Exodo 18
1 Ni Jetro a padi dagiti Midian, a katugangan a lalaki ni Moises ket nangngegna amin nga inaramid ti Dios para kenni Moises ken para iti Israel a tattaona. Nangngegna nga inruar ni Yahweh ti Israel manipud iti Egipto.
And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, hears all that God has done for Moses and for His people Israel, that YHWH has brought out Israel from Egypt,
2 Inkuyog ni Jetro, a katugangan ni Moises, ni Sipora nga asawa ni Moises, kalpasan nga imbaonna isuna idiay balayda,
and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, takes Zipporah, wife of Moses, after her parting,
3 ken dagiti dua nga annakna a lallaki; ti nagan ti maysa ket Gersom, ta kinuna ni Moises, “Nagbalinak a ganggannaet iti sabali a daga.”
and her two sons, of whom the name of one [is] Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a strange land”;
4 Ti nagan ti maysa ket Eliezer, ta kinuna ni Moises, “Ti Dios dagiti kapuonak ti katulongak. Inispalnak manipud iti kampilan ni Faraon.”
and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, “The God of my father [is] for my help, and He delivers me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
5 Napan kenni Moises ni Jetro a katuganganna, kaduana dagiti putot a lallaki ni Moises ken ti asawana idiay let-ang a nagkampoanna idiay bantay ti Dios.
And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, comes, and his sons, and his wife, to Moses, to the wilderness where he is encamping—the mountain of God;
6 Kinunana kenni Moises, “Siak, ti katugangam a ni Jetro, ket umayak kenka a kaduak ti asawam ken dagiti dua a putotmo a lallaki.”
and he says to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, and your wife, and her two sons with her.”
7 Rimmuar ni Moises a nangsabat iti katuganganna, nagdumog ken inagkanna isuna. Nagkinnomustada maipanggep iti kasasaad ti tunggal maysa ket sada simrek iti tolda.
And Moses goes out to meet his father-in-law, and bows himself, and kisses him, and they ask of one another of welfare, and come into the tent;
8 Imbaga ni Moises iti katuganganna ti amin nga inaramid ni Yahweh kenni Faraon ken kadagiti Egipcio para iti pagimbagan ti Israel, maipanggep kadagiti amin a rigrigat a napadtengda kabayatan ti kaaddada iti dalan, ken no kasano nga inispal ida ni Yahweh.
and Moses recounts to his father-in-law all that YHWH has done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians, on account of Israel, all the travail which has found them in the way, and [how] YHWH delivers them.
9 Nagrag-o ni Jetro iti amin a nasayaat nga inaramid ni Yahweh iti Israel, iti panangispalna kadakuada manipud iti ima dagiti Egipcio.
And Jethro rejoices for all the good which YHWH has done to Israel, whom He has delivered from the hand of the Egyptians;
10 Kinuna ni Jetro, “Maidaydayaw koma ni Yahweh, ta inispalnakayo manipud iti ima dagiti Egipcio ken iti ima ni Faraon, ken winayawayaanna dagiti tattao manipud iti panangtengngelda.
and Jethro says, “Blessed [is] YHWH, who has delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of Pharaoh—who has delivered this people from under the hand of the Egyptians;
11 Ita, ammok a nain-indaklan ni Yahweh ngem dagiti amin a didiosen, gapu ta idi trinato dagiti Egipcio dagiti Israelita a sitatangsit, inispal ti Dios dagiti tattaona.”
now I have known that YHWH [is] greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly—[He is] above them!”
12 Nangiyeg ni Jetro, a katugangan ni Moises iti daton a maipuor amin ken datdaton a maipaay iti Dios. Immay ni Aaron ken dagiti amin a panglakayen ti Israel a mangan iti sangoanan ni Yahweh a kaduada ti katugangan ni Moises.
And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, takes a burnt-offering and sacrifices [it] for God; and Aaron comes in, and all [the] elderly of Israel, to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses, before God.
13 Iti simmaruno nga aldaw, nagtugaw ni Moises tapno mangukom kadagiti tattao. Nagtakder dagiti tattao iti aglawlawna manipud bigat agingga iti rabii.
And it comes to pass on the next day, that Moses sits to judge the people, and the people stand before Moses from the morning to the evening;
14 Idi nakita ti katugangan ni Moises amin nga inaramidna para kadagiti tattao, kinunana, “Ania daytoy nga ar-aramidem kadagiti tattao? Apay nga agtugtugawka nga agmaymaysa ket agtaktakder iti aglawlawmo dagiti amin a tattao manipud iti bigat agingga iti rabii?”
and the father-in-law of Moses sees all that he is doing for the people and says, “What [is] this thing which you are doing for the people? Why are you sitting by yourself, and all the people standing by you from morning until evening?”
