Êxodo 16
1 E partidos de Elim, toda a congregação dos filhos d'Israel veiu ao deserto de Sin, que está entre Elim e Sinai, aos quinze dias do mez segundo, depois que sairam da terra do Egypto.
They/We left Elim, and all the Israeli people came to the desert [named] Sin. That is between Elim and Sinai [Mountain]. That was on the fifteenth day of the second month after they/we left Egypt.
2 E toda a congregação dos filhos d'Israel murmurou contra Moysés e contra Aarão no deserto.
There in the desert, the Israeli [HYP] people complained to Aaron and Moses/me.
3 E os filhos d'Israel disseram-lhes: Quem déra que nós morressemos por mão do Senhor na terra do Egypto, quando estavamos sentados ás panellas da carne, quando comiamos pão até fartar! porque nos tendes tirado a este deserto, para matardes de fome a toda esta multidão.
They said to them/us, “We wish that Yahweh had killed us in Egypt! There we had meat to eat, and all the bread that we wanted. But you have brought us into this desert in order that we will all starve to death!”
4 Então disse o Senhor a Moysés: Eis que vos choverei pão dos céus, e o povo sairá, e colherá cada dia a porção para cada dia, para que eu o prove se anda em minha lei ou não.
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Listen to what I am going [to do]. I am going to send something from the sky that will [take the place of] bread for all of you. When I do that, the people must go out of their tents every day and gather just enough to eat on that day. [When I do that], I will find out whether they will obey my instructions or not.
5 E acontecerá, ao sexto dia, que apparelhem o que colheram: e será dobrado do que colhem cada dia.
On the sixth day [after I start doing that], they will be able to gather twice as much as on the other days, [and not have to gather any on the seventh day]. Then they can prepare it [to eat it on the 6th and 7th days].”
6 Então disse Moysés, e Aarão a todos os filhos d'Israel: A tarde sabereis que o Senhor vos tirou da terra do Egypto,
So Aaron and Moses/I said to all the Israeli people, “This evening you will know that it was Yahweh, [not we], who brought you out of Egypt.
7 E ámandã vereis a gloria do Senhor, porquanto ouviu as vossas murmurações contra o Senhor: porque quem somos nós, que murmureis contra nós?
And tomorrow morning you will see how great Yahweh is, because he has heard what you have complained about. He is the one whom you have really complained to, because we are just his servants.” [RHQ]
8 Disse mais Moysés: Isso será quando o Senhor á tarde vos der carne para comer, e pela manhã pão a fartar, porquanto o Senhor ouviu as vossas murmurações, com que murmuraes contra elle: porque, quem somos nós? As vossas murmurações não são contra nós, mas sim contra o Senhor.
Then Moses/I also said, “[From now on, each] evening Yahweh will give you meat to eat, and [each] morning he will give you [something that will take the place of] bread, because he has heard what you have complained about. Yahweh is the one to whom you have really complained, not us. We are just his servants.” [RHQ]
9 Depois disse Moysés a Aarão: Dize a toda a congregação dos filhos d'Israel: Chegae-vos para diante do Senhor, porque ouviu as vossas murmurações.
Then Moses/I said to Aaron, “Tell all the Israeli people, ‘Come and stand here in the presence of Yahweh, because he has heard what you have been complaining about.’”
10 E aconteceu que, quando fallou Aarão a toda a congregação dos filhos d'Israel, e elles se viraram para o deserto, eis que a gloria do Senhor appareceu na nuvem.
So Aaron told them that. And as Aaron was talking to all the Israeli people, they looked toward the desert, and were surprised to see the (dazzling light/incredible brightness) of Yahweh in the cloud [that had been leading them].
11 E o Senhor fallou a Moysés, dizendo:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
12 Tenho ouvido as murmurações dos filhos de Israel; falla-lhes, dizendo: Entre as duas tardes comereis carne, e pela manhã vos fartareis de pão: e sabereis que eu sou o Senhor vosso Deus.
“I have heard what the Israeli people have been complaining about. So say to them, ‘From now on, each evening, you will have meat to eat. And each morning you will have something that will take the place of bread. You will have all you want of it to eat.’ Then you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
13 E aconteceu que á tarde subiram codornizes, e cobriram o arraial: e pela manhã jazia o orvalho ao redor do arraial,
That evening, (quails/small plump birds) appeared, and [there were so many that] they covered the campsite. The next morning there was [something like] dew all around the campsite.
14 E, alçando-se o orvalho caido, eis que sobre a face do deserto estava uma coisa miuda, redonda, miuda como a geada sobre a terra.
When the dew evaporated, on the surface of the desert there was a thick layer of something that looked like white flakes. It looked like frost.
15 E, vendo-a os filhos d'Israel, disseram uns aos outros: Que é isto; porque não sabiam o que era. Disse-lhes pois Moysés: Este é o pão que o Senhor vos deu para comer.
When the Israeli people saw it, since they [had never seen it before and] did not know what it was, they said to each other, “What is it?” Moses/I replied to them, “It is something Yahweh has given you to eat, to take the place of bread.
16 Esta é a palavra que o Senhor tem mandado: Colhei d'elle cada um conforme ao que pode comer, um gomer por cada cabeça, segundo o numero das vossas almas; cada um tomará para os que se acharem na sua tenda.
This is what Yahweh has commanded: ‘Each of you should gather as much as you need to eat. Gather two quarts/liters for each person who lives in your tents.’”
