Exodus 10
1 And Jehovah said to Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his bondmen, that I might do these my signs in their midst,
上主對梅瑟說：「你去見法朗，因為我已使他和他臣僕心硬，要在他們中顯我的這些奇蹟，
2 and that thou mightest tell in the ears of thy son and thy son's son what I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
好叫你將我怎樣戲弄了埃及人，在他們中行了什麼奇蹟，都講給你的子孫聽，使你們知道我是上主。」
3 And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah the God of the Hebrews: How long dost thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
於是梅瑟和亞郎去見法朗說：「上主，希伯來人的天主這樣說：你不肯在我前低頭要到幾時呢﹖放走我的百姓去崇拜我罷!
4 For, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, I will to-morrow bring locusts into thy borders;
如果你再拒絕放走我的百姓，看，明天我要使蝗蟲進入你的境內。
5 and they shall cover the face of the land, so that ye will not be able to see the land; and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which ye have remaining from the hail, and shall eat every tree which ye have growing in the field;
蝗蟲要遮蓋地面，甚至看不見地；蝗蟲要吃盡免於冰雹而給你們留下的一切，也要吃盡田野間給你們生長的一切樹木。
6 and they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy bondmen, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
你的宮殿，你的臣僕和所有埃及人的房屋都要充滿蝗蟲：這是你的祖宗和你祖宗的祖宗入世以來，直到今天所沒有見過的災禍。」梅瑟遂轉身離開法朗走了。
7 And Pharaoh's bondmen said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God: dost thou not yet know that Egypt is ruined?
法朗的臣僕們向法朗說：「這人陷害我們要到幾時﹖釋放這些人去崇拜上主他們的天主罷! 埃及已經滅亡，你還不知道嗎﹖」
8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh. And he said to them, Go, serve Jehovah your God. Who are they that shall go?
梅瑟和亞郎被召到法朗那裏，法朗對他們說：「你們去崇拜上主你們的天主罷! 但那要去的是些什麼人﹖」
9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters; with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we have a feast of Jehovah.
梅瑟回答說：「我們要帶領少年老年同去，要帶領兒女，牛羊同去，因為我們要過上主的節日。」
10 And he said to them, Let Jehovah be so with you, as I let you go, and your little ones: see that evil is before you!
法朗向他們說：「如果我放走你們和你們的孩子，就讓上主同你們在一起罷! 顯然你們不懷好意!
11 Not so: go now, ye [that are] men, and serve Jehovah! for it is that ye have desired. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
絕對不成! 只是你們的男子可以去崇拜上主，這原是你們所要求的。」隨後把他們從法朗前趕走。
12 And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up over the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land — all that the hail hath left.
上主對梅瑟說：「你向埃及地伸開你的手，使蝗蟲來到埃及地，吃盡冰雹從地上所剩餘的一切植物。」
13 And Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and Jehovah brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
梅瑟向埃及地伸開他的棍杖，上主就使東風在地上颳了一整天一整夜，到了早晨，東風吹來了蝗蟲。
14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt, very grievous; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them will be such.
蝗蟲到了埃及國，落在埃及全境，那樣多法，確是空前絕後。
15 And they covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left; and there remained not any green thing on the trees, and in the herbs of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
蝗蟲遮蓋了地面，大地變黑。蝗蟲吃盡了冰雹所剩下的一切植物和一切果實，這樣埃及全國無論是樹上或是田野間的植物上，沒有留下半點青葉。
16 And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you.
法朗急速將梅瑟和亞郎召來，說：「我得罪了上主你們的天主，也得罪了你們。
17 And now, forgive, I pray you, my sin only this time, and intreat Jehovah your God that he may take away from me this death only!
現今請你們寬赦我的罪罷! 只這一次! 求上主你們的天主，快叫這致命的災禍離開我。」
18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated Jehovah.
梅瑟從法朗那裏出來，祈求了上主。
19 And Jehovah turned a very powerful west wind, which took away the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea: there remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt.
上主就換了強烈的西風，將蝗蟲捲去，投入紅海，在埃及四境沒有留下一個蝗蟲。
20 And Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
上主又使法朗心硬，他仍不肯放走以色列子民。第九災、黑暗
21 And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be darkness in the land of Egypt — so that one may feel darkness.
上主對梅瑟說：「將你的手向天伸開，使黑暗降在埃及國。這黑暗似乎可以觸摸。」
22 And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days:
梅瑟向天伸開手，濃密的黑暗就降在埃及國，有三天之久。
23 they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place, for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
三天之內，人彼此不能看見，也不能離開自己的地方；但是以色列子民那邊，卻有光明照耀他們所住的地方。
24 And Pharaoh called Moses and said, Go, serve Jehovah; only, let your flocks and your herds remain; let your little ones also go with you.
法郎召梅瑟笸亞郎來說：「你們去崇拜上主罷! 你們的孩子可與你們同去，只把牛羊留下! 」
25 And Moses said, Thou must give also sacrifices and burnt-offerings into our hands, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God.
梅瑟回答說：「你本人應該給我們犧牲和全燔祭的祭品，叫我們獻於上主我們的天主。
26 Our cattle also must go with us: there shall not a hoof be left behind; for we must take thereof to serve Jehovah our God; and we do not know with what we must serve Jehovah, until we come there.
我們的牲畜也都要跟我們同去，連一個蹄子也不留下，因為我們要用這些來崇拜上主我們的天主；並且未到那裏之前，我們還不知道要用什麼崇拜上主。」
27 But Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he would not let them go.
上主又使法朗心硬，他仍不肯放走他們。
28 And Pharaoh said to him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
法朗對梅瑟說：「離開我去罷! 你要小心，不要再見我面，因為你見我面的那一天，你必要死! 」
29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken rightly: I will see thy face again no more!
梅瑟回答說：「就照你的話好了! 我再不見你的面。」
