Note: This document is a work-in-progress and not a finalized master. These stories are developed primarily for rural Nepali-speaking Hindus. Our focus has been more on west Nepal. The Nepali Bible stories (you need Preeti font) are on the left. The right column has English back-translations to help understand what the Nepali stories say. != cb[Zo ;+;f/sf] ;[i6L 1. God Creates the Unseen World Isaiah 14:12-17, Ezekiel 28:13-19, Matthew 25:41, o;}of !$M!@–!&, O{lhlson @*M!#–!(, dlQ @%M$!, Revelation 12:3-10 k|sfz !@M#–!) God was in the beginning. God was in spirit. He ;'?df k/d]Zj/ x'g'x'GYof] . k/d]Zj/ cfTdfdf created heaven and then also created countless x'g'x'GYof] . pxfFn] :ju{ ;[i6L ug'{eof] . To;kl5 angels to worship, glorify and serve Him. pxfFnfO{ cf/wgf, dlxdf / ;]jf ug{ c;+Vo Among these countless angels, there was one :ju{b'tx?sf] klg ;[i6L ug''{eof] . oL c;+Vo whose name meant Bright Star of the Morning. Of :ju{b'tx? dWo Pshgf :ju{b't h;sf] gfdsf] cy{ all the angels, he was the most beautiful. laxfgLsf]] rlDsnf] tf/f lyof] . p rflxF ;a} Because of his own beauty, pride filled his heart :ju{b'tx? eGbf cltg} ;'Gb/ lyof] . oxL ;'Gb/tfsf] and he started saying in his heart, "I will lift up my sf/0fn] ubf{ p;sf] dgdf 3d08 cfof] / p;n] throne and make myself equal to God.” cfˆgf] Åbodf eGg nfUof], æd d]/f] l;xf;gnfO{ In this way, when the pride of getting glory equal pRr kfg]{5' / cfkm"nfO{ k/d]Zj/ ;dfg agfpg] 5' to God came in his heart, then God, who knows .Æ o;/L ha p;sf] dgdf k/d]Zj/n] kfpg'kg]{ things of the heart, threw him and all the angels siding with him out of heaven because of his pride. dlxdf d}n] kfP x'GYof] eGg] 3d08 cfof], Åbosf God made hell as their place. The angels who were s'/f yfxf kfpg'x'g] k/d]Zj/n] p;sf] 3d08sf] thrown from the heaven became Satan and demons, sf/0f p / p;sf] kIfdf nfUg] htL ;a} and in an unseen way to this day are tormenting God’s creation. :ju{b'tx?nfO{ pxfFn] :ju{af6 v;fnL lbg'eof] . o;/L v;fnLPsf] :ju{b'tx?sf] lglDt g/s klg In this way God created the unseen world of agfpg'eof] . tL :ju{b'tx?g} z}tfg / b'i6 heaven, angels and hell. cfTdfx? eP h;n] cb[Zo ?kdf k/d]Zj/sf] ;[i6LnfO{ cfh;Dd klg b'v lbg] sfd ul//x]sf 5g\ . o;/L k/d]Zj/n] :ju{, :ju{b't / g/sh:tf cb[Zo ;+;f/sf] ;[i6L ug'{eof] . @= b[Zo ;+;f/ / dflg;sf] ;[i6L 2. God Creates the World and Man Genesis 1-2 pTkQL !,@ God was in the beginning and after creating the ;'?df k/d]Zj/ x'g'x'GYof] / pxfFn] cb[Zo ;+;f/sf] ;[i6L unseen world, He created the earth. The earth was ul/;s]kl5 k[YjL ;[i6L ug'{eof] . k[YjL cfsf/ lagfsf] empty, without form and everywhere darkness was over the seas. The Spirit of God was moving z'Go lyof] cyfx ;d'Gb«dfly cGwsf/ lyof] / over the waters. And God said, "Let there be k/d]Zj/sf] cfTdf kfgLdfly 3'ld/xg' x'g'x'GYof] . clg light” and immediately there was light k/d]Zj/n] eGg'eof], æpHofnf] xf];Æ ta pHofnf] God looked at the light and it was good. After eO{xfNof] . pHofnf]nfO{ x]g'{eof] / Tof] c;n lyof] . that, God seperated the light and the dark and To;kl5 pxfFn] pHofnf] / cGWof/f]nfO{ cnu cnu called them day and night. ug'{eof], pHofnf]nfO{ lbg clg cWof/f]nfO{ /ft eGg'eof] After that, He separated the water and sky. He To;kl5 k/d]Zj/n] kfgLsf] efu / csfzsf] efu ;fy} said, “Let the land and seas be separated," and ;d'Gb« / hldgsf] efunfO{ æcnu cnu xf];Æ eGg'eof] immediately it was so. "Let the land produce varieties of seeds, seedlings and trees that grow . To:t} eO{xfNof]] . æe"ldn] ljleGg lsl;dsf lapx'g] fruits," He said and it was so. And to divide the kmn kmNg] af]6 la?jf pdf/f];Æ eGg'eof] ta To:t} days, nights, years and seaons, He said, "Let there e}xfNof]] / lbg /ft jif{ / Ct'x? 5'§ofpgnfO{ pxfFn] be lights!" and it was so. Hof]tLx? xf]pg\ eGg'eof] ta To:t} eof] . lbgsf] lglDt He made a sun for day, a moon for night and ;"o{ / /ftsf] lglDt rG4df / c;+Vo tf/fx? ;[i6L created countless stars. Then He said, "Let there be various creatures small to big to stir in the ug'{eof] . ta pxfn] eGg'eof] ækfgLdf xNrn ug]{ / waters, fly in the sky, walk and graze on the cfsf;df p8\g] tyf hldgdf 3;|g] / lx8\g] ;fgf b]lv land!" and immediately it was so. 7"nf ;Dd ljleGg k|f0fLx? xf]pg\Æ ta To:t} eO{xfNof] . After finishing creating, at the end of the sixth o;/L ;[i6L ul/;s] kl5 5}6f}+ lbgsf] clGtddf pxfFn] day, from the mud of the earth God created man e"ldsf] df6f]af6 cfˆg} :j?kdf cfˆg} k|lt?kdf in His own image. After blowing the breath of life dflg;sf] ;[i6L ug'{eof] / To;sf] gfsdf hLjgsf] ;f; in his nose, the man became alive and God named him Adam. All created things were good. km"s] kl5 p hLljt eof] To;kl5 k/d]Zj/n] p;nfO{ cfbd eGg'eof], tL agfO{Psf ;a} yf]sx? c;n lyP . God gave Adam authority over all the creatures cfbdnfO{ x/]s k|f0fLx? Dffly clwsf/ lbg'eof] / pgn]] and Adam named all the creatures. God said, "It is not good for man to be alone so I will make a ;[i6L ul/Psf yf]sx?sf] gfd /fv] . k/d]Zj/n] ædflg; suitable mate." But after not finding a suitable PSnf] /xg c;n 5}g egL p;sf] nflu Pp6f ;'xfpg] mate among all the creatures, God put Adam in a deep sleep and taking a rib from his body and hf]8L agfpg]5'Æ eGg'eof] t/ ;[i6L ul/Psf k|f0fL dWo] making a woman, brought her to Adam who cfbdsf] lglDt ;'xfpg] hf]8L sf]xL klg ge]l§Pkl5 immediately accepted her saying, "Oh, this is a k/d]Zj/n] cfbdnfO{ d:t lgGb«fdf kfg'{eof] / p;sf] suitable mate for me!" zl//sf] Pp6f s/ª lgsfn]/ To;af6 :qL agfP/ God placed them in the beautiful garden to look cfbdsxfF Nofpg'eof] / cfbdn] eGof], æcfxf of] t d]/f] after it. God caused all different kinds of fruits nflu clt g} ;'xfpg] hf]8L xf].