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1 فَقَالَ مُوسَى: «مَاذَا إذَا لَمْ يُصَدِّقُونِي وَلَمْ يُصْغُوا إلَيَّ وَقَالُوا: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ لَمْ يَظْهَرْ لَكَ؟» 2 فَسَأَلَهُ الرَّبُّ: «مَا تِلْكَ الَّتِي بِيَدِكَ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «عَصاً». 3 فَقَالَ: «أَلْقِهَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ». فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ، فَهَرَبَ مِنْهَا مُوسَى. 4 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «مُدَّ يَدَكَ وَاقْبِضْ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ ذَيْلِهَا». فَمَدَّ مُوسَى يَدَهُ وَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهَا، فَارْتَدَّتْ عَصاً فِي يَدِهِ. 5 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «هَذَا لِكَي يُؤْمِنُوا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِكُمْ، إِلَهَ إبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِلَهَ إسْحاقَ وَإِلَهَ يَعْقُوبَ قَدْ ظَهَرَ لَكَ». 6 ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ أَيْضاً: «أَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فِي عُبِّكَ». فَأَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي عُبِّهِ. وَعِنْدَمَا أَخْرَجَهَا إِذَا بِها بَرْصَاءُ كَالثَّلْجِ. 7 وَأَمَرَهُ الرَّبُّ: «رُدَّ يَدَكَ إِلَى عُبِّكَ ثَانِيَةً». فَرَدَّ يَدَهُ إِلَى عُبِّهِ ثَانِيَةً ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَهَا مِنْ عُبِّهِ، وَإذَا بِها قَدْ عَادَتْ مِثْلَ بَاقِي جَسَدِهِ. 8 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «إِذَا لَمْ يُصَدِّقُوكَ، أَوْ يُعِيرُوا الْمُعْجِزَةَ الأُولَى انْتِبَاهَهُمْ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يُصَدِّقُونَ الثَّانِيَةَ. 9 وَإذَا لَمْ يُصَدِّقُوا هَاتَيْنِ الآيَتَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُصْغُوا لِكَلامِكَ، فَاغْرِفْ مِنْ مَاءِ النَّهْرِ وَاسْكُبْهُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ الْجَافَّةِ، فَيَتَحَوَّلَ الْمَاءُ الَّذِي غَرَفْتَهُ مِنَ النَّهْرِ إِلَى دَمٍ فَوْقَ الأَرْضِ». 10 فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلرَّبِّ: «أَصْغِ يَا رَبُّ، أَنَا لَمْ أَكُنْ فِي يَوْمٍ مِنَ الأَيَّامِ فَصِيحاً، لَا فِي الأَمْسِ، وَلا مُنْذُ أَنْ خَاطَبْتَ عَبْدَكَ. إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَطِيءُ النُّطْقِ عَيِيُّ اللِّسَانِ». 11 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لَهُ: «مَنْ هُوَ بَارِئُ فَمِ الإِنْسَانِ؟ أَوْ مَنْ يَجْعَلُهُ أَخْرَسَ أَوْ أَصَمَّ أَوْ بَصِيراً أَوْ كَفِيفاً؟ أَلَسْتُ أَنَا، الرَّبَّ؟ 12 فَالآنَ انْطَلِقْ فَأُلَقِّنَ فَمَكَ النُّطْقَ، وَأُعَلِّمَكَ مَاذَا تَقُولُ». 13 لَكِنَّ مُوسَى أَجَابَ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، أَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ أَنْ تُرْسِلَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ غَيْرِي». 14 فَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى مُوسَى وَقَالَ: «أَلَيْسَ هَرُونُ اللّاوِيُّ أَخَاكَ؟ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ يُحْسِنُ الْكَلامَ، وَهَا هُوَ أَيْضاً قَادِمٌ لِلِقَائِكَ. وَحَالَمَا يَرَاكَ يَبْتَهِجُ قَلْبُهُ. 15 فَتُحَدِّثُهُ وَتُلَقِّنُ فَمَهُ الْكَلامَ، فَأُعِينُكُمَا عَلَى الْقَوْلِ، وَأُعَلِّمُكُمَا مَاذَا تَفْعَلانِ، 16 فَيُخَاطِبُ هُوَ الشَّعْبَ عَنْكَ ويَكُونُ لَكَ بِمَثَابَةِ فَمٍ وَأَنْتَ تَكُونُ لَهُ بِمَثَابَةِ إِلَهٍ. 17 وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ هَذِهِ الْعَصَا لِتَصْنَعَ بِها الْمُعْجِزَاتِ».

