Ọpụpụ 4
1 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.’”
And Moses answers and says, “And if they do not give credence to me, nor listen to my voice, and say, YHWH has not appeared to you?”
2 Ma Onyenwe anyị jụrụ Mosis ajụjụ sị ya, “Gịnị ka i ji nʼaka?” Mosis zara sị, “Ọ bụ mkpanaka.”
And YHWH says to him, “What [is] this in your hand?” And he says, “A rod”;
3 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.
and He says, “Cast it to the earth”; and he casts it to the earth, and it becomes a serpent—and Moses flees from its presence.
4 Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu ọzọ sị ya, “Jide agwọ ahụ aka nʼọdụdụ ya.” Mgbe Mosis mere nke a, agwọ ahụ ghọghachikwara mkpanaka.
And YHWH says to Moses, “Put forth your hand, and lay hold on the tail of it”; and he puts forth his hand, and lays hold on it, and it becomes a rod in his hand—
5 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.”
“so that they believe that YHWH, God of their fathers, has appeared to you, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.”
6 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.
And YHWH says to him again, “Now put your hand into your bosom”; and he puts his hand into his bosom, and he brings it out, and behold, his hand [is] leprous as snow;
7 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.
and He says, “Put your hand back into your bosom”; and he puts his hand back into his bosom, and he brings it out from his bosom, and behold, it has turned back as his flesh—
8 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.
“and it has come to pass, if they do not give credence to you, and do not listen to the voice of the first sign, that they have given credence to the voice of the latter sign.
9 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.”
And it has come to pass, if they do not give credence even to these two signs, nor listen to your voice, that you have taken of the waters of the River, and have poured [it] on the dry land, and the waters which you take from the River have been, indeed, they have become blood on the dry land.”
10 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.”
And Moses says to YHWH, “O my Lord, I [am] not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Your speaking to Your servant, for I [am] slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.”
11 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?
And YHWH says to him, “Who appointed a mouth for man? Or who appoints the mute, or deaf, or open, or blind? Is it not I, YHWH?
12 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.”
And now, go, and I am with your mouth, and have directed you that which you speak”;
13 Ma ọ rịọrọ, “Biko Onyenwe m, ziganụ onye ọzọ.”
and he says, “O my Lord, please send by the hand [of another that] You send.”
14 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.
And the anger of YHWH burns against Moses, and He says, “Is Aaron the Levite not your brother? I have known that he speaks well, and also, behold, he is coming out to meet you; when he has seen you, then he has rejoiced in his heart,
15 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.
and you have spoken to him, and have set the words in his mouth, and I am with your mouth, and with his mouth, and have directed you that which you do;
16 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.
and he, he has spoken to the people for you, and it has come to pass, he is to you for a mouth, and you are to him for God;
17 Ma ị ga-ejide mkpanaka a dị nʼaka gị ka i nwee ike jiri ya mee ihe ịrịbama.”
and you take this rod in your hand, with which you do the signs.”
18 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.”
And Moses goes and turns back to his father-in-law Jethro, and says to him, “Please let me go, and I return to my brothers who [are] in Egypt, and I see whether they are yet alive.” And Jethro says to Moses, “Go in peace.”
19 Ugbu a Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu nʼala Midia sị ya, “Laghachi Ijipt nʼihi na ndị niile chọrọ igbu gị anwụchaala.”
And YHWH says to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for all the men who seek your life have died”;
20 Mosis kpọọrọ nwunye ya, na ụmụ ya ndị ikom, nọkwasị nʼelu ịnyịnya ibu, laghachi nʼala Ijipt. O jikwa mkpanaka Chineke ahụ nʼaka ya.
and Moses takes his wife, and his sons, and causes them to ride on the donkey, and turns back to the land of Egypt, and Moses takes the rod of God in his hand.
21 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.
And YHWH says to Moses, “In your going to return to Egypt, see—all the wonders which I have put in your hand—that you have done them before Pharaoh, and I strengthen his heart, and he does not send the people away;
22 Ị ga-agwa Fero okwu sị ya, ‘Nke a bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị kwuru, Izrel bụ Ọkpara m.
and you have said to Pharaoh, Thus said YHWH: My son, My firstborn [is] Israel,
23 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.’”
and I say to you, send My son away, and he serves Me; and [if] you refuse to send him away, behold, I am slaying your son, your firstborn.”
24 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.
And it comes to pass in the way, in a lodging place, that YHWH meets him, and seeks to put him to death;
25 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.”
and Zipporah takes a flint, and cuts off the foreskin of her son, and causes [it] to touch his feet, and says, “You [are] surely a bridegroom of blood to me”;
26 Nʼihi ya, Onyenwe anyị hapụrụ Mosis. (Mgbe ahụ, Zipọra kwuru sị, “Ị bụ di ọbara,” nʼihi obibi ugwu ahụ.)
and He desists from him. Then she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” in reference to the circumcision.
27 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.
And YHWH says to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses”; and he goes, and meets him on the mountain of God, and kisses him,
28 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.
and Moses declares to Aaron all the words of YHWH with which He has sent him, and all the signs with which He has charged him.
29 Mosis na Erọn jeruru Ijipt kpọọ nzukọ ndị okenye ụmụ Izrel niile.
And Moses goes—Aaron also—and they gather all the elderly of the sons of Israel,
30 Erọn gwara ha ihe niile Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis. Mosis, nʼonwe ya mere ihe ịrịbama ahụ niile nʼihu anya ha.
and Aaron speaks all the words which YHWH has spoken to Moses, and does the signs before the eyes of the people;
31 Mgbe ahụ, ha kwenyere; dịka ha nụrụ na Onyenwe anyị eletala ụmụ Izrel, ma hụkwa ahụhụ ha. Ha kpọrọ isiala fee ya ofufe.
and the people believe when they hear that YHWH has looked after the sons of Israel, and that He has seen their affliction; and they bow and pay respect.
