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Egzòd 16-18
Haitian Creole Version
Egzòd 16-18
Haitian Creole Version
16 ¶ Apre sa, tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo pati kite Elim, yo rive nan dezè yo rele Sin lan, ant Elim ak mòn Sinayi. Lè yo rive la, yo te gen yon mwa kenz jou depi yo te pati kite Lejip.
2 Yo tout pran bougonnen sou do Moyiz ak Arawon nan dezè a.
3 Yo t'ap di yo: -Poukisa Seyè a pa t' tou touye nou nan peyi Lejip la? Lè sa a, nou te konn chita devan bòl vyann nou, nou te konn manje pen plen vant nou. Men, ou menm ak Arawon, nou mennen nou nan dezè sa a pou fè tout kantite moun sa yo mouri grangou.
4 Seyè a di Moyiz konsa: -Mwen pral fè pen tonbe soti nan syèl la pou nou tankou grenn lapli. Pèp la va soti chak jou pou l' ranmase mezi li bezwen pou jounen an. Konsa, m'a gade pou m' wè si wi ou non yo vle mache sou lòd mwen vre.
5 Chak sizyèm jou nan senmenn lan, y'a ranmase de fwa lavalè sa yo konn ranmase lòt jou yo, y'a pare mete la.
6 Moyiz ak Arawon di tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo: -Aswè a n'a konnen se Seyè a ki te fè nou pati kite peyi Lejip.
7 Denmen maten, n'a wè ki kalite pouvwa Seyè a genyen. Li tande jan n'ap bougonnen sou do li. Paske mwen menm ak Arawon, kisa nou ye pou se sou nou n'ap bougonnen konsa? Se sou Bondye n'ap bougonnen.
8 Apre sa, Moyiz di yo: -Se Seyè a k'ap ban nou vyann pou nou manje chak swa. Se li k'ap ban nou kantite pen nou bezwen chak maten, paske Seyè a tande tout bougonnen n'ap bougonnen sou li a. Nou menm, kisa nou ye? Se pa sou nou n'ap bougonnen, men se sou Seyè a n'ap bougonnen.
9 Lè sa a Moyiz di Arawon: -Men sa pou ou di tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo: Pwoche vin devan Seyè a paske li tande jan n'ap plenyen an.
10 Pandan Arawon t'ap pale ak tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo, yo vire tèt yo bò dezè a, yo wè pouvwa Bondye a parèt nan nwaj la.
11 Seyè a di Moyiz:
12 -Mwen tande jan moun pèp Izrayèl yo ap plenyen. Men sa pou ou di yo: Aswè a, anvan li fin fè nwa, n'a gen vyann pou nou manje. Denmen maten, n'a gen pen kantite nou bezwen. Lè sa a, n'a konnen se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki Bondye nou.
13 ¶ Nan aswè, zòtolan vini, yo kouvri tout kote yo te moute tant yo a. Nan maten, te gen yon kouch lawouze toutalantou kote pèp la te moute tant yo a.
14 Lè lawouze a disparèt, li kite yon kwout tou blan atè nan dezè a. Kwout la te fen, li te plen ti grenn tankou sèl, li te kouvri tout atè a.
15 Lè moun pèp Izrayèl yo wè sa, yo pa t' konn sa l' te ye. Yonn t'ap di lòt: -Sa sa ye sa? Moyiz di yo: -Sa a, se pen Seyè a ban nou pou nou manje.
16 Men lòd Seyè a ban nou: Se pou chak moun ranmase mezi yo bezwen pou kantite moun ki lakay yo. N'a ranmase twa ti mamit edmi pou chak moun.
17 Moun pèp Izrayèl yo fè sa Moyiz te di yo fè a. Gen moun ki te ranmase plis, gen lòt ki te ranmase pi piti.
18 Men, lè yo mezire, sa ki te ranmase plis yo pa t' gen twòp, sa ki te ranmase pi piti yo pa t' manke anyen. Konsa, chak moun te ranmase mezi yo te bezwen pou yo manje.
19 Moyiz di yo: -Piga pesonn sere anyen pou denmen.
20 Men gen moun ki pa t' koute Moyiz. Yo sere ti gout pou denmen maten. Nan denmen yo jwenn li plen vè, li te gate. Moyiz te fache sou moun sa yo.
