Exodus 3

The burning bush

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Ex 3:1Mōysēs autem pāscēbat ovēs Jethro socerī suī sacerdōtis Madian: cumque mināsset gregem ad interiōra dēsertī, vēnit ad montem Deī Horeb.Now Moses was pasturing the sheep of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and when he had driven the flock to the inner parts of the desert, he came to the mountain of God, Horeb. Ex 3:2Appāruitque eī Dominus in flammā ignis dē mediō rubī: et vidēbat quod rubus ārdēret, et nōn combūrerētur.And the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the middle of a bush: and he saw that the bush was burning, and was not being burnt up. Ex 3:3Dīxit ergō Mōysēs: Vādam, et vidēbō vīsiōnem hanc magnam, quārē nōn combūrātur rubus.So Moses said: "I will go, and I will see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt up." Ex 3:4Cernēns autem Dominus quod pergeret ad videndum, vocāvit eum dē mediō rubī, et ait: Mōysēs, Mōysēs.But the Lord, seeing that he was going on to look, called him from the middle of the bush, and said: "Moses, Moses."

Ex 3:4Quī respondit: Adsum.He answered: "I am here." Ex 3:5At ille: Nē appropiēs, inquit, hūc: solve calceāmentum dē pedibus tuīs: locus enim, in quō stās, terra sāncta est.But he: "Do not come near here," he said: "loose the shoe from your feet: for the place in which you stand is holy ground." Ex 3:6Et ait: Ego sum Deus patris tuī, Deus Abraham, Deus Isaac et Deus Jacob.And he said: "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." Ex 3:6Abscondit Mōysēs faciem suam: nōn enim audēbat aspicere contrā Deum.Moses hid his face: for he did not dare to look towards God. Ex 3:7Cui ait Dominus: Vīdī afflīctiōnem populī meī in Aegyptō, et clamōrem ejus audīvī propter dūritiam eōrum quī praesunt operibus: et sciēns dolōrem ejus, dēscendī ut līberem eum dē manibus Aegyptiōrum, et ēdūcam dē terrā illā in terram bonam, et spatiōsam, in terram quae fluit lacte et melle, ad loca Chananaeī et Hethaeī, et Amorrhaeī, et Pherezaeī, et Hevaeī, et Jebūsaeī.To him the Lord said: "I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I have heard its shout because of the harshness of those who are in charge of the works: and knowing its pain, I have come down to free it from the hands of the Egyptians, and to lead it out from that land into a land good and spacious, into a land which flows with milk and honey, to the places of the Canaanite and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Ex 3:9Clamor ergō fīliōrum Isrāël vēnit ad mē: vīdīque afflīctiōnem eōrum, quā ab Aegyptiīs opprimuntur.So the shout of the sons of Israel has come to me: and I have seen their affliction, with which they are oppressed by the Egyptians. Ex 3:10Sed venī, et mittam tē ad Pharaōnem, ut ēdūcās populum meum, fīliōs Isrāël, dē Aegyptō.But come, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may lead my people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt." Ex 3:11Dīxitque Mōysēs ad Deum: Quis sum ego ut vādam ad Pharaōnem, et ēdūcam fīliōs Isrāël dē Aegyptō?And Moses said to God: "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and lead the sons of Israel out of Egypt?" Ex 3:12Quī dīxit eī: Ego erō tēcum: et hoc habēbis signum, quod mīserim tē: cum ēdūxeris populum meum dē Aegyptō, immolābis Deō super montem istum.He said to him: "I will be with you: and you will have this sign, that I have sent you: when you have led my people out of Egypt, you will offer sacrifice to God upon this mountain."

Ex 3:13Ait Mōysēs ad Deum: Ecce ego vādam ad fīliōs Isrāël, et dīcam eīs: Deus patrum vestrōrum mīsit mē ad vōs.Moses says to God: "Look, I will go to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them: 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Ex 3:13Sī dīxerint mihi: Quod est nōmen ejus?If they say to me: 'What is his name?' Ex 3:13Quid dīcam eīs?what shall I say to them?" Ex 3:14Dīxit Deus ad Moysēn: Ego sum quī sum.God said to Moses: "I am who am." Ex 3:14Ait: Sīc dīcēs fīliīs Isrāël: Quī est, mīsit mē ad vōs.He says: "Thus you will say to the sons of Israel: 'He who is has sent me to you.'" Ex 3:15Dīxitque iterum Deus ad Moysēn: Haec dīcēs fīliīs Isrāël: Dominus Deus patrum vestrōrum, Deus Abraham, Deus Isaac et Deus Jacob, mīsit mē ad vōs: hoc nōmen mihi est in aeternum, et hoc memoriāle meum in generātiōnem et generātiōnem.And God said again to Moses: "These things you will say to the sons of Israel: 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you': this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial for generation and generation.

Ex 3:16Vāde, et congregā seniōrēs Isrāël, et dīcēs ad eōs: Dominus Deus patrum vestrōrum appāruit mihi, Deus Abraham, Deus Isaac et Deus Jacob, dīcēns: Vīsitāns vīsitāvī vōs: et vīdī omnia quae accidērunt vōbīs in Aegyptō.Go, and gather the elders of Israel, and you will say to them: 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, has appeared to me, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, saying: "Visiting, I have visited you: and I have seen all the things that have happened to you in Egypt. Ex 3:17Et dīxī ut ēdūcam vōs dē afflīctiōne Aegyptī in terram Chananaeī, et Hethaeī, et Amorrhaeī, et Pherezaeī, et Hevaeī, et Jebūsaeī, ad terram fluentem lacte et melle.And I have said that I will lead you out of the affliction of Egypt into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey."' Ex 3:18Et audient vōcem tuam: ingrediērisque tū, et seniōrēs Isrāël, ad rēgem Aegyptī, et dīcēs ad eum: Dominus Deus Hebraeōrum vocāvit nōs: ībimus viam trium diērum in sōlitūdinem, ut immolēmus Dominō Deō nostrō.And they will hear your voice: and you will go in, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you will say to him: 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has called us: we will go a journey of three days into the wilderness, so that we may offer sacrifice to the Lord our God.' Ex 3:19Sed ego sciō quod nōn dīmittet vōs rēx Aegyptī ut eātis nisi per manum validam.But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, so that you may go, except by a strong hand.

Ex 3:20Extendam enim manum meam, et percutiam Aegyptum in cūnctīs mīrābilibus meīs, quae factūrus sum in mediō eōrum: post haec dīmittet vōs.For I will stretch out my hand, and I will strike Egypt with all my wonders, which I am going to do in the middle of them: after these things he will let you go. Ex 3:21Dabōque grātiam populō huic cōram Aegyptiīs: et cum ēgrediēminī, nōn exībitis vacuī: sed postulābit mulier ā vīcīnā suā et ab hospitā suā, vāsa argentea et aurea, ac vestēs: pōnētisque eās super fīliōs et fīliās vestrās, et spoliābitis Aegyptum.And I will give favour to this people before the Egyptians: and when you go out, you will not go out empty: but a woman will ask of her neighbour and of her hostess vessels of silver and of gold, and garments: and you will put them upon your sons and daughters, and you will plunder Egypt."

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (155 words)

autem, conj.	moreover; but, however; now
pāscō, pāscere, pāvī, pāstus	feed
ovis, -is, f.	sheep
socer, -erī m.	father-in-law
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
sacerdōs, -dōtis, m. and f.	priest, priestess
cum, conj.	when, while, after; since; although
que, enclitic conj.	and
minō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	drive (animals or people) on, drive away
grex, gregis m.	flock, herd; band, gang
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
interior, -ius, adj.	interior, inner
dēsertum, -ī n.	desert, wilderness
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus	come
mōns, montis, m.	mountain
deus, -ī, m.	god
appāreō, -ēre, -uī, -itum	appear, come into view, show oneself
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
dominus, -ī m.	master, owner
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
flamma, -ae, f.	flame
ignis, -is, m.	fire
dē, prep, with abl.	down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
medius, -a, -um	mid, middle
rubus, -ī m.	bramble
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus	see; pass., seem
quod, conj.	that, in that, because
ārdeō, ārdēre, ārsī, ārsus	be on fire, burn
nōn, adv.	not
combūrō, -ere, -ussī, -ustum	burn up
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus	say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
ergō (adv.)	therefore, then; quid ergō? what then?
vādō, -ere	go
vīsiō, -ōnis f.	vision, sight; something seen, apparition
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
magnus, -a, -um	large, big, great, mighty; loud
quārē (adv.)	why; for which reason
cernō, cernere, crēvī, certus or crētus	discern, perceive, make out
pergō, -ere, perrēxī, perrēctum	go on, press on
vocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	call, summon
āiō (defective)	say, affirm; ut aiunt: as they say
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
respondeō, -spondēre, -spondī, -spōnsus	reply, answer
adsum, adesse, adfuī	be present, be at hand
at, conj.	but
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
nē, adv.	not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest
appropiō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	draw near, approach
inquam, inquis, inquit, defective verb	I say, you say, he says
hūc, adv.	to this place, hither
solvō, solvere, solvī, solūtus	loosen, unbind, release; pay; with or without nāvem, cast off, set sail, put to sea
calceāmentum, -ī n.	shoe, sandal
pēs, pedis, m.	foot
tuus, -a, -um	thy, thine, your
locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n.	place, situation
enim, conj.	for
stō, stāre, stetī, status	stand
terra, -ae, f.	land, earth
sānctus, -a, -um	consecrated, sacred
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
ego, meī, pers. pron.	I
pater, patris, m.	father
abscondō, -ere, -condī, -conditus	hide, conceal
faciēs, -ēī f.	face; appearance
audeō, audēre, ausus sum	dare
aspiciō, -spicere, -spēxī, -spectus	look at or on, behold
contrā, prep, with acc.	against, contrary to
afflīctiō, -ōnis f.	affliction, suffering, distress
populus, -ī m.	people, nation
meus, -a, -um	my, mine
clāmor, -ōris, m.	shout, cry
audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	hear; listen or attend to
propter, prep. with acc.	on account of, because of
dūritia, -ae f.	hardness; hardship, endurance
praesum, -esse, -fuī	be before, preside over, have charge of, command
opus, operis, n.	work, task
sciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	know
dolor, -ōris, m.	pain, grief; anger
dēscendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsus	climb down, descend
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as
līberō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	set free, free, liberate, release
manus, -ūs, f.	hand
ēdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus	lead out, draw
bonus, -a, -um	good
spatiōsus, -a, -um	roomy, spacious
fluō, -ere, flūxī	flow
lāc, lactis, n.	milk
mel, mellis n.	honey
fīlius, -ī, m.	son
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)	away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
opprimō, -primere, -pressī, -pressus	press against, overpower, crush
sed, conj.	but
mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus	send
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
quis, quid, interrog. pron.	who? which? what?
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus	have, hold; consider
signum, -ī, n.	sign, signal
immolō, -molāre, -molāvī, -molātus	sacrifice (the victim was sprinkled with consecrated meal)
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)	over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
iste, ista, istud, dem. pron.	that of yours, that
ecce (interj.)	look! see! here is
vester, -tra, -trum	your
vōs	plur. of tū
sī, conj.	if
quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj.	what?
nōmen, -minis, n.	name (that by which one is known)
sīc, adv.	so, thus
iterum, adv.	again, a second time
aeternus, -a, -um	everlasting, eternal
memoriāle, -is n.	memorial, reminder, remembrance
generātiō, -ōnis f.	generation; the people of an age
congregō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	gather together, assemble; pass. flock together
senior, -ōris m.	elder; seniores: the elders (of the people)
vīsitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	visit, go to see; (of God) look upon, come to the aid of
omnis, -e	all, every
accidō, -cidere, -cidī	fall to or upon; befall, happen
vōx, vōcis, f.	voice; word
ingredior, -ī, ingressus sum	go into, enter
rēx, rēgis, m.	king
nōs	plur. of ego
eō, īre, iī, itus	go
via, -ae, f.	road, way
trēs, tria, plur. adj.	three
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.	day
sōlitūdō, -inis f.	loneliness; a wilderness, desert
noster, -tra, -trum	our
dīmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus	send different ways, send forth or away, despatch; let slip, lose
nisi, conj.	if not, unless
per, prep, with ace.	through, by means of
validus, -a, -um	strong
extendō, -ere, -tendī, -tentum	stretch out, extend
percutiō, -cutere, -cussī, -cussus	strike through, strike
cūnctus, -a, -um	all, the whole
mīrābilis, -e	wonderful, marvellous
faciō, facere, fēcī, factus	make, do; iter facere, see iter
post, adv.	after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind
dō, dare, dedī, datus	give
grātia, -ae, f.	favor; gratitude, thanks; plur., thanks; grātiās agere, to give thanks, thank; grātiam referre, to return a favor, show gratitude, requite
cōram (adv.)	face to face, in person
ēgredior, -gredī, -gressus	go out or forth, go ashore, disembark
exeō, -īre, -iī, -itus	go out
vacuus, -a, -um	empty
postulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	ask, request, demand
mulier, mulieris, f.	woman
vīcīnus, -ī m.	neighbor
hospita, -ae f.	hostess; foreign woman; (as adj.) foreign, of a stranger
vās, vāsis, n., plur. vāsa, -ōrum	vessel
argenteus, -a, -um	of silver, silver
aureus, -a, -um	of gold, golden
atque, ac (conj.)	and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
vestis, -is, f.	clothing, dress, robe
pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus	place, put; pōnī with in and abl., to be placed in, rest or depend on
fīlia, -ae, f.	daughter
spoliō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	strip, rob

Vulgate, Exodus 1–20. Latin text: the Clementine Vulgate (1592), as transcribed by the Clementine Vulgate Project, public domain. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English (a literal learner's translation) and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.