¹They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

¹以色列人在旷野发怨言

²The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;

²以色列全体会众在旷野都向摩西和亚伦发怨言；

³and the children of Israel said to them, “We wish that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

³以色列人对他们说：“我们宁愿在埃及地坐在肉锅旁边，吃饭吃到饱的时候，死在耶和华的手里！你们倒把我们领出来，到这旷野，是要叫这全体会众饿死啊！”

⁴Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.

⁴耶和华对摩西说：“看哪，我要把粮食从天上降给你们；人民可以出去，每天收取当天的分量，我好试验他们是否遵行我的律法。

⁵It shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.”

⁵到第六天，他们把收进来的预备好，比每天收取的多一倍。”

⁶Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, “At evening, then you shall know that Yahweh has brought you out from the land of Egypt;

⁶摩西和亚伦对以色列众人说：“今晚你们必定知道是耶和华把你们从埃及地领出来。

⁷and in the morning, then you shall see the glory of Yahweh; because he hears your murmurings against Yahweh. Who are we, that you murmur against us?”

⁷明早你们必定看见耶和华的荣耀，因为耶和华听见了你们向他所发的怨言了。我们算什么，你们竟向我们发怨言呢？”

⁸Moses said, “Now Yahweh shall give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh.”

⁸摩西又说：“耶和华晚上必给你们肉吃，早晨必给你们食物吃饱，因为耶和华听见了你们埋怨他所说的怨言了。我们算什么？你们的怨言不是向我们发的，而是向耶和华发的。”

⁹Moses said to Aaron, “Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘Come near before Yahweh, for he has heard your murmurings.’”

⁹摩西对亚伦说：“你要对以色列全体会众说：‘你们走近耶和华面前，因为他已经听见了你们的怨言了。’”

¹⁰It happened, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of Yahweh appeared in the cloud.

¹⁰亚伦对以色列全体会众说话的时候，他们向着旷野观望，看见耶和华的荣耀在云中显现出来。

¹¹Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

¹¹耶和华吩咐摩西说：

¹²“I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread: and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God.’”

¹²“以色列人的怨言，我已经听见了。你告诉他们说：‘黄昏的时候你们必吃肉，早晨的时候必有食物吃饱；这样，你们就知道我耶和华是你们的　神了。’”

¹³It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.

¹³鹌鹑与吗哪到了晚上，有鹌鹑飞上来，把营都遮盖了；到了早晨，营的四周有一层露水。

¹⁴When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.

¹⁴露水上升以后，就见野地上有细小鳞状的东西，像小白霜一样细小的东西。

¹⁵When the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, “What is it?” For they didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat.”

¹⁵以色列人看见了，就彼此对问说：“这是什么？”原来他们不知道那是什么。摩西对他们说：“这就是耶和华赐给你们吃的食物。

¹⁶This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: “Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer An omer is about 2.2 litres or about 2.3 quarts a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent.”

¹⁶耶和华吩咐的话是这样的：‘你们要按着各人的食量收取，按着你们的人数为帐幕里的人收取，一人两公升。’”

¹⁷The children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

¹⁷以色列人就这样行了；有的多收、有的少收。

¹⁸When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They gathered every man according to his eating.

¹⁸他们用升斗衡量的时候，多收的没有剩余，少收的也不缺乏；各人按着自己的食量收取。

¹⁹Moses said to them, “Let no one leave of it until the morning.”

¹⁹摩西对他们说：“谁也不可把一些留到早晨。”

²⁰Notwithstanding they didn’t listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was angry with them.

²⁰他们却不听摩西的话，有人把一些留到早晨，就生虫发臭了。摩西就向他们发怒。

²¹They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.

²¹他们每天早晨都按着各人的食量去收取；太阳一发热，就融化了。

²²It happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one, and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

²²到第六日，他们收取了两倍的食物，每人四公升；会众的首领都来告诉摩西。

²³He said to them, “This is that which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’”

²³摩西对他们说：“耶和华这样说：‘明天是安息日，是向耶和华守的圣安息日。你们要烤的，就烤吧；要煮的，就煮吧；所有余剩的要自己保存着，直留到早晨。’”

²⁴They laid it up until the morning, as Moses asked, and it didn’t become foul, neither was there any worm in it.

²⁴他们就照着摩西吩咐的，把余剩的留到早晨；竟然不发臭，里头也没有生虫。

²⁵Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today you shall not find it in the field.

²⁵摩西说：“今天吃这个吧，因为今天是向耶和华守的安息日，今日你们在田野里必找不着。

²⁶Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none.”

²⁶六天你们可以收取，但第七天是安息日，在那一天什么都没有了。”

²⁷It happened on the seventh day, that some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.

²⁷第七天民间有人出去收取，可是什么也找不着。

²⁸Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?

²⁸耶和华对摩西说：“你们拒绝遵守我的诫命和律法，要到几时呢？

²⁹Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”

²⁹你们看，耶和华把安息日赐给了你们，所以第六日他赐给你们两天的食物；第七天你们各人要住在家里，谁都不可离开自己的地方。”

³⁰So the people rested on the seventh day.

³⁰于是人民在第七天都安息了。

³¹The house of Israel called its name Manna, “Manna” means “What is it?” and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.

³¹以色列家给这食物起名叫“吗哪”，它像芫荽的种子，色白，味道像搀蜜的薄饼。

³²Moses said, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, ‘Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.’”

³²摩西说：“耶和华吩咐的话是这样：要把满两公升的吗哪保留起来给你们的后代，好让他们可以看见当日我把你们从埃及地领出来的时候，在旷野给你们吃的食物。”

³³Moses said to Aaron, “Take a pot, and put an omer-full of manna in it, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept throughout your generations.”

³³摩西对亚伦说：“拿一个罐子来，装满两公升吗哪，存放在耶和华面前，保留起来给你们的后代。”

³⁴As Yahweh commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

³⁴亚伦就照着耶和华吩咐摩西的，把吗哪存留在法柜前。

³⁵The children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.

³⁵以色列人吃吗哪共四十年，直到进了有人居住的地方为止；他们吃吗哪，直到进入迦南地的边界为止。

³⁶Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. 1 ephah is about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel

³⁶两公升就是当时的标准量器的十分之一。（“两公升就是当时的标准量器的十分之一”原文作“一俄梅珥就是一伊法的十分之一”）