Fire From the Lord
1Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. 2When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the Lord and the fire died down. 3So that place was called Taberah,11:3 Taberah means burning. because fire from the Lord had burned among them.
Quail From the Lord
4The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat! 5We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. 6But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!”
7The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin. 8The people went around gathering it, and then ground it in a hand mill or crushed it in a mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into loaves. And it tasted like something made with olive oil. 9When the dew settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.
10Moses heard the people of every family wailing at the entrance to their tents. The Lord became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled. 11He asked the Lord, “Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? 12Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their ancestors? 13Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ 14I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. 15If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in your eyes—and do not let me face my own ruin.”
16The Lord said to Moses: “Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you. 17I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the power of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them. They will share the burden of the people with you so that you will not have to carry it alone.
18“Tell the people: ‘Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat meat. The Lord heard you when you wailed, “If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!” Now the Lord will give you meat, and you will eat it. 19You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days, 20but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it—because you have rejected the Lord, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?” ’ ”
21But Moses said, “Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, ‘I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!’ 22Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?”
23The Lord answered Moses, “Is the Lord’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.”
24So Moses went out and told the people what the Lord had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and had them stand around the tent. 25Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took some of the power of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but did not do so again.
26However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp. 27A young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
28Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ aide since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
29But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!” 30Then Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.
31Now a wind went out from the Lord and drove quail in from the sea. It scattered them up to two cubits11:31 That is, about 3 feet or about 90 centimeters deep all around the camp, as far as a day’s walk in any direction. 32All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers.11:32 That is, possibly about 1 3/4 tons or about 1.6 metric tons Then they spread them out all around the camp. 33But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger of the Lord burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague. 34Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah,11:34 Kibroth Hattaavah means graves of craving. because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
35From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth and stayed there.
Moto Kutoka Kwa Bwana
111:1 Law 10:2; Kut 4:14; 14:11; 16:7; Mao 3:39; Hes 12:2; 21:28; Kum 1:34; Za 78:63; Isa 26:11; Kut 15:23, 24; 16:2, 3, 7; Kum 9:22; 2Fal 1:12Basi watu wakalalamika kwa habari ya taabu zao masikioni mwa Bwana, naye alipowasikia, hasira yake ikawaka. Ndipo moto kutoka kwa Bwana ukawaka miongoni mwao na kuteketeza baadhi ya viunga vya kambi. 211:2 Kum 9:19; 1Sam 2:25; 12:23; Za 106:23; Mwa 20:7; Hes 21:7; Yn 2:1Watu walipomlilia Mose, akamwomba Bwana, nao moto ukazimika. 311:3 Kum 9:20-22; Hes 16:35; Ay 1:16; Isa 10:17Hivyo mahali pale pakaitwa Tabera,11:3 Tabera maana yake Kunaungua. kwa sababu moto kutoka kwa Bwana uliwaka miongoni mwao.
Kware Kutoka Kwa Bwana
411:4 Kut 12:38; 16:3; Za 78:18; 1Kor 10:6Umati wa watu wenye zogo waliokuwa miongoni mwao walitamani sana chakula kingine, Waisraeli wakaanza kulia tena na kusema, “Laiti tungekuwa na nyama tule! 511:5 Kut 16:3; Hes 21:5; Flp 3:19; Mt 6:24-34; Rum 8:7Tunakumbuka wale samaki tuliokula huko Misri bila gharama, pia yale matango, matikitimaji, mboga, vitunguu, na vitunguu saumu. 611:6 Kut 16:14Lakini sasa tumepoteza hamu ya chakula; hatuoni kitu kingine chochote isipokuwa hii mana!”
711:7 Kut 16:31; Mwa 2:12; 2:12Mana ilifanana kama mbegu za giligilani, nayo ilikuwa na rangi ya manjano iliyopauka. 811:8 Kut 16:16Hao watu walikwenda kukusanya, kisha waliisaga kwa mawe ya kusagia ya mkono au kuitwanga kwenye vinu. Waliipika vyunguni au kutengeneza maandazi. Ladha yake ilikuwa kama kitu kilichotengenezwa kwa mafuta ya zeituni. 911:9 Kut 16:13Umande ulipoanguka kambini wakati wa usiku, pia mana ilianguka pamoja nao.
