11 Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, "Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians talk, saying, ‘He brought them out for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?’ Turn from your fierce wrath, and turn away from this evil against your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’"

14 So Yahweh turned away from the evil which he said he would do to his people.

11 Maar Moses het die HERE sy God om genade gesmeek en gesê: Waarom, o HERE, sou u toorn ontvlam teen u volk wat U met grote krag en met 'n sterke hand uit Egipteland uitgelei het?

12 Waarom sou die Egiptenaars spreek en sê: In kwaadwilligheid het Hy hulle uitgelei om hulle in die berge om te bring en hulle van die aardbodem af te vernietig? Wend U af van die gloed van u toorn, en laat dit U berou oor die onheil van u volk.

13 Gedenk aan Abraham, Isak en Israel, u knegte, vir wie U by Uself gesweer en aan wie U gesê het: Ek sal julle nageslag vermenigvuldig soos die sterre van die hemel, en hierdie hele land waarvan Ek gespreek het, sal Ek aan julle nageslag gee, dat hulle dit vir ewig kan beërwe.

14 Toe het dit die HERE berou oor die onheil wat Hy gesê het dat Hy sy volk sou aandoen.