1 M oses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’”

فَأجابَ مُوسَى: «وَماذا إنْ لَمْ يُصَدِّقُونِي أوْ يَستَمِعُوا إلَيَّ؟ فَسَيَقُولُونَ: ‹لَمْ يَظهَرْ لَكَ يهوه حَقّاً.›»

2 Y ahweh said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”

فَقالَ لَهُ اللهُ: «ماذا فِي يَدِكَ؟» فَقالَ مُوسَى: «عَصاً.»

3 H e said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.

فَقالَ: «ألقِ بِها إلَى الأرْضِ.» فَألْقاها، فَصارَتْ ثُعْباناً! فَهَرَبَ مُوسَى مِنهُ.

4 Y ahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail.” He stretched out his hand, and took hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «مُدَّ يَدَكَ وَامسِكْهُ مِنْ ذَيلِهِ.» فَحِينَ مَدَّ يَدَهُ وَأمسَكَهُ تَحَوَّلَ ثانِيَةً إلَى عَصاً فِي يَدِهِ.

5 “ That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

فَقالَ اللهُ: «هَذا لِكَي يُصَدِّقُوا أنَّ اللهَ إلَهَ آبائِهِمْ، إلَهَ إبْراهِيمَ وَإلَهَ إسْحاقَ وَإلَهَ يَعقُوبَ، قَدْ ظَهَرَ لَكَ.»

6 Y ahweh said furthermore to him, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.

وَقالَ اللهُ لَهُ ثانِيَةً: «أدخِلْ يَدَكَ إلَى صَدْرِكَ.» فَأدخَلَ مُوسَى يَدَهُ إلَى صَدرِهِ. وَحِينَ أخرَجَها كانَتْ بَرْصاءَ كَلَونِ الثَّلجِ.

7 H e said, “Put your hand inside your cloak again.” He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.

فَقالَ اللهُ لَهُ: «أدخِلْ يَدَكَ ثانِيَةً إلَى صَدرِكَ.» فَأدخَلَ يَدَهُ إلَى صَدرِهِ ثانِيَةً. وَحِينَ أخرَجَها مِنْ صَدرِهِ عادَتْ كَباقِي جَسَدِهِ.

8 “ It will happen, if they will not believe you or listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

فَقالَ اللهُ: «إنْ لَمْ يُصَدِّقُوكَ أوْ يَنتَبِهُوا لِلمُعجِزَةِ الأُولِى، فَسَيُصَدِّقُونَ المُعجِزَةَ الثّانِيَةَ.

9 I t will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.”

وَإنْ لَمْ يُصَدِّقُوا هاتَينِ المُعجِزَتَينِ وَلَمْ يَستَمِعُوا لَكَ، فَحِينَئِذٍ، خُذْ مِنْ ماءِ نَهرِ النِّيلِ وَاسكُبْهُ عَلَى اليابِسَةِ، فَيَصيرَ الماءُ دَماً عَلَى الأرْضِ.»

10 M oses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

وَقالَ مُوسَى للهِ: «اسْمَعْنِي أيُّها الرَّبُّ، أنا خادِمَكَ لا أُحسِنُ الكَلامَ، لا فِي الماضِي وَلا مُنذُ تَكَلَّمْتَ إلَيَّ. فَأنا بَطِيءُ الكَلامِ وَثَقِيلُ اللِّسانِ.»

11 Y ahweh said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh?

فَقالَ اللهُ لَهُ: «مَنِ الَّذِي يُعطِي لِلإنسانِ فَهْماً، أوْ يَجعَلُ الإنسانَ أخرَسَ أوْ أصَمَّ أوْ أعرَجَ أوْ أعمَى؟ ألَيسَ أنا، اللهَ ؟

12 N ow therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”

وَالآنَ اذْهَبْ. سَأكُونُ مَعَ فَمِكَ وَسَأُعَلِّمُكَ ماذا تَقُولُ.»

13 H e said, “Oh, Lord, please send someone else.”

وَلَكِنَّ مُوسَى قالَ: «أرجُوكَ يا رَبُّ أنْ تُرْسِلَ شَخصاً آخَرَ.»

14 Y ahweh’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

حِينَئِذٍ، غَضِبَ اللهُ مِنْ مُوسَى، وَقالَ لَهُ: «ألَيسَ هارُونُ الَّلاوِيُّ أخاكَ؟ أعلَمُ أنَّهُ يُحْسِنُ الكَلامَ، وَهُوَ سَيَأتِي لِلِقائِكَ، وَحِينَ يَراكَ سَيَفرَحُ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلبِهِ.

15 Y ou shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.

تَستَطِيعُ أنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ إلَيهِ بِكُلِّ ما تُرِيدُهُ أنْ يَقُولَ. سَأكُونُ مَعَ فَمِكَ وَفَمِهِ، وَسَأُعَلِّمُكَ ماذا تَفعَلُ.

