¹When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;

¹In slišal je Jetro, duhovnik madianski, tast Mojzesov, o vsem, kar je storil Bog Mojzesu in Izraelu, ljudstvu svojemu, da je GOSPOD odpeljal Izraela iz Egipta.

²Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

²In vzame Jetro, tast Mojzesov, Ziforo, Mojzesovo ženo (potem ko jo je bil nazaj poslal),

³And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

³in njena dva sinova, katerih imeni sta: prvega Gerson, ker je rekel Mojzes: „Priseljenec sem v tuji zemlji“,

⁴And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

⁴in drugega Eliezer, „kajti Bog očeta mojega mi je bil v pomoč in me je otel meča Faraonovega“;

⁵And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

⁵in pride Jetro, tast Mojzesov, ž njegovima sinoma in njegovo ženo k Mojzesu v puščavo, kjer je taboril pri gori Božji.

⁶And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

⁶In sporoči Mojzesu: Jaz, tast tvoj Jetro, sem prišel k tebi in tvoja žena in ž njo dva sinova njena.

⁷And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

⁷In Mojzes pride naproti tastu svojemu, in prikloni se ter ga poljubi; nato vprašata drug drugega, če se jima dobro godi, in gresta v šator.

⁸And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.

⁸In Mojzes pripoveduje tastu svojemu vse, kar je storil GOSPOD nad Faraonom in nad Egipčani zaradi Izraela, in o vseh težavah, ki so jih prebili na potovanju, in kako jih je reševal GOSPOD.

⁹And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

⁹In vzradostil se je Jetro ob vsej dobroti, ki jo je GOSPOD storil Izraelu, da ga je otel iz roke Egipčanov.

¹⁰And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

¹⁰In reče Jetro: Hvaljen bodi GOSPOD, ki vas je otel iz roke Egipčanov in iz roke Faraonove, ki je otel to ljudstvo izpod pesti Egipčanov.

¹¹Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

¹¹Zdaj vem, da je GOSPOD večji od vseh bogov: zakaj ravno v tem, s čimer so prevzetovali, se je povišal nad nje.

¹²And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.

¹²In daroval je Jetro, tast Mojzesov, žgalne in klalne daritve Bogu; Aron pa in vsi starejšine Izraelovi so prišli, da bi jedli kruh s tastom Mojzesovim pred obličjem Božjim.

¹³And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.

¹³In zgodi se zjutraj, da se je usedel Mojzes, da bi sodil ljudstvu; in ljudstvo je stalo pred Mojzesom od jutra do večera.

¹⁴And when Moses' 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?

¹⁴In videl je tast Mojzesov vse, kar dela z ljudstvom, in je rekel: Kakšno opravilo je to, ki ga imaš z ljudstvom? Zakaj sediš ti edini, vse ljudstvo pa stoji pred teboj od jutra do večera?

¹⁵And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:

¹⁵In odgovori Mojzes tastu svojemu: Ljudstvo prihaja k meni posvetovat se z Bogom.

¹⁶When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

¹⁶Ko imajo kako pravdo, pridejo k meni, in jaz razsojam med njimi in jim naznanjam Božja pravila in postave njegove.

¹⁷And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

¹⁷In njegov tast mu reče: Ni dobro, kar delaš.

¹⁸Thou 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.

¹⁸Preveč se utrudiš in tudi to ljudstvo, ki je pri tebi; pretežavno je to delo zate; sam ga ne moreš vršiti.

¹⁹Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

¹⁹Zdaj pa čuj moj glas, hočem ti dati svet, in Bog bode s teboj: Bodi zastopnik ljudstva pred Bogom in donašaj njih zadeve pred Boga;

²⁰And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

²⁰in razjasnjuj jim pravila in postave in oznanjaj jim pot, po katerem naj hodijo, in delo, ki naj ga opravljajo.

²¹Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

²¹Toda ozri se med vsem ljudstvom po vrlih možeh, bogaboječih, ki so vdani resnici, sovražni krivičnemu dobičku; in postavi jih za načelnike čez tisoč, načelnike čez sto, načelnike čez petdeset in za načelnike čez deset.

²²And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

²²Oni naj sodijo ljudstvu vsak čas; in vse velike zadeve naj razgrnejo tebi, karkoli pa bo manjšega, naj sodijo sami: tako olajšaj sebi, in oni naj nosijo breme s teboj.

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

²³Če ta nasvet izpolniš in ti Bog to ukaže, boš mogel prestati, pa tudi to ljudstvo pride vse do kraja svojega v miru.

²⁴So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

²⁴In Mojzes je slušal glas svojega tasta ter storil vse, kar mu je rekel.

²⁵And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

²⁵In izbral je Mojzes vrlih mož izmed vseh Izraelcev in jih postavil za poglavarje nad ljudstvom: za načelnike čez tisoč, načelnike čez sto, načelnike čez petdeset in za načelnike čez deset.

²⁶And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

²⁶In sodili so ljudstvu vsakteri čas: težke stvari so razgrinjali Mojzesu, karkoli pa je bilo manjšega, so sodili sami.In Mojzes se je poslovil od svojega tasta, ta pa je šel v deželo svojo.

²⁷And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

²⁷In Mojzes se je poslovil od svojega tasta, ta pa je šel v deželo svojo.