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Kisha Miriamu na Haruni wakamnenea Musa kwa sababu ya mwanamke Mkushi aliyekuwa amemwoa; maana, alikuwa amemwoa mwanamke Mkushi.
Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
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Wakasema, Je! Ni kweli Bwana amenena na Musa tu? Hakunena na sisi pia? Bwana akasikia maneno yao.
“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.
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Basi huyo mtu, huyo Musa, alikuwa mpole sana zaidi ya wanadamu wote waliokuwa juu ya uso wa nchi.
Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
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Bwana akanena ghafula na Musa, na Haruni na Miriamu, na kuwaambia, Tokeni nje ninyi watatu, mwende hemani mwa kukutania. Basi hao watatu wakatoka nje.
And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,
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Bwana akashuka katika nguzo ya wingu akasimama pale mlangoni pa Hema, akawaita Haruni na Miriamu, nao wakatoka nje wote wawili.
and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,
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Kisha akawaambia,Sikizeni basi maneno yangu;Akiwapo nabii kati yenu,Mimi,Bwana,nitajifunua kwake katika maono,Nitasema naye katika ndoto.
He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
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Sivyo ilivyo kwa mtumishi wangu, Musa; Yeye ni mwaminifu katika nyumba yangu yote;
But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.
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Kwake nitanena mdomo kwa mdomo, Maana, waziwazi wala si kwa mafumbo; Na umbo la Bwana yeye ataliona. Mbona basi ninyi hamkuogopa Kumnenea mtumishi wangu, huyo Musa?
I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
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Hasira za Bwana zikawaka juu yao; naye akaenda zake.
So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed.
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Kisha hilo wingu likaondoka kutoka pale juu ya hema; na tazama, Miriamu akawa mwenye ukoma, mweupe kama theluji; Haruni akamwangalia Miriamu, na tazama, yu mwenye ukoma.
As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,
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Kisha Haruni akamwambia Musa, Ee bwana wangu nakusihi sana usituwekee dhambi juu yetu, kwa kuwa tumefanya ya upumbavu, na kufanya dhambi.
and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
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Nakusihi, asiwe kama mmoja aliyekufa, ambaye nyama ya mwili wake nusu imelika hapo atokapo tumbo la mama yake.
Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
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Musa akamlilia Bwana, akasema, Mpoze, Ee Mungu, nakusihi sana.
So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”
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Bwana akamwambia Musa, Je! Kama baba yake angalimtemea mate usoni tu, hangaliona aibu muda wa siku saba? Na afungwe nje ya kambi muda wa siku saba, kisha baada ya hayo ataletwa ndani tena.
But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
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Basi Miriamu alifungwa nje ya kambi muda wa siku saba; wala watu hawakusafiri hata Miriamu alipoletwa ndani tena.
So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.
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Baada ya hayo watu wakasafiri kutoka Haserothi, wakapanga kambi katika nyika ya Parani.
After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.