1 And all the assembly of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their journeys, at the command of Jehovah; and they encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.
2 And the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water, that we may drink! And Moses said to them, Why do ye dispute with me? Why do ye tempt Jehovah?
3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
4 And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, What shall I do with this people? Yet a little, and they will stone me!
5 And Jehovah said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel, and thy staff with which thou didst smite the river, take in thy hand, and go.
6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock on Horeb; and thou shalt strike the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel.
7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?
8 And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us men, and go out, fight with Amalek; to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.
10 And Joshua did as Moses had said to him, to fight with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 And it came to pass when Moses raised his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 And Moses' hands were heavy; then they took a stone, and put {it} under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on this side, and one on that side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
13 And Joshua broke the power of Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 And Jehovah said to Moses, Write this {for} a memorial in the book, and rehearse {it} in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens.
15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi.
16 And he said, For the hand is on the throne of Jah; Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation!
1 Tendo partido toda a congregação dos filhos de Israel do deserto de Sim, pelas suas jornadas, segundo o mandamento de Jeová, acamparam em Refidim; não havia ali água para o povo beber.
2 Contendeu, pois, o povo com Moisés e disse: Dá-nos água para bebermos. Respondeu-lhes Moisés: Por que contendeis comigo? porque tentais a Jeová?
3 Ali o povo teve sede de água, e murmurou o povo contra Moisés, dizendo: Por que nos fizeste sair do Egito, para nos matares de sede a nós, a nossos filhos e ao nosso gado?
4 Clamou Moisés a Jeová: Que farei a este povo? por pouco me não apedreja.
5 Respondeu Jeová a Moisés: Vai-te adiante do povo, e leva contigo alguns dos anciãos de Israel; toma na mão a tua vara com que feriste o rio, e vai-te.
6 Eis que estarei ali diante de ti sobre a rocha em Horebe; ferirás a rocha, e dela sairá água, para que beba o povo. Assim fez Moisés à vista dos anciãos de Israel.
7 Chamou ao lugar Massá e Meribá, por causa da contenda dos filhos de Israel, e porque tentaram a Jeová, dizendo: Está Jeová no meio de nós ou não?
8 Então veio Amaleque e pelejou contra Israel em Refidim.
9 Disse Moisés a Josué: Escolhe-nos homens, e sai, peleja contra Amaleque; amanhã estarei eu no cume do outeiro, tendo na mão a vara de Deus.
10 Assim fez Josué como Moisés lhe dissera, e pelejou contra Amaleque; e Moisés, Arão e Hur subiram ao cume do outeiro.
11 Quando Moisés levantava a mão, prevalecia Israel; mas, quando ele abaixava a mão, prevalecia Amaleque.
12 Porém as mãos de Moisés eram pesadas; tomando, pois, uma pedra, puseram-na por baixo dele, e nela se assentou. Arão e Hur sustentavam-lhe as mãos, estando um de um lado e o outro do outro; assim ficaram firmes as mão s até o pôr-do-sol.
13 Josué desbaratou a Amaleque e a seu povo ao fio da espada.
14 Então disse Jeová a Moisés: Escreve isto para memorial num livro, e faze-o ouvir a Josué; porque eu hei de extinguir totalmente a memória de Amaleque de debaixo do céu.
15 Moisés edificou um altar, e pôs-lhe este nome, Jeová-Nissi;
16 e disse: Jeová jurou isto: Jeová fará guerra contra Amaleque de geração em geração.