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.
Kemudian seluruh umat Israel melanjutkan perjalanan dari padang belantara Sin, lalu berpindah-pindah dari satu tempat ke tempat lain sesuai dengan perintah TUHAN. Mereka tiba di Rafidim dan berkemah di sana, tetapi di tempat itu tidak ada air untuk diminum.
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]?”
Maka mereka menuntut Musa dengan berkata, “Berikan kami air minum!” Jawab Musa, “Mengapa kalian menuntut saya dan mencobai TUHAN?!”
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]?”
Orang-orang itu kehausan sehingga mereka bersungut-sungut terhadap Musa dan berkata, “Apakah engkau membawa kami keluar dari Mesir supaya kami, anak-anak kami, dan ternak kami mati kehausan?!”
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!”
Lalu Musa berseru kepada TUHAN, “Apa yang harus aku lakukan untuk menghadapi orang-orang ini? Sebentar lagi mereka akan melempari aku dengan batu!”
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].
Kata TUHAN kepada Musa, “Berjalanlah mendahului umat itu dan ajaklah bersamamu beberapa tua-tua Israel. Bawalah juga tongkat yang kamu pakai untuk memukul sungai Nil.
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].
Aku akan berdiri di depanmu di sana, di atas sebuah batu di gunung Sinai. Pukullah batu itu, dan air akan keluar dari dalamnya sehingga umat bisa minum.” Maka Musa melakukan hal itu di depan mata para tua-tua Israel.
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.
Musa menamai tempat itu Masa dan Meriba, karena di sana umat Israel bersungut-sungut dan mencobai TUHAN dengan berkata, “Apakah TUHAN bersama dengan kita atau tidak?”
8 Then the descendants of the Amalek people-group came and fought against the Israeli people at Rephidim.
Di Rafidim, orang Amalek datang menyerang umat Israel.
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.”
Kata Musa kepada Yosua, “Pilihlah beberapa orang dari kita dan keluarlah melawan orang Amalek. Besok saya akan berdiri di puncak bukit dengan membawa tongkat yang sering Allah suruh untuk saya pakai membuat keajaiban.”
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].
Yosua pun melakukan perintah Musa. Dia berperang melawan orang Amalek, sementara Musa, Harun, dan Hur naik ke puncak bukit.
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.
Selama Musa mengangkat tongkat Allah dengan kedua tangannya, umat Israel lebih kuat. Tetapi kalau dia menurunkan tangannya, orang Amalek lebih kuat.
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.
Setelah beberapa waktu, tangan Musa menjadi lelah. Maka Harun dan Hur mengambil sebuah batu untuk Musa duduk, dan mereka menopang kedua tangan Musa, sehingga tangannya tetap terangkat sampai matahari terbenam.
13 So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords [to fight against them].
Dengan demikian, Yosua mengalahkan pasukan Amalek dalam perang itu.
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.”
Lalu TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, “Tuliskanlah pesan ini dalam sebuah kitab supaya tetap diingat, dan bacakanlah kepada Yosua: Aku akan memusnahkan bangsa Amalek dari muka bumi sampai mereka tidak diingat lagi.”
15 Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
Kemudian Musa mendirikan sebuah mezbah dan menamainya “TUHAN, bendera kemenanganku.”
16 He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group (forever/in all future generations)!”
Kata Musa, “Angkatlah tinggi bendera kemenangan TUHAN! TUHAN akan memerangi bangsa Amalek dari generasi ke generasi!”
