Exode 4
1 Moïse répondit: « Mais voici qu'ils ne me croiront pas et n'écouteront pas ma voix, car ils diront: « Yahvé ne t'est pas apparu »".
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!’”
2 Yahvé lui dit: « Qu'est-ce que tu as dans la main? » Il a dit: « Une baguette. »
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).”
3 Il a dit: « Jette-la par terre. » Il la jeta par terre, et elle devint un serpent; Moïse s'en enfuit.
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.
4 Yahvé dit à Moïse: « Étends ta main, et prends-le par la queue. » Il étendit la main et la saisit, et elle devint une verge dans sa main.
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.]
5 « C'est afin qu'ils croient que Yahvé, le Dieu de leurs pères, le Dieu d'Abraham, le Dieu d'Isaac et le Dieu de Jacob, t'est apparu ».
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.”
6 Yahvé lui dit encore: « Mets maintenant ta main dans ton manteau. » Il mit sa main dans son manteau, et quand il la retira, voici que sa main était lépreuse, blanche comme la neige.
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.
7 Il dit: « Remets ta main dans ton manteau. » Il remit sa main dans son manteau, et quand il la retira de son manteau, voici qu'elle était redevenue comme son autre chair.
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!
8 S'ils ne te croient pas et n'écoutent pas la voix du premier signe, ils croiront la voix du second signe.
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.
9 S'ils ne croient pas à ces deux signes et n'écoutent pas ta voix, tu prendras de l'eau du fleuve et tu la répandras sur la terre ferme. L'eau que tu prendras du fleuve deviendra du sang sur la terre ferme. »
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).”
10 Moïse dit à Yahvé: « Seigneur, je ne suis pas éloquent, ni avant, ni depuis que tu parles à ton serviteur; car je suis lent à parler et j'ai la langue lente. »
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.”
11 Yahvé lui dit: « Qui a fait la bouche de l'homme? Ou qui rend muet, ou sourd, ou voyant, ou aveugle? N'est-ce pas moi, Yahvé?
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]!
12 Va donc maintenant, et je serai avec ta bouche, et je t'enseignerai ce que tu dois dire. »
So start going [to Egypt], and I will help you to speak [MTY], and I will tell you what you should say.”
13 Moïse dit: « Oh, Seigneur, envoie quelqu'un d'autre. »
But he/I replied, “O, Yahweh, I ask you, please send someone else [instead]!”
14 La colère de Yahvé s'enflamma contre Moïse, et il dit: « Et Aaron, ton frère, le Lévite? Je sais qu'il sait bien parler. Et voici qu'il sort à ta rencontre. Quand il te verra, il se réjouira dans son cœur.
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.
15 Tu lui parleras, et tu mettras les paroles dans sa bouche. Je serai avec ta bouche et avec sa bouche, et je t'enseignerai ce que tu dois faire.
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.
16 Il sera ton porte-parole auprès du peuple. Il sera pour toi une bouche, et tu seras pour lui comme Dieu.
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.
17 Tu prendras dans ta main cette verge, avec laquelle tu feras les signes. »
[Be sure] to take with you the walking/shepherd’s stick [that is in your hand], because you will perform miracles with it.”
18 Moïse s'en alla et retourna chez Jéthro, son beau-père, et lui dit: « Laisse-moi, je t'en prie, retourner auprès de mes frères qui sont en Égypte, et voir s'ils sont encore en vie. » Jéthro a dit à Moïse: « Va en paix. »
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.”
19 Yahvé dit à Moïse en Madian: « Va, retourne en Égypte, car tous les hommes qui en voulaient à ta vie sont morts. »
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.”
20 Moïse prit sa femme et ses fils, les fit monter sur un âne, et il retourna au pays d'Égypte. Moïse prit dans sa main la verge de Dieu.
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].
21 Yahvé dit à Moïse: « Quand tu retourneras en Égypte, tu feras devant Pharaon tous les prodiges que j'ai mis en ta main, mais j'endurcirai son cœur et il ne laissera pas aller le peuple.
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].
22 Tu diras à Pharaon: « Yahvé dit: Israël est mon fils, mon premier-né,
Then say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “The Israeli [people] [MTY] are [as dear to] me as firstborn sons [MET].
23 et je t'ai dit: « Laisse aller mon fils, pour qu'il me serve », et tu as refusé de le laisser aller. Voici que je vais tuer ton fils premier-né. »
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!”’”
24 En chemin, dans un lieu d'hébergement, Yahvé rencontra Moïse et voulut le tuer.
[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].
25 Alors Zippora prit un silex, coupa le prépuce de son fils et le jeta à ses pieds; et elle dit: « Certainement, tu es pour moi un époux de sang. »
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].”
26 Il le laissa donc tranquille. Alors elle dit: « Tu es un époux de sang », à cause de la circoncision.
She said to him, “You are safe now [MET] because you have been circumcised.” So Yahweh did not harm her son.
27 Yahvé dit à Aaron: « Va dans le désert à la rencontre de Moïse. » Il alla à sa rencontre sur la montagne de Dieu, et le baisa.
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].
28 Moïse rapporta à Aaron toutes les paroles de Yahvé par lesquelles il l'avait envoyé, et tous les signes par lesquels il l'avait instruit.
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.
29 Moïse et Aaron allèrent rassembler tous les anciens des enfants d'Israël.
[So Aaron and Moses/I] returned [to Egypt]. There they/we gathered together all the Israeli elders/leaders.
30 Aaron prononça toutes les paroles que Yahvé avait dites à Moïse, et il fit les signes aux yeux du peuple.
Aaron told them everything that Yahweh had told Moses/me, and Aaron performed [all] the miracles as the people watched.
31 Le peuple crut, et quand il apprit que Yahvé avait visité les enfants d'Israël et qu'il avait vu leur détresse, il se prosterna et se prosterna.
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].
