Exodus 18
1 Jetro, àlùfáà Midiani, àna Mose, gbọ́ gbogbo ohun tí Ọlọ́run ti ṣe fún Mose àti fún Israẹli àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀, àti bí Olúwa ti mú àwọn ènìyàn Israẹli jáde láti Ejibiti wá.
And Jithro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, that the Lord had brought forth Israel out of Egypt.
2 Nígbà náà ni Jetro mu aya Mose tí í ṣe Sippora padà lọ sọ́dọ̀ rẹ (nítorí ó ti dá a padà sí ọ̀dọ̀ baba rẹ̀ tẹ́lẹ̀),
Then took Jithro, the father-in-law of Moses, Zipporah, the wife of Moses, after he had sent her back,
3 Òun àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ̀ méjèèjì. Orúkọ àkọ́bí ń jẹ́ Gerṣomu; nítorí Mose wí pé, “Èmi ń ṣe àlejò ni ilẹ̀ àjèjì.”
And her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a stranger in a foreign land:
4 Èkejì ń jẹ́ Elieseri; ó wí pé, “Ọlọ́run baba mi ni alátìlẹ́yìn mi, ó sì gbà mí là kúrò lọ́wọ́ idà Farao.”
And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
5 Jetro, àna Mose, òun àti aya àti àwọn ọmọ Mose tọ̀ ọ́ wá nínú aginjù tí ó tẹ̀dó sí, nítòsí òkè Ọlọ́run.
And Jithro, the father-in-law of Moses, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses, unto the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mount of God.
6 Jetro sì ti ránṣẹ́ sí Mose pé, “Èmi Jetro, àna rẹ, ni mo ń bọ̀ wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ, èmi àti aya àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ méjèèjì.”
And he sent word unto Moses, I thy father-in-law Jithro am coming unto thee, with thy wife, and her two sons with her.
7 Mose sì jáde lọ pàdé àna rẹ̀, ó tẹríba fún un, ó sì fi ẹnu kò ó ni ẹnu. Wọ́n sì béèrè àlàáfíà ara wọn, wọ́n sì wọ inú àgọ́ lọ.
And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed himself, and kissed him; and they asked each other after their welfare; and they went into the tent.
8 Mose sọ fún àna rẹ̀ nípa ohun gbogbo ti Olúwa tí ṣe sí Farao àti àwọn ará Ejibiti nítorí Israẹli. Ó sọ nípa gbogbo ìṣòro tí wọn bá pàdé ní ọ̀nà wọn àti bí Olúwa ti gbà wọ́n là.
And Moses told his father-in-law all which the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians on account of Israel, all the hardship which had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord had delivered them.
9 Inú Jetro dùn láti gbọ́ gbogbo ohun rere ti Olúwa ṣe fún Israẹli, ẹni tí ó mú wọ́n jáde kúrò ni ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
And Jithro rejoiced over all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, that he had delivered it out of the hand of the Egyptians.
10 Jetro sì wí pé, “Ìyìn ni fún Olúwa, ẹni tí ó gba yín là kúrò lọ́wọ́ àwọn ará Ejibiti àti lọ́wọ́ Farao, ẹni tí ó sì gba àwọn ènìyàn là kúrò lọ́wọ́ àwọn ará Ejibiti.
And Jithro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
11 Mo mọ nísinsin yìí pé Olúwa tóbi ju gbogbo àwọn òrìṣà lọ; nítorí ti ó gba àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ kúrò lọ́wọ́ ìgbéraga àti ìkà àwọn ará Ejibiti.”
Now I know that the Eternal is great above all gods; for by the very thing wherein they sinned presumptuously was punishment brought upon them.
12 Jetro, àna Mose, mú ẹbọ sísun àti ẹbọ wá fún Ọlọ́run. Aaroni àti gbogbo àgbàgbà Israẹli sì wá láti bá àna Mose jẹun ní iwájú Ọlọ́run.
And Jithro, the father-in-law of Moses, offered a burnt-offering and sacrifices unto God; and Aaron came, with all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses, before God.
13 Ní ọjọ́ kejì, Mose jókòó láti máa ṣe ìdájọ́ fún àwọn ènìyàn gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìṣe rẹ̀; àwọn ènìyàn sì dúró ti Mose fún ìdájọ́ wọn láti òwúrọ̀ títí di ìrọ̀lẹ́.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood around Moses from the morning unto the evening.
14 Nígbà tí àna Mose rí bí àkókò ti èyí ń gba ti pọ̀ tó àti ti àwọn ènìyàn ti ń dúró pẹ́ tó, ó wí pé, “Kí ni èyí tí ìwọ ń ṣe sí àwọn ènìyàn? Èéṣe ti ìwọ nìkan jókòó gẹ́gẹ́ bí adájọ́, nígbà tí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí dúró yí ọ ká láti òwúrọ̀ di ìrọ̀lẹ́?”
