2 Мојсијева 4
1 А Мојсије одговори и рече: Али неће ми веровати ни послушати глас мој; јер ће рећи: Није ти се Господ јавио.
Moses/I replied, “But what if [the Israeli people] (do not believe me/are not convinced) or not do what I tell them? What if they say, ‘Yahweh did not appear to you!’”
2 А Господ му рече: Шта ти је то у руци? А он одговори: Штап.
Yahweh said to him/me, “[Look at] that thing you are holding in your hand. What is it?” He/I replied, “A (walking stick/shepherd’s stick).”
3 А Бог му рече: Баци га на земљу. И баци га на земљу, а он поста змија. И Мојсије побеже од ње.
He said, “Throw it down on the ground!” So, he/I threw it on the ground, and it became a snake! And he/I ran/jumped away from it.
4 А Господ рече Мојсију: Пружи руку своју, па је ухвати за реп. И пружи руку своју, и ухвати је, и опет поста штап у руци његовој.
But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach down and pick it up by its tail!” So he/I reached down and caught it, and [when he/I picked it up], it became a stick in his/my hand [again.]
5 То учини, рече Господ, да верују да ти се јавио Господ Бог отаца њихових, Бог Аврамов, Бог Исаков и Бог Јаковљев.
Yahweh said, “[Do the same thing in front of the Israeli people], in order that they may believe that [I], Yahweh God, the one Abraham and Isaac and Jacob worshiped, truly appeared to you.”
6 И опет му рече Господ: Тури сада руку своју у недра своја. И он тури руку своју у недра своја; а кад је извади из недара, а то рука му губава, бела као снег.
Yahweh spoke to Moses/me again, saying “Put your hand inside your robe [MTY]!” He/I did that. And when he/I took it out again, [surprisingly], his/my hand was white. It had a skin disease [that made it] as white as snow.
7 А Бог му рече: Тури опет руку своју у недра своја. И опет тури руку своју у недра своја; а кад је извади из недара, а то опет постала као и остало тело његово.
Then God said, “Put your hand back inside your robe [MTY]!” So he/I did that, and when he/I took it out again, surprisingly, it was normal again, just like the rest of his/my body!
8 Тако, рече Бог, ако ти не узверују и не послушају глас твој за први знак, послушаће за други знак.
God said, “[You can do that in front of the Israeli people, too]. If they do not pay attention to what you say because of [seeing] the first miracle, they will (believe [you/be convinced) when you perform] the second miracle.
9 Ако ли не узверују ни за та два знака и не послушају глас твој, а ти захвати воде из реке, и пролиј на земљу, и претвориће се вода коју захватиш из реке, и проврћи ће се у крв на земљи.
If they do not believe you or do what you say, even [after you perform] those two miracles, get some water from the Nile [River] and pour it on the ground. [When you do that], the water from the river that you pour on the ground will become blood [MTY] (OR, [red like] blood).”
10 А Мојсије рече Господу: Молим Ти се, Господе, нисам речит човек, нити сам пре био нити сам откако си проговорио са слугом својим, него сам спорих уста и спорог језика.
Moses/I replied, “O Yahweh! I am not an eloquent [speaker]! I was not an eloquent speaker before, and I have not become one since you started talking to me! I am not a good speaker [MTY], and I speak very slowly.”
11 А Господ му рече: Ко је дао уста човеку? Или ко може створити немог или глувог или окатог или слепог? Зар не ја, Господ?
Then Yahweh said to him/me, “[You seem to forget] who it is that makes people able to speak [RHQ]! Who is it that enables people to be unable to speak or unable to hear, or able to see or not to see? It is I, Yahweh [RHQ]!
12 Иди дакле, ја ћу бити с устима твојим, и учићу те шта ћеш говорити.
So start going [to Egypt], and I will help you to speak [MTY], and I will tell you what you should say.”
13 А Мојсије рече: Молим Те, Господе, пошљи оног кога треба да пошаљеш.
But he/I replied, “O, Yahweh, I ask you, please send someone else [instead]!”
14 И разгневи се Господ на Мојсија, и рече му: Није ли ти брат Арон Левит? Знам да је он речит; и ево он ће те срести, и кад те види обрадоваће се у срцу свом.
Then Yahweh became very angry with Moses/me. He said, “[What about] your [older] brother Aaron, who is [also] a descendant of Levi? I know that he is a very good/eloquent speaker. He is actually on his way here [right now], and he will be very happy to see you.
15 Њему ћеш казати и метнућеш ове речи у уста његова, и ја ћу бити с твојим устима и с његовим устима, и учићу вас шта ћете чинити.
