出埃及記 8
1 上主又對梅瑟說：「你去見法朗向他說：上主這樣說：你該放我的百姓走，好叫他去崇拜我。
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
2 你若拒絕不放，我要用蝦蟆打擊你的全境。
But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.
3 河中要滋生蝦蟆，牠們要上來進入你的宮殿和臥室，爬上你的床榻，進入你臣僕和你百姓的房屋，進入你的爐灶和搏麵盆。
The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.
4 這些蝦蟆要爬到你、你百姓、你臣僕的身上。」
The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”
5 上主對梅瑟說：「你給亞郎說：將你手中的棍杖伸在河、溝渠和池沼之上，使蝦蟆上到埃及地上。」
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”
6 亞郎將手一伸在埃及的水上，蝦蟆就上來遮蓋了埃及地。
So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
7 而巫士也用巫術作了同樣的事，使蝦蟆上到了埃及地。
But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.
8 法朗召梅瑟和亞郎來說：「請你們祈求上主，使這些蝦蟆離開我和我的人民，我必放這百姓去祭獻天主。」
Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
9 梅瑟回答法朗說：「請給我指定，叫我幾時為你，為你的臣僕和你的人民祈求，使蝦蟆離開你和你的宮殿，而只留在河中! 」
Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”
10 法朗說：「明天。」梅瑟回答說：「就照你說的話作，為叫你知道，沒有誰能相似上主，我們的天主。
“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
11 蝦蟆必要離開你，你的宮殿，你的臣僕和你的人民，而只留在河中。」
The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
12 於是梅瑟和亞郎離開法朗走了。梅瑟遂呼求上主，除去加於法朗的蝦蟆。
After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.
13 上主就照梅瑟所求的作了；在房屋、院庭和田地中的蝦蟆都死了。
And the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.
14 人把蝦蟆堆成堆，遍地發出腥臭。
They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.
15 法朗見災情減輕，又硬了心，不肯聽梅瑟和法郎的話，正如上主所說。第三災、蚊子
When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
16 上主又對梅瑟說：「你給亞郎說：伸你的棍杖擊打地上的塵土，塵土要在埃及全地變成蚊子。」
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
17 他們便照樣作了；亞郎伸手，用棍杖擊打地上塵土，蚊子就來到人和牲畜的身上。埃及全國的塵土都變成了蚊子。
This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
18 巫士也想照樣用巫術產生蚊子，但都沒有成功。蚊子仍留在人和牲畜的身上。
The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
19 巫士向法朗說：「這是天主的手指。」但是法朗還是心硬，不肯聽從梅瑟和亞郎，正如上主所說。第四災、狗蠅
“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
20 上主對梅瑟說：「明天早晨，法朗往水邊去的時候，你要去見他對他說：上主這樣說：放我的百姓去崇拜我罷!
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
21 你若不放走我的百姓，看，我要叫狗蠅到你和你臣僕，以及你人民身上，進入你的宮殿，埃及人的房屋和他們所在的地方都要充滿狗蠅。
But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.
22 那時，我要使我百姓所住的哥笙地例外，在那裏沒有狗蠅，為叫你知道，在地上只有我是上主。
But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.
23 我要將我的百姓同你的百姓分開。明早必發生這奇事。」
I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”
24 上主就這樣行了：成群的狗蠅進了法朗的宮殿和他臣僕的房屋，埃及全境的土地都為狗蠅毀壞。
And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.
25 法朗又召梅瑟和亞郎來說：「你們去，在此地祭獻你們的天主! 」
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”
26 梅瑟回答說：「決不能這樣行，因為我們給上主我們的天主所獻的祭物，是埃及人視為不可侵犯的。若是我們在埃及人前祭殺他們視為不可侵犯的東西，他們豈不用石頭打死我們﹖
But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?
27 我們要走三天的路程，到曠野裏給上主我們的天主獻祭，全照他吩咐我們的。」
We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”
28 法朗回答說：「我讓你們到曠野裏給上主你們的天主獻祭，但是不可走的太遠。也請你們為我祈禱。」
Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
29 梅瑟說：「我現在辭別你去祈求上上主，明天狗蠅將會離開陛下，你的臣僕和你的人民，但希望陛下不再欺騙，不放百性去給上主獻祭。」
“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”
30 於是梅瑟離開法朗去祈求上主。
Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,
31 上主便照梅瑟祈求的行了，叫狗蠅離開法朗、他的臣僕和人民，一個也沒有留下。
and the LORD did as Moses requested. He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not one fly remained.
32 但是這一次法朗還是心硬，不肯放走百姓。
But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.
