Exodus 4
1 Then Moses answered, and said, But lo, they will not beleeue me, nor hearken vnto my voyce: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared vnto thee.
摩西回答说：“他们必不信我，也不听我的话，必说：‘耶和华并没有向你显现。’”
2 And the Lord said vnto him, What is that in thine hande? And he answered, A rod.
耶和华对摩西说：“你手里是什么？”他说：“是杖。”
3 Then said he, Cast it on the ground. So he cast it on the grounde, and it was turned into a serpent: and Moses fled from it.
耶和华说：“丢在地上。”他一丢下去，就变作蛇；摩西便跑开。
4 Againe the Lord saide vnto Moses, Put foorth thine hand, and take it by the tayle. Then he put foorth his hande and caught it, and it was turned into a rod in his hand.
耶和华对摩西说：“伸出手来，拿住它的尾巴，它必在你手中仍变为杖；
5 Do this that they may beleeue, that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Izhak, and the God of Iaakob hath appeared vnto thee.
如此好叫他们信耶和华—他们祖宗的 神，就是亚伯拉罕的 神，以撒的 神，雅各的 神，是向你显现了。”
6 And the Lord saide furthermore vnto him, Thrust nowe thine hand into thy bosome. And he thrust his hand into his bosome, and when he tooke it out againe, behold, his hand was leprous as snowe.
耶和华又对他说：“把手放在怀里。”他就把手放在怀里，及至抽出来，不料，手长了大麻风，有雪那样白。
7 Moreouer he said, Put thine hand into thy bosome againe. So he put his hande into his bosome againe, and pluckt it out of his bosome, and behold, it was turned againe as his other flesh.
耶和华说：“再把手放在怀里。”他就再把手放在怀里，及至从怀里抽出来，不料，手已经复原，与周身的肉一样；
8 So shall it be, if they wil not beleeue thee, neither obey the voyce of ye first signe, yet shall they beleeue for the voyce of the seconde signe.
又说：“倘或他们不听你的话，也不信头一个神迹，他们必信第二个神迹。
9 But if they will not yet beleeue these two signes, neither obey vnto thy voyce, then shalt thou take of the water of the riuer, and powre it vpon the drie lande: so the water which thou shalt take out of the riuer, shalbe turned to blood vpon the drie land.
这两个神迹若都不信，也不听你的话，你就从河里取些水，倒在旱地上，你从河里取的水必在旱地上变作血。”
10 But Moses said vnto the Lord, Oh my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither at any time haue bene, nor yet since thou hast spoken vnto thy seruant: but I am slowe of speach and slowe of tongue.
摩西对耶和华说：“主啊，我素日不是能言的人，就是从你对仆人说话以后，也是这样。我本是拙口笨舌的。”
11 Then the Lord said vnto him, Who hath giuen the mouth to man? or who hath made the domme, or the deafe, or him that seeth, or the blinde? haue not I the Lord?
耶和华对他说：“谁造人的口呢？谁使人口哑、耳聋、目明、眼瞎呢？岂不是我—耶和华吗？
12 Therefore goe nowe, and I will be with thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou shalt say.
现在去吧，我必赐你口才，指教你所当说的话。”
13 But he saide, Oh my Lord, sende, I pray thee, by the hande of him, whome thou shouldest sende.
摩西说：“主啊，你愿意打发谁，就打发谁去吧！”
14 Then the Lord was verie angrie with Moses, and said, Doe not I know Aaron thy brother the Leuite, that he himselfe shall speake? for loe, he commeth also foorth to meete thee, and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
耶和华向摩西发怒说：“不是有你的哥哥利未人亚伦吗？我知道他是能言的；现在他出来迎接你，他一见你，心里就欢喜。
15 Therefore thou shalt speake vnto him, and put the wordes in his mouth, and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye ought to doe.
你要将当说的话传给他；我也要赐你和他口才，又要指教你们所当行的事。
16 And he shall be thy spokesman vnto the people: and he shall be, euen he shall be as thy mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.
他要替你对百姓说话；你要以他当作口，他要以你当作 神。
17 Moreouer thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do miracles.
你手里要拿这杖，好行神迹。”
18 Therefore Moses went and returned to Iethro his father in lawe, and said vnto him, I pray thee, let me goe, and returne to my brethren, which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet aliue. Then Iethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
于是，摩西回到他岳父叶忒罗那里，对他说：“求你容我回去见我在埃及的弟兄，看他们还在不在。”叶忒罗对摩西说：“你可以平平安安地去吧！”
19 (For the Lord had said vnto Moses in Midian, Goe, returne to Egypt: for they are all dead which went about to kill thee)
耶和华在米甸对摩西说：“你要回埃及去，因为寻索你命的人都死了。”
20 Then Moses tooke his wife, and his sonnes, and put them on an asse, and returned towarde the lande of Egypt, and Moses tooke the rod of God in his hand.
摩西就带着妻子和两个儿子，叫他们骑上驴，回埃及地去。摩西手里拿着 神的杖。
21 And the Lord saide vnto Moses, When thou art entred and come into Egypt againe, see that thou doe all the wonders before Pharaoh, which I haue put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, and he shall not let the people goe.
耶和华对摩西说：“你回到埃及的时候，要留意将我指示你的一切奇事行在法老面前。但我要使他的心刚硬，他必不容百姓去。
22 Then thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my sonne, euen my first borne.
你要对法老说：‘耶和华这样说：以色列是我的儿子，我的长子。
23 Wherefore I say to thee, Let my sonne go, that he may serue me: if thou refuse to let him goe, beholde, I will slay thy sonne, euen thy first borne.
我对你说过：容我的儿子去，好事奉我。你还是不肯容他去。看哪，我要杀你的长子。’”
24 And as he was by the waye in the ynne, the Lord met him, and would haue killed him.
摩西在路上住宿的地方，耶和华遇见他，想要杀他。
25 Then Zipporah tooke a sharpe knife, and cut away the foreskinne of her sonne, and cast it at his feete, and said, Thou art indeede a bloody husband vnto me.
西坡拉就拿一块火石，割下他儿子的阳皮，丢在摩西脚前，说：“你真是我的血郎了。”
26 So he departed from him. Then she saide, O bloodie husband (because of the circumcision)
这样，耶和华才放了他。西坡拉说：“你因割礼就是血郎了。”
27 Then the Lord saide vnto Aaron, Goe meete Moses in the wildernesse. And he went and mette him in the Mount of God, and kissed him.
耶和华对亚伦说：“你往旷野去迎接摩西。”他就去，在 神的山遇见摩西，和他亲嘴。
28 Then Moses tolde Aaron all the wordes of the Lord, who had sent him, and all the signes wherewith he had charged him.
摩西将耶和华打发他所说的言语和嘱咐他所行的神迹都告诉了亚伦。
29 So went Moses and Aaron, and gathered all the Elders of the children of Israel.
摩西、亚伦就去招聚以色列的众长老。
30 And Aaron told all the wordes, which the Lord had spoken vnto Moses, and he did the miracles in the sight of the people,
亚伦将耶和华对摩西所说的一切话述说了一遍，又在百姓眼前行了那些神迹，
31 And the people beleeued, and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and had looked vpon their tribulation, they bowed downe, and worshipped.
百姓就信了。以色列人听见耶和华眷顾他们，鉴察他们的困苦，就低头下拜。
