اَلْخُرُوجُ 10
| ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «ٱدْخُلْ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ، فَإِنِّي أَغْلَظْتُ قَلْبَهُ وَقُلُوبَ عَبِيدِهِ لِكَيْ أَصْنَعَ آيَاتِي هَذِهِ بَيْنَهُمْ. | ١ 1 |
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go to the king [again]. I have made him and his officials stubborn [IDM]. I have done that in order that I would [have a good reason to] perform all these plagues among them,
| وَلِكَيْ تُخْبِرَ فِي مَسَامِعِ ٱبْنِكَ وَٱبْنِ ٱبْنِكَ بِمَا فَعَلْتُهُ فِي مِصْرَ، وَبِآيَاتِي ٱلَّتِي صَنَعْتُهَا بَيْنَهُمْ، فَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ». | ٢ 2 |
and also in order that you would [be able to] tell your children and your grandchildren how I caused the Egyptians to act very foolishly [when] I performed all these miracles. Then all of you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
| فَدَخَلَ مُوسَى وَهَارُونُ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَالَا لَهُ: «هَكَذَا يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ: إِلَى مَتَى تَأْبَى أَنْ تَخْضَعَ لِي؟ أَطْلِقْ شَعْبِي لِيَعْبُدُونِي. | ٣ 3 |
So Aaron and Moses/I went into the king’s [palace] and said to him, “Yahweh God, whom we Hebrews [worship], says this: ‘How long will you stubbornly refuse to do what I tell you [MTY]? Let my people go, in order that they may worship me [in the desert]
| فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَأْبَى أَنْ تُطْلِقَ شَعْبِي هَا أَنَا أَجِيءُ غَدًا بِجَرَادٍ عَلَى تُخُومِكَ، | ٤ 4 |
If you [keep] refusing to let them go, I warn you that tomorrow I will bring (locusts/[large flying insects called] locusts) into your country.
| فَيُغَطِّي وَجْهَ ٱلْأَرْضِ حَتَّى لَا يُسْتَطَاعَ نَظَرُ ٱلْأَرْضِ. وَيَأْكُلُ ٱلْفَضْلَةَ ٱلسَّالِمَةَ ٱلْبَاقِيَةَ لَكُمْ مِنَ ٱلْبَرَدِ. وَيَأْكُلُ جَمِيعَ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلنَّابِتِ لَكُمْ مِنَ ٱلْحَقْلِ. | ٥ 5 |
[They will completely cover the ground so that] you will not even be able to see the ground. They will eat everything that the hail did not [destroy]. They will eat [everything that is left on] the trees.
| وَيَمْلَأُ بُيُوتَكَ وَبُيُوتَ جَمِيعِ عَبِيدِكَ وَبُيُوتَ جَمِيعِ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ، ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي لَمْ يَرَهُ آبَاؤُكَ وَلَا آبَاءُ آبَائِكَ مُنْذُ يَوْمَ وُجِدُوا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ». ثُمَّ تَحَوَّلَ وَخَرَجَ مِنْ لَدُنْ فِرْعَوْنَ. | ٦ 6 |
They will fill your houses, and the houses of all your officials, and the houses of all [the rest of] the Egyptians. [There will be more locusts] than you or your parents or your grandparents have ever seen, from the time your ancestors first came to [this] land until the present time!’” Then he/I turned and [Aaron and] I left the king.
| فَقَالَ عَبِيدُ فِرْعَوْنَ لَهُ: «إِلَى مَتَى يَكُونُ هَذَا لَنَا فَخًّا؟ أَطْلِقِ ٱلرِّجَالَ لِيَعْبُدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ. أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ بَعْدُ أَنَّ مِصْرَ قَدْ خَرِبَتْ؟». | ٧ 7 |
The king’s officials said to him, “(How long is this man going to continue to bring disasters on us?/We must not let this man continue to cause trouble for us!) [RHQ] Let the [Israeli] men leave, in order that they may worship Yahweh, their god. (Do you not yet understand that [this man] has ruined Egypt?/You ought to realize by now that [this man] has ruined Egypt!)” [RHQ]
| فَرُدَّ مُوسَى وَهَارُونُ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «ٱذْهَبُوا ٱعْبُدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ. وَلَكِنْ مَنْ وَمَنْ هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَذْهَبُونَ؟» | ٨ 8 |
So they brought Aaron and Moses/me back to the king. He said to them/us, “[All right], you can go and worship Yahweh your god. But who are the ones who will go?”
