Exodo 17
1 Nagdaliasat ti sibubukel a bunggoy ti Israel manipud iti let-ang ti Sin, kas panangsurot iti bilin ni Yahweh. Nagkampoda idiay Refidim, ngem awan danum nga inumen dagiti tattao.
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 Isu a pinabasol dagiti tattao ni Moises para iti kasasaadda ket kinunada, “Ikkannakami iti danum nga inumenmi. “Kinuna ni Moises, “Apay a makiapakayo kaniak? Apay a susuotenyo ni 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 Mawaw unay dagiti tattao, ket nagreklamoda maibusor kenni Moises. Kinunada, “Apay nga impanawnakami idiay Egipto? Tapno kadi patayennakami ken dagiti annakmi ken dagiti dingwenmi babaen iti pannakawaw?”
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 Ket immawag ni Moises kenni Yahweh, “Ania ti rumbeng nga aramidek kadagitoy a tattao? Nakasaganadan a mangbato kaniak.”
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 Kinuna ni Yahweh kenni Moises, “Iyun-unam ti mapan ngem dagiti tattao, ken mangikuyogka iti sumagmamano a panglakayen ti Israel. Itugotmo ti sarukod a pinangbautmo iti karayan ket mapanka.
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 Agtakderakto iti sangoanam sadiay, iti bato idiay Horeb, ket bautemto ti bato. Addanto danum a rummuar manipud iti daytoy nga inumen dagiti tattao.” Ket isu ngarud ti inaramid ni Moises iti imatang dagiti panglakayen ti Israel.
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 Pinanagananna dayta a lugar a Massa ken Meriba gapu iti panagreklamo dagiti Israelita, ken gapu ta sinuotda ti Apo babaen iti panangibagada nga, “Adda kadi kadatayo ni Yahweh wenno awan?”
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 Kalpasana, adda immay nga armada dagiti Amalekita ket rinautda ti Israel idiay Refidim.
Then the descendants of the Amalek people-group came and fought against the Israeli people at Rephidim.
9 Isu a kinuna ni Moises kenni Josue, “Mangpilika iti sumagmamano a lallaki ket rummuarkayo. Makirangetkayo kadagiti Amalekita. Inton bigat, agtakderakto iti tapaw ti turod nga iggemko ti sarukod ti Dios.”
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 Isu a nakiranget ni Josue kadagiti Amalekita a kas imbilin ni Moises, kabayatan a da Moises, Aaron, ken Hur ket napan iti tapaw ti turod.
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 Kabayatan a nakangato dagiti ima ni Moises, mangab-abak ti Israel; no bay-anna a nakababa dagiti imana, mangrugi met a mangabak ti Amalek.
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 Idi naktangan dagiti ima ni Moises, nangala da Aaron ken Hur iti bato ket inkabilda iti babaenna tapno pagtugawanna. Iti dayta met laeng a kanito, ingngato da Hur ken Aaron dagiti imana, ni Hur iti maysa nga imana, ken ni Aaron iti bangir nga imana. Isu a nagtalinaed a nakangato dagiti ima ni Moises agingga a limnek ti init.
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 Isu a babaen iti kampilan, inabak ni Josue dagiti tattao ti Amalek.
So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords [to fight against them].
14 Kinuna ni Yahweh kenni Moises, “Isuratmo daytoy iti maysa a libro ken ibasam daytoy kenni Josue, gapu ta punasekto a naan-anay ti pakalaglagipan ti Amalek iti babaen ti tangatang.”
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 Ket nangbangon ni Moises iti altar ken inawaganna daytoy a “Ni Yahweh ti banderak.”
Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
16 Inaramidna daytoy gapu ta kinunana, “Inkari ni Yahweh a makigubat isuna iti Amalek iti amin a henerasion.”
He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group (forever/in all future generations)!”
