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.
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and 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?”
Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt 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?”
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
4 Kisha Musa akamlilia Yahweh, “Nini ni fanya kwa hawa watu? Wako tayari ata kunipiga mawe.”
And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to 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 unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, 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 before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so 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?”
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
8 Kisha jeshi la watu wa Ameleki wakaja na kushambulia Israeli huko Refidimu.
Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in 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.”
And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
10 Hivyo Yoshua akapigana na Ameleki kama Musa alivyo elekeza, wakati Musa, Aruni, na Huri walienda juu ya kilima.
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and 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.
And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, 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.
But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
13 Hivyo Yoshua akawashinda watu wa Ameleki kwa upanga.
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Andika haya kwenye kitabu na umsomee Yoshua, kwasababu nitaondoa kumbukumbu ya Ameleki kutoka chini ya mbingu.”
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
15 Kisha Musa akajenga madhabahu na kuiita “Yahweh ni bendera yangu.”
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:
16 Alisema, “Kwa kuwa mkono ulinyanyuliwa juu kuelekea kiti cha enzi cha Yahweh - kwamba Yahweh ata fanya vita na Ameleki vizazi na vizazi.”
and he said, The LORD hath sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
