¹Mojzes pa je pasel čredo Jetra, tasta svojega, duhovnika madianskega. In žene čredo onkraj puščave in pride na goro Božjo, Horeb.

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;

²In prikaže se mu angel GOSPODOV v plamenu ognja iz sredi grma; in pogleda, in glej, grm gori v ognju, pa grm ne zgori.

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.

³In reče Mojzes: Stopim vendar tja in pogledam to veliko prikazen, zakaj grm ne zgori?

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

⁴Ko pa vidi GOSPOD, da stopa bliže, da bi pogledal, mu zakliče Bog iz sredi grma in veli: Mojzes, Mojzes! On pa reče: Tukaj sem.

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.`

⁵In veli: Ne bližaj se semkaj! Sezuj obuvalo z nog svojih, zakaj mesto, ki na njem stojiš, je sveta zemlja.

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.`

⁶In reče: Jaz sem Bog očeta tvojega, Bog Abrahamov, Bog Izakov in Bog Jakobov. In Mojzes si zastre obraz, kajti boji se ozreti v Boga.

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.

⁷In GOSPOD reče: Videl sem, videl stisko ljudstva svojega, ki je v Egiptu, in njih vpitje pred njih priganjači sem slišal, kajti jaz poznam bolečine njegove.

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;

⁸In stopil sem doli, da ga otmem iz rok Egipčanov in odpeljem iz one dežele v dobro in prostrano deželo, v deželo, v kateri teče mleko in med, v kraj Kanaancev in Hetejcev in Amorejcev in Ferizejcev in Hevejcev in Jebusejcev.

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.

⁹In sedaj, glej, vpitje sinov Izraelovih je prišlo do mene, in videl sem tudi stisko, s katero jih stiskajo Egipčani.

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,

¹⁰Sedaj torej pojdi, da te pošljem k Faraonu, in popelji moje ljudstvo, sinove Izraelove, iz Egipta.

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

¹¹In reče Mojzes Bogu: Kdo sem jaz, da naj grem k Faraonu ter popeljem sinove Izraelove iz Egipta?

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

¹²On pa reče: Jaz bodem s teboj, in to ti bodi znamenje, da sem te jaz poslal: ko popelješ ljudstvo iz Egipta, boste služili Bogu na tejle gori.

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.`

¹³In Mojzes odgovori Bogu: Glej, ko pridem k sinovom Izraelovim in jim porečem: Bog očetov vaših me je poslal k vam, in mi oni reko: Katero je ime njegovo? kaj naj jim povem?

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?`

¹⁴In Bog reče Mojzesu: JAZ SEM, KI SEM. In reče: Tako boš rekel sinovom Izraelovim: JAZ SEM me je poslal k vam.

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.`

¹⁵In Bog reče dalje Mojzesu: Tako reci sinovom Izraelovim: GOSPOD, Bog očetov vaših, Bog Abrahamov, Bog Izakov in Bog Jakobov, me je poslal k vam. To je moje ime vekomaj in to je spomin moj od roda do roda.

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.

¹⁶Pojdi in zberi starejšine Izraelove in jih govóri: GOSPOD, Bog očetov vaših, se mi je prikazal, Bog Abrahamov, Izakov in Jakobov, govoreč: Zares sem vas obiskal in videl, kako se vam godi v Egiptu,

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;

¹⁷in rekel sem: Izvesti vas hočem iz stiske egiptovske v deželo Kanaancev in Hetejcev in Amorejcev in Ferizejcev in Hevejcev in Jebusejcev, v deželo, v kateri teče mleko in med.

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.

¹⁸In poslušali bodo tvoj glas. Potem pojdeš ti in starejšine izraelski h kralju egiptovskemu in mu porečete: GOSPOD, Bog Hebrejcev, nam je prišel naproti. In sedaj dovoli, da gremo tri dni hoda v puščavo in darujemo GOSPODU, Bogu svojemu.

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.

¹⁹Pa jaz vem, da vam kralj egiptovski ne dovoli, da bi šli, tudi ne, če z mogočno roko pridem nadenj.

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

²⁰In iztegnem roko svojo in udarim Egipt z vsemi čudovitimi deli svojimi, katera bom storil sredi njega; in potem vas izpusti.

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.

²¹In dam milost temu ljudstvu v očeh Egipčanov, in zgodi se, ko izidete, ne pojdete prazni:marveč vsaka žena bo izprosila od sosede in domačinke svoje srebrnih in zlatih dragotin ter oblačil, in naložite jih sinovom in hčeram svojim in oplenite Egipčane.

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;

²²marveč vsaka žena bo izprosila od sosede in domačinke svoje srebrnih in zlatih dragotin ter oblačil, in naložite jih sinovom in hčeram svojim in oplenite Egipčane.

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.`