Exodus 4

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

And Moses answered and said, But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah has not appeared to thee.

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

And Jehovah said to him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A staff.

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 before it.

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

And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand and take it by the tail — and he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand —

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

that they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

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

And Jehovah said moreover to him, Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom, and took it out, and behold, his hand was leprous, as snow.

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

And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again, and took it out of his bosom, and behold, it was turned again as his flesh.

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

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the other 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 also those two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour [it] on the dry [land]; and the water that thou takest out of the river shall become 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 Jehovah, Ah Lord! I am not eloquent, neither heretofore nor since thou hast spoken to thy servant, for I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue.

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

And Jehovah said to him, Who gave man a mouth? or who maketh dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? [have] not I, Jehovah?

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

And now go, and I will be with thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou shalt say.

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

And he said, Ah Lord! send, I pray thee, by the hand [of him whom] thou wilt 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.

Then the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also behold, he goeth out to meet thee; and when he seeth thee he will be glad in his heart.

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 unto him, and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you 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 unto the people; and it shall come to pass that he shall be to thee for a mouth, and thou shalt be to him for God.

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

And thou shalt take this staff in thy hand, with which thou shalt do the signs.

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 Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, that I may see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

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

And Jehovah said to Moses in Midian, Go, return to Egypt; for all the men are dead who sought thy life.

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 sons, and set them riding upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of 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 Jehovah said to Moses, When thou goest to return to Egypt, see that thou do all the wonders before Pharaoh that I have put in thy hand. And I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

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

And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah: Israel is my son, my firstborn.

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

And I say to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me. And if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill thy son, thy firstborn.

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

And it came to pass on the way, in the inn, that Jehovah came upon him, 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.

Then Zipporah took a stone and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, A bloody husband indeed art thou to me!

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

And he let him go. Then she said, A bloody husband — because of the circumcision.

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

And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him on the mountain of God, and kissed him.

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

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

29 Veneruntque simul, et congregaverunt cunctos seniores filiorum Israel.

And Moses and Aaron went and gathered all 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 the words that Jehovah had spoken to Moses, and did the signs before the eyes of the people.

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

And the people believed. And when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.