10Mose akasikia watu wa kila jamaa wakilia, kila mmoja kwenye mlango wa hema lake. Bwana akakasirika mno, naye Mose akafadhaika. 1111:11 Mwa 34:30; Kut 5:22; 18:18; 17:4; Kum 1:12; Yer 15:10, 18; 20:7-18; Mal 3:14; 2Kor 11:28Akamuuliza Bwana, “Kwa nini umeleta taabu hii juu ya mtumishi wako? Nimekufanyia nini cha kukuchukiza hata ukaweka mzigo huu wa watu hawa wote juu yangu? 1211:12 Isa 40:11; 49:23; 66:11, 12; Hes 14:16; Mwa 12:7; Kut 13:5; Eze 34:23; Yn 10:11; 1The 2:7; Mwa 22:16; 26:3Je, watu hawa wote mimi ndiye niliyewatungisha mimba? Je, ni mimi niliyewazaa? Kwa nini unaniambia niwachukue mikononi mwangu, kama vile mlezi abebavyo mtoto mchanga, hadi kwenye nchi uliyowaahidi baba zao? 1311:13 Kut 12:37; Yn 6:5-9; 2Fal 4:43; Mt 15:33; Mk 8:4Nitapata wapi nyama kwa ajili ya watu wote hawa? Wanaendelea kunililia wakisema, ‘Tupe nyama tule!’ 1411:14 Kut 18:18Mimi siwezi kuwabeba watu hawa wote peke yangu, mzigo ni mzito sana kwangu. 1511:15 Kut 32:32; 1Fal 19:4; Ay 6:9; 7:15-16; 9:21; Isa 38:12; Yn 4:3Kama hivi ndivyo unavyonitendea, uniue sasa hivi, yaani kama nimepata kibali machoni pako, wala usiniache nione maangamizi yangu mwenyewe.”
1611:16 Kut 3:16; 18:25; 40:2; 24:1, 9Bwana akamwambia Mose: “Niletee wazee sabini wa Israeli, unaowafahamu kama viongozi na maafisa miongoni mwa watu. Walete katika Hema la Kukutania, ili waweze kusimama huko pamoja nawe. 1711:17 Kut 18:18; 19:20; 1Sam 10:6; 2Fal 2:9, 15; 3:12; Isa 32:15; Yoe 2:28; Hag 2:5; Yer 19:1Nami nitashuka na kusema nawe huko. Nami nitachukua sehemu ya Roho iliyo juu yako na kuiweka juu yao. Watakusaidia kubeba mzigo wa watu hao ili usije ukaubeba peke yako.
1811:18 Kut 19:10; 16:7; Mdo 7:39; Za 78:20“Waambie hao watu: ‘Jiwekeni wakfu wenyewe kwa ajili ya kesho, wakati mtakapokula nyama. Bwana aliwasikia mlipolia, mkisema, “Laiti tungekuwa na nyama tule! Tulikuwa na hali nzuri zaidi katika nchi ya Misri!” Sasa Bwana atawapa nyama, nanyi mtaila. 19Hamtaila kwa siku moja tu, au siku mbili, au tano, kumi au siku ishirini, 2011:20 Za 78:29; 106:14-15; Law 26:43; Ay 1:14; 20:13, 23; Yos 24:27; Amu 8:23; 1Sam 10:19; Isa 59:13; Hos 13:11bali kwa mwezi mzima mpaka iwatokee puani, nanyi mtaichukia kabisa, kwa kuwa mmemkataa Bwana, ambaye yupo miongoni mwenu, nanyi mmelia mbele zake, mkisema, “Hivi kwa nini tulitoka Misri?” ’ ”
2111:21 Kut 12:37Lakini Mose alisema, “Mimi niko hapa miongoni mwa watu 600,000 wanaotembea kwa miguu, nawe umesema, ‘Nitawapa nyama ya kula kwa mwezi mzima!’ 2211:22 Mt 15:33; 2Fal 7:2; Mk 6:37Je, wangeweza kupata nyama ya kuwatosha hata kama makundi ya kondoo na ya ngʼombe yangechinjwa kwa ajili yao? Je, wangetosheka hata kama samaki wote wa baharini wangevuliwa kwa ajili yao?”
