出埃及記 10
1 上主對梅瑟說：「你去見法朗，因為我已使他和他臣僕心硬，要在他們中顯我的這些奇蹟，
The Lord told Moses, “Go and see Pharaoh, because it was me who gave him and his officials a stubborn attitude so that I may perform my miracles before them.
2 好叫你將我怎樣戲弄了埃及人，在他們中行了什麼奇蹟，都講給你的子孫聽，使你們知道我是上主。」
This is so you can tell your children and grandchildren how I made the Egyptians look foolish by doing these miracles among them, and so that you may know that I am the Lord.”
3 於是梅瑟和亞郎去見法朗說：「上主，希伯來人的天主這樣說：你不肯在我前低頭要到幾時呢﹖放走我的百姓去崇拜我罷!
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long are you going to refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they can worship me.
4 如果你再拒絕放走我的百姓，看，明天我要使蝗蟲進入你的境內。
If you refuse to let my people leave, tomorrow I will send a plague of locusts into your country.
5 蝗蟲要遮蓋地面，甚至看不見地；蝗蟲要吃盡免於冰雹而給你們留下的一切，也要吃盡田野間給你們生長的一切樹木。
There will be so many of them that they'll cover the ground so no one can see it. They will eat whatever crops were left by the hail, as well as every tree growing in your fields.
6 你的宮殿，你的臣僕和所有埃及人的房屋都要充滿蝗蟲：這是你的祖宗和你祖宗的祖宗入世以來，直到今天所沒有見過的災禍。」梅瑟遂轉身離開法朗走了。
They will swarm into your houses and into the houses of all your officials—in fact into the houses of every Egyptian. This is something that none of your forefathers ever saw from the time they arrived in this country.’” Then Moses and Aaron turned and left Pharaoh.
7 法朗的臣僕們向法朗說：「這人陷害我們要到幾時﹖釋放這些人去崇拜上主他們的天主罷! 埃及已經滅亡，你還不知道嗎﹖」
Pharaoh's officials came to him and asked, “How long are you going to let this man cause us trouble? Let these people go so they can worship the Lord their God. Don't you realize that Egypt has been destroyed?”
8 梅瑟和亞郎被召到法朗那裏，法朗對他們說：「你們去崇拜上主你們的天主罷! 但那要去的是些什麼人﹖」
Moses and Aaron were brought back to see Pharaoh. “Go and worship the Lord your God,” he told them. “But who of you will be going?”
9 梅瑟回答說：「我們要帶領少年老年同去，要帶領兒女，牛羊同去，因為我們要過上主的節日。」
“We will all go,” Moses replied. “Young and old, sons and daughters—and we'll take our flocks and herds with us, for we're going to have a religious festival for the Lord.”
10 法朗向他們說：「如果我放走你們和你們的孩子，就讓上主同你們在一起罷! 顯然你們不懷好意!
“The Lord really would have to be with you if I let your children go with you!” Pharaoh answered. “Clearly you're planning some kind of evil trick!
11 絕對不成! 只是你們的男子可以去崇拜上主，這原是你們所要求的。」隨後把他們從法朗前趕走。
So no! Only the men can go and worship the Lord, because that's what you've been asking for.” Then he had Moses and Aaron thrown out.
12 上主對梅瑟說：「你向埃及地伸開你的手，使蝗蟲來到埃及地，吃盡冰雹從地上所剩餘的一切植物。」
The Lord told Moses, “Lift up your hand over Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and eat every plant in the country—everything that was left by the hail.”
13 梅瑟向埃及地伸開他的棍杖，上主就使東風在地上颳了一整天一整夜，到了早晨，東風吹來了蝗蟲。
Moses held out his staff over Egypt, and all through that day and night the Lord sent an east wind blowing over the land. By the time morning came the east wind had brought in the locusts.
14 蝗蟲到了埃及國，落在埃及全境，那樣多法，確是空前絕後。
The locusts swarmed across the land and settled in every part of the country. There had never been such a swarm of locusts ever before, and there won't be ever again.
15 蝗蟲遮蓋了地面，大地變黑。蝗蟲吃盡了冰雹所剩下的一切植物和一切果實，這樣埃及全國無論是樹上或是田野間的植物上，沒有留下半點青葉。
They covered the ground until it looked black, and they ate up all the plants in the fields and all the fruit on the trees that had been left by the hail. Not a single green leaf was left on any tree or plant anywhere in Egypt.
16 法朗急速將梅瑟和亞郎召來，說：「我得罪了上主你們的天主，也得罪了你們。
Pharaoh called urgently for Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.
17 現今請你們寬赦我的罪罷! 只這一次! 求上主你們的天主，快叫這致命的災禍離開我。」
So please forgive my sin just this one time and plead with the Lord your God, asking him to at least take away this deathly plague from me.”
18 梅瑟從法朗那裏出來，祈求了上主。
Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord.
19 上主就換了強烈的西風，將蝗蟲捲去，投入紅海，在埃及四境沒有留下一個蝗蟲。
The Lord changed the direction of the wind so that a strong westerly wind blew the locusts into the Red Sea. There wasn't a single locust left anywhere in Egypt.
20 上主又使法朗心硬，他仍不肯放走以色列子民。第九災、黑暗
But the Lord made Pharaoh stubborn, and he would not let the Israelites go.
21 上主對梅瑟說：「將你的手向天伸開，使黑暗降在埃及國。這黑暗似乎可以觸摸。」
The Lord told Moses, “Lift your hand toward the sky so that darkness will fall over Egypt, darkness so thick that it can be felt.”
22 梅瑟向天伸開手，濃密的黑暗就降在埃及國，有三天之久。
Moses lifted up his hand toward heaven, and the whole of Egypt went completely dark for three days.
23 三天之內，人彼此不能看見，也不能離開自己的地方；但是以色列子民那邊，卻有光明照耀他們所住的地方。
No one could see anyone else, and no one moved from where they were for three days. But there was still light where all the Israelites lived.
24 法郎召梅瑟笸亞郎來說：「你們去崇拜上主罷! 你們的孩子可與你們同去，只把牛羊留下! 」
Eventually Pharaoh called for Moses. “Go and worship the Lord,” he said. “Just leave your flocks and herds here. You can even take your children with you.”
25 梅瑟回答說：「你本人應該給我們犧牲和全燔祭的祭品，叫我們獻於上主我們的天主。
But Moses replied, “You must also let us have animals for sacrifices and burnt offerings, so we can offer them to the Lord our God.
26 我們的牲畜也都要跟我們同去，連一個蹄子也不留下，因為我們要用這些來崇拜上主我們的天主；並且未到那裏之前，我們還不知道要用什麼崇拜上主。」
Our livestock have to go with us too—not a single animal will be left behind. We'll need some of them to worship the Lord our God, and we won't know how we are to worship the Lord until we get there.”
27 上主又使法朗心硬，他仍不肯放走他們。
But the Lord made Pharaoh stubborn, and he would not let them go.
28 法朗對梅瑟說：「離開我去罷! 你要小心，不要再見我面，因為你見我面的那一天，你必要死! 」
Pharaoh shouted at Moses, “Get out of here! I don't want to see you ever again! If I ever do see you again you'll die!”
29 梅瑟回答說：「就照你的話好了! 我再不見你的面。」
“May it be as you say,” Moses replied. “I won't see you again.”
