1 Bet Mozus atbildēja, sacīdams: "Viņi man neticēs un neklausīs mani, bet sacīs: Tas Kungs tev nav parādījies." 2 Un Tas Kungs viņam sacīja: "Kas tev rokā?" Un viņš teica: "Zizlis." 3 Un Viņš tam sacīja: "Nomet to zemē." Un viņš to nometa zemē. Tad tas kļuva par čūsku. Bet Mozus bēga no tās. 4 Un Tas Kungs sacīja Mozum: "Izstiep savu roku un satver to aiz astes!" Un viņš izstiepa savu roku un satvēra to, un tā atkal kļuva par zizli viņa delnā. 5 "Tā tie tev ticēs, ka tev parādījies Tas Kungs, viņu tēvu Dievs, Ābrahāma Dievs, Īzāka Dievs un Jēkaba Dievs." 6 Un Tas Kungs viņam vēl sacīja: "Bāz roku savā azotē!" Un viņš iebāza roku savā azotē un to izvilka, un redzi, viņa roka bija pārklāta izsitumiem kā ar sniegu. 7 Un Viņš sacīja: "Bāz roku atpakaļ savā azotē!" Un viņš iebāza roku atpakaļ savā azotē un to izvilka atkal ārā, un redzi, tā bija kā viņa pārējā miesa. 8 "Un notiks, ja viņi tev neticēs un neklausīs pēc pirmās zīmes, tad viņi tev ticēs otras zīmes dēļ. 9 Un, ja notiks, ka viņi neticēs abām šīm zīmēm un neklausīs tevi, tad paņem ūdeni no upes un izlej to sausā vietā, un tad notiks, ka tas ūdens, kuru tu būsi ņēmis no upes, uz sausuma kļūs par asinīm." 10 Tad Mozus sacīja uz To Kungu: "Ak, Kungs, es neesmu runātājs, tāds neesmu bijis vakar, tāds neesmu arī šodien, kopš Tu runāji ar Savu kalpu, bet man ir grūta valoda un neveikla mēle." 11 Bet Tas Kungs sacīja viņam: "Kas cilvēkam muti devis? Un kas dara mēmu vai kurlu, vai redzīgu, vai aklu? Vai ne Es, Tas Kungs? 12 Un tagad ej! Es būšu ar tavu muti, un Es tev mācīšu, kas tev sakāms." 13 Bet Mozus sacīja: "Ak, Kungs, sūti taču ko sūtīdams!" 14 Tad Tā Kunga dusmas iedegās pret Mozu, un Viņš sacīja: "Vai levīts Ārons nav tavs brālis? Es zinu, ka tas runā veikli, un redzi, viņš nāks tev pretī un, tevi ieraugot, priecāsies savā sirdī. 15 Un tu runā uz viņu un liec vārdus viņa mutē, un Es būšu ar tavu muti un ar viņa muti un mācīšu jums, kas jums jādara. 16 Lai viņš runā tavā vietā uz tautu; viņš lai kļūst tev par muti, bet tu esi viņam Dieva vietā. 17 Un ņem šo zizli savā rokā, ar to tu darīsi zīmes." 18 Un Mozus nogāja atpakaļ pie Jetrus, sava sievastēva, un sacīja tam: "Es gribu doties ceļā un gribu atgriezties pie saviem brāļiem, kas ir Ēģiptē, un redzēt, vai viņi vēl ir dzīvi." Un Jetrus sacīja Mozum: "Ej ar mieru!" 19 Un Tas Kungs sacīja Mozum Midiānā: "Ej atpakaļ uz Ēģipti, jo visi tie vīri ir miruši, kas meklēja tavu dzīvību." 20 Un Mozus ņēma savu sievu un savus dēlus un uzsēdināja tos uz ēzeļa. Tā viņš atgriezās Ēģiptes zemē. Un Mozus ņēma Dieva zizli savā rokā. 21 Un Tas Kungs sacīja uz Mozu: "Kad tu atgriezīsies Ēģiptē, tad dari visus tos brīnumus, ko Es esmu licis tavā rokā, faraona priekšā; bet Es nocietināšu viņa sirdi, un tas neatlaidīs tautu. 22 Saki faraonam: tā saka Tas Kungs: Israēls ir Mans dēls, Mans pirmdzimtais. 23 Un Es tev saku: atlaid Manu dēlu, lai viņš Man kalpo, bet tu esi liedzies viņu atlaist; redzi, Es nonāvēšu tavu dēlu, tavu pirmdzimto." 24 Bet ceļā, naktsmītnē, Tas Kungs sastapa viņu un meklēja viņu nonāvēt. 25 Tad Cipora ņēma asu akmeni un apgraizīja sava dēla priekšādu, aizskāra viņa kājas un sacīja: "Tu esi man asins līgavainis." 26 Tad Viņš no tā atstājās. Un viņa sacīja: "Asins līgavainis - caur apgraizīšanu." 27 Un Tas Kungs sacīja uz Āronu: "Ej Mozum pretī tuksnesī." Un viņš gāja un to sastapa pie Dieva kalna, un viņš to skūpstīja. 28 Tad Mozus izstāstīja Āronam visus Tā Kunga vārdus, ar kuriem Tas viņu bija sūtījis, un visas tās zīmes, kādas Viņš bija pavēlējis darīt. 29 Un Mozus un Ārons gāja un sapulcināja visus Israēla vecajus. 30 Un Ārons runāja visus tos vārdus, kurus Tas Kungs bija sacījis Mozum, un viņš darīja tās zīmes tautas priekšā. 31 Un tauta ticēja. Un, kad viņi dzirdēja, ka Tas Kungs uzlūkojis Israēla bērnus un redzējis viņu bēdas, tad viņi zemu noliecās Dieva priekšā un pielūdza.
