Exodus 8
1 Afterward the Lord sayde vnto Moses, Goe vnto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people goe, that they may serue me:
上主又對梅瑟說：「你去見法朗向他說：上主這樣說：你該放我的百姓走，好叫他去崇拜我。
2 And if thou wilt not let them goe, beholde, I will smite all thy countrey with frogges:
你若拒絕不放，我要用蝦蟆打擊你的全境。
3 And the riuer shall scral ful of frogges, which shall goe vp and come into thine house, and into thy chamber, where thou sleepest, and vpon thy bed, and into the house of thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine ouens, and into thy kneading troughes.
河中要滋生蝦蟆，牠們要上來進入你的宮殿和臥室，爬上你的床榻，進入你臣僕和你百姓的房屋，進入你的爐灶和搏麵盆。
4 Yea, the frogges shall climbe vp vpon thee, and on thy people, and vpon all thy seruants.
這些蝦蟆要爬到你、你百姓、你臣僕的身上。」
5 Also the Lord said vnto Moses, Say thou vnto Aaron, Stretch out thine hande with thy rod vpon the streames, vpon the riuers, and vpon the ponds, and cause frogs to come vp vpon the land of Egypt.
上主對梅瑟說：「你給亞郎說：將你手中的棍杖伸在河、溝渠和池沼之上，使蝦蟆上到埃及地上。」
6 Then Aaron stretched out his hand vpon the waters of Egypt, and the frogges came vp, and couered the land of Egypt.
亞郎將手一伸在埃及的水上，蝦蟆就上來遮蓋了埃及地。
7 And the sorcerers did likewise with their sorceries, and brought frogges vp vpon the land of Egypt.
而巫士也用巫術作了同樣的事，使蝦蟆上到了埃及地。
8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Pray ye vnto the Lord, that hee may take away the frogges from mee, and from my people, and I will let the people goe, that they may doe sacrifice vnto the Lord.
法朗召梅瑟和亞郎來說：「請你們祈求上主，使這些蝦蟆離開我和我的人民，我必放這百姓去祭獻天主。」
9 And Moses said vnto Pharaoh, Concerning me, euen command when I shall pray for thee, and for thy seruants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogges from thee and from thine houses, that they may remaine in the riuer only.
梅瑟回答法朗說：「請給我指定，叫我幾時為你，為你的臣僕和你的人民祈求，使蝦蟆離開你和你的宮殿，而只留在河中! 」
10 Then he said, To morowe. And he answered, Be it as thou hast said, that thou maiest know, that there is none like vnto the Lord our God.
法朗說：「明天。」梅瑟回答說：「就照你說的話作，為叫你知道，沒有誰能相似上主，我們的天主。
11 So the frogges shall depart from thee, and from thine houses, and from thy seruantes, and from thy people: onely they shall remaine in the riuer.
蝦蟆必要離開你，你的宮殿，你的臣僕和你的人民，而只留在河中。」
12 Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cryed vnto the Lord concerning the frogges, which hee had sent vnto Pharaoh.
於是梅瑟和亞郎離開法朗走了。梅瑟遂呼求上主，除去加於法朗的蝦蟆。
13 And the Lord did according to the saying of Moses: so the frogges died in the houses, in the townes, and in the fieldes.
上主就照梅瑟所求的作了；在房屋、院庭和田地中的蝦蟆都死了。
14 And they gathered the together by heaps, and the land stanke of them.
人把蝦蟆堆成堆，遍地發出腥臭。
15 But when Pharaoh sawe that hee had rest giuen him, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not vnto them, as the Lord had said.
法朗見災情減輕，又硬了心，不肯聽梅瑟和法郎的話，正如上主所說。第三災、蚊子
16 Againe the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Say vnto Aaron, Stretche out the rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may bee turned to lyce throughout all the land of Egypt.
上主又對梅瑟說：「你給亞郎說：伸你的棍杖擊打地上的塵土，塵土要在埃及全地變成蚊子。」
17 And they did so: for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth: and lyce came vpon man and vpon beast: all the dust of the earth was lyce throughout all the land of Egypt.
