Exodus 4
1 Mose dáhùn ó sì wí pé, “Ṣùgbọ́n bí wọn kò bá gbà mí gbọ́ ń kọ́? Tàbí tí wọn kò fi etí sílẹ̀ láti gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu mi, tí wọn sì wí pé, ‘Olúwa kò farahàn ọ́’?”
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 Ní ìgbà náà ni Olúwa sọ fún un pé, “Kí ni ó wà ní ọwọ́ rẹ n nì?” Ó sì dáhùn pé, “Ọ̀pá ni.”
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 Olúwa sì sọ pé, “Sọ ọ̀pá náà sílẹ̀.” Mose sì sọ ọ̀pá náà sílẹ̀, lọ́gán ni ọ̀pá náà di ejò, ó sì sá fún un.
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 Nígbà náà ni Olúwa wá sọ fún un pé, “Na ọwọ́ rẹ, kí o sì mú un ni ìrù.” Mose sì na ọwọ́ rẹ̀, ó sì mu ejò náà, ejò náà sì padà di ọ̀pá tí ó wà ni ọwọ́ rẹ̀.
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 Olúwa sì wí pé, “Èyí rí bẹ́ẹ̀ kí wọn bá à le è gbàgbọ́ pé, Olúwa Ọlọ́run àwọn baba wọn, Ọlọ́run Abrahamu, Ọlọ́run Isaaki, àti Ọlọ́run Jakọbu; tí farahàn ọ́.”
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 Ní ìgbà náà ni Olúwa wí pé, “Ti ọwọ́ rẹ bọ inú aṣọ ní igbá àyà rẹ̀.” Mose sì ti ọwọ́ rẹ̀ bọ inú aṣọ ní igbá àyà rẹ̀, ní ìgbà ti ó sì yọ ọ́ jáde, ọwọ́ rẹ̀ ti dẹ́tẹ̀, ó sì ti funfun bí ẹ̀gbọ̀n òwú.
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 Ó sì wí pé, “Nísinsin yìí, fi ọwọ́ náà padà sí abẹ́ aṣọ ní igbá àyà rẹ.” Mose sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, ọwọ́ rẹ̀ sì padà bọ́ sípò bí àwọn ẹ̀yà ara rẹ̀ tókù.
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 Ní ìgbà náà ni Olúwa wí pé, “Bí wọn kò bá gbà ọ́ gbọ́ tàbí kọ ibi ara sí iṣẹ́ ìyanu àkọ́kọ́, wọ́n le è ti ipasẹ̀ iṣẹ́ ìyanu kejì gbàgbọ́.
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 Ṣùgbọ́n bí wọn kò bá gba àmì méjèèjì wọ̀nyí gbọ́, tí wọn kò sì fetí sí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ, bu omi díẹ̀ láti inú odò Naili kí o si dà á sí orí ìyàngbẹ ilẹ̀, omi tí ìwọ bù láti inú odò yìí yóò sì di ẹ̀jẹ̀.”
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 Mose sì sọ fún Olúwa pé, “Èmi jẹ́ akólòlò, èmi kì í ṣe ẹni tó lè sọ̀rọ̀ já gaara láti ìgbà àtijọ́ wá tàbí láti ìgbà ti o ti ń bá ìránṣẹ́ rẹ sọ̀rọ̀, mo jẹ́ ẹni ti ahọ́n rẹ̀ lọ́, tí ó sì ń lọ́ra àti sọ̀rọ̀.”
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 Olúwa sì sọ fún un pé, “Ta ni ó fún ènìyàn ni ẹnu? Ta ni ó mú un ya odi tàbí adití? Ta ni ó mú un ríran, tàbí mú un fọ́jú? Ǹjẹ́ kì í ṣe èmi Olúwa?
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 Lọ nísinsin yìí, Èmi yóò ràn ọ́ lọ́wọ́ láti sọ̀rọ̀. Èmi yóò sì kọ́ ọ ni ohun ti ìwọ yóò sọ.”
So start going [to Egypt], and I will help you to speak [MTY], and I will tell you what you should say.”
13 Mose dáhùn ó wí pé, “Olúwa jọ̀wọ́ rán ẹlòmíràn láti lọ ṣe iṣẹ́ yìí.”
But he/I replied, “O, Yahweh, I ask you, please send someone else [instead]!”
14 Ìbínú Olúwa ru sókè sí Mose, ó sì sọ pé, “Aaroni ará Lefi arákùnrin rẹ ń kọ́? Mo mọ̀ pé ó lè sọ̀rọ̀ já gaara, ó ti wà ní ọ̀nà rẹ̀ báyìí láti pàdé e rẹ. Inú rẹ̀ yóò sì dùn ti ó bá rí ọ.
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 Ìwọ yóò sọ̀rọ̀ fún un, ìwọ yóò sì fi ọ̀rọ̀ sí i lẹ́nu, èmi yóò ràn yín lọ́wọ́ láti sọ̀rọ̀. Èmi yóò kọ́ ọ yín ni ohun ti ẹ ó ṣe.