Æ logLx?nfO{ k/d]Zj/n] needed by man to grow there and in the middle of the garden God also placed a tree of life and the ;'Gb/ au}rfdf x]/rfxsf] lglDt /fVg'eof] . ToxfF tree of the knowledge of good and evil. dflg;nfO{ rflxg] ;a} lsl;dsf kmn pdfg{'eof] / au}rfsf] aLrdf hLjgsf] ?v / c;n / v/fasf] 1fg Adam and the woman stayed in the garden. They were both naked but had no sense of shame. They lbg] ?v klg nufpg'eof] . cfbd / ?qL au}rfdf fellowshipped with God. And God blessed all the /xGy], pgLx? b'a} gfË} lyP t/ nhfpb}gy], k/d]Zj/;uF creatures saying, "Be fruitful and multiply." At that time Adam and the woman lived in the logLx?sf] ;+utL x'GYof] . clg k/d]Zj/n] ;a} k|f0fLnfO{ garden. They had great joy and peace. kmNb} km'Nb} j[4L x'Fb} hfg] cflzif lbg'eof] . To;a]nf cfbd / p;sL >LdtL ;'Gb/ au}rfdf a:y] . pgLx?df In this way after creating all things within six days, God rested on the seventh day and declared a8f] cfgGb / zflGt lyof] . o;/L 5f}6f} lbg leq ;a} it holy. s'/fsf] ;[i6L ul/;Sg'eP kl5 ;ftf} lbgdf k/d]Zj/n] lj>fd lng'eof] / kljq t'Nofpg'eof] . #= kfk / d[To"sf] z'? 3. Sin and Death Enter the World Genesis 2:16-17,3 pTkQL @M!^–!&,# cWofo When God put Adam and the woman in the garden, ha k/d]Zj/n] cfbd / :qLnfO{ au}rfdf /fVg'eof] He gave them one command, “You may freely eat pgLx?nfO{ Pp6f cf1f lbg'eof], æo; au}rfdf the fruit of every tree in the garden but not the fruit ePsf ;a} kmn ;+sf]r gdfgL vfg' t/ au}rfsf] of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil for on aLrdf ePsf] c;n / v/fasf] 1fg lbg] ?vsf] the day you eat it you will certainly die." kmnrFflx gvfg' lsgeg] t}n] h'g lbg Tof] kmn Adam and the woman stayed quite happy not vfg]5;\ To;lbg tF lg:rog} dg]{5;\ . cfbd / ?qL eating that tree's fruit. One day among all the living Tof] ?vsf] kmn gvfO{sg a9f] cfgGb ;fy /xGy] . creatures, evil Satan's spirit came into the clever o;}a]nf Ps lbg k|f0fLx? dWo w"t{ k|f0fL ;k{df b'i6 serpent and entering the garden said to the woman, z}tfgsf] cfTdf k|j]z u¥of] / au}rfdf cfO{ :qLnfO{ "Has God said that you may not eat of the fruit of eGof], æs] k/d]Zj/n] ltdLx?nfO{ au}rfsf] s'g} klg any tree in the garden?" The woman said to the serpent, “We can eat every fruit from the trees kmn gvfg' eGg'ePsf] 5 <Æ :qLn] ;k{nfO{ elgg, except from the tree in the middle of the garden. æau}rfsf] ;a} ?vsf] kmnx? xfdL vfg ;S5f} t/ 'Don't eat or touch this tree's fruit or you will die” au}rfsf] aLrdf ePsf] of] ?vsf] kmnrFflx gvfg' He has said." Again the serpent deceptively said to / g5'g' gqtf ltdLx? d5f}{Æ eGg'ePsf] 5 .Æ the woman, “No, if you eat the fruit you will not To;kl5 km]l/ ;k{n] :qLnfO{ axsfpb} eGof], æxf]O{g die. God knows that the day you eat the fruit your Tof] kmn vfof} eg] ltdLx? db}{gf} k/d]Zj/nfO{ eyes will be opened, and knowing good and evil, you will be like God." yfxf 5 ls h'glbg ltdLx? of] kmn vfG5f} To; lbg ltdLx?sf] cfFvf v'Ng]5 / c;n / v/fasf] 1fg kfP/ ltdLx? k/d]Zj/ h:t} x'g]5f} .Æ After hearing these words of Satan, the woman saw that the fruit was good for food and pleasing to ;k{n] eg]sf] s'/f ;'g] kl5 :qLn] kmn vfgdf c;n the eyes, and the thing to make one as wise as God. / x]g{df /x/ NffUbf] / ´g 1fg kfP/ k/d]Zj/ The desire for it increased in her and plucking the tree's fruit, she ate and also gave it to her husband. h:t} eO{G5 eGg] s'/fn] pgL leq kmn k|ltsf] OR5f He also ate and immediately their eyes opened and emg a9]/ cfof] / pgn] To; ?vsf] kmn l6k]/ they discovered that they were naked and fear vfO{g / >LdfgnfO{ klg lbO{g . pgn] klg vfP, entered their hearts. Then, plucking fig leaves they vfg] lalQSs} lt b'a}sf] cfFvf v'Nof]] / pgLx?n] covered their shame. g]ef/fsf] kftx? l6k]/ cfˆgf] nfh 9fs] . ;fF´kv After dusk, as God was walking around the garden, k/d]Zj/ au}Frfdf 8'Nb} ug'{x'Fbf ltgLx?n] pxfFsf] hearing His voice they hid, but God called Adam, ;f]/ ;'g]/ n's] t/ k/d]Zj/n] cfbdnfO{ "Hey Adam, where are you?” Adam said, “Hearing af]nfpg'eof], æP cfbd tF sxfF 5;\ <Æ pgn] eg], your voice in the garden I was afraid and hid æd}n] tkfO{sf] ;f]/ ;'g]/ d 8/fP / d gfË} ePsf] because I was naked.” God asked, "Who said that x'gfn] n's]+ .