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Mkutano wote wa wana wa Israeli ukasafiri, kutoka bara ya Sini kwa safari zao, kama Bwana alivyowaagiza, wakatua Refidimu; napo hapakuwa na maji, watu wanywe.
Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
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Kwa hiyo hao watu wakateta na Musa, wakasema, Tupe maji tunywe. Musa akawaambia, Kwani kuteta na mimi? Mbona mnamjaribu Bwana?
So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
3
Watu wakawa na kiu huko; nao wakamnung'unikia Musa, wakasema, Mbona umetupandisha kutoka Misri, kutuua sisi na watoto wetu na wanyama wetu kwa kiu?
But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
4
Musa akamlilia Bwana, akisema, Niwatendee nini watu hawa? Bado kidogo nao watanipiga kwa mawe.
Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
5
Bwana akamwambia Musa, Pita mbele ya watu, ukawachukue baadhi ya wazee wa Israeli pamoja nawe; na ile fimbo yako ambayo uliupiga mto kwayo, uitwae mkononi mwako, ukaende.
And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6
Tazama, nitasimama mbele yako huko, juu ya lile jabali katika Horebu; nawe utalipiga jabali, na maji yatatoka, watu wapate kunywa. Musa akafanya hivyo mbele ya wazee wa Israeli.
Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
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Akapaita mahali pale jina lake Masa, na Meriba; kwa sababu ya mateto ya wana wa Israeli, na kwa sababu walimjaribu Bwana, wakisema, Je! Bwana yu kati yetu au sivyo?
He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
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Wakati huo Waamaleki wakatokea, wakapigana na Israeli huko Refidimu.
After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
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Musa akamwambia Yoshua, Tuchagulie watu, ukatoke upigane na Waamaleki; kesho nitasimama juu ya kilele kile, na ile fimbo ya Mungu nitakuwa nayo mkononi mwangu.
So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
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Basi Yoshua akafanya kama Musa alivyomwambia, akapigana na Amaleki; na Musa na Haruni na Huri wakapanda juu ya kile kilima.
Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11
Ikawa, Musa alipouinua mkono wake, Israeli walishinda; na alipoushusha mkono wake, Amaleki walishinda.
As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.
12
Lakini mikono ya Musa ilikuwa mizito; basi wakatwaa jiwe, wakaliweka chini yake akalikalia. Haruni na Huri wakaitegemeza mikono yake, mmoja upande huu na mmoja upande huu; mikono yake ikathibitika hata jua lilipokuchwa.
When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
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Yoshua akawaangamiza Amaleki na watu wake kwa ukali wa upanga.
So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.
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Bwana akamwambia Musa, Andika habari hii katika kitabu iwe ukumbusho, kisha ihubiri masikioni mwa Yoshua; ya kuwa nitaufuta ukumbusho wa Amaleki kabisa, usiwe tena chini ya mbingu.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
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Musa akajenga madhabahu, akaiita jina lake Yehova-nisi;
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
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akasema, Bwana ameapa; Bwana atakuwa na vita na Amaleki kizazi baada ya kizazi.
“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”