Wuok 10
1 Eka Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa niya, “Dhi ir Farao, nikech asemiyo chunye kaachiel gi chunje jodonge odoko matek mondo mi atim honnigi mag ranyisina e kindgi;
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go to the king [again]. I have made him and his officials stubborn [IDM]. I have done that in order that I would [have a good reason to] perform all these plagues among them,
2 eka ununyis nyithindu kod nyikwau kaka ne adoko makwiny gi jo-Misri bende kaka ne atimo ranyisina e kindgi, eka mondo ungʼe ni an Jehova Nyasaye.”
and also in order that you would [be able to] tell your children and your grandchildren how I caused the Egyptians to act very foolishly [when] I performed all these miracles. Then all of you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
3 Kuom mano Musa gi Harun nodhi ir Farao mi owachone niya, “Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasach jo-Hibrania wacho: ‘Nyaka karangʼo ma ibiro tamori bolori e nyima? We joga odhi mondo gilama.
So Aaron and Moses/I went into the king’s [palace] and said to him, “Yahweh God, whom we Hebrews [worship], says this: ‘How long will you stubbornly refuse to do what I tell you [MTY]? Let my people go, in order that they may worship me [in the desert]
4 Ka itamori weyo joga mondo odhi, to abiro kelo ongogo e pinyi kiny.
If you [keep] refusing to let them go, I warn you that tomorrow I will bring (locusts/[large flying insects called] locusts) into your country.
5 Gibiro poto ma gium lowo ma ok nen. Gibiro chamo gimoro amora matin mane pe oweyo kaachiel gi kit yien duto matwi e lowo.
[They will completely cover the ground so that] you will not even be able to see the ground. They will eat everything that the hail did not [destroy]. They will eat [everything that is left on] the trees.
6 Gibiro pongʼo uteni gi ut jodongi kod mag jo-Misri duto; enobed gimoro ma wuoneu kata kwereu pok noneno chakre odiechiengʼ mane gichako dak e pinyni nyaka sani.’” Eka Musa nolokore mowuok e nyim Farao.
They will fill your houses, and the houses of all your officials, and the houses of all [the rest of] the Egyptians. [There will be more locusts] than you or your parents or your grandparents have ever seen, from the time your ancestors first came to [this] land until the present time!’” Then he/I turned and [Aaron and] I left the king.
7 Jodong Farao nowachone niya, “Ngʼatni nobednwa obadho nyaka karangʼo? We ogandani odhi mondo mi gidhi gilam Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachgi. Dibed ni pok ifwenyo ni Misri kethore?”
The king’s officials said to him, “(How long is this man going to continue to bring disasters on us?/We must not let this man continue to cause trouble for us!) [RHQ] Let the [Israeli] men leave, in order that they may worship Yahweh, their god. (Do you not yet understand that [this man] has ruined Egypt?/You ought to realize by now that [this man] has ruined Egypt!)” [RHQ]
8 Eka Musa gi Harun noduogo ir Farao. Farao nowachonegi niya, “Dhi, ulam Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu, makmana ni en ngʼa gini madhi kodu?”
So they brought Aaron and Moses/me back to the king. He said to them/us, “[All right], you can go and worship Yahweh your god. But who are the ones who will go?”
9 Musa nodwoke niya, “Wabiro dhi gi jowa duto jomatindo kuom jomadongo gi yawuotwa gi nyiwa kaachiel gi jambwa kod dhowa duto, nimar nyaka watim nyasi ni Jehova Nyasaye.”
Moses/I replied, “We [all] need to go, everyone, including those who are young and those who are old. We need to take our sons and our daughters and our flocks [of sheep and goats] and herds [of livestock], because we must have a festival to [honor] Yahweh.”
10 Farao nowacho niya, “Mad Jehova Nyasaye bed kodu ka dipo ni aweyou udhi gi mondu kod nyithindu! Nenore ni udwaro kelo chandruok!
[Moses/I really did not intend that the Israelis would ever return to Egypt, and the king knew that also. So] the king replied [sarcastically], “[If you all leave], [it will be clear that] Yahweh has helped you, but I myself will never let you [take] your children [and your wives] when you go! It is clear that you are wickedly planning [not to return].
11 Ooyo! Chwo kende ema mondo odhi kendo olam Jehova Nyasaye nimar mano ema isebedo ka ikwayo.” Eka Musa gi Harun noriembi oko e nyim Farao.
So no, [I will not let you all go]. [The Israeli] men may go [and worship Yahweh], if that is what you want.” Then the king expelled them/us from [his palace].
12 Eka Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa niya, “Rie badi e piny Misri mondo bonyo opoti e piny kendo mondo ocham gimoro amora matwi e puothe gi gimoro amora ma pe oweyo.”
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach out your hand as [though you were stretching it] over the land to welcome the locusts. They will come to the country of Egypt and eat every plant that is [left] in the land, every plant that the hail has not destroyed.”
