Exodus 3
1 Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
摩西牧养他岳父米甸祭司叶忒罗的羊群；一日领羊群往野外去，到了 神的山，就是何烈山。
2 And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw that the tree was on fire, but it was not burned up.
耶和华的使者从荆棘里火焰中向摩西显现。摩西观看，不料，荆棘被火烧着，却没有烧毁。
3 And Moses said, I will go and see this strange thing, why the tree is not burned up,
摩西说：“我要过去看这大异象，这荆棘为何没有烧坏呢？”
4 And when the Lord saw him turning to one side to see, God said his name out of the tree, crying, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
耶和华 神见他过去要看，就从荆棘里呼叫说：“摩西！摩西！”他说：“我在这里。”
5 And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.
神说：“不要近前来。当把你脚上的鞋脱下来，因为你所站之地是圣地”；
6 And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.
又说：“我是你父亲的 神，是亚伯拉罕的 神，以撒的 神，雅各的 神。”摩西蒙上脸，因为怕看 神。
7 And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;
耶和华说：“我的百姓在埃及所受的困苦，我实在看见了；他们因受督工的辖制所发的哀声，我也听见了。我原知道他们的痛苦，
8 And I have come down to take them out of the hands of the Egyptians, guiding them out of that land into a good land and wide, into a land flowing with milk and honey; into the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
我下来是要救他们脱离埃及人的手，领他们出了那地，到美好、宽阔、流奶与蜜之地，就是到迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人之地。
9 For now, truly, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the cruel behaviour of the Egyptians to them.
现在以色列人的哀声达到我耳中，我也看见埃及人怎样欺压他们。
10 Come, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.
故此，我要打发你去见法老，使你可以将我的百姓以色列人从埃及领出来。”
11 And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?
摩西对 神说：“我是什么人，竟能去见法老，将以色列人从埃及领出来呢？”
12 And he said, Truly I will be with you; and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have taken the children of Israel out of Egypt, you will give worship to God on this mountain.
神说：“我必与你同在。你将百姓从埃及领出来之后，你们必在这山上事奉我；这就是我打发你去的证据。”
13 And Moses said to God, When I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you: and they say to me, What is his name? what am I to say to them?
摩西对 神说：“我到以色列人那里，对他们说：‘你们祖宗的 神打发我到你们这里来。’他们若问我说：‘他叫什么名字？’我要对他们说什么呢？”
14 And God said to him, I AM WHAT I AM: and he said, Say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.
神对摩西说：“我是自有永有的”；又说：“你要对以色列人这样说：‘那自有的打发我到你们这里来。’”
15 And God went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my sign to all generations.
神又对摩西说：“你要对以色列人这样说：‘耶和华—你们祖宗的 神，就是亚伯拉罕的 神，以撒的 神，雅各的 神，打发我到你们这里来。’耶和华是我的名，直到永远；这也是我的纪念，直到万代。
16 Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by me, and has said, Truly I have taken up your cause, because of what is done to you in Egypt;
你去招聚以色列的长老，对他们说：‘耶和华—你们祖宗的 神，就是亚伯拉罕的 神，以撒的 神，雅各的 神，向我显现，说：我实在眷顾了你们，我也看见埃及人怎样待你们。
17 And I have said, I will take you up out of the sorrows of Egypt into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, into a land flowing with milk and honey.
我也说：要将你们从埃及的困苦中领出来，往迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人的地去，就是到流奶与蜜之地。’
18 And they will give ear to your voice: and you, with the chiefs of Israel, will go to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God.
他们必听你的话。你和以色列的长老要去见埃及王，对他说：‘耶和华—希伯来人的 神遇见了我们，现在求你容我们往旷野去，走三天的路程，为要祭祀耶和华—我们的 神。’
19 And I am certain that the king of Egypt will not let you go without being forced.
我知道虽用大能的手，埃及王也不容你们去。
20 But I will put out my hand and overcome Egypt with all the wonders which I will do among them: and after that he will let you go.
我必伸手在埃及中间施行我一切的奇事，攻击那地，然后他才容你们去。
21 And I will give this people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians, so that when you go out you will go out with your hands full.
我必叫你们在埃及人眼前蒙恩，你们去的时候就不至于空手而去。
22 For every woman will get from her neighbour and from the woman living in her house, ornaments of silver and gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and your daughters; you will take the best of their goods from the Egyptians.
但各妇女必向她的邻舍，并居住在她家里的女人，要金器银器和衣裳，好给你们的儿女穿戴。这样你们就把埃及人的财物夺去了。”