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 Òun yóò bá ọ sọ̀rọ̀ sí àwọn ènìyàn, yóò sì dàbí i pé ẹnu un rẹ ni a gbà sọ ọ̀rọ̀ náà, ìwọ yóò sì dàbí Ọlọ́run ní iwájú rẹ̀.
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 Ṣùgbọ́n mú ọ̀pá yìí ni ọwọ́ rẹ kí ìwọ bá à lè fi ṣe àwọn iṣẹ́ àmì ìyanu pẹ̀lú rẹ̀.”
[Be sure] to take with you the walking/shepherd’s stick [that is in your hand], because you will perform miracles with it.”
18 Mose padà sí ọ̀dọ̀ Jetro baba ìyàwó rẹ̀, ó sì sọ fún un pé, “Jọ̀wọ́ jẹ́ kí n padà tọ àwọn ènìyàn mi lọ ni ilẹ̀ Ejibiti láti wò bóyá wọ́n ṣì wà láààyè síbẹ̀.” Jetro sì dáhùn, ó wí pé, “Máa lọ ni àlàáfíà.”
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 Nísinsin yìí, Olúwa ti sọ fún Mose ni ilẹ̀ Midiani pé, “Máa padà lọ sí Ejibiti, nítorí àwọn ti ó fẹ́ pa ọ ti kú.”
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 Mose mú ìyàwó rẹ̀ àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀, ó kó wọn lé orí kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́, ó sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ ìrìnàjò rẹ̀ padà sí Ejibiti. Ó sì mú ọ̀pá Ọlọ́run sí ọwọ́ rẹ̀.
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 Olúwa sì sọ fún Mose pé, “Ní ìgbà tí ìwọ bá padà sí Ejibiti rí i pé ìwọ ṣe iṣẹ́ ìyanu ni iwájú Farao. Èmi ti fún ọ lágbára láti ṣe é. Èmi yóò sì sé àyà rẹ̀ le, òun kì yóò jẹ́ kí àwọn ènìyàn náà kí ó lọ.
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 Lẹ́yìn náà, kí o sọ fún Farao pé, ‘Èyí ni Olúwa sọ: Israẹli ní àkọ́bí ọmọ mi ọkùnrin,
Then say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “The Israeli [people] [MTY] are [as dear to] me as firstborn sons [MET].
23 mo sọ fún ọ, “Jẹ́ kí ọmọ mi lọ, ki òun kí ó lè máa sìn mí.” Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ kọ̀ láti jẹ́ kí ó lọ; nítorí náà, èmi yóò pa àkọ́bí ọmọ rẹ ọkùnrin.’”
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 Ní ọ̀nà ìrìnàjò rẹ, ni ibi tí wọ́n gbé sùn ní ilé èrò ní alẹ́, Olúwa pàdé Mose, ó sì fẹ́ láti pa á.
[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 Ṣùgbọ́n Sippora mú ọ̀bẹ òkúta mímú, ó sì kọ ọmọ rẹ̀ ní ilà abẹ́, ó sì fi awọ rẹ̀ kan ẹsẹ̀ Mose. Sippora sì wí pé, “Ọkọ ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ ni ìwọ jẹ́ sí mi.”
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 Nítorí náà Olúwa yọ̀ǹda rẹ láti ìgbà tí ó ti wí pé, “Ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ ni ìwọ í ṣe.” Èyí tó túmọ̀ sí ìkọlà abẹ́.
She said to him, “You are safe now [MET] because you have been circumcised.” So Yahweh did not harm her son.
27 Olúwa sì sọ fún Aaroni pé, “Lọ sínú aginjù láti lọ pàdé Mose.” Ní ìgbà náà ni ó lọ pàdé Mose ní orí òkè Ọlọ́run, ó sì fi ẹnu kò ó ní ẹnu.
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 Ní ìgbà náà ni Mose sì sọ ohun gbogbo tí Ọlọ́run ti rán fún Aaroni àti nípa gbogbo iṣẹ́ ìyanu tí Olúwa ti pàṣẹ fún un láti ṣe ní iwájú Farao.
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 Mose àti Aaroni pe gbogbo àwọn àgbàgbà Israẹli jọ.
[So Aaron and Moses/I] returned [to Egypt]. There they/we gathered together all the Israeli elders/leaders.
30 Aaroni sọ ohun gbogbo tí Olúwa sọ fún Mose fún wọn, ó sì ṣe iṣẹ́ àmì náà ní ojú àwọn ènìyàn náà.
Aaron told them everything that Yahweh had told Moses/me, and Aaron performed [all] the miracles as the people watched.
31 Wọ́n sì gbàgbọ́. Nígbà tí wọ́n gbọ́ pé Olúwa ti bẹ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli wò àti pé Olúwa ti gbọ́ nípa ìpọ́njú wọn, wọ́n tẹríba, wọ́n sì sìn ín. Ó sì ṣe àwọn iṣẹ́ àmì náà níwájú àwọn ènìyàn náà.
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].