| فَقَالَ مُوسَى: «نَذْهَبُ بِفِتْيَانِنَا وَشُيُوخِنَا. نَذْهَبُ بِبَنِينَا وَبَنَاتِنَا، بِغَنَمِنَا وَبَقَرِنَا، لِأَنَّ لَنَا عِيدًا لِلرَّبِّ». | ٩ 9 |
Moses/I replied, “We [all] need to go, everyone, including those who are young and those who are old. We need to take our sons and our daughters and our flocks [of sheep and goats] and herds [of livestock], because we must have a festival to [honor] Yahweh.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «يَكُونُ ٱلرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ هَكَذَا كَمَا أُطْلِقُكُمْ وَأَوْلَادَكُمُ. ٱنْظُرُوا، إِنَّ قُدَّامَ وُجُوهِكُمْ شَرًّا. | ١٠ 10 |
[Moses/I really did not intend that the Israelis would ever return to Egypt, and the king knew that also. So] the king replied [sarcastically], “[If you all leave], [it will be clear that] Yahweh has helped you, but I myself will never let you [take] your children [and your wives] when you go! It is clear that you are wickedly planning [not to return].
| لَيْسَ هَكَذَا. اِذْهَبُوا أَنْتُمُ ٱلرِّجَالَ وَٱعْبُدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ. لِأَنَّكُمْ لِهَذَا طَالِبُونَ». فَطُرِدَا مِنْ لَدُنْ فِرْعَوْنَ. | ١١ 11 |
So no, [I will not let you all go]. [The Israeli] men may go [and worship Yahweh], if that is what you want.” Then the king expelled them/us from [his palace].
| ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «مُدَّ يَدَكَ عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْجَرَادِ، لِيَصْعَدَ عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَيَأْكُلَ كُلَّ عُشْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، كُلَّ مَا تَرَكَهُ ٱلْبَرَدُ». | ١٢ 12 |
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach out your hand as [though you were stretching it] over the land to welcome the locusts. They will come to the country of Egypt and eat every plant that is [left] in the land, every plant that the hail has not destroyed.”
| فَمَدَّ مُوسَى عَصَاهُ عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، فَجَلَبَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ رِيحًا شَرْقِيَّةً كُلَّ ذَلِكَ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَكُلَّ ٱللَّيْلِ. وَلَمَّا كَانَ ٱلصَّبَاحُ، حَمَلَتِ ٱلرِّيحُ ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةُ ٱلْجَرَادَ، | ١٣ 13 |
So Moses/I held out his/my stick [as though he/I was stretching it] over the whole land of Egypt. Then Yahweh caused a [strong] wind to blow from the east, and it blew over the land all that day and all that night. By the [next] morning, it had brought the locusts.
| فَصَعِدَ ٱلْجَرَادُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، وَحَلَّ فِي جَمِيعِ تُخُومِ مِصْرَ. شَيْءٌ ثَقِيلٌ جِدًّا لَمْ يَكُنْ قَبْلَهُ جَرَادٌ هَكَذَا مِثْلَهُ، وَلَا يَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ كَذَلِكَ، | ١٤ 14 |
The locusts swarmed all over Egypt. It was larger than any swarm of locusts that had ever [been seen], and there will never be [a swarm of locusts like that] again.
| وَغَطَّى وَجْهَ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ حَتَّى أَظْلَمَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ. وَأَكَلَ جَمِيعَ عُشْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَمِيعَ ثَمَرِ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلَّذِي تَرَكَهُ ٱلْبَرَدُ، حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ شَيْءٌ أَخْضَرُ فِي ٱلشَّجَرِ وَلَا فِي عُشْبِ ٱلْحَقْلِ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ». | ١٥ 15 |
They covered the surface of the ground and made it [appear] black. They ate all the plants in the land and everything on the trees that had not been destroyed by the hail. Nothing that was green was left on any plant or on any tree, anywhere in Egypt.
| فَدَعَا فِرْعَوْنُ مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ مُسْرِعًا وَقَالَ: «أَخْطَأْتُ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمَا وَإِلَيْكُمَا. | ١٦ 16 |
The king quickly summoned Aaron and Moses/me and said, “I have sinned against Yahweh, your god, and against you [two].
| وَٱلْآنَ ٱصْفَحَا عَنْ خَطِيَّتِي هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ فَقَطْ، وَصَلِّيَا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمَا لِيَرْفَعَ عَنِّي هَذَا ٱلْمَوْتَ فَقَطْ». | ١٧ 17 |
So now I ask you to forgive me this one time [for having] sinned, and pray to Yahweh your god to stop [these locusts] [MTY] [from causing everything] to die.”