You can talk to him and tell him what to say [MTY], and I will help both of you [SYN] to know what to say [MTY]. And I will tell you both what you should do.
16 И он ће место тебе говорити народу, и он ће бити теби место уста, а ти ћеш бити њему место Бога.
He will speak for you to the [Israeli] people. He will be (your spokesman/as though he was your mouth) [MET], and you will be to him as though you are [his] god.
17 А тај штап узми у руку своју, њим ћеш чинити чудеса.
[Be sure] to take with you the walking/shepherd’s stick [that is in your hand], because you will perform miracles with it.”
18 И отиде Мојсије, и врати се к Јотору тасту свом, и рече му: Пусти ме да идем, да се вратим к браћи својој у Мисиру, да видим јесу ли још у животу. И рече Јотор Мојсију: Иди с миром.
Moses/I returned to his/my father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me go back to Egypt, to see my fellow Israelis there. I want to know if they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses/me, “Go, and may [God give you inner] peace.”
19 И рече Господ Мојсију у земљи мадијанској: Иди, врати се у Мисир, јер су помрли сви који су тражили душу твоју.
Yahweh said to Moses/me [before he/I left] Midian, “You can [safely] return to Egypt, because the men who were wanting to kill you [MTY] are [now] dead.”
20 И узе Мојсије жену своју и синове своје, и посади их на магарца, и пође натраг у земљу мисирску. И узе Мојсије штап Божји у руку своју.
So Moses/I took his/my wife and sons and put them on donkeys, and they/we returned to Egypt. And Moses/I took in his/my hand the stick that God [told him/me to take along].
21 И рече Господ Мојсију: Кад отидеш и вратиш се у Мисир, гледај да учиниш пред Фараоном сва чудеса која ти метнух у руку: а ја ћу учинити да му отврдне срце и не пусти народ.
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “When you return to Egypt, be sure to perform all the miracles that I have given you power [to do], while the king is watching. But I will make him stubborn [IDM], with the result that he will not let the Israeli people leave [Egypt].
22 А ти ћеш рећи Фараону: Овако каже Господ: Израиљ је син мој, првенац мој.
Then say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “The Israeli [people] [MTY] are [as dear to] me as firstborn sons [MET].
23 И казах ти: Пусти сина мог да ми послужи. А ти га не хте пустити; ево ја ћу убити сина твог, првенца твог.
I told you to let my people [MTY] leave [Egypt], in order that they may worship me [in the desert]. If you refuse to let them go, I warn you, I will kill your firstborn son!”’”
24 И кад беше на путу у гостионици, дође к њему Господ и хтеде да га убије.
[One night], as they were camping on the way [to Egypt], Yahweh appeared to Moses/me. He wanted/threatened to kill Moses/me [for disobeying his command that boys/sons be circumcised].
25 А Сефора узе оштар нож, и обреза сина свог, и окрајак баци к ногама његовим говорећи: Ти си ми крвав заручник.
Then [his/my wife] Zipporah took a flint knife and circumcised her son. Then she touched the boy’s feet (OR, genitals) with the piece of skin [she had cut off], and she said, “The blood [which flowed when I circumcised you] will protect you [from being harmed by Yahweh] [MET].”
26 Тада га остави Господ; а она ради обрезања рече: Крвав заручник.
She said to him, “You are safe now [MET] because you have been circumcised.” So Yahweh did not harm her son.
27 А Господ рече Арону: Изиђи у пустињу на сусрет Мојсију. И отиде и срете га на гори Божијој, и пољуби га.
Yahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the desert to meet/see Moses!” So he went [there from Egypt] and met him/me at [Sinai], the mountain dedicated to God, and [greeted him/me by] kissing him/me [on the cheek].
28 И Мојсије каза Арону све речи Господње, за које га посла, и све знаке које му заповеди.
Moses/I told Aaron everything that Yahweh had said to him/me when he told him/me to return to Egypt. He/I also told Aaron about all the miracles that Yahweh told him/me to perform.
29 И отидоше Мојсије и Арон, и скупише све старешине синова Израиљевих.
[So Aaron and Moses/I] returned [to Egypt]. There they/we gathered together all the Israeli elders/leaders.
30 И Арон каза све речи, које беше рекао Господ Мојсију, а Мојсије учини знаке пред народом.
Aaron told them everything that Yahweh had told Moses/me, and Aaron performed [all] the miracles as the people watched.
31 И народ верова; и разумеше да је Господ походио синове Израиљеве и видео невољу њихову; и савивши се поклонише се.
They believed [that what they/we were saying was true]. When they heard that Yahweh had seen how the Israeli people were being cruelly oppressed and that he was going to help them, they bowed down and worshiped [Yahweh].
