Eksodo 3

1 Tsono Mose amaweta ziweto za mpongozi wake Yetero, wansembe uja wa ku Midiyani. Tsiku lina iye anazitsogolera kupita ku chipululu ndipo anafika ku phiri la Mulungu lotchedwa Horebu.

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.

2 Kumeneko mngelo wa Yehova anaonekera kwa iye mʼmalawi amoto mʼchitsamba. Mose anaona kuti ngakhale chitsambacho chimayaka koma sichimanyeka.

The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and look, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

3 Tsono Mose anati mu mtima mwake, “Ine ndipita komweko ndikaone zodabwitsazi, chitsamba sichikunyeka chifukwa chiyani?”

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

4 Yehova ataona kuti Mose anapatuka kuti adzaonetsetse, Mulungu anamuyitana Mose kuchokera mʼchitsambamo nati, “Mose! Mose!” Ndipo anayankha, “Wawa.”

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." He said, "Here I am."

5 Mulungu anati, “Usayandikire kuno. Vula nsapato zako, pakuti malo amene wayimapo ndi opatulika.”

He said, "Do not come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."

6 Mulungu anati, “Ine ndine Mulungu wa makolo ako, Mulungu wa Abrahamu, Mulungu wa Isake, ndi Mulungu wa Yakobo.” Atamva zimenezi, Mose anaphimba nkhope yake chifukwa anaopa kuona Mulungu.

Moreover he said, "I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.

7 Yehova anati, “Ine ndaona ndithu mazunzo a anthu anga amene ali ku Igupto. Ndamva kulira kwawo chifukwa cha anthu amene akuwapsinja, ndipo ndakhudzidwa ndi masautso awo.

The LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

8 Choncho ndabwera kuti ndiwapulumutse mʼdzanja la Aigupto, kuwatulutsa mʼdzikolo ndi kukawalowetsa mʼdziko labwino ndi lalikulu, dziko loyenda mkaka ndi uchi, kwawo kwa Akanaani, Ahiti, Aamori, Aperezi, Ahivi ndi Ayebusi.

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

9 Ine ndamva ndithu kulira kwa Aisraeli, ndipo ndaona mmene Aigupto akuwazunzira.

Now, look, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

10 Kotero tsopano, pita. Ine ndikukutuma kwa Farao kuti ukatulutse anthu anga, Aisraeli mʼdziko la Igupto.”

Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

11 Koma Mose anafunsa Mulungu, “Ine ndine yani kuti ndipite kwa Farao ndi kukatulutsa Aisraeli mʼdziko la Igupto?”

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?"

12 Ndipo Mulungu anati, “Ine ndidzakhala nawe, ndipo ichi chidzakhala chizindikiro kwa iwe kuti ndine amene ndakutuma; Ukadzatulutsa anthu anga mʼdziko la Igupto, udzapembedza Mulungu pa phiri lino.”

And God spoke to Moses, saying, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."

13 Mose anati kwa Mulungu, “Ngati ndipita kwa Aisraeli ndi kukawawuza kuti, ‘Mulungu wa makolo anu wandituma kwa inu,’ ndipo iwo nʼkukandifunsa kuti ‘Dzina lake ndi ndani?’ Tsono ine ndikawawuze chiyani?”

And Moses said to God, "Look, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"

14 Mulungu anati kwa Mose, “NDINE AMENE NDILI. Izi ndi zimene ukanene kwa Aisraeli: ‘NDINE wandituma kwa inu.’”

And God said to Moses, "I AM THAT I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

15 Mulungu anatinso kwa Mose, “Ukanene kwa Aisraeli kuti ‘Yehova, Mulungu wa makolo anu, Mulungu wa Abrahamu, Mulungu wa Isake, ndi Mulungu wa Yakobo, wandituma kwa inu.’ Ili ndilo dzina langa mpaka muyaya, ndipo mibado ya mʼtsogolomo izidzanditchula ndi dzina limeneli.

And God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered from generation to generation.

16 “Pita, ukawasonkhanitse akuluakulu a Israeli ndipo ukati kwa iwo, ‘Yehova, Mulungu wa makolo anu, Mulungu wa Abrahamu, Isake ndi Yakobo, anandionekera ndipo akuti Iye wadzakuyenderani ndipo waona mmene Aigupto akukuzunzirani.

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

17 Choncho wanenetsa kuti adzakutulutsani mʼdziko la Igupto, dziko la masautsoli kupita ku dziko la Akanaani, Ahiti, Aamori Aperezi, Ahivi ndi Ayebusi, dziko loyenda mkaka ndi uchi.’

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

18 “Akuluakulu a Israeli akakumvera. Kenaka iwe ndi akuluakuluwo mukapite kwa mfumu ya Igupto ndipo mukanene kuti, ‘Yehova, Mulungu wa Ahebri, wakumana nafe. Tsono tikukupemphani kuti mutilole tipite pa ulendo wa masiku atatu mʼchipululu kuti tikapereke nsembe kwa Yehova Mulungu wathu.’

They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to our God.'

19 Koma Ine ndikudziwa kuti mfumu ya Igupto sikakulolani kuti mupite pokhapokha Ine nditayikakamiza.

I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission to go, except by a mighty hand.

20 Tsono Ine ndidzatambasula dzanja langa ndi kukantha Aigupto ndi zodabwitsa zanga zimene ndidzazichita pakati pawo. Zikadzatha izi, Iye adzakulolani kuti mupite.

I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in its midst, and after that he will let you go.

21 “Ndipo ine ndidzafewetsa mtima wa Aigupto pa anthu anga, kotero kuti mukadzatuluka simudzapita wopanda kanthu.

I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.

22 Mkazi aliyense adzapemphe Mwigupto woyandikana naye ndiponso mkazi amene akukhala mʼnyumba yake, kuti amupatse ziwiya za siliva ndi golide ndiponso zovala zimene mudzaveka ana anu aamuna ndi aakazi. Ndipo potero mudzawalanda zonse Aiguptowo.”

But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.