Exodus 16

1 On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.

1 以色列全体会众从以琳出发，来到以琳和西奈中间的汛旷野，时值他们离开埃及后的第二个月的十五日。

2 And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

2 以色列全体会众在旷野向摩西和亚伦发怨言说：

3 “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

3 “我们还不如当初在埃及就死在耶和华手中。在那里，我们至少可以围在肉锅旁吃个饱。现在，你把我们带到旷野来，是要叫全体会众饿死在这里吗？”

4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.

4 耶和华对摩西说：“我要从天上降下食物给你们。百姓可以每天出去拾取他们当天所需的分量，这样我就可以试验他们是否遵行我的吩咐。

5 Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”

5 到第六天，他们要比平时多拾取一倍的分量。”

6 So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “This evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

6 摩西和亚伦对以色列百姓说：“今晚你们就知道把你们从埃及领出来的是耶和华。

7 and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we, that you should grumble against us?”

7 早上，你们会看见祂的荣耀，因为祂听见了你们向祂所发的怨言。我们算什么，你们竟埋怨我们？”

8 And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

8 摩西又说：“耶和华听见你们发的怨言了，晚上祂必给你们肉吃，早晨再给你们饼吃个饱。我们算什么？你们埋怨的其实不是我们，而是耶和华。”

9 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”

9 摩西对亚伦说：“你去叫以色列全体会众到耶和华面前来，因为祂已听见他们的怨言。”

10 And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.

10 亚伦对以色列全体会众说话的时候，他们向旷野远望，果然看见耶和华的荣光在云彩中显现。

11 Then the LORD said to Moses,

11 耶和华对摩西说：

12 “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

12 “我已经听见以色列人的怨言。你告诉他们，‘到了黄昏，你们就会有肉吃，早晨就会有饼可以吃饱，这样你们就知道我是你们的上帝耶和华。’”

13 That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

13 到了傍晚，有许多鹌鹑飞来，把营地都遮盖了。到了早晨，营区四周的地上布满露水，

14 When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

14 露水蒸发以后，旷野便出现一层薄薄的、像白霜的东西。

15 When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

15 以色列人见了，不知道是何物，便彼此议论说：“这是什么？”摩西对他们说：“这就是耶和华给你们的食物。

16 This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”

16 耶和华吩咐你们要按自己和家人的食量来拾取，每人拾取两升。”

17 So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.

17 于是，以色列人遵命而行，有人拾的多，有人拾的少。

18 When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.

18 后来，他们用升斗 量的时候，就发现多拾的没有剩余，少拾的也没有缺乏，刚好是每人所需要的量。

19 Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until morning.”

19 摩西又吩咐他们说：“你们所拾取的，不可留到早晨！”

20 But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

20 可是，有的人不听，留了一些。到了早上，食物已腐烂生虫，发出恶臭，摩西就向他们发怒。

21 Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

21 百姓每天早晨出营拾取食物，各人按着所需分量拾取，到太阳升起后，食物就融化了。

22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.

22 到第六天，他们就拾取双倍的分量，也就是每人四升。会众的首领来禀告摩西，

23 He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”

23 摩西对他们说：“耶和华说，‘明天是安息日，是向耶和华守的圣安息日。你们要把一切食物预备好，或烤或煮，吃剩的可以留到早晨。’”

24 So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.

24 百姓就照摩西的吩咐，把吃剩的食物留到早晨，食物没有发臭生虫。

25 “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you will not find anything in the field.

25 摩西对他们说：“你们今天就吃这些吧，因为今天是耶和华的安息日，你们在野外找不到食物。

26 For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”

26 你们有六天可以拾取食物，但第七天是安息日，没有食物可以拾取。”

27 Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.

27 到了第七天早晨，有些人仍然出去要拾取食物，结果什么也找不到。

28 Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?

28 耶和华对摩西说：“你们到什么时候才肯遵行我的诫命和吩咐呢？

29 Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”

29 要知道，耶和华已将安息日赐给你们，所以第六天我会赐你们双倍的食物。第七天，人人都要留在营中，不许外出。”

30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

30 于是，百姓在第七天休息。

31 Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

31 以色列人称这种食物为吗哪，它形状像芫荽的种子，白色，味道像蜜制薄饼。

32 Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

32 摩西说：“以下是耶和华的吩咐，‘把两升的吗哪保存起来，直到世世代代，以便你们的子子孙孙可以看见上帝带你们离开埃及时，在旷野赐给你们的食物。’”

33 So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”

33 于是，摩西吩咐亚伦：“拿个罐子盛满两升的吗哪，放在耶和华面前，留到世世代代。”

34 And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

34 亚伦便照耶和华给摩西的吩咐，把吗哪放在约柜前保存起来。

35 The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

35 以色列百姓就在旷野吃了四十年的吗哪，直到他们到达有人烟的地方，到迦南的边境为止。

36 (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)

36 当时一俄梅珥等于十分之一伊法。