 4 So he said to Moses, “Take the Israelite leaders who are responsible for this and have them killed in front of my sacred tent where everyone can see. Maybe then I will stop being angry with the Israelites.”
5 Moses told Israel's officials, “Each of you must put to death any of your men who worshiped Baal.”
6 Later, Moses and the people were at the sacred tent, crying, when one of the Israelite men brought a Midianite woman to meet his family. 7 Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron the priest, saw the couple and left the crowd. He found a spear 8 and followed the man into his tent, where he ran the spear through the man and into the woman's stomach. The Lord immediately stopped punishing Israel with a deadly disease, 9 but 24,000 Israelites had already died.
10 The Lord said to Moses, 11 “In my anger, I would have wiped out the Israelites if Phinehas had not been faithful to me. 12-13 But instead of punishing them, I forgave them. So because of the loyalty that Phinehas showed, I solemnly promise that he and his descendants will always be my priests.”
14 The Israelite man that was killed was Zimri son of Salu, who was one of the leaders of the Simeon tribe. 15 And the Midianite woman killed with him was Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite clan leader named Zur.
16 The Lord told Moses, 17-18 “The Midianites are now enemies of Israel, so attack and defeat them! They tricked the people of Israel into worshiping their god at Peor, and they are responsible for the death of Cozbi, the daughter of one of their own leaders.”