Exodus 17
1 Then all the multitude of the children of Israel setting forward from the desert of Sin, by their mansions, according to the word of the Lord, encamped in Raphidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
| وَتَنَقَّلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى مَرَاحِلَ، مِنْ صَحْرَاءِ سِينَ بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ إِلَى أَنْ خَيَّمُوا فِي رَفِيدِيمَ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَجِدُوا مَاءً لِلشُّرْبِ. | ١ |
2 And they chode with Moses, and said: Give us water, that we may drink. And Moses answered them: Why chide you with me? Wherefore do you tempt the Lord?
| فَتَخَاصَمَ الشَّعْبُ مَعَ مُوسَى قَائِلِينَ: «أَعْطُونَا مَاءً لِنَشْرَبَ». فَأَجَابَ مُوسَى: «لِمَاذَا تُخَاصِمُونَنِي؟ وَلِمَاذَا تَجَرِّبُونَ الرَّبَّ؟» | ٢ |
3 So the people were thirsty there for want of water, and murmured against Moses, saying: Why didst thou make us go forth out of Egypt, to kill us and our children, and our beasts with thirst?
| وَلَكِنَّ الشَّعْبَ كَانَ مُتَعَطِّشاً إِلَى الْمَاءِ، فَتَذَمَّرُوا عَلَى مُوسَى وَقَالُوا: «لِمَاذَا أَخْرَجْتَنَا مِنْ مِصْرَ لِتُمِيتَنَا وَأَوْلادَنَا وَمَوَاشِينَا عَطَشاً؟» | ٣ |
4 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying: What shall I do to this people? Yet a little more and they will stone me.
| فَصَرَخَ مُوسَى إِلَى الرَّبِّ: «مَاذَا أَصْنَعُ بِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ؟ إِنَّهُمْ يَكَادُونَ يَرْجُمُونَنِي» | ٤ |
5 And the Lord said to Moses: God before the people, and take with thee of the ancients of Israel: and take in thy hand the rod wherewith thou didst strike the river, and go.
| فَأَجَابَهُ الرَّبُّ: «تَقَدَّمِ الشَّعْبَ وَخُذْ مَعَكَ بَعْضَ شُيُوخِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ عَصَاكَ أَيْضاً الَّتِي ضَرَبْتَ بِها النَّهْرَ، | ٥ |
6 Behold I will stand there before thee, upon the rock Horeb: and thou shalt strike the rock, and water shall come out of it that the people may drink. Moses did so before the ancients of Israel:
| فَهَا أَنَا أَقِفُ هُنَاكَ أَمَامَكَ عَلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فِي حُورِيبَ. اضْرِبِ الصَّخْرَةَ فَيَنْفَجِرَ مِنْهَا الْمَاءُ لِيَشْرَبَ الشَّعْبُ». وَهَكَذَا فَعَلَ مُوسَى أَمَامَ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٦ |
7 And he called the name of that place Temptation, because the chiding of the children of Israel, and for that they tempted the Lord, saying: Is the Lord amongst us or not?
| وَدَعَا اسْمَ الْمَوْضِعِ مَسَّةَ وَمَرِيبَةَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ الامْتِحَانُ وَالمُخَاصَمَةُ) نَتِيجَةً لِتَخَاصُمِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَامْتِحَانِهِمْ لِلرَّبِّ قَائِلِينَ: «هَلِ الرَّبُّ فِي وَسْطِنَا أَمْ لا؟» | ٧ |
8 And Amalec came, and fought against Israel in Raphidim.
| وَخَرَجَ الْعَمَالِقَةُ وَحَارَبُوا إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي رَفِيدِيمَ. | ٨ |
9 And Moses said to Josue: Choose out men: and go out and fight against Amalec: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill having the rod of God in my hand.
| فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِيَشُوعَ: «انْتَخِبْ بَعْضَ رِجَالِنَا وَامْضِ لِمُحَارَبَةِ عَمَالِيقَ. وَهَا أَنَا أَقِفُ غَداً عَلَى قِمَّةِ التَّلِّ وَعَصَا اللهِ فِي يَدِي». | ٩ |
10 Josue did as Moses had spoken, and he fought against Amalec; but Moses, and Aaron, and Hur went up upon the top of the hill.
| فَحَارَبَ يَشُوعُ الْعَمَالِقَةَ كَمَا أَمَرَ مُوسَى. وَصَعِدَ مُوسَى وَهَرُونُ وَحُورُ عَلَى قِمَّةِ التَّلَّةِ. | ١٠ |
11 And when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel overcame: but if he let them down a little, Amalec overcame.
| فَطَالَمَا كَانَ مُوسَى رَافِعاً يَدَهُ، يَغْلِبُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَإذَا خَفَضَهَا يَفُوزُ الْعَمَالِقَةُ. | ١١ |
12 And Moses’ hands were heavy: so they took a stone, and put under him, and he sat on it: and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands on both sides. And it came to pass that his hands were not weary until sunset.
| وَعِنْدَمَا دَبَّ التَّعَبُ فِي يَدَيْ مُوسَى أَخَذَ هَرُونُ وَحُورُ حَجَراً وَوَضَعَاهُ تَحْتَهُ، فَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَسْنَدَ هَرُونُ وَحُورُ يَدَيْهِ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِنْ جَانِبٍ. وَهَكَذَا بَقِيَتْ يَدَاهُ مَرْفُوعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى مَغْرِبِ الشَّمْسِ. | ١٢ |
13 And Josue put Amalec and his people to flight, by the edge of the sword.
| فَهَزَمَ يَشُوعُ الْعَمَالِقَةَ وَجَيْشَهُمْ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ. | ١٣ |
14 And the Lord said to Moses: Write this for a memorial in a book, and deliver it to the ears of Josue: for I will destroy the memory of Amalec from under heaven.
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «دَوِّنْ هَذَا فِي الْكِتَابِ لِلتَّذْكَارِ، وَاتْلُهُ عَلَى يَشُوعَ، لأَنَّنِي سَأَمْحُو ذِكْرَ الْعَمَالِقَةِ مِنْ تَحْتِ السَّمَاءِ». | ١٤ |
15 And Moses built an altar: and called the name thereof, The Lord my exaltation, saying:
| وَشَيَّدَ مُوسَى مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ دَعَاهُ «يَهْوَهْ نِسِّي» (وَمَعْنَاهُ: الرَّبُّ رَايَتِي أَوْ عَلَمِي)، | ١٥ |
16 Because the hand of the throne of the Lord, and the war of the Lord shall be against Amalec, from generation to generation.
| قَائِلاً: «لأَنَّ يَداً ارْتَفَعَتْ ضِدَّ عَرْشِ الرَّبِّ، فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيُحَارِبُ الْعَمَالِقَةَ جِيلاً بَعْدَ جِيلٍ». | ١٦ |
