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.
Responding, Moses said, “They will not believe me, and they will not listen to my voice, but they will say: ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’”
2 Og Herren sagde til ham, hvad er dette, du har i din Haand? og han sagde: En Stav.
Therefore, he said to him, “What is that you hold in your hand?” He answered, “A staff.”
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 the Lord said, “Cast it down upon the ground.” He cast it down, and it was turned into a snake, so that Moses fled away.
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, “Reach out your hand, and take hold of its tail.” He reached out his hand and took hold, and it was turned into a staff.
5 at de skulle tro, at Herren, deres Fædres Gud, Abrahams Gud, Isaks Gud og Jakobs Gud, har aabenbaret sig for dig.
“So may they believe,” he said, “that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to 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.
And the Lord said again, “Put your hand into your bosom.” And when he had put it into his bosom, he brought it out leprous, resembling 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.
“Put your hand back,” he said, “into your bosom.” He put it back and brought it out again, and it was like the rest of his 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.
“If they will not believe you,” he said, “and will not listen to the sermon of the first sign, then they will believe the word of the subsequent 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.
But if they will not believe even these two signs, and they will not listen to your voice: take from the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land, and whatever you will have drawn from the river will be turned into blood.”
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.
Moses said: “I beg you, O Lord, I was not eloquent yesterday or the day before. And from the time that you have spoken to your servant, I have a greater impediment and slowness 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?
The Lord said to him: “Who made the mouth of man? And who has formed the mute and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? Was it not I?
12 Saa gak nu; og jeg skal være med din Mund, og lære dig, hvad du skal tale.
Go on, therefore, and I will be in your mouth. And I will teach you what you shall say.”
13 Og han sagde: Hør mig, Herre! send nu, hvem du vil sende.
But he said, “I beg you, O Lord, send whomever else you would 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;
The Lord, being angry at Moses, said: “Aaron the Levite is your brother. I know that he is eloquent. Behold, he is going out to meet you, and seeing you, he will rejoice in 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.
Speak to him, and put my words in his mouth. And I will be in your mouth and in his mouth, and I will reveal to you what you must 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.
He will speak for you to the people, and he will be your mouth. But you will be with him in those things that pertain to God.
17 Og tag denne Stav i din Haand, med hvilken du skal gøre Tegnene.
Also, take this staff into your hand; with it you will accomplish 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.
Moses went forth, and he returned to Jethro, his father in law, and he said to him, “I shall go and return to my brothers in Egypt, so that I may see if they are still alive.” And Jethro said to him, “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 so the Lord said to Moses in Midian: “Go, and return to Egypt. For all those who sought your life have died.”
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.
Therefore, Moses took his wife and his sons, and he placed them upon a donkey, and he returned into Egypt, carrying the staff 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 him, as he was returning to Egypt: “See that you accomplish, in the sight of Pharaoh, all the wonders that I have placed in your hand. I will harden his heart, and he will not release the people.
22 Og du skal sige til Farao: Saa siger Herren: Israel er min Søn, min førstefødte.
And you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the Lord: Israel is my firstborn son.
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.
I have said to you: Release my son, so that he may serve me. And you were not willing to release him. Behold, I will put to death your firstborn son.’”
24 Og det skete paa Vejen i Herberget, at Herren kom imod ham og vilde have slaget ham ihjel.
And while he was on the journey, at an inn, the Lord met him, and he was willing to kill him.
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.
For this reason, Zipporah took a very sharp stone, and she circumcised the foreskin of her son, and she touched his feet, and she said, “You are a bloody spouse to me.”
26 Da lod han ham være; men hun sagde da: En Blodbrudgom — for Omskærelsens Skyld.
And he released him, after she had said, “You are a bloody spouse,” 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.
Then the Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the desert to meet Moses.” And he went directly to meet him on the mountain of God, and he kissed him.
28 Og Mose forkyndte Aron alle Ord af Herren, som havde udsendt ham, og alle de Tegn, som han havde befalet ham.
And Moses explained to Aaron all the words of the Lord, by which he had sent him, and the signs which he had commanded.
29 Saa gik Mose og Aron hen og samlede alle de ældste af Israels Børn.
And they arrived at the same time, and they gathered together all the elders of the sons of Israel.
30 Og Aron talede alle de Ord, som Herren havde talet med Mose; og han gjorde Tegnene for Folkets Øjne.
And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had said to Moses. And he accomplished the signs in the sight of 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 believed. And they heard that the Lord had visited the sons of Israel, and that he had looked with favor upon their affliction. And falling prostrate, they worshiped.
