Exodus 4
1 Moses/I replied, “But what if [the Israeli people] (do not believe me/are not convinced) or not do what I tell them? What if they say, ‘Yahweh did not appear to you!’”
Musa ya amsa ya ce, “In ba su gaskata ni ba, suka kuma ce, ‘Ubangiji bai bayyana gare ka ba fa’?”
2 Yahweh said to him/me, “[Look at] that thing you are holding in your hand. What is it?” He/I replied, “A (walking stick/shepherd’s stick).”
Sai Ubangiji ya ce, “Mene ne wannan a hannunka?” Musa ya amsa ya ce, “Sanda.”
3 He said, “Throw it down on the ground!” So, he/I threw it on the ground, and it became a snake! And he/I ran/jumped away from it.
Sai Ubangiji ya ce, “Jefa shi ƙasa.” Musa ya jefa shi ƙasa, sai sandan ya zama maciji, Musa kuwa ya gudu daga gare shi.
4 But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach down and pick it up by its tail!” So he/I reached down and caught it, and [when he/I picked it up], it became a stick in his/my hand [again.]
Sai Ubangiji ya ce masa, “Sa hannunka ka ɗauke shi ta wutsiya.” Sai Musa ya miƙa hannu, ya kama macijin, macijin kuwa ya dawo sanda a hannunsa.
5 Yahweh said, “[Do the same thing in front of the Israeli people], in order that they may believe that [I], Yahweh God, the one Abraham and Isaac and Jacob worshiped, truly appeared to you.”
Ubangiji ya ce, “Wannan zai sa su ba da gaskiya cewa Ubangiji, Allah na kakanninsu, Allah na Ibrahim, Allah na Ishaku, da kuma Allah da Yaƙub, ya bayyana gare ka.”
6 Yahweh spoke to Moses/me again, saying “Put your hand inside your robe [MTY]!” He/I did that. And when he/I took it out again, [surprisingly], his/my hand was white. It had a skin disease [that made it] as white as snow.
Sa’an nan Ubangiji ya ce, “Sa hannunka cikin rigarka.” Sai Musa ya sa hannunsa cikin rigarsa, sa’ad da ya fitar da shi, sai hannun ya a kuturce fari fat, kamar ƙanƙara.
7 Then God said, “Put your hand back inside your robe [MTY]!” So he/I did that, and when he/I took it out again, surprisingly, it was normal again, just like the rest of his/my body!
Sai Ubangiji ya ce, “Yanzu, mayar da hannunka a rigarka.” Sai Musa ya sa hannunsa cikin rigarsa, da ya fitar da shi, sai hannun ya koma kamar sauran jikinsa.
8 God said, “[You can do that in front of the Israeli people, too]. If they do not pay attention to what you say because of [seeing] the first miracle, they will (believe [you/be convinced) when you perform] the second miracle.
Sa’an nan Ubangiji ya ce, “In ba su gaskata ba, ko kuma ba su kula da mu’ujiza ta fari ba, wataƙila su gaskata da ta biyun.
9 If they do not believe you or do what you say, even [after you perform] those two miracles, get some water from the Nile [River] and pour it on the ground. [When you do that], the water from the river that you pour on the ground will become blood [MTY] (OR, [red like] blood).”
Amma in ba su gaskata mu’ujizan nan biyu ba, ko kuwa ba su saurare ka ba, sai ka ɗibo ruwa daga Nilu, ka zuba a busasshiyar ƙasa. Ruwan da ka ɗebo daga kogin zai zama jini a ƙasar.”
10 Moses/I replied, “O Yahweh! I am not an eloquent [speaker]! I was not an eloquent speaker before, and I have not become one since you started talking to me! I am not a good speaker [MTY], and I speak very slowly.”
Musa ya ce wa Ubangiji, “Ya Ubangiji, ni ban mai iya magana ba ne, ban taɓa iya ba, ko a yanzu ma, bayan ka yi magana da ni, gama ni mai nauyin baki ne, mai nauyin harshe kuma.”
11 Then Yahweh said to him/me, “[You seem to forget] who it is that makes people able to speak [RHQ]! Who is it that enables people to be unable to speak or unable to hear, or able to see or not to see? It is I, Yahweh [RHQ]!
Ubangiji ya ce masa, “Wa ya ba mutum bakinsa? Wa yake maishe shi kurma ko bebe? Wa yake ba shi gani ko yă makanta shi? Ashe ba Ni Ubangiji ba ne?
12 So start going [to Egypt], and I will help you to speak [MTY], and I will tell you what you should say.”
Yanzu tafi, zan taimake ka ka yi magana, zan kuma koya maka abin da za ka faɗa.”
13 But he/I replied, “O, Yahweh, I ask you, please send someone else [instead]!”
Amma Musa ya ce, “Ya Ubangiji, ina roƙonka, ka nemi wani ka aika.”
14 Then Yahweh became very angry with Moses/me. He said, “[What about] your [older] brother Aaron, who is [also] a descendant of Levi? I know that he is a very good/eloquent speaker. He is actually on his way here [right now], and he will be very happy to see you.
Sai Ubangiji ya yi fushi da Musa ya ce, “Ɗan’uwanka Haruna Balawe, ba ya nan ne? Na san ya iya magana. Ya riga ya kama hanya don yă sadu da kai, zai kuma yi farin ciki sa’ad da ya gan ka.
15 You can talk to him and tell him what to say [MTY], and I will help both of you [SYN] to know what to say [MTY]. And I will tell you both what you should do.
