Éxodo 17
1 Toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel salió del desierto de Sin por jornadas, conforme al Mandamiento de Yavé. Acamparon en Refidim, y 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 El pueblo altercó con Moisés y dijeron: Danos agua para que bebamos. Y Moisés les dijo: ¿Por qué altercan conmigo? ¿Por qué tientan a Yavé?
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 Así que el pueblo tuvo allí sed por falta de agua y murmuró contra Moisés: ¿Por qué nos sacaste de Egipto para matarnos de sed a nosotros, a nuestros hijos y a nuestros ganados?
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 Yavé: ¿Qué haré con este pueblo? Un poco más y me apedrearán.
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 Yavé dijo a Moisés: Pasa al frente del pueblo y toma contigo algunos de los ancianos de Israel. Toma en tu mano la vara con la cual golpeaste el Nilo, y anda.
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 Mira, Yo estaré delante de ti allí en la peña de Horeb. Golpearás la peña y saldrá agua de ella para que el pueblo beba. Así Moisés lo hizo en la presencia 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 aquel lugar Masa y Meriba por el altercado de los hijos de Israel y porque tentaron a Yavé al decir: ¿Está Yavé 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 Amalec llegó y luchó 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: Escógenos varones y sal a luchar contra Amalec. Mañana yo me ubicaré en la cumbre de la colina con la vara de ʼElohim en mi 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 Josué hizo como Moisés le dijo y luchó contra Amalec. Moisés, Aarón y Hur subieron a la cumbre 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 Sucedió que cuando Moisés tenía su mano en alto, Israel prevalecía, pero cuando él bajaba su mano, Amalec prevalecía.
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 Como los brazos de Moisés se entumecieron, tomaron una piedra, se la pusieron debajo y se sentó sobre ella. Aarón y Hur le sostenían las manos, uno por un lado y el otro por el otro. Así tuvo firmeza en sus brazos 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 Así Josué exterminó 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 Entonces Yavé dijo a Moisés: Escribe esto como recordatorio en un rollo y recítalo a Josué: Yo borraré absolutamente 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 edificó un altar, lo llamó Yavé Nissi
Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
16 y dijo: Por cuanto YA juró, Yavé tendrá guerra contra 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)!”
