Exodus 17

1 Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

1 以色列全体会众按照耶和华的吩咐，从汛旷野启程，一程一程往前行，来到利非订安营，可是那里没有水喝。

2 So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”

2 百姓便跟摩西吵闹，说：“给我们水喝。”摩西便对他们说：“你们为什么跟我吵闹？为什么试探耶和华？”

3 But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”

3 百姓非常口渴，他们向摩西抱怨说：“你为什么带我们出埃及，让我们一家大小和牲畜都渴死？”

4 Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”

4 摩西就呼求耶和华说：“我拿这些百姓怎么办？他们准备拿石块打死我！”

5 And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

5 耶和华对摩西说：“你带着之前击打尼罗河水的杖，率领以色列的几个长老走在众人前面。

6 Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

6 我必在何烈的磐石那里站在你们面前，你用杖击打磐石，磐石必流出水来给众人喝。”摩西便当着以色列长老的面这样做了。

7 He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

7 摩西称那地方为玛撒和米利巴 ，因为以色列人在那里吵闹，又试探耶和华，说：“耶和华是否在我们当中？”

8 After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

8 后来，亚玛力人到利非订攻打以色列人。

9 So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”

9 摩西对约书亚说：“选一些人出去迎战亚玛力人。明天，我会带着上帝的杖站在山顶上。”

10 Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

10 约书亚便遵照摩西的吩咐迎战亚玛力人，摩西、亚伦和户珥上到山顶。

11 As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.

11 摩西什么时候举手，以色列人就占上风；他的手什么时候垂下，亚玛力人就占上风。

12 When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

12 不久，摩西的手疲倦发软，亚伦和户珥就抬来一块石头让摩西坐下，然后站在他的两边扶着他的手，他就稳稳地举着手，直到日落。

13 So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.

13 这样，约书亚用刀杀败了亚玛力人。

14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

14 耶和华对摩西说：“我要完全抹去世人对亚玛力人的记忆。你要把这话写在书卷上作纪念，也要把这话告诉约书亚。”

15 And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.

15 摩西在那里筑了一座坛，取名叫“耶和华尼西”。

16 “Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”

16 摩西说：“耶和华已经起誓要世代与亚玛力人争战。”