Exodus 9
1 The Lord told Moses, “Go and speak to Pharaoh. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they can worship me.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «ٱدْخُلْ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَقُلْ لَهُ: هَكَذَا يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ: أَطْلِقْ شَعْبِي لِيَعْبُدُونِي. | ١ |
2 If you refuse to let them go and keep holding onto them,
| فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَأْبَى أَنْ تُطْلِقَهُمْ وَكُنْتَ تُمْسِكُهُمْ بَعْدُ، | ٢ |
3 I will punish you by bringing a very severe plague on your livestock—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
| فَهَا يَدُ ٱلرَّبِّ تَكُونُ عَلَى مَوَاشِيكَ ٱلَّتِي فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ، عَلَى ٱلْخَيْلِ وَٱلْحَمِيرِ وَٱلْجِمَالِ وَٱلْبَقَرِ وَٱلْغَنَمِ، وَبَأً ثَقِيلًا جِدًّا. | ٣ |
4 But the Lord will distinguish between the livestock of the Israelites and the Egyptians, so that none of those belonging to the Israelites will die.’
| وَيُمَيِّزُ ٱلرَّبُّ بَيْنَ مَوَاشِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمَوَاشِي ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ. فَلَا يَمُوتُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ شَيْءٌ». | ٤ |
5 The Lord has set a time, saying, ‘Tomorrow this is what is going to happen here in the country.’”
| وَعَيَّنَ ٱلرَّبُّ وَقْتًا قَائِلًا: «غَدًا يَفْعَلُ ٱلرَّبُّ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ». | ٥ |
6 The following day the Lord did what he had said. All the Egyptians' livestock died, but not a single animal belonging to the Israelites died.
| فَفَعَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ فِي ٱلْغَدِ. فَمَاتَتْ جَمِيعُ مَوَاشِي ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ. وَأَمَّا مَوَاشِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَمْ يَمُتْ مِنْهَا وَاحِدٌ. | ٦ |
7 Pharaoh sent out officials and discovered that not a single one of the Israelites' livestock had died. But Pharaoh was stubborn, and he would not let the people leave.
| وَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَإِذَا مَوَاشِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَمُتْ مِنْهَا وَلَا وَاحِدٌ. وَلَكِنْ غَلُظَ قَلْبُ فِرْعَوْنَ فَلَمْ يُطْلِقِ ٱلشَّعْبَ. | ٧ |
8 The Lord told Moses and Aaron, “Go and get some handfuls of soot from a furnace. Then have Moses throw it into the air in front of Pharaoh.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى وَهَارُونَ: «خُذَا مِلْءَ أَيْدِيكُمَا مِنْ رَمَادِ ٱلأَتُونِ، وَلْيُذَرِّهِ مُوسَى نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْ فِرْعَوْنَ، | ٨ |
9 It will spread like fine dust over the whole country of Egypt, and open sores will break out on people and animals throughout the land.”
| لِيَصِيرَ غُبَارًا عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. فَيَصِيرَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَعَلَى ٱلْبَهَائِمِ دَمَامِلَ طَالِعَةً بِبُثُورٍ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ». | ٩ |
10 They got soot from a furnace, and went to see Pharaoh. Moses threw it into the air, and open sores broke out on people and animals.
| فَأَخَذَا رَمَادَ ٱلْأَتُونِ وَوَقَفَا أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَذَرَّاهُ مُوسَى نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، فَصَارَ دَمَامِلَ بُثُورٍ طَالِعَةً فِي ٱلنَّاسِ وَفِي ٱلْبَهَائِمِ. | ١٠ |
11 The magicians were unable to come and appear before Moses, because they and all the other Egyptians were covered in sores.
| وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ ٱلْعَرَّافُونَ أَنْ يَقِفُوا أَمَامَ مُوسَى مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلدَّمَامِلِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلدَّمَامِلَ كَانَتْ فِي ٱلْعَرَّافِينَ وَفِي كُلِّ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ. | ١١ |
12 But the Lord gave Pharaoh a stubborn attitude, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had told Moses.
| وَلَكِنْ شَدَّدَ ٱلرَّبُّ قَلْبَ فِرْعَوْنَ فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ لَهُمَا، كَمَا كَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى. | ١٢ |
13 The Lord told Moses, “Tomorrow morning get up early and go to Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they can worship me.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «بَكِّرْ فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ وَقِفْ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقُلْ لَهُ: هَكَذَا يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ: أَطْلِقْ شَعْبِي لِيَعْبُدُونِي. | ١٣ |
14 This time I will direct all my plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you will realize that there is no one like me in all the earth.
