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Önnur bók Móse 18
Icelandic Bible
Önnur bók Móse 18
Icelandic Bible
18 Er Jetró prestur í Midíanslandi, tengdafaðir Móse, heyrði allt það, sem Guð hafði gjört Móse og lýð sínum Ísrael, að Drottinn hafði leitt Ísrael út af Egyptalandi,
2 þá tók Jetró, tengdafaðir Móse, Sippóru konu Móse, en hann hafði sent hana aftur,
3 og tvo sonu hennar. Hét annar Gersóm, því að hann hafði sagt: "Gestur er ég í ókunnu landi."
4 Hinn hét Elíeser, því að hann hafði sagt: "Guð föður míns var mín hjálp, og hann frelsaði mig frá sverði Faraós."
5 En er Jetró, tengdafaðir Móse, kom með sonu hans og konu til hans í eyðimörkina, þar sem hann hafði sett búðir sínar hjá Guðs fjalli,
6 þá lét hann segja Móse: "Ég, Jetró, tengdafaðir þinn, er kominn til þín, og kona þín og báðir synir hennar með henni."
7 Gekk þá Móse út á móti tengdaföður sínum, laut honum og kyssti hann. Og þegar þeir höfðu heilsast, gengu þeir inn í tjaldið.
8 Og Móse sagði tengdaföður sínum frá öllu því, sem Drottinn hafði gjört Faraó og Egyptum fyrir sakir Ísraels, frá öllum þeim þrautum, sem þeim höfðu mætt á leiðinni, og hversu Drottinn hafði frelsað þá.
9 Og Jetró gladdist af öllum þeim velgjörðum, sem Drottinn hafði auðsýnt Ísrael, þar sem hann hafði frelsað hann undan valdi Egypta.
10 Og Jetró sagði: "Lofaður sé Drottinn fyrir það, að hann frelsaði yður undan valdi Egypta og undan valdi Faraós, fyrir það, að hann frelsaði fólkið undan valdi Egypta.
11 Nú veit ég, að Drottinn er öllum guðum meiri, því að hann lét Egyptum hefnast fyrir ofdramb þeirra gegn Ísraelsmönnum."
12 Þá tók Jetró, tengdafaðir Móse, brennifórn og sláturfórnir Guði til handa. Kom þá Aron og allir öldungar Ísraels, til þess að matast með tengdaföður Móse frammi fyrir Guði.
13 Daginn eftir settist Móse til að mæla lýðnum lögskil, og stóð fólkið frammi fyrir Móse frá morgni til kvelds.
14 En er tengdafaðir Móse sá allt það, sem hann gjörði við fólkið, þá sagði hann: "Hvað er þetta, sem þú gjörir við fólkið? Hvers vegna situr þú einn saman, en allt fólkið stendur frammi fyrir þér frá morgni til kvelds?"
15 Móse svaraði tengdaföður sínum: "Fólkið kemur til mín til þess að leita Guðs atkvæða.
16 Þegar mál gjörist þeirra á milli, koma þeir á fund minn, og ég dæmi milli manna og kunngjöri lög Guðs og boðorð hans."
17 Þá sagði tengdafaðir Móse við hann: "Eigi er það gott, sem þú gjörir.
18 Bæði þreytist þú og eins fólkið, sem hjá þér er, því að þetta starf er þér um megn, þú fær því ekki afkastað einn saman.
19 Hlýð nú orðum mínum. Ég vil leggja þér ráð, og mun Guð vera með þér. Þú skalt ganga fram fyrir Guð í nafni fólksins og fram bera málin fyrir Guð.
20 Og þú skalt kenna þeim lögin og boðorðin, og sýna þeim þann veg, sem þeir skulu ganga, og þau verk, sem þeir skulu gjöra.
21 Og þú skalt velja meðal alls fólksins dugandi menn og guðhrædda, áreiðanlega menn og ósérplægna, og skipa þá foringja yfir lýðinn, suma yfir þúsund, suma yfir hundrað, suma yfir fimmtíu og suma yfir tíu.
22 Og þeir skulu mæla lýðnum lögskil á öllum tímum. Öll hin stærri mál skulu þeir láta koma fyrir þig, en sjálfir skulu þeir dæma í öllum smærri málum. Skaltu þannig gjöra þér hægra fyrir, og þeir skulu létta undir með þér.
23 Ef þú gjörir þetta, og Guð býður þér það, þá muntu fá risið undir því, og þá mun og allt þetta fólk fara ánægt til heimila sinna."
24 Móse hlýddi orðum tengdaföður síns og gjörði allt, sem hann hafði sagt.
25 Og Móse valdi dugandi menn af öllum Ísraels lýð og skipaði þá foringja yfir lýðinn, suma yfir þúsund, suma yfir hundrað, suma yfir fimmtíu, suma yfir tíu.
26 Og mæltu þeir lýðnum lögskil á öllum tímum. Vandamálunum skutu þeir til Móse, en sjálfir dæmdu þeir í hinum smærri málum.
27 Lét Móse síðan tengdaföður sinn frá sér fara, og hélt hann aftur heim í sitt land.
Exodus 18
New International Version
Exodus 18
New International Version
Jethro Visits Moses
18 Now Jethro,(A) the priest of Midian(B) and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.(C)
2 After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah,(D) his father-in-law Jethro received her 3 and her two sons.(E) One son was named Gershom,[a] for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”;(F) 4 and the other was named Eliezer,[b](G) for he said, “My father’s God was my helper;(H) he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
5 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, together with Moses’ sons and wife, came to him in the wilderness, where he was camped near the mountain(I) of God. 6 Jethro had sent word to him, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”
7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down(J) and kissed(K) him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent. 8 Moses told his father-in-law about everything the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake and about all the hardships(L) they had met along the way and how the Lord had saved(M) them.
9 Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things(N) the Lord had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. 10 He said, “Praise be to the Lord,(O) who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods,(P) for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.”(Q) 12 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law,(R) brought a burnt offering(S) and other sacrifices(T) to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal(U) with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence(V) of God.
13 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. 14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?”
15 Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will.(W) 16 Whenever they have a dispute,(X) it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”(Y)
17 Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. 18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.(Z) 19 Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you.(AA) You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes(AB) to him. 20 Teach them his decrees and instructions,(AC) and show them the way they are to live(AD) and how they are to behave.(AE) 21 But select capable men(AF) from all the people—men who fear(AG) God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain(AH)—and appoint them as officials(AI) over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case(AJ) to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share(AK) it with you. 23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”
24 Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said. 25 He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders(AL) of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.(AM) 26 They served as judges(AN) for the people at all times. The difficult cases(AO) they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.(AP)
27 Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own country.(AQ)
Footnotes
- Exodus 18:3 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.
- Exodus 18:4 Eliezer means my God is helper.
Exodus 18
King James Version
Exodus 18
King James Version
18 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt;
2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
5 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
8 And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.
9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
25 And Moses 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.
26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
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