Exodus 3

1 When Moses kept the sheepe of Iethro his father in lawe, Priest of Midian, and droue the flocke to the backe side of the desert, and came to the Mountaine of God, Horeb,

١ وَأَمَّا مُوسَى فَكَانَ يَرْعَى غَنَمَ حَمِيهِ يَثْرُونَ كَاهِنِ مِدْيَانَ، فَقَادَ الْغَنَمَ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءِ الطَّرَفِ الأَقْصَى مِنَ الصَّحْرَاءِ حَتَّى جَاءَ إلى حُورِيبَ جَبَلِ اللهِ.

2 Then the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him in a flame of fire, out of the middes of a bush: and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

٢ وَهُنَاكَ تَجَلَّى لَهُ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ بِلَهِيبِ نَارٍ وَسَطَ عُلَّيْقَةٍ. فَنَظَرَ مُوسَى وَإذَا بِالْعُلَّيْقَةِ تَتَّقِدُ دُونَ أَنْ تَحْتَرِقَ.

3 Therefore Moses saide, I will turne aside nowe, and see this great sight, why the bush burneth not.

٣ فَقَالَ مُوسَى: «أَمِيلُ الآنَ لأَسْتَطْلِعَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ الْعَظِيمَ. لِمَاذَا لَا تَحْتَرِقُ الْعُلَّيْقَةُ؟»

4 And when the Lord sawe that he turned aside to see, God called vnto him out of the middes of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he answered, I am here.

٤ وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى الرَّبُّ أَنَّ مُوسَى قَدْ دَنَا لِيَسْتَطْلِعَ الأَمْرَ، نَادَاهُ مِنْ وَسَطِ الْعُلَّيْقَةِ قَائِلاً: «مُوسَى». فَقَالَ: «هَا أَنَا».

5 Then he saide, Come not hither, put thy shooes off thy feete: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

٥ فَقَالَ: «لا تَقْتَرِبْ إِلَى هُنَا: اخْلَعْ حِذَاءَكَ مِنْ رِجْلَيْكَ، لأَنَّ الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي أَنْتَ وَاقِفٌ عَلَيْهِ أَرْضٌ مُقَدَّسَةٌ».

6 Moreouer he saide, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Izhak, and the God of Iaakob. Then Moses hid his face: for he was afraid to looke vpon God.

٦ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَنَا هُوَ إِلَهُ أَبِيكَ، إِلَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَإِلَهُ إسْحاقَ، وَإِلَهُ يَعْقُوبَ». عِنْدَئِذٍ غَطَّى مُوسَى وَجْهَهُ خَوْفاً مِنْ أَنْ يَرَى اللهَ (فَيَمُوتَ).

7 Then the Lord said, I haue surely seene the trouble of my people, which are in Egypt, and haue heard their crie, because of their taskemasters: for I knowe their sorowes.

٧ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «قَدْ شَهِدْتُ مَذَلَّةَ شَعْبِي الَّذِي فِي مِصْرَ وَسَمِعْتُ صُرَاخَهُمْ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ عُتُوِّ مُسَخِّرِيهِمْ وأَدْرَكْتُ مُعَانَاتَهُمْ،

8 Therefore I am come downe to deliuer them out of the hande of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that lande into a good lande and a large, into a lande that floweth with milke and honie, euen into the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites.

٨ فَنَزَلْتُ لأُنْقِذَهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَأُخْرِجَهُمْ مِنْ تِلْكَ الأَرْضِ إِلَى أَرْضٍ طَيِّبَةٍ رَحِيبَةٍ تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً، أَرْضِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ.

9 And now lo, the crie of the children of Israel is come vnto me, and I haue also seene ye oppression, wherewith the Egyptians oppresse them.

٩ وَهَا هُوَ الآنَ قَدْ وَصَلَ إِلَيَّ صُرَاخُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَرَأَيْتُ كَيْفَ يُضَايِقُهُمُ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ.

10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee vnto Pharaoh, that thou maiest bring my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

١٠ فَهَلُمَّ الآنَ لأُرْسِلَكَ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ، فَتُخْرِجَ شَعْبِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ».

11 But Moses said vnto God, Who am I, that I should go vnto Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?

١١ فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلهِ: «مَنْ أَنَا حَتَّى أَمْضِيَ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَأُخْرِجَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ؟»

12 And he answered, Certainely I will be with thee: and this shall be a token vnto thee, that I haue sent thee, After that thou hast brought the people out of Egypt, ye shall serue God vpon this Mountaine.

١٢ فَأَجَابَ: «أَنَا أَكُونُ مَعَكَ. وَمَتَى أَخْرَجْتَ الشَّعْبَ مِنْ مِصْرَ تَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ عَلَى هَذَا الْجَبَلِ، فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ لَكَ الْعَلامَةَ أَنَّنِي أَنَا أَرْسَلْتُكَ».

