Exodus 16
1 They/We left Elim, and all the Israeli people came to the desert [named] Sin. That is between Elim and Sinai [Mountain]. That was on the fifteenth day of the second month after they/we left Egypt.
Toda la comunidad israelita dejó Elim y se fue al desierto de pecado, entre Elim y Sinaí. Esto fue el día quince del segundo mes después de que dejaran la tierra de Egipto.
2 There in the desert, the Israeli [HYP] people complained to Aaron and Moses/me.
Allí, en el desierto, se quejaron a Moisés y a Aarón.
3 They said to them/us, “We wish that Yahweh had killed us in Egypt! There we had meat to eat, and all the bread that we wanted. But you have brought us into this desert in order that we will all starve to death!”
“¡El Señor debería habernos matado en Egipto!” les dijeron los israelitas. “Al menos allí podíamos sentarnos junto a ollas de carne y comer pan hasta que estuviéramos llenos. ¡Pero tenías que traernos a todos aquí en el desierto para matarnos de hambre!”
4 Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Listen to what I am going [to do]. I am going to send something from the sky that will [take the place of] bread for all of you. When I do that, the people must go out of their tents every day and gather just enough to eat on that day. [When I do that], I will find out whether they will obey my instructions or not.
El Señor le dijo a Moisés: “Ahora haré llover pan del cielo para ustedes. Cada día la gente debe salir y recoger lo suficiente para ese día. Voy a ponerlos a prueba con esto para saber si seguirán mis instrucciones o no.
5 On the sixth day [after I start doing that], they will be able to gather twice as much as on the other days, [and not have to gather any on the seventh day]. Then they can prepare it [to eat it on the 6th and 7th days].”
El sexto día deben recoger el doble de lo habitual y prepararlo”.
6 So Aaron and Moses/I said to all the Israeli people, “This evening you will know that it was Yahweh, [not we], who brought you out of Egypt.
Entonces Moisés y Aarón explicaron a todos los israelitas: “Esta tarde tendrán la prueba de que el Señor fue quien los sacó de Egipto
7 And tomorrow morning you will see how great Yahweh is, because he has heard what you have complained about. He is the one whom you have really complained to, because we are just his servants.” [RHQ]
y por la mañana verán la gloria del Señor desplegada al responder a las quejas que los ha oído hacer contra él. ¿Por qué debería quejarse con nosotros? ¡No somos nadie!”
8 Then Moses/I also said, “[From now on, each] evening Yahweh will give you meat to eat, and [each] morning he will give you [something that will take the place of] bread, because he has heard what you have complained about. Yahweh is the one to whom you have really complained, not us. We are just his servants.” [RHQ]
Entonces Moisés continuó: “El Señor les dará esta tarde carne para comer y por la mañana todo el pan que quieran, porque ha oído sus quejas contra él. ¿Por qué se queja ante nosotros, nadie? Tus quejas no están dirigidas contra nosotros, sino contra el Señor”.
9 Then Moses/I said to Aaron, “Tell all the Israeli people, ‘Come and stand here in the presence of Yahweh, because he has heard what you have been complaining about.’”
Entonces Moisés dijo a Aarón: “Dile a toda la comunidad israelita: ‘Preséntense ante el Señor, porque ha oído sus quejas’”.
10 So Aaron told them that. And as Aaron was talking to all the Israeli people, they looked toward the desert, and were surprised to see the (dazzling light/incredible brightness) of Yahweh in the cloud [that had been leading them].
Mientras Aarón aún hablaba a todos los israelitas, miraron hacia el desierto y vieron aparecer la gloria del Señor en una nube.
11 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Entonces el Señor le dijo a Moisés:
12 “I have heard what the Israeli people have been complaining about. So say to them, ‘From now on, each evening, you will have meat to eat. And each morning you will have something that will take the place of bread. You will have all you want of it to eat.’ Then you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
“He oído las quejas de los israelitas. Diles: ‘Por la tarde comerás carne, y por la mañana tendrás todo el pan que quieras’. Entonces sabrán que yo soy el Señor su Dios”.
13 That evening, (quails/small plump birds) appeared, and [there were so many that] they covered the campsite. The next morning there was [something like] dew all around the campsite.
Esa noche las codornices volaron y aterrizaron, llenando el campamento. Por la mañana, el rocío cubrió el suelo alrededor del campamento.
14 When the dew evaporated, on the surface of the desert there was a thick layer of something that looked like white flakes. It looked like frost.
Una vez que el rocío se había ido, había una capa delgada y escamosa en el desierto, que parecía cristales de escarcha en el suelo.
15 When the Israeli people saw it, since they [had never seen it before and] did not know what it was, they said to each other, “What is it?” Moses/I replied to them, “It is something Yahweh has given you to eat, to take the place of bread.
Cuando los israelitas lo vieron, se preguntaron “¿Qué es?” porque no tenían ni idea de lo que era. Así que Moisés les explicó, “Es el pan que el Señor ha provisto para que coman.
16 This is what Yahweh has commanded: ‘Each of you should gather as much as you need to eat. Gather two quarts/liters for each person who lives in your tents.’”
Esto es lo que el Señor les ha ordenado hacer: ‘Todos ustedes recogerán lacantidad que les sea necesaria. Tomen un gómer por cada persona en su tienda’”.
17 So that is what the Israeli people did. Some gathered more and some gathered less.
Los israelitas hicieron lo que se les dijo. Algunos recolectaron más, mientras que otros recolectaron menos.