21 Chak maten yo ranmase mezi yo te bezwen pou yo manje. Men, kou solèy la konmanse cho, bagay la te fonn.
22 ¶ Sizyèm jou nan senmenn lan, yo te ranmase de fwa lavalè sa yo te konn ranmase chak jou a. Yo te ranmase sèt ti mamit pou chak moun. Tout chèf fanmi ki te alatèt pèp la vin di Moyiz sa.
23 Moyiz reponn yo: -Men lòd Seyè a te bay: Denmen se jou repo, se jou repo ki apa pou Seyè a. Kwit sa nou gen pou nou kwit. Bouyi sa nou gen pou nou bouyi. N'a sere rès la pou denmen.
24 Jan Moyiz te ba yo lòd la, yo sere rès la pou denmen. Li pa t' gate, vè pa t' tonbe ladan l'.
25 Moyiz di yo: -Nou mèt manje rès la jòdi a, paske jòdi a se jou repo yo mete apa pou Seyè a. Jòdi a nou p'ap jwenn anyen deyò a.
26 Pandan sis premye jou senmenn lan n'a jwenn pou n' ranmase. Men setyèm jou a, jou repo a, nou p'ap jwenn anyen pou nou ranmase.
27 Setyèm jou a, gen kek moun nan pèp la ki te soti al ranmase manje, men yo pa jwenn anyen.
28 Lè sa a, Seyè a di Moyiz: -Kilè n'a sispann dezobeyi lòd ak kòmandman mwen yo?
29 Konprann sa byen, se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki te ban nou jou repo sa a. Se poutèt sa, sou sizyèm jou nan senmenn lan, mwen ban nou manje valè pou de jou. Nan setyèm jou senmenn lan, se pou tout moun rete kote yo ye a. Piga pesonn mete tèt deyò.
30 Se konsa, lè setyèm jou a rive, pèp la pa fè ankenn travay.
31 Pèp Izrayèl la rele manje a laman. Li te gen fòm grenn pitimi. Li te tou blan, li te gen menm gou ak gato ki fèt ak siwo myèl.
32 ¶ Moyiz di yo: -Men lòd Seyè a ban nou. Se pou nou sere twa ti mamit edmi plen laman pou pitit pitit nou yo. Konsa y'a wè ki kalite manje mwen te konn ban nou nan dezè a, lè mwen te fè nou soti kite peyi Lejip la.
33 Apre sa Moyiz di Arawon: -Pran yon ti ja, mete twa ti mamit edmi laman ladan l'. Mete l' devan Seyè a pou l' ka rete pou pitit pitit nou yo.
34 Arawon fè sa Seyè a te bay Moyiz lòd fè a. Li mete ti ja a devan Bwat Kontra a, li sere l' la.
35 Moun pèp Izrayèl yo pase karantan ap manje laman, jouk jou yo rive nan yon peyi kote yo jwenn moun rete. Kifè yo manje laman jouk yo rive sou fwontyè peyi Kanaran.
36 Twa ti mamit edmi, se valè twaka yon gwo mamit. Trannsenk ti mamit fè yon gwo bidon.
17 ¶ Tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo pati, yo kite dezè Sin lan, dapre lòd Seyè a te ba yo. Yo fè wout la moso pa moso, jouk yo rive Refidim kote yo moute tant yo. Men, pa t' gen dlo la pou pèp la te bwè.
2 Yo leve fè kont ak Moyiz. Yo di l': -Ban nou dlo pou nou bwè! Moyiz reponn yo: -Poukisa n'ap chache m' kont konsa? Pouki n'ap sonde Seyè a konsa?
3 Men, pèp la te swaf dlo anpil, yo t'ap bougonnen sou do Moyiz. Yo di l': -Poukisa ou fè nou soti kite peyi Lejip la? Gen lè se pou te fè nou vin mouri swaf dlo isit la, avèk pitit nou yo ansanm ak tout bèt nou yo?
4 Moyiz menm lapriyè nan pye Bondye. Li di l' konsa: -Kisa pou m' fè ak moun sa yo? Yo san lè touye m' ak kout ròch!
5 Seyè a di Moyiz: -Pran kèk chèf fanmi pèp Izrayèl la avèk ou, pase devan pèp la. Kenbe baton ou te sèvi pou frape gwo la rivyè Nil lan nan men ou. Epi mache.
6 Mwen menm, m'ap kanpe laba a, dwat devan ou, sou tèt gwo ròch Orèb la. W'a frape ròch la, dlo va soti ladan l'. Pèp la va bwè. Se sa menm Moyiz te fè devan chèf fanmi pèp Izrayèl la.
