Exodus 4
1 “But what if they don't believe me or listen to what I say?” Moses asked. “They could say, ‘The Lord didn't appear to you.’”
respondens Moses ait non credent mihi neque audient vocem meam sed dicent non apparuit tibi Dominus
2 The Lord asked him, “What are you holding in your hand?” “A walking stick,” Moses replied.
dixit ergo ad eum quid est hoc quod tenes in manu tua respondit virga
3 “Throw it on the ground,” he told Moses. So Moses did. It turned into a snake and Moses ran away from it.
ait proice eam in terram proiecit et versa est in colubrum ita ut fugeret Moses
4 “Reach out and grab hold of it by its tail,” the Lord told Moses. Moses did so and it turned back into a walking stick in his hand.
dixitque Dominus extende manum tuam et adprehende caudam eius extendit et tenuit versaque est in virgam
5 “You are to do this so that they will believe that I the Lord did appear to you, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
ut credant inquit quod apparuerit tibi Dominus Deus patrum tuorum Deus Abraham Deus Isaac Deus Iacob
6 Then the Lord told him, “Put your hand inside your clothes close to your chest.” So Moses did as he was told. When he took his hand out, it was white like snow with a skin disease.
dixitque Dominus rursum mitte manum in sinum tuum quam cum misisset in sinum protulit leprosam instar nivis
7 “Now put your hand back inside your clothes,” the Lord said. Moses did so. When he took it out again, his hand had returned to normal.
retrahe ait manum in sinum tuum retraxit et protulit iterum et erat similis carni reliquae
8 “If they don't believe you and they're not convinced by the first sign, they'll believe because of the second sign,” the Lord explained.
si non crediderint inquit tibi neque audierint sermonem signi prioris credent verbo signi sequentis
9 “But if they still don't believe you or listen to you because of these two signs, then you are to take some water from the Nile and pout it out on the ground. The Nile water will turn into blood on the ground.”
quod si nec duobus quidem his signis crediderint neque audierint vocem tuam sume aquam fluminis et effunde eam super aridam et quicquid hauseris de fluvio vertetur in sanguinem
10 Then Moses said to the Lord, “Pleased excuse me, but I'm not someone who is good with words—not in the past, and not from the time you have been speaking with me, your servant. My speech is slow and I don't say things well.”
ait Moses obsecro Domine non sum eloquens ab heri et nudius tertius et ex quo locutus es ad servum tuum inpeditioris et tardioris linguae sum
11 “Who gave people mouths?” the Lord asked him. “Who makes people deaf or dumb, able to see or blind? It's I, the Lord, who does that.
dixit Dominus ad eum quis fecit os hominis aut quis fabricatus est mutum et surdum videntem et caecum nonne ego
12 Now go, and I myself will be your mouth, and I will tell you what you are to say.”
perge igitur et ego ero in ore tuo doceboque te quid loquaris
13 “Please, Lord, send someone else!” Moses responded.
at ille obsecro inquit Domine mitte quem missurus es
14 The Lord got angry with Moses, and told him, “There's your brother Aaron, the Levite. I know he speaks well. He's on his way to meet you, and he'll be very happy to see you.
iratus Dominus in Mosen ait Aaron frater tuus Levites scio quod eloquens sit ecce ipse egreditur in occursum tuum vidensque te laetabitur corde
15 Speak to him and tell him what to say. I will be your mouth and his mouth, and I will tell you what you are to do.
loquere ad eum et pone verba mea in ore eius ego ero in ore tuo et in ore illius et ostendam vobis quid agere debeatis
16 Aaron will speak on your behalf to the people, as if he was your mouth, and you will be in the place of God to him.
ipse loquetur pro te ad populum et erit os tuum tu autem eris ei in his quae ad Deum pertinent
17 Make sure to take your walking stick with you so you can use it to do the signs.”
virgam quoque hanc sume in manu tua in qua facturus es signa
18 Then Moses returned to Jethro his father-in-law and told him, “Please allow me to go back to my own people in Egypt so I can see if any of them are still alive.” “Go with my blessing,” Jethro replied.
abiit Moses et reversus est ad Iethro cognatum suum dixitque ei vadam et revertar ad fratres meos in Aegyptum ut videam si adhuc vivunt cui ait Iethro vade in pace
19 While Moses was in Midian, the Lord told him, “Go back to Egypt because all those who wanted to kill you have died.”
dixit ergo Dominus ad Mosen in Madian vade revertere in Aegyptum mortui sunt omnes qui quaerebant animam tuam
20 Moses put his wife and sons on a donkey and went back to Egypt, carrying the walking stick that God had used to perform miracles.
tulit Moses uxorem et filios suos et inposuit eos super asinum reversusque est in Aegyptum portans virgam Dei in manu sua
21 The Lord told Moses, “When you get back to Egypt, make sure to go to Pharaoh and carry out the miracles I've given you to do. I will make him stubborn and he will not let the people go.
dixitque ei Dominus revertenti in Aegyptum vide ut omnia ostenta quae posui in manu tua facias coram Pharaone ego indurabo cor eius et non dimittet populum
22 This is what you are to tell Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says. Israel is my firstborn son.
dicesque ad eum haec dicit Dominus filius meus primogenitus meus Israhel
23 I ordered you to let my son go so he can worship me. But you refused to release him, so I will now kill your firstborn son.”
dixi tibi dimitte filium meum ut serviat mihi et noluisti dimittere eum ecce ego interficiam filium tuum primogenitum
24 But while they were on their way the Lord came to the place where they were staying, wanting to kill Moses.
cumque esset in itinere in diversorio occurrit ei Dominus et volebat occidere eum
25 However, Zipporah used a flint knife to cut off her son's foreskin. She touched his feet with it, and said to him, “You are a blood-husband to me.”
tulit ilico Seffora acutissimam petram et circumcidit praeputium filii sui tetigitque pedes eius et ait sponsus sanguinum tu mihi es
26 (Calling him a blood-husband referred to circumcision.) After this the Lord left Moses alone.
et dimisit eum postquam dixerat sponsus sanguinum ob circumcisionem
27 The Lord had told Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the desert.” So Aaron went and met Moses at the mountain of God and greeted him with a kiss.
dixit autem Dominus ad Aaron vade in occursum Mosi in deserto qui perrexit ei obviam in montem Dei et osculatus est eum
28 Then Moses explained to Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say and all the miracles he had ordered him to do.
narravitque Moses Aaron omnia verba Domini quibus miserat eum et signa quae mandaverat
29 Moses and Aaron traveled to Egypt. There they had all the Israelite elders gather together.
veneruntque simul et congregaverunt cunctos seniores filiorum Israhel
30 Aaron shared with them everything the Lord had told Moses, and Moses carried out the miracles so they could see them.
locutusque est Aaron omnia verba quae dixerat Dominus ad Mosen et fecit signa coram populo
31 The Israelites were convinced. When they heard that the Lord had come to them, and that he had been touched by their suffering, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
et credidit populus audieruntque quod visitasset Dominus filios Israhel et quod respexisset adflictionem eorum et proni adoraverunt
