第四章 Exodus 4
1.摩西回答說:「他們必不信我,也不聽我的話,必說:『耶和華並沒有向你顯現。』」
Moses answered, 「What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 『The LORD did not appear to you』?」
2.耶和華對摩西說:「你手裏是甚麼?」他說:「是杖。」
Then the LORD said to him, 「What is that in your hand?」 「A staff,」 he replied.
3.耶和華說:「丟在地上。」他一丟下去,就變作蛇;摩西便跑開。
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.耶和華對摩西說:「伸出手來,拿住牠的尾巴,牠必在你手中仍變為杖;
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.如此好叫他們信耶和華他們祖宗的 神,就是亞伯拉罕的 神,以撒的 神,雅各的 神,是向你顯現了。」
「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.」