Æk/d]Zj/n] ;f]Wg'eof], æt gfË} 5;\ you were naked? Did you eat from the tree I told eg]/ s;n] eGof]< h'g ?vsf] kmn d}n] tFnfO{ you not to eat from?" The man said, “The woman you had given me as a companion, she gave to me gvfg' egL cf1f u/]sf] lyPF, s] t}n] Tof] vfO{;<Æ and I ate." dflg;n] eGof], æh'g :qL tkfO{n] d]/f] ;fydf /xg And God said to the woman, "What is this that you egL lbg'ePsf] lyof] To;n] dnfO{ lbO{, d}n] vfPF.Æ did?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me clg k/d]Zj/n] :qLnfO{ eGg'eof], æt}n] of] s] and I ate." ul/;<Æ :qLn] elgg\, æ;k{n] dnfO{ 5n u¥of] / d}n] Then God, cursing the serpent said, "Because you have done this, you will slink on your belly and Tof] vfP .Æ ta k/d]Zj/n] ;k{nfO{ >fk lbb}+ survive by eating dirt all your life. And I will put eGg'eof] æt}n] o;f] u/]sf] sf/0fn] hLjge/ df6f] enmity between your offspring and the woman's vfP/ aFfRg]5; / k]6sf] ann] 3;|]/ lx8\g] 5;\ . offspring. You will wound his foot but he will t]/f] ;Gtfg / :qLsf] ;Gtfgsf] aLrdf d b':dgL crush your head." And to the woman He said, "I xflnlbg]5' . To;n] t]/f] lz/ s'Rofpg] 5 / t}n] will increase your pain in childbirth and your To;sf] s's'{Rrf] 8:g]5; .Æ clg :qLnfO{ pxfFn] children will be born with trouble. But your desire eGg'eof], æt]/f] ;'Ts]/L j]bgf d Hofb} u/L will be for your husband and he will rule over you. After that, God said to Adam, "Because you a9fO{lbg]5' si6 ;uF t}n] afns hGdfpg]5]; t/ listened to your wife and ate the fruit of the tree klg t]/f] OR5f ktL tkm{g} x'g]5 / To;n] tnfO{ which I said you were not to eat, the earth has been clwgdf /fVg]5 . To;kl5 cfbdnfO{ pxfFn] cursed. Therefore all your life in hardship and eGg'eof], æt]/f] :jf:gLsf] s'/f ;'g]/ t}n] d}n] gvfg' sweaty work you will grow your food and eat. You eg]sf] ?vsf] kmn vfPsf] x'gfn] e"ld t]/f] sf/0fn] are made of mud and you will return to mud.” >flkt ePsf] 5 . To;sf/0f hLjgel/ b'v;uF t}n] Then Adam named his wife Eve. After punishing kl;gf aufP/ sdfPsf]] pAhgL vfg]5;\ . t df6f]n] them, God expelled them from the garden so they ag]sf] xf]; df6}df kmls{hfg]5;\ .Æ To;kl5 cfbdn] wouldn't eat from the tree of life and live forever in cfˆgL :jf:gLsf] gfd xAaf /fv] . o;/L k/d]Zj/n] sin. In this way, because man willfully disobeyed b08 lbO{;s]kl5 cfbd / :qLn] hLjgsf] ?vsf] God's command, sin and death entered man's life kmn vfP/ ;w}el/ kfkdf afFlr/xnfg egL and the relation between man and God was separated. au}rfaf6 lgsfnL lbg'eof] . o;/L dflg;n] k/d]Zj/sf] cf1f pnËg u/]sf] sf/0f dfgj hLjgdf kfk / d[To"n] k|j]z u¥of] . dflg; / k/d]Zj/ aLrsf]] ;DaGw cnu eof] . $= dflg;n] dflg;nfO{ dfg{ ;'? u/]sf] - 4. Man Starts To Kill Man slog / xflan_ Genesis 4:1-16, Hebrew 11:4, 1 John3:12 pTklQ $M!–!^, lxa|' !!M$, ! o"xGgf #M!@ After Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden, Eve became pregnant and gave a birth to a cfbd / xAaf au}rfaf6 lgsfnLP kl5 xAaf boy and they named him Cain. And again Eve gave ue{jtL eO{g / klxnf] 5f]/f hGdfO{g / pgLx?n] birth to another child and they named him Abel. To; 5f]/fsf] gfd slog /fv] / km]l/ xAafn] csf]{ Cain became a farmer working in the fields and Abel became a shepherd. 5f]/f klg hGdfOg\ / pgsf] gfd xflan /fv] . slog v]tLkftL ug]{ ls;fg eP eg] xflan e]8f One day Cain, thinking evil thoughts, brought part of his produce as an offering to the Lord and his uf]7fnf eP / Pslbg slogn] b'i6 ljrf/ /fv]/ younger brother Abel offered the best firstborn cfˆgf] pAhgLaf6 s]lx efu k/d]Zj/sxfF NofP eg] lamb of his flock to Lord. God accepted Abel and pgsf] efO{ xflann] cfˆgf] e]8fsf] aufnaf6 clt his offering but didn’t accept Cain and his offering. pQd klxnf] kf7f] k/d]Zj/nfO{ r9fP . k/d]Zjn] So Cain became angry and his face darkened and slog / ltgsf] e]6L u|x0f ug'{ePg t/ xflan / he considered killing his brother. God asked, “Oh ltgsf] e]6L u|x0f ug'{eof] . o;}n] slog clt Cain, why is your face dark? If you do well, will you not have honor? But if you do wrong, sin is l/;fP / ltgsf] d'v cFWof/f] eof] / cfˆgf efO{nfO{ waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but you dfg]{ ljrf/ u/] . k/d]Zj/n] ;f]Wg'eof], æP slog, must master it." t]/f] d'v lsg cFWof/f] 5< s] t}n] h] l7s 5 ToxL Cain said to his brother, "Come. Let us go into the u/]sf] eP tF u|x0fof]Uo x'b}gly; /< t/ h] v/fa 5 field." In the field, Cain attacked and killed his Tof] u/]sf]n] kfk t]/f] 9f]s}df 9'lsa:5 / To;sf] brother. OR5f tF k|lt x'G5 / t}n] To;nfO{ clwg ug}{k5{ .Æ Then God asked, "Oh Cain, where is your slogn] cfˆgf efO{nfO{ eg], æcfpm, xfdL alx/ brother?" And he said, “I don't know. What, am I v]tlt/ hfcf}+ .Æ v]tdf nu]/ cfqmd0f u/]/ efO{nfO{ my brother’s keeper?" God said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood is crying to me from dfl/lbP . ta k/d]Zj/n] ;f]Wg'eof], æP slog t]/f] the ground. You are cursed from the earth whose efO{ vf]O{ <Æ slogn] eGof], ædnfO{ yfxf 5}g, s] d mouth opened to take your brother’s blood from d]/f] efO{sf] uf]7fnf x'F / <Æ k/dk|e'n] eGg'eof], your hand. No longer will the earth give you her fruit. You will be a fugitive wandering over the æt}n] of] s] ul/;< t]/f] efO{sf] /utn] e'ldaf6 earth." dnfO{ u'xf/ ul//x]sf] 5 . tF ca >flkt eP/ o; e'ldaf6 v]lbPsf] 5;\ h;n] t]/f] efO{sf] /ut t]/f] Cain said to God, "My punishment is more than I can handle. I will be a fugitive fleeing over the xftaf6 lngnfO{ cfˆgf] d'v p3f¥of] . e'ldn] ca earth and whoever finds me will put me to death." t]/f] lglDt pAhgL lbg] 5}g . tF k[YjLdf Ps ljgf But God said, “It won't be like that. If Cain is put r}gsf] 8'n'jf x'g]5;\ .