Exodus 4
1 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.’”
Moyiz reponn li: -Men, moun yo ka refize kwè m', yo ka pa koute sa m' gen pou m' di yo a. Yo ka di m' se pa vre, Seyè a pa t' kras parèt devan mwen.
2 Therefore, he said to him, “What is that you hold in your hand?” He answered, “A staff.”
Seyè a mande l': -Kisa ou gen nan men ou la a? Moyiz reponn li: -Yon baton.
3 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.
Seyè a di l': -Jete l' atè. Moyiz jete baton an atè. Baton an tounen yon koulèv. Lè Moyiz wè sa, li pran kouri.
4 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.
Seyè a di Moyiz: -Lonje men ou, bese pran koulèv la nan ke. Moyiz lonje men l', li pran koulèv la nan ke. Lamenm, koulèv la tounen baton ankò nan men Moyiz.
5 “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.”
Seyè a di: -Men sa w'a fè pou yo ka kwè Seyè a, Bondye zansèt yo, Bondye Abraram lan, Bondye Izarak la, Bondye Jakòb la, te parèt devan ou.
6 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.
Seyè a di l' ankò: -Foure men ou anndan chemiz ou, sou lestonmak ou. Moyiz foure men li anndan chemiz li, sou lestonmak li. Lè li wete men l', men l' te vin tou blan ak bouton. Li te kouvri ak lalèp.
7 “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.
Seyè a di l': -Foure men ou anndan chemiz ou ankò, sou lestonmak ou. Moyiz foure men li anndan chemiz li ankò. Lè li wete l', men li te menm koulè ak rès kò li.
8 “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.
Seyè a di Moyiz: -Si apre ou fin fè premye mirak la, ou wè yo pa vle kwè ou, yo pa vle koute ou, y'a kwè ou lè w'a fè dezyèm mirak sa a.
9 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.”
Si apre ou fè de mirak sa yo, y'ap fè tèt di toujou, yo pa vle kwè ou toujou, yo pa vle koute sa w'ap di yo, w'a pran ti gout dlo nan gwo larivyè a, w'a vide l' atè. Lamenm, dlo a va tounen san.
10 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.”
Moyiz di Seyè a: -Eskize m' wi, Seyè. Men, mwen pa ka pale fasil. Se pa bagay jòdi a non. Menm koulye a, depi w'ap pale ak sèvitè ou la, anyen pa chanje. Bouch mwen lou, lang mwen mare.
11 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?
Seyè a di l': -Kilès ki bay moun bouch pou yo pale? Kilès ki fè moun sa a bèbè, moun sa a soudè? Kilès ki fè moun sa a wè, moun sa a avèg? Eske se pa mwen menm, Seyè a?
12 Go on, therefore, and I will be in your mouth. And I will teach you what you shall say.”
Bon, ou mèt ale. m'a ede ou lè ou gen pou ou pale, m'a moutre ou sa ou gen pou di.
13 But he said, “I beg you, O Lord, send whomever else you would send.”
Moyiz di: -Eskize m' wi, Seyè! Men, poukisa ou pa voye yon lòt moun pito?
14 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.
Lè sa a, Seyè a move sou Moyiz, li di l' konsa: -Gen Arawon, frè ou la, ki soti nan branch fanmi Levi a. Mwen konnen lang msye pa mare nan bouch li. Men koulye a, li gen tan nan wout ap vin jwenn ou. L'a kontan anpil lè l'a wè ou.
15 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.
W'a pale avè l', w'a di l' sa pou l' di. m'a ede nou tou de lè n'a gen pou nou pale. m'a di nou sa pou nou fè.
16 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.
L'a pale ak pèp la pou ou. Se tankou si se te ou menm ki t'ap pale. Ou menm, w'a tankou Bondye k'ap di li sa pou li di.
17 Also, take this staff into your hand; with it you will accomplish the signs.”
Kanta baton sa a, toujou kenbe l' nan men ou. Se avèk li w'a fè tout mirak ou gen pou fè yo.
18 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.”
Moyiz kite kote l' te ye a, li tounen lakay Jetwo, bòpè li. Li di li: -Tanpri, kite m' ale. Mwen pral jwenn frè mwen yo nan pèyi Lejip. Mwen pral wè si yo la toujou. Jetwo di Moyiz: -Ale ak kè poze.
19 And so the Lord said to Moses in Midian: “Go, and return to Egypt. For all those who sought your life have died.”
Antan Moyiz nan peyi Madyan, Seyè a di l': -Koulye a, tounen nan peyi Lejip, paske tout moun ki t'ap chache touye ou yo fin mouri.
20 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.
Moyiz pran madanm li ak pitit gason l' yo, li mete yo sou bourik, epi li tounen nan peyi Lejip. Moyiz te gen baton Bondye a nan men l'.
21 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.
Seyè a di Moyiz konsa: -Koulye a, ou wè w'ap tounen nan peyi Lejip. Gade byen. Se pou ou fè devan farawon an tout mirak mwen ba ou pouvwa fè yo. Mwen menm, m'ap fè l' kenbe tèt avèk ou, li p'ap vle kite pèp la ale.
22 And you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the Lord: Israel is my firstborn son.
W'a di farawon an: Men sa Seyè a di: Izrayèl se pitit mwen, se premye pitit mwen.
23 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.’”
Mwen di ou kite pitit mwen an ale fè wout li pou l' ka fè yon sèvis pou mwen. Si ou refize kite l' ale, mwen menm m'ap touye premye pitit gason ou lan.
24 And while he was on the journey, at an inn, the Lord met him, and he was willing to kill him.
Pandan vwayaj la, Moyiz rete pase lannwit yon kote. Seyè a vin atake Moyiz. Li t'ap chache touye l'.
25 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.”
Sefora pran yon moso ròch byen file, li koupe pwent po ti kòk pitit gason l' lan, li voye l' jete nan pye Moyiz. Epi li di: -Se yon mari san ou ye pou mwen.
26 And he released him, after she had said, “You are a bloody spouse,” because of the circumcision.
Apre sa, Seyè a kite Moyiz. Lè sa a, se poutèt sikonsizyon an Sefora te di ou se yon mari san pou mwen.
27 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.
Seyè a di Arawon: -Ale kontre Moyiz nan dezè a. Arawon pati, li kontre Moyiz sou mòn Bondye a. Li pase bra l' nan kou l'.
28 And Moses explained to Aaron all the words of the Lord, by which he had sent him, and the signs which he had commanded.
Moyiz di Arawon tou sa Seyè a te di l' anvan li te voye l' la. Li fè l' konnen tout mirak Seyè a te ba li lòd fè.
29 And they arrived at the same time, and they gathered together all the elders of the sons of Israel.
Moyiz ak Arawon pati ansanm, yo sanble tout chèf fanmi pèp Izrayèl la.
30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had said to Moses. And he accomplished the signs in the sight of the people,
Arawon di yo tou sa Seyè a te di Moyiz. Moyiz menm fè tout mirak yo devan tout pèp la.
31 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.
Pèp la vin kwè yo. Lè yo tande Seyè a te vin vizite yo, li te wè mizè y'ap pase a, yo tonbe ajenou, yo bese tèt yo jouk atè pou adore Bondye.
