¹فسمع يثرون كاهن مديان حمو موسى كل ما صنع الله الى موسى والى اسرائيل شعبه. ان الرب اخرج اسرائيل من مصر.

¹Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.

²فأخذ يثرون حمو موسى صفّورة امرأة موسى بعد صرفها

²Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,

³وابنيها اللذين اسم احدهما جرشوم لانه قال كنت نزيلا في ارض غريبة

³and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, “Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there.” for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.

⁴واسم الآخر أليعازر لانه قال اله ابي كان عوني وانقذني من سيف فرعون.

⁴The name of the other was Eliezer, Eliezer means “God is my helper.” for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”

⁵وأتى يثرون حمو موسى وابناه وامرأته الى موسى الى البرية حيث كان نازلا عند جبل الله.

⁵Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.

⁶فقال لموسى انا حموك يثرون آت اليك وامرأتك وابناها معها.

⁶He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”

⁷فخرج موسى لاستقبال حميه وسجد وقبّله. وسأل كل واحد صاحبه عن سلامته. ثم دخلا الى الخيمة

⁷Moses 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.

⁸فقصّ موسى على حميه كل ما صنع الرب بفرعون والمصريين من اجل اسرائيل وكل المشقة التي اصابتهم في الطريق فخلصهم الرب.

⁸Moses 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.

⁹ففرح يثرون بجميع الخير الذي صنعه الى اسرائيل الرب الذي انقذه من ايدي المصريين.

⁹Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

¹⁰وقال يثرون مبارك الرب الذي انقذكم من ايدي المصريين ومن يد فرعون. الذي انقذ الشعب من تحت ايدي المصريين.

¹⁰Jethro 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.

¹¹الآن علمت ان الرب اعظم من جميع الآلهة لانه في الشيء الذي بغوا به كان عليهم.

¹¹Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them.”

¹²فأخذ يثرون حمو موسى محرقة وذبائح لله. وجاء هرون وجميع شيوخ اسرائيل ليأكلوا طعاما مع حمي موسى امام الله

¹²Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.

¹³وحدث في الغد ان موسى جلس ليقضي للشعب. فوقف الشعب عند موسى من الصباح الى المساء.

¹³It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.

¹⁴فلما رأى حمو موسى كل ما هو صانع للشعب قال ما هذا الامر الذي انت صانع للشعب. ما بالك جالسا وحدك وجميع الشعب واقف عندك من الصباح الى المساء.

¹⁴When 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?”

¹⁵فقال موسى لحميه ان الشعب يأتي اليّ ليسأل الله.

¹⁵Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

¹⁶اذا كان لهم دعوى ياتون اليّ فاقضي بين الرجل وصاحبه واعرّفهم فرائض الله وشرائعه

¹⁶When 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.”

¹⁷فقال حمو موسى له ليس جيدا الامر الذي انت صانع.

¹⁷Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good.

¹⁸انك تكلّ انت وهذا الشعب الذي معك جميعا. لان الامر اعظم منك. لا تستطيع ان تصنعه وحدك.

¹⁸You 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.

¹⁹الآن اسمع لصوتي فانصحك. فليكن الله معك. كن انت للشعب امام الله. وقدم انت الدعاوي الى الله.

¹⁹Listen 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.

²⁰وعلّمهم الفرائض والشرائع وعرّفهم الطريق الذي يسلكونه والعمل الذي يعملونه.

²⁰You 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.

²¹وانت تنظر من جميع الشعب ذوي قدرة خائفين الله امناء مبغضين الرشوة وتقيمهم عليهم رؤساء الوف ورؤساء مئات ورؤساء خماسين ورؤساء عشرات

²¹Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as 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.

²²فيقضون للشعب كل حين. ويكون ان كل الدعاوي الكبيرة يجيئون بها اليك وكل الدعاوي الصغيرة يقضون هم فيها. وخفف عن نفسك فهم يحملون معك.

²²Let 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.

²³ان فعلت هذا الامر واوصاك الله تستطيع القيام. وكل هذا الشعب ايضا يأتي الى مكانه بالسلام

²³If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all of these people also will go to their place in peace.”

²⁴فسمع موسى لصوت حميه وفعل كل ما قال.

²⁴So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

²⁵واختار موسى ذوي قدرة من جميع اسرائيل وجعلهم رؤوسا على الشعب رؤساء الوف ورؤساء مئات ورؤساء خماسين ورؤساء عشرات.

²⁵Moses 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.

²⁶فكانوا يقضون للشعب كل حين. الدعاوي العسرة يجيئون بها الى موسى وكل الدعاوي الصغيرة يقضون هم فيها.

²⁶They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

²⁷ثم صرف موسى حماه فمضى الى ارضه

²⁷Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.