Exodus · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Exodus 18 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Jetro, sacerdote de Madián, suegro de Moisés, oyó todo lo que ʼElohim hizo por Moisés y por su pueblo Israel, y cómo Yavé sacó a Israel de Egipto.
1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.
2 Jetro, suegro de Moisés, tomó a Séfora, esposa de Moisés (después que éste la envió [a su casa]),
2 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
3 y a sus dos hijos. El nombre de uno de ellos era Gersón, porque dijo: Forastero soy en tierra extranjera.
3 and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.
4 El nombre del otro era Eliezer, porque dijo: el ʼElohim de mis antepasados es mi ayuda y me libró de la espada de Faraón.
4 The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
5 Jetro, suegro de Moisés, llegó al desierto con los hijos y la esposa de Moisés. Acampó junto a la Montaña de ʼElohim
5 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.
6 y envió palabra a Moisés: Yo, tu suegro Jetro, vengo a ti con tu esposa y tus dos hijos.
6 He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”
7 Entonces Moisés salió a recibir a su suegro, se inclinó y lo besó. Se preguntaron el uno al otro por su salud y entraron en la tienda.
7 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.
8 Entonces Moisés relató a su suegro todo lo que Yavé hizo a Faraón y a los egipcios por amor a Israel y todas las adversidades que tuvieron en el camino, y cómo Yavé los libró.
8 Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them.
9 Jetro se regocijó por todo el bien que Yavé hizo a Israel, Quien libró al pueblo de la mano de los egipcios.
9 Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.
10 Jetro exclamó: ¡Bendito sea Yavé, Quien los libró de la mano de los egipcios y de la mano de Faraón! ¡Él libró al pueblo de la mano de Egipto!
10 Jethro said, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
11 Ahora sé que Yavé es mayor que todos los ʼelohim, pues quedó probado que en aquello en lo cual se ensoberbecieron, Él prevaleció contra ellos.
11 Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”
12 Entonces Jetro, suegro de Moisés, ofreció un holocausto y sacrificios a ʼElohim. Y Aarón llegó con todos los ancianos de Israel a comer pan con el suegro de Moisés delante de ʼElohim.
12 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.
13 Sucedió al día siguiente que Moisés se sentó a juzgar al pueblo, porque el pueblo se presentaba delante de Moisés desde la mañana hasta llegar la noche.
13 On the next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.
14 Al ver el suegro de Moisés todo lo que él hacía para el pueblo, dijo: ¿Qué es esto que haces con el pueblo? ¿Por qué te sientas tú solo, y todo el pueblo se presenta ante ti desde la mañana hasta [llegar] la noche?
14 When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, “What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?”
15 Moisés respondió a su suegro: Porque el pueblo viene a mí para consultar a ʼElohim.
15 Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
16 Cuando tienen una disputa, la traen a mí. Yo juzgo entre un hombre y su prójimo, y les informo los Estatutos de ʼElohim y sus Leyes.
16 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.”
17 Entonces el suegro de Moisés le dijo: No es bueno lo que tú haces.
17 Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good.
18 Desfallecerás tanto tú como este pueblo que está contigo, porque la tarea es demasiado pesada para ti. No puedes hacerla tú solo.
18 You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.
19 Escúchame ahora, te aconsejaré, y ʼElohim sea contigo. Representa tú al pueblo ante ʼElohim y lleva tú las disputas ante ʼElohim
19 Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.
20 Amonéstalos con los Estatutos y las Leyes, y enséñales el camino en el cual deben andar y la obra que deben hacer.
20 You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.
21 Además, escoge tú mismo entre todo el pueblo a hombres capaces, temerosos de ʼElohim, hombres veraces, aborrecedores del lucro, y desígnalos como jefes de miles, jefes de cientos, jefes de cincuenta y jefes de diez.
21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
22 Que ellos juzguen al pueblo en todo tiempo y que traigan a ti todo asunto grave, pero todo asunto sencillo lo juzguen ellos. Aligera así la carga de sobre ti, y que la compartan contigo.
22 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.
23 Si haces tal cosa, y ʼElohim así te lo ordena, entonces podrás estar firme, y todo este pueblo también podrá ir en paz a su lugar.
