2016年10月10日 星期一 --出埃及记 Exodus 18:21

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

The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt. 以色列全会众从以琳起行,在出埃及后第二个月十五日到了以琳和西乃中间,汛的旷野.

On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled. 到了第三天早晨,在山上有雷轰,闪电,和密云,并且角声甚大,营中的百姓尽都发颤.

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,

He said, "Praise be to the LORD, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. 叶忒罗说,耶和华是应当称颂的,他救了你们脱离埃及人和法老的手,将这百姓从埃及人的手下救出来.

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.

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.

Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law in the presence of God. 摩西的岳父叶忒罗把燔祭和平安祭献给 神.亚伦和以色列的众长老都来了,与摩西的岳父在 神面前吃饭.