13 Kuom mano Musa norieyo ludhe e piny Misri, kendo Jehova Nyasaye nomiyo yamb wuok chiengʼ okudho matek e pinyno odiechiengno kod otienono duto. Kane ochopo gokinyi, yamono nokelo bonyo;
So Moses/I held out his/my stick [as though he/I was stretching it] over the whole land of Egypt. Then Yahweh caused a [strong] wind to blow from the east, and it blew over the land all that day and all that night. By the [next] morning, it had brought the locusts.
14 omiyo negimonjo piny Misri duto ma gipoto kamoro amora man thuolo e pinyno. Nyaka nene masira machal kamano mar bonyo ne pok obetie kendo ok nochak obedie kendo.
The locusts swarmed all over Egypt. It was larger than any swarm of locusts that had ever [been seen], and there will never be [a swarm of locusts like that] again.
15 Ne giumo lowo mi piny olokore maratengʼ. Negichamo gimoro amora ma pe noweyo, mane gin gimoro amora matwi e puothe gi olembe ma nitie ewi yien. Onge kata it oboke manodongʼ e yien kata yath moro e piny Misri.
They covered the surface of the ground and made it [appear] black. They ate all the plants in the land and everything on the trees that had not been destroyed by the hail. Nothing that was green was left on any plant or on any tree, anywhere in Egypt.
16 Farao noluongo Musa gi Harun mapiyo nono mi owachonegi niya, “Asetimo richo e nyim Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachi kaachiel gi nyimu bende,
The king quickly summoned Aaron and Moses/me and said, “I have sinned against Yahweh, your god, and against you [two].
17 koro yie ichak iwena richona kendo lam ni Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachi mondo ogol masira marachni kuoma.”
So now I ask you to forgive me this one time [for having] sinned, and pray to Yahweh your god to stop [these locusts] [MTY] [from causing everything] to die.”
18 Musa noweyo Farao mi olamo Jehova Nyasaye.
They/We left the king, and Moses/I prayed to Yahweh.
19 Kendo Jehova Nyasaye noloko kudho mar yamo mi yamb podho chiengʼ nokudho matek, bende yamono nochoko bonyo duto mi otero e Nam Makwar. Onge bonyo moro amora mane odongʼ e piny Misri.
Then Yahweh changed the wind so that it blew [strongly] from the west, and it blew all the locusts into the Red Sea (OR, the Gulf of Suez). There was not one locust left anywhere in the country of Egypt.
20 To Jehova Nyasaye noketo chuny Farao odoko matek kendo ne ok onyal weyo jo-Israel mondo odhi.
But Yahweh made the king stubborn [IDM] [again], and he did not let the Israeli people go.
21 Eka Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa niya, “Rie badi kochomo polo mondo mudho olandre e piny Misri; ma en mudho mandiwa.”
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach your hand up toward the sky, in order that there will be darkness over all the land of Egypt, a darkness [so complete] that people will have to grope around [to know where to walk].”
22 Kuom mano Musa norieyo bade kochomo polo kendo mudho mandiwa nokwako piny Misri duto kuom ndalo adek.
So Moses/I reached his/my hand toward the sky, and it became totally dark all over Egypt for three days [and nights].
23 Onge ngʼato mane nyalo neno wadgi kata wuok oko kuom ndalo adek, kata kamano piny Israel to ne nigi ler kama negidakie.
People could not see each other. No one left his house during that whole time. But there was light in the area where the Israeli people were living.
24 Eka Farao noluongo Musa mi owachone niya, “Dhiuru, ulam Jehova Nyasaye. Mondu kod nyithindu nyalo dhi kodu; makmana dhou gi jambu ema nyaka dongʼ.”
The king summoned Moses/me and said, “All right, you may go and worship Yahweh. [Your wives and] your children may go with you. But your flocks of sheep and goats and your herds of cattle must remain here.”
25 To Musa nowacho niya, “Nyaka imiwa thuolo mar timo misengini gi misango miwangʼo pep ni Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa.
But Moses/I replied, “[No], you must let us [take along the sheep and goats, in order] that we may have [some of them] to sacrifice and give as burned offerings to Yahweh, our God.
26 Jambwa duto bende nyaka dhi kodwa; kendo onge moro amora madongʼ chien. Moko kuomgi nyaka watigo e lamo Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa, nikech kapok wachopo kuno to ok wabi ngʼeyo ni mane monego watigo kuom lamo Jehova Nyasaye.”
Our livestock must also go with us; we are not going to leave one of them [SYN] behind. We must take them to worship Yahweh. We will not know [which animals to sacrifice] until we get to where we are going.”
27 To Jehova Nyasaye noketo chuny Farao obedo matek kendo ne ok oyie mondo owegi gidhi.
But Yahweh made the king [continue to be] stubborn [IDM], and he would not let [the Israeli] people go.
28 Farao nowacho ne Musa niya, “Wuogi ia e nyima! Ne ni ok ichako ibiro e nyima kendo! Nimar odiechiengʼ ma inine wangʼa kendo to ibiro tho!”
The king said to me, “Get out of here! Make sure that you never come to see me [SYN] again! The day you see me again, [I will have] you executed!”
29 Musa nodwoke niya, “Mana kaka iwachono, ok anachak abi iri kendo.”
Moses/I replied, “You are correct! You will never see me [SYN] again!”
