¹And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

¹Mojzes pa odgovori in reče: Glej, pa oni mi ne bodo verovali in ne bodo poslušali glasu mojega, ampak porečejo: Ni se ti prikazal GOSPOD.

²And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

²In GOSPOD mu reče: Kaj je to v tvoji roki? Odgovori: Palica.

³And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

³In veli: Vrzi jo na tla! In vrže jo na tla, in postala je kača, in Mojzes zbeži pred njo.

⁴And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

⁴In GOSPOD reče Mojzesu: Iztegni roko in primi jo za rep. In iztegne roko in jo zgrabi, in bila je palica v roki njegovi –:

⁵That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

⁵da bi verovali, da se ti je prikazal GOSPOD, Bog njih očetov, Bog Abrahamov, Bog Izakov in Bog Jakobov.

⁶And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

⁶Še mu veli GOSPOD: Vtakni roko v nedrije svoje! In vtakne roko v nedrije svoje, in ko jo iztegne, glej, roka njegova je gobava in bela kakor sneg.

⁷And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

⁷In veli: Vtakni zopet roko v nedrije svoje! In vtakne zopet roko v nedrije, in ko jo iztegne izza nedrija, glej, je zopet kakor vse meso njegovo.

⁸And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

⁸In zgodi se, če ti ne bodo verovali ter ne poslušali glasu prvega znamenja, bodo pa verovali v glas drugega znamenja.

⁹And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

⁹In če ne bodo verovali tudi tema dvema znamenjema in ne bodo poslušali glasu tvojega, tedaj vzameš vode iz reke in jo izliješ na suho; in izpremeni se voda, ki jo vzameš iz reke, v kri na suhem.

¹⁰And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

¹⁰In Mojzes reče GOSPODU: Prosim, Gospod, jaz nisem zgovoren mož, niti nisem bil kdaj poprej, niti odkar si izpregovoril s hlapcem svojim; kajti imam okorna usta in težek jezik.

¹¹And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?

¹¹In GOSPOD mu reče: Kdo je naredil usta človeku? in kdo stori koga nemega ali gluhega ali videčega ali slepega? ali ne jaz, GOSPOD?

¹²Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

¹²In sedaj pojdi, in jaz bodem pri tvojih ustih in te naučim, kaj naj govoriš.

¹³And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

¹³On pa reče: Prosim, Gospod, pošlji vendar onega, ki ga hočeš poslati.

¹⁴And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

¹⁴In vname se srd GOSPODOV zoper Mojzesa, in reče: Ali nimaš brata Arona, ki je levit? Vem, da je on jako zgovoren. Pa glej, gre ti tudi že naproti, in ko te zagleda, se razveseli v srcu svojem.

¹⁵And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

¹⁵Ti pa govóri k njemu in položi besede moje v usta njegova, in jaz bodem pri ustih tvojih in pri ustih njegovih, in učil vaju bom, kaj naj storita.

¹⁶And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

¹⁶On naj govori ljudstvu namesto tebe; in zgodi se, da bode on tebi za usta in ti bodeš njemu kakor Bog.

¹⁷And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

¹⁷In v roko svojo vzemi to palico, ki boš ž njo storil ona znamenja.

¹⁸And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

¹⁸In Mojzes odide in se vrne k Jetru, svojemu tastu, in mu reče: Daj, da grem in se povrnem k bratom svojim, ki so v Egiptu, in pogledam, če so še živi. In Jetro reče Mojzesu: Pojdi v miru!

¹⁹And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

¹⁹In rekel je GOSPOD Mojzesu v Madianu: Pojdi, povrni se v Egipt, kajti pomrli so vsi ljudje, ki so ti stregli po življenju.

²⁰And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

²⁰Mojzes vzame torej ženo svojo in sinova svoja in jih posadi na osla in se napoti nazaj v deželo Egiptovsko. Vzame tudi palico Božjo v roko svojo.

²¹And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

²¹In GOSPOD je govoril Mojzesu: Ker torej greš, da se povrneš v Egipt, pazi, da storiš pred Faraonom vse čudeže, ki sem jih položil v roko tvojo. Jaz pa otrdim srce njegovo, da ne bo hotel odpustiti ljudstva.

²²And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

²²In govoril boš Faraonu: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Izrael je sin moj, prvenec moj.

²³And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

²³In velel sem ti, da odpustiš sina mojega, da mi služi; a ker si se branil ga pustiti, glej, umorim sina tvojega, prvenca tvojega.

²⁴And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

²⁴In zgodi se na potu, v prenočišču, da mu pride GOSPOD naproti, in hotel ga je usmrtiti.

²⁵Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

²⁵In vzame Zifora oster kamen in obreže kožico sinu svojemu in jo vrže Mojzesu k nogam, rekoč: Ker si mi ženin krvi.

²⁶So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

²⁶In prizanesel mu je Gospod. Tedaj reče ona: Ženin krvi si, zaradi obreze.

²⁷And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

²⁷In rekel je bil GOSPOD Aronu: Pojdi v puščavo Mojzesu naproti! In on odide, in sreča ga na gori Božji in ga poljubi.

²⁸And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

²⁸In Mojzes sporoči Aronu vse besede GOSPODOVE, s katerimi ga je poslal, in vsa znamenja, ki mu jih je ukazal.

²⁹And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

²⁹Prideta torej Mojzes in Aron ter skličeta vse starejšine sinov Izraelovih.

³⁰And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

³⁰In pripovedoval je Aron vse besede, ki jih je bil GOSPOD govoril Mojzesu, in delal je znamenja vpričo ljudstva.In ljudstvo je verovalo. In ko so slišali, da je GOSPOD obiskal sinove Izraelove in da se je ozrl na njih bedo, so se priklonili in molili Gospoda.

³¹And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

³¹In ljudstvo je verovalo. In ko so slišali, da je GOSPOD obiskal sinove Izraelove in da se je ozrl na njih bedo, so se priklonili in molili Gospoda.