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!’”
Na Moses el topuk LEUM GOD ac fahk, “Tusruktu fin pa mwet Israel elos tiana lulalfongiyu ac tia porongo ma nga fahk uh, mea nga ac oru elos fin fahk mu kom tiana sikme nu sik?”
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).”
Ouinge LEUM GOD El siyuk sel, “Mea se inpoum an?” El topuk, “Sikal soko.”
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.
LEUM GOD El fahk, “Sisya nu infohk an.” Pacl se ke Moses el sisya ah, sikal soko ah ekla nu ke wet soko, ac Moses el kaing liki.
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.]
Na LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel, “Kui, sruokya pulal ac srukak.” Na Moses el asroela paul ac sruokya, na wet soko ah sifilpa ekla sikal soko.
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.”
LEUM GOD El fahk, “Oru ouinge in akpwayei nu sin mwet Israel lah LEUM GOD lun papa tumalos — God lal Abraham, Isaac, ac Jacob — El sikyak nu sum.”
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.
LEUM GOD El sifilpa kaskas nu sel Moses, “Isongya poum nu luin nuknuk lom an.” Moses el akos; ac ke el eisla paol liki nuknuk lal ah, mas lepa oan kac, fasrfasr oana snow.
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!
Na LEUM GOD El fahk, “Sifilpa isongya poum nu luin nuknuk lom an.” El oru oana, ac ke el eisla, paol kwela ac oana meet ah.
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.
LEUM GOD El fahk, “Elos fin tiana porongekom ku lulalfongi mwenmen se meet an, na elos ac fah lulalfongi ke mwenmen se akluo uh.
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).”
Na elos fin tiana lulalfongi ke mwenmen luo inge ac srakna tia lungse lohng pusrem, kom utiya kutu kof infacl Nile ac ukuiya infohk ah. Kof ah ac fah ekla nu ke srah.”
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.”
Tuh Moses el fahk, “O Leum, nunak munas nu sik. Nga nuna mwet supah in kaskas se, ac inge ke kom sramsram nu sik, nga srakna supah in kas. Nga pahtlac in nunkauk ma ngan fahk, ac nga kaskas lohlo.”
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]!
LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel, “Su orala oalin mwet uh? Su oru mwet se in koflana kaskas ku sulohngkas? Su orala mwet se in liyaten ku in kun? Nga, LEUM GOD.
12 So start going [to Egypt], and I will help you to speak [MTY], and I will tell you what you should say.”
Fahsrot! Nga ac kasrekom in sramsram, ac nga ac fah fahk nu sum ma kom in fahk.”
13 But he/I replied, “O, Yahweh, I ask you, please send someone else [instead]!”
Tuh Moses el fahk, “O Leum, nunak munas, supwala siena mwet.”
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.
Na LEUM GOD El kasrkusrakak sel Moses ac fahk, “Ac Aaron, tamulel Levi se wiom ah? Nga etu lah el mwet pah in kas se. Inge, el ac tuku in osun nu sum, ac el ac arulana engan in liye kom.
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.
Kom ku in sramsram nu sel ac fahk ma elan fahk. Nga ac kasrekomtal kewa in kaskas, ac nga ac fahk nu sumtal ma komtal in oru.
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.
El ac fah mwet sramsram lom ac aol kom in kaskas nu sin mwet uh. Na kom ac fah oana God nu sel in fahkang ma elan fahk.
17 [Be sure] to take with you the walking/shepherd’s stick [that is in your hand], because you will perform miracles with it.”
Us sikal soko ingan wi kom — kom ac fah orek mwenmen kac.”
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.”
Na Moses el folokla nu yorol Jethro, papa tumun mutan kial, ac fahk nu sel, “Nunak munas, lela nga in folokla nu yurin sou luk in acn Egypt in liye lah elos srakna moul.” Jethro el insese nu kac ac wilkas nu sel.
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.”
Ke Moses el srakna muta Midian, LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel, “Folokla nu Egypt tuh elos nukewa su suk in unikomi elos misa.”
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].
Ouinge Moses el us mutan kial ac wen natul, fuhleltal uh fin soko donkey ac mukuiyak nu Egypt. El us sikal soko ma God El fahk nu sel elan us.
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].
LEUM GOD El sifilpa fahk nu sel Moses, “Inge ke kom ac folokla nu Egypt uh, aklohya in oru mwenmen nukewa ma nga sot ku nu sum in oru ye mutal tokosra. Tusruktu nga fah akupaye nunkal tokosra, ac el ac fah tia fuhlela mwet uh in som.
22 Then say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “The Israeli [people] [MTY] are [as dear to] me as firstborn sons [MET].
Na kom fah fahk nu sel lah nga, LEUM GOD, fahk mu, ‘Israel pa wen se emeet nutik.
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!”’”
Nga fahk nu sum in fuhlela wen nutik in som tuh elan ku in alu nu sik, a kom srunga. Inge nga ac uniya wen se oemeet nutum.’”
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].
Ke sie acn in aktuktuk ke inkanek nu Egypt, LEUM GOD El sonol Moses ac oru elan unilya.
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].”
Tuh Zipporah el srukak eot kosroh se, ac supukla kulun ma mukul lun wen natul, ac sang pusralla falkal Moses, ac fahk, “Pwayena kom pa mukul ke srah tumuk.”
26 She said to him, “You are safe now [MET] because you have been circumcised.” So Yahweh did not harm her son.
Ouinge LEUM GOD El tila unilya Moses. Na mutan sac sifilpa fahk, “Kom mukul tumuk in srah ke sripen kosrala.”
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].
Na LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Aaron, “Som nu yen mwesis in osun nu sel Moses.” Ouinge el som ac sonol pe eol mutal. Ac ke el sonol el ngok mutal.
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.
Na Moses el fahkang nu sel Aaron ma nukewa ma LEUM GOD El tuh fahk ke El supwal elan folok nu Egypt. El oayapa srumun ke mwenmen su LEUM GOD El sapkin elan oru.
29 [So Aaron and Moses/I] returned [to Egypt]. There they/we gathered together all the Israeli elders/leaders.
Ouinge Moses ac Aaron som nu Egypt ac pangoneni mwet kol lun Israel nukewa nu sie.
30 Aaron told them everything that Yahweh had told Moses/me, and Aaron performed [all] the miracles as the people watched.
Aaron el srumun nu selos ma nukewa ma LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Moses, na Moses el oru mwenmen nukewa ye mutalos.
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].
Elos lulalfongi ma elos liye ac lohng, ac ke elos lohng lah LEUM GOD El tuku nu yorolos ac liye lupan mwe keok orek nu selos, elos faksufi ac alu.