| لِأَنِّي هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ أُرْسِلُ جَمِيعَ ضَرَبَاتِي إِلَى قَلْبِكَ وَعَلَى عَبِيدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ، لِكَيْ تَعْرِفَ أَنْ لَيْسَ مِثْلِي فِي كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ. | ١٤ |
15 By now I could have reached out to strike you and your people with a plague that would have completely destroyed you.
| فَإِنَّهُ ٱلْآنَ لَوْ كُنْتُ أَمُدُّ يَدِي وَأَضْرِبُكَ وَشَعْبَكَ بِٱلْوَبَإِ، لَكُنْتَ تُبَادُ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ. | ١٥ |
16 However, I have let you live so you can see my power, and that my reputation may be spread throughout the earth.
| وَلَكِنْ لِأَجْلِ هَذَا أَقَمْتُكَ، لِكَيْ أُرِيَكَ قُوَّتِي، وَلِكَيْ يُخْبَرَ بِٱسْمِي فِي كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ. | ١٦ |
17 But in your pride you are still tyrannizing my people, and refuse to let them leave.
| أَنْتَ مُعَانِدٌ بَعْدُ لِشَعْبِي حَتَّى لَا تُطْلِقَهُ. | ١٧ |
18 So watch out! About this time tomorrow I will send down the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the beginning of its history until now.
| هَا أَنَا غَدًا مِثْلَ ٱلْآنَ أُمْطِرُ بَرَدًا عَظِيمًا جِدًّا لَمْ يَكُنْ مِثْلُهُ فِي مِصْرَ مُنْذُ يَوْمِ تَأْسِيسِهَا إِلَى ٱلْآنَ. | ١٨ |
19 So order your livestock and everything you have in the field to be brought inside. Every person and every animal that stays outside and is not brought inside will die when the hail falls on them.’”
| فَٱلْآنَ أَرْسِلِ ٱحْمِ مَوَاشِيَكَ وَكُلَّ مَا لَكَ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ. جَمِيعُ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱلْبَهَائِمِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُوجَدُونَ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ وَلَا يُجْمَعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْبُيُوتِ، يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِمِ ٱلْبَرَدُ فَيَمُوتُونَ». | ١٩ |
20 Those of Pharaoh's officials who took seriously what the Lord said rushed to bring their servants and livestock inside.
| فَٱلَّذِي خَافَ كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ مِنْ عَبِيدِ فِرْعَوْنَ هَرَبَ بِعَبِيدِهِ وَمَوَاشِيهِ إِلَى ٱلْبُيُوتِ. | ٢٠ |
21 But those who didn't care what the Lord said left their servants and livestock outside.
| وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِي لَمْ يُوَجِّهْ قَلْبَهُ إِلَى كَلِمَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ فَتَرَكَ عَبِيدَهُ وَمَوَاشِيَهُ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ. | ٢١ |
22 The Lord told Moses, “Lift your hand towards the sky so that a hailstorm will fall over the whole of Egypt, on people and on animals, and on everything growing in the fields of Egypt.”
| ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «مُدَّ يَدَكَ نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ لِيَكُونَ بَرَدٌ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ: عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَعَلَى ٱلْبَهَائِمِ وَعَلَى كُلِّ عُشْبِ ٱلْحَقْلِ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ». | ٢٢ |
23 Moses held up his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and made lightning hit the ground. This is how the Lord rained hail down on Egypt.
| فَمَدَّ مُوسَى عَصَاهُ نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، فَأَعْطَى ٱلرَّبُّ رُعُودًا وَبَرَدًا، وَجَرَتْ نَارٌ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَأَمْطَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ بَرَدًا عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. | ٢٣ |
24 As the hail fell it was accompanied by lightning flashing back and forth. The hail that fell was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in the whole of Egypt since the beginning of its history.
