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.

¹And Moses answereth and saith, `And, if they do not give credence to me, nor hearken to my voice, and say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee?`

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

²And Jehovah saith unto him, `What [is] this in thy hand?` and he saith, `A rod;`

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

³and He saith, `Cast it to the earth;` and he casteth it to the earth, and it becometh a serpent — and Moses fleeth from its presence.

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

⁴And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Put forth thy hand, and lay hold on the tail of it;` and he putteth forth his hand, and layeth hold on it, and it becometh a rod in his hand —

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

⁵`— so that they believe that Jehovah, God of their fathers, hath appeared unto thee, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.`

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.

⁶And Jehovah saith to him again, `Put in, I pray thee, thy hand into thy bosom;` and he putteth in his hand into his bosom, and he bringeth it out, and lo, his hand [is] leprous as snow;

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.

⁷and He saith, `Put back thy hand unto thy bosom;` and he putteth back his hand unto his bosom, and he bringeth it out from his bosom, and lo, it hath turned back as his flesh —

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

⁸`— and it hath come to pass, if they do not give credence to thee, and hearken not to the voice of the first sign, that they have given credence to the voice of the latter sign.

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.

⁹`And it hath come to pass, if they do not give credence even to these two signs, nor hearken to thy voice, that thou hast taken of the waters of the River, and hast poured on the dry land, and the waters which thou takest from the River have been, yea, they have become — blood on the dry land.`

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.

¹⁰And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `O, my Lord, I [am] not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I [am] slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.`

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

¹¹And Jehovah saith unto him, `Who appointed a mouth for man? or who appointeth the dumb, or deaf, or open, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?

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

¹²and now, go, and I — I am with thy mouth, and have directed thee that which thou speakest;`

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

¹³and he saith, `O, my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand Thou dost send.`

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.

¹⁴And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Moses, and He saith, `Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I have known that he speaketh well, and also, lo, he is coming out to meet thee; when he hath seen thee, then he hath rejoiced in his heart,

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.

¹⁵and thou hast spoken unto him, and hast set the words in his mouth, and I — I am with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and have directed you that which ye do;

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

¹⁶and he, he hath spoken for thee unto the people, and it hath come to pass, he — he is to thee for a mouth, and thou — thou art to him for God;

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

¹⁷and this rod thou dost take in thy hand, with which thou doest the signs.`

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!

¹⁸And Moses goeth and turneth back unto Jethro his father-in-law, and saith to him, `Let me go, I pray thee, and I turn back unto my brethren who [are] in Egypt, and I see whether they are yet alive.` And Jethro saith to Moses, `Go in peace.`

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

¹⁹And Jehovah saith unto Moses in Midian, `Go, turn back to Egypt, for all the men have died who seek thy life;`

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.

²⁰and Moses taketh his wife, and his sons, and causeth them to ride on the ass, and turneth back to the land of Egypt, and Moses taketh the rod of God in his hand.

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.

²¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `In thy going to turn back to Egypt, see — all the wonders which I have put in thy hand — that thou hast done them before Pharaoh, and I — I strengthen his heart, and he doth not send the people away;

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

²²and thou hast said unto Pharaoh, Thus said Jehovah, My son, My first-born [is] Israel,

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

²³and I say unto thee, Send away My son, and he doth serve Me; and — thou dost refuse to send him away — lo, I am slaying thy son, thy first-born.`

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

²⁴And it cometh to pass in the way, in a lodging place, that Jehovah meeteth him, and seeketh to put him to death;

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

²⁵and Zipporah taketh a flint, and cutteth off the foreskin of her son, and causeth [it] to touch his feet, and saith, `Surely a bridegroom of blood [art] thou to me;`

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

²⁶and He desisteth from him: then she said, `A bridegroom of blood,` in reference to the circumcision.

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

²⁷And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, `Go to meet Moses into the wilderness;` and he goeth, and meeteth him in the mount of God, and kisseth him,

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

²⁸and Moses declareth to Aaron all the words of Jehovah with which He hath sent him, and all the signs with which He hath charged him.

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

²⁹And Moses goeth — Aaron also — and they gather all the elders of the sons of Israel,

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.

³⁰and Aaron speaketh all the words which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, and doth the signs before the eyes of the people;

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.

³¹and the people believe when they hear that Jehovah hath looked after the sons of Israel, and that He hath seen their affliction; and they bow and do obeisance.