Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Chapter 3
The Burning Bush
| 1 Καὶ Μωυσῆς ἦν ποιμαίνων τὰ πρόβατα Ἰοθὸρ τοῦ γαμβροῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἱερέως Μαδιὰμ καὶ ἤγαγεν τὰ πρόβατα ὑπὸ τὴν ἔρημον καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος Χωρήβ. 2 ὤφθη δὲ αὐτῷ ἄγγελος κυρίου ἐν φλογὶ πυρὸς ἐκ τοῦ βάτου, καὶ ὁρᾷ ὅτι ὁ βάτος καίεται πυρί, ὁ δὲ βάτος οὐ κατεκαίετο. 3 εἶπεν δὲ Μωυσῆς παρελθὼν ὄψομαι τὸ ὅραμα τὸ μέγα τοῦτο, τί ὅτι οὐ κατακαίεται ὁ βάτος. 4 ὡς δὲ εἶδεν κύριος ὅτι προσάγει ἰδεῖν, ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν κύριος ἐκ τοῦ βάτου λέγων Μωυσῆ, Μωυσῆ. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν τί ἐστιν; 5 καὶ εἶπεν μὴ ἐγγίσῃς ὧδε· λῦσαι τὸ ὑπόδημα ἐκ τῶν ποδῶν σου· ὁ γὰρ τόπος, ἐν ᾧ σὺ ἕστηκας, γῆ ἁγία ἐστίν. 6 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ θεὸς τοῦ πατρός σου, θεὸς Ἁβραὰμ καὶ θεὸς Ἰσαάκ. καὶ θεὸς Ἰακὼβ ἀπέστρεψεν δὲ Μωυσῆς τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ· εὐλαβεῖτο γὰρ κατεμβλέψαι ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ. 7 εἶπεν δὲ κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν ἰδὼν εἶδον τὴν κάκωσιν τοῦ λαοῦ μου τοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ τῆς κραυγῆς αὐτῶν ἀκήκοα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐργοδιωκτῶν· οἶδα γὰρ τὴν ὀδύνην αὐτῶν· 8 καὶ κατέβην ἐξελέσθαι αὐτοὺς ἐκ χειρὸς Αἰγυπτίων καὶ ἐξαγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἐκείνης καὶ εἰσαγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς γῆν ἀγαθὴν καὶ πολλήν, εἰς γῆν ῥέουσαν γάλα καὶ μέλι, εἰς τὸν τόπον τῶν Χαναναίων καὶ Χετταίων καὶ Ἀμορραίων καὶ Φερεζαίων καὶ Γεργεσαίων καὶ Εὐαίων καὶ Ἰεβουσαίων. 9 καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ κραυγὴ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἥκει πρός με, κἀγὼ ἑώρακα τὸν θλιμμόν, ὃν οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι θλίβουσιν αὐτούς. | 1 And Moses was shepherding the sheep of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the sheep under the wilderness and came to the mountain of Horeb. 2 And an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the bush; and he saw that the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, "Passing by, I will see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt up." 4 And when the Lord saw that he drew near to look, the Lord called him from the bush, saying, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "What is it?" 5 And He said, "Do not come near here; loose the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground." 6 And He said to him, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses turned away his face, for he was afraid to look before God. 7 And the Lord said to Moses, "Seeing, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of the taskmasters; for I know their pain. 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to lead them out of that land and to bring them into a good and spacious land, into a land flowing with milk and honey, into the place of the Canaanites, and Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Girgashites, and Hivites, and Jebusites. 9 And now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them." |
The Mission of Moses
| 10 καὶ νῦν δεῦρο ἀποστείλω σὲ πρὸς Φαραὼ βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἐξάξεις τὸν λαόν μου τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου. | 10 "And now come, I will send you to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and you shall lead out my people, the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt." |
| 11 καὶ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς πρὸς τὸν θεόν τίς εἰμι, ὅτι πορεύσομαι πρὸς Φαραὼ βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ὅτι ἐξάξω τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου; 12 εἶπεν δὲ ὁ θεὸς Μωυσεῖ λέγων ὅτι ἔσομαι μετὰ σου, καὶ τοῦτό σοί τὸ σημεῖον ὅτι ἐγώ σὲ ἐξαποστέλλω· ἐν τῷ ἐξαγαγεῖν σὲ τὸν λαόν μου ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ λατρεύσετε τῷ θεῷ ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ. 