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.
Y toda la compañía de los hijos de Israel partió del desierto de Sin por sus jornadas, al mandamiento de Jehová, y asentaron el campo en Rafidim, y no había agua para que el pueblo bebiese.
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]?”
Y riñó el pueblo con Moisés, y dijeron: Dádnos agua, que bebamos. Y Moisés les dijo: ¿Por qué reñis conmigo? ¿Por qué tentáis a Jehová?
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]?”
Así que el pueblo tuvo allí sed de agua, y murmuró contra Moisés, y dijo: ¿Por qué nos hiciste subir de Egipto, para matarnos de sed a nosotros y a nuestros hijos, y a nuestros ganados?
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!”
Entonces Moisés clamó a Jehová diciendo: ¿Qué haré con este pueblo? De aquí a un poco me apedrearán.
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].
Y Jehová dijo a Moisés: Pasa delante del pueblo; y toma contigo de los ancianos de Israel, y toma también en tu mano tu vara, con que heriste el río, y vé:
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].
He aquí que yo estoy delante de ti allí sobre la peña en Horeb: y herirás la peña, y saldrán de ella aguas, y beberá el pueblo. Y Moisés lo hizo así en presencia de los ancianos 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.
Y llamó el nombre de aquel lugar, Massa y Meriba, por la rencilla de los hijos de Israel; y porque tentaron a Jehová, diciendo: ¿Si está Jehová entre nosotros, o no?
8 Then the descendants of the Amalek people-group came and fought against the Israeli people at Rephidim.
Y vino Amalec, y peleó con Israel en Rafidim.
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.”
Y dijo Moisés a Josué: Escógenos varones, y sal, pelea con Amalec: mañana yo estaré sobre la cumbre del collado, y la vara de Dios en mi mano.
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 hizo Josué como le dijo Moisés, peleando con Amalec: y Moisés, y Aarón, y Jur subieron a la cumbre del collado.
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.
Y era que como alzaba Moisés su mano, Israel prevalecía; mas como él abajaba su mano, prevalecía Amalec.
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.
Y las manos de Moisés eran pesadas, y tomaron una piedra, y pusiéronla debajo de él, y él se sentó sobre ella; y Aarón y Jur sustentaban sus manos, el uno de una parte y el otro de otra, y hubo en sus manos firmeza hasta que se puso el sol.
13 So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords [to fight against them].
Y Josué deshizo a Amalec y a su pueblo a filo 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.”
Y Jehová dijo a Moisés: Escribe esto por memoria en el libro, y pon en oídos de Josué; que rayendo raeré del todo la memoria de Amalec de debajo del cielo.
15 Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
Y Moisés edificó altar, y llamó su nombre Jehová-nissi:
16 He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group (forever/in all future generations)!”
Y dijo: Porque la mano sobre el trono de Jehová, que Jehová tendrá guerra con Amalec, de generación en generación.
