Exodus 4
1 Moses answered, “But what if they do not believe me or listen to me but say instead, 'Yahweh has not appeared to you'?”
Mosis zaghachiri ya sị, “Gịnị ga-eme ma ọ bụrụ na ha agaghị ekwenye ihe m kwuru maọbụ ajụ ige m ntị? Ọ bụrụ na ha asị, ‘Onyenwe anyị egosighị gị onwe ya.’”
2 Yahweh said to him, “What is that in your hand?” Moses said, “A staff.”
Ma Onyenwe anyị jụrụ Mosis ajụjụ sị ya, “Gịnị ka i ji nʼaka?” Mosis zara sị, “Ọ bụ mkpanaka.”
3 Yahweh said, “Throw it on the ground.” Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake. Moses ran back from it.
Onyenwe anyị sịrị ya, “Tụpụ ya nʼala.” Mosis tụpụrụ ya nʼala. Ma otu mgbe ahụ, ọ ghọrọ agwọ. Mosis sitere nʼebe agwọ ahụ nọ gbapụ ọsọ.
4 Yahweh said to Moses, “Reach out and take it by the tail.” So he reached out and took hold of the snake. It became a staff in his hand again.
Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu ọzọ sị ya, “Jide agwọ ahụ aka nʼọdụdụ ya.” Mgbe Mosis mere nke a, agwọ ahụ ghọghachikwara mkpanaka.
5 “This is so they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis sị, “Ọ bụrụ na i mee ihe ịrịbama a, ha ga-ekwere ihe ị gwara ha. Ha ga-aghọta na Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna nna ha, Chineke Ebraham, Chineke Aịzik, na Chineke Jekọb gosiri gị onwe ya.”
6 Yahweh also said to him, “Now put your hand inside your robe.” So Moses put his hand inside his robe. When he brought it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
Onyenwe anyị gwara ya okwu ọzọ sị, “Tinye aka gị nʼime uwe i yi nʼime ahụ gị.” Mgbe Mosis tinyere aka ya wepụta ya, ọ chọpụtara na ekpenta jupụtara nʼaka ahụ nke na-enwu ezi ọcha.
7 Yahweh said, “Put your hand inside your robe again.” So Moses put his hand inside his robe, and when he brought it out, he saw that it was made healthy again, like the rest of his flesh.
Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu sị ya, “Tinyekwa aka gị nʼime uwe i yi nʼime ahụ gị.” Mosis mere otu a. Mgbe o wepụtara aka ya ọzọ, ọ hụrụ na ọ dịghachiri dịka akụkụ anụ ahụ ya ndị ọzọ.
8 Yahweh said, “If they do not believe you—if they do not pay attention to the first sign of my power or believe in it, then they will believe the second sign.
Mgbe ahụ Onyenwe anyị sịrị, “Ọ bụrụ na ụmụ Izrel ekweghị gị maọbụ nabata ihe ama nke mbụ, ha ga-ekwe ihe ịrịbama nke abụọ a.
9 If they do not believe even these two signs of my power, or listen to you, then take some water from the river and pour it on the dry land. The water that you take will become blood on the dry land.”
Ma ọ bụrụ na ha ekwenyeghị nʼihe ịrịbama abụọ ndị a ma ọ bụkwanụ gee gị ntị; kute mmiri nʼosimiri Naịl, wụpụ ya nʼala akọrọ. Mmiri ahụ nke i kutere site nʼosimiri ga-agbanwe, ghọọ ọbara nʼala akọrọ.”
10 Then Moses said to Yahweh, “Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you spoke to your servant. I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”
Mosis sịrị Onyenwe anyị, “Biko Onyenwe m, abụghị m onye mara ekwu okwu. Ọ nwebeghị oge m ji bụrụ onye ọka okwu, na mgbe gara aga maọbụ site na mgbe ị gwara ohu gị okwu. Lee, onye nwere ire na egbugbere ọnụ dị arọ ka m bụ.”
11 Yahweh said to him, “Who is it who made man's mouth? Who makes a man mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, Yahweh?
Onyenwe anyị jụrụ Mosis ajụjụ sị, “Onye mere ọnụ mmadụ? Onye na-emekwa ka ntị mmadụ chie ya, maọbụ ka mmadụ daa ogbi? Onye na-eme ka mmadụ hụ ụzọ, maọbụ kpụọ ìsì? Ọ bụghị mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị?
12 So now go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what to say.”
Ugbu a, gaa mee ihe m gwara gị. Aga m enyere gị aka ikwu okwu nke ọma. Aga m agwakwa gị ihe ị ga-ekwu.”
13 But Moses said, “Lord, please send anyone else, anyone whom you wish to send.”
Ma ọ rịọrọ, “Biko Onyenwe m, ziganụ onye ọzọ.”
14 Then Yahweh became angry with Moses. He said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Moreover, he is coming to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
Onyenwe anyị were iwe dị ọkụ megide Mosis sị ya, “Kedụ maka nwanne gị nwoke Erọn onye Livayị, amaara m na ọ bụ onye ọka okwu. Lee, ọ na-abịa izute gị. Ọ ga-aṅụrị ọṅụ mgbe ọ chọtara gị.
