Water From the Rock
1The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.”
Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”
3But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
4Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
5The 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 with which you struck the Nile, and go. 6I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7And he called the place Massah17:7 Massah means testing. and Meribah17:7 Meribah means quarreling. because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
The Amalekites Defeated
8The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”
10So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. 11As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12When 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. 13So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.
14Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven.”
15Moses built an altar and called it The Lord is my Banner. 16He said, “Because hands were lifted up against17:16 Or to the throne of the Lord,17:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain. the Lord will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.”
Maji Kutoka Kwenye Mwamba
(Hesabu 20:1-13)
117:1 Kut 16:1; 19:2; Hes 3:15; 20:5; 33:14Jumuiya yote ya Israeli ikaondoka kutoka Jangwa la Sini, ikisafiri kutoka sehemu moja hadi nyingine kama Bwana alivyoagiza. Wakapiga kambi huko Refidimu, lakini hapakuwa na maji ya watu kunywa. 217:2 Hes 20:2; 33:14; Za 107:5; Kut 14:12; Kum 6:16; Za 78:18, 41; 106:14; Mt 4:7; 1Kor 10:9Kwa hiyo wakagombana na Mose wakisema, “Tupe maji ya kunywa.”
Mose akajibu, “Mbona mnagombana nami? Kwa nini mnamjaribu Bwana?”
317:3 Kut 15:22-24; 14:11; 16:2-3Lakini watu walikuwa na kiu huko, wakanungʼunika dhidi ya Mose, wakisema, “Kwa nini ulitutoa kule Misri, ukatuleta hapa utuue kwa kiu sisi, watoto wetu na mifugo yetu?”
417:4 Hes 14:10; Isa 30:6; Yn 8:59Kisha Mose akamlilia Bwana, akasema, “Niwafanyie nini watu hawa? Sasa wanakaribia kunipiga kwa mawe.”
517:5 Kut 4:2; 10:12-13; 7:20Bwana akamjibu Mose, “Pita mbele ya watu. Wachukue pamoja nawe baadhi ya wazee wa Israeli, ichukue mkononi mwako ile fimbo uliyopiga nayo Mto Naili, nawe uende. 617:6 Hes 20:8-11; Kum 8:15; Amu 15:19; 2Fal 3:20; Neh 9:15; Za 74:15; 78:15-16; 105:41; 107:35; 114:8; Isa 30:25; 35:6; 43:19; 48:21; 1Kor 10:4Huko nitasimama mbele yako karibu na mwamba wa Horebu. Uupige mwamba na maji yatatoka ndani yake kwa ajili ya watu kunywa.” Kwa hiyo Mose akafanya haya mbele ya wazee wa Israeli. 717:7 Kum 6:16; 9:22; 33:8; Za 95:8; Hes 20:13, 24; 27:14; Za 81:7; 106:32Naye akapaita mahali pale Masa,17:7 Masa maana yake ni Kujaribu. na Meriba17:7 Meriba maana yake ni Kugombana. kwa sababu Waisraeli waligombana na kumjaribu Bwana wakisema, “Je, Bwana yu pamoja nasi au la?”
Vita Na Waamaleki
817:8 Mwa 36:12; Kum 25:17-19Waamaleki wakaja na kuwashambulia Waisraeli huko Refidimu. 917:9 Kut 24:13; 32:17; 33:11; Hes 11:28; 27:22; Kum 1:38; Mdo 7:45; Kut 4:17Mose akamwambia Yoshua, “Chagua baadhi ya watu wetu na uende kupigana na Waamaleki. Kesho nitasimama juu ya kilima nikiwa na fimbo ya Mungu mkononi mwangu.”
1017:10 Kut 24:14; 31:2Kwa hiyo Yoshua akapigana na Waamaleki kama Mose alivyomwagiza, nao Mose, Aroni na Huri wakapanda juu ya kilima. 1117:11 Yak 5:16Ikawa wakati wote Mose alipokuwa amenyanyua mikono yake, Waisraeli walikuwa wakishinda, lakini kila aliposhusha mikono yake Waamaleki walishinda. 1217:12 Yos 8:26Mikono ya Mose ilipochoka, wakachukua jiwe na kumpa alikalie. Aroni na Huri wakaishikilia juu mikono ya Mose, mmoja upande huu na mwingine upande huu. Wakaitegemeza mikono yake ikabaki thabiti mpaka jua lilipozama. 13Kwa hiyo Yoshua akalishinda jeshi la Waamaleki kwa upanga.
1417:14 Kut 24:4; 34:27; 33:2; Kum 31:9; Ay 19:23; Isa 30:8; Yer 36:2; 45:1; 51:60; Kut 32:33; Kum 29:20; Ay 18:17; Za 9:5; 34:15; 109:15; Eze 18:4; Mwa 36:12; Hes 24:7; Amu 3:13; Isa 30:17-18; Za 83:7Kisha Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Andika mambo haya katika kitabu ili yakumbukwe, na uhakikishe kwamba Yoshua amesikia, kwa sababu nitafuta kabisa kumbukumbu la Amaleki chini ya mbingu.”
1517:15 Mwa 8:20; 22:14Mose akajenga madhabahu na kuiita Yehova Nisi.17:15 Yehova Nisi maana yake ni Bwana ni Bendera yangu. 1617:16 Hes 24:7; 1Sam 15:8, 32; 1Nya 4:43; Es 3:1; 8:3; 9:5, 24Mose akasema, “Kwa maana mikono iliinuliwa mpaka kwenye kiti cha enzi cha Bwana. Bwana atakuwa na vita dhidi ya Waamaleki kutoka kizazi hata kizazi.”
