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.
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 Ary hoy Jehovah taminy: Inona moa iny an-tananao? Dia novaliany hoe: Tehina ity.
And the Lord said to him, What is this thing that is in thine hand? and he said, A rod.
3 Ary hoy Izy: Atsipazo amin’ ny tany iny. Dia natsipiny tamin’ ny tany ka tonga menarana, dia nandositra azy Mosesy.
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 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
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 mba hinoan’ ireo fa efa niseho taminao Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny razany, dia Andriamanitr’ i Abrahama sy Andriamanitr’ Isaka ary Andriamanitr’ i Jakoba.
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 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.
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 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).
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 Ary raha tsy hino anao izy ka tsy hihaino ny feon’ ny famantarana voalohany, dia hino ny feon’ ny famantarana aoriana izy.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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 Koa ankehitriny, dia mandehana, fa Izaho no homba ny vavanao ka hanoro anao izay holazainao.
And now go and I will open thy mouth, and will instruct thee in what thou shalt say.
13 Fa hoy izy: Tompo ô! mifona aminao aho, iraho izay tianao hirahina.
And Moses said, I pray thee, Lord, appoint another able [person] whom thou shalt send.
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.
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 Dia hiteny aminy ianao ka hanolo-teny azy; ary Izaho homba ny vavanao sy ny vavany ka hanoro anareo izay hataonareo.
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 Ary izy hiteny amin’ ny olona hisolo anao; ka dia izy no ho solovavanao, ary ianao kosa ho solon’ Andriamanitra aminy.
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 Dia ho entinao eny an-tananao io tehina io, izay hanaovanao ireo famantarana ireo.
And this rod that was turned into a serpent thou shalt take in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt work miracles.
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.
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 Ary hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Mosesy tany Midiana: Mandehana miverina any Egypta, fa maty ny olona rehetra izay nitady ny ainao.
And the Lord said to Moses in Madiam, Go, depart into Egypt, for all that sought thy life 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.
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 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.
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 Ary lazao amin’ i Farao hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah: Zanako lahimatoa Isiraely;
And thou shalt say to Pharao, These things saith the Lord, Israel [is] my first-born.
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 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 Ary nony tany an-dalana tao amin’ ny fandriam-bahiny izy, dia nitsena azy Jehovah ka nitady hamono azy.
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 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.
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 Dia niala taminy Izy; ary hoy ravehivavy: Vady azo amin’ ny fandatsahan-drà ianao, noho ny fora.
and he departed from him, because she said, The blood of the circumcision of my son is staunched.
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.
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 Ary nambaran’ i Mosesy tamin’ i Arona izay teny rehetra efa nanirahan’ i Jehovah azy sy izay famantarana rehetra efa nandidiany azy.
And Moses reported to Aaron all the words of the Lord, which he sent, and all the things which he charged him.
29 Dia lasa nandeha Mosesy sy Arona ka nanangona ny loholon’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely rehetra.
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered the elders of the children of Israel.
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 spoke all these words, which God spoke to Moses, and wrought the miracles 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 the people believed and rejoiced, because God visited the children of Israel, and because he saw their affliction: and the people bowed and worshipped.
