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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.”

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.”

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.

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.”

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.

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?

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 your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.”

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.’”

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

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

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

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.”

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 alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.

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

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

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

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

²⁹Moses 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.

³⁰Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to 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.

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.

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.