Êxodo 3
1 E apascentava Moisés o rebanho de Jethro, seu sogro, sacerdote em Midian: e levou o rebanho atrás do deserto, e veio ao monte de Deus, a Horeb.
Moses/I was taking care of the sheep that belonged to his/my father-in-law Jethro, the priest of the Midian [people]. He/I led the flock across the desert and came to Horeb, [the mountain that was later called Sinai], the (mountain that [had been dedicated to] God/taboo mountain).
2 E apareceu-lhe o anjo do Senhor em uma chama de fogo do meio de uma sarça: e olhou, e eis que a sarça ardia no fogo, e a sarça não se consumia.
[One day] Yahweh (appeared/revealed himself) to him/me, [looking like] an angel. The angel appeared in a flame of fire in the middle of a bush [that was burning]. Moses/I looked at it, and he/I was surprised that the bush was burning, but it was not burning up.
3 E Moisés disse: Agora me virarei para lá, e verei esta grande visão, porque a sarça se não queima.
Moses/I thought, “I will go closer and try to see this strange sight! Why is the bush not burning up?”
4 E vendo o Senhor que se virava para lá a vêr, bradou Deus a ele do meio da sarça, e disse: Moisés, Moisés. E ele disse: Eis-me aqui
When Yahweh saw that he/I had come closer, he called to Moses/me from the middle of the bush, saying, “Moses! Moses!” He/I replied, “[Yes], here I am.”
5 E disse: Não te chegues para cá: tira os teus sapatos de teus pés; porque o lugar em que tu estás é terra santa.
Yahweh said, “Do not come closer! [Because I am God], the ground on which you are standing is holy/taboo. So take off your sandals [to show respect to me].”
6 Disse mais: Eu sou o Deus de teu pai, o Deus de Abraão, o Deus de Isaac, e o Deus de Jacob. E Moisés encobriu o seu rosto, porque temeu olhar para Deus.
Then he said, “I am God, whom your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [worshiped].” So Moses/I covered his/my face, because he/I was afraid [that God would kill him/me] if he/I looked at him.
7 E disse o Senhor: Tenho visto atentamente a aflição do meu povo, que está no Egito, e tenho ouvido o seu clamor por causa dos seus exatores, porque conheci as suas dores.
Then Yahweh said, “I have seen how cruelly [they are treating] my people in Egypt. I have heard them (wailing/crying out) [for help] because of what the slave-drivers [are forcing them to do]. I know how my people are suffering.
8 Portanto desci para livra-lo da mão dos egípcios, e para faze-lo subir daquela terra, a uma terra boa e larga, a uma terra que mana leite e mel: ao lugar do Cananeo, e do hetheu, e do amorreu, e do pherezeu, e do heveu, e do jebuseu.
So I have come down [from heaven] to rescue them from the Egyptians [SYN]. I have come to bring them up from that land [to the highlands in Canaan]. I will bring them to a land that is good/fertile and that has plenty of space. It will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops [MTY]. It is the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus [live].
9 E agora, eis que o clamor dos filhos de Israel é vindo a mim, e também tenho visto a opressão com que os egípcios os oprimem.
Truly I have now heard my Israeli people crying [PRS]. I have seen how the Egyptians oppress them.
10 Vem agora, pois, e eu te enviarei a faraó, para que tires o meu povo (os filhos de Israel), do Egito.
So you go [back] to Egypt. I am sending you to the king, in order that [he may permit] you to bring my people, the Israeli people, out of Egypt.”
11 Então Moisés disse a Deus: Quem sou eu, que vá a faraó e tire do Egito os filhos de Israel?
But Moses/I replied, “I am not a well-known person [RHQ]! (I cannot go to the king and [ask him to permit me] to bring the Israeli people out of Egypt!/How can I go to the king and [ask him to allow me to] bring the Israeli people out of Egypt?)” [RHQ]
12 E Deus disse: Certamente eu serei contigo; e isto te será por sinal de que eu te enviei: Quando houveres tirado este povo do Egito, servireis a Deus neste monte.
God replied, “I will be with you. And when you bring [my] people out of Egypt, all of you will worship me [right] here on this mountain. That will prove that I am the one who sent you [to them].”
