11 But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?

12 Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains, cutting them off from the earth? Let your wrath be turned away from them, and send not this evil on your people.

13 Have in mind Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you gave your oath, saying, I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and all this land will I give to your seed, as I said, to be their heritage for ever.

14 So the Lord let himself be turned from his purpose of sending punishment on his people.

11 摩西就恳求耶和华他的 神施恩， 说： "耶和华啊， 你为什么向你的人民发烈怒呢？这人民是你用大能和全能的手从埃及地领出来的。

12 为什么让埃及人议论， 说： ‘把他们领出来是出于恶意的， 要在山上杀死他们， 在地上消灭他们’呢？求你回心转意， 不发烈怒； 求你改变初衷， 不降祸给你的人民。

13 求你记念你的仆人亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各； 你曾经指着自己向他们起誓， 说： ‘我必使你的后裔增多， 好像天上的星一样； 我必把我应许的这全地赐给你的后裔， 他们必永远承受这地作产业。’"

14 于是， 耶和华改变初衷， 不把他所说的祸降在他的人民身上。