Exodus · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Exodus 17 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 Then all the multitude of the children of Israel setting forward from the desert of Sin, by their mansions, according to the word of the Lord, encamped in Raphidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
1 Y TODA la congregación de los hijos de Israel partió del desierto de Sin, por sus jornadas, al mandamiento de Jehová, y asentaron el campo en Rephidim: y no había agua para que el pueblo bebiese.
1 All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to Yahweh’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
2 And they chode with Moses, and said: Give us water, that we may drink. And Moses answered them: Why chide you with me? Wherefore do you tempt the Lord?
2 Y altercó el pueblo con Moisés, y dijeron: Danos agua que bebamos. Y Moisés les dijo: ¿Por qué altercáis conmigo? ¿por qué tentáis á Jehová?
2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”
3 So the people were thirsty there for want of water, and murmured against Moses, saying: Why didst thou make us go forth out of Egypt, to kill us and our children, and our beasts with thirst?
3 Así que el pueblo tuvo allí sed de agua, y murmuró contra Moisés, y dijo: ¿Por qué nos hiciste subir de Egipto, para matarnos de sed á nosotros, y á nuestros hijos, y á nuestros ganados?
3 The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”
4 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying: What shall I do to this people? Yet a little more and they will stone me.
4 Entonces clamó Moisés á Jehová, diciendo: ¿Qué haré con este pueblo? de aquí á un poco me apedrearán.
4 Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
5 And the Lord said to Moses: God before the people, and take with thee of the ancients of Israel: and take in thy hand the rod wherewith thou didst strike the river, and go.
5 Y Jehová dijo á Moisés: Pasa delante del pueblo, y toma contigo de los ancianos de Israel; y toma también en tu mano tu vara, con que heriste el río, y ve:
5 Yahweh said to Moses, “Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6 Behold I will stand there before thee, upon the rock Horeb: and thou shalt strike the rock, and water shall come out of it that the people may drink. Moses did so before the ancients of Israel:
6 He aquí que yo estoy delante de ti allí sobre la peña en Horeb; y herirás la peña, y saldrán de ella aguas, y beberá el pueblo. Y Moisés lo hizo así en presencia de los ancianos de Israel.
6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 And he called the name of that place Temptation, because the chiding of the children of Israel, and for that they tempted the Lord, saying: Is the Lord amongst us or not?
7 Y llamó el nombre de aquel lugar Massah y Meribah, por la rencilla de los hijos de Israel, y porque tentaron á Jehová, diciendo: ¿Está, pues, Jehová entre nosotros, ó no?
7 He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”
8 And Amalec came, and fought against Israel in Raphidim.
8 Y vino Amalec, y peleó con Israel en Rephidim.
8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 And Moses said to Josue: Choose out men: and go out and fight against Amalec: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill having the rod of God in my hand.
9 Y dijo Moisés á Josué: Escógenos varones, y sal, pelea con Amalec: mañana yo estaré sobre la cumbre del collado, y la vara de Dios en mi mano.
9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out to fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.”
10 Josue did as Moses had spoken, and he fought against Amalec; but Moses, and Aaron, and Hur went up upon the top of the hill.
10 E hizo Josué como le dijo Moisés, peleando con Amalec; y Moisés y Aarón y Hur subieron á la cumbre del collado.
10 So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 And when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel overcame: but if he let them down a little, Amalec overcame.
11 Y sucedía que cuando alzaba Moisés su mano, Israel prevalecía; mas cuando él bajaba su mano, prevalecía Amalec.
11 When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 And Moses’ hands were heavy: so they took a stone, and put under him, and he sat on it: and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands on both sides. And it came to pass that his hands were not weary until sunset.
12 Y las manos de Moisés estaban pesadas; por lo que tomaron una piedra, y pusiéronla debajo de él, y se sentó sobre ella: y Aarón y Hur sustentaban sus manos, el uno de una parte y el otro de otra; así hubo en sus manos firmeza hasta que se puso el sol.
12 But Moses’ hands were heavy; so they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.
13 And Josue put Amalec and his people to flight, by the edge of the sword.
13 Y Josué deshizo á Amalec y á su pueblo á filo de espada.
13 Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 And the Lord said to Moses: Write this for a memorial in a book, and deliver it to the ears of Josue: for I will destroy the memory of Amalec from under heaven.
14 Y Jehová dijo á Moisés: Escribe esto para memoria en un libro, y di á Josué que del todo tengo de raer la memoria de Amalec de debajo del cielo.
14 Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”
15 And Moses built an altar: and called the name thereof, The Lord my exaltation, saying:
15 Y Moisés edificó un altar, y llamó su nombre Jehová-nissi;
15 Moses built an altar, and called its name “Yahweh our Banner”.
16 Because the hand of the throne of the Lord, and the war of the Lord shall be against Amalec, from generation to generation.
16 Y dijo: Por cuanto la mano sobre el trono de Jehová, Jehová tendrá guerra con Amalec de generación en generación.
16 He said, “Yah has sworn: ‘Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Hur
The man who with Aaron held up Moses' hands during the battle with Amalek at Rephidim, and who was left with Aaron to settle disputes while Moses went up the mountain. Exodus 31:2…
Cited in the guide: Exodus 17:10; Exodus 17:12; Exodus 24:14
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 16:1; Exodus 19:2; Exodus 17:8; Numbers 33:12–14
- 2 Psalm 78:18; Deuteronomy 6:16; 1 Corinthians 10:9; Psalm 78:41; Isaiah 7:12
- 3 Exodus 16:2–3; Exodus 15:24
- 4 1 Samuel 30:6; Numbers 14:10; John 8:59; John 10:31; Acts 14:19
- 5 Exodus 7:19–20; Numbers 20:8–11; Ezekiel 2:6; Acts 20:23–24
- 6 1 Corinthians 10:4; Nehemiah 9:15; Numbers 20:9–11; Psalm 105:41; Deuteronomy 8:15
- 7 Psalm 81:7; Numbers 20:13; Psalm 95:8; Deuteronomy 9:22; Exodus 17:2
- 8 Deuteronomy 25:17–19; Genesis 36:12; Numbers 24:20; 1 Samuel 15:2; 1 Samuel 30:1
- 9 Deuteronomy 32:44; Exodus 24:13; Exodus 4:20; Exodus 4:2; Hebrews 4:8
- 10 Exodus 24:14; Exodus 31:2; Exodus 17:12; Joshua 11:15; Matthew 28:20
- 11 1 Timothy 2:8; James 5:16; Psalm 56:9; Luke 18:1
- 12 Isaiah 35:3; Philippians 1:19; Hebrews 12:12; Ephesians 6:18; 2 Corinthians 1:11
- 13 Joshua 10:42; Joshua 11:12; Joshua 10:32; Joshua 10:37; Joshua 10:28
- 14 Exodus 34:27; 1 Samuel 30:1; 1 Samuel 30:17; Numbers 24:20; 2 Samuel 8:12
- 15 Genesis 22:14; Judges 6:24; Psalm 60:4; Genesis 33:20
- 16 Psalm 21:8–11; Isaiah 66:1; Acts 7:49
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