Exodus 3

1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb.

١ وَأَمَّا مُوسَى فَكَانَ يَرْعَى غَنَمَ حَمِيهِ يَثْرُونَ كَاهِنِ مِدْيَانَ، فَقَادَ الْغَنَمَ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءِ الطَّرَفِ الأَقْصَى مِنَ الصَّحْرَاءِ حَتَّى جَاءَ إلى حُورِيبَ جَبَلِ اللهِ.

2 The LORD’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

٢ وَهُنَاكَ تَجَلَّى لَهُ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ بِلَهِيبِ نَارٍ وَسَطَ عُلَّيْقَةٍ. فَنَظَرَ مُوسَى وَإذَا بِالْعُلَّيْقَةِ تَتَّقِدُ دُونَ أَنْ تَحْتَرِقَ.

3 Moses said, “I will go now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.”

٣ فَقَالَ مُوسَى: «أَمِيلُ الآنَ لأَسْتَطْلِعَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ الْعَظِيمَ. لِمَاذَا لَا تَحْتَرِقُ الْعُلَّيْقَةُ؟»

4 When the LORD saw that he came over to see, God called to him out of the middle of the bush, and said, “Moses! Moses!” He said, “Here I am.”

٤ وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى الرَّبُّ أَنَّ مُوسَى قَدْ دَنَا لِيَسْتَطْلِعَ الأَمْرَ، نَادَاهُ مِنْ وَسَطِ الْعُلَّيْقَةِ قَائِلاً: «مُوسَى». فَقَالَ: «هَا أَنَا».

5 He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”

٥ فَقَالَ: «لا تَقْتَرِبْ إِلَى هُنَا: اخْلَعْ حِذَاءَكَ مِنْ رِجْلَيْكَ، لأَنَّ الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي أَنْتَ وَاقِفٌ عَلَيْهِ أَرْضٌ مُقَدَّسَةٌ».

6 Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.

٦ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَنَا هُوَ إِلَهُ أَبِيكَ، إِلَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَإِلَهُ إسْحاقَ، وَإِلَهُ يَعْقُوبَ». عِنْدَئِذٍ غَطَّى مُوسَى وَجْهَهُ خَوْفاً مِنْ أَنْ يَرَى اللهَ (فَيَمُوتَ).

7 The LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

٧ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «قَدْ شَهِدْتُ مَذَلَّةَ شَعْبِي الَّذِي فِي مِصْرَ وَسَمِعْتُ صُرَاخَهُمْ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ عُتُوِّ مُسَخِّرِيهِمْ وأَدْرَكْتُ مُعَانَاتَهُمْ،

8 I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

٨ فَنَزَلْتُ لأُنْقِذَهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَأُخْرِجَهُمْ مِنْ تِلْكَ الأَرْضِ إِلَى أَرْضٍ طَيِّبَةٍ رَحِيبَةٍ تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً، أَرْضِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ.

9 Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

٩ وَهَا هُوَ الآنَ قَدْ وَصَلَ إِلَيَّ صُرَاخُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَرَأَيْتُ كَيْفَ يُضَايِقُهُمُ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ.

10 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”

١٠ فَهَلُمَّ الآنَ لأُرْسِلَكَ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ، فَتُخْرِجَ شَعْبِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ».

11 Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”

١١ فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلهِ: «مَنْ أَنَا حَتَّى أَمْضِيَ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَأُخْرِجَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ؟»

12 He said, “Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”

١٢ فَأَجَابَ: «أَنَا أَكُونُ مَعَكَ. وَمَتَى أَخْرَجْتَ الشَّعْبَ مِنْ مِصْرَ تَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ عَلَى هَذَا الْجَبَلِ، فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ لَكَ الْعَلامَةَ أَنَّنِي أَنَا أَرْسَلْتُكَ».

13 Moses said to God, “Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what should I tell them?”

١٣ فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلهِ: «حِينَمَا أُقْبِلُ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَقُولُ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِكُمْ قَدْ بَعَثَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ وَسَأَلُونِي: مَا اسْمُهُ؟ فَمَاذَا أَقُولُ لَهُمْ؟»

14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

١٤ فَأَجَابَهُ اللهُ: «أَهْيَه الَّذِي أَهْيَه» (وَمَعْنَاهُ أَنَا الْكَائِنُ الدَّائِمُ). وَأَضَافَ: «هَكَذَا تَقُولُ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَهْيَه (أَنَا الْكَائِنُ)، هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ.»

15 God said moreover to Moses, “You shall tell the children of Israel this, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.

١٥ وَقَالَ أَيْضاً لِمُوسَى: «هَكَذَا تَقُولُ لِشَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ’الكَائِنَ‘إِلهَ آبَائِكُمْ، إِلَهَ إبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ. هَذَا هُوَ اسْمِي إِلَى الْأَبَدِ، وَهُوَ الاسْمُ الَّذِي أُدْعَى بِهِ مِنْ جِيلٍ إِلَى جِيلٍ.

16 Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.

١٦ اذْهَبْ وَاجْمَعْ شُيُوخَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِكُمْ، إِلَهَ إبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ قَدْ تَجَلَّى لِي قَائِلاً: إنَّنِي حَقّاً قَدْ تَفَقَّدْتُكُمْ، وَشَهِدْتُ مَا أَصَابَكُمْ فِي مِصْرَ،

17 I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’

١٧ وَهَا أَنَا قَدْ وَعَدْتُ أَنْ أُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنْ ضِيقَةِ مِصْرَ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ، هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً،

18 They will listen to your voice. You shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD, our God.’

١٨ فَيَسْتَمِعُ الشُّيُوخُ لِكَلامِكَ فَتَمْثُلُ أَنْتَ وَشُيُوخُ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَمَامَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ وَتَقُولُ لَهُ: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ الْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ قَدْ تَفَقَّدَنَا، فَدَعْنَا نَمْضِي مَسِيرَةَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَنُقَدِّمُ ذَبَائِحَ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا.

19 I know that the king of Egypt won’t give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.

١٩ وَلَكِنَّنِي عَالِمٌ أَنَّ مَلِكَ مِصْرَ لَنْ يُطْلِقَكُمْ مَا لَمْ تُرْغِمْهُ يَدٌ قَوِيَّةٌ.

20 I will reach out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do among them, and after that he will let you go.

٢٠ فَأَمُدُّ يَدِي وأَضْرِبُ مِصْرَ بِجَمِيعِ وَيْلاتِي الَّتِي أَصْنَعُهَا فِيهَا، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يُطْلِقُكُمْ.

21 I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.

٢١ وَأَجْعَلُ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ يَحْظَى بِرِضَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ، فَلا تَخْرُجُونَ فَارِغِينَ حِينَ تَمْضُونَ،

22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing. You shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall plunder the Egyptians.”

٢٢ بَلْ تَطْلُبُ كُلُّ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ جَارَتِهَا أَوْ نَزِيلَةِ بَيْتِهَا جَوَاهِرَ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَثِيَاباً تُلْبِسُونَهَا بَنِيكُمْ وَبَنَاتِكُمْ فَتَغْنَمُونَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ».