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.
Ndipo Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Nenda kwa Farao ukamwambie, ‘Hili ndilo Bwana, Mungu wa Waebrania asemalo: “Waachie watu wangu waende ili wapate kuniabudu.”
2 If however you will not send my people away, but yet detain them:
Kama ukikataa kuwaachia waende, nawe ukiendelea kuwashikilia,
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.
mkono wa Bwana utaleta pigo baya kwa mifugo yako, juu ya farasi wako, punda, ngamia, ngʼombe wako, kondoo na mbuzi.
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.
Lakini Bwana ataweka tofauti kati ya mifugo ya Israeli na ile ya Misri, kwamba hakuna mnyama wa Mwisraeli atakayekufa.’”
5 And God fixed a limit, saying, To-morrow the Lord will do this thing on the land.
Bwana akaweka wakati na kusema, “Kesho Bwana atalitenda hili katika nchi.”
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.
Siku iliyofuata Bwana akalitenda: Mifugo yote ya Wamisri ikafa, lakini hakuna hata mnyama mmoja wa wana wa Israeli aliyekufa.
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.
Farao akatuma watu kuchunguza, nao wakakuta kuwa hakuna hata mnyama mmoja wa Waisraeli aliyekufa. Lakini moyo wa Farao haukukubali kuwaachia watu waende.
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.
Kisha Bwana akamwambia Mose na Aroni, “Chukueni majivu ya tanuru, naye Mose ayarushe angani mbele ya Farao.
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.
Yatakuwa vumbi jepesi juu ya nchi yote ya Misri, pia yatatokea majipu yenye kufura juu ya watu na wanyama katika nchi yote.”
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.
Basi wakachukua majivu kwenye tanuru na kusimama mbele ya Farao. Mose akayarusha hewani, nayo majipu yenye kufura yakatokea miilini mwa watu na wanyama.
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.
Waganga hawakuweza kusimama mbele ya Mose kwa sababu ya majipu yale yaliyokuwa miilini mwao na juu ya miili ya Wamisri wote.
12 And the Lord hardened Pharao's heart, and he listened not to them, as the Lord appointed.
Lakini Bwana akaufanya moyo wa Farao kuwa mgumu, naye hakuwasikiliza Mose na Aroni, sawasawa kama vile Bwana alivyokuwa amemwambia Mose.
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.
Kisha Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Amka mapema asubuhi, usimame mbele ya Farao, umwambie, ‘Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana, Mungu wa Waebrania: Waachie watu wangu waende, ili kwamba waweze kuniabudu,
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.
au wakati huu nitaleta mapigo yangu yenye nguvu dhidi yako, maafisa wako na watu wako, ili upate kujua kuwa hakuna mwingine kama Mimi katika dunia yote.
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.
Kwa kuwa mpaka sasa ningelikuwa nimenyoosha mkono wangu na kukupiga wewe na watu wako kwa pigo ambalo lingekufutilia mbali juu ya nchi.
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.
Lakini nimekuinua wewe kwa kusudi hili hasa, ili nipate kukuonyesha uwezo wangu, na ili Jina langu lipate kutangazwa duniani yote.
17 Do you then yet exert yourself to hinder my people, so as not to let them go?
Bado unaendelea kujiinua juu ya watu wangu, wala hutaki kuwaachia waende.
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.
Kwa hiyo, kesho wakati kama huu nitaleta mvua mbaya sana ya mawe ambayo haijapata kunyesha katika nchi ya Misri, tangu siku ilipoumbwa mpaka leo.
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.
Sasa toa amri urudishe wanyama wote watoke malishoni na chochote ambacho kipo mashambani waje mpaka mahali pa usalama, kwa sababu mvua ya mawe itanyesha juu ya kila mtu na kila mnyama ambaye hajaletwa ndani ambao bado wako nje mashambani, nao watakufa.’”
20 He of the servants of Pharao that feared the word of the Lord, gathered his cattle into the houses.
Wale maafisa wa Farao ambao waliliogopa neno la Bwana wakafanya haraka kuwaleta watumwa wao na mifugo yao ndani.
21 And he that did not attend in his mind to the word of the Lord, left the cattle in the fields.
Lakini wale waliopuuza neno la Bwana wakawaacha watumwa wao na mifugo yao shambani.
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.
Ndipo Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Nyoosha mkono wako kuelekea angani ili kwamba mvua ya mawe inyeshe juu ya Misri yote, juu ya watu, wanyama na juu ya kila kitu kiotacho katika mashamba ya Misri.”
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.
Mose alipoinyoosha fimbo yake kuelekea angani, Bwana akatuma ngurumo na mvua ya mawe, umeme wa radi ulimulika hadi nchi. Kwa hiyo Bwana akaifanya mvua ya mawe kunyesha juu ya nchi ya Misri,
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.
mvua ya mawe ikanyesha na radi ikamulika pote. Ikawa dhoruba ya kutisha ambayo haijakuwako katika nchi ya Misri, tangu nchi hiyo iwe taifa.
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.
Mvua ya mawe ikaharibu kila kitu katika nchi ya Misri kilichokuwa katika mashamba, watu na wanyama, ikaharibu kila kitu kinachoota mashambani na kuvunja kila mti.
26 Only in the land of Gesem where the children of Israel were, the hail was not.
Mahali pekee ambapo mvua ya mawe haikunyesha ni nchi ya Gosheni, ambako Waisraeli waliishi.
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.
Ndipo Farao akawaita Mose na Aroni akawaambia, “Wakati huu nimetenda dhambi. Bwana ni mwenye haki, mimi na watu wangu ni wakosaji.
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.
Mwombeni Bwana, kwa kuwa tumepata ngurumo na mvua za mawe za kututosha. Nitawaachia mwondoke; hamtahitaji kungoja zaidi.”
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.
Mose akamjibu, “Nitakapokuwa nimetoka nje ya mji, nitanyoosha mikono yangu juu kumwomba Bwana. Ngurumo zitakoma na hapatakuwepo mvua ya mawe tena, ili upate kujua kuwa, nchi ni mali ya Bwana.
30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you have not yet feared the Lord.
Lakini ninajua kuwa wewe na maafisa wako bado hammwogopi Bwana Mungu.”
31 And the flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was advanced, and the flax was seeding.
(Kitani na shayiri viliharibiwa, kwa kuwa shayiri ilikuwa na masuke, na kitani ilikuwa katika kutoa maua.
32 But the wheat and the rye were not struck, for they were late.
Hata hivyo, ngano na jamii nyingine ya ngano hazikuharibiwa kwa sababu zilikuwa hazijakomaa bado.)
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.
Kisha Mose akaondoka kwa Farao akaenda nje ya mji. Mose akanyoosha mikono yake kuelekea kwa Bwana, ngurumo na mvua ya mawe vikakoma, mvua haikuendelea tena kunyesha nchini.
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.
Farao alipoona kwamba mvua ya mawe na ngurumo zimekoma, akafanya dhambi tena. Yeye na maafisa wake wakafanya mioyo yao kuwa migumu.
35 And the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he did not send forth the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.
Kwa hiyo moyo wa Farao ukawa mgumu, wala hakuwaachia Waisraeli waende, kama vile Bwana alivyokuwa amesema kupitia Mose.
