Exodus
Chapter17
1FromthedesertofSinthewholeIsraelitecommunityjourneyedbystages,astheLORDdirected,andencampedatRephidim.Heretherewasnowaterforthepeopletodrink.
以色列子民全会众按照上主的吩咐，由欣旷野起程，一站一站地前行，然后在勒非丁安了营。在那里百姓没有水喝，
2Theyquarreled,therefore,withMosesandsaid,＂Giveuswatertodrink.＂Mosesreplied,＂Whydoyouquarrelwithme?WhydoyouputtheLORDtoatest?＂
因此百姓与梅瑟争吵说：＂给我们水喝罢！＂梅瑟回答他们说：＂你们为什么与我争吵，为什么试探上主？＂
3Here,then,intheirthirstforwater,thepeoplegrumbledagainstMoses,saying,＂WhydidyouevermakeusleaveEgypt?Wasitjusttohaveusdiehereofthirstwithourchildrenandourlivestock?＂
因百姓在那里渴望水喝，就抱怨梅瑟说：＂你为什么从埃及领我们上来？难道要使我们，我们的子女和牲畜都渴死吗？＂
4SoMosescriedouttotheLORD,＂WhatshallIdowiththispeople?Alittlemoreandtheywillstoneme!＂
梅瑟向上主呼号说：＂我要怎样对待这百姓呢？他们几乎愿用石头砸死我！＂
5TheLORDansweredMoses,＂Gooverthereinfrontofthepeople,alongwithsomeoftheeldersofIsrael,holdinginyourhand,asyougo,thestaffwithwhichyoustrucktheriver.
上主回答梅瑟说：＂你到百姓面前去，带上几个以色列长老，手中拿着你击打尼罗河的棍杖去！
6IwillbestandingthereinfrontofyouontherockinHoreb.Striketherock,andthewaterwillflowfromitforthepeopletodrink.＂ThisMosesdid,inthepresenceoftheeldersofIsrael.
看，我要在你面前站在曷勒布那里的盘石上，你击打盘石，就有水流出来，给百姓喝。＂梅瑟就在以色列的长老眼前照样作了。
71TheplacewascalledMassahandMeribah,becausetheIsraelitesquarreledthereandtestedtheLORD,saying,＂IstheLORDinourmidstornot?＂
他称那地方为玛撒和默黎巴，因为以色列子民在那里争吵过，并试探过上主说：＂上主是否在我们中间？＂
82AtRephidim,AmalekcameandwagedwaragainstIsrael.
那时有阿玛肋克人，来在非勒丁同以色列人作战。
9Moses,therefore,saidtoJoshua,＂Pickoutcertainmen,andtomorrowgooutandengageAmalekinbattle.IwillbestandingontopofthehillwiththestaffofGodinmyhand.＂
梅瑟向若苏厄说：＂你给我们选拔壮丁，明天去同阿玛肋克人作战，我手中拿着天主的棍杖，站在这高岗顶上。＂
10SoJoshuadidasMosestoldhim:heengagedAmalekinbattleafterMoseshadclimbedtothetopofthehillwithAaronandHur.
若苏厄就照梅瑟吩咐他的作了，去同阿玛肋克作战；同时梅瑟、亚郎和胡尔上了那高冈顶上。
11AslongasMoseskepthishandsraisedup,Israelhadthebetterofthefight,butwhenhelethishandsrest,Amalekhadthebetterofthefight.
当梅瑟举手的时候，以色列就打胜仗；放下手的时候，阿玛肋克就打胜仗。
12Moses'hands,however,grewtired;sotheyputarockinplaceforhimtositon.MeanwhileAaronandHursupportedhishands,oneononesideandoneontheother,sothathishandsremainedsteadytillsunset.
终于梅瑟的手举疲乏了。他们就搬了块石头来，放在他下边，叫他坐下，亚郎和胡尔，一边一个托着他的手：这样他的手举着不动，直到日落的时候。
13AndJoshuamoweddownAmalekandhispeoplewiththeedgeofthesword.
于是若苏厄用刀剑打败了阿玛肋克和他的人民。
14ThentheLORDsaidtoMoses,＂Writethisdowninadocumentassomethingtoberemembered,andreciteitintheearsofJoshua:IwillcompletelyblotoutthememoryofAmalekfromundertheheavens.＂
上主向梅瑟说：＂将这事写在书上作为记念，并训示若苏厄，我要从天下把阿玛肋克的记念完全消灭。＂
153Mosesalsobuiltanaltarthere,whichhecalledYahweh-nissi;
梅瑟筑了一座祭坛，给它起名叫＂雅威尼息，＂
16forhesaid,＂TheLORDtakesinhandhisbanner;theLORDwillwaragainstAmalekthroughthecenturies.＂
说＂向上主的旌旗举手，上主必世世代代与阿玛肋克作战。＂
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Footnotes(注解)
1[7]MassahMeribah:Hebrewwordsmeaningrespectively,＂the(placeofthe)test,＂and,＂the(placeofthe)quarreling.＂
2[8]Amalek:theAmalekiteswereanaboriginalpeopleofsouthernPalestineandtheSinaipeninsula.CfNumbers24:20.
3[15]Yahweh-nissi:meaning,＂theLORDismybanner.＂