Exodus 4
1 And Moses answers and says, “And if they do not give credence to me, nor listen to my voice, and say, YHWH has not appeared to you?”
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 YHWH says to him, “What [is] this in your hand?” And he says, “A rod”;
耶和华对摩西说：“你手里是什么？”他说：“是杖。”
3 and He says, “Cast it to the earth”; and he casts it to the earth, and it becomes a serpent—and Moses flees from its presence.
耶和华说：“丢在地上。”他一丢下去，就变作蛇；摩西便跑开。
4 And YHWH says to Moses, “Put forth your hand, and lay hold on the tail of it”; and he puts forth his hand, and lays hold on it, and it becomes 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 “so that they believe that YHWH, God of their fathers, has appeared to you, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.”
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 YHWH says to him again, “Now put your hand into your bosom”; and he puts his hand into his bosom, and he brings it out, and behold, his hand [is] leprous as snow;
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 and He says, “Put your hand back into your bosom”; and he puts his hand back into his bosom, and he brings it out from his bosom, and behold, it has turned back as his 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 “and it has come to pass, if they do not give credence to you, and do not listen to the voice of the first sign, that they have given credence to the voice of the latter sign.
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 And it has come to pass, if they do not give credence even to these two signs, nor listen to your voice, that you have taken of the waters of the River, and have poured [it] on the dry land, and the waters which you take from the River have been, indeed, they have become blood on the dry 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 And Moses says to YHWH, “O my Lord, I [am] not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Your speaking to Your servant, for I [am] slow of mouth, and slow 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 And YHWH says to him, “Who appointed a mouth for man? Or who appoints the mute, or deaf, or open, or blind? Is it not I, YHWH?
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 And now, go, and I am with your mouth, and have directed you that which you speak”;
现在去吧，我必赐你口才，指教你所当说的话。”
13 and he says, “O my Lord, please send by the hand [of another that] You send.”
摩西说：“主啊，你愿意打发谁，就打发谁去吧！”
14 And the anger of YHWH burns against Moses, and He says, “Is Aaron the Levite not your brother? I have known that he speaks well, and also, behold, he is coming out to meet you; when he has seen you, then he has rejoiced 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 and you have spoken to him, and have set the words in his mouth, and I am with your mouth, and with his mouth, and have directed you that which you do;
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, he has spoken to the people for you, and it has come to pass, he is to you for a mouth, and you are to him for 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 and you take this rod in your hand, with which you do the signs.”
你手里要拿这杖，好行神迹。”
18 And Moses goes and turns back to his father-in-law Jethro, and says to him, “Please let me go, and I return to my brothers who [are] in Egypt, and I see whether they are yet alive.” And Jethro says 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 And YHWH says to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for all the men who seek your life have died”;
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 and Moses takes his wife, and his sons, and causes them to ride on the donkey, and turns back to the land of Egypt, and Moses takes 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 YHWH says to Moses, “In your going to return to Egypt, see—all the wonders which I have put in your hand—that you have done them before Pharaoh, and I strengthen his heart, and he does not send the people away;
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 and you have said to Pharaoh, Thus said YHWH: My son, My firstborn [is] Israel,
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 and I say to you, send My son away, and he serves Me; and [if] you refuse to send him away, behold, I am slaying your son, your firstborn.”
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 it comes to pass in the way, in a lodging place, that YHWH meets him, and seeks to put him to death;
摩西在路上住宿的地方，耶和华遇见他，想要杀他。
25 and Zipporah takes a flint, and cuts off the foreskin of her son, and causes [it] to touch his feet, and says, “You [are] surely a bridegroom of blood to 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 and He desists from him. Then she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” in reference to 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 And YHWH says to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses”; and he goes, and meets him on the mountain of God, and kisses 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 and Moses declares to Aaron all the words of YHWH with which He has sent him, and all the signs with which He has 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 And Moses goes—Aaron also—and they gather all the elderly of the sons of Israel,
摩西、亚伦就去招聚以色列的众长老。
30 and Aaron speaks all the words which YHWH has spoken to Moses, and does the signs before the eyes 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 believe when they hear that YHWH has looked after the sons of Israel, and that He has seen their affliction; and they bow and pay respect.
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。
