1 摩西回答： "看哪， 他们必不信我， 也不听我的话； 因为他们必说： ‘耶和华并没有向你显现。’" 2 耶和华问摩西： "那在你手里的是什么？"他说： "是手杖。" 3 耶和华说： "把它丢在地上。"摩西把它一丢在地上， 它就变了蛇； 摩西就逃跑， 离开了它。 4 耶和华对摩西说： "伸出你的手来， 捉住蛇的尾巴。"摩西就伸出手来， 紧握着它， 它在摩西的掌中又变回了手杖。 5 "这样就使他们相信耶和华他们祖宗的 神， 就是亚伯拉罕的 神、以撒的 神、雅各的 神曾向你显现了。" 6 耶和华又再对摩西说： "现在把你的手放进怀里。"摩西就把手放进怀里； 等他把手抽出来的时候， 手就长满了痲风， 像雪那样白。 7 耶和华说： "把你的手再放进怀里。"摩西就把手再放进怀里； 等他把手从怀里抽出来的时候， 手就恢复过来， 像身上别处的肉一样。 8 耶和华又说： "如果他们不信你， 也不听从头一个神迹的话， 他们必信随后来的神迹。 9 如果连这两个神迹他们也不信， 也不听你的话， 你就从河里取些水， 倒在旱地上； 你从河里取来的水就必在旱地上变成血。" 10 摩西对耶和华说： "主啊， 我不是个会说话的人； 以前不是， 自从你对仆人说话以后也不是； 因为我本是拙口笨舌的。" 11 耶和华对他说： "谁造人的口呢？谁使人口哑、耳聋、眼明、眼瞎呢？不是我耶和华吗？ 12 现在去吧， 我必赐你口才， 指教你当说的。" 13 摩西说： "主啊， 请你差派你愿意差派的人。" 14 耶和华向摩西发怒， 说： "不是有你的哥哥利未人亚伦吗？我知道他是有口才的； 他现在出来要迎接你。他看见了你， 心里就快乐。 15 你要对他说话， 把你要说的话放在他的口里； 我必与你的口同在， 也与他的口同在； 我必指教你们当行的事。 16 他要替你向人民说话， 他要作你的口， 你要作他的 神。 17 这手杖你要拿在手里， 用来行神迹。" 18 于是， 摩西起程回到他岳父叶忒罗那里， 对他说： "请你容我离开这里， 回到我在埃及的同胞那里， 看看他们是否还在。"叶忒罗对摩西说： "你可以平平安安地去吧。" 19 耶和华在米甸对摩西说： "你要起程， 回到埃及去， 因为那些寻索你命的人都死了。" 20 摩西就带着他的妻子和孩子， 让他们骑在驴上， 向着埃及地回去了； 摩西手里拿着 神的杖。 21 耶和华对摩西说： "你起程回到埃及去的时候， 要留意我交在你手里的一切奇事， 把它们行在法老面前； 我却要使他的心刚硬， 他就不让人民离开。 22 你要对法老说： ‘耶和华这样说： 以色列是我的长子。 23 我曾对你说， 要让我的儿子离开这里， 好叫他事奉我。你还是拒绝让他离开， 看哪！ 我必杀你的长子。’" 24 在路上住宿的地方， 耶和华遇见了摩西， 就想要杀他。 25 西坡拉就拿了一把石刀， 把她儿子的包皮割下来， 把它丢到摩西的脚上， 说： "你真是我的血郎了！ " 26 这样， 耶和华才放了他。那时西坡拉说： "你是血郎， 是因为割礼的缘故。" 27 耶和华对亚伦说： "你到旷野去迎接摩西。"他就去了； 他在 神的山遇见了摩西， 就和他亲嘴。 28 摩西把耶和华派他所说的一切话， 和吩咐他所行的一切神迹都告诉了亚伦。 29 摩西和亚伦就去召集以色列人的长老。 30 亚伦把耶和华对摩西所说的一切话都说了一遍， 并且在人民的眼前行了这些神迹。 31 人民就相信了； 他们听见耶和华眷顾以色列人， 也鉴察了他们的痛苦， 就俯伏敬拜。

1 And Moses answereth and saith, `And, if they do not give credence to me, nor hearken to my voice, and say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee?`2 And Jehovah saith unto him, `What [is] this in thy hand?` and he saith, `A rod;`3 and He saith, `Cast it to the earth;` and he casteth it to the earth, and it becometh a serpent -- and Moses fleeth from its presence.4 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Put forth thy hand, and lay hold on the tail of it;` and he putteth forth his hand, and layeth hold on it, and it becometh a rod in his hand --5 `-- so that they believe that Jehovah, God of their fathers, hath appeared unto thee, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.`6 And Jehovah saith to him again, `Put in, I pray thee, thy hand into thy bosom;` and he putteth in his hand into his bosom, and he bringeth it out, and lo, his hand [is] leprous as snow;7 and He saith, `Put back thy hand unto thy bosom;` and he putteth back his hand unto his bosom, and he bringeth it out from his bosom, and lo, it hath turned back as his flesh --8 `-- and it hath come to pass, if they do not give credence to thee, and hearken not to the voice of the first sign, that they have given credence to the voice of the latter sign.9 `And it hath come to pass, if they do not give credence even to these two signs, nor hearken to thy voice, that thou hast taken of the waters of the River, and hast poured on the dry land, and the waters which thou takest from the River have been, yea, they have become -- blood on the dry land.`10 And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `O, my Lord, I [am] not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I [am] slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.