Êxodo 17

SAGRADA BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Segundo uma ordem do Senhor, toda a assembléia dos israelitas partiu, por etapas, do deserto de Sin. Acamparam em Rafidim, onde não havia água para o povo beber.	1 And so, the entire multitude of the sons of Israel, having set out from the desert of Sin in stages, according to the word of the Lord, made camp at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
2 E vieram então contender com Moisés: "Dá-nos água para beber" disseram eles. Moisés respondeu-lhes: "Por que procurais contendas comigo? Por que provocais o Senhor?"	2 And arguing against Moses, they said, “Give us water, so that we may drink.” And Moses answered them: “Why argue against me? For what reason do you tempt the Lord?”
3 Entretanto, o povo que ali estava privado de água e devorado pela sede, murmurava contra Moisés: "Por que nos fizeste sair do Egito? Para nos fazer morrer de sede com nossos filhinhos e nossos rebanhos?"	3 And so the people were thirsty in that place, due to the scarcity of water, and they murmured against Moses, saying: “Why did you cause us to go out of Egypt, so as to kill us and our children, as well as our cattle, with thirst?”
4 Então dirigiu Moisés esta prece ao Senhor: "Que farei a este povo? Mais um pouco e irão apedrejar-me."	4 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, saying: “What shall I do with this people? A little while more and they will stone me.”
5 O Senhor respondeu a Moisés: "Passa adiante do povo, e leva contigo alguns dos anciãos de Israel; toma na mão tua vara, com que feriste o Nilo, e vai.	5 And the Lord said to Moses: “Go before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. And take in your hand the staff, with which you struck the river, and advance.
6 Eis que estarei ali diante de ti, sobre o rochedo do monte Horeb ferirás o rochedo e a água jorrará dele: assim o povo poderá beber." Isso fez Moisés em presença dos anciãos de Israel.	6 Lo, I will stand in that place before you, on the rock of Horeb. And you shall strike the rock, and water will go forth from it, so that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 Chamaram esse lugar Massá e Meribá, por causa da contenda que os israelitas tiveram com ele, e porque tinham provocado o Senhor, dizendo: "O Senhor está ou não no meio de nós?"	7 And he called the name of that place ‘Temptation,’ because of the arguing of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying: “Is the Lord with us, or not?”
8 Amalec veio atacar Israel em Rafidim.	8 And Amalek came and fought against Israel at Rephidim.
9 Moisés disse a Josué: "Escolhe-nos homens e vai combater Amalec. Amanhã estarei no alto da colina com a vara de Deus na mão."	9 And Moses said to Joshua: “Choose men. And when you go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow, I will stand at the top of the hill, holding the staff of God in my hand.”
10 Josué obedeceu Moisés e foi combater Amalec, enquanto Moisés, Aarão e Hur subiam ao alto da colina.	10 Joshua did as Moses had spoken, and he fought against Amalek. But Moses and Aaron and Hur ascended to the top of the hill.
11 E, quando Moisés tinha a mão levantada, Israel vencia, mas logo que a abaixava, Amalec triunfava.	11 And when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed. But when he released them a little while, Amalek overcame.
12 Mas como se fatigassem os braços de Moisés, puseram-lhe uma pedra por baixo e ele assentou-se nela, enquanto Aarão e Hur lhe sustentavam as mãos de cada lado: suas mãos puderam assim conservar-se levantadas até o pôr-do-sol,	12 Then the hands of Moses became heavy. And so, taking a stone, they placed it beneath him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur sustained his hands from both sides. And it happened that his hands did not tire until the setting of the sun.
13 e Josué derrotou Amalec e seu povo ao fio da espada.	13 And Joshua put to flight Amalek and his people by the edge of the sword.
14 O Senhor disse a Moisés: "Escreve isto para lembrar, e dize a Josué que eu apagarei a memória de Amalec de debaixo dos céus".	14 Then the Lord said to Moses: “Write this, as a memorial in a book, and deliver it to the ears of Joshua. For I will wipe away the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
15 Moisés construiu um altar que chamou de Javé-Nessi.	15 And Moses built an altar. And he called its name, ‘The Lord, my Exaltation.’ For he said:
16 "Já que a mão, disse ele, foi levantada contra o trono do Senhor, o Senhor está em guerra perpétua contra Amalec".	16 “The hand of the throne of the Lord, and the war of the Lord, will be against Amalek from generation to generation.”