Exodus 7
1 The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
Yahweh akasema na Musa, “Ona, nimekufanya kama mungu kwa Farao. Aruni kaka yako atakuwa nabii wako.
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.
Utasema kila kitu nitacho kuamuru kusema. Aruni kaka yako ata sema na Farao iliawaachie watu wa Israeli watoke kwenye nchi yake.
3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
Lakini nitaufanya moyo wa Farao mgumu, na nitaonyesha ishara nyingi za nguvu zangu, maajabu mengi, katika nchi ya Misri.
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.
Lakini Farao hata kusikiliza, kwahiyo nitaueka mkono wangu juu ya Misri na kutoa makundi yangu ya wanaume wapiganaji, watu wangu, wazao wa Israeli, watoke nchi ya Misri kwa matendo makubwa ya hukumu.
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.”
Wamisri watajua kuwa mimi ni Yahweh nitapo nyoosha mkono wangu kwa Misri na kuwatoa Waisraeli kutoka miongoni mwao.”
6 So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.
Musa na Aruni wakafanya hivyo; walifanya kama Yahweh alivyo waamuru.
7 Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Musa alikuwa na miaka themanini, na Aruni miaka themanini na tatu walipo ongea na Farao.
8 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
Yahweh akamwambia Musa na Aruni,
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.”
“Wakati Farao atakapo waambia, 'Fanya muujiza,' utamwambia Aruni, 'Chukuwa gongo lako na ulirushe chini mbele ya Farao, ililigeuke nyoka.”'
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.
Kisha Musa na Aruni wakaenda kwa Farao, na wakafanya kama Yahweh alivyo waamuru. Aruni akarusha chini gongo lake mbele ya Farao na watumishi wake, na likageuka nyoka.
11 But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
Kisha naye Farao akawaita wazee wenye hekima na wachawi. Wakafanya jambo hilo hilo kwa uchawi wao.
12 Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
Kila mtu akarusha chini gongo lake, na magongo yakawa nyoka. Lakini gongo la Aruni lilimeza nyoka zao.
13 Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
Moyo wa Farao ulikuwa mgumu, na akusikiliza, kama Yahweh alivyo tabiri.
14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
Yahweh akasema na Musa, “Moyo wa Farao ni mgumu, na anakataa kuacha watu waende.
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.
Nenda kwa Farao asubui anapoenda kwenye maji. Simama kwenye chanzo cha mto kukutana naye, na uchukuwe mkononi mwako gongo ambalo liligeuka nyoka.
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.
Mwambie, 'Yahweh, Mungu wa Waebrania, amenituma kwako, “Acha watu wangu waende, iliwaniabudu nyikani. Mpaka sasa haujanisikiliza.”
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.
Yahweh anasema hili: “Kwa hili utajua kuwa mimi ni Yahweh. Ninaenda kupiga maji ya mto wa Misri kwa gongo langu lililo mikono mwangu, na mto utageuzwa kuwa damu.
18 The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”
Samaki walio kwenye mto watakufa, na mto utanuka. Wa Misri Hawataweza kunywa maji yalio kwenye mto.”'''
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.”
Kisha Yahweh akasema na Musa, “Mwambie Aruni, 'Chukuwa gongo lako na unyooshe mkono kwenye maji ya Misri, na juu ya mito yake, mifereji, visima, na madimbwi yote, ili maji yao ya damu. Fanya hivi ilikuwe na damu nchi nzima ya Misri, hadi kwenye vyombo vyote vya mbao na mawe.”'
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.
Musa na Aruni walifanya kama Yahweh alivyo waamuru. Aruni alinyanyua gongo na kupiga maji ya mto, machoni pa Farao na watumishi wake. Maji yote kwenye mto yaligeuga damu.
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.
Samaki kwenye mto wakafa, na mto ukaanza kunuka. Wamisri hawakuweza kunywa maji kwenye mto, na damu ilikuwa kila mahali katika nchii ya Misri.
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.
Lakini wachawi walifanya vivyo hivyo na uchawi wao. Kwaiyo moyo wa Farao ukawa mgumu, na akakataa kuwasikiliza Musa na Aruni, kama Yahweh alivyo sema itatokea.
23 Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.
Kisha Farao akarudi na kwenda nyumbani kwake. Wala hakutilia maanani hili.
24 So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.
Wamisri wote walichimba pembeni ya mto kwa ajili ya maji ya kunywa, lakini hawakuweza kunywa maji ya mto.
25 And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.
Siku saba zilipita baada ya Yahweh kushambulia mto.
