Exodo 4
1 Mitubag si Moises, “Apan kung dili sila motuo kanako o maminaw kanako apan moingon hinuon nga, 'Wala mipakita si Yahweh kanimo'?”
Moses/I replied, “But what if [the Israeli people] (do not believe me/are not convinced) or not do what I tell them? What if they say, ‘Yahweh did not appear to you!’”
2 Miingon si Yahweh kaniya, “Unsa man kanang anaa sa imong kamot?” Miingon si Moises, “Usa ka sungkod.”
Yahweh said to him/me, “[Look at] that thing you are holding in your hand. What is it?” He/I replied, “A (walking stick/shepherd’s stick).”
3 Miingon si Yahweh, “Iitsa kana sa yuta.” Giitsa kini ni Moises sa yuta, ug nahimo kining bitin. Milikay si Moises gikan niini.
He said, “Throw it down on the ground!” So, he/I threw it on the ground, and it became a snake! And he/I ran/jumped away from it.
4 Miingon si Yahweh kang Moises, “Punita ug guniti kini pinaagi sa ikog.” Mao nga gipunit niya ug gigunitan ang bitin. Nahimo kining sungkod pagbalik diha sa iyang kamot.
But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach down and pick it up by its tail!” So he/I reached down and caught it, and [when he/I picked it up], it became a stick in his/my hand [again.]
5 “Nahitabo kini aron nga motuo sila nga mipakita kanimo si Yahweh, ang Dios sa ilang mga katigulangan, ang Dios ni Abraham, ang Dios ni Isaac, ang Dios ni Jacob.”
Yahweh said, “[Do the same thing in front of the Israeli people], in order that they may believe that [I], Yahweh God, the one Abraham and Isaac and Jacob worshiped, truly appeared to you.”
6 Miingon usab si Yahweh kaniya, “Karon isulod ang imong kamot sa imong kupo.” Busa gisulod ni Moises ang iyang kamot sa iyang kupo. Sa dihang gipagawas niya kini, tan-awa, gisangla na ang iyang kamot, sama kaputi sa niyebe.
Yahweh spoke to Moses/me again, saying “Put your hand inside your robe [MTY]!” He/I did that. And when he/I took it out again, [surprisingly], his/my hand was white. It had a skin disease [that made it] as white as snow.
7 Miingon si Yahweh, “Isulod pagbalik ang imong kamot sa imong kupo, ug sa pagpagawas niya niini, nakita niya nga naayo na kini pag-usab, sama sa uban niyang unod.
Then God said, “Put your hand back inside your robe [MTY]!” So he/I did that, and when he/I took it out again, surprisingly, it was normal again, just like the rest of his/my body!
8 Miingon si Yahweh, “Kung dili sila motuo kanimo—kung dili sila motagad sa unang timaan sa akong gahom o motuo niini, nan motuo sila sa ikaduha nga timaan.
God said, “[You can do that in front of the Israeli people, too]. If they do not pay attention to what you say because of [seeing] the first miracle, they will (believe [you/be convinced) when you perform] the second miracle.
9 Kung dili sila motuo bisan niining duha ka mga timaan sa akong gahom, o maminaw kanimo, nan pagkuha ug gamay nga tubig nga gikan sa suba ug ibubo kini sa mala nga yuta. Mahimong dugo ang tubig nga imong gikuha didto sa mala nga yuta.
If they do not believe you or do what you say, even [after you perform] those two miracles, get some water from the Nile [River] and pour it on the ground. [When you do that], the water from the river that you pour on the ground will become blood [MTY] (OR, [red like] blood).”
10 Unya miingon si Moises kang Yahweh, “Ginoo, dili ako maayo nga manulti, ni kaniadto o sa takna nga nakigsulti ka sa imong sulugoon. Hinay akong manulti ug yungit.”
Moses/I replied, “O Yahweh! I am not an eloquent [speaker]! I was not an eloquent speaker before, and I have not become one since you started talking to me! I am not a good speaker [MTY], and I speak very slowly.”
