2 Mosebog 7
1 Da sagde HERREN til Moses: "Se, jeg gør dig til Gud for Farao, men din Broder Aron skal være din Profet.
And the Lord said to Moses, See I have made you a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother will be your prophet.
2 Du skal sige til ham alt, hvad jeg pålægger dig, men din Broder Aron skal sige det til Farao, for at han skal lade Israeliterne rejse ud af sit Land.
Say whatever I give you orders to say: and Aaron your brother will give word to Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go out of his land.
3 Men jeg vil forhærde Faraos Hjerte og derefter gøre mange Tegn og Undere i Ægypten.
And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and my signs and wonders will be increased in the land of Egypt.
4 Farao skal ikke høre på eder, men jeg vil lægge min Hånd på Ægypten og føre mine Hærskarer, mit Folk Israeliterne, ud af Ægypten med vældige Straffedomme;
But Pharaoh will not give ear to you, and I will put my hand on Egypt, and take my armies, my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt, after great punishments.
5 og når jeg udrækker min Hånd mod Ægypten og fører Israeliterne ud derfra, skal Ægypterne kende, at jeg er HERREN."
And the Egyptians will see that I am the Lord, when my hand is stretched out over Egypt, and I take the children of Israel out from among them.
6 Da gjorde Moses og Aron, som HERREN pålagde dem.
And Moses and Aaron did so: as the Lord gave them orders, so they did.
7 Moses var firsindstyve og Aron tre og firsindstyve År gammel, da de talte til Farao.
And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they gave the Lord's word to Pharaoh.
8 Og HERREN talede til Moses og Aron og sagde:
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
9 "Når Farao kræver et Under af eder, sig så til Aron: Tag din Stav og kast den ned foran Farao, så skal den blive til en Slange!"
If Pharaoh says to you, Let me see a wonder: then say to Aaron, Take your rod and put it down on the earth before Pharaoh so that it may become a snake.
10 Da gik Moses og Aron til Farao og gjorde, som HERREN bød; og da Aron kastede sin Stav foran Farao og hans Tjenere, blev den til en Slange.
Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and they did as the Lord had said: and Aaron put his rod down on the earth before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a snake.
11 Men Farao lod som Modtræk Vismændene og Besværgerne kalde, og de, Ægyptens Koglere, gjorde også det samme ved Hjælp af deres hemmelige Kunster;
Then Pharaoh sent for the wise men and the wonder-workers, and they, the wonder-workers of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.
12 de kastede hver sin Stav, og Stavene blev til Slanger, men Arons Stav opslugte deres Stave.
For every one of them put down his rod on the earth, and they became snakes: but Aaron's rod made a meal of their rods.
13 Men Faraos Hjerte blev forhærdet, og han hørte ikke på dem, således som HERREN havde sagt.
But Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.
14 HERREN sagde nu til Moses: "Faraos Hjerte er forstokket, han vægrer sig ved at lade Folket rejse.
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's heart is unchanged; he will not let the people go.
15 Gå derfor i Morgen tidlig til Farao, når han begiver sig ned til Vandet, og træd frem for ham ved Nilens Bred og tag Staven, der forvandledes til en Slange, i Hånden
Go to Pharaoh in the morning; when he goes out to the water, you will be waiting for him by the edge of the Nile, with the rod which was turned into a snake in your hand;
16 og sig til ham: HERREN, Hebræernes Gud, sendte mig til dig med det Bud: Lad mit Folk rejse, at det kan dyrke mig i Ørkenen! Men hidtil har du ikke adlydt.
And say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go so that they may give me worship in the waste land; but up to now you have not given ear to his words.
17 Så siger HERREN: Deraf skal du kende, at jeg er HERREN: Se, jeg slår Vandet i Nilen med Staven, som jeg holder i min Hånd, og det skal forvandles til Blod,
So the Lord says, By this you may be certain that I am the Lord; see, by the touch of this rod in my hand the waters of the Nile will be turned to blood;
18 Fiskene i Nilen skal dø, og Nilen skal stinke, og Ægypterne skal væmmes ved at drikke Vand fra Nilen."
And the fish in the Nile will come to destruction, and the river will send up a bad smell, and the Egyptians will not be able, for disgust, to make use of the water of the Nile for drinking.
19 Og HERREN sagde til Moses: "Sig til Aron: Tag din Stav og ræk din Hånd ud over Ægypternes Vande, deres Floder, Kanaler, Damme og alle Vandsamlinger, så skal Vandet blive til Blod, og der skal være Blod i hele Ægypten, både i Trækar og Stenkar."
And the Lord said, Say to Aaron, Let the rod in your hand be stretched out over the waters of Egypt, and over the rivers and the streams and the pools, and over every stretch of water, so that they may be turned to blood; and there will be blood through all the land of Egypt, in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.
20 Og Moses og Aron gjorde, som HERREN bød; Moses løftede Staven og slog Vandet i Nilen for Øjnene af Farao og hans Tjenere, og alt Vandet i Nilen forvandledes til Blod;
And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had said; and when his rod had been lifted up and stretched out over the waters of the Nile before the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, all the water in the Nile was turned to blood;
21 Fiskene i Nilen døde, og Nilen stank, så Ægypterne ikke kunde drikke Vand fra Nilen, og der var Blod i hele Ægypten.
And the fish in the Nile came to destruction, and a bad smell went up from the river, and the Egyptians were not able to make use of the water of the Nile for drinking; and there was blood through all the land of Egypt.
22 Men de Ægyptiske Koglere gjorde det samme ved Hjælp af deres hemmelige Kunster, og Faraos Hjerte blev forhærdet, så han ikke hørte på dem, således som HERREN havde sagt.
And the wonder-workers of Egypt did the same with their secret arts: but Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he would not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.
23 Da vendte Farao sig bort og gik hjem, og heller ikke dette lagde han sig på Sinde.
Then Pharaoh went into his house, and did not take even this to heart.
24 Men alle Ægypterne gravede i Omegnen af Nilen efter Drikkevand, thi de kunde ikke drikke Nilvandet.
And all the Egyptians made holes round about the Nile to get drinking-water, for they were not able to make use of the Nile water.
25 Og således gik der syv Dage, efter at HERREN havde slået Nilen.
And seven days went past, after the Lord had put his hand on the Nile.
