Eksodo 17
1 Gulu lonse la Aisraeli linachoka ku chipululu cha Sini, ndi kumayenda malo ndi malo monga momwe anawalamulira Yehova. Iwo anamanga misasa yawo ku Refidimu koma kunalibe madzi woti anthu onse ndi kumwa.
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of YHWH, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
2 Kotero iwo anakangana ndi Mose nati, “Tipatse madzi akumwa.” Mose anayankha kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani mukukangana ndi ine? Chifukwa chiyani mukumuyesa Yehova?”
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt YHWH?
3 Koma anthu anali ndi ludzu pamenepo ndipo anangʼungʼudza pamaso pa Mose namufunsa kuti, “Kodi nʼchifukwa chiyani unatitulutsa mʼdziko la Igupto kuti ife, ana athu pamodzi ndi ziweto zathu tife ndi ludzu?”
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
4 Ndipo Mose anapemphera kwa Yehova, “Kodi ndichite chiyani ndi anthu awa? Iwo atsala pangʼono kundigenda ndi miyala.”
And Moses cried unto YHWH, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
5 Yehova anati kwa Mose, “Pita patsogolo pa anthuwo. Tenga ndodo imene unamenyera nyanja ya Nailo pamodzi ndi akuluakulu ena a Israeli ndi kunyamuka.
And YHWH said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
6 Ine ndidzayima patsogolo pako pafupi ndi thanthwe la ku Horebu. Ukamenye thanthwelo, madzi adzatuluka kuti anthu amwe.” Motero Mose anachita zimenezi pamaso pa akuluakulu a Israeli.
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 Ndipo iye anatcha malowo Masa ndi Meriba chifukwa Aisraeli anakangana ndi kuyesa Yehova ponena kuti, “Kodi pakati pathu pali Yehova kapena palibe?”
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted YHWH, saying, Is YHWH among us, or not?
8 Amaleki anabwera ku Refidimu kudzamenyana ndi Aisraeli.
Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 Mose anati kwa Yoswa, “Sankha amuna amphamvu ndipo upite ukamenyane ndi Amaleki. Mawa ndidzayima pamwamba pa phiri nditagwira ndodo ya Mulungu.”
And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of Elohim in mine hand.
10 Ndipo Yoswa anachitadi monga Mose anamulamulira. Iye anapita kukamenyana ndi Aamaleki ndipo Mose, Aaroni ndi Huri anapita pamwamba pa phiri.
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 Mose ankati akakweza manja ake, Aisraeli amapambana, koma akatsitsa manja akewo Amaleki amapambana.
And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 Manja a Mose atatopa, Aaroni ndi Huri anatenga mwala ndi kuyika pansi ndipo Mose anakhalapo. Aaroni ndi Huri anagwirizitsa manja a Mose wina mbali ina winanso mbali ina. Choncho manja a Mose analimba mpaka kulowa kwa dzuwa.
But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
13 Kotero Yoswa anagonjetsa asilikali ankhondo a Amaleki ndi lupanga.
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 Kenaka Yehova anati kwa Mose, “Lemba izi mʼbuku kuti zidzakumbukirike ndipo uwonetsetse kuti Yoswa amve zimenezi, chifukwa Ine ndidzafafaniziratu Amaleki pa dziko lapansi, kotero kuti palibe amene adzawakumbukire.”
And YHWH said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
15 Mose anamanga guwa lansembe ndipo analitcha Yehova Chipambano Changa (Yehova Nisi).
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it YHWH -nissi:
16 Ndipo anati, “Kwezani mbendera ya Yehova. Yehova adzachitabe nkhondo ndi mibado yonse ya Aamaleki.”
For he said, Because YAH hath sworn that YHWH will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
