Exodus 17
1 All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to Yahweh’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
Afei, Awurade hyɛeɛ maa Israelfoɔ no firii Sin ɛserɛ no so kokɔɔ nkuro nkuro so, kɔduruu Refidim. Wɔduruu hɔ no, na nsuo a wɔbɛnom biara nni hɔ.
2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”
Ɛha nso, nnipa no nwiinwii bio tiaa Mose sɛ, “Ma yɛn nsuo nnom!” Mose ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monyɛ dinn! Adɛn enti na mo ne me regye akyinnyeɛ? Adɛn enti na mopɛ sɛ mosɔ Awurade hwɛ?”
3 The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”
Na osukɔm a ade wɔn no enti, wɔteateaam sɛ, “Adɛn enti na woyii yɛn firii Misraim? Adɛn enti na wode yɛn baa ha? Yɛn, yɛn mma ne yɛn anantwie nyinaa bɛwuwu!”
4 Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
Mose su frɛɛ Awurade sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn na menyɛ saa nkurɔfoɔ yi? Wɔpɛ sɛ wɔsi me aboɔ.”
5 Yahweh said to Moses, “Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Fa Israelfoɔ mpanimfoɔ no bi ka wo ho na fa poma a wode bɔɔ Nil mu no na di wɔn anim fa wɔn kɔ.
6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Mɛhyia wo wɔ ɔbotan a ɛwɔ bepɔ Horeb ho. Sɛ woduru hɔ a, fa wo poma no bɔ ɔbotan no mu sɛdeɛ wode bɔɔ Nil mu no na nsuo bɛfiri mu aba ama obiara anya bi anom amee.” Mose yɛɛ deɛ Awurade kaeɛ no wɔ Israel mpanimfoɔ no anim maa nsuo tue firii ɔbotan no mu.
7 He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”
Enti, Mose too beaeɛ hɔ edin Masa a aseɛ ne Sɔhwɛbea ne Meriba a aseɛ ne Akyinnyegyebea ɛfiri sɛ, ɛhɔ na Israelfoɔ ne Mose gyee akyinnyeɛ, sɔɔ Onyankopɔn hwɛeɛ, bisaa sɛ, “Awurade bɛhwɛ yɛn so anaasɛ ɔrenhwɛ yɛn so?”
8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
Afei, akofoɔ a wɔfiri Amalek bɛto hyɛɛ Israelfoɔ no so wɔ Refidim ne wɔn koeɛ.
9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out to fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.”
Mose ka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ, “Yi asraafoɔ ma yɛn na yɛne Amalekfoɔ nkɔko. Ɔkyena mɛgyina bepɔ no apampam a Onyankopɔn poma no kura me.”
10 So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
Enti, Yosua ne ne dɔm kɔtoaa Amalekfoɔ akodɔm no ne wɔn koeɛ. Saa ɛberɛ no ara, Mose ne Aaron ne Hur foro kɔɔ bepɔ no apampam pɛɛ.
11 When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
Mmerɛ dodoɔ a Mose kura poma no mu kyerɛ soro na Israelfoɔ no redi nkonim na sɛ ɔbrɛ poma no ase a, na Amalekfoɔ no nso redi Israelfoɔ no so.
12 But Moses’ hands were heavy; so they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.
Mose brɛeɛ a na ɔntumi mma poma no so bio enti Aaron ne Hur piree ɛboɔ bi too hɔ ma ɔtenaa so. Wɔgyinagyinaa Mose benkum ne nifa memaa ne nsa mmienu no so kɔsii sɛ owia kɔtɔeɛ.
13 Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Ɛbaa saa no, Yosua ne ne dɔm dii Amalekfoɔ no so, kunkumm wɔn wɔ akofena ano.
14 Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”
Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Twerɛ yei ma ɛnna hɔ afebɔɔ ma wɔnkae daa na ka kyerɛ Yosua sɛ, mɛtɔre Amalekfoɔ nyinaa ase.”
15 Moses built an altar, and called its name “Yahweh our Banner”.
Mose sii afɔrebukyia hɔ na ɔtoo no edin Awurade Nissi a aseɛ ne Awurade ne mʼakofrankaa.
16 He said, “Yah has sworn: ‘Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”
Mose kaa sɛ, “Ɛfiri sɛ wɔapagya wɔn nsa akyerɛ Awurade ahennwa enti, Awurade ne Amalekfoɔ bɛdi ako afiri awo ntoatoasoɔ so akɔsi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ so.”
