Êxodo 4

Tā Te Atua Whakaruhi Tohu Mīharo i a Mohi

1 Ā, ka whakahoki a Mohi, ka mea, "Nā, e kore rātou e whakapono ki ahau, e kore hoki e whakarongo ki tōku reo; e mea hoki rātou, ‘Kāhore a Ihowā i puta mai ki a koe.’ "

2 Ā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a ia, "He aha tēnā i tōu ringa?"

Ā, ka mea ia, "He tokotoko."

3 Nā, ka mea ia, "Makā atu ki te whenua." Nā, makā ana e ia ki te whenua, nā, he nākahi! Ko te tino rerenga o Mohi i tōna aroaro. 4 Ka mea anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi, "Totoro atu tōu ringa, hopukia i te hiku" – ko te toronga atu o tōna ringaringa, hopukina iho, nā, kua tokotoko anō ki tōna ringa – 5 "kia whakapono ai rātou kua puta ki a koe a Ihowā, te Atua o ō rātou mātua, te Atua o Āperahama, te Atua o Īhaka, te Atua o Hākopa."

6 I mea anō a Ihowā ki a ia, "Tēnā, kuhua tōu ringa ki tōu uma." Ā, kuhua ana e ia tōna ringa ki tōna uma; te unuhanga anō, nā, kua repera tōna ringa, kua rite ki te hukarere.

7 I mea anō ia, "Whakahokia anō tōu ringa ki tōu uma" – ā, whakahokia ana anō e ia tōna ringa ki tōna uma; ā, nō te unuhanga i tōna uma, nā, kua hoki, kua rite ki tōna kiri anō – 8 "Ā, ki te kore rātou e whakapono ki a koe, ki te kore e whakarongo ki te reo o te tohu tuatahi, nā, ka whakapono rātou ki te reo o tō muri tohu. 9 Ā, ki te kore anō rātou e whakapono ki ēnei tohu e rua, ki te kore e whakarongo ki tōu reo, utuhia e koe ki te wai o te awa, ka riringi ki te oneone maroke; ā, ko te wai e utuhia e koe i te awa, hei toto ki runga ki te whenua maroke."

10 Nā, ka kī a Mohi ki a Ihowā, "E tōku Ariki, ehara ahau i te pūkōrero, i mua, i muri rānei i tāu kōrerotanga ki tāu pononga; he reo ngoikore hoki tōku, he arero paremo."

11 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a ia, "Nā wai i hanga te māngai o te tangata? Nā wai hoki i mea kia wahangū, kia turi, kia titiro rānei, kia matapō rānei? Ehara koia i ahau, i a Ihowā? 12 Nā, haere, ā, hei tōu waha ahau, ako ai i a koe ki tāu e kōrero ai."

13 Nā, ka mea ia, "E tōku Ariki, māu rā e unga tāu e unga ai."

14 Nā, ka mura te riri a Ihowā ki a Mohi; ka mea ia, "Ehara ianei a Ārona Rīwaiti i te tuakana nōu? E mātau ana ahau he pūkōrero ia. Ina hoki, nā, e haere mai nei ia ki te whakatau i a koe; ā, ka kite i a koe, ka koa tōna ngākau. 15 Ā, māu e kōrero ki a ia, e hoatu ngā kupu ki tōna waha; ā, hei tōu māngai ahau, hei tōna māngai hoki, whakaako ai i a kōrua ki tā kōrua e mea ai. 16 Ā, ko ia hei kaikōrero māu ki te iwi; ā, ko ia, inā, ka ai ia hei māngai mōu, ko koe hoki hei Atua ki a ia. 17 Maua atu anō tēnei tokotoko i tōu ringa, e mea ai koe i ngā tohu."

Ka Hoki mai a Mohi ki Īhipa

18 Nā, haere ana a Mohi, hoki ana ki a Ietoro, ki tōna hungawai, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Tukua ahau kia haere, kia hoki ki ōku tuākana i Īhipa, kia kite kei te ora anō rānei rātou."

Ā, ka mea a Ietoro ki a Mohi, "Haere i runga i te pai."

19 I mea anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi i Miriana, "Haere, e hoki ki Īhipa; kua mate katoa hoki ngā tāngata i whai i a koe kia patua." 20 Nā, ka mau a Mohi ki tāna wahine rātou ko āna tama, ā, whakanohoia ana ki runga ki te kāihe, ā, hoki ana ki te whenua o Īhipa; i tango anō a Mohi i te tokotoko a te Atua ki tōna ringa.

21 I mea anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi, "E haere koe, e hoki ki Īhipa, kia mahara kia meatia ki te aroaro o Parao ēnā merekara katoa kua hoatu nā e ahau ki tōu ringa. Otiia, māku e whakapakeke tōna ngākau, kia kore ai ia e tuku i te iwi. 22 Ā, ka mea koe ki a Parao, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Ko Īharaira tāku tama, tāku mātāmua. 23 Ko tāku kupu anō tēnei ki a koe, "Tukua tāku tama kia mahi ki ahau." Ā, ki te kore koe e rongo ki te tuku i a ia, nā, ka patua e ahau tāu tama, tāu mātāmua.’ "

24 Ā, i a rātou i te whare tira i te ara, nā, pono pū a Ihowā ki a ia, ā, ka whai i a ia kia whakamatea. 25 Ā, ka tango a Hipora i tētahi kōhatu koi, ā, kotia iho te kiri matamata o tāna tama, nā, whakapākia ana e ia ki ōna waewae, ka mea, "He tāne toto koe ki ahau." 26 Heoi, ka tuku atu ia i a ia. I reira anō ka mea te wahine, "He tāne toto koe; mō te kotinga hoki."

27 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Ārona, "Haere ki te koraha, ki te whakatau i a Mohi." Ā, haere ana ia, ā, ka tūtaki ki a ia ki te maunga o te Atua, ka kihi i a ia. 28 Ā, kōrerotia ana e Mohi ki a Ārona ngā kupu katoa a Ihowā i unga nei i a ia, me ngā tohu katoa i ako ai ia ki a ia.

29 Nā, haere ana a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, ā, whakaminea ana ngā kaumātua katoa o ngā tama a Īharaira. 30 Nā, kōrerotia ana e Ārona ngā kupu katoa i kōrero ai a Ihowā ki a Mohi, mahia ana hoki e ia ngā tohu i te tirohanga a te iwi. 31 Ā, whakapono tonu te iwi; ā, ka rongo rātou kua tae mai a Ihowā ki ngā tama a Īharaira, kua titiro ki tō rātou whakawhiunga, ka tuohu rātou, ka koropiko.

1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. 4 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail: (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand); 5 that they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 6 And Jehovah said furthermore unto him, Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow. 7 And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.) 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

10 And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak. 13 And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. 14 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God. 17 And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 19 And Jehovah said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought thy life. 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. 21 And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go. 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born: 23 and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born. 24 And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him. 25 Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me. 26 So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood art thou, because of the circumcision.

27 And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of Jehovah wherewith he had sent him, and all the signs wherewith he had charged him. 29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: 30 and Aaron spake all the words which Jehovah had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed: and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.