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.
Moses/I replied, “But what if [the Israeli people] (do not believe me/are not convinced) or not do what I tell them? What if they say, ‘Yahweh did not appear to you!’”
2 Og Herren sagde til ham, hvad er dette, du har i din Haand? og han sagde: En Stav.
Yahweh said to him/me, “[Look at] that thing you are holding in your hand. What is it?” He/I replied, “A (walking stick/shepherd’s stick).”
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.
He said, “Throw it down on the ground!” So, he/I threw it on the ground, and it became a snake! And he/I ran/jumped away 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;
But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach down and pick it up by its tail!” So he/I reached down and caught it, and [when he/I picked it up], it became a stick in his/my hand [again.]
5 at de skulle tro, at Herren, deres Fædres Gud, Abrahams Gud, Isaks Gud og Jakobs Gud, har aabenbaret sig for dig.
Yahweh said, “[Do the same thing in front of the Israeli people], in order that they may believe that [I], Yahweh God, the one Abraham and Isaac and Jacob worshiped, truly 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.
Yahweh spoke to Moses/me again, saying “Put your hand inside your robe [MTY]!” He/I did that. And when he/I took it out again, [surprisingly], his/my hand was white. It had a skin disease [that made it] 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.
Then God said, “Put your hand back inside your robe [MTY]!” So he/I did that, and when he/I took it out again, surprisingly, it was normal again, just like the rest of his/my body!
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.
God said, “[You can do that in front of the Israeli people, too]. If they do not pay attention to what you say because of [seeing] the first miracle, they will (believe [you/be convinced) when you perform] the second miracle.
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.
If they do not believe you or do what you say, even [after you perform] those two miracles, get some water from the Nile [River] and pour it on the ground. [When you do that], the water from the river that you pour on the ground will become blood [MTY] (OR, [red like] 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/I replied, “O Yahweh! I am not an eloquent [speaker]! I was not an eloquent speaker before, and I have not become one since you started talking to me! I am not a good speaker [MTY], and I speak very slowly.”
11 Og Herren sagde til ham: Hvo giver Mennesket Mund? eller hvo gør stum eller døv eller seende eller blind? mon ikke jeg Herren?
Then Yahweh said to him/me, “[You seem to forget] who it is that makes people able to speak [RHQ]! Who is it that enables people to be unable to speak or unable to hear, or able to see or not to see? It is I, Yahweh [RHQ]!
12 Saa gak nu; og jeg skal være med din Mund, og lære dig, hvad du skal tale.
So start going [to Egypt], and I will help you to speak [MTY], and I will tell you what you should say.”
13 Og han sagde: Hør mig, Herre! send nu, hvem du vil sende.
But he/I replied, “O, Yahweh, I ask you, please send someone else [instead]!”
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;
Then Yahweh became very angry with Moses/me. He said, “[What about] your [older] brother Aaron, who is [also] a descendant of Levi? I know that he is a very good/eloquent speaker. He is actually on his way here [right now], and he will be very happy to see you.
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.
You can talk to him and tell him what to say [MTY], and I will help both of you [SYN] to know what to say [MTY]. And I will tell you both what you should 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 [Israeli] people. He will be (your spokesman/as though he was your mouth) [MET], and you will be to him as though you are [his] god.
17 Og tag denne Stav i din Haand, med hvilken du skal gøre Tegnene.
[Be sure] to take with you the walking/shepherd’s stick [that is in your hand], because you will perform miracles with it.”
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/I returned to his/my father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me go back to Egypt, to see my fellow Israelis there. I want to know if they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses/me, “Go, and may [God give you inner] 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.
Yahweh said to Moses/me [before he/I left] Midian, “You can [safely] return to Egypt, because the men who were wanting to kill you [MTY] are [now] dead.”
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.
So Moses/I took his/my wife and sons and put them on donkeys, and they/we returned to Egypt. And Moses/I took in his/my hand the stick that God [told him/me to take along].
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.
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “When you return to Egypt, be sure to perform all the miracles that I have given you power [to do], while the king is watching. But I will make him stubborn [IDM], with the result that he will not let the Israeli people leave [Egypt].
22 Og du skal sige til Farao: Saa siger Herren: Israel er min Søn, min førstefødte.
Then say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “The Israeli [people] [MTY] are [as dear to] me as firstborn sons [MET].
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 told you to let my people [MTY] leave [Egypt], in order that they may worship me [in the desert]. If you refuse to let them go, I warn you, I will kill your firstborn son!”’”
24 Og det skete paa Vejen i Herberget, at Herren kom imod ham og vilde have slaget ham ihjel.
[One night], as they were camping on the way [to Egypt], Yahweh appeared to Moses/me. He wanted/threatened to kill Moses/me [for disobeying his command that boys/sons be circumcised].
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 [his/my wife] Zipporah took a flint knife and circumcised her son. Then she touched the boy’s feet (OR, genitals) with the piece of skin [she had cut off], and she said, “The blood [which flowed when I circumcised you] will protect you [from being harmed by Yahweh] [MET].”
26 Da lod han ham være; men hun sagde da: En Blodbrudgom — for Omskærelsens Skyld.
She said to him, “You are safe now [MET] because you have been circumcised.” So Yahweh did not harm her son.
27 Og Herren sagde til Aron: Gak imod Mose i Ørken; og han gik og mødte ham ved Guds Bjerg og kyssede ham.
Yahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the desert to meet/see Moses!” So he went [there from Egypt] and met him/me at [Sinai], the mountain dedicated to God, and [greeted him/me by] kissing him/me [on the cheek].
28 Og Mose forkyndte Aron alle Ord af Herren, som havde udsendt ham, og alle de Tegn, som han havde befalet ham.
Moses/I told Aaron everything that Yahweh had said to him/me when he told him/me to return to Egypt. He/I also told Aaron about all the miracles that Yahweh told him/me to perform.
29 Saa gik Mose og Aron hen og samlede alle de ældste af Israels Børn.
[So Aaron and Moses/I] returned [to Egypt]. There they/we gathered together all the Israeli elders/leaders.
30 Og Aron talede alle de Ord, som Herren havde talet med Mose; og han gjorde Tegnene for Folkets Øjne.
Aaron told them everything that Yahweh had told Moses/me, and Aaron performed [all] the miracles as the people watched.
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.
They believed [that what they/we were saying was true]. When they heard that Yahweh had seen how the Israeli people were being cruelly oppressed and that he was going to help them, they bowed down and worshiped [Yahweh].
