出埃及記 9
1 耶和華吩咐摩西說：「你進去見法老，對他說：『耶和華－希伯來人的上帝這樣說：容我的百姓去，好事奉我。
The Lord told Moses, “Go and speak to Pharaoh. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they can worship me.
2 你若不肯容他們去，仍舊強留他們，
If you refuse to let them go and keep holding onto them,
3 耶和華的手加在你田間的牲畜上，就是在馬、驢、駱駝、牛群、羊群上，必有重重的瘟疫。
I will punish you by bringing a very severe plague on your livestock—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
4 耶和華要分別以色列的牲畜和埃及的牲畜，凡屬以色列人的，一樣都不死。』」
But the Lord will distinguish between the livestock of the Israelites and the Egyptians, so that none of those belonging to the Israelites will die.’
5 耶和華就定了時候，說：「明天耶和華必在此地行這事。」
The Lord has set a time, saying, ‘Tomorrow this is what is going to happen here in the country.’”
6 第二天，耶和華就行這事。埃及的牲畜幾乎都死了，只是以色列人的牲畜，一個都沒有死。
The following day the Lord did what he had said. All the Egyptians' livestock died, but not a single animal belonging to the Israelites died.
7 法老打發人去看，誰知以色列人的牲畜連一個都沒有死。法老的心卻是固執，不容百姓去。
Pharaoh sent out officials and discovered that not a single one of the Israelites' livestock had died. But Pharaoh was stubborn, and he would not let the people leave.
8 耶和華吩咐摩西、亞倫說：「你們取幾捧爐灰，摩西要在法老面前向天揚起來。
The Lord told Moses and Aaron, “Go and get some handfuls of soot from a furnace. Then have Moses throw it into the air in front of Pharaoh.
9 這灰要在埃及全地變作塵土，在人身上和牲畜身上成了起泡的瘡。」
It will spread like fine dust over the whole country of Egypt, and open sores will break out on people and animals throughout the land.”
10 摩西、亞倫取了爐灰，站在法老面前。摩西向天揚起來，就在人身上和牲畜身上成了起泡的瘡。
They got soot from a furnace, and went to see Pharaoh. Moses threw it into the air, and open sores broke out on people and animals.
11 行法術的在摩西面前站立不住，因為在他們身上和一切埃及人身上都有這瘡。
The magicians were unable to come and appear before Moses, because they and all the other Egyptians were covered in sores.
12 耶和華使法老的心剛硬，不聽他們，正如耶和華對摩西所說的。
But the Lord gave Pharaoh a stubborn attitude, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had told Moses.
13 耶和華對摩西說：「你清早起來，站在法老面前，對他說：『耶和華－希伯來人的上帝這樣說：容我的百姓去，好事奉我。
The Lord told Moses, “Tomorrow morning get up early and go to Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they can worship me.
14 因為這一次我要叫一切的災殃臨到你和你臣僕並你百姓的身上，叫你知道在普天下沒有像我的。
This time I will direct all my plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you will realize that there is no one like me in all the earth.
15 我若伸手用瘟疫攻擊你和你的百姓，你早就從地上除滅了。
By now I could have reached out to strike you and your people with a plague that would have completely destroyed you.
16 其實，我叫你存立，是特要向你顯我的大能，並要使我的名傳遍天下。
However, I have let you live so you can see my power, and that my reputation may be spread throughout the earth.
17 你還向我的百姓自高，不容他們去嗎？
But in your pride you are still tyrannizing my people, and refuse to let them leave.
18 到明天約在這時候，我必叫重大的冰雹降下，自從埃及開國以來，沒有這樣的冰雹。
So watch out! About this time tomorrow I will send down the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the beginning of its history until now.
19 現在你要打發人把你的牲畜和你田間一切所有的催進來；凡在田間不收回家的，無論是人是牲畜，冰雹必降在他們身上，他們就必死。』」
So order your livestock and everything you have in the field to be brought inside. Every person and every animal that stays outside and is not brought inside will die when the hail falls on them.’”
20 法老的臣僕中，懼怕耶和華這話的，便叫他的奴僕和牲畜跑進家來。
Those of Pharaoh's officials who took seriously what the Lord said rushed to bring their servants and livestock inside.
21 但那不把耶和華這話放在心上的，就將他的奴僕和牲畜留在田裏。
But those who didn't care what the Lord said left their servants and livestock outside.
22 耶和華對摩西說：「你向天伸杖，使埃及遍地的人身上和牲畜身上，並田間各樣菜蔬上，都有冰雹。」
The Lord told Moses, “Lift your hand towards the sky so that a hailstorm will fall over the whole of Egypt, on people and on animals, and on everything growing in the fields of Egypt.”
23 摩西向天伸杖，耶和華就打雷下雹，有火閃到地上；耶和華下雹在埃及地上。
Moses held up his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and made lightning hit the ground. This is how the Lord rained hail down on Egypt.
24 那時，雹與火攙雜，甚是厲害，自從埃及成國以來，遍地沒有這樣的。
As the hail fell it was accompanied by lightning flashing back and forth. The hail that fell was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in the whole of Egypt since the beginning of its history.
25 在埃及遍地，雹擊打了田間所有的人和牲畜，並一切的菜蔬，又打壞田間一切的樹木。
All across Egypt hail hit everything in the fields, both people and animals. It knocked down everything growing in the fields, and stripped every tree bare.
26 惟獨以色列人所住的歌珊地沒有冰雹。
Only in the land of Goshen where the Israelites lived was there no hail.
27 法老打發人召摩西、亞倫來，對他們說：「這一次我犯了罪了。耶和華是公義的；我和我的百姓是邪惡的。
Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and told them, “I admit that I sinned this time! The Lord is right, and I and my people are wrong!
28 這雷轟和冰雹已經夠了。請你們求耶和華，我就容你們去，不再留住你們。」
Pray to the Lord for us, because there's been more than enough of God's thunder and hail. I will let you leave. You don't need to stay here any longer.”
29 摩西對他說：「我一出城，就要向耶和華舉手禱告；雷必止住，也不再有冰雹，叫你知道全地都是屬耶和華的。
“Once I've left the city, I will pray to the Lord for you,” Moses told him. “The thunder will stop, and there'll be no more hail, so that you will realize that the earth belongs to the Lord.
30 至於你和你的臣僕，我知道你們還是不懼怕耶和華上帝。」（
But I know you and your officials still do not really respect the Lord our God.”
31 那時，麻和大麥被雹擊打；因為大麥已經吐穗，麻也開了花。
(The flax and barley were destroyed, because the barley was ripe and the flax was flowering.
32 只是小麥和粗麥沒有被擊打，因為還沒有長成。）
However, the wheat and the spelt were not destroyed because they grow later.)
33 摩西離了法老出城，向耶和華舉手禱告；雷和雹就止住，雨也不再澆在地上了。
Moses left Pharaoh and went out of the city, and prayed to the Lord. The thunder and hail stopped, and the rainstorm finished.
34 法老見雨和雹與雷止住，就越發犯罪；他和他的臣僕都硬着心。
When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again, and he chose to become stubborn again, along with his officials.
35 法老的心剛硬，不容以色列人去，正如耶和華藉着摩西所說的。
Because of his stubborn attitude, Pharaoh would not let the Israelites leave, just as the Lord had predicted through Moses.