Za ka yi masa magana. Ka kuma sa masa maganata a baki; zan kuma taimake ku magana, in koya muku abin da za ku yi.
16 He will speak for you to the [Israeli] people. He will be (your spokesman/as though he was your mouth) [MET], and you will be to him as though you are [his] god.
Zai yi magana da mutane a madadinka, zai zama kamar bakinka, kai kuwa kamar Allah a gare shi.
17 [Be sure] to take with you the walking/shepherd’s stick [that is in your hand], because you will perform miracles with it.”
Amma ka ɗauki wannan sanda a hannunka domin yă aikata mu’ujizan.”
18 Moses/I returned to his/my father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me go back to Egypt, to see my fellow Israelis there. I want to know if they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses/me, “Go, and may [God give you inner] peace.”
Sai Musa ya koma wurin Yetro surukinsa, ya ce masa, “Bari in koma wurin mutanena a Masar, in ga ko da mai rai a cikinsu.” Yetro ya ce, “Tafi, ka kuma sauka lafiya.”
19 Yahweh said to Moses/me [before he/I left] Midian, “You can [safely] return to Egypt, because the men who were wanting to kill you [MTY] are [now] dead.”
Ubangiji ya riga ya gaya wa Musa a Midiyan, “Koma Masar, domin dukan mutanen da suke neman su kashe ka sun mutu.”
20 So Moses/I took his/my wife and sons and put them on donkeys, and they/we returned to Egypt. And Moses/I took in his/my hand the stick that God [told him/me to take along].
Sai Musa ya ɗauki matarsa da’ya’yansa maza, ya sa su a kan jaki, suka kama hanya zuwa Masar. Ya kuma ɗauki sandan Allah a hannunsa.
21 Yahweh said to Moses/me, “When you return to Egypt, be sure to perform all the miracles that I have given you power [to do], while the king is watching. But I will make him stubborn [IDM], with the result that he will not let the Israeli people leave [Egypt].
Ubangiji ya ce wa Musa, “Bayan ka koma Masar, ka tabbata ka aikata dukan mu’ujizan da na sa cikin ikonka a gaban Fir’auna. Amma zan taurare zuciyarsa domin kada yă bar mutanen su tafi.
22 Then say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “The Israeli [people] [MTY] are [as dear to] me as firstborn sons [MET].
Sa’an nan ka gaya wa Fir’auna, ‘Ga abin da Ubangiji ya ce; Isra’ila shi ne ɗan farina,
23 I told you to let my people [MTY] leave [Egypt], in order that they may worship me [in the desert]. If you refuse to let them go, I warn you, I will kill your firstborn son!”’”
na gaya maka, “Ka bar ɗana yă tafi domin yă yi mini sujada.” Amma ka ƙi ka bari yă tafi, saboda haka zan kashe ɗan farinka.’”
24 [One night], as they were camping on the way [to Egypt], Yahweh appeared to Moses/me. He wanted/threatened to kill Moses/me [for disobeying his command that boys/sons be circumcised].
Ya zama kuwa sa’ad da Musa yake masauki a kan hanya sai Ubangiji ya gamu da shi, ya nema ya kashe shi.
25 Then [his/my wife] Zipporah took a flint knife and circumcised her son. Then she touched the boy’s feet (OR, genitals) with the piece of skin [she had cut off], and she said, “The blood [which flowed when I circumcised you] will protect you [from being harmed by Yahweh] [MET].”
Amma Ziffora ta ɗauki dutsen ƙanƙara mai ci, ta yanke loɓar ɗanta ta taɓa ƙafafun Musa da shi. Ta ce, “Tabbatacce kai angon jini ne a gare ni.”
26 She said to him, “You are safe now [MET] because you have been circumcised.” So Yahweh did not harm her son.
Sai Ubangiji ya ƙyale shi. (A lokacin ta ce “angon jini,” tana nufin kaciya.)
27 Yahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the desert to meet/see Moses!” So he went [there from Egypt] and met him/me at [Sinai], the mountain dedicated to God, and [greeted him/me by] kissing him/me [on the cheek].
Ubangiji ya ce wa Haruna, “Tafi cikin hamada ka sadu da Musa.” Sai ya sadu da Musa a dutsen Allah, ya sumbace shi.
28 Moses/I told Aaron everything that Yahweh had said to him/me when he told him/me to return to Egypt. He/I also told Aaron about all the miracles that Yahweh told him/me to perform.
Sai Musa ya gaya wa Haruna dukan abin da Ubangiji ya aike yă faɗa, da kuma dukan mu’ujizan da ya umarce shi yă aikata.
29 [So Aaron and Moses/I] returned [to Egypt]. There they/we gathered together all the Israeli elders/leaders.
Musa da Haruna suka tattara dukan dattawan Isra’ilawa,
30 Aaron told them everything that Yahweh had told Moses/me, and Aaron performed [all] the miracles as the people watched.
sai Haruna ya gaya musu dukan abin da Ubangiji ya ce wa Musa. Ya kuma aikata mu’ujizan a gaban mutanen,
31 They believed [that what they/we were saying was true]. When they heard that Yahweh had seen how the Israeli people were being cruelly oppressed and that he was going to help them, they bowed down and worshiped [Yahweh].
sai suka gaskata. Sa’ad da suka ji cewa Ubangiji ya damu da su, ya kuma ga azabarsu, sai suka durƙusa suka yi sujada.
