Exodus 17
1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their encampments, by the word of the Lord; and they encamped in Raphidin: and there was no water for the people to drink.
Kemudian seluruh umat Israel melanjutkan perjalanan dari padang belantara Sin, lalu berpindah-pindah dari satu tempat ke tempat lain sesuai dengan perintah TUHAN. Mereka tiba di Rafidim dan berkemah di sana, tetapi di tempat itu tidak ada air untuk diminum.
2 And the people reviled Moses, saying, Give us water, that we may drink; and Moses said to them, Why do you revile me, and why tempt you the Lord?
Maka mereka menuntut Musa dengan berkata, “Berikan kami air minum!” Jawab Musa, “Mengapa kalian menuntut saya dan mencobai TUHAN?!”
3 And the people thirsted there for water, and there the people murmured against Moses, saying, Why is this? have you brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
Orang-orang itu kehausan sehingga mereka bersungut-sungut terhadap Musa dan berkata, “Apakah engkau membawa kami keluar dari Mesir supaya kami, anak-anak kami, dan ternak kami mati kehausan?!”
4 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? yet a little while and they will stone me.
Lalu Musa berseru kepada TUHAN, “Apa yang harus aku lakukan untuk menghadapi orang-orang ini? Sebentar lagi mereka akan melempari aku dengan batu!”
5 And the Lord said to Moses, Go before this people, and take to yourself of the elders of the people; and the rod with which you struck the river, take in your hand, and you shall go.
Kata TUHAN kepada Musa, “Berjalanlah mendahului umat itu dan ajaklah bersamamu beberapa tua-tua Israel. Bawalah juga tongkat yang kamu pakai untuk memukul sungai Nil.
6 Behold, I stand there before you [come], on the rock in Choreb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out from it, and the people shall drink. And Moses did so before the sons of Israel.
Aku akan berdiri di depanmu di sana, di atas sebuah batu di gunung Sinai. Pukullah batu itu, dan air akan keluar dari dalamnya sehingga umat bisa minum.” Maka Musa melakukan hal itu di depan mata para tua-tua Israel.
7 And he called the name of that place, Temptation, and Reviling, because of the reviling of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us or not?
Musa menamai tempat itu Masa dan Meriba, karena di sana umat Israel bersungut-sungut dan mencobai TUHAN dengan berkata, “Apakah TUHAN bersama dengan kita atau tidak?”
8 And Amalec came and fought with Israel in Raphidin.
Di Rafidim, orang Amalek datang menyerang umat Israel.
9 And Moses said to Joshua, Choose out for yourself mighty men, and go forth and set the army in array against Amalec to-morrow; and, behold, I [shall] stand on the top of the hill, and the rod of God [will be] in my hand.
Kata Musa kepada Yosua, “Pilihlah beberapa orang dari kita dan keluarlah melawan orang Amalek. Besok saya akan berdiri di puncak bukit dengan membawa tongkat yang sering Allah suruh untuk saya pakai membuat keajaiban.”
10 And Joshua did as Moses said to him, and he went out and set the army in array against Amalec, and Moses and Aaron and Or went up to the top of the hill.
Yosua pun melakukan perintah Musa. Dia berperang melawan orang Amalek, sementara Musa, Harun, dan Hur naik ke puncak bukit.
11 And it came to pass, when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hands, Amalec prevailed.
Selama Musa mengangkat tongkat Allah dengan kedua tangannya, umat Israel lebih kuat. Tetapi kalau dia menurunkan tangannya, orang Amalek lebih kuat.
12 But the hands of Moses were heavy, and they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Or supported his hands one on this side and the other on that, and the hands of Moses were supported till the going down of the sun.
Setelah beberapa waktu, tangan Musa menjadi lelah. Maka Harun dan Hur mengambil sebuah batu untuk Musa duduk, dan mereka menopang kedua tangan Musa, sehingga tangannya tetap terangkat sampai matahari terbenam.
13 And Joshua routed Amalec and all his people with the slaughter of the sword.
Dengan demikian, Yosua mengalahkan pasukan Amalek dalam perang itu.
14 And the Lord said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and speak [this] in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly blot out the memorial of Amalec from under heaven.
Lalu TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, “Tuliskanlah pesan ini dalam sebuah kitab supaya tetap diingat, dan bacakanlah kepada Yosua: Aku akan memusnahkan bangsa Amalek dari muka bumi sampai mereka tidak diingat lagi.”
15 And Moses built an altar to the Lord, and called the name of it, The Lord my Refuge.
Kemudian Musa mendirikan sebuah mezbah dan menamainya “TUHAN, bendera kemenanganku.”
16 For with a secret hand the Lord wages war upon Amalec to all generations.
Kata Musa, “Angkatlah tinggi bendera kemenangan TUHAN! TUHAN akan memerangi bangsa Amalek dari generasi ke generasi!”
