Moses and the Burning Bush
1Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”
4When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”
And Moses said, “Here I am.”
5“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” 6Then he said, “I am the God of your father,3:6 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (see Acts 7:32) fathers the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
7The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. 8So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 9And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
11But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
12And God said, “I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you3:12 The Hebrew is plural. will worship God on this mountain.”
13Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”
14God said to Moses, “I am who I am.3:14 Or I will be what I will be This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ”
15God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,3:15 The Hebrew for Lord sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for I am in verse 14. the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’
“This is my name forever,
the name you shall call me
from generation to generation.
16“Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt. 17And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
18“The elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God.’ 19But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him. 20So I will stretch out my hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.
21“And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed. 22Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.”
Musa da ƙaramin itace mai cin wuta
1Ana nan wata rana Musa yana kiwon tumakin Yetro surukinsa, firist na Midiyan, sai ya bi da tumaki zuwa gefe mai nisa a cikin hamada, har ya zo Horeb, dutsen Allah. 2A can mala’ikan Ubangiji ya bayyana a gare shi cikin harshen wuta, a ƙaramin itace. Musa ya lura cewa ko da yake wuta na ci ƙaramin itacen, amma bai ƙone ba. 3Sai Musa ya ce, “Wannan abin mamaki ne, don me wannan itace bai ƙone ba? Bari in matso kusa in gani.”
4Da Ubangiji ya ga Musa ya matso don yă duba, sai Allah ya yi kira daga cikin ƙaramin itacen ya ce, “Musa! Musa!”
Sai Musa ya amsa ya ce, “Ga ni.”
5Allah ya ce, “Kada ka zo kusa, tuɓe takalmanka, gama inda kake tsaye, wuri ne mai tsarki.” 6Sai Allah ya ce, “Ni ne Allah na kakanninka, Allah na Ibrahim, Allah na Ishaku da kuma Allah na Yaƙub.” Da jin wannan, sai Musa ya ɓoye fuskarsa, domin ya ji tsoro yă dubi Allah.
7Ubangiji ya ce, “Tabbatacce na ga azabar mutanena a Masar. Na ji su suna kuka saboda matsin da shugabannin gandunsu suke musu, na kuma damu da wahalarsu. 8Saboda haka na sauko domin in cece su daga hannun Masarawa, in kuma fitar da su daga ƙasar Masar, in kai su ƙasa mai kyau mai fāɗi, ƙasa mai zub da madara da zuma, inda Kan’aniyawa, Hittiyawa, Amoriyawa, Ferizziyawa, Hiwiyawa da Yebusiyawa suke. 9Yanzu kukan Isra’ilawa ya kai gare ni, na kuma ga yadda Masarawa suke wulaƙanta su 10To, fa, sai ka tafi. Ina aikan ka wurin Fir’auna don ka fitar da mutanena Isra’ilawa daga Masar.”
11Amma Musa ya ce wa Allah, “Wane ni in tafi wurin Fir’auna, in kuma fitar da Isra’ilawa daga Masar?”
12Sai Allah ya ce, “Zan kasance da tare kai. Wannan kuwa za tă zama alama a gare ka cewa Ni na aike ka. Bayan ka fitar da mutanen daga Masar, za ku yi sujada ga Allah a kan dutsen nan.”
13Musa ya ce wa Allah, “A ce ma na tafi wurin Isra’ilawa na ce musu, ‘Allah na kakanninku ya aiko ni wurinku,’ in suka tambaye ni, ‘Mene ne sunansa?’ Me zan ce?”
14Allah ya ce wa Musa, “NI NE wanda NINE. Abin da za ka faɗa wa Isra’ilawa ke nan cewa, ‘NI NE, ya aiko ni wurinku.’ ”
15Allah ya kuma ce wa Musa, “Ka faɗa wa Isra’ilawa, ‘Ubangiji, Allah na kakanninka, Allah na Ibrahim, Allah na Ishaku da kuma Allah na Yaƙub, ya aiko ni wurinku.’ Wannan shi ne sunana har abada, sunan da za a tuna da ni daga tsara zuwa tsara ke nan.
16“Tafi ka tattara dattawan Isra’ila, ka ce musu, ‘Ubangiji, Allah na kakanninku, Allah na Ibrahim, Ishaku da Yaƙub, ya bayyana a gare ni ya ce, Na lura da ku, na kuma ga abubuwan da ake yi muku a Masar. 17Na kuma yi alkawari, zan fitar da ku daga azabarku a Masar zuwa ƙasar Kan’aniyawa, Hittiyawa, Amoriyawa, Ferizziyawa, Hiwiyawa da Yebusiyawa, ƙasa mai zub da madara da zuma.’
18“Dattawan Isra’ila za su saurare ka. Sa’an nan da kai da dattawan Isra’ila, za ku tafi wurin sarkin Masar, ku ce masa, ‘Ubangiji, Allah na Ibraniyawa, ya sadu da mu. Bari mu yi tafiyar kwana uku zuwa cikin hamada domin mu yi hadaya wa Ubangiji Allahnmu.’ 19Amma na san cewa sarkin Masar ba zai yarda ku tafi ba, sai hannu mai ƙarfi ya tilasta shi. 20Saboda haka zan miƙa hannuna in bugi Masarawa da duk al’ajaban da zan aikata a cikinsu. Bayan haka zai bar ku, ku tafi.
21“Zan kuma sa mutanen su sami tagomashi daga wurin Masarawa, saboda sa’ad da za ku fita, ba za ku fita hannu wofi ba. 22Kowace mace ta tambayi maƙwabciyarta, da kuma duk wata macen da take cikin gidanta, kayayyakin azurfa da na zinariya da kuma na riguna, waɗanda za ku sa wa ’ya’yanku maza da mata. Ta haka nan za ku washe Masarawa.”