13 καὶ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς πρὸς τὸν θεόν ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐλεύσομαι πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐρῶ πρὸς αὐτούς ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν ἀπέσταλκέν με πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἐρωτήσουσίν με τί ὄνομα αὐτῷ τί ἐρῶ πρὸς αὐτούς; 14 καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Μωυσῆν ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν· καὶ εἶπεν οὕτως ἐρεῖς τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ ὁ ὢν ἀπέσταλκέν με πρὸς ὑμᾶς. 15 καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς πάλιν πρὸς Μωυσῆν οὕτως ἐρεῖς τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν, θεὸς Ἁβραὰμ καὶ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ θεὸς Ἰακώβ, ἀπέσταλκέν με πρὸς ὑμᾶς· τοῦτό μού ἐστιν ὄνομα αἰώνιον καὶ μνημόσυνον γενεῶν γενεαῖς. 16 ἐλθὼν οὖν συνάγαγε τὴν γερουσίαν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτούς κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν ὦπταί μοι θεὸς Ἁβραὰμ καὶ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ θεὸς Ἰακώβ, λέγων ἐπισκοπῇ ἐπέσκεμμαι ὑμᾶς καὶ ὅσα συμβέβηκεν ὑμῖν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, 17 καὶ εἶπον ἀναβιβάσω ὑμᾶς ἐκ τῆς κακώσεως τῶν Αἰγυπτίων εἰς τὴν γῆν τῶν Χαναναίων καὶ Χετταίων καὶ Ἀμορραίων καὶ Φερεζαίων καὶ Γεργεσαίων καὶ Εὐαίων καὶ Ἰεβουσαίων, εἰς γῆν ῥέουσαν γάλα καὶ μέλι. 18 καὶ εἰσακούσονταί σου τῆς φωνῆς· καὶ εἰσελεύσῃ σὺ καὶ ἡ γερουσία Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς Φαραὼ βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτόν ὁ θεὸς τῶν Ἑβραίων προσκέκληται ἡμᾶς· πορευσώμεθα οὖν ὁδὸν τριῶν ἡμερῶν εἰς τὴν ἔρημον, ἵνα θύσωμεν τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν. 19 ἐγὼ δὲ οἶδα ὅτι οὐ προήσεται ὑμᾶς Φαραὼ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου πορευθῆναι, ἐὰν μὴ μετὰ χειρὸς κραταιᾶς. 20 καὶ ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα πατάξω τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς θαυμασίοις μου, οἷς ποιήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξαποστελεῖ ὑμᾶς. 21 καὶ δώσω χάριν τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ ἐναντίον τῶν Αἰγυπτίων· ὅταν δὲ ἀποτρέχητε, οὐκ ἀπελεύσεσθε κενοί· 22 αἰτήσει γυνὴ παρὰ γείτονος καὶ συσκήνου αὐτῆς σκεύη ἀργυρᾶ καὶ χρυσᾶ καὶ ἱματισμόν, καὶ ἐπιθήσετε ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς ὑμῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς θυγατέρας ὑμῶν καὶ σκυλεύσετε τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους. | 11 And Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and that I should lead out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt?" 12 And God spoke to Moses, saying, "I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that I am sending you: when you have led my people out of Egypt, you shall also serve God on this mountain." 13 And Moses said to God, "Behold, I shall go to the sons of Israel and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they will ask me, 'What is his name?'—what shall I say to them?" 14 And God said to Moses, "I am the One who is" (Egō eimi ho Ōn); and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel: 'The One who is' has sent me to you." 15 And God said again to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel: 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my eternal name and a memorial for generations to generations. 16 Go, therefore, and gather the elders of the sons of Israel and you shall say to them: 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, has appeared to me—the God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob—saying: With a visitation I have visited you and all that has happened to you in Egypt.' 17 And I said, 'I will bring you up out of the affliction of the Egyptians into the land of the Canaanites and Hittites and Amorites and Perizzites and Girgashites and Hivites and Jebusites, into a land flowing with milk and honey.' 18 And they will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel shall go in to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and you shall say to him: 'The God of the Hebrews has called us; let us go, therefore, a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to our God.' 19 But I know that Pharaoh king of Egypt will not let you go, except by a mighty hand. 20 And stretching out my hand, I will strike the Egyptians with all my wonders which I will perform among them, and after these things he will send you out. 21 And I will give favor to this people in the sight of the Egyptians; and when you depart, you shall not go away empty. 22 Every woman shall ask from her neighbor and her tent-mate for silver and gold vessels and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters, and you shall despoil the Egyptians." |