Exodus 33
1 LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Moses, “Fahsr liki acn se inge, kom ac mwet su kom use liki Egypt, ac fahsr nu ke facl se su nga wulela in sang nu sel Abraham, Isaac, ac Jacob, ac nu sin fwil natulos.
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Leave this place and go with the people whom you led out of Egypt. Go to the land that I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that I would give to their descendants.
2 Nga ac supwaot sie lipufan in pwen kom, ac nga fah lusla mwet Canaan, mwet Amor, mwet Hit, mwet Periz, mwet Hiv, ac mwet Jebus.
I will send my angel ahead of you all, and I will expel [from that land] the Canaan, Amor, Heth, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups.
3 Kom ac som nu in sie facl mut ac kasrup fohk we. Tusruktu nga sifacna ac tia wi kowos, mweyen kowos mwet likkeke, sahp nga ac kunauskowosla inkanek lowos.”
You will go to a land that will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops [IDM]. But I will not go with you myself, because [if I did that], I might get rid of you while you are traveling, because you are very stubborn [IDM] people.”
4 Ke mwet uh lohng kas inge, elos mutawauk in asor ac tung, ac tia sifilpa orekmakin mwe naweyuk.
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Tell the Israeli people, ‘You are very stubborn [IDM]. If I would go with you for even a moment, I would completely (get rid of you/wipe you out). Now take off your jewelry [to show that you are sorry for having sinned]. Then I will decide how I will punish you (OR, if I should punish you).’” So when Moses/I told to the people what God said, they started to mourn, and they all took off their jewelry.
5 Meyen LEUM GOD El tuh sapkin nu sel Moses in fahk nu selos, “Kowos mwet likkeke. Nga fin ac wi kowos, finne ke kitin pacl na, nga ac ku in arulana kunauskowosla. Eisla mwe naweyuk lowos an inge, ac nga fah nunku lah mea nga ac oru nu suwos.”
6 Ouinge tukun mwet Israel elos fahsr liki Eol Sinai, elos tia sifil orekmakin mwe naweyuk.
After the Israeli people left Sinai Mountain, they did not wear jewelry any more.
7 Pacl nukewa mwet Israel elos tulokunak iwen aktuktuk selos uh, Moses el ac usla Lohm Nuknuk Mutal ac tulokunak ke sie acn ma loes kutu liki nien aktuktuk uh. El pangon lohm nuknuk sac Iwen Tukeni Ye Mutun LEUM GOD. Kutena mwet su lungse lolngok yurin LEUM GOD ac illa liki nien aktuktuk ac som nu we.
[When the Israeli people traveled], whenever they stopped and set up their tents, Moses/I had them set up a tent outside the camp, far from the camp. I called it ‘the Sacred Tent where God and I talk together’. Everyone who wanted Yahweh to decide something for them would go out of the camp to the Sacred Tent.
8 Pacl nukewa Moses el illa in som nu ke Lohm Nuknuk sac, mwet uh ac tu ke nien utyak nu ke lohm nuknuk selos ac ngetla liyal Moses nwe ke el utyak nu loac.
Whenever Moses/I went out to the Sacred Tent, all the people would stand at the entrances of their tents and watch him/me until he/I had entered the Sacred Tent.
9 Tukun Moses el utyak, sru in pukunyeng uh ac oatui lucng me ac tu ke nien utyak nu in Lohm Nuknuk uh, ac LEUM GOD El ac kaskas nu sel Moses liki pukunyeng uh me.
When Moses/I entered the Sacred Tent, the tall cloud that looked like a fire would come down and stay at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and then Yahweh would talk with Moses/me.
10 Pacl se na mwet uh liye sru in pukunyeng ke acn in utyak nu in Lohm Nuknuk Mutal, elos ac pasrla.
When the people saw the tall cloud at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, they would all prostrate themselves on the ground and worship Yahweh.
