Exodus 17
1 Obeying what Yahweh commanded, all the Israeli people moved from the Sin Desert. They/We traveled from one place to another. They/We camped at [a place named] Rephidim, but there was no water there for (the people/us) to drink.
以色列子民全會眾按照上主的吩咐，由欣曠野起程，一站一站地前行，然後在勒非丁安了營。在那裏百姓沒有水喝，
2 So the people complained to Moses/me again, saying, “Give us water to drink!” Moses/I replied to them, “Why are you (criticizing/arguing with) me [RHQ]? And why are you trying to determine whether Yahweh [has the power to provide for you]?”
因此百姓和梅瑟爭吵說：「給我們水喝罷! 」梅瑟回答他們說：「你們為什麼與我爭吵，為什麼試探上主﹖」
3 But the people were very thirsty, and they continued to complain to Moses/me. They were saying things like “Why did you bring us out of Egypt?”, and “Did you bring us here to cause us and our children and livestock to die (from thirst/because we had no water to drink) [RHQ]?”
因百姓在那裏渴望水喝，就抱怨梅瑟說：「你為什麼從埃及領我們上來﹖難道要使我們，我們的子女和牲畜都渴死嗎﹖」
4 So Moses/I prayed earnestly to Yahweh. He/I said, “(How shall I deal with these people?/I do not know how to deal with these people!) [RHQ] They are almost ready to [kill me by throwing] stones at me!”
梅瑟向上主呼號說：「我要怎樣對待這百姓呢﹖他們幾乎願用石頭砸死我! 」
5 Yahweh replied to Moses/me, “Take some of the elders/leaders of the Israeli people with you and [tell the rest of] the people to follow you [to Sinai Mountain]. Take along the stick with which you struck the Nile [River].
上主回答梅瑟說：「你到百姓面前去，帶上幾個以色列長老，手中拿著你擊打尼羅河的棍杖去!
6 Listen carefully: I will stand in front of you on top of a [large] rock at the foot of the mountain. Strike the rock with your stick. [When you do that], water for the people to drink will flow out of the rock.” [When they/we arrived at the mountain], Moses/I did that while the Israeli elders were watching, [and water flowed from the rock].
看，握要在你面前站在曷勒布那裏的磐石上，你擊打磐石，就有水流出來，給百姓喝。」梅瑟就在以色列長老眼前照樣作了。
7 Moses/I gave that place two names [in the Hebrew language: ] Massah, [which means ‘testing’], and Meribah, [which means ‘complaining’]. He/I gave it the name Massah because the Israeli people were testing Yahweh, saying “Is Yahweh really among us [and able to help us], or not?”, and he/I gave it the name Meribah because they were [continually] complaining.
他稱那地方為瑪撒和默黎巴，因為以色列子民在那裏爭吵過，並試探過上主說：「上主是否在我們中間﹖」與阿瑪肋克人作戰
8 Then the descendants of the Amalek people-group came and fought against the Israeli people at Rephidim.
那時有阿瑪肋克人，在非勒丁同以色列人作戰。
9 Moses/I said to Joshua, [who was one of our army/Israeli leaders], “Choose some men to go out and fight against the Amalek people-group tomorrow. I will stand on the top of the hill, holding the stick that God told me to carry.”
梅瑟向若蘇厄說：「你給我們選拔壯丁，明天去同阿瑪肋克人作戰，我手爭拿著天主的棍杖，站在這高岡頂上。」
10 So Joshua did what Moses/I told him to do. He took some men to fight against the Amalek people-group. [While they were fighting], Aaron, Hur, and Moses/I went up to the top of the hill [so that they/we could see the whole battle area].
若蘇厄就照梅瑟吩咐他的作了，去同阿瑪勒克作戰；同時梅瑟、亞郎和胡爾上了那高岡頂上。
11 Whenever Moses/I lifted up his/my arms, the Israeli men started to win [the battle]. And whenever he/I lowered his/my arms, the Amalek people-group started to win.
當梅瑟舉手的時候，以色列就打勝戰；放下手的時候，阿瑪勒克就打勝戰。
12 But his/my arms became tired. So Aaron and Hur [rolled] a [large] stone for Moses/me to sit on. [While he/I was sitting on it], those two held up his/my arms, [one on one side and the other on the other side]. In that way, they kept his/my arms lifted up, and his/my arms held steady until the sun went down.
終於梅瑟的手舉疲乏了。他們就搬了塊石頭來，放在他下邊，叫他坐下，亞郎和胡爾，一邊一個托著他的手：這樣他的手舉著不動，直到日落的時候。
13 So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords [to fight against them].
於是若蘇厄用刀劍打敗了阿瑪勒克和他的人民。
14 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Write an account of this battle, and then read it to Joshua. [Also write that some day] I will completely get rid of the Amalek people-group.”
上主向梅瑟說：「將這事寫在書上作為記念，並訓示若蘇厄，我要從天下把阿瑪勒克的記念完全消滅。」
15 Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
梅瑟築了一座祭壇，給它起名叫「雅威尼息，」
16 He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group (forever/in all future generations)!”
說「向上主的旌旗舉手，上主必世世代代與阿瑪勒克作戰。」