Æ slogn] k/d]Zj/nfO{ eg], to death, seven times more revenge will be taken." And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one æd}n] ;xg} g;Sg] b08 dnfO{ eof] . d k[YjLdf would kill him. So Cain went from God's presence, lagf r}gsf] 8'n'jf x'g]5' / dnfO{ km]nf kfg]{ hf] and started living in another place. ;'s}n] klg dnfO{ dfg]{5 .Æ t/ k/d]Zj/n] eGg'eof], æTo;f] xf]Og, h;n] slognfO{ df5{, To;l;t ;ft u'0ff abnf lnO{g]5 .Æ clg slognfO{ s;}n] klg gdf/f]; egL k/d]Zj/n] Pp6f lrGx /fvL lbg'eof] . ta slog k/dk|e'sf] pkl:ytaf6 lg:s]/ csf]{ 7fpFdf a;f]af; ug{ yfn] . %= gf]cf / hnk|no 5. God Judges Evil By Flood Genesis 6–8; 9:1-17; 2 Peter 2:5 pTklQ ^,&,*,(M!–!&,@ kq'; @M% Adam and Eve's descendents were fruitful and cfbd / xAafsf] ;Gtfg kmNb} km'Nb} j[l4 x'b} uP . multiplied. The number of people on the earth grew k[YjLdf hlt dflg;sf] ;+Vof a9b} uof] Toltg} and they started doing things God didn't like. And dflg;x?n] k/d]Zj/nfO{ dg gkg]{ sfd ug{ yfn] / man's thoughts, words and deeds became evil. dflg;x? dg, jrg / sd{df ´g e|i6 x'b} uP . Seeing this, God was grieved and He said, "I will destroy man whom I created as well as the animals of] b]v]/ k/d]Zj/ b'lvt x'g'eof] / eGg'eof], æd}n] that graze and fly in the sky - all of them - because ;[i6L u/]sf] dflg;nfO{ k[YjLaf6 d d]l6lbg]5' s] I am sorry that I made them." dflg;, s] 3};|g] hGt', s] cfsfzsf kG5L, ;a}nfO{ But God saw among that generation a man named lsgeg] tL agfPsf]df dnfO{ b'Mv nfu]sf] 5 . t/ Noah who was righteous and without blame. And To; k':tfdf gf]cfnfO{ wdL{ / lgbf]{if e]§fpg'eof] / He had mercy on him and said, "I have decided to destroy all mankind except your family. Build a p;dfly cg'u|x ug'{eof] / eGg'eof], æd}n] t]/f] huge vessel, bring your family and a male and kl/jf/ afx]s k[YjLsf ;a} dflg;x?nfO{ gi6 ug]{ female of each kind of creature inside." lg0f{o u/]sf] 5', t}n] 7"nf] hxfh agfpg' / t]/f] And as Noah started building the vessel, he kept kl/jf/nfO{ / ;a} hLjLt k|f0fLsf Ps–Ps hf]8L preaching to all the people around about the efn]–kf]yL hfxfh leq Nofpg' .Æ / gf]cfn] hxfh coming judgment, that they should repent and turn agfpg z'? u/] ;fy} dflg;x?nfO{ cfˆgf] kfkaf6 from their sin toward righteousness. But nobody listened to him. When Noah finished building the kmls{g / kZrtfk ug{sf] lglDt cfpg nfu]sf] vessel, He did according to what God said and Gofosf] af/]df k|rf/ ub}{ /x] t/ s;}n] pgsf] s'/f brought his family inside and a male and female of ;'g]]gg\ . ha hxfh agfO{ l;WofP ta gf]cfn] each animal. After that, God poured a torrential k/d]Zj/n] eg] cg';f/ ;a} k|f0fLsf Ps–Ps hf]8L rain for 40 days and nights until the highest points efn] kf]yL / p;sf] kl/jf/nfO{ hxfh leq NofP . of the world were covered. Every living creature but those inside Noah's vessel drowned and died in To;kl5 k/d]Zj/n] $) lbg $) /ft;Dd the flood. d';nwf/] kfgL kfg'{eof] h;n] ubf{ k[YjLsf ;a} eGbf cUnf 7fpFx? klg 8'a] . gf]cfsf] hxfhleq The level of water did not decrease for 150 days ePsf k|f0fL afx]s ;a} dflg; hLj hGt' / k|f0fLx? and God remembered Noah's family and started a wind blowing. Because of the wind, the level of the hn k|nodf k/] / d/] . !%) lbg ;Dd klg water started to go down and the land appeared. kfgLsf] ;tx 36]g / k/d]Zj/n] gf]cfsf] After some time Then God said, "Noah, take your kl/jf/nfO{ ;lDem atf; rnfO{lbg'eof] . h;sf] family and all the living creatures out of the sf/0f kfgLsf] ;tx 36\g yfNof] / hldg b]vf vessel," and Noah did that. And Noah sacrificed an k¥of] . s]lx ;do kl5 k/d]Zj/n] eGg'eof], ægf]cf animal to give thanks to God. God accepted that and was pleased with his obedience. And again ltd|f] kl/jf/ / ;a} k|f0fLx?nfO{ hxfhaf6 aflx/ God said to Noah, "As I have provided grass for Nofp.Æ / gf]cfn] To;} u/], / gf]cfn] kz'sf] aln the animals, so I am giving every animal as food r9fP/ k/d]Zj/nfO{ wGojfb lbP . k/d]Zj/n] Tof] for you. But when you kill them for food, do not u|x0f ug'{eof] / p;sf] cf1fsf/Ltfdf v';L x'g'eof] eat their blood." . clg km]l/ k/d]Zj/n] gf]cfnfO{ eGg'eof] ækz' After that, God blessed all living creatures to "be k|f0fLnfO{ cfxf/sf] lglDt jg:ktL lbP em} fruitful and fill the earth." And promising never to ltdLx?nfO{ cfxf/sf] lglDt x/]s hLj–hLjft again destroy through such a flood, He gave the lbg]5' t/ ha ltdLx? cfxf/sf] lglDt s'g} kz' rainbow as a sign. df5f}{ To;sf] /ut rflxF gvfg' .