23 If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace.”
24 Moisés obedeció a su suegro e hizo todo lo que le dijo.
24 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
25 Moisés escogió hombres capaces de todo Israel y los constituyó como jefes sobre el pueblo, jefes de miles, de cientos, de cincuenta, y de decena.
25 Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
26 Ellos juzgaban al pueblo en todo tiempo. Todo asunto sencillo lo juzgaban ellos mismos y el asunto difícil lo llevaban a Moisés.
26 They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
27 Moisés despidió a su suegro, y éste salió a su tierra.
27 Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.
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
Eliezer
Moses' second son, named 'God is my help' in thanks for deliverance from Pharaoh.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 18:4; 1 Chronicles 23:15
Gershom
Moses' firstborn son, born during his years of exile in the land of Midian.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2:22; Exodus 18:3
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Jethro
The priest of Midian, also called Reuel, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses, brought her and her two sons to Moses at the mountain of God, and advised him to appoint capable…
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2:18; Exodus 3:1; Exodus 18:1
Zipporah
The Midianite daughter of Jethro who became Moses' wife in the wilderness.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2:16-22; Exodus 4:24-26; Exodus 18
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 77:14–15; Exodus 2:16; Exodus 3:1; Psalm 106:8–11; Psalm 78:50–53
- 2 Exodus 2:21; Exodus 4:25–26
- 3 Exodus 2:22; Acts 7:29; Exodus 4:20; Psalm 39:12; Hebrews 11:13
- 4 Acts 12:11; Hebrews 13:6; 2 Corinthians 1:8–10; 2 Timothy 4:17; Isaiah 50:7–9
- 5 Exodus 3:1; Exodus 3:12; Exodus 24:16–17; 1 Kings 19:8; Exodus 19:11
- 7 Genesis 29:13; 2 Samuel 11:7; Genesis 19:1; Genesis 14:17; 1 Kings 2:19
- 8 Psalm 107:2; Psalm 78:42–43; Nehemiah 9:9–15; Psalm 81:7; Numbers 20:14
- 9 Romans 12:15; 1 Corinthians 12:26; Romans 12:10; Isaiah 66:10; Isaiah 44:23
- 10 2 Samuel 18:28; Genesis 14:20; Luke 1:68; Revelation 19:1–6; Ephesians 1:3
- 11 Psalm 95:3; Exodus 15:11; 2 Chronicles 2:5; Psalm 135:5; Luke 1:51
- 12 Deuteronomy 12:7; Genesis 31:54; Exodus 24:11; Exodus 24:5; Job 1:5
- 13 Romans 12:8; Joel 3:12; Job 29:7; Isaiah 16:5; Romans 13:6
- 15 Numbers 15:34; Numbers 27:5; Leviticus 24:12–14; Numbers 9:6; Exodus 18:19–20
- 16 Exodus 24:14; Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 4:5; 2 Samuel 15:3; 1 Corinthians 6:1
- 18 Numbers 11:14–17; Acts 6:1–4; 2 Corinthians 12:15; Philippians 2:30; 1 Thessalonians 2:8–9
- 19 Numbers 27:5; Exodus 3:12; Exodus 20:19; Genesis 39:2; Deuteronomy 5:5
- 20 Deuteronomy 5:1; Psalm 143:8; Deuteronomy 1:18; Deuteronomy 4:1; Deuteronomy 4:5
- 21 Acts 6:3; 2 Chronicles 19:5–10; Deuteronomy 1:13–17; Deuteronomy 16:18–19; 2 Samuel 23:3
- 22 Numbers 11:17; Leviticus 24:11; Numbers 27:2; Exodus 18:26; Deuteronomy 1:17–18
- 23 Exodus 18:18; 1 Samuel 8:6–7; 1 Samuel 8:22; Genesis 21:10–12; 2 Samuel 18:3
- 24 1 Corinthians 12:21; Proverbs 1:5; Ezra 10:2; Exodus 18:19; Exodus 18:2–5
- 25 Deuteronomy 1:15; Exodus 18:21; Acts 6:5
- 26 Exodus 18:22; Job 29:16; 1 Kings 3:16–28; Deuteronomy 17:8; Exodus 18:14–15
- 27 Numbers 10:29–30; Judges 19:9; Genesis 31:55; Genesis 24:59
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