Exodus 17
1 And all the congregation of the sons of Israel journey from the wilderness of Sin, on their journeys, by the command of YHWH, and encamp in Rephidim, and there is no water for the people to drink;
Inhlangano yonke yabantwana bakoIsrayeli yasuka enkangala yeSini, ngamalombolombo abo, ngokomlayo weNkosi, bamisa inkamba eRefidimi; kodwa kwakungelamanzi okuthi abantu banathe.
2 and the people strive with Moses, and say, “Give us water, and we drink.” And Moses says to them, “Why do you strive with me? Why do you try YHWH?”
Ngakho abantu bamsola uMozisi bathi: Sinike amanzi, sinathe. UMozisi wasesithi kubo: Lingisolelani? Liyilingelani iNkosi?
3 And the people thirst for water there, and the people murmur against Moses, and say, “Why [is] this [that] you have brought us up out of Egypt to put us to death, also our sons and our livestock, with thirst?”
Abantu basebesomela amanzi lapho, abantu bangunguna kuMozisi bathi: Wasenyuselani eGibhithe ukuze usibulale thina labantwana bethu lezifuyo zethu ngokoma?
4 And Moses cries to YHWH, saying, “What do I do to this people? Yet a little, and they have stoned me.”
UMozisi wasekhala eNkosini esithi: Ngizakwenzani kulababantu? Sekukancane ukuthi bangikhande ngamatshe.
5 And YHWH says to Moses, “Pass over before the people, and take with you from [the] elderly of Israel, and take your rod in your hand, with which you have struck the River, and you have gone.
INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Dlula phambi kwabantu, uthathe kanye lawe kubadala bakoIsrayeli, lentonga yakho owatshaya umfula ngayo, ithathe ngesandla sakho, uhambe.
6 Behold, I am standing before you there on the rock in Horeb, and you have struck on the rock, and waters have come out from it, and the people have drunk.” And Moses does so before the eyes of [the] elderly of Israel,
Khangela, ngizakuma lapho phambi kwakho phezu kwedwala eHorebe; njalo uzatshaya idwala, kuphume-ke kulo amanzi ukuze abantu banathe. UMozisi wasesenza njalo phambi kwamehlo abadala bakoIsrayeli.
7 and he calls the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the strife of the sons of Israel, and because of their trying YHWH, saying, “Is YHWH in our midst or not?”
Wasebiza ibizo lendawo ngokuthi yiMasa lokuthi yiMeriba ngenxa yokusola kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli langenxa yokuyilinga kwabo iNkosi besithi: INkosi iphakathi kwethu yini loba hatshi?
8 And Amalek comes, and fights with Israel in Rephidim,
Kwasekufika uAmaleki, walwa loIsrayeli eRefidimi.
9 and Moses says to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I am standing on the top of the hill, and the rod of God in my hand.”
UMozisi wasesithi kuJoshuwa: Sikhethele amadoda, uphume uyekulwa loAmaleki; kusasa ngizakuma engqongeni yoqaqa, lentonga kaNkulunkulu izakuba sesandleni sami.
10 And Joshua does as Moses has said to him, to fight with Amalek, and Moses, Aaron, and Hur have gone up [to] the top of the height;
UJoshuwa wasesenza njengokutsho kukaMozisi kuye, walwa loAmaleki. OMozisi, uAroni loHuri basebesenyukela engqongeni yoqaqa.
11 and it has come to pass, when Moses lifts up his hand, that Israel has been mighty, and when he lets his hands rest, that Amalek has been mighty.
Kwasekusithi lapho uMozisi ephakamisa isandla sakhe, uIsrayeli waba lamandla; kodwa lapho wehlisa isandla sakhe, uAmaleki waba lamandla.
12 And the hands of Moses [are] heavy, and they take a stone and set [it] under him, and he sits on it, and Aaron and Hur have taken hold on his hands, one on this [side] and one on that [side]; and his hands are steadfast until the going in of the sun;
Kodwa izandla zikaMozisi zaba nzima, ngakho bathatha ilitshe, balibeka ngaphansi kwakhe, ukuthi ahlale kulo. OAroni loHuri basebesekela izandla zakhe, omunye engapha lomunye engale, ukuze izandla zakhe ziqine lize litshone ilanga.
13 and Joshua weakens Amalek and his people by the mouth of the sword.
UJoshuwa wasemchitha uAmaleki labantu bakhe ngobukhali benkemba.
14 And YHWH says to Moses, “Write this, a memorial in a Scroll, and set [it] in the ears of Joshua, that I utterly wipe away the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens”;
INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Bhala lokhu egwalweni kube yisikhumbuzo, ukubeke ezindlebeni zikaJoshuwa ukuthi ngokwesula ngizakwesula ukukhunjulwa kukaAmaleki ngaphansi kwamazulu.
15 and Moses builds an altar, and calls its name YHWH-Nissi,
UMozisi wasesakha ilathi, wabiza ibizo lalo ngokuthi: UJehova-nisi;
16 and says, “Because a hand [is] on the throne of YAH, war [is] to YHWH with Amalek from generation [to] generation.”
wathi: Ngoba isandla sisesihlahleni sobukhosi seNkosi, iNkosi izakuba lempi imelene loAmaleki kusukela kusizukulwana kusiya kusizukulwana.
