Exodus 11

1 Angraeng mah Mosi khaeah, Faro hoi Izip prae nuiah raihaih maeto ka phaksak han vop; to pacoengah loe hae ahmuen hoiah na tacawtsak tih boeh; to tiah nawnto na haek o boih ueloe, na tacawt o sak tih boeh.

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I will cause one more disaster to strike the king of Egypt and all his people [MTY]. After that, he will let you leave. In fact, he will expel you all.

2 Israel nongpa maw, nongpata maw, mi kawbaktih mah doeh angmacae imtaeng kami khaeah sui hoi sum kanglungnawk hnik hanah, kaminawk khaeah thui paeh, tiah a naa.

So now speak to all the [Israeli] people. Tell them to ask all their [Egyptian] neighbors, both men and women, to give them some silver and gold jewelry.”

3 Kai mah Izip kaminawk khaeah kami tahmenhaih palungthin to ka paek han; Mosi doeh Faro tamnanawk hmaa hoi Izip prae thungah paroeai ka lensak han.

Yahweh made the Egyptians highly respect the Israeli people. In particular, the Egyptian officials and all [the rest of] the people considered Moses/me to be a very great man.

4 To pongah Angraeng mah khoving ah Izip prae um ah ka caeh han, tiah thuih, tiah Mosi mah thuih.

Then Moses/I [went to the king and] said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘About midnight [tonight] I will go throughout Egypt,

5 Izip prae thungah caa lu to ka dueksak boih han; angraeng tangkhang nuiah anghnu, Faro ih caa lu hoi amtong ueloe, cang kaehhaih set hnuk ah anghnu tamna nongpata ih caa lu khoek to ka dueksak han; tapen tangsuek moinnawk doeh ka dueksak boih han.

and I will cause all the firstborn/oldest [sons] to die. That will include your oldest son, the oldest sons of the slave women who grind grain, [and the oldest sons of everyone else]. I will also kill the oldest males of the Egyptians’ livestock.

6 Izip prae thung boih canghnii ah kaom vai ai, hmabang ah doeh kaom han ai, qahhaih to om tih.

When that happens, people all over Egypt will wail loudly. They have never wailed like that before, and they will never wail like that again.

7 Toe Israel kaminawk ohhaih ahmuen ah loe kami, to tih ai boeh loe moi mataeng doeh ui mah uk mak ai; to naah Angraeng mah Izip kaminawk hoi Israel kaminawk tapraek boeh, tito na panoek o tih, tiah a thuih.

But among the Israeli people [it will be so quiet that] not even a dog will bark! Then you will know for sure that I, Yahweh, distinguish [how I act toward] the Egyptians and [how I act toward] the Israeli people.

8 Hae ih na tamnanawk boih kai khaeah angzoh o moe, ka hmaa ah akuep o pacoengah, nangmah hoi na hnukbang kaminawk to tacawt o boih lai ah, tiah na thuih pacoengah ni ka caeh han vop, tiah a naa. Mosi loe palungphui moe, Faro to tacawt taak.

Then all these officials of yours will come and bow down before me and will say, “Please get out [of Egypt], you and all the Israeli people!”’ After that, I will leave Egypt!” [After Moses/I said that], he/I very angrily left the king.

9 Angraeng mah Mosi khaeah, Izip prae thung boih ah Kai ih dawnrai hmuen to pung han oh pongah, Faro mah na lok to tahngai mak ai, tiah a naa.

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “The king will not pay any attention to what you say. The result will be that I will perform more plagues in the land of Egypt.”

10 Mosi hoi Aaron mah Faro hmaa ah hae baktih dawnrai hmuennawk boih a sak hoi; toe Angraeng mah Faro ih palung thahsak pongah, a prae thung hoiah Israel kaminawk tacawtsak ai toengtoeng vop.

Aaron and Moses/I performed all these miracles in front of the king, but Yahweh made the king stubborn, and he did not let the Israeli people leave his country.