Exodus 18
1 And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, hears all that God has done for Moses and for His people Israel, that YHWH has brought out Israel from Egypt,
Ko je Jitro, midjánski duhovnik, Mojzesov tast, slišal o vsem, kar je Bog storil za Mojzesa in za svoje ljudstvo Izraela in da je Gospod Izraela privedel iz Egipta,
2 and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, takes Zipporah, wife of Moses, after her parting,
je potem Mojzesov tast Jitro vzel Mojzesovo ženo Cipóro, potem ko jo je ta poslal nazaj
3 and her two sons, of whom the name of one [is] Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a strange land”;
in njena dva sinova, od katerih je bilo enemu ime Geršóm; kajti rekel je: »Neznanec sem bil v tuji deželi, «
4 and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, “The God of my father [is] for my help, and He delivers me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
ime drugega pa je bilo Eliézer; kajti: »Bog mojega očeta, « je rekel, »je bil moja pomoč in me osvobodil pred faraonovim mečem.«
5 And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, comes, and his sons, and his wife, to Moses, to the wilderness where he is encamping—the mountain of God;
Mojzesov tast Jitro je prišel, z njegovima sinovoma in njegovo ženo, k Mojzesu v divjino, kjer je bil utaborjen pri gori Boga
6 and he says to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, and your wife, and her two sons with her.”
in Mojzesu je rekel: »Jaz, tvoj tast Jitro, sem prišel k tebi in tvoja žena in njena dva sinova z njo.«
7 And Moses goes out to meet his father-in-law, and bows himself, and kisses him, and they ask of one another of welfare, and come into the tent;
Mojzes je odšel ven, da sreča svojega tasta in se globoko priklonil ter ga poljubil. Drug drugega sta vprašala o njuni blaginji in prišla v šotor.
8 and Moses recounts to his father-in-law all that YHWH has done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians, on account of Israel, all the travail which has found them in the way, and [how] YHWH delivers them.
Mojzes je svojemu tastu povedal vse, kar je zaradi Izraela Gospod storil faraonu in Egipčanom in vse muke, ki so prišle nadnje na poti in kako jih je Gospod osvobodil.
9 And Jethro rejoices for all the good which YHWH has done to Israel, whom He has delivered from the hand of the Egyptians;
Jitro se je razveselil zaradi vse dobrote, ki jo je Gospod storil Izraelu, ki ga je osvobodil iz roke Egipčanov.
10 and Jethro says, “Blessed [is] YHWH, who has delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of Pharaoh—who has delivered this people from under the hand of the Egyptians;
Jitro je rekel: »Blagoslovljen bodi Gospod, ki vas je osvobodil iz roke Egipčanov in iz roke faraona, ki je ljudstvo osvobodil izpod roke Egipčanov.
11 now I have known that YHWH [is] greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly—[He is] above them!”
Sedaj vem, da je Gospod večji od vseh bogov, kajti v stvari, v kateri so oni ponosno postopali, je bil on nad njimi.«
12 And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, takes a burnt-offering and sacrifices [it] for God; and Aaron comes in, and all [the] elderly of Israel, to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses, before God.
Mojzesov tast Jitro, je vzel žgalno daritev, klavne daritve za Boga in prišel je Aron ter vse Izraelove starešine, da z Mojzesovim tastom jedo kruh pred Bogom.
13 And it comes to pass on the next day, that Moses sits to judge the people, and the people stand before Moses from the morning to the evening;
In pripetilo se je naslednji dan, da se je Mojzes usedel, da sodi ljudstvu in ljudstvo je stalo pri Mojzesu od jutra do večera.
14 and the father-in-law of Moses sees all that he is doing for the people and says, “What [is] this thing which you are doing for the people? Why are you sitting by yourself, and all the people standing by you from morning until evening?”
Ko je Mojzesov tast videl vse to, kar je počel ljudstvu, je rekel: »Kaj je ta stvar, ki jo počneš ljudstvu? Zakaj ti sam sediš, vse ljudstvo pa stoji pri tebi od jutra do večera?«
15 And Moses says to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to seek God;
Mojzes je svojemu tastu rekel: »Ker ljudstvo prihaja k meni, da povprašuje od Boga.
16 when they have a matter, it has come to me, and I have judged between a man and his neighbor, and made known the statutes of God, and His laws.”
Kadar imajo zadevo, pridejo k meni in jaz sodim med enim in drugim in jaz jim dam spoznavati zakone Boga in njegove postave.«
17 And the father-in-law of Moses says to him, “The thing which you are doing [is] not good;
Mojzesov tast pa mu je rekel: »Stvar, ki jo počneš, ni dobra.
18 you surely wear away, both you, and this people which [is] with you, for the thing is too heavy for you, you are not able to do it by yourself.
Zagotovo se boš izčrpal, tako ti in to ljudstvo, ki je s teboj, kajti ta stvar je zate pretežka; ti tega nisi zmožen opravljati sam.
19 Now listen to my voice, I counsel you, and God is with you: be for the people before God, and you have brought in the things to God;
Prisluhni torej mojemu glasu, dal ti bom nasvet in Bog bo s teboj: ›Ti bodi za ljudstvo usmerjen k Bogu, da boš zadeve lahko prinašal k Bogu.
20 and you have warned them [concerning] the statutes and the laws, and have made known to them the way in which they go, and the work which they do.
Učil jih boš odredbe in postave in kazal jim boš pot, po kateri morajo hoditi in delo, ki ga morajo opraviti.
21 And you provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and have placed [these] over them [for] heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,
Poleg tega boš izmed vsega ljudstva priskrbel sposobne može, takšne, ki se bojijo Boga, može resnice, ki sovražijo pohlepnost. Nad njimi postavi takšne, da bodo vodje nad tisočimi in vodje nad stotimi, vodje nad petdesetimi in vodje nad desetimi.
22 and they have judged the people at all times; and it has come to pass, they bring every great matter to you, and they judge every small matter themselves; and lighten it from off yourself, and they have borne with you.
Ti naj sodijo ljudstvu v vseh obdobjih in zgodilo se bo, da se bo vsaka velika zadeva prinesla predte, toda vsako majhno zadevo bodo sodili oni. Tako bo zate lažje, oni pa bodo breme nosili s teboj.
23 If you do this thing, and God has commanded you, then you have been able to stand, and all this people also goes to its place in peace.”
Če boš storil to stvar in ti Bog tako zapove, potem boš zmožen vzdržati in tudi vse to ljudstvo bo v miru hodilo k svojemu kraju.‹«
24 And Moses listens to the voice of his father-in-law, and does all that he said,
Tako je Mojzes prisluhnil glasu svojega tasta in storil vse, kar je ta rekel.
25 and Moses chooses men of ability out of all Israel, and makes them chiefs over the people [for] heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,
Mojzes je izbral sposobne može iz vsega Izraela in jih naredil poglavarje nad ljudstvom, vodje nad tisočimi, vodje nad stotimi, vodje nad petdesetimi in vodje nad desetimi.
26 and they have judged the people at all times; they bring the hard matter to Moses, and they judge every small matter themselves.
Sodili so ljudstvu v vseh obdobjih. Težje stvari so prinašali k Mojzesu, toda vsako majhno zadevo so sodili sami.
27 And Moses sends his father-in-law away, and he goes away to his own land.
In Mojzes je pustil svojemu tastu oditi in ta je odšel svojo pot v svojo lastno deželo.
