Exodus 17
1 Then all the Israelites left the Desert of Sin, going from place to place as they followed the Lord's commands. They camped at Rephidim, but there wasn't any water for the people to drink.
Jumuiya yote ya Israeli ikaondoka kutoka Jangwa la Sini, ikisafiri kutoka sehemu moja hadi nyingine kama Bwana alivyoagiza. Wakapiga kambi huko Refidimu, lakini hapakuwa na maji ya watu kunywa.
2 Some of them came and complained to Moses, saying, “Give us water to drink!” Moses replied, “Why are you complaining to me?” Moses asked. “Why are you trying to challenge the Lord?”
Kwa hiyo wakagombana na Mose wakisema, “Tupe maji ya kunywa.” Mose akajibu, “Mbona mnagombana nami? Kwa nini mnamjaribu Bwana?”
3 But the people were so thirsty for water there that they went on complaining to Moses, saying, “Why did you have to bring us out of Egypt? Are you trying to kill us and our children and livestock by thirst?”
Lakini watu walikuwa na kiu huko, wakanungʼunika dhidi ya Mose, wakisema, “Kwa nini ulitutoa kule Misri, ukatuleta hapa utuue kwa kiu sisi, watoto wetu na mifugo yetu?”
4 Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I going to do with these people? A bit more of this and they're going to stone me!”
Kisha Mose akamlilia Bwana, akasema, “Niwafanyie nini watu hawa? Sasa wanakaribia kunipiga kwa mawe.”
5 The Lord told Moses, “Go ahead of the people, and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take with you the walking stick you used to hit the Nile, and just go on ahead.
Bwana akamjibu Mose, “Pita mbele ya watu. Wachukue pamoja nawe baadhi ya wazee wa Israeli, ichukue mkononi mwako ile fimbo uliyopiga nayo Mto Naili, nawe uende.
6 Look, I will stand there beside you by the rock at Horeb. When you hit the rock water will pour out for the people to drink.” So Moses did this as the elders of Israel watched.
Huko nitasimama mbele yako karibu na mwamba wa Horebu. Uupige mwamba na maji yatatoka ndani yake kwa ajili ya watu kunywa.” Kwa hiyo Mose akafanya haya mbele ya wazee wa Israeli.
7 He called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites argued there, and because they challenged the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord with us, or not?”
Naye akapaita mahali pale Masa, na Meriba kwa sababu Waisraeli waligombana na kumjaribu Bwana wakisema, “Je, Bwana yu pamoja nasi au la?”
8 Then some Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
Waamaleki wakaja na kuwashambulia Waisraeli huko Refidimu.
9 Moses told Joshua, “Choose some of men and go out and fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I'll stand on the top of this hill holding the walking stick of God.”
Mose akamwambia Yoshua, “Chagua baadhi ya watu wetu na uende kupigana na Waamaleki. Kesho nitasimama juu ya kilima nikiwa na fimbo ya Mungu mkononi mwangu.”
10 Joshua did what Moses told him and fought the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur climbed to the top of the hill.
Kwa hiyo Yoshua akapigana na Waamaleki kama Mose alivyomwagiza, nao Mose, Aroni na Huri wakapanda juu ya kilima.
11 As long as Moses held up the walking stick his hands, the Israelites were the ones winning, but when he lowered them, it was the Amalekites.
Ikawa wakati wote Mose alipokuwa amenyanyua mikono yake, Waisraeli walikuwa wakishinda, lakini kila aliposhusha mikono yake Waamaleki walishinda.
12 So when Moses' hands became heavy, the others took a stone and put it under him for him to sit on. Aaron and Hur stood on each side of Moses and held his hands up. In this way his hands were kept firmly up until the sun went down.
Mikono ya Mose ilipochoka, wakachukua jiwe na kumpa alikalie. Aroni na Huri wakaishikilia juu mikono ya Mose, mmoja upande huu na mwingine upande huu. Wakaitegemeza mikono yake ikabaki thabiti mpaka jua lilipozama.
13 As a result Joshua defeated the Amalekite army.
Kwa hiyo Yoshua akalishinda jeshi la Waamaleki kwa upanga.
14 The Lord told Moses, “Write all this down on a scroll as a reminder and read it out loud to Joshua, because I'm going to completely wipe out the Amalekites so nobody on earth will remember them.”
Kisha Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Andika mambo haya katika kitabu ili yakumbukwe, na uhakikishe kwamba Yoshua amesikia, kwa sababu nitafuta kabisa kumbukumbu la Amaleki chini ya mbingu.”
15 Moses built an altar and called it “the Lord is my banner of victory.”
Mose akajenga madhabahu na kuiita Yehova Nisi.
16 “Hold up the victory banner of the Lord!” Moses declared. “The Lord will go on fighting the Amalekites for all generations!”
Mose akasema, “Kwa maana mikono iliinuliwa mpaka kwenye kiti cha enzi cha Bwana. Bwana atakuwa na vita dhidi ya Waamaleki kutoka kizazi hata kizazi.”
