1 Folket talte ondt mot Herren, og Herren ble vred da han hørte det. Han sendte ild som brant ytterkantene av leiren.

Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.

2 Folket ropte til Moses, og Moses ba til Herren, og ilden stoppet.

And the people made an outcry to Moses, and Moses made prayer to the Lord, and the fire was stopped.

3 Stedet ble kalt Tabera, på grunn av Herrens ild som hadde brent blant dem.

So that place was named Taberah, because of the fire of the Lord which had been burning among them.

4 Den blandede folkegruppen som gikk med dem ble grepet av lyst, og Israels barn gråt igjen og sa: Hvem vil gi oss kjøtt å spise?

And the mixed band of people who went with them were overcome by desire: and the children of Israel, weeping again, said, Who will give us flesh for our food?

5 Vi husker fisken vi spiste gratis i Egypt, og frukten og grønnsakene i alle slag, som var smakfulle:

Sweet is the memory of the fish we had in Egypt for nothing, and the fruit and green plants of every sort, sharp and pleasing to the taste:

6 Men nå tørker sjelen vår bort; det er ingenting her: vi har ikke annet enn dette manna foran oss.

But now our soul is wasted away; there is nothing at all: we have nothing but this manna before our eyes.

7 Mannaet var som korianderfrø, med utseende som små klare korn.

Now the manna was like a seed of grain, like small clear drops.

8 Folket samlet det, knuste det mellom steiner eller malte det til mel, kokte det i gryter og laget kaker av det: smaken var som kaker stekt med olje.

The people went about taking it up from the earth, crushing it between stones or hammering it to powder, and boiling it in pots, and they made cakes of it: its taste was like the taste of cakes cooked with oil.

9 Når duggen falt på leiren om natten, falt mannaet ned sammen med den.

When the dew came down on the tents at night, the manna came down with it.

10 Da folket gråt, hver mann ved døren til sitt telt, ble Herrens vrede stor, og Moses ble meget opprørt.

And at the sound of the people weeping, every man at his tent-door, the wrath of the Lord was great, and Moses was very angry.

11 Moses sa til Herren: Hvorfor har du påført meg dette onde? Hvorfor har jeg ikke funnet nåde i dine øyne, siden du har lagt byrden av dette folket på meg?

And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?

12 Er jeg far til hele dette folket? Har jeg født dem, at du sier til meg, Bær dem i armene dine, som en ammende kvinne bærer et spedbarn, til landet du i ed lovet deres fedre?

Am I the father of all this people? have I given them birth, that you say to me, Take them in your arms, like a child at the breast, to the land which you gave by an oath to their fathers?

13 Hvor skal jeg få kjøtt til hele dette folket fra? For de gråter til meg og sier, Gi oss kjøtt å spise.

Where am I to get flesh to give to all this people? For they are weeping to me and saying, Give us flesh for our food.

14 Jeg kan ikke alene bære hele dette folket, for det er for tungt for meg.

I am not able by myself to take the weight of all this people, for it is more than my strength.

15 Hvis dette skal være min skjebne, ta livet av meg nå, hvis jeg har funnet nåde i dine øyne; og la meg slippe å se min elendighet.

If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.

16 Herren sa til Moses: Samle sytti av Israels eldste, som etter din vurdering er ansett med verdi og autoritet over folket; la dem komme til møteteltet og være der med deg.

And the Lord said to Moses, Send for seventy of the responsible men of Israel, who are in your opinion men of weight and authority over the people; make them come to the Tent of meeting and be there with you.

17 Jeg vil komme ned og tale med deg der; jeg vil ta noe av ånden som er over deg og legge det på dem, slik at de kan dele byrden av folket med deg, så du ikke bærer den alene.

And I will come down and have talk with you there: and I will take some of the spirit which is on you and put it on them, and they will take part of the weight of the people off you, so that you do not have to take it by yourself.

18 Si til folket, Rens dere for i morgen, for dere skal få kjøtt å spise: for dere har klaget til Herren og sagt, Hvem vil gi oss kjøtt å spise? Vi levde godt i Egypt: derfor vil Herren gi dere kjøtt, og det skal være mat for dere;

And say to the people, Make yourselves clean before tomorrow and you will have flesh for your food: for in the ears of the Lord you have been weeping and saying, Who will give us flesh for food? for we were well off in Egypt: and so the Lord will give you flesh, and it will be your food;

19 Ikke for en dag, eller fem eller ti eller tjue dager;

Not for one day only, or even for five or ten or twenty days;

20 Men for en hel måned, til det kommer ut av nesene deres og blir motbydelig for dere: fordi dere har vendt dere mot Herren som er blant dere, og har grått i hans nærvær og sagt, Hvorfor forlot vi Egypt?