18 But when they measured [what they had gathered], those that had gathered a lot did not have anything left over. And those that gathered less still had enough to eat. Each person gathered just what they needed.
Pero cuando lo midieron en gomeres, a los que habían recogido mucho no les sobraba nada, mientras que a los que sólo habían recogido un poco les sobraba. Cada persona recolectó tanto como necesitaba para comer.
19 Moses/I said to them, “Do not leave any of it to eat tomorrow morning!”
Entonces Moisés les dijo: “Nadie debe dejar nada para mañana”.
20 But some of them did not pay any attention to what Moses/I said. They kept some of it until the next morning. But it was full of maggots and smelled rotten. And that made Moses/me angry.
Pero algunos no escucharon a Moisés. Dejaron un poco para el día siguiente, y estaba lleno de gusanos y olía mal. Y Moisés se enfadó con ellos.
21 Each morning they gathered as much as they needed. But [later], when the sun got hot, [what was left on the ground] melted.
Así que cada mañana todos recogían todo lo que necesitaban, y cuando el sol se calentaba, se desvanecía.
22 On the sixth day after they started gathering it, each person was able to gather four quarts/liters, which was twice [as much as they gathered on the other days]. When the leaders of the people came to Moses/me and told him/me [about that],
Sin embargo, en el sexto día, recogieron el doble de esta comida, dos gomeres por cada persona. Todos los líderes israelitas vinieron y le dijeron a Moisés lo que habían hecho.
23 Moses/I said to them, “This is what Yahweh has commanded: ‘Tomorrow will be a day for you to rest completely. It will be a day dedicated to Yahweh. So today, bake or boil what you will [need for today and for tomorrow]. Whatever is left [this evening], you should put aside and keep it [to eat] tomorrow.’”
Moisés respondió: “Estas son las instrucciones del Señor: ‘Mañana es un día especial de descanso, un sábado santo para honrar al Señor. Así que horneen lo que quieran, y hiervan lo que quieran. Luego aparten lo que quede y guárdenlo hasta la mañana’”.
24 So they did what Moses/I commanded. What was left over, they kept until the next day. It did not spoil and did not get maggots in it!
Así que lo guardaron hasta la mañana como Moisés había ordenado, y no olía mal ni tenía gusanos.
25 [On that day], Moses/I said, “Eat today [what you have saved from yesterday], because today is a day dedicated to Yahweh. Today you will not find any of that food outside.
Moisés les dijo: “Coman hoy, porque hoy es un sábado para honrar al Señor. Hoy no encontrarán nada ahí fuera.
26 [Every week], you must gather it for six days; but on the seventh day, which will be a day of rest, you will not find any.”
Pueden salir a recolectar durante seis días, pero el séptimo día, el sábado, no habrá nada que puedan recolectar”.
27 On the seventh day, some of the people went outside their tents to gather some of that food, but there was none.
Aún así, el séptimo día algunas personas todavía salieron a recolectar, pero no encontraron nada.
28 Then Yahweh [told Moses/me to say this to] the people: “How long will you people refuse to do all the things that I tell you?
El Señor le dijo a Moisés: “¿Cuánto tiempo te negarás a obedecer mis órdenes e instrucciones?
29 Listen! Yahweh has given you a day of rest. So on the sixth day [of each week], he will be giving you enough of this food for two days. Each of you should stay in his tent [and do no work] on the seventh day!”
Debes entender que el Señor te ha dado el sábado, así que el sexto día te dará comida para dos días. El séptimo día, todos tienen que quedarse donde están, y nadie tiene que salir”
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
Así que el pueblo no hizo ningún trabajo en el séptimo día.
31 The Israeli people called this food manna, [which sounds like the words in their language that mean ‘what is it]?’ It looked like small seeds [called] coriander, but it was white, and it tasted like thin wafers/biscuits made with honey.
Los israelitas llamaron a esta comida maná. Era blanca como la semilla de cilantro y sabía a obleas con miel.
32 Moses/I said, “This is what Yahweh has commanded: ‘You must keep two quarts/liters of it for all future generations, so that they can see the [food that took the place of] bread that I gave to your [ancestors] when I brought them out of Egypt.’”
Moisés dijo: “Esto es lo que el Señor ha ordenado: ‘Guarda un gomer de maná como recordatorio para las generaciones futuras, para que puedan ver la comida que usé para alimentarlos en el desierto cuando los saqué de Egipto’”.
33 And he/I said to Aaron, “Take a jar, and put two quarts of manna in it. Then put it [in a place] where Yahweh can see it. It is to be kept like that for all future generations.”
Así que Moisés le dijo a Aarón: “Toma un frasco y pon un gomer de maná en él. Luego ponlo ante el Señor para que lo guarde como un recordatorio para las generaciones futuras”.
34 [Many years later], as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me, Aaron put the jar in front of the box [that contained the stone slabs on which] the Ten Commandments [were written].
Aarón lo hizo y colocó la jarra delante del Testimonio, para que se conservara tal y como el Señor se lo había ordenado a Moisés.
35 The Israeli people were able to eat manna [every day] for 40 years, until they came to the border of Canaan land.
Los israelitas comieron maná durante cuarenta años, hasta que llegaron a la tierra en la que se asentarían; comieron maná hasta que llegaron a la frontera de Canaán.
36 (The standard measure [that they used at that time] held 20 quarts/liters.)
(Un gómer es una décima parte de una efa).
