خرُوج 18
| وَسَمِعَ يَثْرُونُ كَاهِنُ مِدْيَانَ وَحَمُو مُوسَى بِجَمِيعِ مَا أَجْرَاهُ اللهُ لِمُوسَى وَلإِسْرَائِيلَ شَعْبِهِ، وَكَيْفَ أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ، | ١ 1 |
Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
| فَأَخَذَ يَثْرُونُ حَمُو مُوسَى صَفُّورَةَ زَوْجَةَ مُوسَى الَّتِي كَانَ قَدْ أَرْجَعَهَا إِلَى أَبِيهَا | ٢ 2 |
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
| وَابْنَيْهَا اللَّذَيْنِ يُدْعَى أَحَدُهُمَا جِرْشُومَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: غَرِيبٌ) لأَنَّ (مُوسَى) قَالَ: «كُنْتُ نَزِيلاً فِي أَرْضٍ غَرِيبَةٍ». | ٣ 3 |
and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.
| وَاسْمُ الثَّانِي أَلِيعَازَرُ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: إِلَهِي عَوْنٌ لِي) لأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «إِلَهُ أَبِي كَانَ عَوْنِي، فَأَنْقَذَنِي مِنْ سَيْفِ فِرْعَوْنَ». | ٤ 4 |
The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
| وَقَدِمَ يَثْرُونُ حَمُو مُوسَى وَمَعَهُ ابْنَا مُوسَى وَزَوْجَتُهُ إِلَى مُوسَى فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ حَيْثُ كَانَ مُجْتَمِعاً عِنْدَ جَبَلِ اللهِ. | ٥ 5 |
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.
| فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى مُوسَى قَائِلاً: «أَنَا حَمُوكَ يَثْرُونُ قَادِمٌ إِلَيْكَ وَمَعِي زَوْجَتُكَ وَابْنَاهَا». | ٦ 6 |
He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”
| فَخَفَّ مُوسَى لاِسْتِقْبَالِ حَمِيهِ، وَانْحَنَى لَهُ احْتِرَاماً وَقَبَّلَهُ. وَسَأَلَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمَا الآخَرَ عَنْ أَحْوَالِهِ، ثُمَّ دَخَلا إِلَى الْخَيْمَةِ. | ٧ 7 |
Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.
| وَسَرَدَ مُوسَى عَلَى حَمِيهِ كُلَّ مَا أَجْرَاهُ الرَّبُّ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَالْمِصْرِيِّينَ لإِنْقَاذِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَمَا تَعَرَّضُوا لَهُ مِنْ مَشَقَّةٍ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَكَيْفَ أَنْقَذَهُمُ الرَّبُّ مِنْهَا. | ٨ 8 |
Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
| فَاغْتَبَطَ يَثْرُونُ بِجَمِيعِ مَا صَنَعَهُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ إِحْسَانٍ إِلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، إذْ أَنْقَذَهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ. | ٩ 9 |
Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.
| وَقَالَ يَثْرُونُ: «مُبَارَكٌ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْ يَدِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَمِنْ يَدِ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَحَرَّرَ الشَّعْبَ مِنْ نِيرِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Jethro said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
| الآنَ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الآلِهَةِ، لأَنَّهُ عَامَلَهُمْ بِمِثْلِ مَا بَغَوْا بِهِ». | ١١ 11 |
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”
| وَقَدَّمَ يَثْرُونُ حَمُو مُوسَى مُحْرَقَةً وَذَبَائِحَ لِلهِ. وَجَاءَ هَرُونُ وَجَمِيعُ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَأْكُلُوا طَعَاماً مَعَ حَمِي مُوسَى فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.
| وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ جَلَسَ مُوسَى لِيَقْضِيَ لِلشَّعْبِ، وَظَلَّ الشَّعْبُ وَاقِفاً لَدَى مُوسَى مِنَ الصَّبَاحِ إِلَى المَسَاءِ. | ١٣ 13 |
On the next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.
| فَلَمَّا رَأَى حَمُو مُوسَى جَمِيعَ مَا يَقُومُ بِهِ لِلشَّعْبِ قَالَ لَهُ: «مَا هَذَا الَّذِي تَصْنَعُهُ لِلشَّعْبِ؟ وَلِمَاذَا تَجْلِسُ وَحْدَك لِلْقَضَاءِ، بِيْنَمَا يَظَلُّ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ وَاقِفاً لَدَيْكَ مِنَ الصَّبَاحِ إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ؟» | ١٤ 14 |
When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, “What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?”
