Exodus 7
1 And Jehovah said to Moses, See, I have made thee God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Da sagde HERREN til Moses: »Se, jeg gør dig til Gud for Farao, men din Broder Aron skal være din Profet.
2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
Du skal sige til ham alt, hvad jeg paalægger dig, men din Broder Aron skal sige det til Farao, for at han skal lade Israeliterne rejse ud af sit Land.
3 And I will render Pharaoh's heart obdurate, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
Men jeg vil forhærde Faraos Hjerte og derefter gøre mange Tegn og Undere i Ægypten.
4 And Pharaoh will not hearken unto you; and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
Farao skal ikke høre paa eder, men jeg vil lægge min Haand paa Ægypten og føre mine Hærskarer, mit Folk Israeliterne, ud af Ægypten med vældige Straffedomme;
5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
og naar jeg udrækker min Haand mod Ægypten og fører Israeliterne ud derfra, skal Ægypterne kende, at jeg er HERREN.«
6 And Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah had commanded them: so did they.
Da gjorde Moses og Aron, som HERREN paalagde dem.
7 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Moses var firsindstyve og Aron tre og firsindstyve Aar gammel, da de talte til Farao.
8 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Og HERREN talede til Moses og Aron og sagde:
9 When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Do a miracle for yourselves, — then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy staff and cast [it] before Pharaoh — it will become a serpent.
»Naar Farao kræver et Under af eder, sig saa til Aron: Tag din Stav og kast den ned foran Farao, saa skal den blive til en Slange!«
10 And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh, and before his bondmen, and it became a serpent.
Da gik Moses og Aron til Farao og gjorde, som HERREN bød; og da Aron kastede sin Stav foran Farao og hans Tjenere, blev den til en Slange.
11 And Pharaoh also called the sages and the sorcerers; and they too, the scribes of Egypt, did so with their enchantments:
Men Farao lod som Modtræk Vismændene og Besværgerne kalde, og de, Ægyptens Koglere, gjorde ogsaa det samme ved Hjælp af deres hemmelige Kunster;
12 they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.
de kastede hver sin Stav, og Stavene blev til Slanger, men Arons Stav opslugte deres Stave.
13 And Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, and he hearkened not to them, as Jehovah had said.
Men Faraos Hjerte blev forhærdet, og han hørte ikke paa dem, saaledes som HERREN havde sagt.
14 And Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened: he refuseth to let the people go.
HERREN sagde nu til Moses: »Faraos Hjerte er forstokket, han vægrer sig ved at lade Folket rejse.
15 Go unto Pharaoh in the morning — behold, he will go out unto the water — and take thy stand by the bank of the river in front of him; and take in thy hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.
Gaa derfor i Morgen tidlig til Farao, naar han begiver sig ned til Vandet, og træd frem for ham ved Nilens Bred og tag Staven, der forvandledes til en Slange, i Haanden
16 And say unto him, Jehovah the God of the Hebrews has sent me to thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness; but behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened.
og sig til ham: HERREN, Hebræernes Gud, sendte mig til dig med det Bud: Lad mit Folk rejse, at det kan dyrke mig i Ørkenen! Men hidtil har du ikke adlydt.
17 Thus saith Jehovah: In this shalt thou know that I am Jehovah — behold, I will smite with the staff that is in my hand upon the water which is in the river, and it shall be turned into blood.
Saa siger HERREN: Deraf skal du kende, at jeg er HERREN: Se, jeg slaar Vandet i Nilen med Staven, som jeg holder i min Haand, og det skal forvandles til Blod,
18 And the fish that is in the river shall die; and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink the water out of the river.
Fiskene i Nilen skal dø, og Nilen skal stinke, og Ægypterne skal væmmes ved at drikke Vand fra Nilen.«
19 And Jehovah said to Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and stretch out thy hand upon the waters of the Egyptians — upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt, both in [vessels of] wood and in [vessels of] stone.
Og HERREN sagde til Moses: »Sig til Aron: Tag din Stav og ræk din Haand ud over Ægypternes Vande, deres Floder, Kanaler, Damme og alle Vandsamlinger, saa skal Vandet blive til Blod, og der skal være Blod i hele Ægypten, baade i Trækar og Stenkar.«
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and he lifted up the staff, and smote the waters that were in the river before the eyes of Pharaoh, and before the eyes of his bondmen; and all the waters that were in the river were turned into blood.
Og Moses og Aron gjorde, som HERREN bød; Moses løftede Staven og slog Vandet i Nilen for Øjnene af Farao og hans Tjenere, og alt Vandet i Nilen forvandledes til Blod;
21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river; and the blood was throughout the land of Egypt.
Fiskene i Nilen døde, og Nilen stank, saa Ægypterne ikke kunde drikke Vand fra Nilen, og der var Blod i hele Ægypten.
22 And the scribes of Egypt did so with their sorceries; and Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, neither did he hearken to them, as Jehovah had said.
Men de Ægyptiske Koglere gjorde det samme ved Hjælp af deres hemmelige Kunster, og Faraos Hjerte blev forhærdet, saa han ikke hørte paa dem, saaledes som HERREN havde sagt.
23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and took not this to heart either.
Da vendte Farao sig bort og gik hjem, og heller ikke dette lagde han sig paa Sinde.
24 And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
Men alle Ægypterne gravede i Omegnen af Nilen efter Drikkevand, thi de kunde ikke drikke Nilvandet.
25 And seven days were fulfilled, after Jehovah had smitten the river.
Og saaledes gik der syv Dage, efter at HERREN havde slaaet Nilen.