7 Yo rele kote sa a Masa ak Meriba, paske pèp Izrayèl la t'ap chache kont, yo t'ap sonde Seyè a lè yo te mande: Eske Seyè a nan mitan nou, wi ou non?
8 ¶ Antan pèp Izrayèl la Refidim, moun Amalèk yo vin pou goumen ak yo.
9 Moyiz di Jozye konsa: -Chwazi kèk gason pou nou. Denmen w'a soti al goumen ak moun Amalèk yo. Mwen menm, m'a moute sou tèt ti mòn lan avèk baton Bondye te ban mwen an nan men mwen.
10 Jozye fè tou sa Moyiz te di l' fè. Li soti al goumen ak moun Amalèk yo. Moyiz menm moute sou tèt ti mòn lan ansanm ak Arawon ak Our.
11 Tout tan Moyiz te kenbe men l' yo leve anlè, se moun Izrayèl yo ki te pi fò. Men, kou Moyiz bese men l', se moun Amalèk yo ki te pi fò.
12 Rive yon lè Moyiz te bouke, de bra l' t'ap fè l' mal. Arawon ak Our pran yon ròch, yo mete l' deyè Moyiz, yo fè Moyiz chita sou li. Yo chak pran yon bra Moyiz, yo kenbe yo anlè. Yo kenbe yo konsa jouk solèy kouche.
13 Jozye menm te bat Amalèk ak moun li yo byen bat, li touye yo anba kout nepe.
14 Apre sa, Seyè a di Moyiz: -Ekri sa nan liv rejis la pou moun yo pa janm bliye batay sa a. W'a di Jozye konsa m'ap efase non Amalèk sou latè pou yo pa janm chonje l' ankò.
15 Moyiz bati yon lòtèl, li rele l': Seyè a se drapo m'.
16 Apre sa li di: -Men mwen leve men m' devan fotèy Seyè a, Seyè a p'ap janm sispann goumen ak moun Amalèk yo.
18 ¶ Jetwo te pran nouvèl tou sa Bondye te fè pou Moyiz ak pèp Izrayèl la, jan li te fè yo soti kite peyi Lejip. Jetwo sa a te prèt nan peyi Madyan. Se bòpè Moyiz li te ye.
2 Anvan tout bagay sa yo te rive, Moyiz te voye Sefora, madanm li, al jwenn Jetwo, papa li. Koulye a, Jetwo mennen Sefora tounen bay Moyiz
3 ansanm ak Gèchon ak Elyezè, de pitit gason Moyiz yo. Lè timoun sa yo t'ap fèt Moyiz te di: Se moun vini mwen ye nan yon peyi etranje. Se konsa li te rele yonn Gèchon.
4 Moyiz te di tou: Se Bondye papa m' ki te pote m' sekou, ki te sove m' anba pèsekisyon farawon an. Se konsa li te rele lòt la Elyezè.
5 Jetwo, bòpè Moyiz la, pran madanm Moyiz ak de pitit gason l' yo, li vin wè Moyiz nan dezè kote l' te moute tant li a, sou mòn Bondye a.
6 Jetwo voye di Moyiz: -Se mwen menm, Jetwo, bòpè ou, k'ap vin wè ou ansanm ak madanm ou ak de pitit gason ou yo.
7 ¶ Moyiz soti al kontre bòpè li, li bese tèt li jouk atè devan l' pou di li bonjou, epi li bo l'. Yonn mande lòt ki jan yo ye, epi yo antre anba tant Moyiz la.
8 Moyiz rakonte bòpè l' tou sa Seyè a te fè farawon an ak moun peyi Lejip yo pase poutèt pitit Izrayèl yo. Li di l' tout tray yo te pase nan vwayaj la ak ki jan Seyè a te delivre yo.
9 Jetwo te kontan anpil lè l' tande tout bèl bagay Seyè a te fè pou pèp Izrayèl la, jan l' te delivre yo anba men moun peyi Lejip yo.
10 Jetwo di: -Lwanj pou Seyè a ki delivre ou anba men moun peyi Lejip yo ak anba men farawon an! Lwanj pou Seyè a ki wete pèp li a anba esklavaj moun peyi Lejip yo!
11 Koulye a mwen konnen Seyè a gen plis pouvwa pase tout lòt bondye yo, paske gade jan Bondye delivre pèp Izrayèl la anba moun peyi Lejip yo ki pa t' vle wè yo!
