Exodus 4
1 Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
Mose anayankha, “Aisraeliwo sakandikhulupirira ndipo sakandimvera. Iwowo adzati, ‘Yehova sanakuonekere iwe.’”
2 And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
Ndipo Yehova anamufunsa nati, “Nʼchiyani chili mʼdzanja lakolo?” Mose anayankha kuti, “Ndodo.”
3 “Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
Yehova anati, “Tayiponya pansi.” Mose anayiponya pansi ndipo inasanduka njoka ndipo anayithawa.
4 “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
Kenaka Yehova anati kwa iye, “Igwire mtchira.” Ndipo Mose anayigwira mchira njokayo ndipo inasandukanso ndodo mʼdzanja lake.
5 “This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
Yehova anati, “Ukachite zimenezi ndipo akakukhulupirira kuti Yehova, Mulungu wa makolo awo, Mulungu wa Abrahamu, Mulungu wa Isake ndi Mulungu wa Yakobo, wakuonekera iwe.”
6 Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
Yehova anatinso, “Pisa dzanja lako mʼmalaya akowo.” Choncho Mose anapisa dzanja lake mʼmalaya ake ndipo pamene analitulutsa, linali la khate kuchita kuti mbuu ngati ufa.
7 “Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.
Yehova anati, “Tsopano pisanso dzanja lako mʼmalaya.” Mose anapisanso dzanja lakelo mʼmalaya ake ndipo atalitulutsa, linali labwinobwino, ngati thupi lake lonse.
8 And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.
Tsono Yehova anati “Akakapanda kukukhulupirira, osalabadira chozizwitsa choyambacho, akakhulupirira ndithu chifukwa cha chozizwitsa chachiwiricho.
9 But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”
Koma ngati sakakhulupirira zizindikiro ziwiri izi kapena kukumvera, ukatunge madzi a mu mtsinje wa Nailo ndi kuwathira pa mtunda powuma ndipo madziwo adzasanduka magazi.”
10 “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
Mose anati kwa Yehova, “Chonde Ambuye, chikhalire ine ndakhala munthu wosatha kuyankhula bwino. Ngakhale tsopano pamene mukundiyankhula, lilime langa ndi lolemera. Ndine wachibwibwi.”
11 And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
Yehova anati kwa iye, “Kodi anapatsa munthu pakamwa ndani? Ndani amasandutsa munthu kuti akhale wosayankhula kapena wosamva? Ndani amapanga munthu kukhala wopenya kapena wosaona? Kodi si Ine Yehova?
12 Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
Tsopano pita, Ine ndidzakuthandiza kuyankhula ndipo ndidzakulangiza zoti ukanene.”
13 But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”
Koma Mose anati, “Chonde Ambuye, pepani, tumani wina kuti akachite zimenezi.”
14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
Kenaka Yehova anamupsera mtima Mose ndipo anati, “Kodi suli ndi mʼbale wako Aaroni wa fuko la Levi? Ine ndikudziwa kuti iye amayankhula bwino. Iye wanyamuka kale kudzakumana nawe ndipo adzasangalala akadzakuona.
15 You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
Iwe udzayankhula naye ndi kumuwuza mawu oti akanene. Ine ndidzakuthandizani kuyankhula nonse awirinu ndi kukulangizani zoti mukachite.
16 He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
Iye akayankhula kwa anthu mʼmalo mwako. Iye adzakhala wokuyankhulira ndipo iweyo udzakhala ngati Mulungu kwa iye.
17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
Koma utenge ndodo imene ili mʼdzanja lakoyo kuti ukachite nayo zizindikiro zozizwitsa.”
18 Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
Tsono Mose anabwerera kwa Yetero, mpongozi wake ndipo anati kwa Iye, “Chonde ndiloleni kuti ndibwerere ku Igupto kwa anthu anga kuti ndikaone ngati ali moyo.” Yeteri anati, “Pitani mu mtendere.”
19 Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
Nthawiyi Yehova anali atamuwuza kale Mose ku Midiyani kuti, “Bwerera ku Igupto, pakuti anthu onse amene amafuna kukupha aja anamwalira.”
20 So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
Kotero Mose anatenga mkazi wake ndi ana ake aamuna, ndipo anawakweza pa bulu nayamba ulendo wobwerera ku Igupto. Ndipo anatenga ndodo ya Mulungu ija mʼdzanja lake.
21 The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
Yehova anati kwa Mose, “Ukaonetsetse kuti wachita pamaso pa Farao zodabwitsa zonse zimene ndayika mphamvu mwa iwe kuti ukachite. Koma Ine ndidzawumitsa mtima wake kotero kuti sadzalola anthuwo kuti apite.
22 Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
Ndipo iwe ukati kwa Farao, ‘Yehova akuti, Israeli ali ngati mwana wanga wachisamba.’
23 and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”
Choncho ndikuti, ‘Mulole mwana wanga apite kuti akandipembedze. Koma ngati ukana, Ine ndidzapha mwana wako wachisamba.’”
24 Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
Pambuyo pake Mose ali mʼnjira, pamalo wogona, Yehova anakumana naye, ndipo anafuna kumupha.
25 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
Koma Zipora anatenga mwala wakuthwa nachita mdulidwe mwana wake ndipo khungulo analikhudzitsa pa mapazi a Mose. Iye anati “Zoonadi, kwa ine ndiwe mkwati wamagazi.”
26 So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)
Choncho Yehova anamuleka Mose wosamupha. Pa nthawiyo, Zipora anati, “Mkwati wa magazi,” ponena za mdulidwe.
27 Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.
Yehova anati kwa Aaroni, “Pita ku chipululu ukakumane ndi Mose.” Iye anapitadi nakakumana ndi Mose pa phiri la Mulungu namupsompsona.
28 And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.
Kenaka Mose anamufotokozera Aaroni chilichonse chimene Yehova anamutuma kuti akanene. Anamufotokozera za zizindikiro zozizwitsa zimene anamulamulira kuti akazichite.
29 Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,
Mose ndi Aaroni anapita kukasonkhanitsa pamodzi akuluakulu onse a Aisraeli.
30 and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
Ndipo Aaroni anawafotokozera zonse zimene Yehova ananena kwa Mose. Anachita zizindikirozo pamaso pa anthu onse,
31 and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
ndipo anakhulupirira. Iwo atamva kuti Yehova anadzawayendera ndi kuti waona mmene akuzunzikira, anaweramitsa mitu pansi napembedza.