God Gives Moses Miraculous Power
1 Then Moses answered the Lord, “But suppose the Israelites do not believe me and will not listen to what I say. What shall I do if they say that you did not appear to me?”
2 So the Lord asked him, “What are you holding?”
“A walking stick,” he answered.
3 The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.” When Moses threw it down, it turned into a snake, and he ran away from it. 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach down and pick it up by the tail.” So Moses reached down and caught it, and it became a walking stick again. 5 The Lord said, “Do this to prove to the Israelites that the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to you.”
6 The Lord spoke to Moses again, “Put your hand inside your robe.” Moses obeyed; and when he took his hand out, it was diseased, covered with white spots, like snow. 7 Then the Lord said, “Put your hand inside your robe again.” He did so, and when he took it out this time, it was healthy, just like the rest of his body. 8 The Lord said, “If they will not believe you or be convinced by the first miracle, then this one will convince them. 9 If in spite of these two miracles they still will not believe you, and if they refuse to listen to what you say, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the ground. The water will turn into blood.”
10 But Moses said, “No, Lord, don't send me. I have never been a good speaker, and I haven't become one since you began to speak to me. I am a poor speaker, slow and hesitant.”
11 The Lord said to him, “Who gives man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or dumb? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? It is I, the Lord. 12 Now, go! I will help you to speak, and I will tell you what to say.”
13 But Moses answered, “No, Lord, please send someone else.”
14 At this the Lord became angry with Moses and said, “What about your brother Aaron, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. In fact, he is now coming to meet you and will be glad to see you. 15 You can speak to him and tell him what to say. I will help both of you to speak, and I will tell you both what to do. 16 He will be your spokesman and speak to the people for you. Then you will be like God, telling him what to say. 17 Take this walking stick with you; for with it you will perform miracles.”
Moses Returns to Egypt
18 Then Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go back to my relatives in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” Jethro agreed and told him good-bye.
19 While Moses was still in Midian, the Lord said to him, “Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you are dead.” 20 So Moses took his wife and his sons, put them on a donkey, and set out with them for Egypt, carrying the walking stick that God had told him to take.
21 Again the Lord said to Moses, “Now that you are going back to Egypt, be sure to perform before the king all the miracles which I have given you the power to do. But I will make the king stubborn, and he will not let the people go. 22 Then you must tell him that I, the Lord, say, ‘Israel is my first-born son. 23 I told you to let my son go, so that he might worship me, but you refused. Now I am going to kill your first-born son.’”
24 At a camping place on the way to Egypt, the Lord met Moses and tried to kill him. 25-26 Then Zipporah, his wife, took a sharp stone, cut off the foreskin of her son, and touched Moses' feet with it. Because of the rite of circumcision she said to Moses, “You are a husband of blood to me.” And so the Lord spared Moses' life.
27 Meanwhile the Lord had said to Aaron, “Go into the desert to meet Moses.” So he went to meet him at the holy mountain; and when he met him, he kissed him. 28 Then Moses told Aaron everything that the Lord had said when he told him to return to Egypt; he also told him about the miracles which the Lord had ordered him to perform. 29 So Moses and Aaron went to Egypt and gathered all the Israelite leaders together. 30 Aaron told them everything that the Lord had said to Moses, and then Moses performed all the miracles in front of the people. 31 They believed, and when they heard that the Lord had come to them and had seen how they were being treated cruelly, they bowed down and worshiped.
