Exodus 7
1 The Lord told Moses, “Look, I will make you seem like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
上主向梅瑟說：「看，我使你在法朗前像神一樣，你的哥哥亞郎將作你的代言人。
2 You are to repeat everything that I tell you to say, and your brother Aaron must repeat it to Pharaoh so that he will let the Israelites leave his country.
凡我吩咐你的一切，你要告訴你的哥哥亞郎，要他對法朗講話，叫他放以色列子民離開他的國境。
3 But I will give Pharaoh a stubborn attitude, and though I will perform many signs and wonders in Egypt, he won't listen to you.
我卻要使法朗心硬，為此在埃及國要增多我的奇蹟和異事。
4 Then I will attack Egypt, imposing heavy punishments on them, and I will lead out by their tribes my people the Israelites.
因法朗布聽從你們，我要向埃及伸手，藉嚴厲的懲罰，將我的軍隊，我的百姓以色列子民，從埃及國領出來。
5 In this way the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord—when I take action against Egypt and lead the Israelites out of the country.”
當我向埃及人伸手，將以色列子民從埃及人中間領出來的時候，他們要承認我是上主。」
6 Moses and Aaron did exactly as the Lord had ordered.
梅瑟和亞郎就受命行事；上主怎樣吩咐他們，他們就怎樣行了。
7 Moses was eighty and Aaron was eighty-three when they went and spoke to Pharaoh.
當他們去與法朗會談的時候，梅瑟八十歲，亞郎八十三歲。
8 The Lord told Moses and Aaron,
上主對梅瑟和亞郎說：「
9 “When Pharaoh asks you, ‘Why don't you perform a miracle, then?’ tell Aaron, ‘Take your walking stick and throw it down in front of Pharaoh,’ and it will turn into a snake.”
如果法朗要求你們說：你們顯個奇蹟，給你們作證罷! 你就吩咐亞郎說：將你的棍杖扔在法朗的面前，棍杖就會變成一條蛇。」
10 Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did what the Lord had ordered. Aaron threw down his staff in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it turned into a snake.
梅瑟和亞郎就去見法朗，照上主的吩咐做了：亞郎將棍杖扔在法朗和他的臣僕面前，棍杖就變成了一條蛇。
11 But Pharaoh called in wise men and sorcerers, and these Egyptian magicians did the same thing using their magic arts.
法朗將他的智者和術士召來，這些埃及的巫士也用他們的巫術作了同樣的事：
12 Each of them threw down their walking sticks and they also turned into snakes, but Aaron's walking stick swallowed up all their walking sticks.
他們每人扔下自己的棍杖，也都變成了蛇，但亞郎的棍杖卻吞了他們的棍杖。
13 But Pharaoh had a hard, stubborn attitude, and he wouldn't listen to them, as the Lord had predicted.
法朗仍然心硬，不肯聽他們的話，正如上主所說。第一災、水變血
14 The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh has a stubborn attitude—he's refusing to let the people go.
上主對梅瑟說：「法朗硬了心，拒絕釋放百姓。
15 So tomorrow morning go to Pharaoh as he walks down to the river. Wait to meet him on the bank of the Nile. Take with you the walking stick that turned into a snake.
明天早晨你去見法朗。他去水邊時候，你要站在尼羅河邊迎住他；手中拿著那根變過蛇的棍杖。
16 Tell him: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you, ‘Let my people go, so that they can worship me in the desert. But you have not listened up until now.
你對他說：上主，希伯來人的天主打發我來見你說：你應放我的百姓到曠野中去崇拜我；彈道現在你仍沒有聽從。
17 This is what the Lord is now telling you: This is how you will know that I am the Lord.’” “Watch! Using the walking stick I'm holding, I'm going to hit the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
上主這樣說：看，我要用我手中拿的棍杖擊打河水，水就變成血，如此你必承認，我是上主。
18 The fish in the Nile will die, the river will smell, and the Egyptians won't be able to drink any of its water.”
河中的魚都要死，河水都要腥臭，埃及人不能再喝河中的水。」
19 The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your walking stick in your hand and hold it out over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers and canals and ponds and pools, so that they will turn to blood. There will be blood through all of Egypt, even in containers made of wood and stone.’”
上主對梅瑟說：「你向亞郎說：拿起你的棍杖，將手伸在埃及的水上，即伸在河、溝渠、池沼和一切水塘之上，水都要變成血；如此埃及全國，連木器石器中的水野都要變成血。」
20 Moses and Aaron did exactly as the Lord had ordered. While Pharaoh and all his officials watched, Aaron lifted up his walking stick and hit the water of the Nile. Immediately the whole river turned to blood!
梅瑟和亞郎就照了上主的吩咐作了：亞郎在法朗和他臣僕的面前，舉起棍杖一打河水，所有的河水變成了血；
21 The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so awful that the Egyptians could not drink its water. There was blood through all of Egypt!
河中的魚都死了，河水都腥臭不堪，埃及人不能再喝河中的水；埃及遍地是血。
22 But the Egyptian magicians did the same thing using their magic arts. Pharaoh maintained his stubborn attitude and he wouldn't listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.
埃及的巫士用他們的巫術也行了同樣的事，因此法朗仍舊心硬，不肯聽信梅瑟和亞郎，正像上主所說的。
23 Pharaoh went back to his palace and didn't pay any attention to what had happened.
法朗轉身回到宮中，沒有把事放在心上。
24 All the Egyptians dug alongside the Nile because they couldn't drink its water.
因為全埃及的人不能喝河中的水，便在河的附近掘水喝。第二災、蝦蟆
25 Seven days went by after the Lord hit the Nile.
上主擊打河水後，滿了七天，
