And he called the name of the place  Massah   and  Meribah,  because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the  Lord by saying, “Is the  Lord among us or not?”
ወሰመዮ ፡ ለውእቱ ፡ ፍና ፡ መንሱት ፡ ወጋእዝ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ግእዘት ፡ ዘግእዝዎ ፡ ውሉደ ፡ እስራኤል ፡ ወአመከሩ ፡ ፈጣሬ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ወይቤሉ ፡ ለእመ ፡ ሀሎ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወለእመ ፡ ኢሀሎ ፡ ምስሌነ ።