15 You will speak to him and put the words to say into his mouth. I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will show you both what to do.
Ị ga-agwa ya okwu, tinye okwu gị nʼọnụ ya. Aga m enyere unu abụọ aka ikwu okwu nke ọma, aga m ezikwa unu abụọ ihe unu ga-eme.
16 He will speak to the people for you. He will be your mouth, and you will be to him like me, God.
Ọ ga-abụ onye na-ekwuchite ọnụ gị nʼebe ndị mmadụ nọ. Ị ga-anọ dịka Chineke nʼebe ọ nọ, nʼihi na ị ga-agwa ya ihe niile ọ ga-ekwu.
17 You will take in your hand this staff. With it you will do the signs.”
Ma ị ga-ejide mkpanaka a dị nʼaka gị ka i nwee ike jiri ya mee ihe ịrịbama.”
18 So Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me go so I may return to my relatives who are in Egypt and see if they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
Emesịa, Mosis lọghachiri nʼụlọ ebe o bi, jekwuru Jetro ọgọ ya nwoke rịọọ ya sị, “Biko kwere ka m laghachi nʼIjipt gaa chọpụta ma o nwere ndị ikwu m ka dị ndụ.” Jetro sịrị, “Gaa nʼudo.”
19 Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for all the men who were trying to take your life are dead.”
Ugbu a Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu nʼala Midia sị ya, “Laghachi Ijipt nʼihi na ndị niile chọrọ igbu gị anwụchaala.”
20 Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on a donkey. He returned to the land of Egypt, and he took the staff of God in his hand.
Mosis kpọọrọ nwunye ya, na ụmụ ya ndị ikom, nọkwasị nʼelu ịnyịnya ibu, laghachi nʼala Ijipt. O jikwa mkpanaka Chineke ahụ nʼaka ya.
21 Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.
Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu sị ya, “Mgbe i ruru Ijipt, hụ na ị gara nʼihu Fero mee ihe ebube niile m nyere gị ike ime. Ma aga m eme ka obi ya sie ike, ka ọ ghara ikwe ka ndị m laa.
22 You must say to Pharaoh, 'This is what Yahweh says: Israel is my son, my firstborn,
Ị ga-agwa Fero okwu sị ya, ‘Nke a bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị kwuru, Izrel bụ Ọkpara m.
23 and I say to you, “Let my son go, so he may worship me.” But since you have refused to let him go, I will certainly kill your son, your firstborn.'”
Agwara m gị okwu sị, “Hapụ nwa m nwoke ka o si nʼala Ijipt pụọ gaa ebe ọ ga-anọ fee m ofufe,” ma ị jụrụ ajụ. Ugbu a aga m egbu ọkpara gị.’”
24 Now on the way, when they stopped for the night, Yahweh met Moses and tried to kill him.
Mgbe Mosis na ezinaụlọ ya na-alaghachi Ijipt, ha rutere ebe ha ga-ezu ike abalị. Nʼebe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị bịakwutere Mosis chọọ igbu ya.
25 Then Zipporah took a flint knife and cut off the foreskin of her son, and touched it to his feet. Then she said, “Surely you are a bridegroom to me by blood.”
Ma Zipọra nwunye Mosis weere mma ntakịrị bie nwa ya ugwu. O were ihe o bipụtara nʼugwu a metụ nʼụkwụ Mosis, kwuo sị, “Nʼezie, ị bụ di ọbara nʼebe m nọ.”
26 So Yahweh let him alone. She said, “You are a bridegroom of blood” because of the circumcision.
Nʼihi ya, Onyenwe anyị hapụrụ Mosis. (Mgbe ahụ, Zipọra kwuru sị, “Ị bụ di ọbara,” nʼihi obibi ugwu ahụ.)
27 Yahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” Aaron went, met him at the mountain of God, and kissed him.
Ugbu a, Onyenwe anyị gwara Erọn okwu sị, “Gaa nʼime ọzara ka izute Mosis.” Erọn gara jekwuru Mosis nʼugwu Horeb, ugwu Chineke, sutu ya ọnụ.
28 Moses told Aaron all the words of Yahweh that he had sent him to say and about all the signs of Yahweh's power that he had commanded him to do.
Mgbe ahụ Mosis gwara Erọn ihe niile Onyenwe anyị ziri ya ka o kwuo, ya na ihe ịrịbama ndị ahụ niile o nyere nʼiwu ka o mee.
29 Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the Israelites.
Mosis na Erọn jeruru Ijipt kpọọ nzukọ ndị okenye ụmụ Izrel niile.
30 Aaron spoke all the words that Yahweh had spoken to Moses. He also displayed the signs of Yahweh's power in the sight of the people.
Erọn gwara ha ihe niile Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis. Mosis, nʼonwe ya mere ihe ịrịbama ahụ niile nʼihu anya ha.
31 The people believed. When they heard that Yahweh had observed the Israelites and that he had seen their oppression, then they bowed their heads and worshiped him.
Mgbe ahụ, ha kwenyere; dịka ha nụrụ na Onyenwe anyị eletala ụmụ Izrel, ma hụkwa ahụhụ ha. Ha kpọrọ isiala fee ya ofufe.
