Exodus 4:1-31 show how God give Moses power, send am go Egypt make e free Israel people from wahala and slavery.
1. Moses come ask God, "Wetin if dem no believe me or hear wetin I talk? If dem say, ‘God no send you’ nko?"
2. God ask am, "Wetini dey your hand?" Moses say, "Na staff."
3. God say, "Throw am for ground." As Moses throw am, e turn snake, Moses run.
4. God say, "Stretch your hand, hold am for tail." As Moses do am, e turn back to staff for him hand.
5. God say, "Do dis, make dem believe say na di God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob send you."
6. God still tell am, "Put your hand inside your cloth for chest." As Moses put am, e turn white like leprosy.
7. God say, "Put am back." As he put am back, e return normal.
8. God say, "If dem no believe di first sign, dem go believe di second one."
9. "But if dem still no believe, carry water from Nile River, pour am for ground, e go turn blood."
10. Moses tell God, "Oga, I no sabi talk well since, even now. My mouth dey slow."
11. God answer, "Who give person mouth? Who fit make person dumb, deaf, blind, or see? Na me, God."
12. "Go, I go put word for your mouth and teach you wetin to talk."
13. Moses beg, "Oga, I beg, send another person."
14. God vex say, "Abi you no get your brother Aaron? E sabi talk. I go send am meet you."
15. "You go tell am wetin to say, I go help una both."
16. "Aaron go talk for you, he go be like your mouth, and you go be like God to am."
17. "Carry dis staff, use am do di signs."
18. Moses go meet him father-in-law, Jethro, say, "Make I go Egypt go check my people, if dem still dey alive." Jethro say, "Go well."
19. God tell Moses, "No fear, all di people wey wan kill you for Egypt don die."
20. Moses carry him wife and pikin dem, climb donkey, hold di staff of God, and go Egypt.
21. God tell Moses, "When you reach Egypt, do di wonders wey I show you before Pharaoh. But I go make e heart strong, e no go free di people."
22. "Tell Pharaoh, ‘Na God talk say, Israel na my first-born son.’"
23. "I tell you make you free my son worship me, but if you no gree, I go kill your first-born pikin."
24. As Moses stop for road, God wan kill am.
25. Zipporah, him wife, take sharp stone cut dia pikin foreskin, touch Moses leg, say, "You be blood husband to me."
26. After dat, God leave Moses. Zipporah say, "Na because of circumcision you be blood husband."
27. God tell Aaron, "Go meet Moses for wilderness." As Aaron see am, e hug am.
28. Moses tell am everything wey God talk and di signs wey e show am.
29. Moses and Aaron go gather all di elders of Israel.
30. Aaron talk everything wey God tell Moses, and Moses do di signs for dia front.
31. Di people believe, and when dem hear say God don see dia suffer, dem bow down worship God.
COMMENTS