Éxodo 17
1 Y los hijos de Israel salieron del desierto de Sin, por etapas, según el Señor les dio órdenes, y levantaron sus tiendas en Refidim; y no había agua potable para el pueblo.
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 Entonces el pueblo se enojó con Moisés y le dijo: Danos agua para beber. Y Moisés dijo: ¿Por qué estás enojado conmigo? y ¿por qué pones a Dios a prueba?
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 Y la gente tenía gran necesidad de agua; y murmuraron contra Moisés, y dijeron: ¿Por qué nos has sacado de Egipto para enviarnos la muerte a nosotros, nuestros hijos y nuestro ganado a causa de la necesidad de agua?
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 Y Moisés, clamando al Señor, dijo: ¿Qué he de hacer con este pueblo? están casi listos para matarme apedreando.
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 Y él Señor dijo a Moisés: Continúa delante del pueblo, y toma a algunos de los jefes de Israel contigo, y toma en tu mano la vara que estaba tendida sobre 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 Mira, tomaré mi lugar delante de ti sobre la roca en Horeb; y cuando le das un golpe a la roca, saldrá agua de ella, y la gente beberá. Y Moisés lo hizo ante los ojos de los jefes 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 Y dio a ese lugar el nombre de Masah y Meriba, porque los hijos de Israel se enojaron, y porque pusieron al Señor a prueba, diciendo: ¿Está el Señor con 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 Y Moisés dijo a Josué: Juntanos una banda de hombres y sal a hacer guerra contra Amalec; mañana tomaré mi lugar en la cima del monte con la vara de Dios 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 Entonces Josué hizo como Moisés le dijo, y fue a la guerra contra Amalec; y Moisés, Aarón y Hur subieron a la cima del monte.
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 Y mientras Moisés levantaba su mano, Israel era más fuerte; más cuando soltaba su mano, Amalec se hacía más fuerte.
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 las manos de Moisés se cansaban; así que pusieron una piedra debajo de él y él se sentó en ella, Aarón y Hur apoyando sus manos, uno de un lado y el otro sobre el otro; así que mantuvieron sus manos sin caer hasta que el sol se puso.
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 Y Josué venció a Amalec y a su pueblo a espada.
So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords [to fight against them].
14 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: Haz un registro de esto en un libro, para que se guarde en la memoria, y repítelo en los oídos de Josué: que todo recuerdo de Amalec será desarraigado por completo de la tierra.
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 Entonces Moisés levantó un altar, y le dio el nombre Él Señor es mi estandarte:
Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
16 Porque dijo: Él Señor juró que habrá 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)!”
