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.
Och hela menigheten af Israels barn drog ut af den öknene Sin deras dagsresor, såsom Herren befallde dem; och lägrade sig i Rephidim; der hade folket intet vatten till att dricka.
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]?”
Och de kifvade med Mose, och sade: Gifver oss vatten, att vi må dricka. Mose sade till dem: Hvi kifven I med mig? Hvi försöken I Herran?
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]?”
Då nu folket dersammastäds törste efter vatten, knorrade de emot Mose, och sade: Hvi hafver du låtit oss fara utur Egypten, på det att du oss, vår barn och boskap, skulle låta dö i törst?
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!”
Mose ropade till Herran, och sade: Huru skall jag göra med detta folket? Det fattas icke mycket, att de varda mig ännu stenande.
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].
Herren sade till honom: Gack för folket, och tag några de äldsta af Israel med dig; och tag din staf i dina hand, med hvilkom du slog vattnet, och gack.
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].
Si, jag vill stå der före dig på ett hälleberg i Horeb; der skall du slå hälleberget, och der skall utlöpa vatten, så att folket får dricka. Mose gjorde ock så för de äldsta af Israel.
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.
Derföre kallar man det rummet Massa och Meriba; för det Israels barnas kifs skull, och för det, att de försökte Herran, och sade: Är Herren med oss, eller ej?
8 Then the descendants of the Amalek people-group came and fought against the Israeli people at Rephidim.
Då kom Amalek, och stridde emot Israel i Rephidim.
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.”
Och Mose sade till Josua: Utvälj oss män; far ut, och strid emot Amalek; i morgon vill jag stå öfverst på högenom, och hafva Guds staf i mine hand.
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].
Och Josua gjorde såsom Mose honom sade, att han stridde emot Amalek. Men Mose, och Aaron, och Hur stego upp öfverst på högen.
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.
Och så länge Mose upphöll sina händer, hade Israel öfverhandena; men när han lät händerna ned, hade Amalek öfverhandena.
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.
Men Mose händer voro tunga, derföre togo de en sten, och lade under honom, att han satte sig deruppå. Aaron och Hur höllo under hans händer, hvar på sine sido; så vordo hans händer stadiga, intilldess solen gick neder.
13 So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords [to fight against them].
Och Josua nederlade Amalek, och hans folk, genom svärdsegg.
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.”
Och Herren sade till Mose: Skrif detta till en åminnelse uti en bok, och befall det i Josua öron; ty jag skall förgöra Amalek undan himmelen, att man icke mer skall tänka uppå honom.
15 Then Moses/I built a [stone] altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is [like] my flag’.
Och Mose byggde ett altare, och kallade det Herren Nissi;
16 He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group (forever/in all future generations)!”
Ty han sade: Herrans strid skall vara emot Amalek genom ena hand, under Guds beskärm ifrå barn intill barnabarn.
