Exodus 9
1 And Jehovah said to Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go, 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 For if thou refuse to let them go, and shalt retain them still,
你若拒絕不放，仍然扣留他們，
3 behold, the hand of Jehovah shall be on thy cattle which is in the field, on the horses, on the asses, on the camels, on the oxen and on the sheep, with a very grievous plague.
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 Jehovah will distinguish between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that the children of Israel have.
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 Jehovah appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow will Jehovah do this thing in the land.
上主規定了時間說：明天上主要在此地實行這事。」
6 And Jehovah did this thing on the following day, and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel 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 Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh 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 Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Take to yourselves handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward the heavens before the eyes of Pharaoh.
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 it shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall become boils on man and on cattle, breaking out [with] blisters, throughout 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 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it toward the heavens; and it became boils [with] blisters breaking out on man and on cattle.
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 scribes could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the scribes, and on all the Egyptians.
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 Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he did not hearken to them, as Jehovah had told Moses.
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 Jehovah said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and set thyself before Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go, 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 I will at this time send all my plagues to thy heart, and on thy bondmen, and on thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me 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 shall I put forth my hand, and I will smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from 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 very cause have I raised thee up, to shew thee my power; and that my name may be declared 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 Dost thou still exalt thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
你若仍然固執壓迫我的百姓，不放走他們，
18 Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since its foundation until now.
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 And now send, [and] secure thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field: all the men and the cattle that are found in the field, and are not brought home — on them the hail shall come down, and they 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 that feared the word of Jehovah among the bondmen of Pharaoh made his bondmen and his cattle flee 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 But he that did not regard the word of Jehovah left his bondmen and his cattle in the field.
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 Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be hail throughout the land of Egypt, upon men, and upon cattle, and upon every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.
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 out his staff toward the heavens, and Jehovah gave thunder and hail; and the fire ran along the ground; and Jehovah rained hail on 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 And there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there had been none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
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 smote throughout the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both men and cattle; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and broke every tree of 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 Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
只有以色列子民所居住的歌笙地沒有冰雹。
27 And Pharaoh sent, and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: Jehovah is the righteous [one], but I and my people are the wicked [ones].
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 Intreat Jehovah that it may be enough, that there be no more thunder of God and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay 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 go out of the city, I will spread out my hands to Jehovah: the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah'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 to thee and thy bondmen, I know that ye do not yet fear Jehovah Elohim.
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 smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
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 spelt were not smitten; for they were not come out into ear.
只是小麥和粗麥，因為長的遲些，沒有被打壞。
33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to Jehovah; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not [any more] poured 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 Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders had ceased, and he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he, and his bondmen.
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 Pharaoh was stubborn, neither would he let the children of Israel go, as Jehovah had spoken by 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。
