出埃及記 7
1 上主向梅瑟說：「看，我使你在法朗前像神一樣，你的哥哥亞郎將作你的代言人。
Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
2 凡我吩咐你的一切，你要告訴你的哥哥亞郎，要他對法朗講話，叫他放以色列子民離開他的國境。
You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
3 我卻要使法朗心硬，為此在埃及國要增多我的奇蹟和異事。
I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 因法朗布聽從你們，我要向埃及伸手，藉嚴厲的懲罰，將我的軍隊，我的百姓以色列子民，從埃及國領出來。
But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
5 當我向埃及人伸手，將以色列子民從埃及人中間領出來的時候，他們要承認我是上主。」
The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh when I stretch out my hand on Egypt, and bring the children of Israel out from among them.”
6 梅瑟和亞郎就受命行事；上主怎樣吩咐他們，他們就怎樣行了。
Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.
7 當他們去與法朗會談的時候，梅瑟八十歲，亞郎八十三歲。
Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8 上主對梅瑟和亞郎說：「
Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
9 如果法朗要求你們說：你們顯個奇蹟，給你們作證罷! 你就吩咐亞郎說：將你的棍杖扔在法朗的面前，棍杖就會變成一條蛇。」
“When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.’”
10 梅瑟和亞郎就去見法朗，照上主的吩咐做了：亞郎將棍杖扔在法朗和他的臣僕面前，棍杖就變成了一條蛇。
Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded. Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
11 法朗將他的智者和術士召來，這些埃及的巫士也用他們的巫術作了同樣的事：
Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments.
12 他們每人扔下自己的棍杖，也都變成了蛇，但亞郎的棍杖卻吞了他們的棍杖。
For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents; but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
13 法朗仍然心硬，不肯聽他們的話，正如上主所說。第一災、水變血
Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
14 上主對梅瑟說：「法朗硬了心，拒絕釋放百姓。
Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
15 明天早晨你去見法朗。他去水邊時候，你要站在尼羅河邊迎住他；手中拿著那根變過蛇的棍杖。
Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he is going out to the water. You shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him. You shall take the rod which was turned to a serpent in your hand.
16 你對他說：上主，希伯來人的天主打發我來見你說：你應放我的百姓到曠野中去崇拜我；彈道現在你仍沒有聽從。
You shall tell him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness. Behold, until now you haven’t listened.”
17 上主這樣說：看，我要用我手中拿的棍杖擊打河水，水就變成血，如此你必承認，我是上主。
Yahweh says, “In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold: I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
18 河中的魚都要死，河水都要腥臭，埃及人不能再喝河中的水。」
The fish that are in the river will die and the river will become foul. The Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the river.”’”
19 上主對梅瑟說：「你向亞郎說：拿起你的棍杖，將手伸在埃及的水上，即伸在河、溝渠、池沼和一切水塘之上，水都要變成血；如此埃及全國，連木器石器中的水野都要變成血。」
Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood. There will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”
20 梅瑟和亞郎就照了上主的吩咐作了：亞郎在法朗和他臣僕的面前，舉起棍杖一打河水，所有的河水變成了血；
Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
21 河中的魚都死了，河水都腥臭不堪，埃及人不能再喝河中的水；埃及遍地是血。
The fish that were in the river died. The river became foul. The Egyptians couldn’t drink water from the river. The blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.
22 埃及的巫士用他們的巫術也行了同樣的事，因此法朗仍舊心硬，不肯聽信梅瑟和亞郎，正像上主所說的。
The magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
23 法朗轉身回到宮中，沒有把事放在心上。
Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he didn’t even take this to heart.
24 因為全埃及的人不能喝河中的水，便在河的附近掘水喝。第二災、蝦蟆
All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they couldn’t drink the river water.
25 上主擊打河水後，滿了七天，
Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.
