Kutoka 17
1 Jamii yote ya Israeli ili safiri kutoka nyikani ya Sinu, wakifuata maelekezo ya Yahweh. Walieka kambi Refidimu, lakini hapakuwa na maji ya watu kunywa.
Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
2 Hivyo watu wakamlaumu Musa kwa hali yao na kusema, “Tupe maji ya kunywa.” Musa akasema, “Kwanini mnagombana na mimi? Kwanini mnajaribu Yahweh?”
So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
3 Watu walikuwa na kiu sana, na waka mlalamikia Musa. Wakasema, “Kwanini umetutoa Misri? Ili utuue sisi na watoto wetu na mifugo yetu kwa kiu?”
But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
4 Kisha Musa akamlilia Yahweh, “Nini ni fanya kwa hawa watu? Wako tayari ata kunipiga mawe.”
Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
5 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Nenda mbele yao, na uchukuwe baadhi ya wazee wa Israeli. Chukuwa gongo ulilo piga nalo mto, na uende.
And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6 Nitasimama mbele yako pale kwenye mwamba wa Horebu, na utaupiga mwamba. Maji yatatoka ya watu kunywa.” Kisha Musa akafanya hivyo mbele ya wazee wa Israeli.
Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 Aliita ile sehemu Massa na Meriba kwasababu ya malalamishi ya Waisraeli, na kwasababu walimjaribu Bwana kwa kusema, “Je Yahweh yupo miongoni mwetu au hapana?”
He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
8 Kisha jeshi la watu wa Ameleki wakaja na kushambulia Israeli huko Refidimu.
After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
9 Hivyo Musa akamwambia Yoshua, “Chagau wanaume kadha na uende nje. Pigana na Ameleki. Kesho nitasimama juu ya kilima na gongo la Mungu mkononi mwangu.”
So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
10 Hivyo Yoshua akapigana na Ameleki kama Musa alivyo elekeza, wakati Musa, Aruni, na Huri walienda juu ya kilima.
Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 Wakati Musa alipo kuwa ameshikilia mikono yake juu, Israeli ilikuwa yashinda; alipo acha mikono yake ipumzike, Ameleki alianza kushinda.
As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.
12 Mikono ya Musa alipo kuwa mizito, Aruni na Huri walichukuwa jiwe na kuweka chini yake alikalie. Muda huo huo, Aruni na Huri walinyanyua mikono yake juu, mtu mmoja upande mmoja, na mtu mmoja upande mwingine. Hivyo mikono ya Musa ilishikiliwa tuli mpaka jua lilipo zama.
When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
13 Hivyo Yoshua akawashinda watu wa Ameleki kwa upanga.
So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.
14 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Andika haya kwenye kitabu na umsomee Yoshua, kwasababu nitaondoa kumbukumbu ya Ameleki kutoka chini ya mbingu.”
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
15 Kisha Musa akajenga madhabahu na kuiita “Yahweh ni bendera yangu.”
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
16 Alisema, “Kwa kuwa mkono ulinyanyuliwa juu kuelekea kiti cha enzi cha Yahweh - kwamba Yahweh ata fanya vita na Ameleki vizazi na vizazi.”
“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”