13 Então disse Moisés a Deus: Eis que quando vier aos filhos de Israel, e lhes disser: O Deus de vossos pais me enviou a vós; e eles me disserem: Qual é o seu nome? que lhes direi?
Moses/I said to God, “If I go to the Israeli people and say to them, ‘God, the one your ancestors [worshiped], has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’, what shall I say to them?”
14 E disse Deus a Moisés: SEREI O QUE SEREI. Disse mais: Assim dirás aos filhos de Israel: Serei me enviou a vós.
God replied, “I AM who I AM.” And he said, “Tell the Israeli people that the one who is [named] ‘I AM’ has sent me to you.”
15 E Deus disse mais a Moisés: Assim dirás aos filhos de Israel: O Senhor Deus de vossos pais, o Deus de Abraão, o Deus de Isaac, e o Deus de Jacob, me enviou a vós: este é meu nome eternamente, e este é meu memorial de geração em geração
God also said to Moses/me, “Say this to the Israeli people: ‘Yahweh God, the one your ancestors [worshiped], the one that Abraham and Isaac and Jacob [worshiped], has sent me to you.’ This name, [Yahweh], will be my name forever. That is the name that [people in] all future generations [must use when they talk about/to] me.
16 Vai, e ajunta os anciãos de Israel, e dize-lhes: O Senhor, o Deus de vossos pais, o Deus de Abraão, de Isaac e de Jacob, me apareceu, dizendo: Certamente vos tenho visitado, e visto o que vos é feito no Egito.
Go [to Egypt] and gather together the elders/leaders of the Israeli people, and say to them, ‘Yahweh God, the one your ancestors [worshiped], the one Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [worshiped], appeared to me. He said to him/me, “I have been watching closely what the Egyptian people have done to you.
17 Portanto eu disse: far-vos-ei subir da aflição do Egito à terra do Cananeo, do hetheu, e do amorreu, e do pherezeu, e do heveu, e do jebuseu, a uma terra que mana leite e mel.
I promise that I will rescue you from being oppressed in Egypt, and [I will take you] to the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus [live]. It is a land good for raising livestock and growing crops [MTY].”’
18 E ouvirão a tua voz; e virás, tu e os anciãos de Israel, ao rei do Egito, e dir-lhe-eis: O Senhor, o Deus dos hebreus, nos encontrou: agora pois deixa-nos ir caminho de três dias para o deserto, para que sacrifiquemos ao Senhor nosso Deus.
My people will do what you say. Then you and their leaders must go to the king of Egypt, and you must say to him, ‘Yahweh, who is God, the one we Hebrews [worship], has revealed himself to us. So now we ask you to allow us to travel for three days to [a place in] the desert, in order that there we may offer sacrifices to Yahweh, our God.’
19 Eu sei, porém, que o rei do Egito não vos deixará ir, nem ainda por uma mão forte.
But I know that the king of Egypt will allow you to go only if he realizes I am [more] powerful [MTY] [than he is].
20 Porque eu estenderei a minha mão, e ferirei ao Egito com todas as minhas maravilhas que farei no meio dele: depois vos deixará ir.
So I will use my power [MTY] to strike/punish [the people of] Egypt [MTY] by performing many miracles there. Then he will allow you to leave.
21 E eu darei graça a este povo aos olhos dos egípcios; e acontecerá que, quando sairdes, não saireis vazios,
[When that happens], I will cause the people of Egypt to respect you. [The result will be that] when you leave Egypt, (you will not go empty-handed/they will give you many [valuable] things to take with you).
22 Porque cada mulher pedirá à sua vizinha e à sua hospeda vasos de prata, e vasos de ouro, e vestidos, os quais poreis sobre vossos filhos e sobre vossas filhas; e despojareis ao Egito.
[At that time], each [Israeli] woman will ask her [Egyptian] neighbors and each [Egyptian] woman who is living in her (OR, her neighbor’s) house to [give her] some silver and gold jewelry and some [nice] clothes. [Each Egyptian woman will give them some], and you will put them on your sons and daughters [to take with you]. In that way you will (take away/confiscate) the wealth of the Egyptian people.”
