Exodus 9
1 And YHWH says to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, and you have spoken to him, Thus said YHWH, God of the Hebrews: Send My people away, and they serve Me,
上主對梅瑟說：「你去見法朗，向他說：上主希伯來人的天主這樣說：你應放走我的百姓，叫他們去崇拜我。
2 for if you are refusing to send [them] away, and are still keeping hold on them,
你若拒絕不放，仍然扣留他們，
3 behold, the hand of YHWH is on your livestock which [are] in the field, on horses, on donkeys, on camels, on herd, and on flock—a very grievous pestilence.
看，上主的手必用一種嚴厲的瘟疫加在你田野間的一切牲畜：就是馬、驢、駱駝、牛、羊身上。
4 And YHWH has separated between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and there does not die a thing of all the sons of Israel;
上主要分清以色列子民的牲畜和埃及人的牲畜，凡是以色列子民的，一個也不死。
5 and YHWH sets an appointed time, saying, Tomorrow YHWH does this thing in the land.”
上主規定了時間說：明天上主要在此地實行這事。」
6 And YHWH does this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt die, and of the livestock of the sons of Israel not one has died;
第二天上主便作了這事。埃及人的牲畜完全死了，但以色列子民的，一個也沒有死。
7 and Pharaoh sends, and behold, not even one of the livestock of Israel has died, and the heart of Pharaoh is hard, and he has not sent the people away.
法朗打發人去看，果然以色列子民的牲畜，連一個也沒有死。但是法朗仍然心硬，不肯放走百姓。第六災、膿瘡
8 And YHWH says to Moses and to Aaron, “Take for yourselves the fullness of your handfuls—soot of a furnace, and Moses has sprinkled it toward the heavens, before the eyes of Pharaoh,
上主又對梅瑟和法郎說：「你們滿手抓把爐灰，梅瑟要在法朗眼前向天揚起。
9 and it has become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and it has become on man and on livestock a boil breaking forth [with] blisters in all the land of Egypt.”
這灰要在埃及全國變成塵土，使全埃及國的人和牲畜身上生出紅疹和膿瘡。」
10 And they take the soot of the furnace, and stand before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkles it toward the heavens, and it is a boil [with] blisters breaking forth on man and on beast;
他們就取了爐灰站在法朗面前；梅瑟將灰向天揚起，人和牲畜身上便起了紅疹和膿瘡。
11 and the enchanters have not been able to stand before Moses because of the boil, for the boil has been on the enchanters, and on all the Egyptians.
巫士們因為生了瘡，不能站在梅瑟面前，因為巫士和一切埃及人身上都生了瘡。
12 And YHWH strengthens the heart of Pharaoh, and he has not listened to them, as YHWH has spoken to Moses.
上主使法朗心硬，法朗仍不肯聽梅瑟和法郎的話，正如上主向梅瑟說過。第七災、冰雹
13 And YHWH says to Moses, “Rise early in the morning, and station yourself before Pharaoh, and you have said to him, Thus said YHWH, God of the Hebrews: Send My people away, and they serve Me,
上主對梅瑟說：「明天早晨你去見法朗，向他說：上主，希伯來人的天主這樣說：你要放走我的百姓，使他們去崇拜我。
14 for at this time I am sending all My plagues to your heart, and on your servants, and on your people, so that you know that there is none like Me in all the earth,
因為這一次我要使我的一切災禍降到你、你的臣僕和你的人民身上，為叫你知道全世界上沒有相似我的。
15 for now I have put forth My hand, and I strike you, and your people, with pestilence, and you are hidden from the earth.
現在如果我伸手用瘟疫打擊你和你的人民，你早已從地上消滅了。
16 And yet for this I have caused you to stand, so as to show you My power, and for the sake of declaring My Name in all the earth;
我所以保留你的原故，是為叫你看見我的能力，向全世界傳揚我的名。
17 still you are exalting yourself against My people—so as not to send them away;
你若仍然固執壓迫我的百姓，不放走他們，
18 behold, I am raining very grievous hail about [this] time tomorrow, such as has not been in Egypt from the day of its founding and until now.
