Tâconae 11

1 Hat navah, BAWIPA ni Faro siangpahrang hoi Izip ram dawk lacik ka tho sak han. Hathnukkhu, nangmouh na tâco sak awh han. Na tâco sak awh toteh nangmouh pâlei lah na pâlei awh han.

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 Isarel tami tongpa ni imri tongpa koe thoseh, napui ni imri napui koe thoseh, sui, ngun hoi khohnanaw hei hanlah, taminaw koe dei pouh telah Mosi koe atipouh.

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 Ahnimouh ni a hei e patetlah Izip taminaw ni poe ngainae pahrennae lung hah BAWIPA ni a tawn sak. Mosi haiyah Izip ram dawk Faro siangpahrang e a sannaw hoi a taminaw hmalah bari kaawm e lah ao.

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 Hat navah, Mosi koe BAWIPA ni a dei e teh karumsaning vah Izip ram ka kâva han.

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

5 Bawitungkhung dawk ka tahung e Faro e capa camin koehoi cakang phawmnae koe kaawm e sannu e camin totouh, Izip ram kaawm e camin pueng hoi saringnaw e ca caminnaw pueng koung a due awh 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 ram pueng dawk ayan hoi kaawm boihoeh e hoi hmalah hai bout kaawm hoeh hane kalenpounge khuikanae ao han.

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 Hateiteh, BAWIPA ni Izipnaw hoi Isarelnaw kapeknae a tawn ti na panue thai nahanelah, Isarel tami buet touh boehai ui ni rauk mahoeh telah atipouh.

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 Na sannaw pueng ni hai kai koe tho awh nateh tabut laihoi cet ati han. Nang hoi na hnukkâbangnaw koung tâcawt telah a dei hnukkhu, kai ka cei han telah a dei pouh teh a lungkhuek teh Faro koehoi a tâco.

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 BAWIPA ni hai kângairu e hnonaw Izip ram dawk moiapap nahan, Faro siangpahrang ni nangmae lawkngai laipalah ao han telah Mosi koe atipouh.

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 Aron ni Faro hmalah hete kângairunae a sak roi eiteh, BAWIPA ni Faro siangpahrang e a lungpata sak dawkvah Isarel canaw a ram dawk hoi tâconae kâ poe hoeh.

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.