| فَخَرَجَ مُوسَى مِنْ لَدُنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَصَلَّى إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ. | ١٨ 18 |
They/We left the king, and Moses/I prayed to Yahweh.
| فَرَدَّ ٱلرَّبُّ رِيحًا غَرْبِيَّةً شَدِيدَةً جِدًّا، فَحَمَلَتِ ٱلْجَرَادَ وَطَرَحَتْهُ إِلَى بَحْرِ سُوفَ. لَمْ تَبْقَ جَرَادَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فِي كُلِّ تُخُومِ مِصْرَ. | ١٩ 19 |
Then Yahweh changed the wind so that it blew [strongly] from the west, and it blew all the locusts into the Red Sea (OR, the Gulf of Suez). There was not one locust left anywhere in the country of Egypt.
| وَلَكِنْ شَدَّدَ ٱلرَّبُّ قَلْبَ فِرْعَوْنَ فَلَمْ يُطْلِقْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
But Yahweh made the king stubborn [IDM] [again], and he did not let the Israeli people go.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «مُدَّ يَدَكَ نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ لِيَكُونَ ظَلَامٌ عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، حَتَّى يُلْمَسُ ٱلظَّلَامُ». | ٢١ 21 |
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach your hand up toward the sky, in order that there will be darkness over all the land of Egypt, a darkness [so complete] that people will have to grope around [to know where to walk].”
| فَمَدَّ مُوسَى يَدَهُ نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فَكَانَ ظَلَامٌ دَامِسٌ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. | ٢٢ 22 |
So Moses/I reached his/my hand toward the sky, and it became totally dark all over Egypt for three days [and nights].
| لَمْ يُبْصِرْ أَحَدٌ أَخَاهُ، وَلَا قَامَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَلَكِنْ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانَ لَهُمْ نُورٌ فِي مَسَاكِنِهِمْ. | ٢٣ 23 |
People could not see each other. No one left his house during that whole time. But there was light in the area where the Israeli people were living.
| فَدَعَا فِرْعَوْنُ مُوسَى وَقَالَ: «ٱذْهَبُوا ٱعْبُدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ. غَيْرَ أَنَّ غَنَمَكُمْ وَبَقَرَكُمْ تَبْقَى. أَوْلَادُكُمْ أَيْضًا تَذْهَبُ مَعَكُمْ». | ٢٤ 24 |
The king summoned Moses/me and said, “All right, you may go and worship Yahweh. [Your wives and] your children may go with you. But your flocks of sheep and goats and your herds of cattle must remain here.”
| فَقَالَ مُوسَى: «أَنْتَ تُعْطِي أَيْضًا فِي أَيْدِينَا ذَبَائِحَ وَمُحْرَقَاتٍ لِنَصْنَعَهَا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا، | ٢٥ 25 |
But Moses/I replied, “[No], you must let us [take along the sheep and goats, in order] that we may have [some of them] to sacrifice and give as burned offerings to Yahweh, our God.
| فَتَذْهَبُ مَوَاشِينَا أَيْضًا مَعَنَا. لَا يَبْقَى ظِلْفٌ. لِأَنَّنَا مِنْهَا نَأْخُذُ لِعِبَادَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا. وَنَحْنُ لَا نَعْرِفُ بِمَاذَا نَعْبُدُ ٱلرَّبَّ حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ». | ٢٦ 26 |
Our livestock must also go with us; we are not going to leave one of them [SYN] behind. We must take them to worship Yahweh. We will not know [which animals to sacrifice] until we get to where we are going.”
| وَلَكِنْ شَدَّدَ ٱلرَّبُّ قَلْبَ فِرْعَوْنَ فَلَمْ يَشَأْ أَنْ يُطْلِقَهُمْ. | ٢٧ 27 |
But Yahweh made the king [continue to be] stubborn [IDM], and he would not let [the Israeli] people go.
| وَقَالَ لَهُ فِرْعَوْنُ: «ٱذْهَبْ عَنِّي. اِحْتَرِزْ. لَا تَرَ وَجْهِي أَيْضًا. إِنَّكَ يَوْمَ تَرَى وَجْهِي تَمُوتُ». | ٢٨ 28 |
The king said to me, “Get out of here! Make sure that you never come to see me [SYN] again! The day you see me again, [I will have] you executed!”
| فَقَالَ مُوسَى: «نِعِمَّا قُلْتَ. أَنَا لَا أَعُودُ أَرَى وَجْهَكَ أَيْضًا». | ٢٩ 29 |
Moses/I replied, “You are correct! You will never see me [SYN] again!”
