2 Mosebog 4

1 Og Mose svarede og sagde: Men se, de skulle ikke tro mig og ikke lyde min Røst; men de skulle sige: Herren har ikke aabenbaret sig for dig.

And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voice; for they will say, You have not seen the Lord.

2 Og Herren sagde til ham, hvad er dette, du har i din Haand? og han sagde: En Stav.

And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.

3 Og han sagde: Kast den paa Jorden; og han kastede den paa Jorden; saa blev den til en Slange, og Mose flyede for den.

And he said, Put it down on the earth. And he put it down on the earth and it became a snake; and Moses went running from it.

4 Da sagde Herren til Mose: Udræk din Haand og tag fat paa dens Hale; saa rakte han sin Haand ud og tog fat paa den, og den blev til en Stav i hans Haand;

And the Lord said to Moses, Put out your hand and take it by the tail: (and he put out his hand and took a grip of it and it became a rod in his hand: )

5 at de skulle tro, at Herren, deres Fædres Gud, Abrahams Gud, Isaks Gud og Jakobs Gud, har aabenbaret sig for dig.

So that they may be certain that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by you.

6 Og Herren sagde ydermere til ham: Stik nu din Haand i din Barm; og han stak sin Haand i sin Barm, og han drog den ud og se, hans Haand var spedalsk som Sne.

Then the Lord said to him again, Put your hand inside your clothing. And he put his hand inside his robe: and when he took it out it was like the hand of a leper, as white as snow.

7 Og han sagde: Stik igen din Haand i din Barm; og han stak igen sin Haand i sin Barm; og han drog den ud af sin Barm, og se, da var den igen bleven som hans Kød.

And he said, Put your hand inside your robe again. (And he put his hand into his robe again, and when he took it out he saw that it had become like his other flesh.)

8 Og det skal ske, dersom de ikke ville tro dig eller adlyde din Røst ved det første Tegn, da skulle de tro din Røst ved det andet Tegn.

And if they do not have faith in you or give ear to the voice of the first sign, they will have faith in the second sign.

9 Og det skal ske, dersom de end ikke skulle tro disse tvende Tegn og ej lyde din Røst, da skal du tage af Flodens Vand og øse paa det tørre; da skal det Vand, som du tog af Floden vorde, ja da skal det vorde til Blod paa det tørre.

And if they have no faith even in these two signs and will not give ear to your voice, then you are to take the water of the Nile and put it on the dry land: and the water you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.

10 Og Mose sagde til Herren: Hør mig, Herre! jeg har ikke hidtildags været en veltalende Mand, ej heller siden du talede til din Tjener; thi jeg har et svart Maal og en svar Tunge.

And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.

11 Og Herren sagde til ham: Hvo giver Mennesket Mund? eller hvo gør stum eller døv eller seende eller blind? mon ikke jeg Herren?

And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

12 Saa gak nu; og jeg skal være med din Mund, og lære dig, hvad du skal tale.

So go now, and I will be with your mouth, teaching you what to say.

13 Og han sagde: Hør mig, Herre! send nu, hvem du vil sende.

And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.

14 Da blev Herrens Vrede optændt imod Mose, og han sagde: Kender jeg ikke Aron, din Broder, den Levit, at han kan tale vel? og se, han skal endog gaa ud imod dig, og naar han ser dig, da skal han glæde sig i sit Hjerte;

And the Lord was angry with Moses, and said, Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? To my knowledge he is good at talking. And now he is coming out to you: and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.

15 og du skal tale til ham og lægge Ordene i hans Mund; og jeg skal være med din Mund og med hans Mund, og lære eder, hvad I skulle gøre.

Let him give ear to your voice, and you will put my words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his, teaching you what you have to do.

16 Og han skal tale for dig til Folket, og det skal ske, at han skal være din Mund, og du skal være ham som en Gud.

And he will do the talking for you to the people: he will be to you as a mouth and you will be to him as God.

17 Og tag denne Stav i din Haand, med hvilken du skal gøre Tegnene.

And take in your hand this rod with which you will do the signs.

18 Og Mose gik og kom igen til Jetro, sin Svigerfader, og sagde til ham: Kære, lad mig fare, saa vil jeg drage tilbage til mine Brødre, som ere i Ægypten, og se, om de endnu leve; og Jetro sagde til Mose: Gak i Fred.

And Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go back now to my relations in Egypt and see if they are still living. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

19 Og Herren sagde til Mose i Midian: Gak, vend tilbage til Ægypten; thi alle de Mænd ere døde, som søgte efter dit Liv.

And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go back to Egypt, for all the men are dead who were attempting to take your life.

20 Saa tog Mose sin Hustru og sine Sønner og førte dem paa et Asen, og han vendte tilbage til Ægyptens Land, og Mose tog Guds Stav i sin Haand.

And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.

21 Og Herren sagde til Mose: Naar du gaar for at vende tilbage til Ægypten, da se til, at du for Faraos Aasyn gør alle disse Tegn, som jeg har givet i din Haand; men jeg vil forhærde hans Hjerte, at han ikke skal lade Folket fare.

And the Lord said to Moses, When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have given you power to do: but I will make his heart hard and he will not let the people go.

22 Og du skal sige til Farao: Saa siger Herren: Israel er min Søn, min førstefødte.

And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:

23 Og jeg har sagt til dig: Lad min Søn fare, at han kan tjene mig, og du har vægret dig for at lade ham fare; se, jeg ihjelslaar din Søn, din førstefødte.

And I said to you, Let my son go, so that he may give me worship; and you did not let him go: so now I will put the first of your sons to death.

24 Og det skete paa Vejen i Herberget, at Herren kom imod ham og vilde have slaget ham ihjel.

Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to death.

25 Da tog Zippora en skarp Sten og afskar sin Søns Forhud, og kastede den hen for hans Fødder og sagde: Du er mig en Blodbrudgom.

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cutting off the skin of her son's private parts, and touching his feet with it, she said, Truly you are a husband of blood to me.

26 Da lod han ham være; men hun sagde da: En Blodbrudgom — for Omskærelsens Skyld.

So he let him go. Then she said, You are a husband of blood because of the circumcision.

27 Og Herren sagde til Aron: Gak imod Mose i Ørken; og han gik og mødte ham ved Guds Bjerg og kyssede ham.

And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the waste land and you will see Moses. So he went and came across Moses at the mountain of God, and gave him a kiss.

28 Og Mose forkyndte Aron alle Ord af Herren, som havde udsendt ham, og alle de Tegn, som han havde befalet ham.

And Moses gave Aaron an account of all the words of the Lord which he had sent him to say, and of all the signs which he had given him orders to do.

29 Saa gik Mose og Aron hen og samlede alle de ældste af Israels Børn.

Then Moses and Aaron went and got together all the chiefs of the children of Israel:

30 Og Aron talede alle de Ord, som Herren havde talet med Mose; og han gjorde Tegnene for Folkets Øjne.

And Aaron said to them all the words the Lord had said to Moses, and did the signs before all the people.

31 Og Folket troede, og der de hørte, at Herren havde besøgt Israels Børn, og at han havde set deres Elendighed, da bøjede de sig og tilbade.

And the people had faith in them; and hearing that the Lord had taken up the cause of the children of Israel and had seen their troubles, with bent heads they gave him worship.