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Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, together with Moses’ sons وسى َوَزْو َجِت ِه َ وسى َم َع ْاب َني ُم َ َوَذ َه َب َي ْث ُرو ُن َح ُمو ُم
ان ُم َخِِّي ًما ُق ْر َب َجَب ِل ِ َّ إَلى موسى إَلى
and wife, came to him in the wilderness. Jethro was
َ َح ْي ُث َك،الص ْح َراء َ ُ ِ
delighted to hear about all the good things the LORD ٍالر ُّب ِم ْن ِإ ْح َسان َّ ص َن َع ُه ِ ِ ن
َ ط َي ْث ُرو ُ ب َجمي ِع َما َ ْغتََب.للا
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
.ين َ ِِِّّص ِرْ إ ْذ أ َْنَق َذ ُه ْم م ْن َيد اْلم،يل
َ إَلى إ ْس َرائ
had done for Israel in rescuing them from the Egyptians.
ض َايا ِ ُ جَلس موسى لِي ْن،وِفي اليو ِم التَّالِي
The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge َ ظ َر في َق َ َ ُ َ َ َْ َ
الص َبا ِح إَلى ِ
َّ وسى م َن م ل و ح ب ع َّ
الش ف ق وو . بِ ع َّ
الش
َ َََ ْ
for the people, and they stood around him from
َ ُ َ َْ ُ ْ
وسى ِ
َ ان ُم َ وسى ُك َّل َما َك َ َفَل َّما َرأى َح ُمو ُم.الم َساء
morning till evening. When his father-in-law saw all
َ
ِ َّ ِ
َه َذا.يس َجِّي ًدا َه َذا الذي تَْف َعلُ ُه ِ َّ ِ
َ «َل:ال َ َق،َي ْع َملُ ُه للش ْعب
that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What
ِ ِ َّ
َ عب ِجًّدا َعَل
you are doing is not good. You and these people who
ِم
،يك ٌ ص َ ِل َّن َه َذا،نه ٌك َل َك َولِلشعب
َ الع َم َل ُ
come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work
».ك ِ ِ ِ ِ
is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.” َ يع الق َي َام به َو ْح َد
ُ َوََل تَ ْستَط
ِ «و ْاْلن
“Listen now to me and I will give you some advice. أن َي ُكو َن ْ ُصِِّلي َ أنص ُح َك َوأ َ َس.استَم ْع إَل َّي ْ َ َ
ِ َّ
ً اختَ ْر م َن الش ْعب ِر َجِ ْ .للاُ َم َع َك
َ اَل ُش َرَف
اء
Select capable men from all the people and appoint
them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and َفتُ َعِِّي َن ُه ْم َعَلى،شوَةَ اء َي ْك َرُهو َن ال ِِّر َ أ،ََي َخاُفو َن للا
َ ُم َن
ٍ اسين وع َشر ِ ٍ ٍ ِ َّ
َ َ َ َ الش ْعب َق َاد َة أُلُوف َو ِم َئات َو َخ َم
tens. Have them bring every difficult case to you; the
.ات
simple cases they can decide themselves. That will
make your load lighter, because they will share it with ض َاياَ أما الَق َّ َو.يك َ الكِب َيرَة إَل
َ ض َايا َ َف ُي َحِِّوُلو َن الَق
you.” َس ُي َس ِِّه ُل َه َذا.يها ِبأنُف ِس ِه ْم ِ ِ َّ
َ الصغ َيرةُ َف َي ْح ُك ُمو َن ف
ِ ِ
».اء َم َع َك ْ َع َمَل َك ِلَّن ُه ْم َس َي ْحملُو َن
َ اِلع َب
Moses listened to his father-in-law and
.ال ق
َ ا م ل م ِ َفاستمع موسى لِح ِم
ِ يه وع
َ َ ُ َ ََ ْ
did everything he said.
َ َ َ َ َ
Two People are Better Off Than One
ِ ان َخير ِم ْن و
احد َ ٌ ْ ِ ا ْثَن
ِ
َ الس ْب ُعو َن َف ِرح
،ين ِ َوَب ْع َدِئ ٍذ َر َج َع اَل ْث َن
َّ ان َو
ض ُع َل َنا ِ َّ حتَّى، «يا ر ُّب:وَقالُوا
َ ين تَ ْخ
ُ الش َياط َ َ َ َ
»!اس ِم َك ْ
ِ
ب
The Believers Form a Community
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