Izlazak 17
1 Sva izraelska zajednica po Jahvinoj zapovijedi krene dalje iz pustinje Sina. Utabore se kod Refidima. Tu nije bilo vode da narod pije.
All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to the LORD’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
2 Zato narod zapodjene prepirku s Mojsijem. Vikali su: “Daj nam vode da pijemo!” A Mojsije im odgovori: “Zašto se sa mnom prepirete? Zašto kušate Jahvu?”
Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?”
3 Ali je narod žeđao za vodom, pa je mrmljao na Mojsija i govorio: “Zašto si nas iz Egipta izveo? Zar da nas žeđom pomoriš, nas, našu djecu i našu stoku?”
The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”
4 “Što ću s ovim narodom!” - zazivao je Mojsije Jahvu. “Još malo pa će me kamenovati.”
Moses cried to the LORD, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
5 “Istupi pred narod!” - rekne Jahve Mojsiju. “Uzmi sa sobom nekoliko izraelskih starješina; uzmi u ruku štap kojim si udario Rijeku i pođi.
The LORD said to Moses, “Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6 A ja ću stajati pred tobom ondje, na pećini na Horebu. Udari po pećini: iz nje će poteći voda, pa neka se narod napije.” Mojsije učini tako naočigled izraelskih starješina.
Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 Mjesto prozovu Masa i Meriba, zbog toga što su se Izraelci prepirali i kušali Jahvu govoreći: “Je li Jahve među nama ili nije?”
He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us, or not?”
8 Uto dođu Amalečani i zarate s Izraelcima kod Refidima.
Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 A Mojsije reče Jošui: “Odaberi momčad pa pođi i zapodjeni borbu s Amalečanima. Ja ću sutra stati na vrh brda, sa štapom Božjim u ruci.”
Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out to fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.”
10 Jošua učini kako mu je Mojsije rekao te zađe u borbu s Amalečanima, a Mojsije, Aron i Hur uzađoše na vrh brda.
So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 I dok bi Mojsije držao ruke uzdignute, Izraelci bi nadjačavali; a kad bi ruke spustio, nadjačavali bi Amalečani.
When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 Ali Mojsiju ruke napokon klonu. Zato uzeše kamen, staviše ga poda nj i on sjede, dok mu Aron i Hur, jedan s jedne, a drugi s druge strane, držahu ruke, tako da mu izdržaše do sunčanog zalaska.
But Moses’ hands were heavy; so they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.
13 I Jošua oštricom mača svlada Amaleka i njegov narod.
Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 Onda Jahve reče Mojsiju: “Zapiši ovo u knjigu na sjećanje i utuvi u uši Jošui da ću ja spomen na Amalečane sasvim izbrisati pod nebom!”
The LORD said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”
15 Podiže zatim Mojsije žrtvenik i nazva ga: Jahve mi je stijeg!
Moses built an altar, and called its name “The LORD our Banner”.
16 “Jer”, reče, “Jahvin stijeg u ruku! Jahvin je boj protiv Amalečana od naraštaja do naraštaja!”
He said, “The LORD has sworn: ‘The LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”
