¹And all the assembly of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their journeys, at the command of Jehovah; and they encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.

¹Zvino ungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri yakabva murenje reSini, vakafamba vachiita nzendo nzendo, sezvavakanga varairwa naJehovha, vakavaka misasa yavo paRefidhimu; zvino ipapo pakanga pasina mvura ingamwiwa navanhu.

²And the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water, that we may drink! And Moses said to them, Why do ye dispute with me? Why do ye tempt Jehovah?

²Vanhu vakarwa naMozisi, vakati, Tipe mvura timwe.

³And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

³Vanhu zvino vakanga vanenyota yemvura ipapo, vanhu vakapopotera Mozisi, vakati, Wakatibudisireiko Egipita, kuti utiuraye nenyota, isu navana vedu, nezvipfuwo zvedu?

⁴And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, What shall I do with this people? Yet a little, and they will stone me!

⁴Mozisi akachema kuna Jehovha, akati, Ndichaiteiko navanhu ava? Voda kunditaka namabwe.

⁵And Jehovah said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel, and thy staff with which thou didst smite the river, take in thy hand, and go.

⁵Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Tungamira pamberi pavanhu, uende navakuru vaIsiraeri, utore tsvimbo yako yawakamborova rwizi nayo muruoko rwako uende.

⁶Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock on Horeb; and thou shalt strike the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel.

⁶Tarira ndichamira pamberi pako padombo riri paHorebhu, urove dombo iro, mvura ichabuda pariri, vanhu vagomwa. Mozisi akaita saizvozvo pamberi pavakuru vaIsiraeri.

⁷And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?

⁷Akatumidza nzvimbo iyo zita rinonzi Masa neMeribha nokuda kokurwa kwavana vaIsiraeri, uye nekuti vakaedza Jehovha, vachiti, Jehovha ari pakati pedu here, kana kwete?

⁸And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

⁸Zvino Amareki akauya kuzorwa navaIsiraeri paRefidhimu.

⁹And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us men, and go out, fight with Amalek; to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.

⁹Mozisi akati kuna Joshua, Utitsaurire varume, ugondorwa naAmareki; mangwana ini ndichamira pamusoro pechikomo, ndakabata tsvimbo yaMwari muruoko rwangu.

¹⁰And Joshua did as Moses had said to him, to fight with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

¹⁰Joshua akaita sezvaakanga audzwa naMozisi, akandorwa naAmareki; Mozisi naAroni naHuri vakakwira pamusoro pechikomo.

¹¹And it came to pass when Moses raised his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

¹¹Zvino zvakati kana Mozisi osimudza ruoko rwake, vaIsiraeri vokunda, kana oregera ruoko rwake pasi, Amareki okunda.

¹²And Moses' hands were heavy; then they took a stone, and put [it] under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on this side, and one on that side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

¹²Asi maoko aMozisi akazoneta, zvino vakatora ibwe, vakariisa pasi pake, akagara pamusoro paro, Aroni naHuri vakatsigira maoko ake , mumwe kuno rumwe rutivi, mumwe kuno rumwe rutivi; maoko ake akava nesimba kusvikira pakuvira kwezuva.

¹³And Joshua broke the power of Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

¹³Joshua akakunda Amareki navanhu vake neminondo inopinza.

¹⁴And Jehovah said to Moses, Write this [for] a memorial in the book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens.

¹⁴Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Nyora izvi mubhuku, vazvirangarire, uzvirondedzerewo munzeve dzaJoshua, kuti ini ndichabvisa chose pasi pokudenga zvose zvinorangaridza Amareki.

¹⁵And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi.

¹⁵Ipapo Mozisi akavaka atari, akaitumidza zita rinonzi Jehovha-nisi;

¹⁶And he said, For the hand is on the throne of Jah; Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation!

¹⁶akati, Noruoko pachigaro choushe chaJehovha, ndinopika ndichiti, Jehovha acharwa naAmareki kusvikira kumarudzi namarudzi.