11 LEUM GOD El ac kaskas nu sel Moses ngetani nu sie, oana ke sie mwet el sramsram nu sin mwet kawuk lal. Toko Moses el ac folokla nu nien aktuktuk uh. Tusruktu Joshua, wen natul Nun, su mwet kasru fusr lal, el mutana in Lohm Nuknuk Mutal.
Yahweh would speak to Moses/me directly, like someone speaks to his friend. Then Moses/I would return to the camp. But his/my young helper, Joshua, the son of Nun, stayed in the Sacred Tent.
12 Moses el fahk nu sin LEUM GOD, “Pwaye lah kom fahk nu sik in kolla mwet inge nu ke facl sac, tusruktu kom tiana fahkma nu sik lah su ac wiyu som. Kom fahk mu kom arulana eteyu ac kom insewowo sik.
Moses/I said to Yahweh, “It is true that you have told me, ‘Lead the people to the land [that I will show you],’ and you have said that you know me well and that you are pleased with me, but you have not told me whom you will send with me!
13 Fin pwaye, nga kwafe sum in fahkma nunak lom, tuh ngan ku in kulansupwekom ac oru na ma ac akinsewowoye kom. Esam pac lah kom sulela mutanfahl se inge tuh elos in mwet lom.”
So now, if you are truly pleased with me, I ask you, tell me the things that you intend/plan to do, in order that I will know you [better] and continue to please you. Also, do not forget that the [Israeli] people are the people whom you chose to belong to you.”
14 LEUM GOD El fahk, “Nga ac wi kom, ac nga fah sot misla nu sum.”
Yahweh replied, “I will go with you, and I will give you inner peace.”
15 Moses el sifil fahk, “Kom fin tia wi kut, nimet oru kut in som liki acn se inge.
Moses/I replied, “If you do not go with me, do not force us to leave this place.
16 Mwet uh ac etu fuka lah kom insewowo sin mwet lom ac insewowo sik kom fin tia wi kut? Oasr lom yorosr uh pa ac akkalemye lah kut sie liki mutunfacl nukewa saya fin faclu.”
The only way that [other] people will know that you are pleased with me and with your people is if you go with us [RHQ]! (If you go with us, [that will show that] we are different from all the other people on the earth./If you do not go with us, what will show that we are different from all the other people on the earth?)” [RHQ]
17 LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Moses, “Nga ac oru oana ke kom siyuk, mweyen nga arulana etekom ac nga insewowo sum.”
Yahweh replied to Moses/me, “What you have asked is exactly what I will do, because I know you well and I am pleased with you.”
18 Na Moses el fahk, “Nunak munas, lela nga in liye kalem wolana ma akkalemye lah kom oasr yorosr.”
Then Moses/I said, “Please let me see your glorious presence!”
19 LEUM GOD El topuk, “Nga ac oru tuh wolana luk nukewa in fahsr ye motom, ac nga fah fahkak Ine lukma luk yen kom oasr we. Nga pa LEUM GOD, ac nga fah fahkak kulang ac pakoten nu selos su nga sulela in oru nu se.
Yahweh replied, “I will let you see how great and glorious I am, and I will tell you clearly that my name is Yahweh. I will act very kindly and be merciful to all those whom I choose.
20 Nga ac fah tia lela kom in liye mutuk, mweyen wangin mwet ku in liyeyu ac moul na,
But you are not allowed to see my face, because anyone who sees my face will (die/not continue to stay alive).
21 tusruktu oasr sie eot inge siskuk ma kom ku in tu fac.
[But look]! Here is a place close to me where you can stand on a [large] rock.
22 Pacl se kalem wolana luk sun acn inge, nga fah filikomi ke lufin eot uh ac afinkomi ke pouk nwe ke nga alukela.
When my glorious presence comes past you, I will put you in a large crevice/opening in the rock, and I will cover your face with my hand until I have passed by.
23 Na nga fah eisla pouk, ac kom fah liye fin tuktuk, a kom fah tia liye mutuk.”
Then I will take my hand away, and you will see my back, but you will not see my face.”