15 Kinuna ni Moises iti katuganganna, “Umay kaniak dagiti tattao a dumawat iti panangiwanwan ti Dios.
And Moses says to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to seek God;
16 No addaanda iti saan a pagkikinnaawatan, umayda kaniak. Mangngeddengak iti nagbaetan dagiti tattao, ken isursurok kadakuada ti maipanggep kadagiti alagaden ken linteg ti Dios.”
when they have a matter, it has come to me, and I have judged between a man and his neighbor, and made known the statutes of God, and His laws.”
17 Kinuna ti katugangan ni Moises kenkuana, “Saan a nasayaat ti ar-aramidem.
And the father-in-law of Moses says to him, “The thing which you are doing [is] not good;
18 Awan dua-dua a maibusto ti pigsam ken dagiti tattao nga umay kenka, gapu ta nadagsen unay a trabaho daytoy para kenka. Saanmo a maaramid daytoy a siksika.
you surely wear away, both you, and this people which [is] with you, for the thing is too heavy for you, you are not able to do it by yourself.
19 Dinggennak. Balakadanka ket makikaaddanto ti Dios kenka gapu ta sika ti mangibagbagi kadagiti tattao ti Dios, ken sika ti mangiyum-uman kenkuana kadagiti saanda a pagkikinnaawatan.
Now listen to my voice, I counsel you, and God is with you: be for the people before God, and you have brought in the things to God;
20 Masapul nga isurom kadakuada dagiti alagaden ken lintegna. Masapul nga ipakitam kadakuada ti dalan a surotenda iti panagbiagda ken ti trabaho nga aramidenda.
and you have warned them [concerning] the statutes and the laws, and have made known to them the way in which they go, and the work which they do.
21 Maysa pay, nasken a mangpilika kadagiti makabael a lallaki manipud kadagiti amin a tattao, lallaki a mangraraem iti Dios, lallaki a napudno ken manggurgura iti saan a nalinteg a panangtagikua. Masapul a pagturayem ida kadagiti tattao, nga agbalin a mangidaulo a mangimaton kadagiti sagsasangaribu, sagsasangagasut, saglilimapulo ken sagsasangapulo.
And you provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and have placed [these] over them [for] heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,
22 Isuda ti mangukom kadagiti tattao iti amin a kadawyan a parikut, ngem iyegda kenka dagiti naririgat a parikut. No maipapan kadagiti amin a babassit a parikut, mabalinda nga ukomen dagidiay nga is-isuda. Iti dayta a wagas, nalaklakanto para kenka, ken makipag-baklaydanto kenka iti dadagsen.
and they have judged the people at all times; and it has come to pass, they bring every great matter to you, and they judge every small matter themselves; and lighten it from off yourself, and they have borne with you.
23 No aramidem daytoy, ken no isu't bilin ti Dios nga aramidem, ket maibturamto, ken makaawidto dagiti amin a tattao a napnapnek.”
If you do this thing, and God has commanded you, then you have been able to stand, and all this people also goes to its place in peace.”
24 Dimngeg ngarud ni Moises kadagiti sao ti katuganganna a lalaki ken inaramidna ti amin nga imbaga daytoy.
And Moses listens to the voice of his father-in-law, and does all that he said,
25 Nangpili ni Moises kadagiti makabael a lallaki manipud iti amin nga Israel ket pinagbalinna ida a mangidadaulo kadagiti amin a tattao, mangidadaulo kadagiti sagsasangaribu, sagsasangagasut, saglilimapulo, ken sagsasangapulo.
and Moses chooses men of ability out of all Israel, and makes them chiefs over the people [for] heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,
26 Inukomda dagiti tattao kadagiti gagangay a pasamak. Inyegda kenni Moises dagiti naririgat a parikut, ngem rinisutda nga is-isuda dagiti amin a babassit a parikut.
and they have judged the people at all times; they bring the hard matter to Moses, and they judge every small matter themselves.
27 Kalpasanna, pinalubosan ni Moises a pumanaw ti katuganganna a lalaki, ket nagsubli ni Jetro iti bukodna a daga.
And Moses sends his father-in-law away, and he goes away to his own land.
