< Exodus 4 >

1 And Moses answered and said, But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken to my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared to thee.
Ke Mose gblɔ be, “Womaxɔ dzinye ase o! Womawɔ nu si magblɔ na wo be woawɔ o. Woagblɔ be, ‘Yehowa meɖe eɖokui fia wò o!’”
2 And the LORD said to him, What [is] that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.
Yehowa biae be, “Nu kae nye ema le asiwò?” Mose ɖo eŋu be, “Alẽkplɔla ƒe atikplɔe.”
3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent: and Moses fled from before it.
Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be, “Ɖe asi le eŋu da ɖe anyigba.” Mose ɖe asi le eŋu da ɖe anyigba, eye wòtrɔ zu da; tete Mose si le egbɔ.
4 And the LORD said to Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be, “Lé eƒe asike!” Mose lé da la ƒe asike, eye wògazu atikplɔ ɖe esi!
5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to thee.
Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be, “Wɔ esia ekema woaxɔ dziwò ase, ekema woadze sii be Yehowa, wo fofowo, Abraham, Isak kple Yakob ƒe Mawue ɖe eɖokui fia wò nyateƒe.”
6 And the LORD said furthermore to him, Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand [was] leprous as snow.
Azɔ Yehowa gblɔ be, “Tsɔ wò asi de wò axatome.” Eye Mose tsɔ eƒe asi de axatome. Esi wòɖe asi ɖa la, eƒe asi dze kpodɔ hefu kpĩi.
7 And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again, and drew it out of his bosom, and behold, it was turned again as his [other] flesh.
Yehowa gagblɔ nɛ be, “Gatsɔ wò asi de wò axatome.” Esi wògawɔ esia, eye wògaɖe asi ɖa la, dɔvɔ̃ɖi la bu le eŋu; eƒe asi ganɔ abe tsã ene!
8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
Yehowa gblɔ be, “Ne womexɔ nukunu gbãtɔ dzi se o la, woaxɔ evelia dzi ase.
9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken to thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour [it] upon the dry [land]: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry [land].
Ne womeɖo to wò le dzesi eve siawo megbe o la, ekema ku tsi tso Nil tɔsisi la me kɔ ɖe anyigba ƒuƒui dzi, eye wòatrɔ azu ʋu.”
10 And Moses said to the LORD, O my Lord, I [am] not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoke to thy servant: but I [am] slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
Ke Mose ɖe kuku na Yehowa be, “O, nye Aƒetɔ, nyemeƒoa nu nyuie o. Nyemeƒo nu nyuie kpɔ o; nyemenye nuƒola nyui aɖeke fifia hã o, togbɔ be èƒo nu nam gɔ̃ hã, elabena nye aɖe metrɔna ɖe nya ŋu tututu o.”
11 And the LORD said to him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD.
Yehowa biae be, “Ame kae wɔ nuwo na amewo? Menye nye, Yehowae oa? Ame kae wɔ aɖetututɔ alo tokunɔ, alo nukpɔla, alo ŋkuagbãtɔ? Alo menye nye Yehowae oa?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Azɔ la, yii, elabena makpe ɖe ŋuwò be nàƒo nu nyuie, eye magblɔ nu si nàgblɔ la na wò.”
13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand [of him whom] thou wilt send.
Ke Mose gagblɔ be, “Aƒetɔ, meɖe kuku, ɖo ame bubu aɖe ɖa.”
14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, [Is] not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
Tete Yehowa do dɔmedzoe ɖe Mose ŋu, eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Enyo, nɔviwò Aron, Levitɔ la, ƒoa nu nyuie, egbɔna ava di wò le afi sia. Akpɔ dzidzɔ ŋutɔ ne ekpɔ wò,
15 And thou shalt speak to him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
eya ta magblɔ nu si nàgblɔ nɛ la na wò. Makpe ɖe mi ame evea ŋu be miaƒo nu nyuie, eye magblɔ nu si miagblɔ la na mi.
