Éxodo 3

1 Y apacentando Moisés las ovejas de Jetro su suegro, sacerdote de Madián, llevó las ovejas detrás del desierto, y vino a Horeb, monte de Dios.

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 Y se le apareció el Angel del SEÑOR en una llama de fuego en medio de un zarzal; y él miró, y vio que el zarzal ardía en fuego, y el zarzal no se consumía.

[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 Entonces Moisés dijo: Iré yo ahora, y veré esta grande visión, por qué causa el zarzal no se quema.

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

4 Y viendo el SEÑOR que iba a ver, lo llamó Dios de en medio del zarzal, y dijo: ¡Moisés, Moisés! Y él respondió: Heme aquí.

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 Y dijo: No te llegues acá; quita tus zapatos de tus pies, porque el lugar en que tú estás, tierra santa es.

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 Y dijo: Yo soy el Dios de tu padre, Dios de Abraham, Dios de Isaac, Dios de Jacob. Entonces Moisés cubrió su rostro, porque tuvo miedo de mirar a Dios.

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 Y dijo el SEÑOR: Bien he visto la aflicción de mi pueblo que está en Egipto, y he oído su clamor a causa de sus exactores; por lo cual yo he entendido sus dolores.

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 Y he descendido para librarlos de mano de los egipcios; yo los sacaré de aquella tierra a una tierra buena y ancha, a tierra que fluye leche y miel, a los lugares del cananeo, del heteo, del amorreo, del ferezeo, del heveo, y del jebuseo.

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 El clamor, pues, de los hijos de Israel ha venido ahora delante de mí, y también he visto la opresión con que los egipcios los oprimen.

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

10 Ven por tanto ahora, y te enviaré al Faraón, para que saques a mi pueblo, los hijos de Israel, de Egipto.

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 Entonces Moisés respondió a Dios: ¿Quién soy yo, para que vaya al Faraón, y saque de Egipto a los hijos 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 Y él le respondió: Porque yo seré contigo; y esto te será por señal de que yo te he enviado: luego que hubieres sacado este pueblo de Egipto, serviréis a Dios sobre este 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 Y dijo Moisés a Dios: He aquí que llego yo a los hijos de Israel, y les digo: El Dios de vuestros padres me ha enviado a vosotros; y si ellos me preguntan: ¿Cuál es su nombre? ¿Qué les responderé?

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 Y respondió Dios a Moisés: YO SOY El que Soy. Y dijo: Así dirás a los hijos de Israel: YO SOY ( YHWH ) me ha enviado a vosotros.

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 Y dijo más Dios a Moisés: Así dirás a los hijos de Israel: El SEÑOR Dios de vuestros padres, el Dios de Abraham, Dios de Isaac y Dios de Jacob, me ha enviado a vosotros. Este es mi Nombre para siempre, y este es mi memorial por todos los siglos.

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 Ve, y junta los ancianos de Israel, y diles: El SEÑOR Dios de vuestros padres, el Dios de Abraham, de Isaac, y de Jacob, se me apareció, diciendo: De cierto os he visitado, y visto lo que se os hace en Egipto;

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 y he dicho: Yo os haré subir de la aflicción de Egipto a la tierra del cananeo, y del heteo, y del amorreo, y del ferezeo, y del heveo, y del jebuseo, a una tierra que fluye leche y miel.

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 Y oirán tu voz; e irás tú, y los ancianos de Israel, al rey de Egipto, y le diréis: El SEÑOR Dios de los hebreos, nos ha encontrado; por tanto nosotros iremos ahora camino de tres días por el desierto, para que sacrifiquemos al SEÑOR nuestro Dios.

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 Mas yo sé que el rey de Egipto no os dejará ir sino por mano fuerte.

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 Pero yo extenderé mi mano, y heriré a Egipto con todas mis maravillas que haré en él, y entonces os dejará 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 Y yo daré a este pueblo gracia en los ojos de los egipcios, para que cuando os partiereis, no salgáis vacíos;

[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 sino que demandará cada mujer a su vecina y a su huéspeda vasos de plata, vasos de oro, y vestidos, los cuales pondréis sobre vuestros hijos y vuestras hijas, y despojaréis a Egipto.

[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.”