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.

¹And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, heareth all that God hath done for Moses, and for Israel his people, that Jehovah hath brought out Israel from Egypt,

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

²and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,

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

³and her two sons, of whom the name of the one [is] Gershom, for he said, `a sojourner I have been in a strange land:`

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

⁴and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, `the God of my father [is] for my help, and doth deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh.`

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

⁵And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, cometh, and his sons, and his wife, unto Moses, unto the wilderness where he is encamping — the mount of God;

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

⁶and he saith unto Moses, `I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.`

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.

⁷And Moses goeth out to meet his father-in-law, and boweth himself, and kisseth him, and they ask one at another of welfare, and come into the tent;

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.

⁸and Moses recounteth to his father-in-law all that Jehovah hath done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians, on account of Israel, all the travail which hath found them in the way, and Jehovah doth deliver them.

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

⁹And Jethro rejoiceth for all the good which Jehovah hath done to Israel, whom He hath delivered from 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.

¹⁰and Jethro saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, who hath delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of Pharaoh — who hath delivered this people from under the hand of the Egyptians;

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

¹¹now I have known that Jehovah [is] greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly — [He is] above them!`

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.

¹²And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron cometh in, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses, before God.

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

¹³And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that Moses sitteth to judge the people, and the people stand before Moses, from the morning unto the evening;

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?

¹⁴and the father-in-law of Moses seeth all that he is doing to the people, and saith, `What [is] this thing which thou art doing to the people? wherefore art thou sitting by thyself, and all the people standing by thee from morning till evening?`

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

¹⁵And Moses saith to his father-in-law, `Because the people come unto me to seek God;

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

¹⁶when they have a matter, it hath come unto me, and I have judged between a man and his neighbour, and made known the statutes of God, and His laws.`

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

¹⁷And the father-in-law of Moses saith unto him, `The thing which thou art doing [is] not good;

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

¹⁸thou dost surely wear away, both thou, and this people which [is] with thee, for the thing is too heavy for thee, thou art not able to do it by thyself.

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;

¹⁹`Now, hearken to my voice, I counsel thee, and God is with thee: be thou for the people over-against God, and thou hast brought in the things unto God;

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

²⁰and thou hast warned them [concerning] the statutes and the laws, and hast made known to them the way in which they go, and the work which they do.

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.

²¹`And thou — thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed [these] over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

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.

²²and they have judged the people at all times; and it hath come to pass, every great matter they bring in unto thee, and every small matter they judge themselves; and lighten it from off thyself, and they have borne with thee.

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

²³If thou dost this thing, and God hath commanded thee, then thou hast been able to stand, and all this people also goeth in unto its place in peace.`

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

²⁴And Moses hearkeneth to the voice of his father-in-law, and doth all that he said,

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.

²⁵and Moses chooseth men of ability out of all Israel, and maketh them chiefs over the people, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

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.

²⁶and they have judged the people at all times; the hard matter they bring in unto Moses, and every small matter they judge themselves.

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

²⁷And Moses sendeth his father-in-law away, and he goeth away unto his own land.