< 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,
耶和華對摩西說:「你進去見法老。我使他和他臣僕的心剛硬,為要在他們中間顯我這些神蹟,
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.”
並要叫你將我向埃及人所做的事,和在他們中間所行的神蹟,傳於你兒子和你孫子的耳中,好叫你們知道我是耶和華。」
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,
摩西、亞倫就進去見法老,對他說:「耶和華-希伯來人的上帝這樣說:『你在我面前不肯自卑要到幾時呢?容我的百姓去,好事奉我。
4 for if you are refusing to send My people away, behold, tomorrow I am bringing in the locust into your border,
你若不肯容我的百姓去,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;
遮滿地面,甚至看不見地,並且吃那冰雹所剩的和田間所長的一切樹木。
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.
你的宮殿和你眾臣僕的房屋,並一切埃及人的房屋,都要被蝗蟲佔滿了;自從你祖宗和你祖宗的祖宗在世以來,直到今日,沒有見過這樣的災。』」摩西就轉身離開法老出去。
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?”
法老的臣僕對法老說:「這人為我們的網羅要到幾時呢?容這些人去事奉耶和華-他們的上帝吧!埃及已經敗壞了,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?”
於是摩西、亞倫被召回來見法老;法老對他們說:「你們去事奉耶和華-你們的上帝;但那要去的是誰呢?」
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.”
摩西說:「我們要和我們老的少的、兒子女兒同去,且把羊群牛群一同帶去,因為我們務要向耶和華守節。」
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.
法老對他們說:「我容你們和你們婦人孩子去的時候,耶和華與你們同在吧!你們要謹慎;因為有禍在你們眼前,
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.
不可都去!你們這壯年人去事奉耶和華吧,因為這是你們所求的。」於是把他們從法老面前攆出去。
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.”
耶和華對摩西說:「你向埃及地伸杖,使蝗蟲到埃及地上來,吃地上一切的菜蔬,就是冰雹所剩的。」
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.
摩西就向埃及地伸杖,那一晝一夜,耶和華使東風颳在埃及地上;到了早晨,東風把蝗蟲颳了來。
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;
蝗蟲上來,落在埃及的四境,甚是厲害;以前沒有這樣的,以後也必沒有。
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.
因為這蝗蟲遮滿地面,甚至地都黑暗了,又吃地上一切的菜蔬和冰雹所剩樹上的果子。埃及遍地,無論是樹木,是田間的菜蔬,連一點青的也沒有留下。
16 And Pharaoh hurries to call for Moses and for Aaron and says, “I have sinned against your God YHWH, and against you,
於是法老急忙召了摩西、亞倫來,說:「我得罪耶和華-你們的上帝,又得罪了你們。
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.”
現在求你,只這一次,饒恕我的罪,求耶和華-你們的上帝使我脫離這一次的死亡。」
18 And he goes out from Pharaoh, and makes supplication to YHWH,
摩西就離開法老去求耶和華。
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;
耶和華轉了極大的西風,把蝗蟲颳起,吹入紅海;在埃及的四境連一個也沒有留下。
20 and YHWH strengthens the heart of Pharaoh, and he has not sent the sons of Israel away.
但耶和華使法老的心剛硬,不容以色列人去。
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.”
耶和華對摩西說:「你向天伸杖,使埃及地黑暗;這黑暗似乎摸得着。」
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;
摩西向天伸杖,埃及遍地就烏黑了三天。
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.
三天之久,人不能相見,誰也不敢起來離開本處;惟有以色列人家中都有亮光。
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”;
法老就召摩西來,說:「你們去事奉耶和華;只是你們的羊群牛群要留下;你們的婦人孩子可以和你們同去。」
25 and Moses says, “You also give sacrifices and burnt-offerings in our hand, and we have prepared for our God YHWH;
摩西說:「你總要把祭物和燔祭牲交給我們,使我們可以祭祀耶和華-我們的上帝。
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.”
我們的牲畜也要帶去,連一蹄也不留下;因為我們要從其中取出來,事奉耶和華-我們的上帝。我們未到那裏,還不知道用甚麼事奉耶和華。」
27 And YHWH strengthens the heart of Pharaoh, and he has not been willing to send them away;
但耶和華使法老的心剛硬,不肯容他們去。
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”;
法老對摩西說:「你離開我去吧,你要小心,不要再見我的面!因為你見我面的那日你就必死!」
29 and Moses says, “You have spoken correctly, I do not add to see your face anymore.”
摩西說:「你說得好!我必不再見你的面了。」