Exodus 7
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, I have made you a god to Pharao, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
上主向梅瑟說：「看，我使你在法朗前像神一樣，你的哥哥亞郎將作你的代言人。
2 And you shall say to him all things that I charge you, and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharao, that he should send forth the children of Israel out of his land.
凡我吩咐你的一切，你要告訴你的哥哥亞郎，要他對法朗講話，叫他放以色列子民離開他的國境。
3 And I will harden the heart of Pharao, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
我卻要使法朗心硬，為此在埃及國要增多我的奇蹟和異事。
4 And Pharao will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt; and will bring out my people the children of Israel with my power out of the land of Egypt with great vengeance.
因法朗布聽從你們，我要向埃及伸手，藉嚴厲的懲罰，將我的軍隊，我的百姓以色列子民，從埃及國領出來。
5 And all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, stretching out my hand upon Egypt, and I will bring out the children of Israel out of the midst of them.
當我向埃及人伸手，將以色列子民從埃及人中間領出來的時候，他們要承認我是上主。」
6 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.
梅瑟和亞郎就受命行事；上主怎樣吩咐他們，他們就怎樣行了。
7 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron his brother was eighty-three years old, when he spoke to Pharao.
當他們去與法朗會談的時候，梅瑟八十歲，亞郎八十三歲。
8 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
上主對梅瑟和亞郎說：「
9 Now if Pharao should speak to you, saying, Give us a sign or a wonder, then shall you say to your brother Aaron, Take your rod and cast it upon the ground before Pharao, and before his servants, and it shall become a serpent.
如果法朗要求你們說：你們顯個奇蹟，給你們作證罷! 你就吩咐亞郎說：將你的棍杖扔在法朗的面前，棍杖就會變成一條蛇。」
10 And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharao, and [before] his servants, and they did so, as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharao, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
梅瑟和亞郎就去見法朗，照上主的吩咐做了：亞郎將棍杖扔在法朗和他的臣僕面前，棍杖就變成了一條蛇。
11 But Pharao called together the wise men of Egypt, and the sorcerers, and the charmers also of the Egyptians did likewise with their sorceries.
法朗將他的智者和術士召來，這些埃及的巫士也用他們的巫術作了同樣的事：
12 And they cast down each his rod, and they became serpents, but the rod of Aaron swallowed up their rods.
他們每人扔下自己的棍杖，也都變成了蛇，但亞郎的棍杖卻吞了他們的棍杖。
13 and the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he listened not to them, as the Lord charged them.
法朗仍然心硬，不肯聽他們的話，正如上主所說。第一災、水變血
14 and the Lord said to Moses, The heart of Pharao is made hard, so that he should not let the people go.
上主對梅瑟說：「法朗硬了心，拒絕釋放百姓。
15 Go to Pharao early in the morning: behold, he goes forth to the water; and you shall meet him on the bank of the river, and you shall take in your hand the rod that was turned into a serpent.
明天早晨你去見法朗。他去水邊時候，你要站在尼羅河邊迎住他；手中拿著那根變過蛇的棍杖。
16 And you shall say to him, The Lord God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Send my people away, that they may serve me in the wilderness, and, behold, hitherto you have not listened.
你對他說：上主，希伯來人的天主打發我來見你說：你應放我的百姓到曠野中去崇拜我；彈道現在你仍沒有聽從。
17 These things says the Lord: Hereby shall you know that I am the Lord: behold, I strike with the rod that is in my hand on the water which is in the river, and it shall change it into blood.
上主這樣說：看，我要用我手中拿的棍杖擊打河水，水就變成血，如此你必承認，我是上主。
18 And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink thereupon, and the Egyptians shall not be able to drink water from the river.
河中的魚都要死，河水都要腥臭，埃及人不能再喝河中的水。」
19 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to your brother Aaron, Take your rod in your hand, and stretch forth your hand over the waters of Egypt, and over their rivers, and over their canals, and over their ponds, and over all their standing water, and it shall become blood: and there was blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone.
上主對梅瑟說：「你向亞郎說：拿起你的棍杖，將手伸在埃及的水上，即伸在河、溝渠、池沼和一切水塘之上，水都要變成血；如此埃及全國，連木器石器中的水野都要變成血。」
20 and Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them; and [Aaron] having lifted up [his hand] with his rod, struck the water in the river before Pharao, and before his servants, and changed all the water in the river into blood.
梅瑟和亞郎就照了上主的吩咐作了：亞郎在法朗和他臣僕的面前，舉起棍杖一打河水，所有的河水變成了血；
21 And the fish in the river died, and the river stank thereupon; and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river, and the blood was in all the land of Egypt.
河中的魚都死了，河水都腥臭不堪，埃及人不能再喝河中的水；埃及遍地是血。
22 And the charmers also of the Egyptians did so with their sorceries; and the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he did not listen to them, even as the Lord said.
埃及的巫士用他們的巫術也行了同樣的事，因此法朗仍舊心硬，不肯聽信梅瑟和亞郎，正像上主所說的。
23 And Pharao turned and entered into his house, nor did he fix his attention even on this thing.
法朗轉身回到宮中，沒有把事放在心上。
24 And all the Egyptians dug round about the river, so as to drink water, for they could not drink water from the river.
因為全埃及的人不能喝河中的水，便在河的附近掘水喝。第二災、蝦蟆
25 and seven days were fulfilled after the Lord has struck the river.
上主擊打河水後，滿了七天，