Æ To;kl5 ;a} After this, Noah's descendents started filling the k|f0fLnfO{ ækmNb} km'Nb} j4L eP/ k[YjLdf el/b} hfg" whole earth, according to God's blessing. egLÆ cflzif lbg'eof] / km]l/ slxNo} klg o:tf] hnk|no4f/f gi6 gug]{ k|lt1f ul/ To;sf] lrGxsf] :j?k O{0b«]0fL x'g]5 egL eGg'eof] . To;kl5 k/d]Zj/n] cflzif lbP cg';f/ gf]cfsf] ;Gtfg k[YjLel/ km}lnb} uP . ^= ljleGg efiffx?sf] ;'? 6. God Divides Many Languages pTklQ !!M!–( Genesis 11:1-9 k[YjLdf gf]cfsf] ;Gtfg kmNb}–km'Nb} j[4L x'b} uP . Noah’s descendents were fruitful and increased pgLx? k[YjLsf] k"j{lt/ ;b}{hfbf Ps ;dtn d}bfg on the earth. When they were wandering from the e]§fP / ToxL a;f]af; ug{ yfn] . ltgLx?sf] efiff east, they came to a stretch of flatland and there started their dwelling place. Their language was Pp6} lyof] . pgLx?n] Ps cfk;df ;Nnfx u/], ænf} one. They advised one another, “Come, let's build xfdL cfˆgf] lglDt Pp6f zx/ / :ju{ ;Dd k'Ug] Ps ourselves a city and a tower that reaches heaven. w/x/f agfcf}+, clg cfˆgf] gfp /fvf}+ / xfdL k[YjL Let's make ourselves famous and not be scattered el/ g5/Lcf} .ÆTo;kl5 pgLx?n] sfd ;'? ug{ yfn] . across the Earth." Then they started working. ha k/d]Zj/n] pgLx?sf] of]hgnfO{ a'‰g'eof] ta When God understood their plan, He confused their language and in this way after their language pgLx?sf] efiff vnan kfl/ lbg'eof] / o;/L efiff was confused; they couldn’t continue their work vnan ePkl5 pgLx?n] zx/ / w/x/f agfpg] building the city and tower. After that God sfdnfO{ cufl8 a9fpg ;s]gg\ . To;kl5 k/d]Zj/n] scattered people all over the earth and the people dflg;x?nfO{ k[YjLdf ltt/ lat/ kfg'{eof] / ltgLx? multiplied and increased throughout the earth cf–cfˆgf] efiff / ;+:s[tLdf kmNb} km"Nb} j[4L x"b} with their own languages and cultures. In this way k[YjLdf 5l/b} uP . o;/L ljleGg efiffx?sf] ;'? eof] many different languages started. . &= ca|fxfdsf] jf]nfj6 / k|lt1f 7. Abraham’s Call and Promise pTklQ !@M!–%, !%M!–^,!#–!$ Genesis 12:1-5, 15:1-6, 13-14 ;do laTb} hfbfF ha dflg;x? cf–cfˆgf] efiff / ;+s[tLdf kmNb} km'Nb} j[l4x'b} uP ta pgLx?df kfk / After some time when people increased with their own languages and cultures, they grew in b'i6tf a9b} uof] / of] b'i6 k':tfdf km]l/ k/d]Zj/n] sin and wicked ways. Among that evil Pshgf ca|fxd eGg] JolQmnfO{ r'Gg''eof] . pgL generation, God chose one man named cfˆgf] kl/jf/;Fu a:by] . pgsf] >LdtLsf] gfd ;f/f Abraham. He lived with his own family. lyof] / pgL afemL lyO{g / k/d]Zj/n] ca|fxdnfO{ Abraham’s wife's name was Sara and she was eGg'eof], æt]/f] b]z / t]/f s'6'Da tyf t]/f] lktfsf] barren. God said to Abraham, "Leave your 3/af6 lg:s]/ h'g b]z d tnfO{ b]vfpF5' ToxfF hfF / country and your people and your father's house and go to the land I show you. From you d tF af6 Pp6f 7"nf] hftL v8f ug]{5' / tnfO{ I will raise a great nation and I will bless you. I cflzif lbg]5' . d t]/f] gfpF k|l;4 u/fpg]5' t will make your name famous and you'll be a cflzifsf] d"n x'g]5;, tnfO{ cflzif lbg]nfO{ d source of blessing. I'll bless those who bless cflZfif lbg]5' , ;/fk lbg]nfO{ ;/fk lbg]5' , tF 4f/f you and curse those who curse you. All the k[YjLsf ;a} s'nn] cflzif kfpg] 5g\ . k/d]Zj/sf] families of the earth will be blessed through cf1f kfpg] lalts} ca|fxd cfˆgf] 7fpF / gftfuf]tf you.” As soon as Abraham got God’s command, he took his family and left his place 5f]8]/ cfˆgf] kl/jf/ lnO{ lx8] . s]lx ;do kl5 km]l/ and relatives. After some time, God again said k/d]Zj/n] ca|fxdnfO{ eGg'eof,] æca|fxd tF g8/f to Abraham, “Abraham, don’t be afraid. I am t]/f] 9fn d g} xF' / t]/f] Ogfd cToGt 7"nf] x'g]5 . t/ your shield and your reward will be ca|fxdn] eg], æx] k/d]Zj/ tkfO{n] dnfO{ s] g} exceedingly great." But Abraham said, “God lbg'ePsf] 5 / < lsgeg] cem;Dd d]/f] Pp6f klg what have you given me up 'til now because I ;Gtfg 5}g / ca d]/f] ;DktLsf] xsbf/ c? sf]xLg} have no child and now will another be heir of my property?" God said, “Your own son will x'g]5 .Æ k/d]Zj/n] eGg'eof], æt]/f] cfˆg} 5f]/f]] t]/f] be the heir of your property." And God took ;DklQsf] xsbf/ x'g]5 .Æ clg ltgnfO{ aflx/ nu]/ Abraham outside and said, “Look at the sky. eGg'eof,] æcfsfz lt/ x]// tf/f uGg ;S5; ls Can you count the stars or not? I will make ;Sb}g; < d t]/f] ;Gtfgx? cfsfzsf tf/f hlQg} your descendents like the stars in the sky, but agfpg]5' t/ t]/f] ;Gtfg $)) jif{ ;Dd c? b]zsf] your descendents will be in another country's lyrf]ldrf]df kg]{5g\ . ltgLx? h'g hftLsf] bf; suppression for 400 years. I will judge those who suppress them and after that they will aGg]5g pgLx?sf] klg d O{G;fkm ug]{5' / kl5af6 come out, taking many riches from there." ltgLx? w]/} ;DklQ lnP/ lg:sL cfpg]5g.Æ ca|fxdn] Abraham believed God and was considered k/d]Zj/dfly ljZjf; u/] / wdL{ 7xl/P . o;/L righteous. In this way, God called Abraham k/d]Zj/n] ca|fxdnfO{ af]nfpg'eof] / k|lt1f lbg'eof] and gave him a promise. . *= ca|fxdsf] ljZjf;sf] hfFr 8. God Tests Abraham’s Faith Genesis 22:1-19 pTklQ @@M!–!