看我明天此時要降下可怕的冰雹，是埃及建國以來直到現在所未有過的。
19 And now, send, strengthen your livestock and all that you have in the field; every man and beast which is found in the field, and is not gathered into the house—the hail has come down on them, and they have died.”
所以你快派人把你的牲畜和田野間的一切，帶到安全地方，因為凡在田野間的人和牲畜而不聚到屋內的，冰雹必降在他們身上，將他們砸死。」
20 He who is fearing the word of YHWH among the servants of Pharaoh has caused his servants and his livestock to flee to the houses;
法朗臣僕中凡害怕上主的話的，就叫自己的奴僕和牲畜逃避到家中；
21 and he who has not set his heart to the word of YHWH leaves his servants and his livestock in the field.
那不把上主的話放在心上的，就將奴僕和牲畜捨在田間。
22 And YHWH says to Moses, “Stretch forth your hand toward the heavens, and there is hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on beast, and on every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.”
上主對梅瑟說：「向天伸開你的手，使冰雹降在埃及全國，降在人和牲畜身上，降在埃及國內田野間的植物上。」
23 And Moses stretches out his rod toward the heavens, and YHWH has given voices and hail, and fire goes toward the earth, and YHWH rains hail on the land of Egypt,
梅瑟把他的棍杖向天一伸，上主便叫打雷，下雹，閃電打在地上。上主使冰雹降在埃及地時，
24 and there is hail, and fire catching itself in the midst of the hail, very grievous, such as has not been in all the land of Egypt since it has become a nation.
冰雹和冰雹中夾雜著不停的閃電，情形極其可怕，是全埃及國自從有人民以來所沒有過的。
25 And the hail strikes all that [is] in the field in all the land of Egypt, from man even to beast, and the hail has struck every herb of the field, and it has broken every tree of the field;
冰雹把埃及全境，田野間所有的一切，連人和生畜都打死了，打壞了田野間的一切蔬菜，打斷了郊野間的一切樹木；
26 only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel [are], there has been no hail.
只有以色列子民所居住的歌笙地沒有冰雹。
27 And Pharaoh sends, and calls for Moses and for Aaron, and says to them, “I have sinned this time—YHWH [is] the righteous, and I and my people [are] the wicked,
法朗打發人召梅瑟和亞郎來，對他們說：「這次我犯了罪，上主是正義的，我和我的人民都有罪過。
28 make supplication to YHWH, and plead that there be no voices of God and hail, and I send you away, and you do not add to remain.”
請你祈求上主! 天主的雷和冰雹已夠受了；我決放走你們，你們不要再留在這裏。」
29 And Moses says to him, “At my going out of the city, I spread my palms to YHWH—the voices cease, and there is no more hail, so that you know that the earth [is] YHWH’s;
梅瑟回答他說「我出城後，就向上主伸手，雷必會停止，冰雹也不再降下，為叫你知道，大地是屬於上主的。
30 but you and your servants—I have known that you are not yet afraid of the face of YHWH God.”
但是我知道，你和你的臣僕，仍不敬畏上主天主。」
31 And the flax and the barley have been struck, for the barley [is] budding, and the flax forming flowers,
麻和大麥都被打壞，因為大麥已經吐穗，麻也開花，
32 and the wheat and the rye have not been struck, for they are late.
只是小麥和粗麥，因為長的遲些，沒有被打壞。
33 And Moses goes out from Pharaoh, [from] the city, and spreads his hands to YHWH, and the voices and the hail cease, and rain has not been poured out to the earth;
梅瑟離開法朗出了城，向上主伸手，雷和雹就停止了，雨也不往地上下了。
34 and Pharaoh sees that the rain has ceased, and the hail and the voices, and he continues to sin, and hardens his heart, he and his servants;
法朗見雨、雹、雷都停止了，又再犯罪，他和他的臣僕又心硬了。
35 and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he has not sent the sons of Israel away, as YHWH has spoken by the hand of Moses.
法朗更加心硬，不肯放走以色列子民，正如上主藉梅瑟所說的。
