Éxodo 4
1 Moisés respondió: “Pero he aquí que no me creerán ni escucharán mi voz, porque dirán: “Yahvé no se te ha aparecido””.
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 Yahvé le dijo: “¿Qué es eso que tienes en la mano?” Dijo: “Una vara”.
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 Dijo: “Tíralo al suelo”. La arrojó al suelo, y se convirtió en una serpiente; y Moisés huyó 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 Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “Extiende tu mano y tómalo por la cola”. Extendió la mano y la agarró, y se convirtió en una vara 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 “Esto es para que crean que Yahvé, el Dios de sus padres, el Dios de Abraham, el Dios de Isaac y el Dios de Jacob, se te ha aparecido”.
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 Yahvé le dijo además: “Ahora pon tu mano dentro de tu manto”. Metió la mano dentro de su manto, y cuando la sacó, he aquí que su mano estaba leprosa, blanca como la nieve.
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 Dijo: “Vuelve a meter la mano en el manto”. Volvió a meter la mano dentro de su manto, y cuando la sacó de su manto, he aquí que se había vuelto de nuevo como su otra carne.
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 “Sucederá que si no te creen ni escuchan la voz de la primera señal, creerán la voz de la segunda señal.
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 Sucederá, si no creen ni siquiera en estas dos señales ni escuchan tu voz, que tomarás del agua del río y la derramarás sobre la tierra seca. El agua que saques del río se convertirá en sangre sobre la tierra seca”.
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 Moisés dijo a Yahvé: “Oh, Señor, no soy elocuente, ni antes, ni desde que has hablado a tu siervo; porque soy lento de palabra y de lengua lenta.”
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 El Señor le dijo: “¿Quién hizo la boca del hombre? ¿O quién hace que uno sea mudo, o sordo, o que vea, o ciego? ¿No soy yo, Yahvé?
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, pues, vete, y yo estaré con tu boca y te enseñaré lo que debes hablar”.
So start going [to Egypt], and I will help you to speak [MTY], and I will tell you what you should say.”
13 Moisés dijo: “Oh, Señor, por favor, envía a otro”.
But he/I replied, “O, Yahweh, I ask you, please send someone else [instead]!”
14 La ira de Yahvé ardió contra Moisés y le dijo: “¿Y Aarón, tu hermano, el levita? Sé que sabe hablar bien. Además, he aquí que él sale a recibirte. Cuando te vea, se alegrará en su corazón.
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 Tú le hablarás y pondrás las palabras en su boca. Yo estaré con tu boca y con la suya, y te enseñaré 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 Él será tu portavoz ante el pueblo. Sucederá que él será para ti una boca, y tú serás para él como Dios.
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 Tomarás esta vara en tu mano, con la que harás las 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 Moisés fue y regresó a Jetro, su suegro, y le dijo: “Por favor, déjame ir y regresar a mis hermanos que están en Egipto, y ver si todavía están vivos.” Jetro dijo a Moisés: “Ve en paz”.
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 Yahvé dijo a Moisés en Madián: “Ve, vuelve a Egipto, porque todos los hombres que buscaban tu vida 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 tomó a su mujer y a sus hijos, los montó en un asno y volvió a la tierra de Egipto. Moisés tomó la vara de Dios en su mano.
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 vuelvas a Egipto, procura hacer ante el Faraón todas las maravillas que he puesto en tu mano, pero yo endureceré su corazón 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 Le dirás al faraón: “Yahvé dice: Israel es mi hijo, mi primogénito,
Then say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “The Israeli [people] [MTY] are [as dear to] me as firstborn sons [MET].
23 y yo te he dicho: “Deja ir a mi hijo para que me sirva”, y tú te has negado a dejarlo ir. He aquí que voy a matar 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 En el camino, en un lugar de alojamiento, Yahvé se encontró con Moisés y quiso matarlo.
[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 Entonces Séfora tomó un pedernal, cortó el prepucio de su hijo y lo arrojó a sus pies, y dijo: “Ciertamente eres un novio de sangre para mí”.
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 Así que lo dejó en paz. Entonces le dijo: “Eres un novio de sangre”, a causa de la circuncisión.
She said to him, “You are safe now [MET] because you have been circumcised.” So Yahweh did not harm her son.
27 Yahvé dijo a Aarón: “Ve al desierto a recibir a Moisés”. Fue, y se encontró con él en el monte de Dios, y lo besó.
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 Moisés le contó a Aarón todas las palabras de Yahvé con las que lo había enviado, y todas las señales con las que lo había instruido.
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 fueron y reunieron a todos los ancianos de los hijos de Israel.
[So Aaron and Moses/I] returned [to Egypt]. There they/we gathered together all the Israeli elders/leaders.
30 Aarón pronunció todas las palabras que Yahvé había dicho a Moisés, e hizo las señales a la vista del pueblo.
Aaron told them everything that Yahweh had told Moses/me, and Aaron performed [all] the miracles as the people watched.
31 El pueblo creyó, y al oír que el Señor había visitado a los hijos de Israel y que había visto su aflicción, inclinaron la cabeza 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].