| فَكَانَ بَرَدٌ، وَنَارٌ مُتَوَاصِلَةٌ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْبَرَدِ. شَيْءٌ عَظِيمٌ جِدًّا لَمْ يَكُنْ مِثْلُهُ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ مُنْذُ صَارَتْ أُمَّةً. | ٢٤ |
25 All across Egypt hail hit everything in the fields, both people and animals. It knocked down everything growing in the fields, and stripped every tree bare.
| فَضَرَبَ ٱلْبَرَدُ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ جَمِيعَ مَا فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱلْبَهَائِمِ. وَضَرَبَ ٱلْبَرَدُ جَمِيعَ عُشْبِ ٱلْحَقْلِ وَكَسَّرَ جَمِيعَ شَجَرِ ٱلْحَقْلِ. | ٢٥ |
26 Only in the land of Goshen where the Israelites lived was there no hail.
| إِلَّا أَرْضَ جَاسَانَ حَيْثُ كَانَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهَا بَرَدٌ. | ٢٦ |
27 Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and told them, “I admit that I sinned this time! The Lord is right, and I and my people are wrong!
| فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَدَعَا مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «أَخْطَأْتُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ. ٱلرَّبُّ هُوَ ٱلْبَارُّ وَأَنَا وَشَعْبِي ٱلْأَشْرَارُ. | ٢٧ |
28 Pray to the Lord for us, because there's been more than enough of God's thunder and hail. I will let you leave. You don't need to stay here any longer.”
| صَلِّيَا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، وَكَفَى حُدُوثُ رُعُودِ ٱللهِ وَٱلْبَرَدُ، فَأُطْلِقَكُمْ وَلَا تَعُودُوا تَلْبَثُونَ». | ٢٨ |
29 “Once I've left the city, I will pray to the Lord for you,” Moses told him. “The thunder will stop, and there'll be no more hail, so that you will realize that the earth belongs to the Lord.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى: «عِنْدَ خُرُوجِي مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ أَبْسِطُ يَدَيَّ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، فَتَنْقَطِعُ ٱلرُّعُودُ وَلَا يَكُونُ ٱلْبَرَدُ أَيْضًا، لِكَيْ تَعْرِفَ أَنَّ لِلرَّبِّ ٱلْأَرْضَ. | ٢٩ |
30 But I know you and your officials still do not really respect the Lord our God.”
| وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ وَعَبِيدُكَ فَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَخْشَوْا بَعْدُ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْإِلَهِ». | ٣٠ |
31 (The flax and barley were destroyed, because the barley was ripe and the flax was flowering.
| فَٱلْكَتَّانُ وَٱلشَّعِيرُ ضُرِبَا. لِأَنَّ ٱلشَّعِيرَ كَانَ مُسْبِلًا وَٱلْكَتَّانُ مُبْزِرًا. | ٣١ |
32 However, the wheat and the spelt were not destroyed because they grow later.)
| وَأَمَّا ٱلْحِنْطَةُ وَٱلْقَطَانِيُّ فَلَمْ تُضْرَبْ لِأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ مُتَأَخِّرَةً. | ٣٢ |
33 Moses left Pharaoh and went out of the city, and prayed to the Lord. The thunder and hail stopped, and the rainstorm finished.
| فَخَرَجَ مُوسَى مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ لَدُنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَبَسَطَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، فَٱنْقَطَعَتِ ٱلرُّعُودُ وَٱلْبَرَدُ وَلَمْ يَنْصَبَّ ٱلْمَطَرُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. | ٣٣ |
34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again, and he chose to become stubborn again, along with his officials.
| وَلَكِنْ فِرْعَوْنُ لَمَّا رَأَى أَنَّ ٱلْمَطَرَ وَٱلْبَرَدَ وَٱلرُّعُودَ ٱنْقَطَعَتْ، عَادَ يُخْطِئُ وَأَغْلَظَ قَلْبَهُ هُوَ وَعَبِيدُهُ. | ٣٤ |
35 Because of his stubborn attitude, Pharaoh would not let the Israelites leave, just as the Lord had predicted through Moses.
| فَٱشْتَدَّ قَلْبُ فِرْعَوْنَ فَلَمْ يُطْلِقْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنْ يَدِ مُوسَى. | ٣٥ |