2311:23 Isa 50:2; 59:1; Hes 23:19; 1Sam 15:29; Eze 12:25; 24:14Bwana akamjibu Mose, “Je, mkono wa Bwana ni mfupi sana? Sasa utaona kama jambo nililolisema litatimizwa kwa ajili yako au la.”
24Kwa hiyo Mose akatoka na kuwaambia watu lile ambalo Bwana alikuwa amesema. Akawakusanya wazee wao sabini, akawasimamisha kuzunguka Hema. 2511:25 Kut 19:9; Hes 12:5; 1Sam 10:6, 10; 19:20, 23; Mdo 2:17; Amu 3:10; Kut 34:5; 40:38; 2Fal 2:15; Yoe 2:29; 1Kor 14:1Kisha Bwana akashuka katika wingu na kunena na Mose, naye akachukua sehemu ya Roho iliyokuwa juu ya Mose na kuiweka juu ya wale wazee sabini. Roho aliposhuka juu yao, wakatoa unabii, lakini hawakufanya hivyo tena.
2611:26 1Nya 12:18; Ufu 1:10; 1Sam 20:26; Yer 36:5Lakini, watu wawili, ambao majina yao ni Eldadi na Medadi, walibaki kambini. Walikuwa wameorodheshwa miongoni mwa wale wazee sabini, lakini hawakutoka kwenda kwenye Hema. Lakini Roho pia alishuka juu yao, nao wakatabiri huko kambini. 27Mwanaume mmoja kijana alikimbia na kumwambia Mose, “Eldadi na Medadi wanatoa unabii kambini.”
2811:28 Kut 17:9; 33:11; Hes 13:8; 26:65; Yos 14:10; Mk 9:38-40; Mdo 26:29; 1Kor 14:5Yoshua mwana wa Nuni, ambaye alikuwa msaidizi wa Mose tangu ujana wake, akajibu akasema, “Mose bwana wangu, wanyamazishe!”
2911:29 1Sam 10:5; 19:20; 2Nya 24:19; Yer 7:25; 44:4; 1Kor 14:5; Hes 27:18Lakini Mose akajibu, “Je, unaona wivu kwa ajili yangu? Ningetamani watu wote wa Bwana wangekuwa manabii na kwamba Bwana angeweka Roho yake juu yao!” 30Ndipo Mose na wale wazee wa Israeli wakarudi kambini.
3111:31 Kut 16:13; Za 78:26-28Kisha ukatokea upepo kutoka kwa Bwana, nao ukawaletea kware kutoka baharini. Ukawaangusha kwenye eneo lote linalozunguka kambi na kujaa ardhini kimo cha mita moja hivi kutoka ardhini kwenye eneo la umbali wa mwendo wa siku moja kila upande. 3211:32 Kut 16:36; Eze 45:11Mchana kutwa na usiku kucha pamoja na siku nzima iliyofuata watu walitoka kwenda kuokota kware. Hakuna mtu yeyote aliyekusanya chini ya homeri kumi.11:32 Homeri 10 ni sawa na kilo 1,000. Kisha wakazianika kuzunguka kambi yote. 3311:33 Za 78:30; 106:15, 29; Hes 14:18; Kum 9:7; Amu 2:12; 2Fal 22:17; Yer 44:3; Eze 8:17; Isa 10:16Lakini walipokuwa wakila nyama, ilipokuwa ingali kati ya meno yao na kabla hawajamaliza kula, hasira ya Bwana ikawaka dhidi ya watu, naye akawapiga kwa tauni. 3411:34 Hes 33:16; Kum 9:22Kwa hiyo mahali hapo pakaitwa Kibroth-Hataava,11:34 Kibroth-Hataava maana yake Makaburi ya wenye tamaa nyingi. kwa sababu huko ndiko walipowazika watu ambao walitamani sana chakula kingine.
3511:35 Hes 33:17; Kum 1:1Kutoka Kibroth-Hataava watu wakasafiri mpaka Haserothi na kukaa huko.