12 Apre sa, Jetwo, bòpè Moyiz la, ofri bèt pou yo touye pou di Bondye mèsi. Li ofri bèt pou yo boule nèt pou Seyè a. Arawon ansanm ak tout chèf fanmi pèp Izrayèl la te vin manje ak bòpè Moyiz la nan manje yo t'ap manje devan Bondye a.
13 ¶ Nan denmen, Moyiz te chita pou rann jijman sou tout bagay ki pase nan mitan pèp la. Depi maten jouk aswè, moun t'ap pase devan Moyiz.
14 Lè Jetwo, bòpè Moyiz la, wè kalite travay di sa a Moyiz t'ap fè pou kò l' pou pèp la, li di l' konsa: -Kisa w'ap fè konsa ak pèp la? Poukisa pou pèp la kanpe devan ou depi maten jouk aswè, epi se ou menm ki chita la pou kont ou ap rann jijman?
15 Moyiz reponn bòpè l' konsa: -Se sa pou m' fè paske pèp la vin kote m' pou yo ka konnen sa Bondye vle yo fè nan tout sikonstans.
16 Lè yo gen kont, yo vin jwenn mwen, mwen regle sa pou yo, mwen fè yo konnen volonte Bondye ak sa Bondye mande yo pou yo fè.
17 Bòpè Moyiz la di l' konsa: -Jan w'ap fè l' la pa bon.
18 W'ap fin kraze kouraj ou ansanm ak kouraj pèp la ki la avè ou. Paske chay la twòp pou ou. Ou pa ka pote l' pou kont ou.
19 Bon. Koute sa m'ap di ou: se yon konsèy m'ap ba ou pou Bondye ka ede ou. Se ou menm ki va prezante pou pèp la devan Bondye. W'a mete tout pwoblèm yo devan Bondye.
20 W'a moutre yo lòd Bondye, Seyè a, bay ansanm ak sa li mande yo pou yo fè. W'a fè yo konnen jan pou yo viv ak sa yo dwe fè.
21 Men, w'a chwazi nan mitan pèp la kèk moun ki kapab, moun ki gen krentif pou Bondye. Fòk se moun ou ka konte sou yo, moun ki p'ap kite lajan pran nanm yo. W'a mete yo chèf pou dirije pèp la, chèf sou mil moun, chèf sou san moun, chèf sou senkant moun ak chèf sou dis moun.
22 Moun sa yo va toujou la pou sèvi jij pou pèp la. Lè y'a gen gwo zafè, y'a pote yo devan ou. Men lòt ti zafè, y'a regle sa yo menm. Konsa, chay la va pi lejè pou ou, paske y'a ede ou pote l'.
23 Si ou fè sa, Bondye va dirije ou. W'a kapab fè travay ou, epitou, tout pèp la va tounen lakay li ak kè poze.
24 Moyiz koute konsèy bòpè l' la vre. Li fè tou sa Jetwo te di l' fè yo.
25 Moyiz chwazi nan mitan pèp Izrayèl la kèk nèg ki kapab dirije pèp la, li mete yo chèf sou mil moun, chèf sou san moun, chèf sou senkant moun ak chèf sou dis moun.
26 Yo te toujou la pou rann jistis pou pèp la. Yo te pote gwo zafè yo devan Moyiz. Men ti ka piti yo, yo te regle sa yo menm.
27 Apre sa, Moyiz kite bòpè l' la pati. Epi Jetwo tounen tounen l' nan peyi l'.
Exodus 16-18
New International Version
Exodus 16-18
New International Version
Manna and Quail
16 The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin,(A) which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt.(B) 2 In the desert the whole community grumbled(C) against Moses and Aaron. 3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt!(D) There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food(E) we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”(F)
4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven(G) for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test(H) them and see whether they will follow my instructions. 5 On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice(I) as much as they gather on the other days.”
6 So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “In the evening you will know that it was the Lord who brought you out of Egypt,(J) 7 and in the morning you will see the glory(K) of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling(L) against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?”(M) 8 Moses also said, “You will know that it was the Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling(N) against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord.”(O)
9 Then Moses told Aaron, “Say to the entire Israelite community, ‘Come before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’”
10 While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory(P) of the Lord appearing in the cloud.(Q)
11 The Lord said to Moses, 12 “I have heard the grumbling(R) of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’”(S)
13 That evening quail(T) came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew(U) around the camp. 14 When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost(V) on the ground appeared on the desert floor. 15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know(W) what it was.