موسى يعود إلى مصر

18 فَرَجَعَ مُوسَى إِلَى يَثْرُونَ حَمِيهِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «دَعْنِي أَعُودُ إِلَى قَوْمِي فِي مِصْرَ لأَرَى أَمَازَالُوا بَعْدُ أَحْيَاءَ». فَأَجَابَ يَثْرُونُ مُوسَى: «اذْهَبْ بِسَلامٍ». 19 وَأَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى فِي مِدْيَانَ: «هَيَّا ارْجِعْ إِلَى مِصْرَ، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ جَمِيعُ السَّاعِينَ إِلَى الْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْكَ». 20 فَأَخَذَ مُوسَى امْرَأَتَهُ وَبَنِيهِ وَأَرْكَبَهُمْ عَلَى الْحَمِيرِ وَمَضَى عَائِداً إِلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. وَأَخَذَ مَعَهُ عَصَا اللهِ أَيْضاً. 21 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «حَالَمَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَى مِصْرَ، تَذَكَّرْ أَنْ تُجْرِيَ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ جَمِيعَ الْعَجَائِبِ الَّتِي مَنَحْتُكَ الْقُوَّةَ عَلَى إِجْرَائِهَا، وَلَكِنَّنِي سَأُقَسِّي قَلْبَهُ لِكَيْ لَا يُطْلِقَ الشَّعْبَ. 22 ثُمَّ قُلْ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: إِسْرَائِيلُ هُوَ ابْنِي الْبِكْرُ. 23 قُلْتُ لَكَ: أَطْلِقِ ابْنِي لِيَعْبُدَنِي، وَلَكِنَّكَ رَفَضْتَ إِطْلاقَهُ، لِذَلِكَ سَأُهْلِكُ ابْنَكَ الْبِكْرَ». 24 وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ الطَّرِيقِ، بِالقُرْبِ مِنْ خَانٍ، الْتَقَاهُ الرَّبُّ وَهَمَّ أَنْ يَقْتُلَهُ. 25 فَأَخَذَتْ صَفُّورَةُ صَوَّانَةً وَقَطَعَتْ قُلْفَةَ ابْنِهَا وَمَسَّتْ بِها قَدَمَيْ مُوسَى قَائِلَةً: «حَقّاً إِنَّكَ عَرِيسُ دَمٍ لِي». 26 فَعَفَا الرَّبُّ عَنْهُ. حِينَئِذٍ قَالَتْ: «عَرِيسُ دَمٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْخِتَانِ». 27 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِهَرُونَ: «اذْهَبْ إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ لاِسْتِقْبَالِ مُوسَى». فَمَضَى وَالْتَقَاهُ عِنْدَ جَبَلِ الرَّبِّ وَقَبَّلَهُ. 28 فَأَطْلَعَ مُوسَى هَرُونَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ كَلامِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي حَمَّلَهُ إِيَّاهُ، وَمَا كَلَّفَهُ بِهِ مِنْ آيَاتٍ، 29 ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ مُوسَى وَهَرُونُ وَجَمَعَا كُلَّ شُيُوخِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، 30 فَحَدَّثَهُمْ هَرُونُ بِجَمِيعِ مَا قَالَهُ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى. وَأَجْرَى مُوسَى الْمُعْجِزَاتِ أَمَامَهُمْ. 31 فَآمَنَ الشَّعْبُ. وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعُوا أَنَّ اللهَ قَدِ افْتَقَدَهُمْ وَنَظَرَ إِلَى مَذَلَّتِهِمْ انْحَنَوْا سَاجِدِينَ.

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New International Version

Signs for Moses

1 Moses answered, ‘What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, “The Lord did not appear to you”?’ 2 Then the Lord said to him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ ‘A staff,’ he replied. 3 The Lord said, ‘Throw it on the ground.’ Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran from it. 4 Then the Lord said to him, ‘Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.’ So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand. 5 ‘This,’ said the Lord, ‘is so that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers – the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob – has appeared to you.’ 6 Then the Lord said, ‘Put your hand inside your cloak.’ So Moses put his hand into his cloak, and when he took it out, the skin was leprous* – it had become as white as snow. 7 ‘Now put it back into your cloak,’ he said. So Moses put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his flesh. 8 Then the Lord said, ‘If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first sign, they may believe the second. 9 But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will become blood on the ground.’ 10 Moses said to the Lord, ‘Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.’ 11 The Lord said to him, ‘Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.’ 13 But Moses said, ‘Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.’ 14 Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses and he said, ‘What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you. 15 You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. 16 He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him. 17 But take this staff in your hand so that you can perform the signs with it.’

Moses returns to Egypt

18 Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, ‘Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.’ Jethro said, ‘Go, and I wish you well.’ 19 Now the Lord had said to Moses in Midian, ‘Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you are dead.’ 20 So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand. 21 The Lord said to Moses, ‘When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. 22 Then say to Pharaoh, “This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son, 23 and I told you, ‘Let my son go, so that he may worship me.’ But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.” ’ 24 At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses* and was about to kill him. 25 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it.* ‘Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,’ she said. 26 So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said ‘bridegroom of blood’, referring to circumcision.) 27 The Lord said to Aaron, ‘Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.’ So he met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him. 28 Then Moses told Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say, and also about all the signs he had commanded him to perform. 29 Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites, 30 and Aaron told them everything the Lord had said to Moses. He also performed the signs before the people, 31 and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshipped.