Exodus 17
1 Obeying what Yahweh commanded, all the Israeli people moved from the Sin Desert. They/We traveled from one place to another. They/We camped at [a place named] Rephidim, but there was no water there for (the people/us) to drink.
Και εσηκώθη πάσα η συναγωγή των υιών Ισραήλ εκ της ερήμου Σιν, ακολουθούντες τας οδοιπορείας αυτών κατά την προσταγήν του Κυρίου, και εστρατοπέδευσαν εν Ραφιδείν· όπου δεν ήτο ύδωρ διά να πίη ο λαός.
2 So the people complained to Moses/me again, saying, “Give us water to drink!” Moses/I replied to them, “Why are you (criticizing/arguing with) me [RHQ]? And why are you trying to determine whether Yahweh [has the power to provide for you]?”
Και ελοιδόρει ο λαός κατά του Μωϋσέως, λέγοντες, Δος εις ημάς ύδωρ διά να πίωμεν. Και είπε προς αυτούς ο Μωϋσής, Διά τι λοιδορείτε κατ' εμού; διά τι πειράζετε τον Κύριον;
3 But the people were very thirsty, and they continued to complain to Moses/me. They were saying things like “Why did you bring us out of Egypt?”, and “Did you bring us here to cause us and our children and livestock to die (from thirst/because we had no water to drink) [RHQ]?”
Και εδίψησεν ο λαός εκεί διά ύδωρ· και εγόγγυζεν ο λαός κατά του Μωϋσέως, λέγοντες, Διά τι τούτο; ανεβίβασας ημάς εξ Αιγύπτου, διά να θανατώσης ημάς και τα τέκνα ημών και τα κτήνη ημών με την δίψαν;
4 So Moses/I prayed earnestly to Yahweh. He/I said, “(How shall I deal with these people?/I do not know how to deal with these people!) [RHQ] They are almost ready to [kill me by throwing] stones at me!”
Και εβόησεν ο Μωϋσής προς τον Κύριον, λέγων, Τι να κάμω εις τούτον τον λαόν; ολίγον λείπει να με λιθοβολήσωσι.
5 Yahweh replied to Moses/me, “Take some of the elders/leaders of the Israeli people with you and [tell the rest of] the people to follow you [to Sinai Mountain]. Take along the stick with which you struck the Nile [River].
Και είπε Κύριος προς τον Μωϋσήν, Διάβα έμπροσθεν του λαού, και λάβε μετά σεαυτού εκ των πρεσβυτέρων του Ισραήλ· και την ράβδον, σου, με την οποίαν εκτύπησας τον ποταμόν, λάβε εν τη χειρί σου και ύπαγε·
6 Listen carefully: I will stand in front of you on top of a [large] rock at the foot of the mountain. Strike the rock with your stick. [When you do that], water for the people to drink will flow out of the rock.” [When they/we arrived at the mountain], Moses/I did that while the Israeli elders were watching, [and water flowed from the rock].
ιδού, εγώ θέλω σταθή εκεί έμπροσθέν σου επί της πέτρας εν Χωρήβ, και θέλεις κτυπήσει την πέτραν και θέλει εξέλθει ύδωρ εξ αυτής διά να πίη ο λαός. Και έκαμεν ούτως ο Μωϋσής ενώπιον των πρεσβυτέρων του Ισραήλ.
7 Moses/I gave that place two names [in the Hebrew language: ] Massah, [which means ‘testing’], and Meribah, [which means ‘complaining’]. He/I gave it the name Massah because the Israeli people were testing Yahweh, saying “Is Yahweh really among us [and able to help us], or not?”, and he/I gave it the name Meribah because they were [continually] complaining.
Και εκάλεσε το όνομα του τόπου Μασσά, και Μεριβά, διά την λοιδορίαν των υιών Ιαραήλ, και διότι επείρασαν τον Κύριον, λέγοντες, Είναι ο Κύριος μεταξύ ημών ή ουχί;
8 Then the descendants of the Amalek people-group came and fought against the Israeli people at Rephidim.
Τότε ήλθεν ο Αμαλήκ και επολέμησε με τον Ισραήλ εν Ραφιδείν.
9 Moses/I said to Joshua, [who was one of our army/Israeli leaders], “Choose some men to go out and fight against the Amalek people-group tomorrow. I will stand on the top of the hill, holding the stick that God told me to carry.”
Και είπεν ο Μωϋσής προς τον Ιησούν, Έκλεξον εις ημάς άνδρας και εξελθών πολέμησον με τον Αμαλήκ· αύριον εγώ θέλω σταθή επί της κορυφής του βουνού, κρατών εν τη χειρί μου την ράβδον του Θεού.
10 So Joshua did what Moses/I told him to do. He took some men to fight against the Amalek people-group. [While they were fighting], Aaron, Hur, and Moses/I went up to the top of the hill [so that they/we could see the whole battle area].
Και έκαμεν ο Ιησούς καθώς είπε προς αυτόν ο Μωϋσής και επολέμησε με τον Αμαλήκ· ο δε Μωϋσής, ο Ααρών και ο Ωρ ανέβησαν επί την κορυφήν του βουνού.
11 Whenever Moses/I lifted up his/my arms, the Israeli men started to win [the battle]. And whenever he/I lowered his/my arms, the Amalek people-group started to win.
Και οπότε ο Μωϋσής ύψονε την χείρα αυτού, ενίκα ο Ισραήλ· οπότε δε κατεβίβαζε την χείρα αυτού, ενίκα ο Αμαλήκ.
12 But his/my arms became tired. So Aaron and Hur [rolled] a [large] stone for Moses/me to sit on. [While he/I was sitting on it], those two held up his/my arms, [one on one side and the other on the other side]. In that way, they kept his/my arms lifted up, and his/my arms held steady until the sun went down.
Αι χείρες δε του Μωϋσέως ήσαν βεβαρημέναι· όθεν λαβόντες λίθον, έθεσαν υποκάτω αυτού και εκάθισεν επ' αυτού· ο δε Ααρών και ο Ωρ, εις εκ του ενός μέρους και εις εκ του άλλου, υπεστήριζον τας χείρας αυτού· και αι χείρες αυτού έμενον εστηριγμέναι μέχρι δύσεως ηλίου.
13 So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords [to fight against them].
Και κατέστρεψεν ο Ιησούς τον Αμαλήκ και τον λαόν αυτού, εν στόματι μαχαίρας.
14 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Write an account of this battle, and then read it to Joshua. [Also write that some day] I will completely get rid of the Amalek people-group.”
Και είπε Κύριος προς τον Μωϋσήν, Γράψον τούτο εν βιβλίω προς μνημόσυνον, και παράδος εις τα ώτα του Ιησού· ότι θέλω εξαλείψει εξάπαντος την μνήμην του Αμαλήκ εκ της υπό τον ουρανόν.
15 Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
Και ωκοδόμησεν εκεί ο Μωϋσής θυσιαστήριον και εκάλεσε το όνομα αυτού Ιεοβά-Νισσί·
16 He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group (forever/in all future generations)!”
και είπεν, Επειδή χειρ υψώθη κατά του θρόνου του Κυρίου, θέλει είσθαι πόλεμος του Κυρίου προς τον Αμαλήκ από γενεάς εις γενεάν.
