17 And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou art doing is not good.

18 Thou wilt be quite exhausted, both thou and this people that is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee: thou canst not perform it alone.

19 Hearken now to my voice: I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee. Be thou for the people with God, and bring the matters before God;

20 and teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

21 But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place {them} over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens,

22 that they may judge the people at all times; and it shall be {that} they shall bring to thee every great matter, and that they shall judge every small matter, and they shall lighten {the task} on thee, and they shall bear {it} with thee.

23 If thou do this thing, and God command thee {so}, thou wilt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

17 Mozės uošvis atsakė: "Negerai darai!

18 Tu pats ir šitie žmonės, kurie yra su tavimi, visiškai nuvargsite, nes tau tai per sunku; tu negali vienas atlikti to darbo.

19 Dabar paklausyk mano balso. Aš tau patarsiu, ir Dievas bus su tavimi! Būk tarpininkas tarp tautos ir Dievo ir pranešk jų reikalus Dievui.

20 Mokyk juos įstatymų bei nuostatų, parodyk jiems kelią, kuriuo jie turi eiti, ir darbus, kuriuos turi daryti.

21 Be to, išsirink iš tautos sumanius, Dievo bijančius, patikimus, negodžius vyrus, paskirk juos tūkstantininkais, šimtininkais, penkiasdešimtininkais ir dešimtininkais,

22 ir tegu jie teisia žmones. Kiekvieną didelę bylą jie perduos tau, o mažas bylas spręs patys. Tau bus lengviau, ir jie pasidalins naštą su tavimi.

23 Jeigu taip darysi ir Dievas įsakys tau, pats ištversi ir visi žmonės grįš į savo namus ramybėje".