( Although Abraham and his wife Sara were very ca|fxd / pgsL >LdtL ;f/f w]/} j[4 x'Fbf;Dd klg old, they had no child. But God miraculously pgLx?sf] s'g} ;Gtfg lyPg . t/ crDdsf] s'/f gave them a son in their old age. They named k/d]Zj/n] pgLx?sf] a[4 cj:yfdf pgLx?nfO{ 5f]/f their son, Isaac. They loved their son very much. lbg'eof] . p;sf] gfd O;xfs /fv] . pgLx? 5f]/fnfO{ clt dfof uy]{ . k/d]Zj/n] ca|fxdsf] One day God tested Abraham’s and said, “Hey, ljZjf;sf] hfFr ug'{eof] / eGg'eof] æx] ca|fxd Û Abraham! Take your dearly-loved only son Isaac, and go give him as an offering on the mountain I t}+n] dfof u/]sf] Pp6} 5f]/f] O;xfsnfO{ lnO{ d}n] show you." Right after Abraham got God's b]vfPsf] 8fF8fdf To;nfO{ anL u/ .Æk/d]Zj/af6 of] command, he silently rose early in the morning cf1f kfP kl5 ca|fxd laxfg} p7]/ uwfdf sf7L with his son, Isaac, and took his two servants, a s;L cfkm\gf gf]s/x? dWo b'O{hgf gf]s/ tyf donkey, and the things needed for an offering and went to the place God told him. After walking for xf]danLsf] lglDt cfjZos lrhx? / cfkm\gf] Pp6} three days and in the morning finally seeing the 5f]/f] O;xfsnfO{ ;fydf lnO{ k/d]Zj/n] eGg'ePsf] place, Abraham told his servants, “Stay here and 7fpFlt/ lx8] . lx8\b} hfFbf t];|f] lbgsf] laxfgdf aNn take care of the donkey. I and my son will go To; 7fpF b]v], ca|fxdn] cfkm\gf gf]s/x?nfO{ eg], farther and we will return after worshipping.” Then Abraham went with fire and a knife in his æltdLx? oxL+ uwf x]/]/ a;, d / 5f]/frflxF k/;Dd hand for sacrificing his son while Isaac carried the uO{ k"hf u/L kms]{/ cfpg]5f}+ .Æ To;kl5 5f]/f firewood. While they were walking together, O;xfsnfO{ xf]danLsf] lglDt rflxg] bfp/f af]sfP/ Isaac asked, "Father, we have fire and wood but cfkm\gf] xftdf 5'/L / cfuf] lnO{ lx+8] . ;Fu;Fu} hfFb} where is the lamb for the offering?" Abraham said, “Son, God Himself will give the lamb for ubf{ af6f]df O;xfsn] ;f]w] æa'af cfuf] / bfp/f t the burned offering." 5g\, t/ xf]danLsf] lglDt y'dfrflxF v} t<Æ ca|fxdn] eg] æ5f]/f k/d]Zj/n]g} xf]danLsf] lglDt After some time, they reached the mountain God y'df h'6fOlbg'x'g]5 .Æ s]xL a]/kl5 pgLx? told them and making the altar, piled the wood in place on top. Then also tying up his own son, k/d]Zj/n] eg]sf] 8fF8fdf k'u] / Pp6f a]bL agfP/ Isaac, he put him on the firewood on the altar. bfp/f tx nufP/ /fv] . To;kl5 cfkm\gf 5f]/f Only after Abraham raised the knife to kill his O;xfsnfO{ klg afFw]/ a]bLdf bfp/fdfly /fv] . son, suddenly an angel called Abraham from afar To;kl5 ca|fxdn] cfkm\gf] 5f]/fnfO{ anL ug{ 5'/L and said, “Oh Abraham, Abraham! Don’t stretch out your hand against the boy to do anything to p7fP t/ :ju{b'tn] ca|fxdnfO{ xkf/]/ eg] æP him. Now I am certain that the fear of God is in ca|fxd, ca|fxd Û t]/f] xft To; s]6fdfly gp7f . your heart, because you have not kept back your To;nfO{ s]xL gu/ . ca d}n] yfxf kfPF tF son, your only son, from me." k/d]Zj/;Fu 8/fpFbf] /x]5;\ . lsgls t]/f] Psdfq Abraham saw a sheep caught by its horns in the 5f]/f]klg daf6 /f]lsg;\ .Æ ca|fxdn] dfly emf8Llt/ brushwood and he took the sheep and made a x]bf{ t Pp6f e]8f l;+u cNem]/ al;/x]sf] b]v] / burned offering of it in place of his son, Isaac. pgn] ToxL e]8fnfO{ NofP / cfkm\gf] 5f]/f O;xfssf] And he named that place “God provides.” Again ;§fdf xf]danL u/] . To; 7fpFsf] gfd æk/dk|e'n] God spoke to Abraham through the angel, “I have taken an oath by my name that because you h'6fpg'x'G5Æ egL /fv] . To;kl5 km]l/ k/dk|e'n] obeyed me and did not hold back from me your :ju{b't dfkm{t eGg'eof,] æd}n] cfkm\gf] gfpFdf zky only son, I will certainly bless you and make your vfP/ eG5' ls t}+n] d]/f] cf1f dfg]/ t]/f] Pp6} offspring increase like the stars of the sky and the 5f]/f]nfO{ klg daf6 g/f]s]sf]n] d lgZro tFnfO{ sand of the seaside. Through your offspring, all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because cflzif lbg]5' / t]/f] ;Gtfgsf] j[l4 u/]/ cfsfzsf you obeyed my word." tf/f / ;d'b|sf] lsgf/sf] afn'jf ;/x d t'NofpFg]5' . t]/f ;Gtfgåf/f k[YjLsf] ;a} hfltx? cflzjf{bL After hearing the voice of God’s angel, Abraham x'g]5g\, lsgsL t}+n] d]/f] cf1f kfng ul/;\ .Æ returned to his servants and went with them. :ju{b'tsf] cfjfh ;'lg;s]kl5 ca|fxd ToxFfaf6 In this way God tested the faith of Abraham. kmls{P . o;/L k/d]Zj/n] ca|fxdsf] ljZjf;sf] hfFr uge'[{ of] . (= O;|fPnLx? ld> b]zdf 9. God's People in Egypt pTklQ #&, #(, $), $!, $@, $#, $$, $%, $^ Genesis 37, 39-46 Isaac's son, Jacob who was also called Israel, had O;xfssf 5f]/f ofs'a lyP pgnfO{ O;|fPn klg twelve sons. Joseph was the eleventh son whom elgGYof] . pgsf afx|efO{ 5f]/fx? lyP . tL afx| efO{ Jacob loved so much that he had made a colourful 5f]/fx? dWo]df of];]km P3f/f}+ 5f]/f lyP h;nfO{ coat for him. Seeing that their father loved Joseph more than them, Joseph's brothers were jealous ofs'an] cltg} dfof ub{y] / /fd|f] a'§f ePsf] n'uf and spoke to him in spiteful ways. Joseph had a lslglbPsf lyP . ltgsf a'afn] c? bfh'efO{x?nfO{ dream and told it to his brothers. In the