Exodo 4
1 Sumagot si Moises, “Pero paano kung hindi sila maniwala o makinig sa akin pero sa halip na sabihin, 'Si Yahweh ay hindi nagpakita sa iyo'?”
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice: for they will say, The LORD has not appeared to you.
2 Sinabi ni Yahweh sa kaniya, “Ano iyang nasa kamay mo?” Sinabi ni Moises, “Isang tungkod.”
And the LORD said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.
3 Sinabi ni Yahweh, “Ihagis mo ito sa lupa.” Inihagis ito ni Moises sa lupa, at ito ay naging isang ahas. Tumakbo si Moises palayo dito.
And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
4 Sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, “Damputin mo at hawakan ito sa buntot.” Kaya dinampot niya at hinawakan ang ahas. Naging tungkod ito muli sa kaniyang kamay.
And the LORD said to Moses, Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
5 “Ito ay para maniwala sila na si Yahweh, ang Diyos ng kanilang mga ninuno, ang Diyos ni Abraham, ang Diyos ni Isaac, at ang Diyos ni Jacob, ang nagpakita sa iyo.”
That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.
6 Sinabi rin ni Yahweh sa kaniya, “Ngayon ilagay mo ang iyong kamay sa loob ng iyong balabal.” Kaya inilagay ni Moises ang kaniyang kamay sa loob ng kaniyang balabal. Nang ilabas niya ito, namasdan, na ang kaniyang kamay ay naging ketong, kasing puti ng niyebe.
And the LORD said furthermore to him, Put now your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
7 Sinabi ni Yahweh, “Ilagay mo ulit ang iyong kamay sa loob ng iyong balabal.” Kaya inilagay ni Moises ang kaniyang kamay sa loob ng kaniyang balabal, at ng inilabas niya ito, nakita niya na naging malusog ito muli, tulad ng kaniyang ibang laman.
And he said, Put your hand into your bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
8 Sinabi ni Yahweh, “Kung hindi sila maniniwala sa iyo—kung hindi nila bibigyang pansin ang unang palatandaan ng aking kapangyarihan o maniniwala dito, pagkatapos paniniwalaan nila ang ikalawang palatandaan.
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
9 At kung hindi sila maniniwala kahit sa dalawang palatandaan ng aking kapangyarihan, o makikinig sa iyo, pagkatapos kumuha ka ng kaunting tubig mula sa ilog at ibuhos ito sa tuyong lupa. Ang tubig na iyong kinuha ay magiging dugo sa tuyong lupa.”
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land: and the water which you take out of the river shall become blood on the dry land.
10 Pagkatapos sinabi ni Moises kay Yahweh, “Panginoon, hindi ako naging magaling manalita, kahit pa noong nakaraan o ni mula ng nakipag-usap ka sa iyong lingkod. Mahina ako sa pananalita at mahina ang dila.”
And Moses said to the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since you have spoken to your servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
11 Sinabi ni Yahweh sa kaniya, “Sino ba itong gumawa ng bibig ng tao? Sino bang gumawa sa taong pipi o bingi, nakakakita o bulag? Hindi ba ako, si Yahweh?
And the LORD said to him, Who has made man’s mouth? or who makes the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
12 Kaya ngayon lumakad ka at kasama mo ako sa iyong pananalita at tuturuan kita kung ano ang sasabihin.”
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say.
13 Pero sinabi ni Moises, “Panginoon, pakiusap magpadala ka nalang ng iba, sinuman ang gusto mong ipadala.”
And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray you, by the hand of him whom you will send.
14 Pagkatapos nagalit si Yahweh kay Moises. Sinabi niya, “Ano kaya kung si Aaron, ang iyong kapatid na Levita? Alam ko na nakakapagsalita siya ng maayos. Bukod dito, paparating siya para makipagkita sa iyo, at kapag nakita ka niya, magsasaya ang kaniyang puso.
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes forth to meet you: and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15 Makikipag-usap ka sa kaniya at ilalagay mo sa kaniyang bibig ang mga salita na dapat sabihin. Ako ay mapapasa iyong bibig at sa kaniyang bibig, at ipapakita ko sa inyo kung ano ang gagawin.
