¹　神向摩西显现

¹And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb;

²耶和华的使者从荆棘丛里的火焰中向摩西显现。摩西观看，看见荆棘被火烧着，却没有烧毁。

²and there appeareth unto him a messenger of Jehovah in a flame of fire, out of the midst of the bush, and he seeth, and lo, the bush is burning with fire, and the bush is not consumed.

³摩西说：“我要到那边去，看看这大异象，这荆棘为什么烧不掉？”

³And Moses saith, `Let me turn aside, I pray thee, and I see this great appearance; wherefore is the bush not burned?`

⁴耶和华见摩西要到那边去观看，　神就从荆棘丛里呼叫他，说：“摩西，摩西。”摩西说：“我在这里。”

⁴and Jehovah seeth that he hath turned aside to see, and God calleth unto him out of the midst of the bush, and saith, `Moses, Moses;` and he saith, `Here [am] I.`

⁵耶和华说：“不可过到这里来；要把你脚上的鞋脱掉，因为你所站的地方是圣地。”

⁵And He saith, `Come not near hither: cast thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place on which thou art standing is holy ground.`

⁶又说：“我是你父亲的　神、亚伯拉罕的　神、以撒的　神、雅各的　神。”摩西因为怕见　神，就把自己的脸蒙住了。

⁶He saith also, `I [am] the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob;` and Moses hideth his face, for he is afraid to look towards God.

⁷摩西的使命耶和华说：“我的子民在埃及所受的痛苦，我实在看见了；他们因受督工的辖制所发的呼声，我也听见了；他们的痛苦，我是知道的。

⁷And Jehovah saith, `I have certainly seen the affliction of My people who [are] in Egypt, and their cry I have heard, because of its exactors, for I have known its pains;

⁸所以我下来，要救他们脱离埃及人的手，领他们脱离那地，到美好宽阔之地，到流奶与蜜之地，就是到迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、希未人和耶布斯人的地方。

⁸and I go down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to cause it to go up out of the land, unto a land good and broad, unto a land flowing with milk and honey — unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

⁹现在以色列人的呼声已经达到我的面前，我也看见了埃及人对他们所施的压迫。

⁹`And now, lo, the cry of the sons of Israel hath come in unto Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them,

¹⁰所以现在你来，我要派你到法老那里去，使你可以把我的人民以色列人从埃及领出来。”

¹⁰and now, come, and I send thee unto Pharaoh, and bring thou out My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.`

¹¹摩西对　神说：“我是谁，竟能到法老那里去，把以色列人从埃及领出来呢？”

¹¹And Moses saith unto God, `Who [am] I, that I go unto Pharaoh, and that I bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt?`

¹²　神回答：“我必与你同在；你把人民从埃及领出来的时候，你们要在这山上事奉　神；这就是我派你去的凭据。”

¹²and He saith, `Because I am with thee, and this [is] to thee the sign that I have sent thee: in thy bringing out the people from Egypt — ye do serve God on this mount.`

¹³摩西对　神说：“我到以色列人那里，对他们说：‘你们祖宗的　神差遣我到你们这里来’，他们必问我：‘他叫什么名字？’我要对他们说什么呢？”

¹³And Moses saith unto God, `Lo, I am coming unto the sons of Israel, and have said to them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they have said to me, What [is] His name? what do I say unto them?`

¹⁴　神回答摩西：“我是‘自有永有者’。”又说：“你要对以色列人这样说：‘那自有者派我到你们这里来。’”

¹⁴And God saith unto Moses, `I AM THAT WHICH I AM;` He saith also, `Thus dost thou say to the sons of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.`

¹⁵　神又对摩西说：“你要对以色列人这样说：‘耶和华你们祖宗的　神，就是亚伯拉罕的　神、以撒的　神、雅各的　神，差遣我到你们这里来；这就是我永久的名字，也是世世代代中我被记念的名字。’

¹⁵And God saith again unto Moses, `Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel, Jehovah, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this [is] My name — to the age, and this My memorial, to generation — generation.

¹⁶你去召集以色列的长老，对他们说：‘耶和华你们祖宗的　神，就是亚伯拉罕的　神、以撒的　神、雅各的　神，向我显现，说：“我实在眷顾了你们，和鉴察了你们在埃及所遭遇的。”

¹⁶`Go, and thou hast gathered the elders of Israel, and hast said unto them: Jehovah, God of your fathers, hath appeareth unto me, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I have certainly inspected you, and that which is done to you in Egypt;

¹⁷我也曾说：“我要把你们从埃及的痛苦中领出来，到迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人之地去，就是到流奶与蜜之地去。”’

¹⁷and I say, I bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing [with] milk and honey.

¹⁸他们必听你的话；你和以色列的长老要到埃及王那里去，对他说：‘耶和华希伯来人的　神遇见了我们。现在求你让我们走三天的路程到旷野去，好献祭给耶和华我们的　神。’

¹⁸`And they have hearkened to thy voice, and thou hast entered, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye have said unto him, Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, hath met with us; and now, let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to Jehovah our God.

¹⁹我也知道，如果不施行大能的手，埃及王决不会让你们走的。

¹⁹`And I — I have known that the king of Egypt doth not permit you to go, unless by a strong hand,

²⁰因此，我要伸手，用我在埃及快要施行的一切异能，击打埃及；然后他才会让你们离去。

²⁰and I have put forth My hand, and have smitten Egypt with all My wonders, which I do in its midst — and afterwards he doth send you away.

²¹我必叫这民在埃及人的眼前蒙恩。因此你们离去的时候，就不至于空手而去。

²¹`And I have given the grace of this people in the eyes of the Egyptians, and it hath come to pass, when ye go, ye go not empty;

²²但每个妇女要向她邻居的妇女，和寄居在她家中的妇女索取银器、金器和衣服，要给你们的儿女穿戴；这样，你们就把埃及人的财物掠夺了。”

²²and [every] woman hath asked from her neighbour, and from her who is sojourning in her house, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and ye have put [them] on your sons and on your daughters, and have spoiled the Egyptians.`