Exodus 8
1 To pacoengah Angraeng mah Mosi khaeah, Faro khaeah caeh loe, Angraeng mah, Praezaek ah kai bok hanah, kai ih kaminawk to tacawtsak lai ah.
Then the Lord told Moses, “Go and see Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they can worship me.
2 Nihcae to na tacawtsak ai nahaeloe, Khenah, na prae thung boih ukong hoiah raihaih kang paek han;
If you refuse to let them leave, I will send a plague of frogs all over your country.
3 pop parai ukongnawk loe vapui thung hoiah tacawt o ueloe, na ohhaih siangpahrang im, na iihhhaih ahmuen, na iihhaih imthung, na tamnanawk ih imthung, nangmah kaminawk ih imthung, buh laom thung hoi takaw naephaih laom thung khoek to daw o tih.
They will swarm out of the Nile, and they will enter your palace and get into your bedroom and jump onto your bed. They will get into the houses of your officials and jump around your people—even into your ovens and breadmaking bowls.
4 Nangmah hoi na tamnanawk, nangmah kaminawk ih takpum nui boih ah ukongnawk to daw o tih, tiah a thuih, tiah thui paeh, tiah a naa.
Frogs will jump all over you, your people, and all your officials.’”
5 Angraeng mah Mosi khaeah, Aaron hanah, Na ban ih cunghet to vacongnawk, vapui tuinawk hoi kangbuem tuinawk nuiah payangh ah loe, Izip prae boih ah ukongnawk to tacawtsak ah, tiah thuih pae han a naa.
The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Hold out your walking stick in your hand over the rivers and canals and ponds, and make frogs spread over Egypt.’”
6 To pongah Aaron mah Izip prae thung ih tuinawk nuiah a ban to payangh naah, ukongnawk to tacawt o moe, Izip prae thung boih ah koi o.
So Aaron held out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and frogs came up and covered the land.
7 Toe miklet kop kaminawk mah doeh angmacae miklet kophaih hoiah to baktih hmuen to sak o moe, Izip prae thungah ukongnawk to tacawt o sak toeng.
But the Egyptian magicians did the same thing using their magic arts. They brought up frogs in Egypt.
8 To pacoengah Faro mah Mosi hoi Aaron to kawk moe, Angraeng mah kai hoi kaimah ih kaminawk khaeah kaom ukongnawk to lak let hanah, Angraeng khaeah lawkthui paeh; to tiah nahaeloe nang ih kaminawk mah Angraeng khaeah angbawnhaih to sak hanah, kang caeh o sak han, tiah a naa.
Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and pleaded with them, “Pray to the Lord, and ask him to take away the frogs from me and my people. Then I will let your people go so they can offer sacrifices to the Lord.”
9 Mosi mah Faro khaeah, Ukongnawk loe vapui ah khue oh o moe, nangmah hoi na tamnanawk, nangmah ih kaminawk, nangmah im hoi nangmah kaminawk imthung ah kaom ukongnawk to dueksak hanah, lawk ka thuihaih atue to na pahoe paeh, tiah a naa.
“You may have the honor of deciding when I'll pray for you, your officials, and your people that the frogs will be removed from you and your houses. They will remain only in the Nile.”
10 Faro mah, Khawnbang ah soe, tiah a naa. Mosi mah Kaicae Angraeng Sithaw baktih mi doeh om ai, tiah na panoek thai hanah, na thuih ih lok baktiah om tih.
“Do it tomorrow,” Pharaoh replied. Moses said, “It will happen as you have requested so you will know that there is no one like the Lord our God.
11 Ukongnawk loe nangmah hoi na imnawk, na tamnanawk, nangmah ih kaminawk khae hoiah tacawt o boih tih, toe vapui ah khue ni om o tih boeh, tiah a naa.
The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials and your people, and they will remain only in the Nile.”
12 Mosi hoi Aaron mah Faro to caeh hoi taak pacoengah, Faro khae hoi ukongnawk anghmat o hanah, Mosi mah Sithaw khaeah lawkthuih.
Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, and Moses pleaded with the Lord about the frogs he had sent against Pharaoh.
13 Mosi mah hnik ih baktih toengah, Angraeng mah sak pae; imthung, avangnawk hoi lawknawk ah kaom ukongnawk loe duek o.
The Lord did as Moses asked. The frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.
14 Kadueh qok to nawnto tapop o pongah, prae thung boih ah ahmui set.
The people collected them in pile upon pile, and the whole country smelled terrible.
15 Toe hoikhang boeh, tiah Faro mah panoek naah, palungthahsak let moe, Angraeng mah thuih ih lok baktih toengah, Mosi hoi Aaron ih lok to tahngai pae ai.
But when Pharaoh realized the plague had passed he chose to become hard and stubborn again, wouldn't listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.
16 To pacoengah Angraeng mah Mosi khaeah, Aaron han, Na cunghet to payangh sak tahang ah loe, long ih maiphu to bopsak ah; to naah Izip prae thung boih ih maiphunawk to alung ah angcoeng tih, tiah a thuihsak.
The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Pick up your walking stick and hit the dust of the ground. The dust will become gnats swarming all over Egypt.’”
17 To tiah a sak hoi. Aaron mah a ban ih cunghet to payangh tahang moe, long ih maiphu to boh; to naah kaminawk hoi moinawk nuiah alungh to oh; Izip prae thung boih ih maiphunawk loe alungh ah angcoeng.
They did what the Lord said. When Aaron lifted up his walking stick and hit the dust of the earth, gnats swarmed over both people and animals. The dust in the whole of Egypt turned into gnats.
