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.
摩西回答說：「他們必不信我，也不聽我的話，必說：『耶和華並沒有向你顯現。』」
2 And the Lord said vnto him, What is that in thine hande? And he answered, A rod.
耶和華對摩西說：「你手裏是甚麼？」他說：「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.
耶和華說：「丟在地上。」他一丟下去，就變作蛇；摩西便跑開。
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.
耶和華對摩西說：「伸出手來，拿住牠的尾巴，牠必在你手中仍變為杖；
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.
如此好叫他們信耶和華－他們祖宗的上帝，就是亞伯拉罕的上帝，以撒的上帝，雅各的上帝，是向你顯現了。」
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.
耶和華又對他說：「把手放在懷裏。」他就把手放在懷裏，及至抽出來，不料，手長了大痲瘋，有雪那樣白。
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.
耶和華說：「再把手放在懷裏。」他就再把手放在懷裏，及至從懷裏抽出來，不料，手已經復原，與周身的肉一樣；
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.
又說：「倘或他們不聽你的話，也不信頭一個神蹟，他們必信第二個神蹟。
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.
這兩個神蹟若都不信，也不聽你的話，你就從河裏取些水，倒在旱地上，你從河裏取的水必在旱地上變作血。」
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.
摩西對耶和華說：「主啊，我素日不是能言的人，就是從你對僕人說話以後，也是這樣。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?
耶和華對他說：「誰造人的口呢？誰使人口啞、耳聾、目明、眼瞎呢？豈不是我－耶和華嗎？
12 Therefore goe nowe, and I will be with thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou shalt say.
現在去吧，我必賜你口才，指教你所當說的話。」
13 But he saide, Oh my Lord, sende, I pray thee, by the hande of him, whome thou shouldest sende.
摩西說：「主啊，你願意打發誰，就打發誰去吧！」
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.
耶和華向摩西發怒說：「不是有你的哥哥利未人亞倫嗎？我知道他是能言的；現在他出來迎接你，他一見你，心裏就歡喜。
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.
你要將當說的話傳給他；我也要賜你和他口才，又要指教你們所當行的事。
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.
他要替你對百姓說話；你要以他當作口，他要以你當作上帝。
17 Moreouer thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do miracles.
你手裏要拿這杖，好行神蹟。」
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.
於是，摩西回到他岳父葉忒羅那裏，對他說：「求你容我回去見我在埃及的弟兄，看他們還在不在。」葉忒羅對摩西說：「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)
耶和華在米甸對摩西說：「你要回埃及去，因為尋索你命的人都死了。」
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.
摩西就帶着妻子和兩個兒子，叫他們騎上驢，回埃及地去。摩西手裏拿着上帝的杖。
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.
耶和華對摩西說：「你回到埃及的時候，要留意將我指示你的一切奇事行在法老面前。但我要使他的心剛硬，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.
你要對法老說：『耶和華這樣說：以色列是我的兒子，我的長子。
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.
我對你說過：容我的兒子去，好事奉我。你還是不肯容他去。看哪，我要殺你的長子。』」
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，耶和華遇見他，想要殺他。
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.
西坡拉就拿一塊火石，割下他兒子的陽皮，丟在摩西腳前，說：「你真是我的血郎了。」
26 So he departed from him. Then she saide, O bloodie husband (because of the circumcision)
這樣，耶和華才放了他。西坡拉說：「你因割禮就是血郎了。」
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.
耶和華對亞倫說：「你往曠野去迎接摩西。」他就去，在上帝的山遇見摩西，和他親嘴。
28 Then Moses tolde Aaron all the wordes of the Lord, who had sent him, and all the signes wherewith he had charged him.
摩西將耶和華打發他所說的言語和囑咐他所行的神蹟都告訴了亞倫。
29 So went Moses and Aaron, and gathered all the Elders of the children of Israel.
摩西、亞倫就去招聚以色列的眾長老。
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,
亞倫將耶和華對摩西所說的一切話述說了一遍，又在百姓眼前行了那些神蹟，
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。以色列人聽見耶和華眷顧他們，鑒察他們的困苦，就低頭下拜。
