¹　神向摩西顯現那時，摩西正在牧放他岳父米甸祭司葉忒羅的羊群。有一次，他把羊群領到曠野的盡頭去，到了　神的山，就是何烈山。

¹Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb.

²耶和華的使者從荊棘叢裡的火燄中向摩西顯現。摩西觀看，看見荊棘被火燒著，卻沒有燒毀。

²The angel of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

³摩西說：“我要到那邊去，看看這大異象，這荊棘為甚麼燒不掉？”

³Moses said, “I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.”

⁴耶和華見摩西要到那邊去觀看，　神就從荊棘叢裡呼叫他，說：“摩西，摩西。”摩西說：“我在這裡。”

⁴When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, “Moses! Moses!” He said, “Here I am.”

⁵耶和華說：“不可過到這裡來；要把你腳上的鞋脫掉，因為你所站的地方是聖地。”

⁵He said, “Don’t come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”

⁶又說：“我是你父親的　神、亞伯拉罕的　神、以撒的　神、雅各的　神。”摩西因為怕見　神，就把自己的臉蒙住了。

⁶Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.

⁷摩西的使命耶和華說：“我的子民在埃及所受的痛苦，我實在看見了；他們因受督工的轄制所發的呼聲，我也聽見了；他們的痛苦，我是知道的。

⁷Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

⁸所以我下來，要救他們脫離埃及人的手，領他們脫離那地，到美好寬闊之地，到流奶與蜜之地，就是到迦南人、赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人、希未人和耶布斯人的地方。

⁸I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

⁹現在以色列人的呼聲已經達到我的面前，我也看見了埃及人對他們所施的壓迫。

⁹Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

¹⁰所以現在你來，我要派你到法老那裡去，使你可以把我的人民以色列人從埃及領出來。”

¹⁰Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”

¹¹摩西對　神說：“我是誰，竟能到法老那裡去，把以色列人從埃及領出來呢？”

¹¹Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”

¹²　神回答：“我必與你同在；你把人民從埃及領出來的時候，你們要在這山上事奉　神；這就是我派你去的憑據。”

¹²He said, “Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”

¹³摩西對　神說：“我到以色列人那裡，對他們說：‘你們祖宗的　神差遣我到你們這裡來’，他們必問我：‘他叫甚麼名字？’我要對他們說甚麼呢？”

¹³Moses said to God, “Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you;’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ What should I tell them?”

¹⁴　神回答摩西：“我是‘自有永有者’。”又說：“你要對以色列人這樣說：‘那自有者派我到你們這裡來。’”

¹⁴God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

¹⁵　神又對摩西說：“你要對以色列人這樣說：‘耶和華你們祖宗的　神，就是亞伯拉罕的　神、以撒的　神、雅各的　神，差遣我到你們這裡來；這就是我永久的名字，也是世世代代中我被記念的名字。’

¹⁵God said moreover to Moses, “You shall tell the children of Israel this, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.

¹⁶你去召集以色列的長老，對他們說：‘耶和華你們祖宗的　神，就是亞伯拉罕的　神、以撒的　神、雅各的　神，向我顯現，說：“我實在眷顧了你們，和鑒察了你們在埃及所遭遇的。”

¹⁶Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;

¹⁷我也曾說：“我要把你們從埃及的痛苦中領出來，到迦南人、赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人之地去，就是到流奶與蜜之地去。”’

¹⁷and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’

¹⁸他們必聽你的話；你和以色列的長老要到埃及王那裡去，對他說：‘耶和華希伯來人的　神遇見了我們。現在求你讓我們走三天的路程到曠野去，好獻祭給耶和華我們的　神。’

¹⁸They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.’

¹⁹我也知道，如果不施行大能的手，埃及王決不會讓你們走的。

¹⁹I know that the king of Egypt won’t give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.

²⁰因此，我要伸手，用我在埃及快要施行的一切異能，擊打埃及；然後他才會讓你們離去。

²⁰I will reach out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in its midst, and after that he will let you go.

²¹我必叫這民在埃及人的眼前蒙恩。因此你們離去的時候，就不至於空手而去。

²¹I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.

²²但每個婦女要向她鄰居的婦女，和寄居在她家中的婦女索取銀器、金器和衣服，要給你們的兒女穿戴；這樣，你們就把埃及人的財物掠奪了。”

²²But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall plunder the Egyptians.”