16 H e will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.

هُوَ سَيَتَكَلَّمُ إلَى النّاسِ نِيابَةً عَنْكَ. فَكَأنَّهُ فَمُكَ، وَكَأنَّكَ إلَهُهُ.

17 Y ou shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”

وَخُذْ هَذِهِ العَصا فِي يَدِكَ، فَبِواسِطَتِها سَتَصنَعُ المُعجِزاتِ.» عَودَةُ مُوسَى إلَى مِصر

18 M oses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

وَرَجِعَ مُوسَى إلَى يَثْرُونَ حَمِيهِ، وَقالَ لَهُ: «اسْمَحْ لِي بِالرُّجُوعِ إلَى إخْوَتِي فِي مِصرَ لِأرَى إنْ كانُوا ما يَزالُونَ أحياءَ.» فَقالَ يَثْرُونُ لِمُوسَى: «اذْهَبْ بِسَلامٍ.»

19 Y ahweh said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.”

فَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى فِي مِدْيانَ: «ارجِعْ إلَى مِصرَ لِأنَّ كُلَّ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يُرِيدُونَ قَتلَكَ ماتُوا.»

20 M oses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God’s rod in his hand.

فَأخَذَ مُوسَى زَوجَتَهُ وَأولادَهُ وَأركَبَهُمْ عَلَى دَوَابٍ، وَرَجِعَ إلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ. وَأخَذَ عَصا اللهِ فِي يَدِهِ.

21 Y ahweh said to Moses, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «حِينَ تَرجِعُ إلَى مِصرَ، تَذَكَّرِ المُعجِزاتِ الَّتِي وَضَعْتُها فِي يَدِكَ، وَاصْنَعْها أمامَ فِرعَوْنَ. لَكِنِّي سَأجعَلُهُ يُعانِدُ حَتَّى لا يُطلِقَ الشَّعبَ.

22 Y ou shall tell Pharaoh, ‘Yahweh says, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

قُلْ لِفِرْعَونَ: ‹يَقُولُ اللهُ: إسْرائِيلُ ابْنِي البِكْرُ،›

23 a nd I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me”; and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.’”

وَأنا أقُولُ لَكَ: ‹أطلِقِ ابْنِيَ لِيَعبُدَنِي. وَإلّا فَإنّي سَأقتُلُ ابْنَكَ البِكْرَ.›» خِتانُ ابْنِ مُوسَى

24 O n the way at a lodging place, Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.

وَتَوَقَّفُوا لِلاسْتِراحَةِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ. فَالتَقَى اللهُ بِمُوسَى لِكَي يَقتُلَهُ.

25 T hen Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”

وَلَكِنَّ زَوجَتَهُ صَفُّورَةَ أخَذَتْ قِطْعَةَ صُوّانٍ حادَّةً وَخَتَنَتِ ابْنَها. ثُمَّ أخَذَتْ غُلفَةَ ابْنِها وَمَسَّتْ بِها قَدَمَيَّ مُوسَى، وَقالَتْ لَهُ: «أنْتَ زَوْجُ دَمٍ لِيَ!»

26 S o he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.

فَشُفِيَ. وَكانَتْ صَفُّورَةُ قَدْ دَعَتْ مُوسَى «زَوْجَ دَمٍ» بِسَبَبِ الخِتانِ. مُوسَى وَهارُونُ فِي حَضْرَةِ الله

27 Y ahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” He went, and met him on God’s mountain, and kissed him.

وَفِي هَذِهِ الأثناءِ، تَكَلَّمَ اللهُ إلَى هارُونَ فَقالَ: «اذْهَبْ وَالتَقِ بِمُوسَى فِي الصَّحْراءِ.» فَذَهَبَ وَالتَقَى بِهِ فِي جَبَلِ اللهِ وَقَبَّلَهُ.

28 M oses told Aaron all Yahweh’s words with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had instructed him.

وَأخبَرَ مُوسَى هارُونَ بِكُلِّ ما قالَهُ اللهُ لَهُ وَبِكُلِّ المُعجِزاتِ الَّتِي أمَرَهُ بِعَمَلِها.

29 M oses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.

فَذَهَبَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ وَجَمَعا كُلَّ شُيُوخِ إسْرائِيلَ.

30 A aron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

وَأخبَرَ هارُونُ الشَّعبَ بِكُلِّ الأُمُورِ الَّتِي قالَها اللهُ لِمُوسَى، وَعَمِلَ المُعجِزاتِ أمامَ الشَّعبِ.

31 T he people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

فَآمَنَ الشَّعبُ. وَحِينَ سَمِعُوا أنَّ اللهَ مُهْتَمٌّ بِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَأنَّهُ رَأى الذُّلَّ الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ، انحَنَوْا وَسَجَدُوا.