`11 And Jehovah saith unto him, `Who appointed a mouth for man? or who appointeth the dumb, or deaf, or open, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?12 and now, go, and I -- I am with thy mouth, and have directed thee that which thou speakest;`13 and he saith, `O, my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand Thou dost send.`14 And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Moses, and He saith, `Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I have known that he speaketh well, and also, lo, he is coming out to meet thee; when he hath seen thee, then he hath rejoiced in his heart,15 and thou hast spoken unto him, and hast set the words in his mouth, and I -- I am with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and have directed you that which ye do;16 and he, he hath spoken for thee unto the people, and it hath come to pass, he -- he is to thee for a mouth, and thou -- thou art to him for God;17 and this rod thou dost take in thy hand, with which thou doest the signs.`18 And Moses goeth and turneth back unto Jethro his father-in-law, and saith to him, `Let me go, I pray thee, and I turn back unto my brethren who [are] in Egypt, and I see whether they are yet alive.` And Jethro saith to Moses, `Go in peace.`19 And Jehovah saith unto Moses in Midian, `Go, turn back to Egypt, for all the men have died who seek thy life;`20 and Moses taketh his wife, and his sons, and causeth them to ride on the ass, and turneth back to the land of Egypt, and Moses taketh the rod of God in his hand.21 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `In thy going to turn back to Egypt, see -- all the wonders which I have put in thy hand -- that thou hast done them before Pharaoh, and I -- I strengthen his heart, and he doth not send the people away;22 and thou hast said unto Pharaoh, Thus said Jehovah, My son, My first-born [is] Israel,23 and I say unto thee, Send away My son, and he doth serve Me; and -- thou dost refuse to send him away -- lo, I am slaying thy son, thy first-born.`24 And it cometh to pass in the way, in a lodging place, that Jehovah meeteth him, and seeketh to put him to death;25 and Zipporah taketh a flint, and cutteth off the foreskin of her son, and causeth [it] to touch his feet, and saith, `Surely a bridegroom of blood [art] thou to me;`26 and He desisteth from him: then she said, `A bridegroom of blood,` in reference to the circumcision.27 And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, `Go to meet Moses into the wilderness;` and he goeth, and meeteth him in the mount of God, and kisseth him,28 and Moses declareth to Aaron all the words of Jehovah with which He hath sent him, and all the signs with which He hath charged him.29 And Moses goeth -- Aaron also -- and they gather all the elders of the sons of Israel,30 and Aaron speaketh all the words which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, and doth the signs before the eyes of the people;31 and the people believe when they hear that Jehovah hath looked after the sons of Israel, and that He hath seen their affliction; and they bow and do obeisance.