dream's eGbf of];]kmnfO{ a9L dfof u/]sf] b]vL ltgLx?n] meaning, his brothers bowed before him. That made them even more angry at him. One day of];]km;Fu b'ZdgL /fvL /fd|f];Fu af]Nb}gy] . of];]kmn] when Joseph had gone out in the fields, the Pp6f ;kgf b]v], / cfˆgf bfh'x?nfO{ atfP . Tof] brothers sold Joseph to foreign businessman and ;kgfsf] cy{ ;a} bfh'x?n] pgnfO{ b08jt ug'{ kg]{ put his clothes in the blood of animal and brought it to their father. They showed their father the lyof] . To;}n] bfh'x? ´g a9L p ;uF l/;fP . Ps blood-covered cloth to demonstrate that Joseph lbg of];]km v]tdf uPsf] ;dodf pgsf bfh'x?n] had been killed by wild animals. Hearing this pgnfO lab]zL Aofkf/Lx?sf] xftdf a]lrlbP / pgsf] news, Jacob mourned for his son. But Joseph was sold by the businessman into the hand of an royal sk8fdf kz'sf] /ut nufO{ a'afsxfF nuL of];]kmnfO{ officer of Egypt. God was with Joseph so blessing hFunL hgfj/n] df/]5 egL /ut nfu]sf] sk8f came upon the family where Joseph was living. a'afnfO b]vfP . Tof] s'/f yfxf kfP/ ofs'an] lanfk Seeing his faith, the master gave him responsibility over all things of the house. But the u/] . t/ of];]kmnfO{ Aofkf/Lx?n] ld> b]zsf]] /fhfsf] master's wife falsely accused him and had him put Ps hgf clws[tsf] xftdf a]lrlbP . k/dk|e' into prison. of];]kmsf] ;fydf x'g'xGYof] . To;sf/0f of];]km a;]sf] Although Joseph was in prison, God was with 3/sf] ;a} s'/fx?df cflzif cfof] / pgsf] ljZjf; him. He was given responsibility of all the b]v]/] dflnsn] pgnfO{ 3/sf] ;Dk'0f{ s'/fx?sf] prisoners in the jail. Two of the king’s servants lhDd]jf/L lbP . t/ dflnsgLn] ´'6f] bf]if nufO{ were also in prison and Joseph interpreted their dreams. After some time, the king also had a h]ndf y'gfO{g . h]n leq /xbf klg k/dk|e' ltgsf] dream and hearing that Joseph could tell the ;fydf x'g'x'GYof] . h]ndf ;a} s}bLx? pgsf] meaning of dreams, called him to the palace. The lhDdfdf /x] . s}bLx? dWo b'O{ hgf /fhfsf king told Joseph his dream and because God gave Joseph the meaning of the king's dream he said sfdbf/x? klg s}bdf k/]sf lyP / of];]kmn] the dream meant "There will be seven years of ltgLx?sf] ;kgfsf] cy{ vf]lnlbP . s]lx ;do kl5 plenty and seven years of hunger." Seeing that /fhfn] klg Pp6f ;kgf b]v] / of];]kmn] ;kgfsf] this man had the Spirit of God, the king gave him authority over the land of Egypt. During the seven cy{ vf]Ng ;S5 eGg] ;'g]/ pgnfO{ /fhb/jf/df years of plenty, being the authorized person, af]nfP . of];]kmnfO{ /fhfn] cfˆgf] ;kgf atfP / Joseph stored up extra food. He stored great k/d]Zj/n] pgnfO{ /fhfsf] ;kgfsf] cy{ vf]Ng] 1fg amounts of food in a big warehouse. When the time of the plenty ended, a famine started in all lbg'ePsf]n] pgn] ;kgfsf] cy{ vf]n] ;kgfsf] cy{ the countries. But only in Egypt was food stored. æcfpg] ;ft aif{ ;xsfn / ;ft aif{ clgsfnæ lyof] In the famine time, Jacob sent his ten sons to the . /fhfn] of] dflg;;uF k/d]Zj/sf] cfTdf 5 egL land of Egypt to buy some food. When they got there, Joseph's brothers bowed down to him. ld> b]zdfly clwsf/ lbP . ;ft jif{ ;xsfndf Joseph told his brothers that he was their younger of];]kmn] cGg y'kf/]/ 7"nf] e08f/df /fv] . ;xsfnsf] brother. When they heard this, they were terrified cGTo eof] / ;a} b]zdf clgsfn ;'? eof] . t/ but Joseph said, "This all is God’s plan. Go and bring father and all the family here." ld>df dfq vfg]s'/fsf] e08f/ lyof] . clgsfnsf] a]nf ofs'an] cGg lsGgsf] nflu cfˆgf bz hgf In this way all the family of Jacob came to Egypt 5f]/fx?nfO{ ld>df k7fP . ld>df k'u]/ bfh'x?n] and started living there. of];]kmnfO{ b08jt u/] . of];]kmn] cfˆgf bfh'x?nfO{ cfkm" efO{ ePsf] s'/f atfP . of] yfxf kfP/ pgLx? 8/fP t/ of];]kmn] eg], æof] ;a} k/d]Zj/sf] of]hgf xf], uP/ d]/f] afa'sf] kl/jf/nfO{ oxfF lnP/ cfcf] .Æ o;/L ofs'asf ;a} kl/jf/ ld> b]zdf cfP/ a:g yfn] . !)= df]zfsf] hGd / af]nfj6 10. Moses Birth and Calling k|:yfg !M,$M!–!& Exodus 1, 4:1-17 Jacob’s descendents started living many years in ofs'asf ;Gtfgx? ld> b]zdf w]/} aif{ ;Dd cfGgb;uF a:g Egypt with joy. Jacob, Joseph and that generation yfn] . ofs'a, of];]km ;fy} To; k':tfsf ;a} hgf d/] . t/ all died but the number of Israelites grew and O;|fPnLx?sf] ;FVof a9]/ ;f/f b]zg} el/of] . To;} ;dodf filled all the land. Another King who didn’t know of];]kmnfO{ glrGg] /fhfn] /fHo ug{ yfn] . pgn] O;|PnLx?sf] Joseph started ruling. Seeing that the Israelities were increasing in Egypt, he said to his subjects, ;+Vof a9]sf] b]v]/ cfˆgf] k|hfnfO{ eg] o;/L g} O;|fPnLx?sf] “If these Israelities keep increasing, they will rise ;+Vof a9]/ uof] eg] logLx?n] xfd|f] la?4df n8fO{ u/]/ oxfFaf6 and rebel against us." So they gave the Israelites hfg]5g . To;}sf/0f ltgLx?nfO{ ;tfpgnfO{ sl7g sfd lbP hard work to make them suffer. But the Israelites' t/ klg pgLx?sf] ;FVof ´g ´g a9\b} uof] . ta /fhfn] lxa|' population kept increasing. Then the King ordered the Hebrew midwives to kill the sons of ;F'8]gLx?nfO{ cf1f lbP sL O;|fPnLx?sf] ;Gtfg hGdfpbf 5f]/f the Israelites at birth but allow the girls to live. /x]5 eg] dfl/xfNg' t/ 5f]/L /x]5 eg] hLljt /fVg' eg] t/ But these women feared God and didn’t obey the ltgLx? k/d]Zj/sf] 8/df /x]sf]n] To;f] u/]gg\ . To;kl5 king’s order. Again the king ordered to his subjects to throw in the river any sons born to the /fhfn] k|hfx?nfO{ o:tf]] cf1f lbP, æca lxa|'x?sf hlt 5f]/fx? Israelites but leave the girls alive. At that time, a hlGdg5g\ ltgLx?nfO{ gbLdf nu]/ kmflnlbg' t/ 5f]/Lx?nfO{ beautiful child was born to the priestly tribe. His hLljt} /fVGf' .