Exodo 3

1 Ita, agpaspastor pay laeng ni Moises kadagiti arban ni Jetro a katuganganna, ti padi ti Midian. Inturong ni Moises dagiti arban iti labes ti let-ang ket nakadanon idiay Horeb, ti bantay ti Dios.

Moses/I was taking care of the sheep that belonged to his/my father-in-law Jethro, the priest of the Midian [people]. He/I led the flock across the desert and came to Horeb, [the mountain that was later called Sinai], the (mountain that [had been dedicated to] God/taboo mountain).

2 Nagparang kenkuana ti anghel ni Yahweh sadiay a iti maysa a gil-ayab ti apuy iti bassit a kayo. Kimmita ni Moises, ket adtoy, sumsumged, ngem saan a mapupuoran ti bassit a kayo.

[One day] Yahweh (appeared/revealed himself) to him/me, [looking like] an angel. The angel appeared in a flame of fire in the middle of a bush [that was burning]. Moses/I looked at it, and he/I was surprised that the bush was burning, but it was not burning up.

3 Kinuna ni Moises, “Umasidegak ket kitaek daytoy nakaskasdaaw a banag, apay a saan a mapupuoran ti kayo.”

Moses/I thought, “I will go closer and try to see this strange sight! Why is the bush not burning up?”

4 Idi nakita ni Yahweh nga umasideg isuna tapno kitaenna daytoy, inawagan ti Dios isuna manipud iti kayo ket kinunana, “Moises, Moises.” Kinuna ni Moises, “Adtoyak.”

When Yahweh saw that he/I had come closer, he called to Moses/me from the middle of the bush, saying, “Moses! Moses!” He/I replied, “[Yes], here I am.”

5 Kinuna ti Dios, “Saankan nga umas-asideg! Ikkatem ti sapatosmo, ta ti pagtaktakderam a lugar ket daga a naidaton kaniak.”

Yahweh said, “Do not come closer! [Because I am God], the ground on which you are standing is holy/taboo. So take off your sandals [to show respect to me].”

6 Innayonna, “Siak ti Dios ti amam, ti Dios ni Abraham, ti Dios ni Isaac ken ti Dios ni Jacob. Ket inabbongan ni Moises ti rupana, ta mabuteng isuna a kumita iti Dios.

Then he said, “I am God, whom your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [worshiped].” So Moses/I covered his/my face, because he/I was afraid [that God would kill him/me] if he/I looked at him.

7 Kinuna ni Yahweh, “Awan duadua a nakitak ti panagsagsagaba dagiti tattaok nga adda idiay Egipto. Nangngegko dagiti pukkawda gapu kadagiti kapatasda, ta ammok dagiti pannakaparigatda.

Then Yahweh said, “I have seen how cruelly [they are treating] my people in Egypt. I have heard them (wailing/crying out) [for help] because of what the slave-drivers [are forcing them to do]. I know how my people are suffering.

8 Bimmabaak tapno wayawayaak ida manipud iti pannakabalin dagiti Egipcio ken ipanawko ida manipud iti dayta a daga ket ipanko ida iti nadam-eg ken nalawa a daga, iti maysa a daga nga agay-ayus ti gatas ken diro; iti rehion dagiti Cananeo, Heteo, Amorreo, Perezeo, Heveo ken Jebuseo.

So I have come down [from heaven] to rescue them from the Egyptians [SYN]. I have come to bring them up from that land [to the highlands in Canaan]. I will bring them to a land that is good/fertile and that has plenty of space. It will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops [MTY]. It is the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus [live].

9 Ket ita, nakadanon kaniak dagiti pukkaw dagiti tattao ti Israel. Maysa pay, nakitak ti pannakaparparigatda nga inaramid dagiti Egipcio.

Truly I have now heard my Israeli people crying [PRS]. I have seen how the Egyptians oppress them.

10 Ita ngarud, ibaonka kenni Faraon tapno mairuarmo dagiti tattaok, dagiti Israelita, manipud idiay Egipto.”

So you go [back] to Egypt. I am sending you to the king, in order that [he may permit] you to bring my people, the Israeli people, out of Egypt.”

11 Ngem kinuna ni Moises iti Dios, “Siasinoak, a rumbeng a mapanak kenni Faraon ken iruar dagiti Israelita manipud idiay Egipto?”

But Moses/I replied, “I am not a well-known person [RHQ]! (I cannot go to the king and [ask him to permit me] to bring the Israeli people out of Egypt!/How can I go to the king and [ask him to allow me to] bring the Israeli people out of Egypt?)” [RHQ]

12 Simmungbat ti Dios, “Awan duadua nga addaakto kenka. Daytoyto ti pagilasinan nga imbaonka. Inton mairuarmo dagiti tattao manipud iti Egipto, dayawendakto iti daytoy a bantay.”

God replied, “I will be with you. And when you bring [my] people out of Egypt, all of you will worship me [right] here on this mountain. That will prove that I am the one who sent you [to them].”

