出埃及记 3
1 摩西牧养他岳父米甸祭司叶忒罗的羊群；一日领羊群往野外去，到了 神的山，就是何烈山。
Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.
2 耶和华的使者从荆棘里火焰中向摩西显现。摩西观看，不料，荆棘被火烧着，却没有烧毁。
And the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he saw that the bush was on fire and was not burnt.
3 摩西说：“我要过去看这大异象，这荆棘为何没有烧坏呢？”
And Moses said: I will go and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4 耶和华 神见他过去要看，就从荆棘里呼叫说：“摩西！摩西！”他说：“我在这里。”
And when the Lord saw that he went forward to see, he called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said: Moses, Moses. And he answered: Here I am.
5 神说：“不要近前来。当把你脚上的鞋脱下来，因为你所站之地是圣地”；
And he said: Come not nigh hither, put off the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
6 又说：“我是你父亲的 神，是亚伯拉罕的 神，以撒的 神，雅各的 神。”摩西蒙上脸，因为怕看 神。
And he said: I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses hid his face: for he durst not look at God.
7 耶和华说：“我的百姓在埃及所受的困苦，我实在看见了；他们因受督工的辖制所发的哀声，我也听见了。我原知道他们的痛苦，
And the Lord said to him: I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of the rigour of them that are over the works:
8 我下来是要救他们脱离埃及人的手，领他们出了那地，到美好、宽阔、流奶与蜜之地，就是到迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人之地。
And knowing their sorrow, I am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land into a good and spacious land, into a land that floweth with milk and honey, to the places of the Chanaanite, and Hethite, and Amorrhite, and Pherezite, and Hevite, and Jebusite.
9 现在以色列人的哀声达到我耳中，我也看见埃及人怎样欺压他们。
For the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have seen their affliction, wherewith they are oppressed by the Egyptians.
10 故此，我要打发你去见法老，使你可以将我的百姓以色列人从埃及领出来。”
But come, and I will send thee to Pharao, that thou mayst bring forth my people, the children of Israel out of Egypt.
11 摩西对 神说：“我是什么人，竟能去见法老，将以色列人从埃及领出来呢？”
And Moses said to God: Who am I that I should go to Pharao, and should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
12 神说：“我必与你同在。你将百姓从埃及领出来之后，你们必在这山上事奉我；这就是我打发你去的证据。”
And he said to him: I will be with thee: and this thou shalt have for a sign, that I have sent thee: When thou shalt have brought my people out of Egypt, thou shalt offer sacrifice to God upon this mountain.
13 摩西对 神说：“我到以色列人那里，对他们说：‘你们祖宗的 神打发我到你们这里来。’他们若问我说：‘他叫什么名字？’我要对他们说什么呢？”
Moses said to God: Lo, I shall go to the children of Israel, and say to them: The God of your fathers hath sent me to you. If they should say to me: What is his name? what shall I say to them?
14 神对摩西说：“我是自有永有的”；又说：“你要对以色列人这样说：‘那自有的打发我到你们这里来。’”
God said to Moses: I AM WHO AM. He said: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: HE WHO IS, hath sent me to you.
15 神又对摩西说：“你要对以色列人这样说：‘耶和华—你们祖宗的 神，就是亚伯拉罕的 神，以撒的 神，雅各的 神，打发我到你们这里来。’耶和华是我的名，直到永远；这也是我的纪念，直到万代。
And God said again 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 unto all generations.
16 你去招聚以色列的长老，对他们说：‘耶和华—你们祖宗的 神，就是亚伯拉罕的 神，以撒的 神，雅各的 神，向我显现，说：我实在眷顾了你们，我也看见埃及人怎样待你们。
Go, gather together the ancients of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to me, saying: Visiting I have visited you: and I have seen all that hath befallen you in Egypt.
17 我也说：要将你们从埃及的困苦中领出来，往迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人的地去，就是到流奶与蜜之地。’
And I have said the word to bring you forth out of the affliction of Egypt, into the land of the Chanaanite, the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and Pherezite, and Hevite, and Jebusite, to a land that floweth with milk and honey.
18 他们必听你的话。你和以色列的长老要去见埃及王，对他说：‘耶和华—希伯来人的 神遇见了我们，现在求你容我们往旷野去，走三天的路程，为要祭祀耶和华—我们的 神。’
And they shall hear thy voice: and thou shalt go in, thou and the ancients of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and thou shalt say to him: The Lord God of the Hebrews hath called us: we will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, to sacrifice unto the Lord our God.
19 我知道虽用大能的手，埃及王也不容你们去。
But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, but by a mighty hand.
20 我必伸手在埃及中间施行我一切的奇事，攻击那地，然后他才容你们去。
For I will stretch forth my hand and will strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst of them: after these he will let you go.
21 我必叫你们在埃及人眼前蒙恩，你们去的时候就不至于空手而去。
And I will give favour to this people, in the sight of the Egyptians: and when you go forth, you shall not depart empty:
22 但各妇女必向她的邻舍，并居住在她家里的女人，要金器银器和衣裳，好给你们的儿女穿戴。这样你们就把埃及人的财物夺去了。”
But every woman shall ask of her neighbour, and of her that is in her house, vessels of silver and of gold, and raiment: and you shall put them on your sons and daughters, and shall spoil Egypt.
