Izlazak 3

1 A Mojsije pasijaše stado Jotoru tastu svojemu, svešteniku Madijamskomu, i odvede stado preko pustinje, i doðe na goru Božiju Horiv.

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 I javi mu se anðeo Gospodnji u plamenu ognjenom iz kupine. I pogleda, a to kupina ognjem gori a ne sagorijeva.

[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 I Mojsije reèe: idem da vidim tu utvaru veliku, zašto ne sagorijeva kupina.

Moses/I thought, “I will go closer and try to see this strange sight! Why is the bush not burning up?”

4 A Gospod kad ga vidje gdje ide da vidi, viknu ga Bog iz kupine, i reèe: Mojsije! Mojsije! A on odgovori: evo me.

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 A Bog reèe: ne idi ovamo. Izuj obuæu svoju s nogu svojih, jer je mjesto gdje stojiš sveta zemlja.

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 Još reèe: ja sam Bog oca tvojega, Bog Avramov, Bog Isakov i Bog Jakovljev. A Mojsije zakloni lice svoje, jer ga strah bijaše gledati u Boga.

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 I reèe Gospod: dobro vidjeh nevolju naroda svojega u Misiru, i èuh viku njegovu od zla koje mu èine nastojnici, jer poznah muku njegovu.

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 I siðoh da ga izbavim iz ruku Misirskih, i da ga izvedem iz one zemlje u zemlju dobru i prostranu, u zemlju gdje mlijeko i med teèe, na mjesto gdje su Hananeji i Heteji i Amoreji i Ferezeji i Jeveji i Jevuseji.

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 I sada evo vika sinova Izrailjevijeh doðe preda me, i vidjeh muku, kojom ih muèe Misirci.

Truly I have now heard my Israeli people crying [PRS]. I have seen how the Egyptians oppress them.

10 Sada hajde da te pošljem k Faraonu, da izvedeš narod moj, sinove Izrailjeve, iz Misira.

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 A Mojsije reèe Bogu: ko sam ja da idem k Faraonu i da izvedem sinove Izrailjeve iz Misira?

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 A Bog mu reèe: ja æu biti s tobom, i ovo neka ti bude znak da sam te ja poslao: kad izvedeš narod iz Misira, služiæete Bogu na ovoj gori.

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 A Mojsije reèe Bogu: evo, kad otidem k sinovima Izrailjevijem, pa im reèem: Bog otaca vaših posla me k vama, ako mi reku: kako mu je ime? šta æu im kazati?

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 A Gospod reèe Mojsiju: ja sam onaj što jest. I reèe: tako æeš kazati sinovima Izrailjevijem: koji jest, on me posla k vama.

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 I opet reèe Bog Mojsiju: ovako kaži sinovima Izrailjevijem: Gospod Bog otaca vaših, Bog Avramov, Bog Isakov i Bog Jakovljev posla me k vama; to je ime moje dovijeka, i to je spomen moj od koljena na koljeno.

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 Idi, i skupi starješine Izrailjske, pa im reci: Gospod Bog otaca vaših javi mi se, Bog Avramov, Isakov i Jakovljev, govoreæi: doista obidoh vas, i vidjeh kako vam je u Misiru.

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 Pa rekoh: izvešæu vas iz nevolje Misirske u zemlju Hananejsku i Hetejsku i Amorejsku i Ferezejsku i Jevejsku i Jevusejsku, u zemlju gdje teèe mlijeko i med.

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 I oni æe poslušati glas tvoj; pa æeš ti i starješine Izrailjske otiæi k caru Misirskom, i reæi æete mu: Gospod Bog Jevrejski srete nas, pa ti se molimo da izidemo tri dana hoda u pustinju da prinesemo žrtvu Gospodu Bogu svojemu.

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 A ja znam da vam neæe dopustiti car Misirski da izidete bez ruke krjepke.

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 Ali æu pružiti ruku svoju, i udariæu Misir svijem èudesima svojim, koja æu uèiniti u njemu: i poslije æe vas pustiti.

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 I uèiniæu da narod naðe ljubav u Misiraca, pa kad poðete, neæete poæi prazni;

[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 Nego æe svaka žena zaiskati u susjede svoje i u domaæice svoje nakita srebrnoga i nakita zlatnoga i haljina; i metnuæete na sinove svoje i na kæeri svoje, i oplijeniæete Misir.

[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.”