Éxodo 17
1 Toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel partió del desierto de Sin, siguiendo el mandato de Yahvé, y acampó en Refidim; pero no había agua para que el pueblo bebiera.
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 Por eso el pueblo discutió con Moisés y le dijo: “Danos agua para beber”. Moisés les dijo: “¿Por qué os peleáis conmigo? ¿Por qué ponéis a prueba a Yahvé?”
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 El pueblo estaba sediento de agua allí; por eso el pueblo murmuró contra Moisés y dijo: “¿Por qué nos has hecho subir de Egipto para matarnos de sed a nosotros, a nuestros hijos y a nuestro ganado?”
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 Moisés clamó a Yahvé diciendo: “¿Qué debo hacer con este pueblo? Están casi listos para apedrearme”.
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 Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “Camina delante del pueblo, y lleva contigo a los ancianos de Israel, y toma en tu mano la vara con la que golpeaste el Nilo, y vete.
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 He aquí que yo me pondré delante de ti allí, en la roca de Horeb. Golpearás la roca y saldrá agua de ella, para que el pueblo pueda beber”. Así lo hizo Moisés a la vista de los ancianos 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 Llamó el nombre del lugar Massah, y Meribah, porque los hijos de Israel se peleaban y porque ponían a prueba a Yahvé, diciendo: “¿Está Yahvé entre nosotros o no?”
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 Entonces vino Amalec y peleó contra Israel en Refidim.
Then the descendants of the Amalek people-group came and fought against the Israeli people at Rephidim.
9 Moisés dijo a Josué: “Escoge hombres para nosotros y sal a pelear con Amalec. Mañana estaré en la cima de la colina con la vara de Dios en la mano”.
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 Así que Josué hizo lo que Moisés le había dicho, y luchó contra Amalec; y Moisés, Aarón y Hur subieron a la cima de la colina.
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 Cuando Moisés levantó la mano, Israel venció. Cuando bajó su mano, Amalec prevaleció.
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 Pero a Moisés le pesaban las manos, así que tomaron una piedra y la pusieron debajo de él, y se sentó sobre ella. Aarón y Hur le sostuvieron las manos, el uno de un lado y el otro del otro. Sus manos estuvieron firmes hasta la puesta del sol.
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 Josué derrotó a Amalec y a su pueblo a filo de espada.
So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords [to fight against them].
14 Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “Escribe esto como recuerdo en un libro, y recuérdalo en los oídos de Josué: que borraré por completo la memoria de Amalec de debajo del cielo.”
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 Moisés construyó un altar y lo llamó “Yahvé, nuestro estandarte”.
Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
16 Dijo: “Yah ha jurado: ‘Yahvé tendrá guerra con Amalec de generación en generación’.”
He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group (forever/in all future generations)!”
