Éxodo 4
1 “Pero, ¿qué pasa si no me creen o no escuchan lo que digo?” Preguntó Moisés. “Podrían decir: ‘El Señor no se te apareció’”.
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 El Señor le preguntó: “¿Qué tienes en la mano?” “Un bastón”, respondió Moisés.
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 “Tíralo al suelo”, le dijo a Moisés. Así lo hizo Moisés. Se transformó en una serpiente y Moisés huía de ella.
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 “Ahora extiende la mano y agárrala por la cola”, le dijo el Señor a Moisés. Moisés lo hizo y se convirtió en un bastón en su mano.
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 “Debes hacer esto para que crean que yo, el Señor, me aparecí delante de ti. E Dios de sus padres, el Dios de Abraham, Isaac y Jacob”.
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 El Señor le dijo: “Pon tu mano dentro de tus ropas cerca de tu pecho”. Así que Moisés hizo lo que se le dijo. Cuando sacó su mano, estaba blanca como la nieve, con una enfermedad de la piel.
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 “Vuelve a meter la mano dentro de tu ropa”, dijo el Señor. Y Moisés lo hizo. Cuando la sacó de nuevo, su mano había vuelto a la normalidad.
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 “Si no te creen y no les convence la primera señal, creerán por la segunda señal”, explicó el Señor.
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 “Pero si todavía no te creen o no te escuchan debido a estos dos signos, entonces debes tomar un poco de agua del Nilo y ponerla en el suelo. El agua del Nilo se convertirá en sangre en el suelo”.
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 Entonces Moisés dijo al Señor: “Discúlpame, pero no soy bueno con las palabras, ni lo he sido en el pasado, ni desde que comenzaste a hablar conmigo, tu siervo. Soy de hablar lento y no digo las cosas bien”.
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 “¿Quién le dio la boca a la gente?” le preguntó el Señor. “¿Quién hace a la gente sorda o muda, capaz de ver o ciega? Soy yo, el Señor, quien lo hace.
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 Ahora ve, y yo mismo seré tu boca, y te diré lo que debes decir”.
So start going [to Egypt], and I will help you to speak [MTY], and I will tell you what you should say.”
13 “Por favor, Señor, ¡envía a otra persona!” respondió Moisés.
But he/I replied, “O, Yahweh, I ask you, please send someone else [instead]!”
14 El Señor se enojó con Moisés y le dijo: “Ahí está tu hermano Aarón, el levita. Sé que habla bien. Viene camino para encontrarse contigo y se alegrará mucho de verte.
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 Habla con él y dile qué decir. Yo seré tu boca y la suya, y te diré lo que debes hacer.
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 Aarón hablará en tu nombre al pueblo, como si fuera tu boca, y tú estarás en el lugar de Dios para él.
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 Asegúrate de llevar tu bastón contigo para que puedas usarlo para hacer la señales”.
[Be sure] to take with you the walking/shepherd’s stick [that is in your hand], because you will perform miracles with it.”
18 Entonces Moisés regresó donde Jetro su suegro y le dijo: “Por favor, permíteme volver con mi propio pueblo en Egipto para ver si alguno de ellos sigue vivo”. “Ve con mi bendición”, respondió Jetro.
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 Mientras Moisés estaba en Madián, el Señor le dijo: “Vuelve a Egipto porque todos los que querían matarte han muerto”.
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 Moisés puso a su esposa e hijos sobre un asno y regresó a Egipto, llevando el bastón que Dios había usado para hacer milagros.
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 El Señor le dijo a Moisés: “Cuando regreses a Egipto, asegúrate de ir al Faraón y realizar los milagros que te he enseñado para que los hagas. Lo volveré terco y no dejará ir al pueblo.
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 Pero esto es lo que debes decirle al Faraón: ‘Esto es lo que dice el Señor: Israel es mi hijo primogénito.
Then say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “The Israeli [people] [MTY] are [as dear to] me as firstborn sons [MET].
23 Te ordené que dejaras ir a mi hijo para que pueda adorarme. Pero te negaste a liberarlo, así que ahora mataré a tu hijo primogénito’”.
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 Pero mientras iban de camino, el Señor llegó al lugar donde se encontraban, queriendo matar a Moisés.
[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 Sin embargo, Séfora usó un cuchillo de pedernal para cortar el prepucio de su hijo. Le tocó los pies con él y le dijo: “Para mí eres un marido de sangre”.
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 (Llamarlo marido de sangre se refiere a la circuncisión). Después de esto el Señor dejó a Moisés tranquilo.
She said to him, “You are safe now [MET] because you have been circumcised.” So Yahweh did not harm her son.
27 El Señor le había dicho a Aarón: “Ve a encontrarte con Moisés en el desierto”. Así que Aarón fue y se encontró con Moisés en el monte de Dios y lo saludó con un beso.
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 Entonces Moisés le explicó a Aarón todo lo que el Señor le había mandado a decir, y todos los milagros que le había ordenado hacer.
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 Moisés y Aarón viajaron a Egipto. Allí reunieron a todos los ancianos israelitas.
[So Aaron and Moses/I] returned [to Egypt]. There they/we gathered together all the Israeli elders/leaders.
30 Aarón compartió con ellos todo lo que el Señor le había dicho a Moisés, y Moisés realizó los milagros para que pudieran verlos.
Aaron told them everything that Yahweh had told Moses/me, and Aaron performed [all] the miracles as the people watched.
31 Los israelitas estaban convencidos. Cuando oyeron que el Señor había venido a ellos, y que había sido tocado por su sufrimiento, inclinaron sus cabezas y adoraron.
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].
