Exode 17
1 Ainsi toute la multitude des enfants d’Israël étant partie du désert de Sin, et ayant fait des séjours, selon les paroles du Seigneur, ils campèrent à Raphidim, où il n’y avait pas d’eau à boire pour le peuple,
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 Qui querellant Moïse, dit: Donne-nous de l’eau, afin que nous buvions. Moïse leur répondit: Pourquoi me querellez-vous? pourquoi tentez-vous le Seigneur?
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 Là donc le peuple eut soif à cause de la pénurie d’eau, et il murmura contre Moïse, disant: Pourquoi nous as-tu fait sortir de l’Egypte, pour nous faire mourir de soif, nous, nos enfants et nos bêtes?
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 Or Moïse cria au Seigneur, disant: Que ferai-je à ce peuple-ci? encore un peu, et il me lapidera.
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 Et le Seigneur répondit à Moïse: Marche devant le peuple, et prends avec toi des anciens d’Israël; et la verge dont tu as frappé le fleuve, prends-la en ta main, 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 Voilà que moi, je me tiendrai là devant toi sur la pierre d’Horeb; et tu frapperas la pierre, et il en sortira de l’eau, afin que le peuple boive. Moïse fit ainsi devant les 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 appela ce lieu du nom de Tentation, à cause de la querelle des enfants d’Israël, et parce qu’ils avaient tenté le Seigneur, disant: Le Seigneur est-il parmi 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 Or Amalec vint, et il combattait contre 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 des hommes, et étant sorti, combats contre Amalec; demain moi, je me tiendrai au sommet de la colline, ayant la verge de Dieu en 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 comme avait dit Moïse, et il combattait contre Amalec: mais Moïse et Aaron et Hur montèrent sur le 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 Et lorsque Moïse élevait les mains, Israël était victorieux; mais s’il les abaissait un peu, Amalec l’emportait.
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 Or, les mains de Moïse étaient appesanties; prenant donc une pierre, ils la mirent sous lui; il s’y assit; mais Aaron et Hur soutenaient ses mains des deux côtés. Et il arriva que ses mains ne se lassèrent pas 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 mit en fuite Amalec et son peuple, par le tranchant du glaive.
So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords [to fight against them].
14 Or le Seigneur dit à Moïse: Écris ceci pour souvenir dans le livre, et fais-le entendre à Josué; car j’effacerai la mémoire d’Amalec sous 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 Et Moïse bâtit un autel et rappela du nom de: Le Seigneur est mon exaltation, disant:
Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
16 La main du trône du Seigneur et la guerre du Seigneur seront contre Amalec de génération en génération.
He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group (forever/in all future generations)!”
