Exodus 4

4 ¹Moses answer say, "But dem no go believe me or listen my voice, because dem go say, 'Our Papa no show你.'"

²Our Papa tell am say, "Wetin be dat for your hand?" E say, "Na staff."

³E say, "Throway am for ground." E throway am for ground, e turn snake, and Moses run comot from am.

⁴But our Papa tell Moses say, "Stretch your hand, hold am for tail"—e stretch im hand, catch am, e turn staff for im hand. ⁵"so dat dem fit believe say your Papa, di God of dem papa dem—di God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob—don show you."

⁶Den our Papa tell am say, "Put your hand inside your cloak." So e do am, and wen e pull am comot, im hand catch skin disease, white like snow.

⁷E say, "Put your hand go back inside your cloak." E do am, and wen e comot am, e don heal, like di rest of im body.

⁸"If dem no go believe you or listen di first sign, dem fit believe di second sign. ⁹If dem still no go believe dis two signs or listen your voice, take water from di Nile pour am for dry ground; di water wey you take from di Nile go turn blood for di dry ground."

¹⁰But Moses tell our Papa say, "Abeg, my Oga Papa, I never sabi word well well, no be before or since wey you don talk to your servant, because my mouth heavy and my tongue slow."

¹¹Den our Papa tell am say, "Who give man im mouth? Who dey make am dumb or deaf, dey see or blind? No be me, your Papa? ¹²Now go, and I go dey with your mouth and go teach you wetin you go talk."

¹³But e say, "Abeg, my Oga Papa, send another person."

¹⁴Den our Papa vex well well against Moses. E say, "No be Aaron your brother, di Levite? I sabi say e dey talk well. Even now e dey come out to meet you, and im heart go glad wen e see you. ¹⁵Talk to am; put di words for im mouth. I go dey with your mouth and im own, and go teach una two wetin una go do. ¹⁶E go talk for you to di people, e go be your mouth, and you go be like God to am. ¹⁷And take dis staff for your hand and use am do di signs."

Moses and Jethro Comot

¹⁸Moses go back to im father-in-law Jethro and say, "Make I go back to my brothers for Egypt to see if dem still dey alive." Jethro say, "Go in peace."

¹⁹And our Papa tell Moses for Midian say, "Go back to Egypt—all di men wey wan kill you don die."

²⁰Moses take im wife and im sons, put dem for donkey, and go back to di land of Egypt. Moses carry di staff of our Papa for im hand.

²¹Den our Papa tell Moses say, "Wen you go back to Egypt, do all di wonders wey I give you power to do for Pharaoh front. But I go harden im heart, so e no go let di people go. ²²Den you go tell Pharaoh say, 'Na dis our Papa talk: Israel na my firstborn son, ^a a v22 Long before Israel be nation, our Papa call dis people im firstborn son — di first hint of di family wey e dey gather to imself, wey come happen wen Jesus, di true firstborn, open di road home for all im children. ²³and I dey tell you: let my son go make e serve me. If you refuse to let am go, I go kill your firstborn son.'"

²⁴For one lodging place for di way, our Papa meet am and try to kill am. ^b b v24 Dis short, mysterious scene turn on di Covenant sign of circumcision, wey Moses neglect for im son. Zipporah quick action bring di family back to di Covenant before Moses fit lead di people of our Papa. ²⁵Zipporah take flint knife, cut im son foreskin, touch am to Moses feet, and say, "For sure, you be blood bridegroom to me."

²⁶So our Papa release Moses. Den she say, "A bridegroom of blood," because of di circumcision.

²⁷Now our Papa tell Aaron say, "Go meet Moses for di wilderness." So e go, meet am for di mountain of our Papa, and kiss am.

²⁸Moses tell Aaron all di words wey our Papa give am to deliver, and all di signs wey e command am to do. ²⁹Den Moses and Aaron go gather all di elders of di people of Israel. ³⁰Aaron talk all di words wey our Papa don talk to Moses and do di signs before di people. ³¹Di people believe. Wen dem hear say our Papa don come help di people of Israel and don see dem suffer, dem bow dem head and worship.