出埃及記 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
上帝呼召摩西
3 摩西為岳父米甸祭司葉忒羅放羊。一天他領著羊群穿越曠野,來到上帝的山——何烈山。 2 忽然有耶和華的天使在荊棘裡的火焰中向他顯現。摩西看見荊棘雖然在燃燒,卻沒有被燒毀。 3 摩西想:「我要過去看這個奇異的景象,荊棘為什麼沒有被燒掉呢?」 4 耶和華上帝見他要上前觀看,就從荊棘叢中呼喚他說:「摩西!摩西!」摩西說:「我在這裡。」 5 上帝說:「別再靠近,脫下你腳上的鞋子,因為你所站的地方是聖地。」 6 又說:「我是你祖先的上帝,是亞伯拉罕的上帝,以撒的上帝,雅各的上帝。」摩西害怕看上帝,就把臉蒙起來。 7 耶和華說:「我已經看見我子民在埃及所受的苦難,聽見了他們因監工的壓迫而發出的呼求。我知道他們的痛苦。 8 我下來是要從埃及人手中救他們,帶他們離開那裡,到一個遼闊肥沃的奶蜜之鄉,就是現在迦南人、赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人、希未人和耶布斯人居住的地方。 9 現在,以色列人的呼求傳到我耳中,我也看到了埃及人怎樣壓迫他們。 10 現在去吧,我要派你到法老那裡,帶領我的以色列子民離開埃及。」 11 但摩西對上帝說:「我是誰啊?怎麼能去見法老,把以色列人從埃及領出來呢?」 12 上帝說:「我必與你同在,你帶百姓離開埃及後,你們必在這座山上事奉我——這將是我派你去的證據。」 13 摩西問上帝:「假如我到以色列人那裡,對他們說,『你們祖先的上帝派我來你們這裡。』他們如果問我,『祂叫什麼名字?』我該怎樣回答他們呢?」 14 上帝對摩西說:「我是自有永有者。你要這樣回答以色列人,『那位自有永有者派我到你們這裡。』」 15 上帝又對摩西說:「你要告訴以色列人是我派遣你到他們那裡,我是他們祖先的上帝耶和華,是亞伯拉罕的上帝,以撒的上帝,雅各的上帝。耶和華是我的名字,直到永遠,世世代代的人都要這樣稱呼我。 16 你去招聚以色列的長老,對他們說,『你們祖先的上帝耶和華,就是亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的上帝向我顯現,說祂關切你們,知道你們在埃及的遭遇。 17 祂應許要帶領你們脫離在埃及所受的苦難,到迦南人、赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人,希未人和耶布斯人住的地方,那裡是奶蜜之鄉。』 18 以色列的長老們必定聽從你的話,你就跟他們一起去見埃及王,對他說,『希伯來人的上帝耶和華向我們顯現。現在請你容許我們走三天的路程,到曠野去,向我們的上帝耶和華獻祭。』 19 我也知道除非我用大能的手向他施壓,不然埃及王不會讓你們離開。 20 因此,我必伸手行各種神蹟攻擊埃及,之後他必讓你們離開。 21 我必使埃及人恩待你們,好叫你們不致空手離開埃及。 22 你們的婦女只管向埃及鄰居及住在鄰居家的婦女索取金器、銀器和衣服,給自己的兒女穿戴,你們必這樣奪取埃及人的財物。」
出埃及记 3
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
神向摩西顯現
3 那時,摩西正在牧放他岳父米甸祭司葉忒羅的羊群。有一次,他把羊群領到曠野的盡頭去,到了 神的山,就是何烈山。 2 耶和華的使者從荊棘叢裡的火燄中向摩西顯現。摩西觀看,看見荊棘被火燒著,卻沒有燒毀。 3 摩西說:“我要到那邊去,看看這大異象,這荊棘為甚麼燒不掉?” 4 耶和華見摩西要到那邊去觀看, 神就從荊棘叢裡呼叫他,說:“摩西,摩西。”摩西說:“我在這裡。” 5 耶和華說:“不可過到這裡來;要把你腳上的鞋脫掉,因為你所站的地方是聖地。” 6 又說:“我是你父親的 神、亞伯拉罕的 神、以撒的 神、雅各的 神。”摩西因為怕見 神,就把自己的臉蒙住了。
摩西的使命
7 耶和華說:“我的子民在埃及所受的痛苦,我實在看見了;他們因受督工的轄制所發的呼聲,我也聽見了;他們的痛苦,我是知道的。 8 所以我下來,要救他們脫離埃及人的手,領他們脫離那地,到美好寬闊之地,到流奶與蜜之地,就是到迦南人、赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人、希未人和耶布斯人的地方。 9 現在以色列人的呼聲已經達到我的面前,我也看見了埃及人對他們所施的壓迫。 10 所以現在你來,我要派你到法老那裡去,使你可以把我的人民以色列人從埃及領出來。” 11 摩西對 神說:“我是誰,竟能到法老那裡去,把以色列人從埃及領出來呢?” 12 神回答:“我必與你同在;你把人民從埃及領出來的時候,你們要在這山上事奉 神;這就是我派你去的憑據。”
13 摩西對 神說:“我到以色列人那裡,對他們說:‘你們祖宗的 神差遣我到你們這裡來’,他們必問我:‘他叫甚麼名字?’我要對他們說甚麼呢?” 14 神回答摩西:“我是‘自有永有者’。”又說:“你要對以色列人這樣說:‘那自有者派我到你們這裡來。’” 15 神又對摩西說:“你要對以色列人這樣說:‘耶和華你們祖宗的 神,就是亞伯拉罕的 神、以撒的 神、雅各的 神,差遣我到你們這裡來;這就是我永久的名字,也是世世代代中我被記念的名字。’ 16 你去召集以色列的長老,對他們說:‘耶和華你們祖宗的 神,就是亞伯拉罕的 神、以撒的 神、雅各的 神,向我顯現,說:“我實在眷顧了你們,和鑒察了你們在埃及所遭遇的。” 17 我也曾說:“我要把你們從埃及的痛苦中領出來,到迦南人、赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人之地去,就是到流奶與蜜之地去。”’ 18 他們必聽你的話;你和以色列的長老要到埃及王那裡去,對他說:‘耶和華希伯來人的 神遇見了我們。現在求你讓我們走三天的路程到曠野去,好獻祭給耶和華我們的 神。’ 19 我也知道,如果不施行大能的手(“如果不施行大能的手”或譯:“雖然施行大能的手”),埃及王決不會讓你們走的。 20 因此,我要伸手,用我在埃及快要施行的一切異能,擊打埃及;然後他才會讓你們離去。 21 我必叫這民在埃及人的眼前蒙恩。因此你們離去的時候,就不至於空手而去。 22 但每個婦女要向她鄰居的婦女,和寄居在她家中的婦女索取銀器、金器和衣服,要給你們的兒女穿戴;這樣,你們就把埃及人的財物掠奪了。”
Exodus 3
Evangelical Heritage Version
Moses and the Burning Bush
3 Now Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, a priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 The Angel of the Lord appeared to him in blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw that the bush was on fire, but the bush was not burning up. 3 So he said, “I will go over and look at this amazing sight—to find out why the bush is not burning up.”
