< Exodus 10 >
1 And YHWH says to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have declared his heart hard, and the heart of his servants, so that I set these signs of Mine in their midst,
上主對梅瑟說:「你去見法朗,因為我已使他和他臣僕心硬,要在他們中顯我的這些奇蹟,
2 and so that you recount in the ears of your son, and of your son’s son, that which I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have set among them, and you have known that I [am] YHWH.”
好叫你將我怎樣戲弄了埃及人,在他們中行了什麼奇蹟,都講給你的子孫聽,使你們知道我是上主。」
3 And Moses comes in—Aaron also—to Pharaoh, and they say to him, “Thus said YHWH, God of the Hebrews: Until when have you refused to be humbled at My presence? Send My people away, and they serve Me,
於是梅瑟和亞郎去見法朗說:「上主,希伯來人的天主這樣說:你不肯在我前低頭要到幾時呢﹖放走我的百姓去崇拜我罷!
4 for if you are refusing to send My people away, behold, tomorrow I am bringing in the locust into your border,
如果你再拒絕放走我的百姓,看,明天我要使蝗蟲進入你的境內。
5 and it has covered the eye of the land, and none is able to see the land, and it has eaten the remnant of that which is escaped, which is left to you from the hail, and it has eaten every tree which is springing out of the field for you;
蝗蟲要遮蓋地面,甚至看不見地;蝗蟲要吃盡免於冰雹而給你們留下的一切,也要吃盡田野間給你們生長的一切樹木。
6 and they have filled your houses, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians, which neither your fathers nor your father’s fathers have seen, since the day of their being on the ground to this day.” And he turns and goes out from Pharaoh.
你的宮殿,你的臣僕和所有埃及人的房屋都要充滿蝗蟲:這是你的祖宗和你祖宗的祖宗入世以來,直到今天所沒有見過的災禍。」梅瑟遂轉身離開法朗走了。
7 And the servants of Pharaoh say to him, “Until when does this [one] become a snare to us? Send the men away, and they serve their God YHWH; do you not yet know that Egypt has perished?”
法朗的臣僕們向法朗說:「這人陷害我們要到幾時﹖釋放這些人去崇拜上主他們的天主罷! 埃及已經滅亡,你還不知道嗎﹖」
8 And Moses is brought back—Aaron also—to Pharaoh, and he says to them, “Go, serve your God YHWH, but who—who [are] those going?”
梅瑟和亞郎被召到法朗那裏,法朗對他們說:「你們去崇拜上主你們的天主罷! 但那要去的是些什麼人﹖」
9 And Moses says, “With our young ones, and with our aged ones, we go, with our sons, and with our daughters, with our flock, and our herd, we go, for we have a festival to YHWH.”
梅瑟回答說:「我們要帶領少年老年同去,要帶領兒女,牛羊同去,因為我們要過上主的節日。」
10 And he says to them, “Be it so, YHWH [is] with you when I send you and your infants away; see—for evil [is] before your faces.
法朗向他們說:「如果我放走你們和你們的孩子,就讓上主同你們在一起罷! 顯然你們不懷好意!
11 Not so! Go now, you who [are] men, and serve YHWH, for that you are seeking”; and [one] casts them out from the presence of Pharaoh.
絕對不成! 只是你們的男子可以去崇拜上主,這原是你們所要求的。」隨後把他們從法朗前趕走。
12 And YHWH says to Moses, “Stretch out your hand against the land of Egypt for the locust, and it goes up against the land of Egypt, and eats every herb of the land—all that the hail has left.”
上主對梅瑟說:「你向埃及地伸開你的手,使蝗蟲來到埃及地,吃盡冰雹從地上所剩餘的一切植物。」
13 And Moses stretches out his rod against the land of Egypt, and YHWH has led an east wind over the land all that day, and all the night; the morning has been, and the east wind has lifted up the locust.