And the father-in-law of Moses saw all that he did to the people; and he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people standeth around thee from morning until evening?
15 Mose dá a lóhùn pé, “Nítorí àwọn ènìyàn ń tọ̀ mí wá láti mọ́ ìfẹ́ Ọlọ́run.
And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people cometh unto me to inquire of God.
16 Nígbà tí wọ́n bá ní ẹjọ́, wọn a mú un tọ̀ mí wá, èmi a sì ṣe ìdájọ́ láàrín ẹnìkínní àti ẹnìkejì, èmi a sì máa mú wọn mọ òfin àti ìlànà Ọlọ́run.”
When they have a matter of dispute, they come unto me; and I judge between one and the other, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
17 Àna Mose dá a lóhùn pé, “Ohun tí o ń ṣe yìí kò dára.
And the father-in-law of Moses said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
18 Ìwọ àti àwọn ènìyàn ti ń tọ̀ ọ́ wá yìí yóò dá ara yín ní agara; iṣẹ́ yìí pọ̀jù fún ọ, ìwọ nìkan kò lè dá a ṣe.
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou wilt not be able to perform it by thyself alone.
19 Nísinsin yìí, fetísílẹ̀ sí mi, èmi yóò sì gbà ọ́ ni ìmọ̀ràn, Ọlọ́run yóò sì wà pẹ̀lú rẹ. Ìwọ gbọdọ̀ jẹ́ aṣojú àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí níwájú Ọlọ́run, ìwọ yóò sì mú èdè-àìyedè wá sí iwájú rẹ̀.
Now hearken unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and may God be with thee, Be thou for the people a mediator with God, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God.
20 Kọ́ wọn ní òfin àti ìlànà Ọlọ́run, fi ọ̀nà igbe ayé ìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run hàn wọ́n àti iṣẹ́ tí wọn yóò máa ṣe.
And thou shalt explain to them the statutes and the laws; and thou shalt make them know the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
21 Ṣa àwọn tí ó kún ojú òsùwọ̀n nínú gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn, àwọn tó bẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run, ti wọ́n jẹ́ olóòtítọ́, tí wọ́n kórìíra ìrẹ́jẹ; yàn wọ́n ṣe olórí, lórí ẹgbẹ̀rún ẹgbẹ̀rún, ọgọ́rùn-ún ọgọ́rùn-ún, àádọ́ta-dọ́ta àti mẹ́wàá mẹ́wàá.
Moreover, thou shalt select out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating [their own] gain; and place these over them, as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
22 Jẹ́ kí wọn ó máa ṣe ìdájọ́ àwọn ènìyàn ni gbogbo ìgbà, ṣùgbọ́n jẹ́ kí wọn mú ẹjọ́ tí ó bá nira fún wọn láti dá tọ̀ ọ́ wá; kí wọn kí ó máa dá ẹjọ́ kéékèèké. Èyí ni yóò mú iṣẹ́ rẹ rọrùn, wọn yóò sì máa ràn ọ́ lọ́wọ́ lórí ìdájọ́ ṣíṣe.
And let them judge the people at all times; and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves: so shall it be easier for thee, when they shall bear with thee.
23 Bí ìwọ bá ṣe èyí, bí Ọlọ́run bá sì fi àṣẹ sí i fún ọ bẹ́ẹ̀, àárẹ̀ kò sì ní tètè mu ọ, àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí yóò sì padà lọ ilé wọn ni àlàáfíà.”
If thou wilt do this thing, and God commandeth it thee, then wilt thou be able to endure; and also the whole of this people will come to its place in peace.
24 Mose fetísílẹ̀ sí àna rẹ̀, ó sì ṣe ohun gbogbo tí ó wí fún un.
And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
25 Mose sì yan àwọn ènìyàn tí wọ́n kún ojú òsùwọ̀n nínú gbogbo Israẹli; ó sì fi wọ́n jẹ olórí àwọn ènìyàn, olórí ẹgbẹẹ̀rún, olórí ọ̀rọ̀ọ̀rún, olórí àràádọ́ta, àti olórí mẹ́wàá mẹ́wàá.
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and placed them as heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
26 Wọ́n sì ń ṣe ìdájọ́ àwọn ènìyàn ní ìgbà gbogbo. Wọ́n sì ń mú ẹjọ́ tó le tọ Mose wá; ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n ń dá ẹjọ́ tí kò le fúnra wọn.
And they judged the people at all times; any difficult cause they brought unto Moses, but every small cause they judged themselves.
27 Mose sì jẹ́ kí àna rẹ̀ lọ ní ọ̀nà rẹ̀, Jetro sì padà sí ilẹ̀ ẹ rẹ̀.
And Moses dismissed his father-in-law; and he went his way unto his own land.
