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Izlazak 17

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1 Sva izraelska zajednica po Jahvinoj zapovijedi krene dalje iz pustinje Sina. Utabore se kod Refidima. Tu nije bilo vode da narod pije.

2 Zato narod zapodjene prepirku s Mojsijem. Vikali su: "Daj nam vode da pijemo!" A Mojsije im odgovori: "Zašto se sa mnom prepirete? Zašto kušate Jahvu?"

3 Ali je narod žeđao za vodom, pa je mrmljao na Mojsija i govorio: "Zašto si nas iz Egipta izveo? Zar da nas žeđom pomoriš, nas, našu djecu i našu stoku?"

4 "Što ću s ovim narodom!" - zazivao je Mojsije Jahvu. "Još malo pa će me kamenovati."

5 "Istupi pred narod!" - rekne Jahve Mojsiju. "Uzmi sa sobom nekoliko izraelskih starješina; uzmi u ruku štap kojim si udario Rijeku i pođi.

6 A ja ću stajati pred tobom ondje, na pećini na Horebu. Udari po pećini: iz nje će poteći voda, pa neka se narod napije." Mojsije učini tako naočigled izraelskih starješina.

7 Mjesto prozovu Masa i Meriba, zbog toga što su se Izraelci prepirali i kušali Jahvu govoreći: "Je li Jahve među nama ili nije?"

8 Uto dođu Amalečani i zarate s Izraelcima kod Refidima.

9 A Mojsije reče Jošui: "Odaberi momčad pa pođi i zapodjeni borbu s Amalečanima. Ja ću sutra stati na vrh brda, sa štapom Božjim u ruci."

10 Jošua učini kako mu je Mojsije rekao te zađe u borbu s Amalečanima, a Mojsije, Aron i Hur uzađoše na vrh brda.

11 I dok bi Mojsije držao ruke uzdignute, Izraelci bi nadjačavali; a kad bi ruke spustio, nadjačavali bi Amalečani.

12 Ali Mojsiju ruke napokon klonu. Zato uzeše kamen, staviše ga poda nj i on sjede, dok mu Aron i Hur, jedan s jedne, a drugi s druge strane, držahu ruke, tako da mu izdržaše do sunčanog zalaska.

13 I Jošua oštricom mača svlada Amaleka i njegov narod.

14 Onda Jahve reče Mojsiju: "Zapiši ovo u knjigu na sjećanje i utuvi u uši Jošui da ću ja spomen na Amalečane sasvim izbrisati pod nebom!"

15 Podiže zatim Mojsije žrtvenik i nazva ga : Jahve mi je stijeg!

16 "Jer", reče, "Jahvin stijeg u ruku! Jahvin je boj protiv Amalečana od naraštaja do naraštaja!"

   

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8554. Exodus 17

1. And all the assembly of the children of Israel travelled on from the wilderness of Sin, according to their travels, at the mouth of Jehovah, and encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.

2. And the people wrangled with Moses, and said, Give us water and let us drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you wrangle with me? Why do you tempt Jehovah?

3. And the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses, and said, Why have you caused us to come up out of Egypt, to cause me, and my children, and my livestock to die of thirst? 1

4. And Moses cried out to Jehovah, saying, What shall I do for this people? Yet a little and they stone me. 2

5. And Jehovah said to Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and your rod with which you struck the river, take in your hand, and go.

6. Behold, I [will be] standing before you there on the rock in Horeb, and you are to strike the rock, and water will come out of it; and let the people 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 wrangling of the children of Israel, and because of their tempting Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah in the midst of us or not?

8. And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

9. And Moses said to Joshua, Choose men for us, and go out, fight against Amalek; tomorrow I stand on the top of the hill, with the rod of God in my hand.

10. And Joshua did as Moses said to him, by fighting against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

11. And so it was, when Moses raised up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

12. And the hands of Moses were heavy; and they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and one on the other. And so it was, his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

13. And Joshua decimated 3 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 put it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.

15. And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah Nissi.

16. And he said, Because [Amalek's] hand is against the throne of Jah, the war of Jehovah will be against Amalek from generation to generation.

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The previous chapter dealt in the internal sense with a third temptation - a stage when good was lacking. The present chapter deals in the internal sense with the stage that came after the people had been given that good - a fourth temptation, in which truth was lacking. This temptation is meant by the grumbling of the children of Israel because they had no water; so they were given the truth of faith by the Lord, which is meant by the water from the rock of Horeb.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The change in this sentence from the plural us to the singular me occurs in the Hebrew.

2. i.e. They are almost ready to stone me.

3. literally, weakened

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.