Ɔbotan Mu Nsuo
1Afei, 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. 2Ɛha 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?”
3Na 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!”
4Mose su frɛɛ Awurade sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn na menyɛ saa nkurɔfoɔ yi? Wɔpɛ sɛ wɔsi me aboɔ.”
5Awurade 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. 6Mɛhyia 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. 7Enti, 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?”
Israelfoɔ Di Amalekfoɔ So Nkonim
8Afei, akofoɔ a wɔfiri Amalek17.8 Amalekfoɔ no yɛ Esau nana barima asefoɔ, na wɔto hyɛ afoforɔ so fom wɔn nneɛma wɔ anweatam no so. bɛto hyɛɛ Israelfoɔ no so wɔ Refidim ne wɔn koeɛ. 9Mose ka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ, “Yi asraafoɔ ma yɛn na yɛne Amalekfoɔ nkɔko. Ɔkyena mɛgyina bepɔ no apampam a Onyankopɔn poma no kura me.”
10Enti, 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. 11Mmerɛ 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. 12Mose 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. 13Ɛbaa saa no, Yosua ne ne dɔm dii Amalekfoɔ no so, kunkumm wɔn wɔ akofena ano.
14Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Twerɛ yei ma ɛnna hɔ afebɔɔ ma wɔnkae daa na ka kyerɛ Yosua sɛ, mɛtɔre Amalekfoɔ nyinaa ase.”
15Mose sii afɔrebukyia hɔ na ɔtoo no edin Awurade Nissi a aseɛ ne Awurade ne mʼakofrankaa. 16Mose kaa sɛ, “Ɛfiri sɛ wɔapagya wɔn nsa akyerɛ Awurade ahennwa enti, Awurade ne Amalekfoɔ bɛdi ako afiri awo ntoatoasoɔ so akɔsi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ so.”
Water Out of the Rock
1The whole community of Israel started out from the Desert of Sin. They traveled from place to place, just as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim. But there wasn’t any water for the people to drink. 2So they argued with Moses. They said, “Give us water to drink.”
Moses replied, “Why are you arguing with me? Why are you testing the Lord?”
3But the people were thirsty for water there. So they told Moses they weren’t happy with him. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt? Did you want us, our children and our livestock to die of thirst?”
4Then Moses cried out to the Lord. He said, “What am I going to do with these people? They are almost ready to kill me by throwing stones at me.”
5The Lord answered Moses. “Go out in front of the people. Take some of the elders of Israel along with you. Take in your hand the walking stick you used when you struck the Nile River. Go. 6I will stand there in front of you by the rock at Mount Horeb. Hit the rock. Then water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses hit the rock while the elders of Israel watched. 7Moses called the place Massah and Meribah. That’s because the people of Israel argued with him there. They also tested the Lord. They asked, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
Joshua Wins the Battle Over the Amalekites
8The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men. Then go out and fight against the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill. I’ll stand there holding the walking stick God gave me.”
10So Joshua fought against the Amalekites, just as Moses had ordered. Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. 11As long as Moses held up his hand, the Israelites were winning. But every time he lowered his hands, the Amalekites began to win. 12When Moses’ arms got tired, Aaron and Hur got a stone and put it under him. Then he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands. Aaron was on one side, and Hur was on the other. Moses’ hands remained steady until sunset. 13So Joshua destroyed the Amalekite army with swords.
14Then the Lord said to Moses, “This is something to be remembered. So write it on a scroll. Make sure Joshua knows you have done it. I will completely erase the memory of the Amalekites from the earth.”
15Then Moses built an altar. He called it The Lord Is My Banner. 16He said, “The Amalekites opposed the authority of the Lord. So the Lord will fight against the Amalekites for all time to come.”
