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 以色列全会众从以琳起行，在出埃及后第二个月十五日到了以琳和西奈中间、汛的旷野。

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

2 以色列全会众在旷野向摩西、亚伦发怨言，

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 说：「巴不得我们早死在埃及地、耶和华的手下；那时我们坐在肉锅旁边，吃得饱足。你们将我们领出来，到这旷野，是要叫这全会众都饿死啊！」

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：「我要将粮食从天降给你们。百姓可以出去，每天收每天的分，我好试验他们遵不遵我的法度。

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，他们要把所收进来的预备好了，比每天所收的多一倍。」

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、亚伦对以色列众人说：「到了晚上，你们要知道是耶和华将你们从埃及地领出来的。

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 早晨，你们要看见耶和华的荣耀，因为耶和华听见你们向他所发的怨言了。我们算什么，你们竟向我们发怨言呢？」

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：「耶和华晚上必给你们肉吃，早晨必给你们食物得饱；因为你们向耶和华发的怨言，他都听见了。我们算什么，你们的怨言不是向我们发的，乃是向耶和华发的。」

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：「你告诉以色列全会众说：『你们就近耶和华面前，因为他已经听见你们的怨言了。』」

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 亚伦正对以色列全会众说话的时候，他们向旷野观看，不料，耶和华的荣光在云中显现。

11 Then the LORD said to Moses,

11 耶和华晓谕摩西说：

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。你告诉他们说：『到黄昏的时候，你们要吃肉，早晨必有食物得饱，你们就知道我是耶和华—你们的 神。』」

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

13 到了晚上，有鹌鹑飞来，遮满了营；早晨在营四围的地上有露水。

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

14 露水上升之后，不料，野地面上有如白霜的小圆物。

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 以色列人看见，不知道是什么，就彼此对问说：「这是什么呢？」摩西对他们说：「这就是耶和华给你们吃的食物。

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 耶和华所吩咐的是这样：你们要按着各人的饭量，为帐棚里的人，按着人数收起来，各拿一俄梅珥。」

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

17 以色列人就这样行；有多收的，有少收的。

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 及至用俄梅珥量一量，多收的也没有余，少收的也没有缺；各人按着自己的饭量收取。

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

19 摩西对他们说：「所收的，不许什么人留到早晨。」

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 然而他们不听摩西的话，内中有留到早晨的，就生虫变臭了；摩西便向他们发怒。

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

21 他们每日早晨，按着各人的饭量收取，日头一发热，就消化了。

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，他们收了双倍的食物，每人两俄梅珥。会众的官长来告诉摩西；

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：「耶和华这样说：『明天是圣安息日，是向耶和华守的圣安息日。你们要烤的就烤了，要煮的就煮了，所剩下的都留到早晨。』」

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

24 他们就照摩西的吩咐留到早晨，也不臭，里头也没有虫子。

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

25 摩西说：「你们今天吃这个吧！因为今天是向耶和华守的安息日；你们在田野必找不着了。

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

26 六天可以收取，第七天乃是安息日，那一天必没有了。」

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

27 第七天，百姓中有人出去收，什么也找不着。

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：「你们不肯守我的诫命和律法，要到几时呢？

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 你们看！耶和华既将安息日赐给你们，所以第六天他赐给你们两天的食物，第七天各人要住在自己的地方，不许什么人出去。」

30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

30 于是百姓第七天安息了。

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

31 这食物，以色列家叫吗哪；样子像芫荽子，颜色是白的，滋味如同搀蜜的薄饼。

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：「耶和华所吩咐的是这样：『要将一满俄梅珥吗哪留到世世代代，使后人可以看见我当日将你们领出埃及地，在旷野所给你们吃的食物。』」

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 摩西对亚伦说：「你拿一个罐子，盛一满俄梅珥吗哪，存在耶和华面前，要留到世世代代。」

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

34 耶和华怎么吩咐摩西，亚伦就怎么行，把吗哪放在法柜前存留。

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 以色列人吃吗哪共四十年，直到进了有人居住之地，就是迦南的境界。（

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

36 俄梅珥就是伊法十分之一。）