Keluaran 4

1 Lalu Musa menjawab kepada TUHAN, "Tetapi bagaimana andaikata orang-orang Israel tidak mau percaya dan tidak mau mempedulikan kata-kata saya? Apa yang harus saya lakukan andaikata mereka berkata bahwa TUHAN tidak menampakkan diri kepada saya?"

And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD has not appeared unto you.

2 TUHAN bertanya kepada Musa, "Apa itu di tanganmu?" Jawab Musa, "Tongkat."

And the LORD said unto him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.

3 Kata TUHAN, "Lemparkan itu ke tanah." Musa melemparkannya, lalu tongkat itu berubah menjadi ular dan Musa lari menjauhinya.

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.

4 TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, "Dekatilah ular itu, dan peganglah ekornya." Musa mendekatinya dan menangkap ular itu yang segera berubah kembali menjadi tongkat dalam tangan Musa.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

5 Kata TUHAN, "Buatlah begitu supaya orang-orang Israel percaya bahwa Aku, TUHAN, Allah nenek moyang mereka, Allah Abraham, Ishak dan Yakub, sudah menampakkan diri kepadamu."

That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared unto you.

6 TUHAN berkata lagi kepada Musa, "Masukkanlah tanganmu ke dalam bajumu." Musa menurut, dan ketika ia menarik tangannya keluar, tangan itu putih sekali karena kena penyakit kulit yang mengerikan.

And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

7 Lalu TUHAN berkata, "Masukkanlah tanganmu kembali ke dalam bajumu." Musa berbuat begitu, dan ketika ia mengeluarkannya lagi, tangan itu sudah sembuh.

And he said, Put your hand into your bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

8 Kata TUHAN, "Kalau mereka tidak mau percaya kepadamu, atau tidak yakin sesudah melihat keajaiban yang pertama, maka keajaiban ini akan membuat mereka percaya.

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

9 Kalau mereka belum juga mau percaya kepadamu meskipun sudah melihat kedua keajaiban ini, dan mereka tidak mau mempedulikan kata-katamu, ambillah sedikit air dari Sungai Nil dan tuangkanlah ke tanah. Air itu akan berubah menjadi darah."

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which you take out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

10 Tetapi Musa berkata, "Ya, Tuhan, saya bukan orang yang pandai bicara, baik dahulu maupun sekarang, sesudah TUHAN bicara kepada saya. Saya berat lidah, bicara lambat dan tidak lancar."

And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither in time past, nor since you have spoken unto your servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

11 TUHAN berkata kepadanya, "Siapakah yang memberi mulut kepada manusia? Siapa yang membuat dia bisu atau tuli? Siapa yang membuat dia melek atau buta? Bukankah Aku, TUHAN?

And the LORD said unto him, Who has made man's mouth? or who makes the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?

12 Sekarang, pergilah, Aku akan menolong engkau berbicara dan mengajarkan apa yang harus kaukatakan."

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say.

13 Tetapi Musa menjawab, "Saya mohon, janganlah mengutus saya, ya Tuhan, suruhlah orang lain."

And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray you, by the hand of him whom you will send.

14 Lalu TUHAN menjadi marah kepada Musa dan berkata, "Bukankah engkau mempunyai saudara yang bernama Harun? Aku tahu dia pandai berbicara. Sesungguhnya, dia dalam perjalanan ke sini, dan ia akan senang bertemu dengan engkau.

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes forth to meet you: and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

15 Bicaralah dengan dia dan beritahukanlah kepadanya apa yang harus ia katakan. Aku akan menolong kamu berdua dan mengajarkan apa yang harus kamu katakan dan lakukan.

And you shall speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what all of you shall do.

16 Dia harus bicara atas namamu di depan rakyat. Dia akan menjadi juru bicaramu dan engkau dianggapnya seperti Allah yang mengatakan apa yang harus ia katakan.

And he shall be your spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to you instead of a mouth, and you shall be to him instead of God.

17 Bawalah tongkat itu, engkau akan membuat keajaiban-keajaiban dengan itu."

And you shall take this rod in your hand, wherewith you shall do signs.

18 Sesudah itu Musa pulang ke rumah Yitro, ayah mertuanya, dan berkata kepadanya, "Izinkanlah saya kembali ke Mesir untuk menengok saudara-saudara saya dan melihat apakah mereka masih hidup." Yitro berkata kepada Musa, "Pergilah dengan selamat."

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray you, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

19 Waktu Musa masih di tanah Midian, TUHAN berkata kepadanya, "Kembalilah ke Mesir. Semua orang yang ingin membunuh engkau sudah mati."

And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought your life.

20 Maka Musa mengajak istri dan anak-anaknya dan menaikkan mereka ke atas keledai lalu berangkat bersama mereka ke Mesir. Atas perintah Allah, Musa juga membawa tongkatnya.

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.

21 TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, "Aku sudah memberi kuasa kepadamu untuk membuat keajaiban-keajaiban. Jadi kalau engkau sudah kembali di Mesir nanti, lakukanlah segala keajaiban itu di depan raja Mesir. Tetapi Aku akan menjadikan dia keras kepala, sehingga ia tak mau mengizinkan bangsa itu pergi.

And the LORD said unto Moses, When you go to return into Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in your hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

22 Lalu katakanlah kepada raja itu bahwa Aku, TUHAN, berpesan begini: 'Israel adalah anak-Ku yang sulung,

And you shall say unto Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

23 dan engkau sudah Kuperintahkan untuk mengizinkan anak-Ku itu pergi supaya ia dapat berbakti kepada-Ku, tetapi engkau menolak. Sekarang Aku akan membunuh anakmu yang sulung.'"

And I say unto you, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.

24 Di suatu tempat berkemah dalam perjalanan itu, TUHAN datang kepada Musa dan mau membunuhnya.

And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

25 Zipora, istrinya, mengambil sebuah batu tajam dan memotong kulup anaknya, lalu disentuhkannya pada kaki Musa. Kata Zipora, "Engkau suami darah bagiku."

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 are you to me.

26 Hal itu dikatakannya sehubungan dengan upacara sunat. Maka TUHAN tidak jadi membunuh Musa.

So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband you are, because of the circumcision.

27 Sementara itu TUHAN berkata kepada Harun, "Pergilah ke padang gurun untuk menemui Musa." Harun pergi, lalu bertemu dengan adiknya di gunung suci, dan mencium dia.

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.

28 Musa menceritakan kepada Harun semua yang dikatakan TUHAN kepadanya ketika ia disuruh kembali ke Mesir, juga tentang semua keajaiban yang harus dibuatnya.

And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

29 Kemudian Musa dan Harun pergi ke Mesir dan mengumpulkan semua pemimpin Israel.

And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

30 Harun menyampaikan kepada mereka segala yang dikatakan TUHAN kepada Musa, dan Musa melakukan semua keajaiban di depan orang-orang itu.

And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

31 Maka percayalah mereka, dan ketika mereka mendengar bahwa TUHAN sudah memperhatikan bangsa Israel dan melihat segala penderitaan mereka, mereka sujud menyembah.

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 worshipped.