Exodus 4

1 And he answered Moses and he said and here! not they will believe me and not they will listen to voice my for they will say not he appeared to you Yahweh.

“But what if they don't believe me or listen to what I say?” Moses asked. “They could say, ‘The Lord didn't appear to you.’”

2 And he said to him Yahweh (what [is] this? *Q(K)*) [is] in hand your and he said a staff.

The Lord asked him, “What are you holding in your hand?” “A walking stick,” Moses replied.

3 And he said throw it [the] ground towards and he threw it [the] ground towards and it became a snake and he fled Moses from before it.

“Throw it on the ground,” he told Moses. So Moses did. It turned into a snake and Moses ran away from it.

4 And he said Yahweh to Moses stretch out hand your and hold on tail its and he stretched out hand his and he took hold on it and it became a staff in hand his.

“Reach out and grab hold of it by its tail,” the Lord told Moses. Moses did so and it turned back into a walking stick in his hand.

5 So that they may believe that he appeared to you Yahweh [the] God ancestors their [the] God of Abraham [the] God of Isaac and [the] God of Jacob.

“You are to do this so that they will believe that I the Lord did appear to you, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

6 And he said Yahweh to him again put please hand your in bosom your and he put hand his in bosom his and he brought out it and there! hand his [was] leprous like snow.

Then the Lord told him, “Put your hand inside your clothes close to your chest.” So Moses did as he was told. When he took his hand out, it was white like snow with a skin disease.

7 And he said return hand your into bosom your and he returned hand his into bosom his and he brought out it from bosom his and there! it had turned back like flesh his.

“Now put your hand back inside your clothes,” the Lord said. Moses did so. When he took it out again, his hand had returned to normal.

8 And it will be if not they will believe you and not they will listen to [the] voice of the sign former and they will believe [the] voice of the sign latter.

“If they don't believe you and they're not convinced by the first sign, they'll believe because of the second sign,” the Lord explained.

9 And it will be if not they will believe also [the] two the signs these and not they will listen! to voice your and you will take some of [the] water of the River and you will pour [it] out the dry ground and they will become the waters which you will take from the River and they will become blood on the dry ground.

“But if they still don't believe you or listen to you because of these two signs, then you are to take some water from the Nile and pout it out on the ground. The Nile water will turn into blood on the ground.”

10 And he said Moses to Yahweh pardon me O Lord not [am] a man of words I neither from yesterday nor from three days ago nor from then speaking you to servant your for [am] heavy of mouth and heavy of tongue I.

Then Moses said to the Lord, “Pleased excuse me, but I'm not someone who is good with words—not in the past, and not from the time you have been speaking with me, your servant. My speech is slow and I don't say things well.”

11 And he said Yahweh to him who? did he make a mouth of person or who? does he make dumb or deaf or seeing or blind ¿ not [do] I Yahweh.

“Who gave people mouths?” the Lord asked him. “Who makes people deaf or dumb, able to see or blind? It's I, the Lord, who does that.

12 And therefore go and I I will be with mouth your and I will teach you [that] which you will say.

Now go, and I myself will be your mouth, and I will tell you what you are to say.”

13 And he said pardon me O Lord send please by [the] hand of [whoever] you will send.

“Please, Lord, send someone else!” Moses responded.

14 And it burned [the] anger of Yahweh on Moses and he said ¿ not [is] Aaron brother your the Levite I know that well he speaks he and also there! he [is] coming out to meet you and he will see you and he will be glad in heart his.

The Lord got angry with Moses, and told him, “There's your brother Aaron, the Levite. I know he speaks well. He's on his way to meet you, and he'll be very happy to see you.

15 And you will speak to him and you will put the words in mouth his and I I will be with mouth your and with mouth his and I will teach you [that] which you will do!

Speak to him and tell him what to say. I will be your mouth and his mouth, and I will tell you what you are to do.

16 And he will speak he for you to the people and it will be he he will become of you a mouth and you you will become of him a god.

Aaron will speak on your behalf to the people, as if he was your mouth, and you will be in the place of God to him.

17 And the staff this you will take in hand your which you will do with it the signs.

Make sure to take your walking stick with you so you can use it to do the signs.”

18 And he went Moses and he returned - to Jethro father-in-law his and he said to him let me go please so I may return to relatives my who [are] in Egypt so I may see ¿ [are] still they living and he said Jethro to Moses go to peace.

Then Moses returned to Jethro his father-in-law and told him, “Please allow me to go back to my own people in Egypt so I can see if any of them are still alive.” “Go with my blessing,” Jethro replied.

19 And he said Yahweh to Moses in Midian go return Egypt for they have died all the men who sought life your.

While Moses was in Midian, the Lord told him, “Go back to Egypt because all those who wanted to kill you have died.”

20 And he took Moses wife his and sons his and he made ride them on the donkey and he returned [the] land of towards Egypt and he took Moses [the] staff of God in hand his.

Moses put his wife and sons on a donkey and went back to Egypt, carrying the walking stick that God had used to perform miracles.

21 And he said Yahweh to Moses when going you to return Egypt towards see all the wonders which I have put in hand your and you will do them before Pharaoh and I I will make strong heart his and not he will let go the people.

The Lord told Moses, “When you get back to Egypt, make sure to go to Pharaoh and carry out the miracles I've given you to do. I will make him stubborn and he will not let the people go.

22 And you will say to Pharaoh thus he says Yahweh [is] son my firstborn my Israel.

This is what you are to tell Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says. Israel is my firstborn son.

23 And I said to you let go son my so he may serve me and you refused to let go him here! I [am] about to kill son your firstborn your.

I ordered you to let my son go so he can worship me. But you refused to release him, so I will now kill your firstborn son.”

24 And it was on the journey at the lodging place and he met him Yahweh and he sought to kill him.

But while they were on their way the Lord came to the place where they were staying, wanting to kill Moses.

25 And she took Zipporah a flint and she cut off [the] foreskin of son her and she made [it] touch feet his and she said that [are] a bridegroom of blood you to me.

However, Zipporah used a flint knife to cut off her son's foreskin. She touched his feet with it, and said to him, “You are a blood-husband to me.”

26 And he withdrew from him then she said a bridegroom of blood to the circumcision.

(Calling him a blood-husband referred to circumcision.) After this the Lord left Moses alone.

27 And he said Yahweh to Aaron go to meet Moses the wilderness towards and he went and he met him at [the] mountain of God and he kissed him.

The Lord had told Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the desert.” So Aaron went and met Moses at the mountain of God and greeted him with a kiss.

28 And he told Moses to Aaron all [the] words of Yahweh which he had sent him and all the signs which he had commanded him.

Then Moses explained to Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say and all the miracles he had ordered him to do.

29 And he went Moses and Aaron and they gathered all [the] elders of [the] people of Israel.

Moses and Aaron traveled to Egypt. There they had all the Israelite elders gather together.

30 And he spoke Aaron all the words which he had spoken Yahweh to Moses and he did the signs to [the] eyes of the people.

Aaron shared with them everything the Lord had told Moses, and Moses carried out the miracles so they could see them.

31 And it believed the people and they heard that he had observed Yahweh [the] people of Israel and that he had seen affliction their and they bowed low and they bowed down.

The Israelites were convinced. When they heard that the Lord had come to them, and that he had been touched by their suffering, they bowed their heads and worshiped.