出埃及记 7
1 耶和华对摩西说：“我使你在法老面前代替 神，你的哥哥亚伦是替你说话的。
Yahweh said to Moses, “See, I have made you like a god to Pharaoh. Aaron your brother will be your prophet.
2 凡我所吩咐你的，你都要说。你的哥哥亚伦要对法老说，容以色列人出他的地。
You will say everything that I command you to say. Aaron your brother will speak to Pharaoh so that he will let the people of Israel go from his land.
3 我要使法老的心刚硬，也要在埃及地多行神迹奇事。
But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and I will display many signs of my power, many wonders, in the land of Egypt.
4 但法老必不听你们；我要伸手重重地刑罚埃及，将我的军队以色列民从埃及地领出来。
But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will put my hand on Egypt and bring out my groups of fighting men, my people, the descendants of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of punishment.
5 我伸手攻击埃及，将以色列人从他们中间领出来的时候，埃及人就要知道我是耶和华。”
The Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh when I reach out with my hand on Egypt and bring out the Israelites from among them.”
6 摩西、亚伦这样行；耶和华怎样吩咐他们，他们就照样行了。
Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as Yahweh commanded them.
7 摩西、亚伦与法老说话的时候，摩西八十岁，亚伦八十三岁。
Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8 耶和华晓谕摩西、亚伦说：
Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron,
9 “法老若对你们说：‘你们行件奇事吧！’你就吩咐亚伦说：‘把杖丢在法老面前，使杖变作蛇。’”
“When Pharaoh says to you, 'Do a miracle,' then you will say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, so that it may become a snake.'”
10 摩西、亚伦进去见法老，就照耶和华所吩咐的行。亚伦把杖丢在法老和臣仆面前，杖就变作蛇。
Then Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, and they did just as Yahweh had commanded. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a snake.
11 于是法老召了博士和术士来；他们是埃及行法术的，也用邪术照样而行。
Then Pharaoh also called for his wise men and sorcerers. They did the same thing by their magic.
12 他们各人丢下自己的杖，杖就变作蛇；但亚伦的杖吞了他们的杖。
Each man threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their snakes.
13 法老心里刚硬，不肯听从摩西、亚伦，正如耶和华所说的。
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen, just as Yahweh had foretold.
14 耶和华对摩西说：“法老心里固执，不肯容百姓去。
Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh's heart is hard, and he refuses to let the people go.
15 明日早晨，他出来往水边去，你要往河边迎接他，手里要拿着那变过蛇的杖，
Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes out to the water. Stand on the riverbank to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that had turned into a snake.
16 对他说：‘耶和华—希伯来人的 神打发我来见你，说：容我的百姓去，好在旷野事奉我。到如今你还是不听。
Say to him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say, “Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. Until now you have not listened.”
17 耶和华这样说：我要用我手里的杖击打河中的水，水就变作血；因此，你必知道我是耶和华。
Yahweh says this: “By this you will know that I am Yahweh. I am going to strike the water of the Nile River with the staff that is in my hand, and the river will be turned to blood.
18 河里的鱼必死，河也要腥臭，埃及人就要厌恶吃这河里的水。’”
The fish that are in the river will die, and the river will stink. The Egyptians will not be able to drink water from the river.”'”
19 耶和华晓谕摩西说：“你对亚伦说：‘把你的杖伸在埃及所有的水以上，就是在他们的江、河、池、塘以上，叫水都变作血。在埃及遍地，无论在木器中，石器中，都必有血。’”
Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and reach out with your hand over the waters of Egypt, and over their rivers, streams, pools, and all their ponds, so that their water may become blood. Do this so that there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in containers of wood and stone.'”
20 摩西、亚伦就照耶和华所吩咐的行。亚伦在法老和臣仆眼前举杖击打河里的水，河里的水都变作血了。
Moses and Aaron did as Yahweh commanded. Aaron raised the staff and struck the water in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants. All the water in the river turned to blood.
21 河里的鱼死了，河也腥臭了，埃及人就不能吃这河里的水；埃及遍地都有了血。
The fish in the river died, and the river began to stink. The Egyptians could not drink water from the river, and the blood was everywhere in the land of Egypt.
22 埃及行法术的，也用邪术照样而行。法老心里刚硬，不肯听摩西、亚伦，正如耶和华所说的。
But the magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their magic. So Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as Yahweh had said would happen.
23 法老转身进宫，也不把这事放在心上。
Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He did not even pay attention to this.
24 埃及人都在河的两边挖地，要得水喝，因为他们不能喝这河里的水。
All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink, but they could not drink the water of the river itself.
25 耶和华击打河以后满了七天。
Seven days passed after Yahweh had attacked the river.
