¹Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’”

¹A Mojžiš odpovedal a riekol: Ale hľa, neuveria mi, a neposlúchnu môjho hlasu, pretože povedia: Neukázal sa ti Hospodin.

²Yahweh said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”

²A Hospodin mu riekol: Čo je to v tvojej ruke? A on odpovedal: Palica.

³He said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.

³A riekol: Hoď ju na zem! A keď ju hodil na zem, obrátila sa na hada. A Mojžiš utekal pred ním.

⁴Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail.” He stretched out his hand, and took hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.

⁴Ale Hospodin riekol Mojžišovi: Vystri svoju ruku a chyť ho za chvost. A vystrel svoju ruku a lapil ho. A obrátil sa v jeho ruke na palicu.

⁵“That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

⁵Aby vraj vraveli, že sa ti ukázal Hospodin, Bôh ich otcov, Bôh Abrahámov, Bôh Izákov a Bôh Jakobov.

⁶Yahweh said furthermore to him, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.

⁶A ešte mu riekol Hospodin: Nože vlož svoju ruku za svoje ňádra! A vložil svoju ruku za svoje ňádra. A keď ju vyňal, tu hľa, jeho ruka bola malomocná, biela jako sneh.

⁷He said, “Put your hand inside your cloak again.” He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.

⁷A riekol: Daj zase svoju ruku do svojich ňáder! A zase dal svoju ruku do svojich ňáder. A keď ju vyňal zo svojich ňáder, tu hľa, bola zase zdravá jako iné jeho telo.

⁸“It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

⁸A bude, ak by ti neuverili a neposlúchli na hlas prvého znamenia, uveria na hlas druhého znamenia.

⁹It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.”

⁹A bude, ak by neuverili ani obom týmto znameniam a neposlúchli na tvoj hlas, vtedy naberieš vody z rieky a vyleješ na suchú zem. A voda, ktorú vezmeš z rieky, sa premení a obráti sa na suchej zemi na krv.

¹⁰Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

¹⁰A Mojžiš povedal Hospodinovi: Pozri, prosím, Pane! Ja nie som výmluvný človek ani pred týmto ani odvtedy, odkedy hovoríš so svojím služobníkom, lebo ja som ťažkých úst a ťažkého jazyka.

¹¹Yahweh said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh?

¹¹Na to mu riekol Hospodin: Ktože dal ústa človekovi alebo kto môže učiniť nemým alebo hluchým alebo vidiacim alebo slepým? Či azda nie ja Hospodin?

¹²Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”

¹²A tak teraz iď, a ja budem s tvojimi ústami a vyučím ťa, čo máš hovoriť.

¹³He said, “Oh, Lord, please send someone else.”

¹³A Mojžiš povedal: Pozri, prosím, Pane; pošli, prosím, toho, koho máš poslať.

¹⁴The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

¹⁴Vtedy sa zanietil hnev Hospodinov na Mojžiša, a riekol: Či nie je Áron, Levita, tvoj brat? Viem, že on istotne bude hovoriť a tiež hľa, ide ti vústrety a keď ťa uvidí, bude sa radovať vo svojom srdci.

¹⁵You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.

¹⁵Budeš jemu hovoriť a vložíš slová do jeho úst, a ja budem s tvojimi ústami a s jeho ústami a naučím vás, čo máte robiť.

¹⁶He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.

¹⁶A on bude za teba hovoriť ľudu, a bude tak, že on ti bude ústami a ty mu budeš Bohom.

¹⁷You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”

¹⁷A túto palicu si vezmeš do svojej ruky, ktorou budeš činiť tie znamenia.

¹⁸Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

¹⁸Vtedy išiel Mojžiš a navrátil sa k Jetrovi, svojmu svokrovi, a povedal mu: Nech, prosím, idem a navrátim sa ku svojim bratom, ktorí sú v Egypte, a pozriem, či ešte žijú. A Jetro povedal Mojžišovi: Iď v pokoji.

¹⁹Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.”

¹⁹A Hospodin riekol Mojžišovi v Madiansku: Idi, navráť sa do Egypta, lebo už pomreli všetci tí mužovia, ktorí hľadali tvoju dušu.

²⁰Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God’s rod in his hand.

²⁰A Mojžiš vzal svoju ženu i svojich synov, posadil ich na osla a vrátil sa do Egyptskej zeme. A Mojžiš vzal palicu Božiu do svojej ruky.

²¹Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

²¹Potom riekol Hospodin Mojžišovi: Keď ideš, aby si sa vrátil do Egypta, hľaď, aby si všetky tie zázraky, ktoré som položil do tvojej ruky, učinil pred faraonom, a ja zatvrdím jeho srdce, a neprepustí ľudu.

²²You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

²²A povieš faraonovi: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Môj syn, môj prvorodený, je Izrael.

²³and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me”; and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.’”

²³Povedal som ti: Prepusti môjho syna, aby mi slúžil. Ale si odoprel a nechcel si ho prepustiť. Preto hľa, zabijem tvojho syna, tvojho prvorodeného.

²⁴It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.

²⁴A stalo sa na ceste, v nocľažišti, že sa s ním stretol Hospodin a hľadal ho zabiť.

²⁵Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”

²⁵Vtedy vzala Cippora nôž, obrezala neobriezku svojho syna a vrhla ju k jeho nohám a riekla: Je isté, že si mi ženíchom krvi!

²⁶So he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.

²⁶A upustil od neho. Vtedy riekla: Ženích krvi, pre obriezky.

²⁷Yahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” He went, and met him on God’s mountain, and kissed him.

²⁷A Hospodin riekol Áronovi: Idi v ústrety Mojžišovi na púšť! A išiel a stretol sa s ním na vrchu Božom a bozkal ho.

²⁸Moses told Aaron all the words of Yahweh with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had instructed him.

²⁸A Mojžiš vyrozprával Áronovi všetky slová Hospodinove, ktorý ho poslal, aj o všetkých znameniach, ktoré mu prikázal činiť.

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

²⁹A tak išiel Mojžiš a Áron, a shromaždili všetkých starších zo synov Izraelových.

³⁰Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

³⁰A Áron hovoril všetky slová, ktoré hovoril Hospodin Mojžišovi, a činil znamenia pred očami ľudu.

³¹The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

³¹A ľud uveril. A keď počuli, že Hospodin navštívil synov Izraelových a že videl ich trápenie, sklonili svoje hlavy a klaňali sa.