2016年10月1日 星期六 --出埃及记 Exodus 18:12

Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people's representative before God and bring their disputes to him. 现在你要听我的话.我为你出个主意,愿 神与你同在.你要替百姓到 神面前,将案件奏告 神,

They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves. 他们随时审判百姓,有难断的案件就呈到摩西那里,但各样小事他们自己审判.

you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites." 你们要归我作祭司的国度,为圣洁的国民.这些话你要告诉以色列人.

Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God's decrees and laws." 他们有事的时候就到我这里来,我便在两造之间施行审判,我又叫他们知道 神的律例和法度.

The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening.第二天,摩西坐着审判百姓,百姓从早到晚都站在摩西的左右.

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?" 摩西的岳父看见他向百姓所作的一切事,就说,你向百姓

Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, together with Moses' sons and wife, came to him in the desert, where he was camped near the mountain of God. 摩西的岳父叶忒罗带着摩西的妻子和两个儿子来到 神的山,就是摩西在旷野安营的地方.

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. 你和这些百姓必都疲惫,因为这事太重,你独自一人办理不了.

He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 摩西从以色列人中拣选了有才能的人,立他们为百姓的首领,作千夫长,百夫长,五十夫长,十夫长.