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.
Après avoir quitté le désert de Sin, la synagogue des fils d'Israël établit ses campements comme le prescrivit le Seigneur et campa en Rhaphidin, 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]?”
Alors, le peuple injuria Moïse, disant: Donne-nous de l'eau, afin que nous buvions; et Moïse leur dit: Pourquoi m'injuriez-vous? 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]?”
En ce lieu, le peuple souffrit de la soif, et le peuple murmura contre Moïse, disant: Qu'as-tu fait? Nous as-tu tirés de l'Égypte pour nous faire mourir de soif, nous, et nos enfants et notre bétail?
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 aussitôt cria au Seigneur, disant: Que ferai-je à ce peuple! Encore un peu, et ils me lapideront.
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].
Et le Seigneur dit à Moïse: Avance-toi en face de ce peuple, prends avec toi quelques-uns des anciens du peuple, prends à la main la baguette avec laquelle tu as frappé le fleuve, et pars.
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].
Et moi je me tiens, avant que tu y arrives, sur les rochers d'Horeb; là tu frapperas la pierre; il en sortira de l'eau, et le peuple boira. Ainsi fit Moïse devant les fils 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.
Et il nomma ce lieu: Tentation et Outrage, à cause des injures des fils d'Israël, et parce qu'ils avaient tenté le Seigneur, disant: Le Seigneur est- il avec nous, oui ou non?
8 Then the descendants of the Amalek people-group came and fought against the Israeli people at Rephidim.
Peu après, Amalec vint apporter la guerre à Israël en Rhaphidin.
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.”
Et Moïse dit à Josué: Choisis avec toi les hommes forts; sors à leur tête demain matin, et range-les en bataille devant Amalec; cependant, je me tiendrai sur la cime du mont, la baguette de Dieu 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 fit ce que lui avait prescrit Moïse; il sortit, se rangea en bataille devant Amalec, et Moïse, avec Aaron et Hur, monta sur la cime du mont.
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, il advint que, lorsque Moïse levait les bras, Israël l'emportait; mais quand il les baissait, Amalec triomphait.
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.
Comme ses bras se fatiguaient, Hur et Aaron placèrent sous lui une pierre, sur laquelle il s'assit; puis, Aaron et Hur soutinrent ses bras l'un d'un côté, l'autre de l'autre; et les bras de Moïse furent soutenus 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 mit en fuite Amalec, et il passa tout son peuple au fil 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.”
Et le Seigneur dit à Moïse: Écris cela sur un livre, que ce soit un mémorial; ensuite dis à Josué cette parole: J'effacerai de la terre le souvenir d'Amalec.
15 Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
Et Moïse bâtit au Seigneur un autel, qu'il nomma: le Seigneur est mon refuge.
16 He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group (forever/in all future generations)!”
Car, dit-il, le Seigneur, d'une main inflexible, combattra contre Amalec de génération en génération.