And you shall speak to him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
16 Magsasalita siya sa mga tao para sa iyo. Siya ang magiging tagapagsalita mo, at ikaw sa kaniya ay magiging tulad ko, parang Diyos.
And he shall be your spokesman to the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to you instead of a mouth, and you shall be to him instead of God.
17 Dadalhin mo ang tungkod na ito sa iyong kamay. Sa pamamagitan nito gagawin mo ang mga palatandaan.”
And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do signs.
18 Kaya bumalik si Moises kay Jetro ang kaniyang biyenang lalaki, at sinabi sa kaniya, “Payagan mo akong umalis para makabalik sa aking mga kamag-anak na nasa Ehipto at makita ko kung buhay pa ba sila.” Sinabi ni Jetro kay Moises, “Lumakad ka nang may kapayapaan.”
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray you, and return to my brothers which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
19 Sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises sa Midian, “Lumakad ka, bumalik ka sa Ehipto, dahil lahat ng mga taong nagnanais kunin ang iyong buhay ay patay na.”
And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought your life.
20 Dinala ni Moises ang kaniyang asawa at mga anak na lalaki at isinakay niya sila sa asno. Bumalik siya sa lupain ng Ehipto, at dinala niya ang tungkod ng Diyos na nasa kaniyang kamay.
And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21 Sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, “Kung babalik ka sa Ehipto, siguraduhin mong gawin sa harapan ni Paraon ang lahat ng mga kababalaghan na inilagay ko sa iyong kapangyarihan. Pero patitigasin ko ang kaniyang puso, at hindi niya paaalisin ang mga tao.
And the LORD said to Moses, When you go to return into Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in your hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
22 Kailangan mong sabihin kay Paraon, 'Ito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh: ang Israel ay aking anak, ang aking panganay,
And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
23 At sasabihin ko sa iyo, “Payagan mo ang aking anak na umalis, kaya siya ay sasamba sa akin.” Pero dahil ikaw ay tumangging paalisin siya, tiyak na papatayin ko ang iyong anak, ang iyong panganay.”'
And I say to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.
24 Ngayon habang nasa daan, nang huminto sila para sa gabi, si Yahweh ay nakipagkita kay Moises at sinubukang patayin siya.
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
25 Pagkatapos kumuha si Zepora ng batong matulis at pinutol niya ang unahang balat ng kaniyang anak na lalaki, at inilapat ito sa paa ni Moises. Pagkatapos sinabi niya, “Sigurado ako na ikaw ang lalaking ikakasal sa akin sa pamamagitan ng dugo.”
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband are you to me.
26 Kaya hinayaan siya ni Yahweh na mag-isa. Sinabi niya, “Ikaw ang lalaking ikakasal sa dugo” dahil sa pagtutuli.
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband you are, because of the circumcision.
27 Sinabi ni Yahweh kay Aaron, “Pumunta ka doon sa ilang para makipagkita kay Moises.” Pumunta si Aaron, at nakipagkita sa kaniya sa bundok ng Diyos, at hinalikan siya.
And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
28 Sinabi ni Moises kay Aaron ang lahat ng mga salita ni Yahweh na ipinadala niya para sabihin at tungkol sa lahat ng mga palatandaan ng kapangyarihan ni Yahweh na iniutos niya na kaniyang gagawin.
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
29 Pagkatapos pumunta at tinipon nina Moises at Aaron ang lahat ng mga nakatatanda ng mga Israelita.
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
30 Sinabi ni Aaron ang lahat ng mga salita na sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises. Ipinakita niya rin ang mga palatandaan ng kapangyarihan ni Yahweh sa paningin ng mga tao.
And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
31 Naniwala ang mga tao. Nang marinig nila na si Yahweh ay nag-oobserba sa mga Israelita at nakita niya ang kanilang pagkaalipin, pagkatapos iniyuko nila ang kanilang mga ulo at sinamba siya.
And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked on their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
