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.

¹And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

²Vanhu vakarwa naMozisi, vakati, Tipe mvura timwe.

²Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

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

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

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

⁴And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

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

⁵And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.

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

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

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

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

⁸Zvino Amareki akauya kuzorwa navaIsiraeri paRefidhimu.

⁸Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

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

⁹And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

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

¹⁰So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

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

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

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.

¹²But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

¹³Joshua akakunda Amareki navanhu vake neminondo inopinza.

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

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

¹⁴And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

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

¹⁵And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:

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

¹⁶For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.