Eksodosy 4
1 Ary namaly Mosesy ka nanao hoe: Indro, tsy hino ahy na hihaino ny feoko izy, fa hanao hoe: Tsy niseho taminao Jehovah.
Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
2 Ary hoy Jehovah taminy: Inona moa iny an-tananao? Dia novaliany hoe: Tehina ity.
And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
3 Ary hoy Izy: Atsipazo amin’ ny tany iny. Dia natsipiny tamin’ ny tany ka tonga menarana, dia nandositra azy Mosesy.
“Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
4 Ary hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Mosesy: Ahinjiro ny tananao, ka raiso amin’ ny rambony iny, dia naninjitra ny tànany izy ka nandray azy; dia tonga tehina teo an-tànany indray izy
“Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
5 mba hinoan’ ireo fa efa niseho taminao Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny razany, dia Andriamanitr’ i Abrahama sy Andriamanitr’ Isaka ary Andriamanitr’ i Jakoba.
“This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
6 Ary hoy koa Jehovah taminy: Atsofohy ao an-tratranao ny tananao. Dia natsofony tao an-tratrany ny tànany; ary nony notsoahany, dia, indro, efa boka ny tànany ka fotsy tahaka ny oram-panala.
Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
7 Ary hoy koa Izy: Atsofohy ao an-tratranao indray ny tananao (dia natsofony tao an-tratrany indray ny tànany; ary nony notsoahany tamin’ ny tratrany, dia, indro, efa tonga tahaka ny hodiny indray izy).
“Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.
8 Ary raha tsy hino anao izy ka tsy hihaino ny feon’ ny famantarana voalohany, dia hino ny feon’ ny famantarana aoriana izy.
And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.
9 Ary raha tsy hino izany famantarana roa izany aza izy, na hihaino ny feonao, dia haka rano avy ao Neily ianao, ka haidinao amin’ ny tany maina; ary izay rano alainao avy ao Neily dia ho tonga rà eo amin’ ny tany maina.
But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”
10 Ary hoy Mosesy tamin’ i Jehovah: Tompo ô, mifona aminao aho, olona tsy mahay mandaha-teny aho, na hatrany aloha, na hatramin’ izao itenenanao amin’ ny mpanomponao izao aza; fa votsa vava sy miadam-piteny aho.
“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
11 Ary hoy Jehovah taminy; Iza moa no nanao ny vavan’ ny olona? ary iza no mampahamoana, na mampaharenina, na mampahiratra, na mampahajamba? tsy Izaho Jehovah va
And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
12 Koa ankehitriny, dia mandehana, fa Izaho no homba ny vavanao ka hanoro anao izay holazainao.
Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
13 Fa hoy izy: Tompo ô! mifona aminao aho, iraho izay tianao hirahina.
But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”
14 Dia nirehitra tamin’ i Mosesy ny fahatezeran’ i Jehovah, ka hoy Izy: Tsy ao ihany va Arona Levita rahalahinao? fantatro fa mahay mandaha-teny izy. Ary indro koa, avy hitsena anao izy; koa rehefa mahita anao izy, dia ho faly ny fony.
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15 Dia hiteny aminy ianao ka hanolo-teny azy; ary Izaho homba ny vavanao sy ny vavany ka hanoro anareo izay hataonareo.
You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
16 Ary izy hiteny amin’ ny olona hisolo anao; ka dia izy no ho solovavanao, ary ianao kosa ho solon’ Andriamanitra aminy.
He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
17 Dia ho entinao eny an-tananao io tehina io, izay hanaovanao ireo famantarana ireo.
But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
18 Dia lasa nandeha Mosesy ka niverina ho any amin’ i Jetro rafozany ka nanao taminy hoe: Masìna ianao, aoka aho handeha hiverina ho any amin’ ny rahalahiko, izay any Egypta, ka hizaha na mbola velona ihany izy, na tsia. Ary hoy Jetro tamin’ i Mosesy: Mandehana soa aman-tsara.
Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
19 Ary hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Mosesy tany Midiana: Mandehana miverina any Egypta, fa maty ny olona rehetra izay nitady ny ainao.
Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
20 Dia nalain’ i Mosesy ny vadiny sy ny zananilahy ka nampitaingeniny boriky, dia niverina ho any amin’ ny tany Egypta izy; ary nentin’ i Mosesy teny an-tànany ilay tehin’ Andriamanitra.
So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
21 Ary hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Mosesy: Raha mandeha miverina ho any Egypta ianao, indreo ireo fahagagana rehetra ireo, izay nataoko eo an-tananao, dia ataovy eo anatrehan’ i Farao; ary Izaho hanamafy ny fony, ka tsy handefa ny olona izy.
The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
22 Ary lazao amin’ i Farao hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah: Zanako lahimatoa Isiraely;
Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
23 koa efa nolazaiko taminao hoe: Alefaso ny zanako mba hanompo Ahy; fa efa nandà tsy handefa azy ianao, koa, indro, Izaho hamono ny zanakao lahimatoa.
and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”
24 Ary nony tany an-dalana tao amin’ ny fandriam-bahiny izy, dia nitsena azy Jehovah ka nitady hamono azy.
Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
25 Dia naka fiharatra vato Zipora ka namora ny zanany, ary izay nesoriny dia natsipiny teo anilan’ ny tongony, ka hoy izy: Efa vady azoko amin’ ny fandatsahan-drà ianao.
But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
26 Dia niala taminy Izy; ary hoy ravehivavy: Vady azo amin’ ny fandatsahan-drà ianao, noho ny fora.
So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)
27 Ary hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Arona: Mandehana hitsena an’ i Mosesy any an-efitra. Dia lasa nandeha izy ka nifanena taminy tao amin’ ny tendrombohitr’ Andriamanitra, dia nanoroka azy.
Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.
28 Ary nambaran’ i Mosesy tamin’ i Arona izay teny rehetra efa nanirahan’ i Jehovah azy sy izay famantarana rehetra efa nandidiany azy.
And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.
29 Dia lasa nandeha Mosesy sy Arona ka nanangona ny loholon’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely rehetra.
Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,
30 Dia nolazain’ i Arona ny teny rehetra izay efa nolazain’ i Jehovah tamin’ i Mosesy, sady nataony teo imason’ ny olona ny famantarana.
and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
31 Dia nino ny olona; ary rehefa reny fa Jehovah efa namangy ny Zanak’ Isiraely ka efa nitsinjo ny fahoriany, dia niondrika izy ka niankohoka.
and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
