Exodus 17
1 The whole community of the Israelites journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, following Yahweh's instructions. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
以色列子民全會眾按照上主的吩咐，由欣曠野起程，一站一站地前行，然後在勒非丁安了營。在那裏百姓沒有水喝，
2 So the people blamed Moses for their situation and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”
因此百姓和梅瑟爭吵說：「給我們水喝罷! 」梅瑟回答他們說：「你們為什麼與我爭吵，為什麼試探上主﹖」
3 The people were very thirsty, and they complained against Moses. They said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt? To kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”
因百姓在那裏渴望水喝，就抱怨梅瑟說：「你為什麼從埃及領我們上來﹖難道要使我們，我們的子女和牲畜都渴死嗎﹖」
4 Then Moses cried out to Yahweh, “What should I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
梅瑟向上主呼號說：「我要怎樣對待這百姓呢﹖他們幾乎願用石頭砸死我! 」
5 Yahweh said to Moses, “Go on ahead of the people, and take with you some elders of Israel. Take with you the staff with which you struck the river, and go.
上主回答梅瑟說：「你到百姓面前去，帶上幾個以色列長老，手中拿著你擊打尼羅河的棍杖去!
6 I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you will strike the rock. Water will come out of it for the people to drink.” Then Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
看，握要在你面前站在曷勒布那裏的磐石上，你擊打磐石，就有水流出來，給百姓喝。」梅瑟就在以色列長老眼前照樣作了。
7 He called that place Massah and Meribah because of the Israelites' complaining, and because they had tested the Lord by saying, “Is Yahweh among us or not?”
他稱那地方為瑪撒和默黎巴，因為以色列子民在那裏爭吵過，並試探過上主說：「上主是否在我們中間﹖」與阿瑪肋克人作戰
8 Then an army of the Amalek people came and attacked Israel at Rephidim.
那時有阿瑪肋克人，在非勒丁同以色列人作戰。
9 So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some men and go out. Fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”
梅瑟向若蘇厄說：「你給我們選拔壯丁，明天去同阿瑪肋克人作戰，我手爭拿著天主的棍杖，站在這高岡頂上。」
10 So Joshua fought Amalek as Moses had instructed, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
若蘇厄就照梅瑟吩咐他的作了，去同阿瑪勒克作戰；同時梅瑟、亞郎和胡爾上了那高岡頂上。
11 While Moses was holding his hands up, Israel was winning; when he let his hands rest, Amalek would begin to win.
當梅瑟舉手的時候，以色列就打勝戰；放下手的時候，阿瑪勒克就打勝戰。
12 When Moses' hands became heavy, Aaron and Hur took a stone and put it under him for him to sit on. At the same time, Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one person on one side of him, and the other person on the other side. So Moses' hands were held steady until the sun went down.
終於梅瑟的手舉疲乏了。他們就搬了塊石頭來，放在他下邊，叫他坐下，亞郎和胡爾，一邊一個托著他的手：這樣他的手舉著不動，直到日落的時候。
13 So Joshua defeated the people of Amalek with the sword.
於是若蘇厄用刀劍打敗了阿瑪勒克和他的人民。
14 Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this in a book and read it in Joshua's hearing, because I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under the skies.”
上主向梅瑟說：「將這事寫在書上作為記念，並訓示若蘇厄，我要從天下把阿瑪勒克的記念完全消滅。」
15 Then Moses built an altar and he called it “Yahweh is my banner.”
梅瑟築了一座祭壇，給它起名叫「雅威尼息，」
16 He said, “For a hand was lifted up to the throne of Yahweh—that Yahweh will wage war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
說「向上主的旌旗舉手，上主必世世代代與阿瑪勒克作戰。」
