Êxodo 17
1 Depois toda a congregação dos filhos d'Israel partiu do deserto de Sin pelas suas jornadas, segundo o mandamento do Senhor, e acamparam em Rephidim; e não havia ali agua para o povo beber.
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 Então contendeu o povo com Moysés, e disseram: Dae-nos agua para beber. E Moysés lhes disse: Porque contendeis commigo? porque tentaes ao Senhor?
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 Tendo pois ali o povo sêde d'agua, o povo murmurou contra Moysés, e disse: Porque nos fizeste subir do Egypto, para nos matares de sêde, a nós e aos nossos filhos, e ao nosso gado?
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 E clamou Moysés ao Senhor, dizendo: Que farei a este povo? d'aqui a pouco me apedrejarão.
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 Então disse o Senhor a Moysés: Passa diante do povo, e toma comtigo alguns dos anciãos de Israel: e toma na tua mão a tua vara, com que feriste o rio: vae
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 Eis que eu estarei ali diante de ti sobre a rocha, em Horeb, e tu ferirás a rocha, e d'ella sairão aguas e o povo beberá. E Moysés assim o fez, diante dos olhos dos anciãos de 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 E chamou o nome d'aquelle logar Massah e Meribah, por causa da contenda dos filhos de Israel, e porquanto tentaram ao Senhor, dizendo: Está o Senhor no meio de nós, ou não?
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 Então veiu Amalek, e pelejou contra Israel em Rephidim.
Then the descendants of the Amalek people-group came and fought against the Israeli people at Rephidim.
9 Pelo que disse Moysés a Josué: Escolhe-nos homens, e sae, peleja contra Amalek: ámanhã eu estarei sobre o cume do outeiro, e a vara de Deus estará na minha mão.
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 E fez Josué como Moysés lhe dissera, pelejando contra Amalek: mas Moysés, Aarão, e Hur subiram ao cume do outeiro.
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 E acontecia que, quando Moysés levantava a sua mão, Israel prevalecia: mas quando elle abaixava a sua mão, Amalek prevalecia.
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 Porém as mãos de Moysés eram pesadas, por isso tomaram uma pedra, e a pozeram debaixo d'elle, para assentar-se sobre ella: e Aarão e Hur sustentaram as suas mãos, um d'uma banda, e o outra da outra: assim ficaram as suas mãos firmes até que o sol se poz
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 E assim Josué desfez a Amalek, e a seu povo, ao fio da espada.
So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords [to fight against them].
14 Então disse o Senhor a Moysés; Escreve isto para memoria n'um livro, e relata-o aos ouvidos de Josué; que eu totalmente hei de riscar a memoria d'Amalek de debaixo dos céus.
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 E Moysés edificou um altar, e chamou o seu nome, o Senhor é minha bandeira.
Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
16 E disse: Porquanto jurou o Senhor, haverá guerra do Senhor contra Amalek de geração em geração.
He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group (forever/in all future generations)!”