17 E os filhos d'Israel fizeram assim; e colheram, uns mais e outros menos.
So that is what the Israeli people did. Some gathered more and some gathered less.
18 Porém, medindo-o com o gomer, não sobejava ao que colhera muito, nem faltava ao que colhera pouco: cada um colheu tanto quanto podia comer.
But when they measured [what they had gathered], those that had gathered a lot did not have anything left over. And those that gathered less still had enough to eat. Each person gathered just what they needed.
19 E disse-lhes Moysés: Ninguem d'elle deixe para ámanhã.
Moses/I said to them, “Do not leave any of it to eat tomorrow morning!”
20 Elles, porém, não deram ouvidos a Moysés, antes alguns d'elles deixaram d'elle para a amanhã; e aquelle criou bichos, e fedeu; por isso indignou-se Moysés contra elles.
But some of them did not pay any attention to what Moses/I said. They kept some of it until the next morning. But it was full of maggots and smelled rotten. And that made Moses/me angry.
21 Elles pois o colhiam cada manhã, cada um conforme ao que podia comer; porque, aquentando o sol, derretia-se.
Each morning they gathered as much as they needed. But [later], when the sun got hot, [what was left on the ground] melted.
22 E aconteceu que ao sexto dia colheram pão em dobro, dois gomeres para cada um: e todos os principes da congregação vieram, e contaram-n'o a Moysés.
On the sixth day after they started gathering it, each person was able to gather four quarts/liters, which was twice [as much as they gathered on the other days]. When the leaders of the people came to Moses/me and told him/me [about that],
23 E elle disse-lhes: Isto é o que o Senhor tem dito: Amanhã é repouso, do sancto sabbado do Senhor: o que quizerdes cozer no forno, cozei-o, e o que quizerdes cozer em agua, cozei-o em agua; e tudo o que sobejar, para vós ponde em guarda até ámanhã.
Moses/I said to them, “This is what Yahweh has commanded: ‘Tomorrow will be a day for you to rest completely. It will be a day dedicated to Yahweh. So today, bake or boil what you will [need for today and for tomorrow]. Whatever is left [this evening], you should put aside and keep it [to eat] tomorrow.’”
24 E guardaram-n'o até ámanhã, como Moysés tinha ordenado: e não fedeu, nem n'elle houve algum bicho.
So they did what Moses/I commanded. What was left over, they kept until the next day. It did not spoil and did not get maggots in it!
25 Então disse Moysés: Comei-o hoje, porquanto hoje é o sabbado do Senhor: hoje não o achareis no campo.
[On that day], Moses/I said, “Eat today [what you have saved from yesterday], because today is a day dedicated to Yahweh. Today you will not find any of that food outside.
26 Seis dias o colhereis, mas o setimo dia é o sabbado; n'aquelle não haverá.
[Every week], you must gather it for six days; but on the seventh day, which will be a day of rest, you will not find any.”
27 E aconteceu ao setimo dia, que alguns do povo sairam para colher, mas não o acharam.
On the seventh day, some of the people went outside their tents to gather some of that food, but there was none.
28 Então disse o Senhor a Moysés: Até quando recusareis de guardar os meus mandamentos e as minhas leis?
Then Yahweh [told Moses/me to say this to] the people: “How long will you people refuse to do all the things that I tell you?
29 Vêde, porquanto o Senhor vos deu o sabbado, portanto elle no sexto dia vos dá pão para dois dias; cada um fique no seu logar, que ninguem saia do seu logar no setimo dia.
Listen! Yahweh has given you a day of rest. So on the sixth day [of each week], he will be giving you enough of this food for two days. Each of you should stay in his tent [and do no work] on the seventh day!”
30 Assim repousou o povo no setimo dia.
So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 E chamou a casa de Israel o seu nome manná; e era como semente de coentro branco, e o seu sabor como bolos de mel.
The Israeli people called this food manna, [which sounds like the words in their language that mean ‘what is it]?’ It looked like small seeds [called] coriander, but it was white, and it tasted like thin wafers/biscuits made with honey.
32 E disse Moysés: Esta é a palavra que o Senhor tem mandado: Encherás um gomer d'elle em guarda para as vossas gerações, para que vejam o pão que vos tenho dado a comer n'este deserto, quando eu vos tirei da terra do Egypto.
Moses/I said, “This is what Yahweh has commanded: ‘You must keep two quarts/liters of it for all future generations, so that they can see the [food that took the place of] bread that I gave to your [ancestors] when I brought them out of Egypt.’”
33 Disse tambem Moysés a Aarão: Toma um vaso, e mette n'elle um gomer cheio de manná, e pôe-o diante do Senhor, em guarda para as vossas gerações.
And he/I said to Aaron, “Take a jar, and put two quarts of manna in it. Then put it [in a place] where Yahweh can see it. It is to be kept like that for all future generations.”
34 Como o Senhor tinha ordenado a Moysés, assim Aarão o poz diante do testemunho em guarda.
[Many years later], as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me, Aaron put the jar in front of the box [that contained the stone slabs on which] the Ten Commandments [were written].
35 E comeram os filhos d'Israel manná quarenta annos, até que entraram em terra habitada: comeram manná até que chegaram aos termos da terra de Canaan.
The Israeli people were able to eat manna [every day] for 40 years, until they came to the border of Canaan land.
36 E um gomer é a decima parte do epha.
(The standard measure [that they used at that time] held 20 quarts/liters.)
