¹ Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Nüüd sa saad näha, mida ma vaaraole teen; sest vägeva käe sunnil ta laseb nad minna ja vägeva käe sunnil ta ajab nad ära oma maalt.'

² Ja Jumal rääkis Moosesega ning ütles temale: 'Mina olen Issand.

³ Mina olen ennast ilmutanud Aabrahamile, Iisakile ja Jaakobile Kõigeväelise Jumalana, aga oma nime Jahve ei ole ma neile teatavaks teinud.

⁴ Mina olen nendega teinud ka oma lepingu, et ma annan neile Kaananimaa, nende rännakute maa, kus nad on võõrana elanud.

⁵ Mina olen ka kuulnud Iisraeli laste ägamist, et egiptlased neid orjastavad, ja ma olen mõelnud oma lepingule.

⁶ Seepärast ütle Iisraeli lastele: Mina olen Issand ja mina viin teid ära egiptlaste teoorjuse alt; ma päästan teid nende orjatööst ja lunastan teid oma väljasirutatud käsivarrega ning suurte kohtupidamistega.

⁷ Mina võtan teid enesele rahvaks ja olen teile Jumalaks, ja teie peate tundma, et mina olen Issand, teie Jumal, kes teid viib välja egiptlaste teoorjusest.

⁸ Mina viin teid sellele maale, mille pärast ma oma käe üles tõstsin, et ma annan selle Aabrahamile, Iisakile ja Jaakobile. Mina annan selle teie omandiks, mina, Issand.'

⁹ Ja Mooses rääkis nõnda Iisraeli lastele, aga nemad ei kuulanud Moosest rõhutud meeleolu ja ränga orjuse tõttu.

¹⁰ Ja Issand rääkis Moosesega, öeldes:

¹¹ 'Mine ütle vaaraole, Egiptuse kuningale, et ta laseks Iisraeli lapsed oma maalt ära minna!'

¹² Aga Mooses rääkis Issanda ees, öeldes: 'Vaata, Iisraeli lapsed ei kuula mind, kuidas siis vaarao mind kuulda võtab? Mina olen ju huultelt ümberlõikamata.'

¹³ Aga Issand rääkis Moosesega ja Aaroniga ning andis neile käsu minna Iisraeli laste ja vaarao, Egiptuse kuninga juurde, et viia Iisraeli lapsed Egiptusemaalt välja.

¹⁴ Need olid nende perekondade peamehed: Ruubeni, Iisraeli esmasündinu pojad olid: Hanok, Pallu, Hesron ja Karmi; need olid Ruubeni suguvõsad.

¹⁵ Siimeoni pojad olid Jemuel, Jaamin, Ohad, Jaakin, Sohar ja Saul, kaananlanna poeg; need olid Siimeoni suguvõsad.

¹⁶ Need olid Leevi poegade nimed nende sünnijärgluses: Geerson, Kehat ja Merari; ja Leevi eluaastaid oli sada kolmkümmend seitse aastat.

¹⁷ Geersoni pojad olid Libni ja Simei oma suguvõsade kaupa.

¹⁸ Kehati pojad olid Amram, Jishar, Hebron ja Ussiel; ja Kehati eluaastaid oli sada kolmkümmend kolm aastat.

¹⁹ Merari pojad olid Mahli ja Muusi; need olid Leevi suguvõsad oma sünnijärgluses.

²⁰ Amram võttis enesele naiseks Jookebedi, oma isa õe, ja see tõi temale ilmale Aaroni ja Moosese; ja Amrami eluaastaid oli sada kolmkümmend seitse aastat.

²¹ Jishari pojad olid Korah, Nefeg ja Sikri.

²² Ussieli pojad olid Miisael, Elsafan ja Sitri.

²³ Aaron võttis Eliseba, Amminadabi tütre, Nahsoni õe, enesele naiseks, ja see tõi temale ilmale Naadabi, Abihu, Eleasari ja Iitamari.

²⁴ Korahi pojad olid Assir, Elkana ja Abiasaf; need olid korahlaste suguvõsad.

²⁵ Eleasar, Aaroni poeg, võttis enesele naise Puutieli tütreist, ja see tõi temale ilmale Piinehasi; need olid leviitide perekondade peamehed nende suguvõsade kaupa.

²⁶ Need olid Aaron ja Mooses, kellele Issand ütles: 'Viige Iisraeli lapsed nende väehulkade kaupa Egiptusemaalt välja!'

²⁷ Nemad olid, kes rääkisid vaaraoga, Egiptuse kuningaga, et Iisraeli lapsi Egiptusest välja viia - Mooses ja Aaron.

²⁸ Sel päeval, mil Issand rääkis Moosesega Egiptusemaal,

²⁹ Issand rääkis Moosesele, öeldes: 'Mina olen Issand! Räägi vaaraole, Egiptuse kuningale kõike, mis ma sulle räägin!'

³⁰ Ja Mooses ütles Issanda ees: 'Vaata, ma olen huultelt ümberlõikamata. Kuidas siis vaarao mind kuulda võtaks?'

¹ Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land."

² God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahweh;

³ and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.

⁴ I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens.

⁵ Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.

⁶ Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:

⁷ and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

⁸ I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am Yahweh.'"

⁹ Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

¹⁰ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

¹¹ "Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel Go out of his land."

¹² Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?"

¹³ Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.

¹⁵ The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.

¹⁶ These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.

¹⁷ The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

¹⁸ The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.

¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.

²⁰ Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.

²¹ The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

²² The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.

²³ Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

²⁴ The sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

²⁵ Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families.

²⁶ These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said, "Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies."

²⁷ These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.

²⁸ It happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

²⁹ that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I Speak to you."

³⁰ Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"