Exodus 8

1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses: 'Go in unto Pharaoh, and say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

١ ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «امْثُلْ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقُلْ لَهُ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: أَطْلِقْ شَعْبِي لِيَعْبُدُونِي.

2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.

٢ وَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ أَنْ تُطْلِقَهُمْ فَهَا أَنَا ضَارِبٌ جَمِيعَ تُخُومِكَ بِالضَّفَادِعِ.

3 And the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bed-chamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs.

٣ فَيَفِيضُ النَّهْرُ بِالضَّفَادِعِ الَّتِي تَصْعَدُ وَتَقْتَحِمُ بَيْتَكَ وَمُخْدَعَ فِرَاشِكَ وَسَرِيرَكَ وَبُيُوتَ حَاشِيَتِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ وَأَفْرَانَكَ وَمَعَاجِنَكَ.

4 And the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.'

٤ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى شَعْبِكَ وَعَلَى سَائِرِ حَاشِيَتِكَ تَصْعَدُ الضَّفَادِعُ».

5 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto Aaron: Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.'

٥ ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «قُلْ لِهَرُونَ ابْسُطْ يَدَكَ بِعَصَاكَ عَلَى الأَنْهَارِ وَالسَّوَاقِي وَالْبِرَكِ وَأَصْعِدِ الضَّفَادِعَ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ».

6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

٦ فَبَسَطَ هَرُونُ يَدَهُ عَلَى مِيَاهِ مِصْرَ فَأَقْبَلَتِ الضَّفَادِعُ وَغَطَّتْ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ.

7 And the magicians did in like manner with their secret arts, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

٧ وَكَذَلِكَ فَعَلَ السَّحَرَةُ بِسِحْرِهِمْ فَأَصْعَدُوا ضَفَادِعَ عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.

8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said: 'Entreat the LORD, that He take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto the LORD.'

٨ ثُمَّ اسْتَدْعَى فِرْعَوْنُ مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ وَقَالَ: «تَضَرَّعَا إِلَى الرَّبِّ لِيَرْفَعَ الضَّفَادِعَ عَنِّي وَعَنْ شَعْبِي، فَأُطْلِقَ الشَّعْبَ لِيُقَدِّمُوا ذَبَائِحَ لَهُ».

9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh: 'Have thou this glory over me; against what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only?'

٩ فَأَجَابَ مُوسَى فِرْعَوْنَ: «عَيِّنْ لِي مَتَى أُصَلِّي مِنْ أَجْلِكَ وَمِنْ أَجْلِ عَبِيدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ، لِكَيْ تُبَادَ الضَّفَادِعُ عَنْكَ وَعَنْ بُيُوتِكَ، مَاعَدَا تِلْكَ الْبَاقِيَةَ فِي النَّهْرِ».

10 And he said: 'Against to-morrow.' And he said: 'Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.

١٠ فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ: «غَداً». فَأَجَابَهُ مُوسَى: «فَلْيَكُنْ كَقَوْلِكَ، لِتَعْرِفَ أَنَّهُ لَا مَثِيلَ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا.

11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.'

١١ فَإِنَّ الضَّفَادِعَ سَتَنْسَحِبُ مِنْ حَوْلِكَ وَمِنْ بُيُوتِكَ وَمِنْ حَوْلِ حَاشِيَتِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ، وَلا تَبْقَى إلّا فِي النَّهْرِ».

12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses cried unto the LORD concerning the frogs, which He had brought upon Pharaoh.

١٢ وَبَعْدَ أَنِ انْصَرَفَ مُوسَى وَهَرُونُ مِنْ لَدُنْ فِرْعَوْنَ صَلَّى مُوسَى إِلَى الرَّبِّ مِنْ أَجْلِ الضَّفَادِعِ الَّتِي أَصْعَدَهَا عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ،

13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields.

١٣ فَفَعَلَ الرَّبُّ حَسَبَ دُعَاءِ مُوسَى، فَانْقَطَعَتِ الضَّفَادِعُ مِنَ الْبُيُوتِ وَالدُّورِ وَالْحُقُولِ،

14 And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.

١٤ فَجمَعُوهَا أَكْوَاماً كَثِيَرةً حَتَّى أَنْتَنَتْ مِنْهَا الأَرْضُ.

15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.

١٥ وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى فِرْعَوْنُ أَنَّ الْبَلِيَّةَ قَدِ انْقَشَعَتْ، أَغْلَظَ قَلْبَهُ وَلَمْ يَسْتَمِعْ لَهُمَا، تَمَاماً كَمَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ.

16 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto Aaron: Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.'

١٦ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «قُلْ لِهَرُونَ أَنْ يَبْسُطَ يَدَهُ بِعَصَاهُ وَيَضْرِبَ تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ لِيَملأَ الْبَعُوضُ كُلَّ أَرْجَاءِ مِصْرَ».

17 And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were gnats upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.

١٧ وَهَكَذَا فَعَلا، إِذْ بَسَطَ هَرُونُ يَدَهُ بِعَصَاهُ وَضَرَبَ تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ، فَانْتَشَرَ الْبَعُوضُ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ. فَصَارَ كُلُّ تُرَابِ الأَرْضِ بَعُوضاً فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاءِ مِصْرَ.

