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SAGRADA BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Moisés respondeu: "Eles não me crerão, nem me ouvirão, e vão dizer que o Senhor não me apareceu".	1 Responding, Moses said, “They will not believe me, and they will not listen to my voice, but they will say: ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’ ”
2 O Senhor disse-lhe: "O que tens na mão?" "Uma vara."	2 Therefore, he said to him, “What is that you hold in your hand?” He answered, “A staff.”
3 "Joga-a por terra". Ele jogou-a por terra; e a vara transformou-se numa serpente, de modo que Moisés recuou.	3 And the Lord said, “Cast it down upon the ground.” He cast it down, and it was turned into a snake, so that Moses fled away.
4 O Senhor disse-lhe: "Estende tua mão e toma-a pela cauda - ele estendeu a mão e tomou-a, e a serpente tornou-se de novo uma vara em sua mão-;	4 And the Lord said, “Reach out your hand, and take hold of its tail.” He reached out his hand and took hold, and it was turned into a staff.
5 é para que creiam que o Senhor, o Deus de seus pais, o Deus de Abraão, o Deus de Isaac e o Deus de Jacó, realmente te apareceu".	5 “So may they believe,” he said, “that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
6 O Senhor continuou: "Mete a tua mão no teu seio". Ele meteu a mão em seu seio e, quando a retirou, sua mão estava leprosa, tão branca como a neve.	6 And the Lord said again, “Put your hand into your bosom.” And when he had put it into his bosom, he brought it out leprous, resembling snow.
7 O Senhor disse-lhe: "Mete de novo a mão em teu seio". Ele meteu de novo a mão em seu seio e, retirando-a, eis que ela se tornara como o restante de sua carne.	7 “Put your hand back,” he said, “into your bosom.” He put it back and brought it out again, and it was like the rest of his flesh.
8 "Se não te crerem, nem obedecerem à voz do primeiro prodígio, crerão à voz do segundo.	8 “If they will not believe you,” he said, “and will not listen to the sermon of the first sign, then they will believe the word of the subsequent sign.
9 Se ainda permanecerem incrédulos diante desses dois prodígios, nem te ouvirem, tomarás da água do Nilo e derramá-la-ás por terra; a água tirada do rio tornar-se-á sangue sobre a terra".	9 But if they will not believe even these two signs, and they will not listen to your voice: take from the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land, and whatever you will have drawn from the river will be turned into blood.”
10 Moisés disse ao Senhor: "Ah, Senhor! Eu não tenho o dom da palavra; nunca o tive, nem mesmo depois que falastes ao vosso servo; tenho a boca e a língua pesadas".	10 Moses said: “I beg you, O Lord, I was not eloquent yesterday or the day before. And from the time that you have spoken to your servant, I have a greater impediment and slowness of tongue.”
11 O Senhor disse-lhe: "Quem deu uma boca ao homem? Quem o faz mudo ou surdo, o faz ver ou cego? Não sou eu o Senhor?	11 The Lord said to him: “Who made the mouth of man? And who has formed the mute and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? Was it not I?
12 Vai, pois, eu estarei contigo quando falares, e ensinar-te-ei o que terás de dizer."	12 Go on, therefore, and I will be in your mouth. And I will teach you what you shall say.”
13 "Ah, Senhor! disse Moisés, mandai quem quiserdes!"	13 But he said, “I beg you, O Lord, send whomever else you would send.”
14 Então o Senhor irritou-se contra Moisés: "Não tens Aarão, disse ele, teu irmão, o levita? Eu sei que ele fala bem. Ei-lo justamente que vem ao teu encontro e, vendo-te, alegrar-se-á o seu coração.	14 The Lord, being angry at Moses, said: “Aaron the Levite is your brother. I know that he is eloquent. Behold, he is going out to meet you, and seeing you, he will rejoice in heart.
15 Tu lhe falarás, pôr-lhe-ás as palavras na boca. E, quando falardes, eu estarei contigo e com ele, e vos ensinarei o que tereis a fazer.	15 Speak to him, and put my words in his mouth. And I will be in your mouth and in his mouth, and I will reveal to you what you must do.
