Exodus 9
1 And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharao, and you shall say to him, These things says the Lord God of the Hebrews; Send my people away that they may serve me.
上主對梅瑟說：「你去見法朗，向他說：上主希伯來人的天主這樣說：你應放走我的百姓，叫他們去崇拜我。
2 If however you will not send my people away, but yet detain them:
你若拒絕不放，仍然扣留他們，
3 behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon your cattle in the fields, both on the horses, and on the asses, and on the camels and oxen and sheep, a very great mortality.
看，上主的手必用一種嚴厲的瘟疫加在你田野間的一切牲畜：就是馬、驢、駱駝、牛、羊身上。
4 And I will make a marvellous distinction in that time between the cattle of the Egyptians, and the cattle of the children of Israel: nothing shall die of all that is of the children's of Israel.
上主要分清以色列子民的牲畜和埃及人的牲畜，凡是以色列子民的，一個也不死。
5 And God fixed a limit, saying, To-morrow the Lord will do this thing on the land.
上主規定了時間說：明天上主要在此地實行這事。」
6 And the Lord did this thing on the next day, and all the cattle of the Egyptians died, but of the cattle of the children of Israel there died not one.
第二天上主便作了這事。埃及人的牲畜完全死了，但以色列子民的，一個也沒有死。
7 And when Pharao saw, that of all the cattle of the children of Israel there died not one, the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
法朗打發人去看，果然以色列子民的牲畜，連一個也沒有死。但是法朗仍然心硬，不肯放走百姓。第六災、膿瘡
8 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, Take you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses scatter it towards heaven before Pharao, and before his servants.
上主又對梅瑟和法郎說：「你們滿手抓把爐灰，梅瑟要在法朗眼前向天揚起。
9 And let it become dust over all the land of Egypt, and there shall be upon men and upon beasts sore blains breaking forth both on men and on beasts, in all the land of Egypt.
這灰要在埃及全國變成塵土，使全埃及國的人和牲畜身上生出紅疹和膿瘡。」
10 So he took of the ashes of the furnace before Pharao, and Moses scattered it towards heaven, and it became sore blains breaking forth both on men and on beasts.
他們就取了爐灰站在法朗面前；梅瑟將灰向天揚起，人和牲畜身上便起了紅疹和膿瘡。
11 And the sorcerers could not stand before Moses because of the sores, for the sores were on the sorcerers, and in all the land of Egypt.
巫士們因為生了瘡，不能站在梅瑟面前，因為巫士和一切埃及人身上都生了瘡。
12 And the Lord hardened Pharao's heart, and he listened not to them, as the Lord appointed.
上主使法朗心硬，法朗仍不肯聽梅瑟和法郎的話，正如上主向梅瑟說過。第七災、冰雹
13 And the Lord said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharao; and you shall say to him, These things says the Lord God of the Hebrews, Send away my people that they may serve me.
上主對梅瑟說：「明天早晨你去見法朗，向他說：上主，希伯來人的天主這樣說：你要放走我的百姓，使他們去崇拜我。
14 For at this present time do I send forth all my plagues into your heart, and the heart of your servants and of your people; that you may know that there is not another such as I in all the earth.
因為這一次我要使我的一切災禍降到你、你的臣僕和你的人民身上，為叫你知道全世界上沒有相似我的。
15 For now I will stretch forth my hand and strike you and kill your people, and you shall be consumed from off the earth.
現在如果我伸手用瘟疫打擊你和你的人民，你早已從地上消滅了。
16 And for this purpose have you been preserved, that I might display in you my strength, and that my name might bepublished in all the earth.
我所以保留你的原故，是為叫你看見我的能力，向全世界傳揚我的名。
17 Do you then yet exert yourself to hinder my people, so as not to let them go?
你若仍然固執壓迫我的百姓，不放走他們，
18 Behold, to-morrow at this hour I will rain a very great hail, such as has not been in Egypt, from the time it was created until this day.
看我明天此時要降下可怕的冰雹，是埃及建國以來直到現在所未有過的。
19 Now then hasten to gather your cattle, and all that you have in the fields; for all the men and cattle as many as shall be found in the fields, and shall not enter into a house, (but the hail shall fall upon them, ) shall die.
所以你快派人把你的牲畜和田野間的一切，帶到安全地方，因為凡在田野間的人和牲畜而不聚到屋內的，冰雹必降在他們身上，將他們砸死。」
20 He of the servants of Pharao that feared the word of the Lord, gathered his cattle into the houses.
法朗臣僕中凡害怕上主的話的，就叫自己的奴僕和牲畜逃避到家中；
21 And he that did not attend in his mind to the word of the Lord, left the cattle in the fields.
那不把上主的話放在心上的，就將奴僕和牲畜捨在田間。
22 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand to heaven, and there shall be hail on all the land of Egypt, both on the men and on the cattle, and on all the herbage on the land.
上主對梅瑟說：「向天伸開你的手，使冰雹降在埃及全國，降在人和牲畜身上，降在埃及國內田野間的植物上。」
23 And Moses stretched forth his hand to heaven, and the Lord sent thunderings and hail; and the fire ran along upon the ground, and the Lord rained hail on all the land of Egypt.
梅瑟把他的棍杖向天一伸，上主便叫打雷，下雹，閃電打在地上。上主使冰雹降在埃及地時，
24 So there was hail and flaming fire mingled with hail; and the hail was very great, such as was not in Egypt, from the time there was a nation upon it.
冰雹和冰雹中夾雜著不停的閃電，情形極其可怕，是全埃及國自從有人民以來所沒有過的。
25 And the hail struck in all the land of Egypt both man and beast, and the hail struck all the grass in the field, and the hail broke in pieces all the trees in the field.
冰雹把埃及全境，田野間所有的一切，連人和生畜都打死了，打壞了田野間的一切蔬菜，打斷了郊野間的一切樹木；
26 Only in the land of Gesem where the children of Israel were, the hail was not.
只有以色列子民所居住的歌笙地沒有冰雹。
27 And Pharao sent and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the Lord [is] righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
法朗打發人召梅瑟和亞郎來，對他們說：「這次我犯了罪，上主是正義的，我和我的人民都有罪過。
28 Pray then for me to the Lord, and let him cause the thunderings of God to cease, and the hail and the fire, and I will send you forth and you shall remain no longer.
請你祈求上主! 天主的雷和冰雹已夠受了；我決放走你們，你們不要再留在這裏。」
29 And Moses said to him, When I shall have departed from the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord, and the thunderings shall cease, and the hail and the rain shall be no longer, that you may know that the earth [is] the Lord's.
梅瑟回答他說「我出城後，就向上主伸手，雷必會停止，冰雹也不再降下，為叫你知道，大地是屬於上主的。
30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you have not yet feared the Lord.
但是我知道，你和你的臣僕，仍不敬畏上主天主。」
31 And the flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was advanced, and the flax was seeding.
麻和大麥都被打壞，因為大麥已經吐穗，麻也開花，
32 But the wheat and the rye were not struck, for they were late.
只是小麥和粗麥，因為長的遲些，沒有被打壞。
33 And Moses went forth from Pharao out of the city, and stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunders ceased and the hail, and the rain did not drop on the earth.
梅瑟離開法朗出了城，向上主伸手，雷和雹就停止了，雨也不往地上下了。
34 And when Pharao saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders ceased, he continued to sin; and [he] hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants.
法朗見雨、雹、雷都停止了，又再犯罪，他和他的臣僕又心硬了。
35 And the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he did not send forth the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.
法朗更加心硬，不肯放走以色列子民，正如上主藉梅瑟所說的。