18 And the magicians did so with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not; and there were gnats upon man, and upon beast.

١٨ وَكَذَلِكَ حَاوَلَ السَّحَرَةُ بِسِحْرِهِمْ لِيُخْرِجُوا الْبَعُوضَ فَأَخْفَقُوا. وَكَانَ الْبَعُوضُ مُنْتَشِراً عَلَى النَّاسِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ.

19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh: 'This is the finger of God'; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.

١٩ فَقَالَ السَّحَرَةُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ «إِنَّهُ فِعْلُ اللهِ». وَلَكِنَّ قَلْبَ فِرْعَوْنَ ظَلَّ مُتَصَلِّباً فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ لَهُمَا، تَمَاماً كَمَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ.

20 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

٢٠ ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «انْهَضْ مُبَكِّراً فِي الصَّبَاحِ وَقِفْ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِ إِلَى الْمَاءِ وَقُلْ لَهُ: هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: أَطْلِقْ شَعْبِي لِيَعْبُدُونِي.

21 Else, if thou wilt not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

٢١ وَإِنْ لَمْ تُطْلِقْ شَعْبِي فَهَا أَنَا أُرْسِلُ أَسْرَابَ الذُّبَابِ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى حَاشِيَتِكَ وَعَلَى شَعْبِكَ وَعَلَى بُيُوتِكَ، فَتَمْتَلِئُ بُيُوتُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ بِالذُّبَابِ، وَكَذَلِكَ الأَرْضُ الَّتِي يُقِيمُونَ عَلَيْهَا.

22 And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end that thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

٢٢ وَلَكِنِّي فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَسْتَثْنِي أَرْضَ جَاسَانَ حَيْثُ يَسْكُنُ شَعْبِي فَلا يَغْزُوهَا الذُّبَابُ، فَتُدْرِكُ أَنَّنِي، أَنَا الرَّبَّ، كَائِنٌ فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ.

23 And I will put a division between My people and thy people — by to-morrow shall this sign be.'

٢٣ وَأُمَيِّزُ بَيْنَ شَعْبِي وَشَعْبِكَ، فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ آيَةَ الْغَدِ».

24 And the LORD did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses; and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by reason of the swarms of flies.

٢٤ وَهَكَذَا صَنَعَ الرَّبُّ، فَقَدْ غَزَتْ أَسْرَابٌ عَظِيمَةٌ مِنَ الذُّبَابِ بَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَبُيُوتَ حَاشِيَتِهِ، وَكُلَّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ فَأَصَابَ الذُّبَابُ الأَرْضَ بِالْخَرَابِ.

25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said: 'Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.'

٢٥ فَاسْتَدْعَى فِرْعَوْنُ مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ وَقَالَ: «امْضُوا وَقَدِّمُوا ذَبِيحَةً لإِلَهِكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ».

26 And Moses said: 'It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God; lo, if we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?

٢٦ فَأَجَابَ مُوسَى: «لَيْسَ مُسْتَحْسَناً أَنْ نَفْعَلَ هَذَا، لأَنَّ الذَّبَائِحَ الَّتِي نُقَدِّمُهَا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا هِي رِجْسٌ لَدَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ. فَإِنْ قَدَّمْنَا هَذِهِ الذَّبَائِحَ الَّتِي يَكْرَهُهَا الْمِصْرِيُّونَ، أَلا يَرْجُمُونَنَا؟

27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as He shall command us.'

٢٧ لَكِنْ نَذْهَبُ مَسِيرَةَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، فَنُقَدِّمُ ذَبَائِحَ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا كَمَا أَمَرَنَا».

28 And Pharaoh said: 'I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away; entreat for me.'

٢٨ فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ: «سَأُطْلِقُكُمْ لِتُقَرِّبُوا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، وَلَكِنْ لَا تَذْهَبُوا بَعِيداً. صَلِّيَا لأَجْلِي».

29 And Moses said: 'Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.'

٢٩ فَأَجَابَ مُوسَى: «حَالَمَا أَنْصَرِفُ أُصَلِّي إِلَى الرَّبِّ. وَغَداً يَرْتَفِعُ الذُّبَابُ عَنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَنْ حَاشِيَتِهِ وَعَنْ شَعْبِهِ. وَلَكِنْ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ أَلّا يُخَادِعَ، بَلْ يُطْلِقَ الشَّعْبَ لِيُقَدِّمَ لِلرَّبِّ ذَبَائِحَ».

30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.

٣٠ وَفَارَقَ مُوسَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَصَلَّى إِلَى الرَّبِّ،

31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.

٣١ فَاسْتَجَابَ الرَّبُّ دُعَاءَ مُوسَى، فَارْتَفَعَ الذُّبَابُ عَنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَنْ حَاشِيَتِهِ وَعَنْ شَعْبِهِ. لَمْ تَبْقَ ذُبَابَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ.

32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.

٣٢ وَلَكِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ قَسَّى قَلْبَهُ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ أَيْضاً وَلَمْ يُطْلِقْ الشَّعْبَ.