13 Kinuna ni Moises iti Dios, “No mapanak kadagiti Israelita ket ibagak kadakuada, 'Imbaonnak ti Dios dagiti kapuonanyo kadakayo,' ket no kunada kaniak, 'Ania ti naganna?' Ania ti rumbeng nga ibagak kadakuada?”

Moses/I said to God, “If I go to the Israeli people and say to them, ‘God, the one your ancestors [worshiped], has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’, what shall I say to them?”

14 Kinuna ti Dios kenni Moises, “SIAK TI SIAK.” Kinuna ti Dios. “Masapul nga ibagam kadagiti Israelita, 'Imbaonnak ni SIAK kadakayo.”'

God replied, “I AM who I AM.” And he said, “Tell the Israeli people that the one who is [named] ‘I AM’ has sent me to you.”

15 Kinuna pay ti Dios kenni Moises, “Masapul nga ibagam kadagiti Israelita, 'Imbaonnak ni Yahweh, ti Dios dagiti kapuonanyo, ti Dios ni Abraham, ti Dios ni Isaac ken ti Dios ni Jacob kadakayo. Daytoy ti naganko iti agnanayon, ken kastoyto ti pananglagip kaniak dagiti amin a henerasion.'

God also said to Moses/me, “Say this to the Israeli people: ‘Yahweh God, the one your ancestors [worshiped], the one that Abraham and Isaac and Jacob [worshiped], has sent me to you.’ This name, [Yahweh], will be my name forever. That is the name that [people in] all future generations [must use when they talk about/to] me.

16 Mapanka ket ummongem dagiti panglakayen ti Israel. Ibagam kadakuada, 'Ni Yahweh, ti Dios dagiti kapuonanyo, ti Dios ni Abraham, ni Isaac kenni Jacob ket nagparang kaniak ket kinunana, “Pudno a napaliiwko ken nakitak ti napasamak kadakayo idiay Egipto.

Go [to Egypt] and gather together the elders/leaders of the Israeli people, and say to them, ‘Yahweh God, the one your ancestors [worshiped], the one Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [worshiped], appeared to me. He said to him/me, “I have been watching closely what the Egyptian people have done to you.

17 Inkarik nga ipanawkayo manipud iti pannakaparigatyo idiay Egipto ket ipankayo iti daga dagiti Cananeo, Heteo, Amorreo, Perezeo, Heveo ken Jebuseo, maysa a daga nga agay-ayus ti gatas ken diro.”'

I promise that I will rescue you from being oppressed in Egypt, and [I will take you] to the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus [live]. It is a land good for raising livestock and growing crops [MTY].”’

18 Dumngegdanto kenka. Masapul a mapankayo iti ari ti Egipto, Sika ken dagiti panglakayen ti Israel, ket masapul nga ibagam kenkuana, 'Ni Yahweh, ti Dios dagiti Hebreo, ket nakisinnarak kadakami. Isu nga ita, palubosannakami nga agdaliasat iti tallo nga aldaw a mapan idiay let-ang, tapno makaidatonkami kenni Yahweh, a Diosmi.'

My people will do what you say. Then you and their leaders must go to the king of Egypt, and you must say to him, ‘Yahweh, who is God, the one we Hebrews [worship], has revealed himself to us. So now we ask you to allow us to travel for three days to [a place in] the desert, in order that there we may offer sacrifices to Yahweh, our God.’

19 Ngem ammok a saannakayonto a palubosan ti ari ti Egipto, malaksid no mapilit a matignay ti imana.

But I know that the king of Egypt will allow you to go only if he realizes I am [more] powerful [MTY] [than he is].

20 Iyunnatkonto dagiti imak ket dusaekto dagiti Egipcio babaen kadagiti amin a milagro nga aramidekto kadakuada. Kalpasan dayta, palubosannakayonto.

So I will use my power [MTY] to strike/punish [the people of] Egypt [MTY] by performing many miracles there. Then he will allow you to leave.

21 Ikkakto dagiti tattao iti pabor manipud kadagiti Egipcio, isu nga inton pumanawkayo, saankayo a mapan nga ima-ima.

[When that happens], I will cause the people of Egypt to respect you. [The result will be that] when you leave Egypt, (you will not go empty-handed/they will give you many [valuable] things to take with you).

22 Dumawatto ti tunggal babai iti pirak ken balitok nga alahas ken pagan-anay kadagiti kaarrubana nga Egipcio ken iti siasinoman a babai nga agnanaed iti balay ti kaarrubana. Ikabilyonto dagitoy kadagiti annakyo a lallaki ken babbai. Iti daytoy a wagas, alaenyonto amin a kinabaknang dagiti Egipcio.”

[At that time], each [Israeli] woman will ask her [Egyptian] neighbors and each [Egyptian] woman who is living in her (OR, her neighbor’s) house to [give her] some silver and gold jewelry and some [nice] clothes. [Each Egyptian woman will give them some], and you will put them on your sons and daughters [to take with you]. In that way you will (take away/confiscate) the wealth of the Egyptian people.”