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Ang Tubig nga Nagaguwa sa Bato(A)

20 Sa nahauna nga bulan, nag-abot ang bug-os nga katilingban sang Israel sa kamingawan sang Zin, kag nagkampo sila sa Kadesh. Didto napatay si Miriam kag ginlubong.

Karon, wala sing tubig didto, kag nagtipon naman ang mga tawo kontra kay Moises kag kay Aaron. Nagbais sila kay Moises kag nagsiling, “Maayo pa nga napatay na lang kami upod sang amon mga kasimanwa nga nagkalamatay sadto sa presensya sang Ginoo. Ngaa bala nga gindala mo pa kami nga katilingban sang Ginoo diri sa kamingawan agod nga magkalamatay man lang kami kag ang amon kasapatan? Ngaa bala nga ginpaguwa mo pa kami sa Egipto kag gindala diri sa wala sing pulos nga lugar? Wala diri sing uyas, higos, ubas ukon pomegranata. Kag wala pa sing tubig nga mainom!”

Gani naghalin si Moises kag si Aaron sa katilingban, kag nagkadto sila sa puwertahan sang Tolda nga Ginapakigkitaan kag nagluhod sila sa pagpangamuyo. Dayon nagpakita sa ila ang gamhanan nga presensya sang Ginoo. Nagsiling ang Ginoo kay Moises, “Kuhaa ang baston kag tipuna ninyo sang imo utod nga si Aaron ang bug-os nga katilingban. Kag samtang nagatulok sila, sugua ang bato nga magtubod, kag magatubod ini. Sa sini nga paagi mahatagan ninyo sing tubig ang katawhan agod mapainom ninyo sila kag ang ila kasapatan.”

Gani ginkuha ni Moises ang baston sa presensya sang Ginoo, didto sa Kahon sang Kasugtanan, suno sa sugo sang Ginoo sa iya. 10 Dayon gintipon nila ni Aaron ang bug-os nga katilingban sa atubangan sang bato, kag nagsiling si Moises sa ila, “Pamati kamo nga mga rebelde, kinahanglan bala nga hatagan namon kamo sang tubig halin sa sini nga bato?” 11 Dayon ginbayaw ni Moises ang iya baston kag ginhampak sing makaduha ka beses ang bato, kag nagpuswak ang tubig, kag nag-inom ang katilingban kag ang ila mga kasapatan.

12 Pero nagsiling ang Ginoo kay Moises kag kay Aaron, “Tungod kay wala kamo magpati sa akon sa inyo pagpakita sang akon pagkabalaan sa atubangan sang mga Israelinhon, indi kamo ang magapangulo sa pagdala sini nga katilingban sa duta nga ihatag ko sa ila.”

13 Ini nga lugar gintawag nga tuburan sang Meriba[a] kay ginbais sang mga Israelinhon ang Ginoo sa sini nga lugar, kag diri man ginpakita sang Ginoo sa ila ang iya pagkabalaan.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:13 Meriba: buot silingon sa Hebreo, pagbais.

Water From the Rock

20 In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin,(A) and they stayed at Kadesh.(B) There Miriam(C) died and was buried.

Now there was no water(D) for the community,(E) and the people gathered in opposition(F) to Moses and Aaron. They quarreled(G) with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead(H) before the Lord!(I) Why did you bring the Lord’s community into this wilderness,(J) that we and our livestock should die here?(K) Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates.(L) And there is no water to drink!(M)

Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting(N) and fell facedown,(O) and the glory of the Lord(P) appeared to them. The Lord said to Moses, “Take the staff,(Q) and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water.(R) You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”

So Moses took the staff(S) from the Lord’s presence,(T) just as he commanded him. 10 He and Aaron gathered the assembly together(U) in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”(V) 11 Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water(W) gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

12 But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy(X) in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”(Y)

13 These were the waters of Meribah,[a](Z) where the Israelites quarreled(AA) with the Lord and where he was proved holy among them.(AB)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 20:13 Meribah means quarreling.

20 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him.

10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

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