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。
The Lord told Moses, “Look, I will make you seem like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your 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。
You are to repeat everything that I tell you to say, and your brother Aaron must repeat it to Pharaoh so that he will let the Israelites leave his country.
3 我要使法老的心剛硬，也要在埃及地多行神蹟奇事。
But I will give Pharaoh a stubborn attitude, and though I will perform many signs and wonders in Egypt, he won't listen to you.
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。
Then I will attack Egypt, imposing heavy punishments on them, and I will lead out by their tribes my people the Israelites.
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。」
In this way the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord—when I take action against Egypt and lead the Israelites out of the country.”
6 摩西、亞倫這樣行；耶和華怎樣吩咐他們，他們就照樣行了。
Moses and Aaron did exactly as the Lord had ordered.
7 摩西、亞倫與法老說話的時候，摩西八十歲，亞倫八十三歲。
Moses was eighty and Aaron was eighty-three when they went and spoke to Pharaoh.
8 耶和華曉諭摩西、亞倫說：
The Lord told Moses and Aaron,
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 asks you, ‘Why don't you perform a miracle, then?’ tell Aaron, ‘Take your walking stick and throw it down in front of Pharaoh,’ and it will turn into a snake.”
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。
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did what the Lord had ordered. Aaron threw down his staff in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it turned into a snake.
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。
But Pharaoh called in wise men and sorcerers, and these Egyptian magicians did the same thing using their magic arts.
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。
Each of them threw down their walking sticks and they also turned into snakes, but Aaron's walking stick swallowed up all their walking sticks.
13 法老心裏剛硬，不肯聽從摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。
But Pharaoh had a hard, stubborn attitude, and he wouldn't listen to them, as the Lord had predicted.
14 耶和華對摩西說：「法老心裏固執，不肯容百姓去。
The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh has a stubborn attitude—he's refusing 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，
So tomorrow morning go to Pharaoh as he walks down to the river. Wait to meet him on the bank of the Nile. Take with you the walking stick that turned into a snake.
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。
Tell him: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you, ‘Let my people go, so that they can worship me in the desert. But you have not listened up until now.
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。
This is what the Lord is now telling you: This is how you will know that I am the Lord.’” “Watch! Using the walking stick I'm holding, I'm going to hit the water of the Nile, and it will turn to 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。』」
The fish in the Nile will die, the river will smell, and the Egyptians won't be able to drink any of its water.”
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。』」
The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your walking stick in your hand and hold it out over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers and canals and ponds and pools, so that they will turn to blood. There will be blood through all of Egypt, even in containers made of wood and 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。
Moses and Aaron did exactly as the Lord had ordered. While Pharaoh and all his officials watched, Aaron lifted up his walking stick and hit the water of the Nile. Immediately the whole river turned to 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。
The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so awful that the Egyptians could not drink its water. There was blood through all 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。
But the Egyptian magicians did the same thing using their magic arts. Pharaoh maintained his stubborn attitude and he wouldn't listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.
23 法老轉身進宮，也不把這事放在心上。
Pharaoh went back to his palace and didn't pay any attention to what had happened.
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。
All the Egyptians dug alongside the Nile because they couldn't drink its water.
25 耶和華擊打河以後滿了七天。
Seven days went by after the Lord hit the Nile.
