Exode 17
1 Toute l’assemblée des enfants d’Israël partit du désert de Sin, selon les marches que Yahweh lui ordonnait, et ils campèrent à Raphidim, où le peuple ne trouva pas d’eau à boire.
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.
2 Alors le peuple chercha querelle à Moïse, en disant: « Donnez-nous de l’eau à boire. » Moïse leur répondit: « Pourquoi me cherchez-vous querelle? Pourquoi tentez-vous Yahweh? »
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]?”
3 Et le peuple était là, pressé par la soif, et il murmurait contre Moïse; il disait: « Pourquoi nous as-tu fait monter hors d’Égypte, pour nous faire mourir de soif avec mes enfants et mes troupeaux? »
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]?”
4 Moïse cria vers Yahweh, en disant: « Que ferai-je pour ce peuple? Encore un peu, et ils me lapideront! »
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!”
5 Yahweh dit à Moïse: « Passe devant le peuple et prends avec toi des anciens d’Israël; prends aussi dans ta main ton bâton, avec lequel tu as frappé le fleuve, et va.
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].
6 Voici, je me tiendrai devant toi sur le rocher qui est en Horeb; tu frapperas le rocher, et il en sortira de l’eau, et le peuple boira. » Moïse fit ainsi en présence des anciens d’Israël.
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].
7 Et il donna à ce lieu le nom de Massah et Méribah, parce que les enfants d’Israël avaient contesté, et parce qu’ils avaient tenté Yahweh en disant: « Yahweh est-il au milieu de nous, ou non? »
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.
8 Amalec vint attaquer Israël à Raphidim.
Then the descendants of the Amalek people-group came and fought against the Israeli people at Rephidim.
9 Et Moïse dit à Josué: « Choisis-nous des hommes, et va combattre Amalec; demain je me tiendrai sur le sommet de la colline, le bâton de Dieu dans ma main. »
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.”
10 Josué fit selon que lui avait dit Moïse, il combattit Amalec. Et Moïse, Aaron et Hur montèrent au sommet de la colline.
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].
11 Lorsque Moïse tenait sa main levée, Israël était le plus fort, et lorsqu’il laissait tomber sa main, Amalec était le plus fort.
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.
12 Comme les mains de Moïse étaient fatiguées, ils prirent une pierre, qu’ils placèrent sous lui, et il s’assit dessus; et Aaron et Hur soutenaient ses mains, l’un d’un côté, l’autre de l’autre; ainsi ses mains restèrent fermes jusqu’au coucher du soleil.
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.
13 Et Josué défit Amalec et son peuple à la pointe de l’épée.
So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords [to fight against them].
14 Yahweh dit à Moïse: « Écris cela en souvenir dans le livre, et déclare à Josué que j’effacerai la mémoire d’Amalec de dessous le ciel. »
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.”
15 Moïse construisit un autel, et le nomma Yahweh-Nessi
Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
16 et il dit: « Puisqu’on a levé la main contre le trône de Yahweh, Yahweh est en guerre contre Amalec d’âge en âge. » Note:
He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group (forever/in all future generations)!”
