Exodus 4

1 Respondens Moyses, ait: Non credent mihi, neque audient vocem meam, sed dicent: Non apparuit tibi Dominus.

And Moses answered and said, If they believe me not, and do not hearken to my voice (for they will say, God has not appeared to thee), what shall I say to them?

2 Dixit ergo ad eum: Quid est quod tenes in manu tua? Respondit: Virga.

And the Lord said to him, What is this thing that is in thine hand? and he said, A rod.

3 Dixitque Dominus: Proiice eam in terram. Proiecit, et versa est in colubrum, ita ut fugeret Moyses.

And he said, Cast it on the ground: and he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses fled from it.

4 Dixitque Dominus: Extende manum tuam, et apprehende caudam eius. Extendit, et tenuit, reversaque est in virgam.

And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth thine hand, and take hold of its tail: so he stretched forth his hand and took hold of the tail,

5 Ut credant, inquit, quod apparuerit tibi Dominus Deus patrum suorum, Deus Abraham, Deus Isaac, et Deus Iacob.

and it became a rod in his hand, —that they may believe thee, that the God of thy fathers has appeared to thee, the God of Abraam, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.

6 Dixitque Dominus rursum: Mitte manum tuam in sinum tuum. Quam cum misisset in sinum, protulit leprosam instar nivis.

And the Lord said again to him, Put thine hand into thy bosom; and he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and his hand became as snow.

7 Retrahe, ait, manum tuam in sinum tuum. Retraxit, et protulit iterum, et erat similis carni reliquae.

And he said again, Put thy hand into thy bosom; and he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and it was again restored to the complexion of his [other] flesh.

8 Si non crediderint, inquit, tibi, neque audierint sermonem signi prioris, credent verbo signi sequentis.

And if they will not believe thee, nor hearken to the voice of the first sign, they will believe thee [because] of the voice of the second sign.

9 Quod si nec duobus quidem his signis crediderint, neque audierint vocem tuam: sume aquam fluminis, et effunde eam super aridam, et quidquid hauseris de fluvio, vertetur in sanguinem.

And it shall come to pass if they will not believe thee for these two signs, and will not hearken to thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land, and the water which thou shalt take from the river shall be blood upon the dry land.

10 Ait Moyses: Obsecro Domine, non sum eloquens ab heri, et nudiustertius: et ex quo locutus es ad servum tuum, impeditioris et tardioris linguae sum.

And Moses said to the Lord, I pray, Lord, I have not been sufficient in former times, neither from the time that thou hast begun to speak to thy servant: I am weak in speech, and slow-tongued.

11 Dixit Dominus ad eum: Quis fecit os hominis? aut quis fabricatus est mutum et surdum, videntem et caecum? nonne ego?

And the Lord said to Moses, Who has given a mouth to man, and who has made the very hard of hearing, and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? have not I, God?

12 Perge igitur, et ego ero in ore tuo: doceboque te quid loquaris.

And now go and I will open thy mouth, and will instruct thee in what thou shalt say.

13 At ille: Obsecro Domine, inquit, mitte quem missurus es.

And Moses said, I pray thee, Lord, appoint another able [person] whom thou shalt send.

14 Iratus Dominus in Moysen, ait: Aaron frater tuus levites, scio quod eloquens sit: ecce ipse egredietur in occursum tuum, vidensque te laetabitur corde.

And the Lord was greatly angered against Moses, and said, Lo! is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he will surely speak to thee; and, behold, he will come forth to meet thee, and beholding thee he will rejoice within himself.

15 Loquere ad eum, et pone verba mea in ore eius: et ego ero in ore tuo, et in ore illius, et ostendam vobis quid agere debeatis.

And thou shalt speak to him; and thou shalt put my words into his mouth, and I will open thy mouth and his mouth, and I will instruct you in what ye shall do.

16 ipse loquetur pro te ad populum, et erit os tuum: tu autem eris ei in his quae ad Deum pertinent.

And he shall speak for thee to the people, and he shall be thy mouth, and thou shalt be for him in things pertaining to God.

17 Virgam quoque hanc sume in manu tua, in qua facturus es signa.

And this rod that was turned into a serpent thou shalt take in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt work miracles.

18 Abiit Moyses, et reversus est ad Iethro socerum suum, dixitque ei: Vadam et revertar ad fratres meos in Aegyptum, ut videam si adhuc vivant. Cui ait Iethro: Vade in pace.

And Moses went and returned to Jothor his father-in-law, and says, I will go and return to my brethren in Egypt, and will see if they are yet living. And Jothor said to Moses, Go in health. And in those days after some time, the king of Egypt died.

19 Dixit ergo Dominus ad Moysen in Madian: Vade, et revertere in Aegyptum: mortui sunt enim omnes qui quaerebant animam tuam.

And the Lord said to Moses in Madiam, Go, depart into Egypt, for all that sought thy life are dead.

20 Tulit ergo Moyses uxorem suam, et filios suos, et imposuit eos super asinum, reversusque est in Aegyptum, portans virgam Dei in manu sua.

And Moses took his wife and his children, and mounted them on the beasts, and returned to Egypt; and Moses took the rod [which he had] from God in his hand.

21 Dixitque ei Dominus revertenti in Aegyptum: Vide ut omnia ostenta quae posui in manu tua, facias coram Pharaone: ego indurabo cor eius, et non dimittet populum.

And the Lord said to Moses, When thou goest and returnest to Egypt, see—all the miracles I have charged thee with, thou shalt work before Pharao: and I will harden his heart, and he shall certainly not send away the people.

22 Dicesque ad eum: Haec dicit Dominus: Filius meus primogenitus Israel.

And thou shalt say to Pharao, These things saith the Lord, Israel [is] my first-born.

23 Dixi tibi: Dimitte filium meum ut serviat mihi; et noluisti dimittere eum: ecce ego interficiam filium tuum primogenitum.

And I said to thee, Send away my people, that they may serve me: now if thou wilt not send them away, see, I will slay thy first-born son.

24 Cumque esset in itinere, in diversorio occurrit ei Dominus, et volebat occidere eum.

And it came to pass [that] the angel of the Lord met him by the way in the inn, and sought to slay him.

25 Tulit idcirco Sephora acutissimam petram, et circumcidit praeputium filii sui, tetigitque pedes eius, et ait: Sponsus sanguinum tu mihi es.

and Sepphora having taken a stone cut off the foreskin of her son, and fell at his feet and said, The blood of the circumcision of my son is staunched:

26 Et dimisit eum postquam dixerat: Sponsus sanguinum tu mihi es ob circumcisionem.

and he departed from him, because she said, The blood of the circumcision of my son is staunched.

27 Dixit autem Dominus ad Aaron: Vade in occursum Moysi in desertum. Qui perrexit obviam ei in Montem Dei, et osculatus est eum.

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 they kissed each other.

28 Narravitque Moyses Aaron omnia verba Domini pro quibus miserat eum, et signa quae mandaverat.

And Moses reported to Aaron all the words of the Lord, which he sent, and all the things which he charged him.

29 Veneruntque simul, et congregaverunt cunctos seniores filiorum Israel.

And Moses and Aaron went and gathered the elders of the children of Israel.

30 Locutusque est Aaron omnia verba quae dixerat Dominus ad Moysen: et fecit signa coram populo,

And Aaron spoke all these words, which God spoke to Moses, and wrought the miracles before the people.

31 et credidit populus. Audieruntque quod visitasset Dominus filios Israel, et respexisset afflictionem illorum: et proni adoraverunt.

and the people believed and rejoiced, because God visited the children of Israel, and because he saw their affliction: and the people bowed and worshipped.