出埃及記 7
1 耶和華對摩西說：「我使你在法老面前代替上帝，你的哥哥亞倫是替你說話的。
And Jehovah said to Moses, See, I have made thee God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
2 凡我所吩咐你的，你都要說。你的哥哥亞倫要對法老說，容以色列人出他的地。
Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
3 我要使法老的心剛硬，也要在埃及地多行神蹟奇事。
And I will render Pharaoh's heart obdurate, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 但法老必不聽你們；我要伸手重重地刑罰埃及，將我的軍隊以色列民從埃及地領出來。
And Pharaoh will not hearken unto you; and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
5 我伸手攻擊埃及，將以色列人從他們中間領出來的時候，埃及人就要知道我是耶和華。」
And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
6 摩西、亞倫這樣行；耶和華怎樣吩咐他們，他們就照樣行了。
And Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah had commanded them: so did they.
7 摩西、亞倫與法老說話的時候，摩西八十歲，亞倫八十三歲。
And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8 耶和華曉諭摩西、亞倫說：
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
9 「法老若對你們說：『你們行件奇事吧！』你就吩咐亞倫說：『把杖丟在法老面前，使杖變作蛇。』」
When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Do a miracle for yourselves, — then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy staff and cast [it] before Pharaoh — it will become a serpent.
10 摩西、亞倫進去見法老，就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫把杖丟在法老和臣僕面前，杖就變作蛇。
And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh, and before his bondmen, and it became a serpent.
11 於是法老召了博士和術士來；他們是埃及行法術的，也用邪術照樣而行。
And Pharaoh also called the sages and the sorcerers; and they too, the scribes of Egypt, did so with their enchantments:
12 他們各人丟下自己的杖，杖就變作蛇；但亞倫的杖吞了他們的杖。
they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.
13 法老心裏剛硬，不肯聽從摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。
And Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, and he hearkened not to them, as Jehovah had said.
14 耶和華對摩西說：「法老心裏固執，不肯容百姓去。
And Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened: he refuseth to let the people go.
15 明日早晨，他出來往水邊去，你要往河邊迎接他，手裏要拿着那變過蛇的杖，
Go unto Pharaoh in the morning — behold, he will go out unto the water — and take thy stand by the bank of the river in front of him; and take in thy hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.
16 對他說：『耶和華－希伯來人的上帝打發我來見你，說：容我的百姓去，好在曠野事奉我。到如今你還是不聽。
And say unto him, Jehovah the God of the Hebrews has sent me to thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness; but behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened.
17 耶和華這樣說：我要用我手裏的杖擊打河中的水，水就變作血；因此，你必知道我是耶和華。
Thus saith Jehovah: In this shalt thou know that I am Jehovah — behold, I will smite with the staff that is in my hand upon the water which is in the river, and it shall be turned into blood.
18 河裏的魚必死，河也要腥臭，埃及人就要厭惡吃這河裏的水。』」
And the fish that is in the river shall die; and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink the water out of the river.
19 耶和華曉諭摩西說：「你對亞倫說：『把你的杖伸在埃及所有的水以上，就是在他們的江、河、池、塘以上，叫水都變作血。在埃及遍地，無論在木器中，石器中，都必有血。』」
And Jehovah said to Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and stretch out thy hand upon the waters of the Egyptians — upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt, both in [vessels of] wood and in [vessels of] stone.
20 摩西、亞倫就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫在法老和臣僕眼前舉杖擊打河裏的水，河裏的水都變作血了。
And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and he lifted up the staff, and smote the waters that were in the river before the eyes of Pharaoh, and before the eyes of his bondmen; and all the waters that were in the river were turned into blood.
21 河裏的魚死了，河也腥臭了，埃及人就不能吃這河裏的水；埃及遍地都有了血。
And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river; and the blood was throughout the land of Egypt.
22 埃及行法術的，也用邪術照樣而行。法老心裏剛硬，不肯聽摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。
And the scribes of Egypt did so with their sorceries; and Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, neither did he hearken to them, as Jehovah had said.
23 法老轉身進宮，也不把這事放在心上。
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and took not this to heart either.
24 埃及人都在河的兩邊挖地，要得水喝，因為他們不能喝這河裏的水。
And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
25 耶和華擊打河以後滿了七天。
And seven days were fulfilled, after Jehovah had smitten the river.
