1 Moyses answering said: They will not believe me, nor hear my voice, but they will say: Our Lord hath not appeared to thee.
1 Moses answered, and said: They will not believe me, nor hear my voice, but they will say: The Lord hath not appeared to thee.
2 Therefore he said to him: What is that thou holdest in thy hand? He answered: A rod.
2 Then he said to him: What is that thou holdest in thy hand? He answered: A rod.
3 And our Lord said: Cast it upon the ground. He did cast it, and it was turned into a serpent, so that Moyses fled.
3 And the Lord said: Cast it down upon the ground. He cast it down, and it was turned into a serpent, so that Moses fled from it.
4 And our Lord said: Stretch thy hand, & catch the tail thereof. He stretched it forth, & took hold of it, and it was turned into a rod.
4 And the Lord said: Put out thy hand, and take it by the tail. He put forth his hand, and took hold of it, and it was turned into a rod.
5 That they may believe, quoth he, that the Lord God of their fathers hath appeared to thee, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, & the God of Jacob.
5 That they may believe, saith he, that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to thee.
6 And our Lord said again: Put thy hand into thy bosom. Which when he had put into his bosom, he brought it forth full of leprosy like snow.
6 And the Lord said again: Put thy hand into thy bosom. And when he had put it into his bosom, he brought it forth leprous as snow.
7 Draw back, quoth he, thy hand into thy bosom. He drew it back, and brought it forth again, & it was like the other flesh.
7 And he said: Put back thy hand into thy bosom. He put it back, and brought it out again, and it was like the other flesh.
8 If they will not believe thee, quoth he, nor hear the word of the former sign, they will believe the word of the sign following.
8 If they will not believe thee, saith he, nor hear the voice of the former sign, they will believe the word of the latter sign.
9 And if so be they will believe neither of these two signs, nor hear thy voice, take water of the river, & pour it out upon the dry land, and whatsoever thou drawest of the river shall be turned into blood.
9 But if they will not even believe these two signs, nor hear thy voice: take of the river water, and pour it out upon the dry land, and whatsoever thou drawest out of the river, shall be turned into blood.
10 Moyses said: I beseech thee, Lord, I am not eloquent from yesterday and the day before: and since thou hast spoken to thy servant, I have more impediment & slowness of tongue.
10 Moses said: I beseech thee, Lord, I am not eloquent from yesterday and the day before; and since thou hast spoken to thy servant, I have more impediment and slowness of tongue.
11 Our Lord said to him: Who made the mouth of man; or who framed the dumb and deaf, the seeing and the blind? Did not I?
11 The Lord said to him: Who made man’s mouth? Or who made the dumb and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? Did not I?
12 Go on therefore, and I will be in thy mouth; & will teach thee what thou shalt speak.
12 Go therefore, ¹and I will be in thy mouth; and I will teach thee what thou shalt speak.
13 But he said: I beseech thee, Lord, send whom thou wilt send.
13 But he said: I beseech thee, Lord, send whom thou wilt send.
14 Our Lord being angry at Moyses, said: Aaron thy brother the Levite, I know that he is eloquent: behold he cometh forth to meet thee, & seeing thee shall be glad at the heart.
14 The Lord being angry at Moses, said: Aaron the Levite is thy brother, I know that he is eloquent: behold he cometh forth to meet thee, and seeing thee, shall be glad at heart.
15 Speak to him, and put my words in his mouth; & I will be in thy mouth, and in his mouth, and will shew you what ye must do.
15 Speak to him, and put my words in his mouth: ²and I will be in thy mouth, and in his mouth, and will show you what you must do.
16 He shall speak in thy stead to the people, and shall be thy mouth: but thou shalt be to him in those things that pertain to God.
16 He shall speak in thy stead to the people, and shall be thy mouth: but thou shalt be to him in those things that pertain to God.
17 This rod also take in thy hand, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.
17 And take this rod in thy hand, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.
18 Moyses went his way, & returned to Jethro his father in law, and said to him: I will go and return to my brethren in Ægypt, that I may see if they be yet alive. To whom Jethro said: Go in peace:
18 Moses went his way, and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said to him; I will go and return to my brethren into Egypt, that I may see if they be yet alive. And Jethro said to him: Go in peace.
19 Therefore our Lord said to Moyses in Madian: Go, and return into Ægypt: for they are all dead that sought thy life.
19 And the Lord said to Moses, in Madian: Go, and return into Egypt; for they are all dead that sought thy life.
20 Moyses therefore took his wife, and his children, and set them upon an ass: and returned into Ægypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand.
20 Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass; and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand.
21 And our Lord said to him returning into Ægypt: See that thou do all the wonders which I have put in thy hand, before Pharao: I will indurate his heart, and he will not dismiss the people.
21 And the Lord said to him as he was returning into Egypt: See that thou do all the wonders before Pharao, which I have put in thy hand: I shall harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.
22 And thou shalt say to him: This saith the Lord: My first-begotten son is Israel.
22 And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my firstborn.
23 Isaid to thee: dismiss my son that he may serve me, and thou wouldst not dismiss him: behold I will kill thy first-begotten son.
23 I have said to thee: Let my son go, that he may serve me, and thou wouldst not let him go: behold I will kill thy son, thy firstborn.
24 And when he was in his journey, in the Inn, our Lord met him, and would have killed him.
24 And when he was in his journey, in the inn, the Lord met him, and would have killed him.
25 Sephora by and by took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the prepuce of her son, and touched his feet, and said: A bloody spouse thou art to me.
25 Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the foreskin of her son, and touched his feet, and said: A bloody spouse art thou to me.
26 And he let him go after she had said, A bloody spouse thou art to me, because of the circumcision.
26 And he let him go after she had said: A bloody spouse art thou to me, because of the circumcision.
27 And our Lord said to Aaron: Go to Moyses into the desert. Who went forth to meet him unto the Mountain of God, and kissed him.
27 And the Lord said to Aaron: Go into the desert to meet Moses. And he went forth to meet him in the mountain of God, and kissed him.
28 And Moyses told Aaron all the words of our Lord, by which he had sent him, and the signs that he had commanded.
28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord, by which he had sent him, and the signs that he had commanded.
29 And they came together, and gathered together all the ancients of the children of Israel.
29 And they came together, and they assembled all the ancients of the children of Israel.
30 And Aaron spake all the words which our Lord had said to Moyses: and he wrought the signs before the people,
30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had said to Moses: and he wrought the signs before the people.
31 and the people believed. And they heard that our Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction; and they adored prostrate.
31 And the people believed. And they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction: and falling down they adored.