Liber Exodus, 3

1. Moses autem pascebat oves Jethro cognati sui sacerdotis Madian cumque minasset gregem ad interiora deserti venit ad montem Dei Horeb

1. Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

2. apparuitque ei Dominus in flamma ignis de medio rubi et videbat quod rubus arderet et non conbureretur

2. And the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he saw that the bush was on fire and was not burnt.

3. dixit ergo Moses vadam et videbo visionem hanc magnam quare non conburatur rubus

3. And Moses said: I will go and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

4. cernens autem Dominus quod pergeret ad videndum vocavit eum de medio rubi et ait Moses Moses qui respondit adsum

4. And when the Lord saw that he went forward to see, he called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said: Moses, Moses. And he answered: Here I am.

5. at ille ne adpropies inquit huc solve calciamentum de pedibus tuis locus enim in quo stas terra sancta est

5. And he said: Come not nigh hither, put off the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

6. et ait ego sum Deus patris tui Deus Abraham Deus Isaac Deus Jacob abscondit Moses faciem suam non enim audebat aspicere contra Deum

6. And he said: I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses hid his face: for he durst not look at God.

7. cui ait Dominus vidi adflictionem populi mei in Ægypto et clamorem ejus audivi propter duritiam eorum qui præsunt operibus

7. And the Lord said to him: I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of the rigour of them that are over the works:

8. et sciens dolorem ejus descendi ut liberarem eum de manibus Ægyptiorum et educerem de terra illa in terram bonam et spatiosam in terram quæ fluit lacte et melle ad loca Chananei et Hetthei et Amorrei Ferezei et Evei et Jebusei

8. And knowing their sorrow, I am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land into a good and spacious land, into a land that floweth with milk and honey, to the places of the Chanaanite, and Hethite, and Amorrhite, and Pherezite, and Hevite, and Jebusite.

9. clamor ergo filiorum Israël venit ad me vidique adflictionem eorum qua ab Ægyptiis opprimuntur

9. For the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have seen their affliction, wherewith they are oppressed by the Egyptians.

10. sed veni mittam te ad Pharaonem ut educas populum meum filios Israël de Ægypto

10. But come, and I will send thee to Pharao, that thou mayst bring forth my people, the children of Israel out of Egypt.

11. dixit Moses ad Deum quis ego sum ut vadam ad Pharaonem et educam filios Israël de Ægypto

11. And Moses said to God: Who am I that I should go to Pharao, and should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

12. qui dixit ei ero tecum et hoc habebis signum quod miserim te cum eduxeris populum de Ægypto immolabis Deo super montem istum

12. And he said to him: I will be with thee: and this thou shalt have for a sign, that I have sent thee: When thou shalt have brought my people out of Egypt, thou shalt offer sacrifice to God upon this mountain.

13. ait Moses ad Deum ecce ego vadam ad filios Israël et dicam eis Deus patrum vestrorum misit me ad vos si dixerint mihi quod est nomen ejus quid dicam eis

13. Moses said to God: Lo, I shall go to the children of Israel, and say to them: The God of your fathers hath sent me to you. If they should say to me: What is his name? what shall I say to them?

14. dixit Deus ad Mosen ego sum qui sum ait sic dices filiis Israël qui est misit me ad vos

14. God said to Moses: I AM WHO AM. He said: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: HE WHO IS, hath sent me to you.

15. dixitque iterum Deus ad Mosen hæc dices filiis Israël Dominus Deus patrum vestrorum Deus Abraham Deus Isaac et Deus Jacob misit me ad vos hoc nomen mihi est in æternum et hoc memoriale meum in generationem et generatione

15. And God said again to Moses: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me to you: This is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

16. vade congrega seniores Israël et dices ad eos Dominus Deus patrum vestrorum apparuit mihi Deus Abraham et Deus Isaac et Deus Jacob dicens visitans visitavi vos et omnia quæ acciderunt vobis in Ægypto

16. Go, gather together the ancients of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to me, saying: Visiting I have visited you: and I have seen all that hath befallen you in Egypt.

17. et dixi ut educam vos de adflictione Ægypti in terram Chananei et Hetthei et Amorrei Ferezei et Evei et Jebusei ad terram fluentem lacte et melle

17. And I have said the word to bring you forth out of the affliction of Egypt, into the land of the Chanaanite, the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and Pherezite, and Hevite, and Jebusite, to a land that floweth with milk and honey.

18. et audient vocem tuam ingredierisque tu et seniores Israël ad regem Ægypti et dices ad eum Dominus Deus Hebræorum vocavit nos ibimus viam trium dierum per solitudinem ut immolemus Domino Deo nostro

18. And they shall hear thy voice: and thou shalt go in, thou and the ancients of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and thou shalt say to him: The Lord God of the Hebrews hath called us: we will go three days' journey into the wilderness, to sacrifice unto the Lord our God.

19. sed ego scio quod non dimittet vos rex Ægypti ut eatis nisi per manum validam

19. But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, but by a mighty hand.

20. extendam enim manum meam et percutiam Ægyptum in cunctis mirabilibus meis quæ facturus sum in medio eorum post hæc dimittet vos

20. For I will stretch forth my hand and will strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst of them: after these he will let you go.

21. daboque gratiam populo huic coram Ægyptiis et cum egrediemini non exibitis vacui

21. And I will give favour to this people, in the sight of the Egyptians: and when you go forth, you shall not depart empty:

22. sed postulabit mulier a vicina sua et ab hospita vasa argentea et aurea ac vestes ponetisque eas super filios et filias vestras et spoliabitis Ægyptum

22. But every woman shall ask of her neighbour, and of her that is in her house, vessels of silver and of gold, and raiment: and you shall put them on your sons and daughters, and shall spoil Egypt.