| فَأَجَابَ مُوسَى: «لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ يُقْبِلُ إِلَيَّ لِيَسْتَطْلِعَ إرَادَةَ اللهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to enquire of God.
| فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُمْ دَعْوَى يَلْجَأُونَ إِلَيَّ فَأَقْضِي بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَالآخَرِ، وَأُطْلِعُهُمْ عَلَى فَرَائِضِ اللهِ وَشَرَائِعِهِ». | ١٦ 16 |
When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbour, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.”
| فَقَالَ حَمُو مُوسَى: «إِنَّ مَا تَفْعَلُهُ لَيْسَ بِالأَمْرِ الصَّائِبِ، | ١٧ 17 |
Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good.
| إذْ لابُدَّ لِلْكَلَلِ أَنْ يَعْتَرِيَكَ أَنْتَ وَكُلَّ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي مَعَكَ، لأَنَّ الأَمْرَ فَوْقَ طَاقَتِكَ، وَلا يُمْكِنُكَ أَنْ تَتَوَلاهُ وَحْدَكَ. | ١٨ 18 |
You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.
| فَأَصْغِ إِلَى صَوْتِي لأُسْدِيَ لَكَ نَصِيحَةً، وَلْيَكُنِ اللهُ مَعَكَ. فَلْتَكُنْ أَنْتَ مُمَثِّلَ الشَّعْبِ أَمَامَ اللهِ، فَتَرْفَعَ إِلَيْهِ دَعَاوَاهُمْ. | ١٩ 19 |
Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.
| وَعَلِّمْهُمُ الْفَرَائِضَ وَالشَّرَائِعَ، وَأَعْلِنْ لَهُمُ الطَّرِيقَ الَّذِي يَسْلُكُونَهُ، وَمَا يَسْتَوْجِبُ عَلَيْهِمِ الْقِيَامُ بِهِ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ. | ٢٠ 20 |
You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.
| وَلَكِنِ اخْتَرْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الشَّعْبِ رِجَالاً مُقْتَدِرِينَ خَائِفِينَ اللهَ أُمَنَاءَ يُبْغِضُونَ الرِّشْوَةَ، تُقِيمُهُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ رُؤَسَاءَ لِفِئَاتِ الأُلُوفِ وَالْمِئَاتِ وَالْخَمَاسِينَ وَالْعَشَرَاتِ. | ٢١ 21 |
Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
| فَيَقْضُونَ لِلشَّعْبِ فِي الدَعَاوَى الصَّغِيرَةِ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ. أَمَّا الْقَضَايَا الْمُسْتَعْصِيَةُ فَيَرْفَعُونَهَا إِلَيْكَ، فَيُخَفِّفُ ذَلِكَ عَنْكَ، إذْ يُشَارِكُونَكَ فِي حَمْلِ الْعِبْءِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.
| فَإِنْ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا وَأَوْصَاكَ اللهُ بِهِ، أَمْكَنَكَ الْقِيَامُ بِمَسْؤولِيَّاتِكَ، وَيَمْضِي جَمِيعُ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ بِسَلامٍ». | ٢٣ 23 |
If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace.”
| فَاسْتَمَعَ مُوسَى إِلَى نِصيحَةِ حَمِيهِ، وَنَفَّذَ كُلَّ مَا قَالَهُ لَهُ، | ٢٤ 24 |
So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
| وَاخْتَارَ مُوسَى مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ رِجَالاً مُقْتَدِرِينَ، وَأَقَامَهُمْ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ، رُؤَسَاءَ أُلُوفٍ وَمِئَاتٍ وَخَمَاسِينَ وَعَشَرَاتٍ. | ٢٥ 25 |
Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
| فَكَانُوا يَقْضُونَ لِلشَّعْبِ فِي كُلِّ الدَعَاوَى الصَّغِيرَةِ. أَمَّا الْقَضَايَا الُمُسْتَعْصِيَةُ فَكَانُوا يَرْفَعُونَهَا إِلَى مُوسَى. | ٢٦ 26 |
They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
| ثُمَّ شَيَّعَ مُوسَى حَمَاهُ، فَرَجَعَ هَذَا إِلَى أَرْضِهِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.
