Exodo 17
1 Mipanaw ang tibuok katilingban nga mga Israelita gikan sa kamingawan sa Sin, nagsunod sa gisugo ni Yahweh. Nagkampo sila sa Rafidim, apan walay tubig nga mainom sa katawhan.
Obeying what Yahweh commanded, all the Israeli people moved from the Sin Desert. They/We traveled from one place to another. They/We camped at [a place named] Rephidim, but there was no water there for (the people/us) to drink.
2 Busa gibasol sa katawhan si Moises tungod sa ilang kahimtang ug miingon, “Hatagi kami ug tubig aron imnon.” Miingon si Moises, “Nganong makiglalis man kamo kanako? Nganong sulayan man ninyo si Yahweh?”
So the people complained to Moses/me again, saying, “Give us water to drink!” Moses/I replied to them, “Why are you (criticizing/arguing with) me [RHQ]? And why are you trying to determine whether Yahweh [has the power to provide for you]?”
3 Gipang-uhaw ug maayo ang katawhan, ug nagbagulbol sila batok kang Moises. Miingon sila, “Nganong gipagawas mo man kami gikan sa Ehipto? Aron ba nga mangamatay kami ug ang among mga anak ug ang among mga baka sa kauhaw?”
But the people were very thirsty, and they continued to complain to Moses/me. They were saying things like “Why did you bring us out of Egypt?”, and “Did you bring us here to cause us and our children and livestock to die (from thirst/because we had no water to drink) [RHQ]?”
4 Unya mituaw si Moises kang Yahweh, “Unsa man ang angay nakong buhaton niining katawhan? Hapit na nila ako batoa.”
So Moses/I prayed earnestly to Yahweh. He/I said, “(How shall I deal with these people?/I do not know how to deal with these people!) [RHQ] They are almost ready to [kill me by throwing] stones at me!”
5 Miingon si Yahweh kang Moises, “Pag-una sa katawhan, ug paubana kanimo ang pipila sa mga kadagkoan sa Israel. Dad-a ang imong sungkod nga imong gibunal sa tubig, ug lakaw.
Yahweh replied to Moses/me, “Take some of the elders/leaders of the Israeli people with you and [tell the rest of] the people to follow you [to Sinai Mountain]. Take along the stick with which you struck the Nile [River].
6 Motindog ako sa imong atubangan didto sa bato sa Horeb, ug bunalan nimo ang bato. Moawas ang tubig gikan niini aron nga mainom sa katawhan.” Unya gibuhat kini ni Moises sa panan-aw sa mga kadagkoan sa Israel.
Listen carefully: I will stand in front of you on top of a [large] rock at the foot of the mountain. Strike the rock with your stick. [When you do that], water for the people to drink will flow out of the rock.” [When they/we arrived at the mountain], Moses/I did that while the Israeli elders were watching, [and water flowed from the rock].
7 Gitawag niya kana nga dapit nga Massa ug Meriba tungod kay nagbagulbol man ang mga Israelita, ug tungod kay gisulayan man nila ang Ginoo sa pag-ingon, “Uban ba gayod si Yahweh kanato o wala?”
Moses/I gave that place two names [in the Hebrew language: ] Massah, [which means ‘testing’], and Meribah, [which means ‘complaining’]. He/I gave it the name Massah because the Israeli people were testing Yahweh, saying “Is Yahweh really among us [and able to help us], or not?”, and he/I gave it the name Meribah because they were [continually] complaining.
8 Unya miabot ang mga kasundalohan sa Amalek nga katawhan ug gisulong ang Isarel didto sa Refidim.
Then the descendants of the Amalek people-group came and fought against the Israeli people at Rephidim.
9 Busa miingon si Moises ngadto kang Josue, “Pagpili ug pipila ka mga kalalakin-an ug gawas kamo. Pakig-away sa Amalek. Ugma motindog ako didto sa tumoy sa bungtod dala ang sungkod sa Dios.”
Moses/I said to Joshua, [who was one of our army/Israeli leaders], “Choose some men to go out and fight against the Amalek people-group tomorrow. I will stand on the top of the hill, holding the stick that God told me to carry.”
10 Busa nakig-away si Josue kang Amalek sumala sa gisugo ni Moises, samtang mitungas si Moises, si Aaron, ug si Hur paingon sa tumoy sa bungtod.
So Joshua did what Moses/I told him to do. He took some men to fight against the Amalek people-group. [While they were fighting], Aaron, Hur, and Moses/I went up to the top of the hill [so that they/we could see the whole battle area].
11 Samtang giisa ni Moises ang iyang mga kamot, modaog ang mga Israelita; sa dihang ipahulay niya ang iyang mga kamot, magsugod pagdaog ang Amalek.
Whenever Moses/I lifted up his/my arms, the Israeli men started to win [the battle]. And whenever he/I lowered his/my arms, the Amalek people-group started to win.
12 Sa dihang bug-at na ang kamot ni Moises, nagkuha ug bato si Aaron ug si Hur ug gibutang kini ubos kaniya aron iyang lingkoran. Sa samang panahon, gipataas ni Aaron ug ni Hur ang iyang mga kamot, usa ka tawo sa iyang kilid ug ang lain usab sa pikas. Busa nagpabilin nga gipataas ang kamot ni Moises hangtod nga misalop ang adlaw.
But his/my arms became tired. So Aaron and Hur [rolled] a [large] stone for Moses/me to sit on. [While he/I was sitting on it], those two held up his/my arms, [one on one side and the other on the other side]. In that way, they kept his/my arms lifted up, and his/my arms held steady until the sun went down.
13 Busa nabuntog ni Josue ang katawhan sa Amalek pinaagi sa espada.
So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords [to fight against them].
14 Miingon si Yahweh kang Moises, “Isulat kini sa libro ug basaha kini sa igdulongog ni Josue, tungod kay papason ko sa hingpit ang handomanan ni Amalek gikan sa ilalom sa kalangitan.”
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Write an account of this battle, and then read it to Joshua. [Also write that some day] I will completely get rid of the Amalek people-group.”
15 Unya nagtukod si Moises ug halaran ug gitawag niya kini ug, “Si Yahweh ang akong bandira.”
Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
16 Miingon siya, “Kay giisa ang kamot ngadto sa trono ni Yahweh—kay si Yahweh ang makig-away kang Amalek gikan sa kaliwatan ngadto sa kaliwatan.”
He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group (forever/in all future generations)!”