18 Toe Izip prae thung ih miklet kop kaminawk mah angmacae kophaih hoiah alungh ah angcoengsak hanah a sak o, toe angcoeng o sak thai ai; to pongah alungh loe kami hoi moinawk nui boih ah acuk o.
The magicians also tried to make gnats using their magic arts, but they couldn't. The gnats stayed on both people and animals.
19 To pacoeng loe miklet kop kaminawk mah Faro khaeah, Hae hmuen loe Sithaw ih ban rang hoiah ni oh boeh, tiah a naa o. Toe Angraeng mah thuih ih lok baktih toengah, Faro ih palung to thahsak toengtoeng vop pongah, nihnik mah thuih ih lok to tahngai pae ai.
“This is an act of God,” the magicians told Pharaoh. But Pharaoh chose to be stubbornly hard-hearted, and he wouldn't listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.
20 To pacoengah Angraeng mah Mosi khaeah, Khawnthaw ah angthawk ah loe, Faro vapui ah caeh naah anih to tongh hanah zing ah; Angraeng mah, Kai a bok o hanah, kai ih kaminawk to tacawtsak ah, tiah Angraeng mah thuih, tiah a thuisak.
The Lord told Moses, “Tomorrow morning get up early and block Pharaoh's way as he walks down to the river. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they can worship me.
21 Kai ih kaminawk na tacawtsak ai nahaeloe, Khenah, nangmah hoi na tamnanawk, nangmah ih kami hoi na imthung ah, taksae to kang patoeh han; Izip kaminawk ih imthung boih ah taksae to koi tih, nihcae ohhaih long ah doeh taksae cing ah om tih.
If you don't let my people leave, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, and on your people and your houses. Every Egyptian house and even the ground on which they stand will be filled with swarms of flies.
22 Toe Kai loe Angraeng ni, tiah long um li ah na panoek o hanah, to na ni hoi kamtong kaimah ih kaminawk ohhaih Goshen to, kalah ta ah ka pahoe han, to ahmuen ah loe taksae roe om mak ai.
However, on this occasion I will treat the land of Goshen differently—that's where my people live—there won't be any swarms of flies there. This is how you will know that I, the Lord, am here in your country.
23 Kai ih kami hoi nang ih kaminawk to ka tapraek han; hae dawnrai hmuen loe khawnbang ah om amtong tih, tiah a thuih, tiah thuih pae han a naa.
I will distinguish my people from your people. You will see this sign that confirms it tomorrow.”
24 Angraeng mah to tiah hmuen to ohsak pongah, Faro siangpahrang ih im, a tamna ih im hoi Izip prae thung boih ah taksae to koi.
The Lord did what he had said. Huge swarms of flies swept into Pharaoh's palace and into the houses of his officials. The whole of Egypt was devastated because of these swarms of flies.
25 To naah Faro mah Mosi hoi Aaron to kawk moe, Caeh oh loe, na Sithaw khaeah sak ih angbawnhaih to hae prae thungah sah oh, tiah a naa.
Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and told them, “Go and offer sacrifices to your God here in this country.”
26 Toe Mosi mah, To tiah loe amsoem mak ai; Kaicae Angraeng Sithaw khaeah, ka sak o ih angbawnhaih loe Izip kaminawk hanah panuet thok hmuen ah om tih; khenah, nangcae mikhnuk ah Izip kaminawk panuet thok ah angbawnhaih to ka sak o nahaeloe, thlung hoi na va o mak ai maw?
“No, that wouldn't be the right thing to do,” Moses replied. “The sacrifices we offer to the Lord our God would be offensive to Egyptians. If we went ahead and offered sacrifices offensive to Egyptians, they'd stone us!
27 To pongah ni thumto caehhaih praezaek ah ka caeh o moe, ang thuih ih lok baktih toengah, kaicae Angraeng Sithaw khaeah, angbawnhaih to ka sak o han, tiah a naa.
We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and offer sacrifices there to the Lord our God as he has told us.”
28 Faro mah, Praezaek ah nangmacae ih Angraeng Sithaw khaeah, angbawnhaih sak hanah kang caeh o sak han; toe kangthla ah caeh o hmah; vaihi kai hanah lawk na thui paeh, tiah a naa.
“I'll let you go and offer sacrifices to the Lord your God in the desert, but don't go very far,” Pharaoh answered. “Now pray for me that this plague ends.”
29 Mosi mah, Khenah, nang khae hoi ka tacawt pacoengah, khawnbang hoi kamtong, taksaenawk mah Faro hoi a tamnanawk, angmah ih kaminawk to tacawt taak hanah, Angraeng khaeah lawk ka thuih roep han; toe Israel kaminawk Angraeng khaeah angbawnhaih sak o thai hanah, Faro mah na ling hmah nasoe loe, caehsak ai ah om hmah nasoe, tiah a naa.
“As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the Lord,” Moses replied, “and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh should be sure not to be deceitful again and refuse to let the people go and offer sacrifices to the Lord.”
30 To pacoengah Mosi mah Faro to caehtaak moe, Angraeng khaeah lawk a thuih.
Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord,
31 Mosi mah hnik ih lok baktih toengah, Angraeng mah sak pae; taksaenawk loe Faro hoi a tamnanawk, anih ih kaminawk khae hoiah tacawt o; to pacoeng hoiah loe taksae to om ai boeh.
and the Lord did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. Not a single fly remained.
32 To nathuem ah doeh Faro loe palung thah vop moe, kaminawk to caehsak ai.
But once again Pharaoh chose to be stubbornly hard-hearted and would not let the people leave.