Æ ToxL ;dodf k'hfxf/L s'naf6 Pp6f ;'Gb/ mother hid him for three months but couldn’t afnssf] hGd eof] . p;nfO{ p;sL cfdfn] # dlxgf ;Dd hide him any longer. So she wrapped the baby and placed him in a basket to float on the river. n'sfO{/flvg t/ cem n['sfpg ;lsgg, To;}n] Tof] afnsnfO{ At that time the king’s daughter was in the river 6f]s/Ldf xfn]/ gbLdf aufO lbOg\ . o;} ;dodf /fhfsf] 5f]/L to take a bath and finding the baby boy, brought gbLdf g'xfpg uPsf] a]nf afnsnfO{ e]§fP/ 3/df NofOg / him home and named him Moses. Moses grew up To; afnssf] gfd df]zf /flvg\ . df]zf /fh b/jf/df x's]{ . Ps in the palace. One day Moses saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew and Moses went and killed lbg Pp6f ld>Ln] lxa|'nfO{ lxsf{O{ /x]sf] b]v] clg df];fn] To; him. Thinking the king may hear about this, ld>LnfO{ dfl/lbP . of] s'/f /fhfn] yfxf kfpnfg eg]/ df]zf Moses escaped to another country. Settling there, cs}{ b]zdf efu]/ uO{ . ToxL b]zdf a:g] Ps hgf dflg;sf] he married a man's daughter and started looking after his sheep. After many years, the king of 5f]/L;uF ljjfx u/]/ pgs} e]8f r/fpg yfn] . w]/} ;do kl5 Egypt died and the Israelites cried to God for ld>sf /fhf d/] / O{;|fPnLx?n] sl7g cj:yfaf6 k/d]Zj/nfO{ deliverance from their hardships. Remembering k'sf/f u/] . k/d]Zj/n] ca|fxd;Fu u/]sf] k|lt1f ;D´L ltgLx? his promise to Abraham, God turned His dfly gh/ /fVg'eof] . Ps lbg df]zfn]] cfˆgf ;;'/fsf e]8f attention toward them. One day as Moses took his father-in-law's sheep to graze, he reached r/fpg, k/d]Zj/sf] kj{t ;Dd nu] . ToxfF Pp6f hln/x]sf] God’s mountain. There in a burning bush, an kf]y|fdf k/d]Zj/sf] b't b]vf kg'{eof] . df]zfn] Tof] hln/x]sf] angel appeared. Moses came close to see this kf]y|fnfO{ x]l//x]sf lyP, hln /x]sf] t/ eid gePsf] b]v]/ bush that was burning but not incinerating and glhs}af6 x]g{hfFbf k/d]Zj/n] eGg'eof] æt]/f] h'Qf km'sfn God said, “Take off your shoes because the ground where you are standing is holy. Look, I lsgsL tF plePsf] e"ld kljq 5 . x]/ O{;|fPnLx?sf] k|fy{gf d}n] have heard the prayers of the Israelites and have ;'g]sf] 5' ltgLx? dflysf] cTofrf/ d}n] b]v]sf] 5' To;}n] seen their suffering. I will deliver them from ltgLx?nfO{ bf;Tjaf6 5'6fP/ b'w / dx aUg] b]zdf n}hfgnfO{ slavery and take them to the country of milk and honey and am sending you to the king.” Moses d tnfO{ /fhf sxfF k7fpb}5' .Æ df]zfn] hjfkm lbP, æToxL uP/ answered, “Who am I to go do this great thing?" olt 7'nf] sfd ug]{ d sf] x' /<Æ clg km]l/ k/d]Zj/n] eGg'eof], Again God spoke, “I have sent you and will be æd tF l;t x'g]5' / d}n] tnfO{ k7fPsf] 5' , tnfO{ lrGx rflxF with you. This is the sign that these things will of] x'g]5 ls ld>af6 lg:sL cfP/ O{;|fPnLx? oxL kj{tdf be: when the Israelis have left Egypt, they will come to this mountain and worship. Tell them cf/wgf ug]{5g .Æ k/d]Zj/n] k7fpg'ePsf] xf] eGg' t]/f] s'/fx? that God has sent you. The religious leaders will wd{ u'?x?n] ;'Gg]5g / ltdLx? /fhf sxfF hfg]5f} / ltdLx?n] hear you and you will go to the king and request /fhfnfO{ laGtL ug'{ æxfd|f dflg;x?nfO{ phf8 :yfgdf tLg 'Let our people go three days out to the desert to lbgsf] af6f] eP/ xfd|f k/d]Zj/nfO{ aln r9fpg hfg lbg'xf];Æ give offerings to our God.' But the king will not let you go. At that time, I will do miraculous t/ /fhfn] hfg lbg]5}g . Tolt a]nf d ltdL4f/f d]/f cfZrfo{ things through you and he will let you go. But sfdx? k|s6 u/fpg]5' . To;kl5 pgn] ltdLx?nfO{ hfg you will not go with empty hands. You will take lbg]5g . t/ ltdLx? l/tf] xft hfg] 5}gf} . ltgLx?sf] w]/} wg many of their possessions and go." Moses said, "What do I do if they don't believe?" Then God ;Dklt lnP/ hfg]5f} .Æ df]zfn] eg], æltgLx?n] kTofPgg\ eg] said, "Throw the stick in your hand on the s] ug]{ < . clg k/d]Zj/n] eGg'eof], æt]/f] xftdf ePsf] nÝL ground!" Moses threw it and instantly the stick kmfn ÛÆ df]zfn] kmfn] / t'?Gt} ;k{ aGof] clg df]zf 8/fP/ efu] became a snake and Moses got afraid and ran. ta k/d]Zj/n] eGg'eof], æTo;sf] k'R5/df ;dft .Æ pgn] Then God said, "Catch it by the tail!" Moses caught it and it turned back into a stick. Moses ;dft] / km]l/ n77L g} aGof] . clg df]zfn] eg], æk|e' d t said to God, "God I can't speak well so please af]Ng} hflGbg . a? c?nfO{g} k7fpg'xf]; .Æ k]m/L k/d]Zj/n] send another." God said to Moses, "I will send

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