11 Miingon si Yahweh kaniya, “Kinsa man kini nga naghimo sa baba sa tawo? Kinsa man ang nagpaamang o nagpabungol sa tawo o nakapakita o nagpabuta? Dili ba ako man, si Yahweh?
Then Yahweh said to him/me, “[You seem to forget] who it is that makes people able to speak [RHQ]! Who is it that enables people to be unable to speak or unable to hear, or able to see or not to see? It is I, Yahweh [RHQ]!
12 Busa lakaw, ug ako ang mahimo nimong baba ug tudloan ko ikaw kung unsa ang isulti.”
So start going [to Egypt], and I will help you to speak [MTY], and I will tell you what you should say.”
13 Apan miingon si Moises, “Ginoo, palihog pagpadala nalang ug laing tawo, si bisan kinsa nga imong gusto nga ipadala.”
But he/I replied, “O, Yahweh, I ask you, please send someone else [instead]!”
14 Unya nasuko si Yahweh kang Moises. Miingon siya, “Unsa man ang imong panghunahuna mahitungod kang Aaron, nga imong igsoon nga lalaki, nga Levita? Nasayod ako nga makasulti siya ug maayo. Dugang pa niana, moabot siya aron sa pagpakighimamat kanimo, ug sa dihang makita ka niya, magmaya gayod ang iyang kasingkasing.
Then Yahweh became very angry with Moses/me. He said, “[What about] your [older] brother Aaron, who is [also] a descendant of Levi? I know that he is a very good/eloquent speaker. He is actually on his way here [right now], and he will be very happy to see you.
15 Makigsulti ka kaniya ug ipahiluna ang mga pulong aron isulti niya kini. Mag-uban ako sa imong baba ug sa iyang baba, ug ipakita ko kaninyo kung unsa ang buhaton.
You can talk to him and tell him what to say [MTY], and I will help both of you [SYN] to know what to say [MTY]. And I will tell you both what you should do.
16 Makigsulti siya sa mga tawo alang kanimo. Siya ang mahimo nimong baba, ug mag-uban ka kaniya sama kanako, nga Dios.
He will speak for you to the [Israeli] people. He will be (your spokesman/as though he was your mouth) [MET], and you will be to him as though you are [his] god.
17 Dad-on nimo kini nga sungkod. Pinaagi niini maghimo ka ug mga timaan.”
[Be sure] to take with you the walking/shepherd’s stick [that is in your hand], because you will perform miracles with it.”
18 Busa mibalik si Moises sa iyang ugangan nga lalaki nga si Jetro ug miingon kaniya, “Tugoti ako nga molakaw aron makabalik ako sa akong kaparyentihan nga atua sa Ehipto ug tan-awon kung buhi pa ba gihapon sila.” Miingon si Jetro kang Moises, “Lakaw uban ang kalinaw.”
Moses/I returned to his/my father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me go back to Egypt, to see my fellow Israelis there. I want to know if they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses/me, “Go, and may [God give you inner] peace.”
19 Miingon si Yahweh kang Moises didto sa Midian, “Lakaw, balik sa Ehipto, kay patay na ang tanang kalalakin-an nga misulay sa pagpatay kanimo.”
Yahweh said to Moses/me [before he/I left] Midian, “You can [safely] return to Egypt, because the men who were wanting to kill you [MTY] are [now] dead.”
20 Gidala ni Moises ang iyang asawa ug ang iyang mga anak nga lalaki ug gipasakay sila sa asno. Mibalik siya sa yuta sa Ehipto, ug gidala niya ang sungkod sa Dios.
So Moses/I took his/my wife and sons and put them on donkeys, and they/we returned to Egypt. And Moses/I took in his/my hand the stick that God [told him/me to take along].
21 Miingon si Yahweh kang Moises, “Sa dihang mobalik ka sa Ehipto, siguroha nga mabuhat mo sa atubangan sa Faraon ang tanang kahibulongang gahom nga gihatag ko diha kanimo. Apan patig-ahon ko ang iyang kasingkasing, ug dili niya tugotan nga molakaw ang katawhan.
