1 Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
2 And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw that the tree was on fire, but it was not burned up.
3 And Moses said, I will go and see this strange thing, why the tree is not burned up,
4 And when the Lord saw him turning to one side to see, God said his name out of the tree, crying, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
5 And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.
6 And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.
7 And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;
8 And I have come down to take them out of the hands of the Egyptians, guiding them out of that land into a good land and wide, into a land flowing with milk and honey; into the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
9 For now, truly, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the cruel behaviour of the Egyptians to them.
10 Come, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.
11 And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?
12 And he said, Truly I will be with you; and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have taken the children of Israel out of Egypt, you will give worship to God on this mountain.
13 And Moses said to God, When I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you: and they say to me, What is his name? what am I to say to them?
14 And God said to him, I AM WHAT I AM: and he said, Say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.
15 And God went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my sign to all generations.
16 Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by me, and has said, Truly I have taken up your cause, because of what is done to you in Egypt;
17 And I have said, I will take you up out of the sorrows of Egypt into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, into a land flowing with milk and honey.
18 And they will give ear to your voice: and you, with the chiefs of Israel, will go to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God.
19 And I am certain that the king of Egypt will not let you go without being forced.
20 But I will put out my hand and overcome Egypt with all the wonders which I will do among them: and after that he will let you go.
21 And I will give this people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians, so that when you go out you will go out with your hands full.
22 For every woman will get from her neighbour and from the woman living in her house, ornaments of silver and gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and your daughters; you will take the best of their goods from the Egyptians.
1 Na, i te tiaki a Mohi i nga hipi a tona hungawai, a Ietoro, tohunga o Miriana; a ka arahi ia i nga hipi ki te taha ki muri o te koraha, ka tae ki te maunga o te Atua, ki Horepa.
2 A ka puta ki a ia te anahera a Ihowa i roto i te mura ahi, i waenganui o tetahi rakau; a ka titiro ia, na, e toro ana te rakau i te ahi, a kihai i pau te rakau.
3 Na ka mea a Mohi, Ka tahuri ahau, ka matakitaki atu ki tenei mea nui kua puta nei, he aha te rakau te pau ai.
4 A ka kite a Ihowa e tahuri ana ia ki te matakitaki, ka karanga te Atua ki a ia i waenganui o te rakau, ka mea, E Mohi, e Mohi! A ka mea ia, Tenei ahau.
5 Na ka mea ia, Kaua e whakatata mai ki konei; wetekina ou hu i ou waewae, ko te wahi hoki e tu na koe, he wahi tapu.
6 Ka mea ano ia, Ko ahau te Atua o tou papa, te Atua o Aperahama, te Atua o Ihaka, te Atua o Hakopa. A huna ana a Mohi i tona kanohi; i wehi hoki ia ki te titiro atu ki te Atua.
7 A ka mea a Ihowa, Kua kite pu ahau i te tukino o taku iwi i Ihipa, kua rongo hoki ki ta ratou aue i o ratou kaiakiaki; e mohio ana hoki ahau ki o ratou mamae;
8 A kua heke iho nei ahau ki te whakaora i a ratou i te ringa o nga Ihipiana, ki te kawe atu i a ratou i tera whenua ki tetahi whenua pai, whenua nui, ki tetahi whenua e rerengia ana e te waiu, e te honi, ki te wahi o nga Kanaani, o nga Hiti, o nga Amori, o nga Perihi, o nga Hiwi, o nga Iepuhi.
9 Na, kua tae ake te karanga a nga tama a Iharaira ki ahau: kua kite hoki ahau i te tukino e tukinotia nei ratou e nga Ihipiana.
10 Na reira, haere mai, maku koe e unga ki a Parao, a mau e whakaputa mai taku iwi, nga tama a Iharaira, i Ihipa.
11 Na ka mea a Mohi ki te Atua, He aha ahau, kia haere ahau ki a Parao, kia whakaputa mai hoki i nga tama a Iharaira i Ihipa?
12 A ka mea ia, Kei a koe tonu ra ahau: ko te tohu ano tenei mou ka unga nei e ahau: ka whakaputaina mai e koe te iwi i Ihipa, ka mahi koutou ki te Atua ki runga i tenei maunga.
13 Na ka mea a Mohi ki te Atua, Na ka tae ahau ki nga tama a Iharaira, ka mea ki a ratou, Na te Atua o o koutou matua ahau i ngare mai ki a koutou; a ka mea mai ratou ki ahau, Ko wai tona ingoa? Me pehea atu ahau ki a ratou?
14 Na ka mea te Atua ki a Mohi, Ko AHAU ANO AHAU NEI: i mea ano ia, Kia penei atu koe ki nga tama a Iharaira, Na te AHAU NEI ahau i ngare mai ki a koutou.
15 A ka mea ano te Atua ki a Mohi, Kia penei atu koe ki nga tama a Iharaira, Na Ihowa, na te Atua o o koutou matua, na te Atua o Aperahama, na te Atua o Ihaka, na te Atua hoki o Hakopa, i tono mai ahau ki a koutou; ko toku ingoa tenei ake ake, ko t oku whakamaharatanga hoki tenei ki nga whakapaparanga katoa.
16 Haere, whakaminea nga kaumatua o Iharaira, mea atu ki a ratou, Kua puta mai ki ahau a Ihowa, te Atua o o koutou matua, te Atua o Aperahama, o Ihaka, o Hakopa: e ai tana, Kua tikina mai, kua tirohia marietia koutou e ahau, me nga mea e meatia ana ki a koutou i Ihipa:
17 Kua mea nei ano ahau, ka whakaputaina mai koutou e ahau i te whakawhiu a Ihipa ki te whenua o nga Kanaani, o nga Hiti, o nga Amori, o nga Perihi, o nga Hiwi, o nga Iepuhi, ki te whenua e rerengia ana e te waiu, e te honi.
18 A e rongo ratou ki tou reo; a ka haere koe, koutou tahi ko nga kaumatua o Iharaira, ki te kingi o Ihipa, ka mea ki a ia, Kua tutaki a Ihowa, te Atua o nga Hiperu ki a matou: tukua matou kia haere, kia toru nga ra e haere ana i te koraha, kia pat u ai matou he whakahere ma Ihowa, ma to matou Atua.
19 A e mohio ana ahau e kore te kingi o Ihipa e tuku i a koutou, kahore, ki te kahore he ringa kaha.
20 A ka takiritia toku ringa, ka patua hoki a Ihipa ki aku merekara katoa, e mea ai ahau i waenganui ona; a, muri iho, ka tukua mai koutou e ia.
21 A maku e mea kia paingia tenei iwi i te aroaro o nga Ihipiana: a ka haere koutou, e kore e haere kau;
22 Engari me tono e ia wahine, e ia wahine, ki tona hoa tata, ki te wahine hoki e noho ana i tona whare, he mea hiriwa, he mea korua, he kakahu; a ka hoatu ki a koutou tama, ki a koutou tamahine; a ka pahuatia e koutou nga Ihipiana.