Exodus 7
1 And YHWH says to Moses, “See, I have given you [as] a god to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron is your prophet;
耶和華對摩西說：「我使你在法老面前代替上帝，你的哥哥亞倫是替你說話的。
2 you speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron speaks to Pharaoh, and he has sent the sons of Israel out of his land.
凡我所吩咐你的，你都要說。你的哥哥亞倫要對法老說，容以色列人出他的地。
3 And I harden the heart of Pharaoh, and have multiplied My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt,
我要使法老的心剛硬，也要在埃及地多行神蹟奇事。
4 and Pharaoh does not listen, and I have put My hand on Egypt, and have brought out My hosts, My people, the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by great judgments;
但法老必不聽你們；我要伸手重重地刑罰埃及，將我的軍隊以色列民從埃及地領出來。
5 and the Egyptians have known that I [am] YHWH, in My stretching out My hand against Egypt; and I have brought out the sons of Israel from their midst.”
我伸手攻擊埃及，將以色列人從他們中間領出來的時候，埃及人就要知道我是耶和華。」
6 And Moses does—Aaron also—as YHWH commanded them; so have they done;
摩西、亞倫這樣行；耶和華怎樣吩咐他們，他們就照樣行了。
7 and Moses [is] a son of eighty years, and Aaron [is] a son of eighty-three years, in their speaking to Pharaoh.
摩西、亞倫與法老說話的時候，摩西八十歲，亞倫八十三歲。
8 And YHWH speaks to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
耶和華曉諭摩西、亞倫說：
9 “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, Give a wonder for yourselves; then you have said to Aaron, Take your rod and cast [it] before Pharaoh—it becomes a dragon.”
「法老若對你們說：『你們行件奇事吧！』你就吩咐亞倫說：『把杖丟在法老面前，使杖變作蛇。』」
10 And Moses goes in—Aaron also—to Pharaoh, and they do so as YHWH has commanded; and Aaron casts his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it becomes a dragon.
摩西、亞倫進去見法老，就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫把杖丟在法老和臣僕面前，杖就變作蛇。
11 And Pharaoh also calls for wise men and for sorcerers; and the enchanters of Egypt, they also, with their [enchanting] flames, do so,
於是法老召了博士和術士來；他們是埃及行法術的，也用邪術照樣而行。
12 and they each cast down his rod, and they become dragons, and the rod of Aaron swallows their rods;
他們各人丟下自己的杖，杖就變作蛇；但亞倫的杖吞了他們的杖。
13 and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he has not listened to them, as YHWH has spoken.
法老心裏剛硬，不肯聽從摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。
14 And YHWH says to Moses, “The heart of Pharaoh has been hard, he has refused to send the people away;
耶和華對摩西說：「法老心裏固執，不肯容百姓去。
15 go to Pharaoh in the morning, behold, he is going out to the water, and you have stood to meet him by the edge of the River, and the rod which was turned to a serpent you take in your hand,
明日早晨，他出來往水邊去，你要往河邊迎接他，手裏要拿着那變過蛇的杖，
16 and you have said to him: YHWH, God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, Send My people away, and they serve Me in the wilderness; and behold, you have not listened until now.
對他說：『耶和華－希伯來人的上帝打發我來見你，說：容我的百姓去，好在曠野事奉我。到如今你還是不聽。
17 Thus said YHWH: By this you know that I [am] YHWH; behold, I am striking with the rod which [is] in my hand, on the waters which [are] in the River, and they have been turned to blood,
耶和華這樣說：我要用我手裏的杖擊打河中的水，水就變作血；因此，你必知道我是耶和華。
18 and the fish that [are] in the River die, and the River has stunk, and the Egyptians have been wearied of drinking waters from the River.”
河裏的魚必死，河也要腥臭，埃及人就要厭惡吃這河裏的水。』」
19 And YHWH says to Moses, “Say to Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch out your hand against the waters of Egypt, against their streams, against their rivers, and against their ponds, and against all their collections of waters; and they are blood—and there has been blood in all the land of Egypt, both in [vessels of] wood, and in [those of] stone.”
耶和華曉諭摩西說：「你對亞倫說：『把你的杖伸在埃及所有的水以上，就是在他們的江、河、池、塘以上，叫水都變作血。在埃及遍地，無論在木器中，石器中，都必有血。』」
20 And Moses and Aaron do so, as YHWH has commanded, and he lifts up [his hand] with the rod, and strikes the waters which [are] in the River, before the eyes of Pharaoh and before the eyes of his servants, and all the waters which [are] in the River are turned to blood,
摩西、亞倫就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫在法老和臣僕眼前舉杖擊打河裏的水，河裏的水都變作血了。
21 and the fish which [is] in the River has died, and the River stinks, and the Egyptians have not been able to drink water from the River; and the blood is in all the land of Egypt.
河裏的魚死了，河也腥臭了，埃及人就不能吃這河裏的水；埃及遍地都有了血。
22 And the enchanters of Egypt do so with their secrets, and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he has not listened to them, as YHWH has spoken,
埃及行法術的，也用邪術照樣而行。法老心裏剛硬，不肯聽摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。
23 and Pharaoh turns and goes into his house, and has not set his heart even to this;
法老轉身進宮，也不把這事放在心上。
24 and all the Egyptians seek water all around the River to drink, for they have not been able to drink of the waters of the River.
埃及人都在河的兩邊挖地，要得水喝，因為他們不能喝這河裏的水。
25 And seven days are completed after YHWH’s striking the River.
耶和華擊打河以後滿了七天。