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “When you return to Egypt, be sure to perform all the miracles that I have given you power [to do], while the king is watching. But I will make him stubborn [IDM], with the result that he will not let the Israeli people leave [Egypt].
22 Kinahanglan nga isulti nimo ngadto sa Faraon, 'Mao kini ang gisulti ni Yahweh; Si Israel mao ang akong anak nga lalaki, nga akong kamagulangan,
Then say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “The Israeli [people] [MTY] are [as dear to] me as firstborn sons [MET].
23 ug moingon ako kanimo, “Palakwa ang akong anak nga lalaki, aron makasimba siya kanako.” Apan sanglit nagdumili ka man sa pagpalakaw kaniya, pagapatyon ko gayod ang imong kamagulangang anak nga lalaki.”'
I told you to let my people [MTY] leave [Egypt], in order that they may worship me [in the desert]. If you refuse to let them go, I warn you, I will kill your firstborn son!”’”
24 Karon sa pagkagabii, sa dihang mihunong sila didto sa dalan, gitagbo ni Yahweh si Moises ug misulay sa pagpatay kaniya.
[One night], as they were camping on the way [to Egypt], Yahweh appeared to Moses/me. He wanted/threatened to kill Moses/me [for disobeying his command that boys/sons be circumcised].
25 Unya gikuha ni Zipora ang santik nga kutsilyo ug giputol niya ang tumoy nga panit sa kinatawo sa iyang anak nga lalaki, ug gipahid kini sa mga tiil ni Moises. Unya miingon siya, “Pinaagi sa dugo sigurado gayod nga ikaw ang akong bana.”
Then [his/my wife] Zipporah took a flint knife and circumcised her son. Then she touched the boy’s feet (OR, genitals) with the piece of skin [she had cut off], and she said, “The blood [which flowed when I circumcised you] will protect you [from being harmed by Yahweh] [MET].”
26 Busa gipasagdahan na lamang ni Yahweh si Moises. Miingon si Zipora, “Ikaw mao ang bana sa dugo” tungod sa pagtuli.
She said to him, “You are safe now [MET] because you have been circumcised.” So Yahweh did not harm her son.
27 Miingon si Yahweh kang Aaron, “Lakaw ngadto sa kamingawan aron sa pagpakigkita kang Moises.” Milakaw si Aaron, misugat kaniya didto sa bukid sa Dios, ug mihalok kaniya.
Yahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the desert to meet/see Moses!” So he went [there from Egypt] and met him/me at [Sinai], the mountain dedicated to God, and [greeted him/me by] kissing him/me [on the cheek].
28 Gisultihan ni Moises si Aaron sa tanang mga pulong ni Yahweh nga gipadala niya kaniya aron isulti ug mahitungod sa tanang mga timaan sa gahom ni Yahweh nga iyang gimando kaniya nga buhaton.
Moses/I told Aaron everything that Yahweh had said to him/me when he told him/me to return to Egypt. He/I also told Aaron about all the miracles that Yahweh told him/me to perform.
29 Unya milakaw si Moises ug Aaron ug gitigom ang tanang mga kadagkoan sa mga Israelita.
[So Aaron and Moses/I] returned [to Egypt]. There they/we gathered together all the Israeli elders/leaders.
30 Gisulti ni Aaron ang tanang mga pulong ni Yahweh nga gisulti kang Moises. Gipakita usab niya ang mga timaan sa gahom ni Yahweh sa panan-aw sa katawhan.
Aaron told them everything that Yahweh had told Moses/me, and Aaron performed [all] the miracles as the people watched.
31 Mituo ang mga tawo. Sa dihang nadungog nila nga naniid si Yahweh sa mga Israelita ug nga nakita niya ang ilang pag-antos, unya giduko nila ang ilang mga ulo ug misimba kaniya.
They believed [that what they/we were saying was true]. When they heard that Yahweh had seen how the Israeli people were being cruelly oppressed and that he was going to help them, they bowed down and worshiped [Yahweh].