But every day for a month, till you are tired of it, turning from it in disgust: because you have gone against the Lord who is with you, and have been weeping before him saying, Why did we come out of Egypt?

21 Da sa Moses: Folket jeg er hos er seks hundre tusen fotfolk; og du har sagt, Jeg vil gi dem kjøtt å spise for en måned.

Then Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, I will give them flesh to be their food for a month.

22 Skal flokkene og buskapene slaktes for dem? Eller skal all fisken i havet samles for at de skal bli mette?

Are flocks and herds to be put to death for them? or are all the fish in the sea to be got together so that they may be full?

23 Herren sa til Moses: Har Herrens hånd blitt for kort? Nå skal du få se om mitt ord skjer deg eller ikke.

And the Lord said to Moses, Has the Lord's hand become short? Now you will see if my word comes true for you or not.

24 Moses gikk ut og fortalte folket Herrens ord. Han samlet sytti av folkets eldste og plasserte dem rundt teltet.

And Moses went out and gave the people the words of the Lord: and he took seventy of the responsible men of the people, placing them round the Tent.

25 Herren kom ned i skyen og talte med ham. Han tok av ånden som var over Moses og ga den til de sytti menn; når ånden kom over dem, profeterte de, men bare da.

Then the Lord came down in the cloud and had talk with him, and put on the seventy men some of the spirit which was on him: now when the spirit came to rest on them, they were like prophets, but only at that time.

26 To menn var fortsatt i leiren, den ene het Eldad og den andre Medad; og ånden hvilte på dem. De var blant dem som var innkalt, men de hadde ikke gått ut til teltet: og profetens kraft kom over dem i leiren.

But two men were still in the tent-circle one of them named Eldad and the other Medad: and the spirit came to rest on them; they were among those who had been sent for, but they had not gone out to the Tent: and the prophet's power came on them in the tent-circle.

27 En ung mann løp til Moses og sa, Eldad og Medad profeterer i leiren.

And a young man went running to Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are acting as prophets in the tent-circle.

28 Da sa Josva, Nuns sønn, som hadde tjent Moses siden sin ungdom, Min herre Moses, la dem stoppe med det.

Then Joshua, the son of Nun, who had been Moses' servant from the time when he was a child, said, My lord Moses, let them be stopped.

29 Moses svarte ham: Er du misunnelig for min skyld? Bare om hele Herrens folk var profeter og Herren ville legge sin ånd på dem!

And Moses said to him, Are you moved by envy on my account? If only all the Lord's people were prophets, and the Lord might put his spirit on them!

30 Så dro Moses med Israels eldste tilbake til leiren.

Then Moses, with the responsible men of Israel, went back to the tent-circle.

31 Da sendte Herren en vind som drev små fugler fra havet, slik at de falt ned over leiren og rundt om, omtrent en dags reise på hver side, i hauger om lag to alen høye over jorden.

Then the Lord sent a wind, driving little birds from the sea, so that they came down on the tents, and all round the tent-circle, about a day's journey on this side and on that, in masses about two cubits high over the face of the earth.

32 Hele den dagen og natten, og dagen etter, samlet folket fuglene; den minste mengden en person fikk var ti homer; og de spredte dem ut rundt leiren.

And all that day and all night and the day after, the people were taking up the birds; the smallest amount which anyone got was ten homers: and they put them out all round the tents.

33 Men mens kjøttet ennå var mellom tennene deres, før det var tygget, ble Herrens vrede igjen tent mot folket, og han sendte en alvorlig plage over dem.

But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was tasted, the wrath of the Lord was moved against the people and he sent a great outburst of disease on them.

34 Stedet ble kalt Kibrot-Hattaava, fordi der begravde de folkene som hadde gitt etter for sine lyster.

So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they put in the earth the bodies of the people who had given way to their desires.

35 Fra Kibrot-Hattaava dro folket videre til Hazerot, hvor de slo leir.

From Kibroth-hattaavah the people went on to Hazeroth; and there they put up their tents.