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.
Toute la communauté des enfants d’Israël partit du désert de Sîn pour diverses stations, sur l’ordre du Seigneur. Ils campèrent à Refidîm, où il n’y avait point d’eau à boire pour le peuple.
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]?”
Le peuple querella Moïse, en disant: "Donnez-nous de l’eau, que nous buvions!" Moïse leur répondit: "Pourquoi me cherchez-vous querelle? pourquoi tentez-vous le Seigneur?"
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]?”
Alors, pressé par la soif, le peuple murmura contre Moïse et dit: "Pourquoi nous as-tu fait sortir de l’Égypte, pour faire mourir de soif moi, mes enfants et mes troupeaux?"
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!”
Moïse se plaignit au Seigneur, en disant: "Que ferai-je pour ce peuple? Peu s’en faut qu’ils ne me lapident"
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].
Le Seigneur répondit à Moïse: "Avanc-toi à la tête du peuple, accompagné de quelques-uns des anciens d’Israël; cette verge, dont tu as frappé le fleuve, prends-la en main et marche.
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].
Je vais t’apparaître là-bas sur le rocher, au mont Horeb; tu frapperas ce rocher et il en jaillira de l’eau et le peuple boira." Ainsi fit Moïse, à la vue des anciens d’Israël.
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.
On appela ce lieu Massa et Meriba, à cause de la querelle des enfants d’Israël et parce qu’ils avaient tenté l’Éternel en disant: "Nous verrons si l’Éternel est avec nous ou non!"
8 Then the descendants of the Amalek people-group came and fought against the Israeli people at Rephidim.
Amalec survint et attaqua Israël à Refidim.
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.”
Moïse dit à Josué: "Choisis des hommes et va livrer bataille à Amalec; demain, je me tiendrai au sommet de cette colline, la verge divine à la main."
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].
Josué exécuta ce que lui avait dit Moïse, en livrant bataille à Amalec, tandis que Moïse, Aaron et Hour montèrent au haut de la colline.
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.
Or, tant que Moïse tenait son bras levé, Israël avait le dessus; lorsqu’il le laissait fléchir, c’est Amalec qui l’emportait.
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.
Les bras de Moïse s’appesantissant, ils prirent une pierre qu’ils mirent sous lui et il s’assit dessus; Aaron et Hour soutinrent ses bras, l’un de çà, l’autre de là et ses bras restèrent fermes jusqu’au coucher du soleil.
13 So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords [to fight against them].
Josué triompha d’Amalec et de son peuple, à la pointe de l’épée.
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.”
L’Éternel dit à Moïse: "Consigne ceci, comme souvenir, dans le Livre et inculque-le à Josué: ‘que je veux effacer la trace d’Amalec de dessous les cieux.’"
15 Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
Moïse érigea un autel, qu’il nomma: "Dieu est ma bannière."
16 He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group (forever/in all future generations)!”
Et il dit: "Puisque sa main s’attaque au trône de l’Éternel, guerre à Amalec de par l’Éternel, de siècle en siècle!"