他們便照樣作了；亞郎伸手，用棍杖擊打地上塵土，蚊子就來到人和牲畜的身上。埃及全國的塵土都變成了蚊子。
18 Nowe the enchanters assaied likewise with their enchantments to bring forth lyce, but they could not. So the lyce were vpon man and vpon beast.
巫士也想照樣用巫術產生蚊子，但都沒有成功。蚊子仍留在人和牲畜的身上。
19 Then saide the enchanters vnto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God. But Pharaohs heart remained obstinate, and hee hearkened not vnto them, as the Lord had said.
巫士向法朗說：「這是天主的手指。」但是法朗還是心硬，不肯聽從梅瑟和亞郎，正如上主所說。第四災、狗蠅
20 Moreouer the Lord sayd to Moses, Rise vp earely in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh (lo, hee will come forth vnto the water) and say vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serue me.
上主對梅瑟說：「明天早晨，法朗往水邊去的時候，你要去見他對他說：上主這樣說：放我的百姓去崇拜我罷!
21 Els, if thou wilt not let my people goe, behold, I will send swarmes of flies both vpon thee, and vpon thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shalbe full of swarmes of flies, and the ground also whereon they are.
你若不放走我的百姓，看，我要叫狗蠅到你和你臣僕，以及你人民身上，進入你的宮殿，埃及人的房屋和他們所在的地方都要充滿狗蠅。
22 But ye land of Goshe, where my people are, wil I cause to be wonderfull in that day, so that no swarmes of flies shalbe there, that thou maiest know that I am the Lord in the middes of the earth.
那時，我要使我百姓所住的哥笙地例外，在那裏沒有狗蠅，為叫你知道，在地上只有我是上主。
23 And I will make a deliuerance of my people from thy people: to morowe shall this miracle be.
我要將我的百姓同你的百姓分開。明早必發生這奇事。」
24 And the Lord did so: for there came great swarmes of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his seruants houses, so that through all the lande of Egypt, the earth was corrupt by the swarmes of flies.
上主就這樣行了：成群的狗蠅進了法朗的宮殿和他臣僕的房屋，埃及全境的土地都為狗蠅毀壞。
25 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and saide, Goe, doe sacrifice vnto your God in this lande.
法朗又召梅瑟和亞郎來說：「你們去，在此地祭獻你們的天主! 」
26 But Moses answered, It is not meete to do so: for then we shoulde offer vnto the Lord our God that, which is an abomination vnto the Egyptians. Loe, can we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and they not stone vs?
梅瑟回答說：「決不能這樣行，因為我們給上主我們的天主所獻的祭物，是埃及人視為不可侵犯的。若是我們在埃及人前祭殺他們視為不可侵犯的東西，他們豈不用石頭打死我們﹖
27 Let vs go three dayes iourney in the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, as he hath commanded vs.
我們要走三天的路程，到曠野裏給上主我們的天主獻祭，全照他吩咐我們的。」
28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice vnto the Lord your God in the wildernesse: but goe not farre away, pray for me.
法朗回答說：「我讓你們到曠野裏給上主你們的天主獻祭，但是不可走的太遠。也請你們為我祈禱。」
29 And Moses said, Behold, I will go out from thee, and pray vnto the Lord, that the swarmes of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his seruants, and from his people to morowe: but let Pharaoh from hencefoorth deceiue no more, in not suffering the people to sacrifice vnto the Lord.
梅瑟說：「我現在辭別你去祈求上上主，明天狗蠅將會離開陛下，你的臣僕和你的人民，但希望陛下不再欺騙，不放百性去給上主獻祭。」
30 So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed vnto the Lord.
於是梅瑟離開法朗去祈求上主。
31 And the Lord did according to the saying of Moses, and the swarmes of flies departed from Pharaoh, from his seruants, and from his people, and there remained not one.
上主便照梅瑟祈求的行了，叫狗蠅離開法朗、他的臣僕和人民，一個也沒有留下。
32 Yet Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, and did not let the people goe.
但是這一次法朗還是心硬，不肯放走百姓。