16 É ele quem falará ao povo em teu lugar: ele te servirá de boca e tu lhe servirás de Deus.	16 He will speak for you to the people, and he will be your mouth. But you will be with him in those things that pertain to God.
17 Toma em tua mão esta vara, com a qual operarás prodígios".	17 Also, take this staff into your hand; with it you will accomplish the signs.”
18 Moisés partiu. De volta para junto de Jetro, seu sogro, disse-lhe: "Rogo-te que me deixes partir, e voltar para junto de meus irmãos no Egito; vou ver se ainda vivem." Jetro disse a Moisés: "Vai em paz". Volta de Moisés ao Egito	18 Moses went forth, and he returned to Jethro, his father in law, and he said to him, “I shall go and return to my brothers in Egypt, so that I may see if they are still alive.” And Jethro said to him, “Go in peace.”
19 O Senhor disse a Moisés em Madiã: "Vai, volta ao Egito, porque todos aqueles que atentavam contra a tua vida estão mortos".	19 And so the Lord said to Moses in Midian: “Go, and return to Egypt. For all those who sought your life have died.”
20 Moisés tomou consigo sua mulher e seus filhos, fê-los montar em jumentos e voltou para o Egito. Levava na mão a vara de Deus.	20 Therefore, Moses took his wife and his sons, and he placed them upon a donkey, and he returned into Egypt, carrying the staff of God in his hand.
21 O Senhor disse a Moisés: "Agora que voltas ao Egito, cuida para que todos os prodígios, que te concedi o poder de operar, tu os faças na presença do faraó. Mas endurecerei o seu coração e ele não deixará partir o povo.	21 And the Lord said to him, as he was returning to Egypt: “See that you accomplish, in the sight of Pharaoh, all the wonders that I have placed in your hand. I will harden his heart, and he will not release the people.
22 Tu lhe dirás: assim fala o Senhor: Israel é meu filho primogênito.	22 And you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the Lord: Israel is my firstborn son.
23 Eu te digo: deixa ir o meu filho, para que ele me preste um culto. Se te recusas a deixá-lo partir, farei perecer teu filho primogênito".	23 I have said to you: Release my son, so that he may serve me. And you were not willing to release him. Behold, I will put to death your firstborn son.’ ”
24 Estando Moisés a caminho, numa estalagem, atacou o Senhor Moisés procurando matá-lo.	24 And while he was on the journey, at an inn, the Lord met him, and he was willing to kill him.
25 Séfora tomou então uma pedra afiada, cortou o prepúcio de seu filho e atirou-o aos pés de Moisés, dizendo: "Tu me és um esposo de sangue!"	25 For this reason, Zipporah took a very sharp stone, and she circumcised the foreskin of her son, and she touched his feet, and she said, “You are a bloody spouse to me.”
26 Assim o Senhor o deixou. Séfora havia dito: "esposo de sangue", por causa da circuncisão.	26 And he released him, after she had said, “You are a bloody spouse,” because of the circumcision.
27 O Senhor disse a Aarão: "Vai ao encontro de Moisés no deserto." Aarão foi e, encontrando seu irmão na montanha de Deus, beijou-o.	27 Then the Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the desert to meet Moses.” And he went directly to meet him on the mountain of God, and he kissed him.
28 Moisés contou-lhe tudo o que lhe tinha dito o Senhor ao enviá-lo, e todos os prodígios que lhe tinha ordenado fazer.	28 And Moses explained to Aaron all the words of the Lord, by which he had sent him, and the signs which he had commanded.
29 Moisés e Aarão continuaram seu caminho e reuniram todos os anciãos de Israel.	29 And they arrived at the same time, and they gathered together all the elders of the sons of Israel.
30 Aarão repetiu todas as palavras que o Senhor tinha dito a Moisés, e este fez os prodígios em presença do povo.	30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had said to Moses. And he accomplished the signs in the sight of the people,
31 O povo acreditou. E, tendo ouvido que o Senhor viera visitar os filhos de Israel, e que vira sua aflição, inclinaram-se e prostraram-se.	31 and the people believed. And they heard that the Lord had visited the sons of Israel, and that he had looked with favor upon their affliction. And falling prostrate, they worshiped.