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.
E toda a congregação dos filhos de Israel partiu do deserto de Sim, por suas jornadas, ao mandamento do SENHOR, e assentaram o acampamento em Refidim: e não havia água para que o povo bebesse.
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]?”
E brigou o povo com Moisés, e disseram: Dá-nos água que bebamos. E Moisés lhes disse: Por que brigais comigo? Por que tentais ao SENHOR?
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]?”
Assim que o povo teve ali sede de água, e murmurou contra Moisés, e disse: Por que nos fizeste subir do Egito para matar-nos de sede a nós, e a nossos filhos e a nossos gados?
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!”
Então clamou Moisés ao SENHOR, dizendo: Que farei com este povo? Daqui um pouco me apedrejarão.
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].
E o SENHOR disse a Moisés: Passa diante do povo, e toma contigo dos anciãos de Israel; e toma também em tua mão tua vara, com que feriste o rio, e vai:
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].
Eis que eu estou diante de ti ali sobre a rocha em Horebe; e ferirás a rocha, e sairão dela águas, e beberá o povo. E Moisés o fez assim em presença dos anciãos de 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.
E chamou o nome daquele lugar Massá e Meribá, pela briga dos filhos de Israel, e porque tentaram ao SENHOR, dizendo: Está, pois, o SENHOR entre nós, ou não?
8 Then the descendants of the Amalek people-group came and fought against the Israeli people at Rephidim.
E veio Amaleque e lutou com Israel em 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.”
E disse Moisés a Josué: Escolhe para nós homens, e sai, luta com Amaleque: amanhã eu estarei sobre o cume do morro, e a vara de Deus em minha mão.
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].
E fez Josué como lhe disse Moisés, lutando com Amaleque; e Moisés e Arão e Hur subiram ao cume do morro.
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.
E sucedia que quando erguia Moisés sua mão, Israel prevalecia; mas quando ele baixava sua mão, prevalecia Amaleque.
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.
E as mãos de Moisés estavam pesadas; pelo que tomaram uma pedra, e puseram-na debaixo dele, e se sentou sobre ela; e Arão e Hur sustentavam suas mãos, o um de uma parte e o outro de outra; assim houve em suas mãos firmeza até que se pôs o sol.
13 So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords [to fight against them].
E Josué derrotou a Amaleque e a seu povo a fio de espada.
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.”
E o SENHOR disse a Moisés: Escreve isto para memória em um livro, e dize a Josué que de todo tenho de apagar a memória de Amaleque de debaixo do céu.
15 Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
E Moisés edificou um altar, e chamou seu nome O SENHOR é minha bandeira;
16 He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group (forever/in all future generations)!”
E disse: Porquanto há mão sobre o trono do SENHOR, o SENHOR terá guerra com Amaleque de geração em geração.