16 And he shall speak for thee to the people: and he shall be, [even] he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
Eyae anɔ tewòƒe, eye wòaƒo nu na ameawo. Wò la, ànɔ nɛ abe Mawu ene,
17 And thou shalt take this rod in thy hand, with which thou shalt perform signs.
gake tsɔ wò atikplɔ la ɖe asi ale be nàte ŋu awɔ nukunu siwo mefia wò la kplii.”
18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return to my brethren who [are] in Egypt, and see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
Mose trɔ yi aƒe me; edzro nya la me kple toa, Yetro, hegblɔ nɛ be, “Meɖe kuku, ɖe mɔ nam matrɔ ayi nye ƒometɔwo gbɔ le Egipte ne makpɔe ɖa be wogale agbe mahã?” Yetro ɖo eŋu be, “Yi faa, nye yayrawo le yowòme.”
19 And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead who sought thy life.
Hafi Mose nadzo le Midian la, Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be, “Trɔ nàyi Egipte, elabena ame siwo katã di be yewoawu wò la, ku xoxo.”
20 And Moses took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
Ale Mose kplɔ srɔ̃a kple via ŋutsuviwo da ɖe tedzi dzi, eye wòdze mɔ yina ɖe Egipte. Elé “Mawu ƒe atikplɔ” la ɖe asi goŋgoŋgoŋ!
21 And the LORD said to Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou perform all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be, “Ne èɖo Egipte la, ele na wò be nàdo ɖe Farao ŋkume, eye nàwɔ nukunu siwo mena ŋusẽ wò be nàwɔ. Ke mana wòasẽ dzi me: maɖe asi le ameawo ŋu be woadzo o.
22 And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my first-born.
Ekema, ele na wò be nàgblɔ na Farao be, ‘Yehowa be, Israel dukɔ lae nye nye ŋutsu ŋgɔgbevi.
23 And I say to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou shalt refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, [even] thy first-born.
Meɖoe na wò be nàna wòadzo aɖasubɔm, ke ègbe toɖoɖo. Kpɔ ɖa, mawu wò ŋgɔgbevi.’”
24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
Esi Mose kple srɔ̃a kpakple wo viwo nɔ mɔa zɔm la, wotsi teƒe aɖe dɔ. Yehowa ɖe eɖokui fia Mose, eye wòdo ŋɔdzi nɛ be yeawui.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me.
Ke Zipora tsɔ kpe ɖaɖɛ aɖe lã via ƒe aʋanuyi, eye wòtsɔe ka Mose ƒe afɔwo ŋu hegblɔ be, “Nyateƒee, ènye ʋuŋugbetɔsrɔ̃ nam.”
26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband [thou art], because of the circumcision.
Ale Yehowa ɖe asi le eŋu. (Ɣe ma ɣie Zipora gblɔ be, “Ʋuŋugbetɔsrɔ̃,” eye nu si gblɔm wòle lae nye aʋatsotso.)
27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
Azɔ la, Yehowa gblɔ na Aron be, “Yi gbedzi ne nàkpe Mose.” Ale Aron zɔ mɔ yi Mawu ƒe to, Horeb gbɔ ɖado go Mose le afi ma, eye wògbugbɔ nu nɛ.
28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
Mose gblɔ nu siwo Yehowa ɖo na wo be woawɔ kple nya siwo woagblɔ la na Aron. Eƒo nu tso nukunu siwo woawɔ le Farao ŋkume la hã ŋu nɛ.
29 And Moses and Aaron went, and assembled all the elders of the children of Israel:
Ale Mose kple Aron wotrɔ va Egipte. Wowɔ takpekpe kple Israel ƒe dumegãwo.
30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses, and performed the signs in the sight of the people.
Aron gblɔ nu siwo Yehowa gblɔ na Mose la na wo, eye Mose wɔ nukunuawo wokpɔ.
31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads, and worshiped.
Dumegãwo xɔe se be Yehowae ɖo wo ɖa nyateƒe. Esi wose be Yehowa va kpɔ wo ɖa, kpɔ woƒe nublanuitɔnyenye, eye wòɖo ta me be yeaɖe wo la, wode ta agu, eye wosubɔe.

< Exodus 4 >