خرُوج 3

١ 1 وَأَمَّا مُوسَى فَكَانَ يَرْعَى غَنَمَ حَمِيهِ يَثْرُونَ كَاهِنِ مِدْيَانَ، فَقَادَ الْغَنَمَ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءِ الطَّرَفِ الأَقْصَى مِنَ الصَّحْرَاءِ حَتَّى جَاءَ إلى حُورِيبَ جَبَلِ اللهِ.

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

٢ 2 وَهُنَاكَ تَجَلَّى لَهُ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ بِلَهِيبِ نَارٍ وَسَطَ عُلَّيْقَةٍ. فَنَظَرَ مُوسَى وَإذَا بِالْعُلَّيْقَةِ تَتَّقِدُ دُونَ أَنْ تَحْتَرِقَ.

And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ مُوسَى: «أَمِيلُ الآنَ لأَسْتَطْلِعَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ الْعَظِيمَ. لِمَاذَا لَا تَحْتَرِقُ الْعُلَّيْقَةُ؟»

And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

٤ 4 وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى الرَّبُّ أَنَّ مُوسَى قَدْ دَنَا لِيَسْتَطْلِعَ الأَمْرَ، نَادَاهُ مِنْ وَسَطِ الْعُلَّيْقَةِ قَائِلاً: «مُوسَى». فَقَالَ: «هَا أَنَا».

And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

٥ 5 فَقَالَ: «لا تَقْتَرِبْ إِلَى هُنَا: اخْلَعْ حِذَاءَكَ مِنْ رِجْلَيْكَ، لأَنَّ الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي أَنْتَ وَاقِفٌ عَلَيْهِ أَرْضٌ مُقَدَّسَةٌ».

And he said, Come not near here: put off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.

٦ 6 ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَنَا هُوَ إِلَهُ أَبِيكَ، إِلَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَإِلَهُ إسْحاقَ، وَإِلَهُ يَعْقُوبَ». عِنْدَئِذٍ غَطَّى مُوسَى وَجْهَهُ خَوْفاً مِنْ أَنْ يَرَى اللهَ (فَيَمُوتَ).

Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

٧ 7 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «قَدْ شَهِدْتُ مَذَلَّةَ شَعْبِي الَّذِي فِي مِصْرَ وَسَمِعْتُ صُرَاخَهُمْ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ عُتُوِّ مُسَخِّرِيهِمْ وأَدْرَكْتُ مُعَانَاتَهُمْ،

And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

٨ 8 فَنَزَلْتُ لأُنْقِذَهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَأُخْرِجَهُمْ مِنْ تِلْكَ الأَرْضِ إِلَى أَرْضٍ طَيِّبَةٍ رَحِيبَةٍ تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً، أَرْضِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ.

And I am come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

٩ 9 وَهَا هُوَ الآنَ قَدْ وَصَلَ إِلَيَّ صُرَاخُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَرَأَيْتُ كَيْفَ يُضَايِقُهُمُ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ.

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come to me: and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

١٠ 10 فَهَلُمَّ الآنَ لأُرْسِلَكَ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ، فَتُخْرِجَ شَعْبِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ».

Come now therefore, and I will send thee to Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

١١ 11 فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلهِ: «مَنْ أَنَا حَتَّى أَمْضِيَ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَأُخْرِجَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ؟»

And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

١٢ 12 فَأَجَابَ: «أَنَا أَكُونُ مَعَكَ. وَمَتَى أَخْرَجْتَ الشَّعْبَ مِنْ مِصْرَ تَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ عَلَى هَذَا الْجَبَلِ، فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ لَكَ الْعَلامَةَ أَنَّنِي أَنَا أَرْسَلْتُكَ».

And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token to thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلهِ: «حِينَمَا أُقْبِلُ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَقُولُ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِكُمْ قَدْ بَعَثَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ وَسَأَلُونِي: مَا اسْمُهُ؟ فَمَاذَا أَقُولُ لَهُمْ؟»

And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and shall say to them, The God of your fathers hath sent me to you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say to them?

١٤ 14 فَأَجَابَهُ اللهُ: «أَهْيَه الَّذِي أَهْيَه» (وَمَعْنَاهُ أَنَا الْكَائِنُ الدَّائِمُ). وَأَضَافَ: «هَكَذَا تَقُولُ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَهْيَه (أَنَا الْكَائِنُ)، هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ.»

And God said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me to you.

١٥ 15 وَقَالَ أَيْضاً لِمُوسَى: «هَكَذَا تَقُولُ لِشَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ’الكَائِنَ‘إِلهَ آبَائِكُمْ، إِلَهَ إبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ. هَذَا هُوَ اسْمِي إِلَى الْأَبَدِ، وَهُوَ الاسْمُ الَّذِي أُدْعَى بِهِ مِنْ جِيلٍ إِلَى جِيلٍ.

And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial to all generations.

١٦ 16 اذْهَبْ وَاجْمَعْ شُيُوخَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِكُمْ، إِلَهَ إبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ قَدْ تَجَلَّى لِي قَائِلاً: إنَّنِي حَقّاً قَدْ تَفَقَّدْتُكُمْ، وَشَهِدْتُ مَا أَصَابَكُمْ فِي مِصْرَ،

Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

١٧ 17 وَهَا أَنَا قَدْ وَعَدْتُ أَنْ أُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنْ ضِيقَةِ مِصْرَ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ، هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً،

And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.

١٨ 18 فَيَسْتَمِعُ الشُّيُوخُ لِكَلامِكَ فَتَمْثُلُ أَنْتَ وَشُيُوخُ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَمَامَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ وَتَقُولُ لَهُ: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ الْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ قَدْ تَفَقَّدَنَا، فَدَعْنَا نَمْضِي مَسِيرَةَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَنُقَدِّمُ ذَبَائِحَ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا.

And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and ye shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

١٩ 19 وَلَكِنَّنِي عَالِمٌ أَنَّ مَلِكَ مِصْرَ لَنْ يُطْلِقَكُمْ مَا لَمْ تُرْغِمْهُ يَدٌ قَوِيَّةٌ.

And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

٢٠ 20 فَأَمُدُّ يَدِي وأَضْرِبُ مِصْرَ بِجَمِيعِ وَيْلاتِي الَّتِي أَصْنَعُهَا فِيهَا، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يُطْلِقُكُمْ.

And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in its midst: and after that he will let you go.

٢١ 21 وَأَجْعَلُ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ يَحْظَى بِرِضَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ، فَلا تَخْرُجُونَ فَارِغِينَ حِينَ تَمْضُونَ،

And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:

٢٢ 22 بَلْ تَطْلُبُ كُلُّ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ جَارَتِهَا أَوْ نَزِيلَةِ بَيْتِهَا جَوَاهِرَ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَثِيَاباً تُلْبِسُونَهَا بَنِيكُمْ وَبَنَاتِكُمْ فَتَغْنَمُونَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ».

But every woman shall ask of her neighbour, and of her that dwelleth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall plunder the Egyptians.