Moses said to them, “It is the bread(X) the Lord has given you to eat. 16 This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer[a](Y) for each person you have in your tent.’”
17 The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. 18 And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.(Z) Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed.
19 Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.”(AA)
20 However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell.(AB) So Moses was angry(AC) with them.
21 Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. 22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice(AD) as much—two omers[b] for each person—and the leaders of the community(AE) came and reported this to Moses. 23 He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath(AF) to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’”
24 So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. 25 “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a sabbath to the Lord. You will not find any of it on the ground today. 26 Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath,(AG) there will not be any.”
27 Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. 28 Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you[c] refuse to keep my commands(AH) and my instructions? 29 Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.” 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 The people of Israel called the bread manna.[d](AI) It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. 32 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.’”
33 So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar and put an omer of manna(AJ) in it. Then place it before the Lord to be kept for the generations to come.”
34 As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law,(AK) so that it might be preserved. 35 The Israelites ate manna(AL) forty years,(AM) until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.(AN)
36 (An omer(AO) is one-tenth of an ephah.)(AP)
Water From the Rock
17 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin,(AQ) traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim,(AR) but there was no water(AS) for the people to drink. 2 So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water(AT) to drink.”(AU)
Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”(AV)
3 But the people were thirsty(AW) for water there, and they grumbled(AX) against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die(AY) of thirst?”
4 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone(AZ) me.”
5 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(BA) with which you struck the Nile,(BB) and go. 6 I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb.(BC) Strike(BD) the rock, and water(BE) will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the place Massah[e](BF) and Meribah[f](BG) because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
The Amalekites Defeated
8 The Amalekites(BH) came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.(BI) 9 Moses said to Joshua,(BJ) “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff(BK) of God in my hands.”
10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur(BL) went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning,(BM) 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.(BN) 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite(BO) army with the sword.
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write(BP) this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out(BQ) the name of Amalek(BR) from under heaven.”
15 Moses built an altar(BS) and called(BT) it The Lord is my Banner. 16 He said, “Because hands were lifted up against[g] the throne of the Lord,[h] the Lord will be at war against the Amalekites(BU) from generation to generation.”(BV)
Jethro Visits Moses
18 Now Jethro,(BW) the priest of Midian(BX) and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.(BY)
2 After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah,(BZ) his father-in-law Jethro received her 3 and her two sons.(CA) One son was named Gershom,[i] for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”;(CB) 4 and the other was named Eliezer,[j](CC) for he said, “My father’s God was my helper;(CD) he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
5 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, together with Moses’ sons and wife, came to him in the wilderness, where he was camped near the mountain(CE) of God. 6 Jethro had sent word to him, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”
7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down(CF) and kissed(CG) him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent. 8 Moses told his father-in-law about everything the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake and about all the hardships(CH) they had met along the way and how the Lord had saved(CI) them.
9 Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things(CJ) the Lord had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. 10 He said, “Praise be to the Lord,(CK) who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods,(CL) for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.”(CM) 12 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law,(CN) brought a burnt offering(CO) and other sacrifices(CP) to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal(CQ) with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence(CR) of God.
13 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. 14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?”
15 Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will.(CS) 16 Whenever they have a dispute,(CT) it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”(CU)
17 Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. 18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.(CV) 19 Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you.(CW) You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes(CX) to him. 20 Teach them his decrees and instructions,(CY) and show them the way they are to live(CZ) and how they are to behave.(DA) 21 But select capable men(DB) from all the people—men who fear(DC) God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain(DD)—and appoint them as officials(DE) over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case(DF) to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share(DG) it with you. 23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”
24 Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said. 25 He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders(DH) of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.(DI) 26 They served as judges(DJ) for the people at all times. The difficult cases(DK) they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.(DL)
27 Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own country.(DM)
Notas al pie
- Exodus 16:16 That is, possibly about 3 pounds or about 1.4 kilograms; also in verses 18, 32, 33 and 36
- Exodus 16:22 That is, possibly about 6 pounds or about 2.8 kilograms
- Exodus 16:28 The Hebrew is plural.
- Exodus 16:31 Manna sounds like the Hebrew for What is it? (see verse 15).
- Exodus 17:7 Massah means testing.
- Exodus 17:7 Meribah means quarreling.
- Exodus 17:16 Or to
- Exodus 17:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
- Exodus 18:3 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.
- Exodus 18:4 Eliezer means my God is helper.
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