18:1(i) Va Yishma Yitro Kohen Midyan, khoten(father-in-law) Mosheh, heard of all that Elohim had done for Mosheh, and for Yisrael his people, [and] that YHWH (יהוה) had broughtYisrael out of Mitzrayim;
18:2 Then Yitro, khoten Mosheh, took Zipporah, Mosheh wife, after he had sent her back,
18:3 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:
18:4 And the name of the other [was] Eliezer; for the Elohim of my father, [said he, was] mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Paroh:
18:5 And Yitro, khoten Mosheh, came with his sons and his wife unto Mosheh into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of Elohim:
18:6 And he said unto Mosheh, I khotenkha Yitro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
18:7 And Mosheh went out to meet his khoten, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of [their] welfare; and they came into the tent.
18:8 And Mosheh told his khoten all that YHWH (יהוה) had done unto Paroh and to the Mitzrites forYisrael's sake, [and] all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and [how] YHWH (יהוה) delivered them.
18:9 And Yitro rejoiced for all the goodness which YHWH (יהוה) had done toYisrael, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Mitzrites.
18:10 And Yitro said: Blessed [be] YHWH (יהוה), who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Mitzrites, and out of the hand of Paroh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Mitzrites.
18:11 Now I know that YHWH (יהוה) [is] greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly [he was] above them.
18:12 And Yitro, Mosheh father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for Elohim: and Aharon came, and all the ziknei Yisrael, to eat lechem with Mosheh father in law before Elohim.
18:13(ii) And it came to pass on the morrow, that Mosheh sat to shofat the people: and the people stood by Mosheh from the morning unto the evening.
18:14 And when Mosheh 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?
18:15 And Mosheh said unto his khoten, Because the people come unto me to enquire of Elohim:
18:16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I shofat between one and another, and I do make [them] know the statutes of Elohim, and his Torah.
18:17 And Mosheh father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest [is] not good.
18:18 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.
18:19 Hearken now unto my kol, I will give thee counsel, and Elohim shall be with thee: Be thou for the people's representative before Elohim, that thou mayest bring the causes unto Elohim:
18:20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and Torah, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must halak, and the work that they must do.
18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear Elohim, men of truth, hating dishonest gain; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
18:22 And let them shofat the people at all seasons: and it shall be, [that] every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall shofat: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear [the burden] with thee.
18:23 If thou shalt do this thing, and Elohim command thee [so], then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
18:24(iii) So Mosheh hearkened to the voice of his khoten, and did all that he had said.
18:25 And Mosheh chose able men out of all Yisrael, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
18:26 And they shofat the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Mosheh, but every small matter they shofat themselves.
18:27 And Mosheh let his khoten depart; and he went his way into his own land.