Exodus 10
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,
INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Yana kuFaro, ngoba mina ngenze inhliziyo yakhe yaba nzima lenhliziyo yenceku zakhe, ukuze ngenze lezizibonakaliso zami phambi kwakhe,
2 and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”
lokuthi ulandise endlebeni zendodana yakho lendodana yendodana yakho ukuthi ngenze kabuhlungu kumaGibhithe lezibonakaliso zami engizenze phakathi kwawo, ukuze lazi ukuthi ngiyiNkosi.
3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
UMozisi loAroni basebesiya kuFaro, bathi kuye: Itsho njalo iNkosi, uNkulunkulu wamaHebheru, ithi: Koze kube nini usala ukuzithoba phambi kwami? Yekela isizwe sami sihambe, bangikhonze.
4 But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
Ngoba uba usala ukuyekela isizwe sami sihambe, khangela, kusasa ngizaletha isikhonyane emngceleni wakho,
5 They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.
njalo sizasibekela ubuso bomhlaba ukuze ungawuboni umhlaba, sizakudla insalela yokwaphephayo, okwalisalelayo esiqhothweni, sidle sonke isihlahla esikhulela wena ensimini.
6 They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.
Sizagcwalisa izindlu zakho lezindlu zezinceku zakho zonke lezindlu zawo wonke amaGibhithe, oyihlo abangazanga basibone laboyise baboyihlo, kusukela ngosuku ababakhona emhlabeni kuze kube lamuhla. Wasetshibilika, waphuma kuFaro.
7 Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is in ruins?”
Lenceku zikaFaro zathi kuye: Koze kube nini lo esiba ngumjibila kithi? Yekela amadoda ahambe, akhonze iNkosi uNkulunkulu wawo; kawukazi yini ukuthi iGibhithe isichithekile?
8 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”
UMozisi loAroni babuyiselwa kuFaro; wasesithi kubo: Hambani likhonze iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu. Ngobani kanye labo abazahamba?
9 “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”
UMozisi wasesithi: Sizahamba labatsha bethu labadala bethu, lamadodana ethu lamadodakazi ethu, lezimvu zethu lenkomo zethu sizahamba, ngoba silomkhosi weNkosi.
10 Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
Wasesithi kubo: INkosi ibe lani ngokunjalo, njengoba ngizaliyekela lihambe labantwanyana benu! Bonani ngoba kulokubi phambi kwenu.
11 No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.
Kungabi njalo! Hambani khathesi, madoda, liyikhonze iNkosi, ngoba yikho elikudingayo. Basebebaxotsha ebusweni bukaFaro.
12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”
INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Yelula isandla sakho phezu kwelizwe leGibhithe, ngenxa yesikhonyane, ukuze senyukele phezu kwelizwe leGibhithe, sidle wonke umbhida welizwe lakho konke isiqhotho esikutshiyileyo.
13 So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
UMozisi waseyelula intonga yakhe phezu kwelizwe leGibhithe; iNkosi yasiqhuba umoya wempumalanga elizweni, lonke lolosuku lobusuku bonke; kwasekusithi ekuseni, umoya wempumalanga wenyusa isikhonyane.
14 The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.
Isikhonyane sasesisenyukela phezu kwelizwe lonke leGibhithe, sehlela emngceleni wonke weGibhithe, esinzima kakhulu. Phambi kwaso akuzange kube khona isikhonyane esinjalo njengaso, futhi kakuyikuba khona esinjalo emva kwaso.
15 They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
Ngoba sasibekela ubuso belizwe lonke, kwaze kwafiphazwa ilizwe; sadla wonke umbhida welizwe laso sonke isithelo sezihlahla isiqhotho esasitshiyayo; kakusalanga lutho oluluhlaza esihlahleni, lombhida weganga, elizweni lonke leGibhithe.
16 Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
UFaro wasephangisa ukubabiza oMozisi loAroni, wathi: Ngonile eNkosini uNkulunkulu wenu lakini.
17 Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
Khathesi-ke ake lithethelele isono sami okwalesisikhathi kuphela, liyincenge iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu ukuthi isuse kimi lokhu ukufa kuphela.
18 So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the LORD.
Wasephuma kuFaro, wayincenga iNkosi.
19 And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
INkosi yasiphendula umoya wentshonalanga olamandla kakhulu owenyusa isikhonyane, wasiphosela oLwandle oluBomvu; kakusalanga sikhonyane lesisodwa kuwo wonke umngcele weGibhithe.
20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
Kodwa iNkosi yayenza lukhuni inhliziyo kaFaro, kazabayekela abantwana bakoIsrayeli bahambe.
21 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Yelulela isandla sakho emazulwini, ukuze kube khona umnyama phezu kwelizwe leGibhithe, ngitsho umnyama ophumputhekayo.
22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
UMozisi waseselulela isandla sakhe emazulwini; kwasekusiba khona umnyama wobumnyama elizweni lonke leGibhithe insuku ezintathu.
23 No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
Kababonananga, futhi kakusukumanga muntu endaweni yakhe okwensuku ezintathu; kodwa kubo bonke abantwana bakoIsrayeli kwakukhona ukukhanya emizini yabo.
24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
UFaro wasembiza uMozisi wathi: Hambani likhonze iNkosi, kuphela izimvu zenu lenkomo zenu kuzagcinwa, labantwanyana benu bazahamba lani.
25 But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
Kodwa uMozisi wathi: Lawe ubonika imihlatshelo leminikelo yokutshiswa ezandleni zethu, esizayenzela iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu.
26 Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
Njalo lezifuyo zethu zizahamba kanye lathi, kakuyikusala emuva isondo; ngoba sizathatha kuzo ukukhonza iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu, ngoba kasikwazi esizakhonza ngakho iNkosi size sifike khona.
27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
Kodwa iNkosi yenza lukhuni inhliziyo kaFaro, njalo kafunanga ukubayekela bahambe.
28 “Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
UFaro wasesithi kuye: Suka kimi, uziqaphele, ungaboni ubuso bami futhi; ngoba mhla ubona ubuso bami uzakufa.
29 “As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”
UMozisi wasesithi: Ukhulume ngokuqonda, kangisayikubona futhi ubuso bakho.