梅瑟向埃及地伸開他的棍杖,上主就使東風在地上颳了一整天一整夜,到了早晨,東風吹來了蝗蟲。
14 And the locust goes up against all the land of Egypt, and rests in all the border of Egypt—very grievous: before it there has not been such a locust as it, and after it there is none such;
蝗蟲到了埃及國,落在埃及全境,那樣多法,確是空前絕後。
15 and it covers the eye of all the land, and the land is darkened; and it eats every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail has left, and there has not been left any green thing in the trees, or in the herb of the field, in all the land of Egypt.
蝗蟲遮蓋了地面,大地變黑。蝗蟲吃盡了冰雹所剩下的一切植物和一切果實,這樣埃及全國無論是樹上或是田野間的植物上,沒有留下半點青葉。
16 And Pharaoh hurries to call for Moses and for Aaron and says, “I have sinned against your God YHWH, and against you,
法朗急速將梅瑟和亞郎召來,說:「我得罪了上主你們的天主,也得罪了你們。
17 and now, please bear with my sin, only this time, and make supplication to your God YHWH, that He may turn aside from off me only this death.”
現今請你們寬赦我的罪罷! 只這一次! 求上主你們的天主,快叫這致命的災禍離開我。」
18 And he goes out from Pharaoh, and makes supplication to YHWH,
梅瑟從法朗那裏出來,祈求了上主。
19 and YHWH turns a very strong sea wind, and it lifts up the locust, and blows it into the Red Sea—there has not been left one locust in all the border of Egypt;
上主就換了強烈的西風,將蝗蟲捲去,投入紅海,在埃及四境沒有留下一個蝗蟲。
20 and YHWH strengthens the heart of Pharaoh, and he has not sent the sons of Israel away.
上主又使法朗心硬,他仍不肯放走以色列子民。第九災、黑暗
21 And YHWH says to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the heavens, and there is darkness over the land of Egypt, and the darkness is felt.”
上主對梅瑟說:「將你的手向天伸開,使黑暗降在埃及國。這黑暗似乎可以觸摸。」
22 And Moses stretches out his hand toward the heavens, and there is darkness—thick darkness in all the land of Egypt [for] three days;
梅瑟向天伸開手,濃密的黑暗就降在埃及國,有三天之久。
23 they have not seen one another, and none has risen from his place [for] three days; but there has been light for all the sons of Israel in their dwellings.
三天之內,人彼此不能看見,也不能離開自己的地方;但是以色列子民那邊,卻有光明照耀他們所住的地方。
24 And Pharaoh calls to Moses and says, “Go, serve YHWH, only your flock and your herd are stayed, your infants also go with you”;
法郎召梅瑟笸亞郎來說:「你們去崇拜上主罷! 你們的孩子可與你們同去,只把牛羊留下! 」
25 and Moses says, “You also give sacrifices and burnt-offerings in our hand, and we have prepared for our God YHWH;
梅瑟回答說:「你本人應該給我們犧牲和全燔祭的祭品,叫我們獻於上主我們的天主。
26 and also our livestock go with us—there is not left a hoof, for we take from it to serve our God YHWH; and we do not know how we serve YHWH until our going there.”
我們的牲畜也都要跟我們同去,連一個蹄子也不留下,因為我們要用這些來崇拜上主我們的天主;並且未到那裏之前,我們還不知道要用什麼崇拜上主。」
27 And YHWH strengthens the heart of Pharaoh, and he has not been willing to send them away;
上主又使法朗心硬,他仍不肯放走他們。
28 and Pharaoh says to him, “Go from me, take heed to yourself, do not add to see my face, for in the day you see my face you die”;
法朗對梅瑟說:「離開我去罷! 你要小心,不要再見我面,因為你見我面的那一天,你必要死! 」
29 and Moses says, “You have spoken correctly, I do not add to see your face anymore.”
梅瑟回答說:「就照你的話好了! 我再不見你的面。」