出埃及記 4
1 摩西回答說：「他們必不信我，也不聽我的話，必說：『耶和華並沒有向你顯現。』」
And Moses answers and says, “And if they do not give credence to me, nor listen to my voice, and say, YHWH has not appeared to you?”
2 耶和華對摩西說：「你手裏是甚麼？」他說：「是杖。」
And YHWH says to him, “What [is] this in your hand?” And he says, “A rod”;
3 耶和華說：「丟在地上。」他一丟下去，就變作蛇；摩西便跑開。
and He says, “Cast it to the earth”; and he casts it to the earth, and it becomes a serpent—and Moses flees from its presence.
4 耶和華對摩西說：「伸出手來，拿住牠的尾巴，牠必在你手中仍變為杖；
And YHWH says to Moses, “Put forth your hand, and lay hold on the tail of it”; and he puts forth his hand, and lays hold on it, and it becomes a rod in his hand—
5 如此好叫他們信耶和華－他們祖宗的上帝，就是亞伯拉罕的上帝，以撒的上帝，雅各的上帝，是向你顯現了。」
“so that they believe that YHWH, God of their fathers, has appeared to you, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.”
6 耶和華又對他說：「把手放在懷裏。」他就把手放在懷裏，及至抽出來，不料，手長了大痲瘋，有雪那樣白。
And YHWH says to him again, “Now put your hand into your bosom”; and he puts his hand into his bosom, and he brings it out, and behold, his hand [is] leprous as snow;
7 耶和華說：「再把手放在懷裏。」他就再把手放在懷裏，及至從懷裏抽出來，不料，手已經復原，與周身的肉一樣；
and He says, “Put your hand back into your bosom”; and he puts his hand back into his bosom, and he brings it out from his bosom, and behold, it has turned back as his flesh—
8 又說：「倘或他們不聽你的話，也不信頭一個神蹟，他們必信第二個神蹟。
“and it has come to pass, if they do not give credence to you, and do not listen to the voice of the first sign, that they have given credence to the voice of the latter sign.
9 這兩個神蹟若都不信，也不聽你的話，你就從河裏取些水，倒在旱地上，你從河裏取的水必在旱地上變作血。」
And it has come to pass, if they do not give credence even to these two signs, nor listen to your voice, that you have taken of the waters of the River, and have poured [it] on the dry land, and the waters which you take from the River have been, indeed, they have become blood on the dry land.”
10 摩西對耶和華說：「主啊，我素日不是能言的人，就是從你對僕人說話以後，也是這樣。我本是拙口笨舌的。」
And Moses says to YHWH, “O my Lord, I [am] not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Your speaking to Your servant, for I [am] slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.”
11 耶和華對他說：「誰造人的口呢？誰使人口啞、耳聾、目明、眼瞎呢？豈不是我－耶和華嗎？
And YHWH says to him, “Who appointed a mouth for man? Or who appoints the mute, or deaf, or open, or blind? Is it not I, YHWH?
12 現在去吧，我必賜你口才，指教你所當說的話。」
And now, go, and I am with your mouth, and have directed you that which you speak”;
13 摩西說：「主啊，你願意打發誰，就打發誰去吧！」
and he says, “O my Lord, please send by the hand [of another that] You send.”
14 耶和華向摩西發怒說：「不是有你的哥哥利未人亞倫嗎？我知道他是能言的；現在他出來迎接你，他一見你，心裏就歡喜。
And the anger of YHWH burns against Moses, and He says, “Is Aaron the Levite not your brother? I have known that he speaks well, and also, behold, he is coming out to meet you; when he has seen you, then he has rejoiced in his heart,
15 你要將當說的話傳給他；我也要賜你和他口才，又要指教你們所當行的事。
and you have spoken to him, and have set the words in his mouth, and I am with your mouth, and with his mouth, and have directed you that which you do;
16 他要替你對百姓說話；你要以他當作口，他要以你當作上帝。
and he, he has spoken to the people for you, and it has come to pass, he is to you for a mouth, and you are to him for God;
17 你手裏要拿這杖，好行神蹟。」
and you take this rod in your hand, with which you do the signs.”
18 於是，摩西回到他岳父葉忒羅那裏，對他說：「求你容我回去見我在埃及的弟兄，看他們還在不在。」葉忒羅對摩西說：「你可以平平安安地去吧！」
And Moses goes and turns back to his father-in-law Jethro, and says to him, “Please let me go, and I return to my brothers who [are] in Egypt, and I see whether they are yet alive.” And Jethro says to Moses, “Go in peace.”
19 耶和華在米甸對摩西說：「你要回埃及去，因為尋索你命的人都死了。」
And YHWH says to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for all the men who seek your life have died”;
20 摩西就帶着妻子和兩個兒子，叫他們騎上驢，回埃及地去。摩西手裏拿着上帝的杖。
and Moses takes his wife, and his sons, and causes them to ride on the donkey, and turns back to the land of Egypt, and Moses takes the rod of God in his hand.
21 耶和華對摩西說：「你回到埃及的時候，要留意將我指示你的一切奇事行在法老面前。但我要使他的心剛硬，他必不容百姓去。
And YHWH says to Moses, “In your going to return to Egypt, see—all the wonders which I have put in your hand—that you have done them before Pharaoh, and I strengthen his heart, and he does not send the people away;
22 你要對法老說：『耶和華這樣說：以色列是我的兒子，我的長子。
and you have said to Pharaoh, Thus said YHWH: My son, My firstborn [is] Israel,
23 我對你說過：容我的兒子去，好事奉我。你還是不肯容他去。看哪，我要殺你的長子。』」
and I say to you, send My son away, and he serves Me; and [if] you refuse to send him away, behold, I am slaying your son, your firstborn.”
24 摩西在路上住宿的地方，耶和華遇見他，想要殺他。
And it comes to pass in the way, in a lodging place, that YHWH meets him, and seeks to put him to death;
25 西坡拉就拿一塊火石，割下他兒子的陽皮，丟在摩西腳前，說：「你真是我的血郎了。」
and Zipporah takes a flint, and cuts off the foreskin of her son, and causes [it] to touch his feet, and says, “You [are] surely a bridegroom of blood to me”;
26 這樣，耶和華才放了他。西坡拉說：「你因割禮就是血郎了。」
and He desists from him. Then she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” in reference to the circumcision.
27 耶和華對亞倫說：「你往曠野去迎接摩西。」他就去，在上帝的山遇見摩西，和他親嘴。
And YHWH says to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses”; and he goes, and meets him on the mountain of God, and kisses him,
28 摩西將耶和華打發他所說的言語和囑咐他所行的神蹟都告訴了亞倫。
and Moses declares to Aaron all the words of YHWH with which He has sent him, and all the signs with which He has charged him.
29 摩西、亞倫就去招聚以色列的眾長老。
And Moses goes—Aaron also—and they gather all the elderly of the sons of Israel,
30 亞倫將耶和華對摩西所說的一切話述說了一遍，又在百姓眼前行了那些神蹟，
and Aaron speaks all the words which YHWH has spoken to Moses, and does the signs before the eyes of the people;
31 百姓就信了。以色列人聽見耶和華眷顧他們，鑒察他們的困苦，就低頭下拜。
and the people believe when they hear that YHWH has looked after the sons of Israel, and that He has seen their affliction; and they bow and pay respect.
