7 Sebaka seo sa rewa lebitso la Masa le Meriba, ka baka la ho ipelaetsa ha bana ba Iseraele, le ka baka la hobane ba ne ba leka Morena, ha ba re: “Na Morena o teng hara rona, kapa tjhe?”
8 Baamaleke ba fihla, ba lwantsha bana ba Iseraele mane Refidime.
9 Moshe a re ho Joshua: “Re kgethele banna, o tsamaye, o yo lwantsha Baamaleke. Hosasane nna ke tla ema hodima tlhoro ya leralla, ke tshwere molamu wa Modimo ka letsohong la ka.”
10 Joshua a etsa jwalokaha Moshe a mo laetse, a ya lwantsha Baamaleke; Moshe, le Arone, le Hure ba hlwella hodima tlhoro ya leralla.
11 Ha Moshe a ntse a phahamisitse matsoho a hae, Baiseraele ba ne ba hlola, empa ha a phomotsa matsoho a hae, Baamaleke ba ne ba hlola.
12 Jwale matsoho a Moshe a kgathala. Ba nka lejwe, ba le bea katlasa Moshe, mme a dula hodima lona. Arone le Hure ba tshehetsa matsoho a hae, e mong ka lehlakoreng lena, e mong ka ho lane; jwale matsoho a hae a tiya ho fihlela letsatsi le dikela.
13 Joshua a hlola Baamaleke, a ba bolaya ka sabole.