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.

¹All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to Yahweh’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.

²Vanhu vakarwa naMozisi, vakati, Tipe mvura timwe.

²Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”

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

³The people were thirsty for water there; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”

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

⁴Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”

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

⁵Yahweh said to Moses, “Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, 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 you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” 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?

⁷He called the name of the place Massah, Massah means testing. and Meribah, Meribah means quarreling. because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”

⁸Zvino Amareki akauya kuzorwa navaIsiraeri paRefidhimu.

⁸Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

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

⁹Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.”

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

¹⁰So Joshua did as Moses had told 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.

¹¹It happened, 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 on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.

¹³Joshua akakunda Amareki navanhu vake neminondo inopinza.

¹³Joshua defeated 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.

¹⁴Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”

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

¹⁵Moses built an altar, and called its name Yahweh our Banner. Hebrew, Yahweh Nissi

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

¹⁶He said, “Yah has sworn: ‘Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”