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1 Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’"

2 Yahweh said to him, "What is that in your hand?"

He said, "A rod."

3 He said, "Throw it on the ground."

He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.

4 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail."

He stretched out his hand, and took hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.

5 "This is so that they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you." 6 Yahweh said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand inside your cloak."

He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.

7 He said, "Put your hand inside your cloak again."

He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.

8 "It will happen, if they will not believe you or listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land."

10 Moses said to Yahweh, "O Lord,*4:10 The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai". I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."

11 Yahweh said to him, "Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak."

13 Moses said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."

14 Yahweh’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he is coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 15 You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. 16 He will be your spokesman to the people. It will happen that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God. 17 You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs."

18 Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive."

Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."

19 Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead."

20 Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God’s rod in his hand. 21 Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go. 22 You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘Yahweh says, Israel is my son, my firstborn, 23 and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’"

24 On the way at a lodging place, Yahweh met Moses and wanted 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 you are a bridegroom of blood to me."

26 So he let him alone. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision.

27 Yahweh said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses."

He went, and met him on God’s mountain, and kissed him. 28 Moses told Aaron all Yahweh’s words with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had instructed him. 29 Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. 30 Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

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.