4 When the Lord saw that Moses had gone over to take a look, God called to him from the middle of the bush and said, “Moses! Moses!”
Moses said, “I am here.”
5 The Lord said, “Do not come any closer. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” 6 He then said, “I am the God of your fathers,[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”
Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
7 The Lord said, “I have certainly seen the misery of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their cry for help because of their slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering. 8 So I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 Now indeed, the Israelites’ cry for help has come to me. Yes, I have seen how the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10 Come now, I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”
11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
12 So he said, “I will certainly be with you. This will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will serve God on this mountain.”
13 But Moses said to God, “If 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?’ what should I say to them?”
14 So God replied to Moses, “I am who I am.”[b] He also said, “You will say this to the Israelites: I am has sent me to you.”
15 God also told Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: ‘The Lord, 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, and this is how I am to be remembered from generation to generation.’
16 “Go, gather the elders of Israel together and tell them: ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying: I have certainly been paying attention to you and to what they have done to you in Egypt. 17 So I have said that I will bring you up from the misery in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.’
18 “They will listen to your voice. Then you and the elders of Israel will go to the king of Egypt, and you will say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the Lord, our God.’
19 “But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless he is forced to do so by a powerful hand. 20 So I will reach out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in their midst. Afterward he will let you go.
21 “I will give this people favor with the Egyptians so that when you go, you will not go out empty-handed. 22 Each woman is to ask her neighbor, as well as any woman staying in her house, for articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing. You are to put them on your sons and daughters. In this way you will plunder the Egyptians.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 3:6 The Samaritan Pentateuch and Acts 7:32 read fathers. The main Hebrew text has the singular.
- Exodus 3:14 This translation follows the Jewish and Christian tradition of not reading God’s Old Testament name Yahweh but pronouncing it as Lord and writing it as Lord (Adonai). This name, known as the Tetragrammaton (the four letter name), means “he is.” It was probably originally pronounced Yahweh, but in poetry it sometimes occurs as the short form Yah. When the Lord speaks of himself, he can call himself I am.
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