Exodus 7
1 The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
Da sagde HERREN til Moses: "Se, jeg gør dig til Gud for Farao, men din Broder Aron skal være din Profet.
2 You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.
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.
3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
Men jeg vil forhærde Faraos Hjerte og derefter gøre mange Tegn og Undere i Ægypten.
4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
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;
5 And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
og når jeg udrækker min Hånd mod Ægypten og fører Israeliterne ud derfra, skal Ægypterne kende, at jeg er HERREN."
6 So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.
Da gjorde Moses og Aron, som HERREN pålagde dem.
7 Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Moses var firsindstyve og Aron tre og firsindstyve År gammel, da de talte til Farao.
8 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
Og HERREN talede til Moses og Aron og sagde:
9 “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
"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!"
10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
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.
11 But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
Men Farao lod som Modtræk Vismændene og Besværgerne kalde, og de, Ægyptens Koglere, gjorde også det samme ved Hjælp af deres hemmelige Kunster;
12 Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
de kastede hver sin Stav, og Stavene blev til Slanger, men Arons Stav opslugte deres Stave.
13 Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
Men Faraos Hjerte blev forhærdet, og han hørte ikke på dem, således som HERREN havde sagt.
14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
HERREN sagde nu til Moses: "Faraos Hjerte er forstokket, han vægrer sig ved at lade Folket rejse.
15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
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
16 Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But you have not listened until now.
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.
17 This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
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,
18 The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”
Fiskene i Nilen skal dø, og Nilen skal stinke, og Ægypterne skal væmmes ved at drikke Vand fra Nilen."
19 And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
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."
20 Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.
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;
21 The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
Fiskene i Nilen døde, og Nilen stank, så Ægypterne ikke kunde drikke Vand fra Nilen, og der var Blod i hele Ægypten.
22 But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
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.
23 Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.
Da vendte Farao sig bort og gik hjem, og heller ikke dette lagde han sig på Sinde.
24 So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.
Men alle Ægypterne gravede i Omegnen af Nilen efter Drikkevand, thi de kunde ikke drikke Nilvandet.
25 And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.
Og således gik der syv Dage, efter at HERREN havde slået Nilen.
