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L’eau du rocher à Horeb

17 Toute l’assemblée des enfants d’Israël partit du désert de Sin, selon les marches que l’Eternel leur avait ordonnées; et ils campèrent à Rephidim, où le peuple ne trouva point d’eau à boire. Alors le peuple chercha querelle à Moïse. Ils dirent: Donnez-nous de l’eau à boire. Moïse leur répondit: Pourquoi me cherchez-vous querelle? Pourquoi tentez-vous l’Eternel? Le peuple était là, pressé par la soif, et murmurait contre Moïse. Il disait: Pourquoi nous as-tu fait monter hors d’Egypte, pour nous faire mourir de soif, moi, mes enfants et mes troupeaux? Moïse cria à l’Eternel, en disant: Que ferai-je à ce peuple? Encore un peu, et ils me lapideront. L’Eternel dit à Moïse: Passe devant le peuple, et prends avec toi des anciens d’Israël; prends aussi dans ta main ta verge avec laquelle tu as frappé le fleuve, et marche! Voici, je me tiendrai devant toi sur le rocher d’Horeb; tu frapperas le rocher, et il en sortira de l’eau, et le peuple boira. Et Moïse fit ainsi, aux yeux des anciens d’Israël. Il donna à ce lieu le nom de Massa et Meriba[a], parce que les enfants d’Israël avaient contesté, et parce qu’ils avaient tenté l’Eternel, en disant: L’Eternel est-il au milieu de nous, ou n’y est-il pas?

Victoire sur Amalek

Amalek vint combattre Israël à Rephidim. Alors Moïse dit à Josué: Choisis-nous des hommes, sors, et combats Amalek; demain je me tiendrai sur le sommet de la colline, la verge de Dieu dans ma main. 10 Josué fit ce que lui avait dit Moïse, pour combattre Amalek. Et Moïse, Aaron et Hur montèrent au sommet de la colline. 11 Lorsque Moïse élevait sa main, Israël était le plus fort; et lorsqu’il baissait sa main, Amalek était le plus fort. 12 Les mains de Moïse étant fatiguées, ils prirent une pierre qu’ils placèrent sous lui, et il s’assit dessus. Aaron et Hur soutenaient ses mains, l’un d’un côté, l’autre de l’autre; et ses mains restèrent fermes jusqu’au coucher du soleil. 13 Et Josué vainquit Amalek et son peuple, au tranchant de l’épée.

14 L’Eternel dit à Moïse: Ecris cela dans le livre, pour que le souvenir s’en conserve, et déclare à Josué que j’effacerai la mémoire d’Amalek de dessous les cieux.

15 Moïse bâtit un autel, et lui donna pour nom: l’Eternel ma bannière. 16 Il dit: Parce que la main a été levée sur le trône de l’Eternel, il y aura guerre de l’Eternel contre Amalek, de génération en génération.

Footnotes

  1. Exode 17:7 Massa et Meriba, litt. tentation et querelle

擊磐出水(A)

17 以色列全體會眾都照著耶和華的吩咐,一站一站,從汛的曠野起程,在利非訂安營。在那裡人民沒有水喝。 因此人民與摩西爭吵,說:“給我們水喝吧。”摩西對他們說:“你們為甚麼與我爭吵呢?你們為甚麼試探耶和華呢?” 人民在那裡渴望得水喝,就向摩西發怨言,說:“你為甚麼把我們從埃及領上來,使我們和我們的兒女,以及我們的牲畜都渴死呢?” 摩西向耶和華呼求,說:“我要怎樣對待這人民呢?他們幾乎要用石頭打死我了。” 耶和華回答摩西:“你要到人民的面前,要帶著以色列的幾個長老和你一起,手裡要拿著你先前擊打河水的杖。 看哪,我必在何烈山那裡的磐石上站在你面前;你要擊打磐石,就必有水從磐石流出來,使人民可以喝。”摩西就在以色列的長老眼前這樣行了。 他給那地方起名叫瑪撒,又叫米利巴,因為以色列人在那裡爭吵,又因為他們試探耶和華,說:“耶和華是不是在我們中間呢?”

與亞瑪力人作戰

那時亞瑪力人來了,在利非訂和以色列人爭戰。 摩西對約書亞說:“你要為我們選出人來,出去和亞瑪力人爭戰;明天我要站在山頂上,手裡拿著 神的杖。” 10 於是,約書亞照著摩西吩咐他的行了,去和亞瑪力人爭戰;摩西、亞倫和戶珥都上了山頂。 11 摩西舉起手來的時候,以色列人就得勝;摩西把手放下來的時候,亞瑪力人就得勝。 12 可是摩西的兩手疲乏了,他們就搬塊石頭來,放在摩西下面,他就坐在上面;亞倫和戶珥,一邊一個,扶著摩西的兩手;這樣,他的兩手就穩住,直到日落的時候。 13 約書亞用刀打敗了亞瑪力王和他的人民。

14 耶和華對摩西說:“我要把亞瑪力的名號從天下完全抹掉;你要把話寫在書上作記念,也要告訴約書亞。” 15 摩西築了一座祭壇,給它起名叫“耶和華尼西”。 16 摩西又說:“向耶和華的旌旗舉手,耶和華必世世代代和亞瑪力人爭戰。”

Water From the Rock

17 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin,(A) traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim,(B) but there was no water(C) for the people to drink. So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water(D) to drink.”(E)

Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”(F)

But the people were thirsty(G) for water there, and they grumbled(H) against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die(I) of thirst?”

Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone(J) me.”

The Lord answered Moses, “Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff(K) with which you struck the Nile,(L) and go. I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb.(M) Strike(N) the rock, and water(O) will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. And he called the place Massah[a](P) and Meribah[b](Q) because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

The Amalekites Defeated

The Amalekites(R) came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.(S) Moses said to Joshua,(T) “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff(U) of God in my hands.”

10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur(V) went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning,(W) but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset.(X) 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite(Y) army with the sword.

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write(Z) this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out(AA) the name of Amalek(AB) from under heaven.”

15 Moses built an altar(AC) and called(AD) it The Lord is my Banner. 16 He said, “Because hands were lifted up against[c] the throne of the Lord,[d] the Lord will be at war against the Amalekites(AE) from generation to generation.”(AF)

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 17:7 Massah means testing.
  2. Exodus 17:7 Meribah means quarreling.
  3. Exodus 17:16 Or to
  4. Exodus 17:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

Water from the Rock(A)

17 Then (B)all the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of (C)Sin, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to (D)drink. (E)Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.”

So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you (F)tempt the Lord?”

And the people thirsted there for water, and the people (G)complained against Moses, and said, “Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our (H)livestock with thirst?”

So Moses (I)cried out to the Lord, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to (J)stone[a] me!”

And the Lord said to Moses, (K)“Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which (L)you struck the river, and go. (M)Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.”

And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. So he called the name of the place (N)Massah[b] and [c]Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they [d]tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Victory over the Amalekites(O)

(P)Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with (Q)the rod of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And so it was, when Moses (R)held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands became [e]heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, (S)“Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that (T)I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.” 15 And Moses built an altar and called its name, [f]The-Lord-Is-My-Banner; 16 for he said, “Because [g]the Lord has (U)sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 17:4 Put me to death by stoning
  2. Exodus 17:7 Lit. Tempted
  3. Exodus 17:7 Lit. Contention
  4. Exodus 17:7 tested
  5. Exodus 17:12 Weary of being held up
  6. Exodus 17:15 Heb. YHWH Nissi
  7. Exodus 17:16 Lit. a hand is upon the throne of the Lord