13 Then Moses said vnto God, Behold, when I shall come vnto the children of Israel, and shall say vnto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me vnto you: if they say vnto me, What is his Name? what shall I say vnto them?

١٣ فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلهِ: «حِينَمَا أُقْبِلُ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَقُولُ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِكُمْ قَدْ بَعَثَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ وَسَأَلُونِي: مَا اسْمُهُ؟ فَمَاذَا أَقُولُ لَهُمْ؟»

14 And God answered Moses, I Am That I Am. Also he said, Thus shalt thou say vnto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me vnto you.

١٤ فَأَجَابَهُ اللهُ: «أَهْيَه الَّذِي أَهْيَه» (وَمَعْنَاهُ أَنَا الْكَائِنُ الدَّائِمُ). وَأَضَافَ: «هَكَذَا تَقُولُ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَهْيَه (أَنَا الْكَائِنُ)، هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ.»

15 And God spake further vnto Moses, Thus shalt thou say vnto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Izhak, and the God of Iaakob hath sent me vnto you: this is my Name for euer, and this is my memoriall vnto all ages.

١٥ وَقَالَ أَيْضاً لِمُوسَى: «هَكَذَا تَقُولُ لِشَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ’الكَائِنَ‘إِلهَ آبَائِكُمْ، إِلَهَ إبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ. هَذَا هُوَ اسْمِي إِلَى الْأَبَدِ، وَهُوَ الاسْمُ الَّذِي أُدْعَى بِهِ مِنْ جِيلٍ إِلَى جِيلٍ.

16 Go and gather the Elders of Israel together, and thou shalt say vnto the, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob appeared vnto me, and said, I haue surely remembred you, and that which is done to you in Egypt.

١٦ اذْهَبْ وَاجْمَعْ شُيُوخَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِكُمْ، إِلَهَ إبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ قَدْ تَجَلَّى لِي قَائِلاً: إنَّنِي حَقّاً قَدْ تَفَقَّدْتُكُمْ، وَشَهِدْتُ مَا أَصَابَكُمْ فِي مِصْرَ،

17 Therefore I did say, I wil bring you out of the affliction of Egypt vnto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, vnto a lande that floweth with milke and honie.

١٧ وَهَا أَنَا قَدْ وَعَدْتُ أَنْ أُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنْ ضِيقَةِ مِصْرَ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ، هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً،

18 Then shall they obey thy voyce, and thou and the Elders of Israel shall go vnto the King of Egypt, and say vnto him, The Lord God of the Ebrewes hath met with vs: we pray thee nowe therefore, let vs goe three dayes iourney in the wildernesse, that we may sacrifice vnto the Lord our God.

١٨ فَيَسْتَمِعُ الشُّيُوخُ لِكَلامِكَ فَتَمْثُلُ أَنْتَ وَشُيُوخُ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَمَامَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ وَتَقُولُ لَهُ: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ الْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ قَدْ تَفَقَّدَنَا، فَدَعْنَا نَمْضِي مَسِيرَةَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَنُقَدِّمُ ذَبَائِحَ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا.

19 But I know, that the King of Egypt wil not let you goe, but by strong hande.

١٩ وَلَكِنَّنِي عَالِمٌ أَنَّ مَلِكَ مِصْرَ لَنْ يُطْلِقَكُمْ مَا لَمْ تُرْغِمْهُ يَدٌ قَوِيَّةٌ.

20 Therefore will I stretch out mine hande and smite Egypt with all my wonders, which I will doe in the middes thereof: and after that shall he let you goe.

٢٠ فَأَمُدُّ يَدِي وأَضْرِبُ مِصْرَ بِجَمِيعِ وَيْلاتِي الَّتِي أَصْنَعُهَا فِيهَا، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يُطْلِقُكُمْ.

21 And I will make this people to be fauoured of the Egyptians: so that when ye go, ye shall not goe emptie.

٢١ وَأَجْعَلُ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ يَحْظَى بِرِضَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ، فَلا تَخْرُجُونَ فَارِغِينَ حِينَ تَمْضُونَ،

22 For euery woman shall aske of her neighbour, and of her that soiourneth in her house, iewels of siluer and iewels of gold and raiment, and ye shall put them on your sonnes, and on your daughters, and shall spoyle the Egyptians.

٢٢ بَلْ تَطْلُبُ كُلُّ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ جَارَتِهَا أَوْ نَزِيلَةِ بَيْتِهَا جَوَاهِرَ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَثِيَاباً تُلْبِسُونَهَا بَنِيكُمْ وَبَنَاتِكُمْ فَتَغْنَمُونَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ».