< Exodus 10 >
1 YHWH said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,
耶和华对摩西说:“你进去见法老。我使他和他臣仆的心刚硬,为要在他们中间显我这些神迹,
2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am YHWH."
并要叫你将我向埃及人所做的事,和在他们中间所行的神迹,传于你儿子和你孙子的耳中,好叫你们知道我是耶和华。”
3 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, "This is what YHWH, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
摩西、亚伦就进去见法老,对他说:“耶和华—希伯来人的 神这样说:‘你在我面前不肯自卑要到几时呢?容我的百姓去,好事奉我。
4 Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, look, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,
你若不肯容我的百姓去,明天我要使蝗虫进入你的境内,
5 and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one won't be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field.
遮满地面,甚至看不见地,并且吃那冰雹所剩的和田间所长的一切树木。
6 Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.'" He turned, and went out from Pharaoh.
你的宫殿和你众臣仆的房屋,并一切埃及人的房屋,都要被蝗虫占满了;自从你祖宗和你祖宗的祖宗在世以来,直到今日,没有见过这样的灾。’”摩西就转身离开法老出去。
7 Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?"
法老的臣仆对法老说:“这人为我们的网罗要到几时呢?容这些人去事奉耶和华—他们的 神吧!埃及已经败坏了,你还不知道吗?”
8 Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, "Go, serve your God; but who are those who will go?"
于是摩西、亚伦被召回来见法老;法老对他们说:“你们去事奉耶和华—你们的 神;但那要去的是谁呢?”
9 Moses said, "We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to YHWH."
摩西说:“我们要和我们老的少的、儿子女儿同去,且把羊群牛群一同带去,因为我们务要向耶和华守节。”
10 He said to them, "YHWH be with you if I will let you go with your dependents. See, evil is clearly before your faces.
法老对他们说:“我容你们和你们妇人孩子去的时候,耶和华与你们同在吧!你们要谨慎;因为有祸在你们眼前,
11 Not so. Go now you who are men, and serve God; for that is what you desire." They were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
不可都去!你们这壮年人去事奉耶和华吧,因为这是你们所求的。”于是把他们从法老面前撵出去。
12 YHWH said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt and eat every plant of the land, even all that the hail has left."
耶和华对摩西说:“你向埃及地伸杖,使蝗虫到埃及地上来,吃地上一切的菜蔬,就是冰雹所剩的。”
13 Moses stretched forth his staff over the land of Egypt, and YHWH brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
摩西就向埃及地伸杖,那一昼一夜,耶和华使东风刮在埃及地上;到了早晨,东风把蝗虫刮了来。
14 The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous. Before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
蝗虫上来,落在埃及的四境,甚是厉害;以前没有这样的,以后也必没有。
15 For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every plant of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. There remained nothing green, either tree or plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
因为这蝗虫遮满地面,甚至地都黑暗了,又吃地上一切的菜蔬和冰雹所剩树上的果子。埃及遍地,无论是树木,是田间的菜蔬,连一点青的也没有留下。
16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said, "I have sinned against YHWH your God, and against you.
于是法老急忙召了摩西、亚伦来,说:“我得罪耶和华—你们的 神,又得罪了你们。
17 Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to YHWH your God, that he may also take away from me this death."
现在求你,只这一次,饶恕我的罪,求耶和华—你们的 神使我脱离这一次的死亡。”
18 He went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to God.
摩西就离开法老去求耶和华。
19 YHWH turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt.
耶和华转了极大的西风,把蝗虫刮起,吹入红海;在埃及的四境连一个也没有留下。
20 But YHWH hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
但耶和华使法老的心刚硬,不容以色列人去。
21 YHWH said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt."
耶和华对摩西说:“你向天伸杖,使埃及地黑暗;这黑暗似乎摸得着。”
22 Moses stretched forth his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.
摩西向天伸杖,埃及遍地就乌黑了三天。
23 They did not see one another, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
三天之久,人不能相见,谁也不敢起来离开本处;惟有以色列人家中都有亮光。
24 Then Pharaoh called to Moses and to Aaron and said, "Go, serve YHWH. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your dependents also go with you."
法老就召摩西来,说:“你们去事奉耶和华;只是你们的羊群牛群要留下;你们的妇人孩子可以和你们同去。”
25 Moses said, "You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to YHWH our God.
摩西说:“你总要把祭物和燔祭牲交给我们,使我们可以祭祀耶和华—我们的 神。
26 Our livestock must also go with us; not a hoof is left behind, for of it we must take to serve YHWH our God; and we do not know with what we must serve YHWH, until we come there."
我们的牲畜也要带去,连一蹄也不留下;因为我们要从其中取出来,事奉耶和华—我们的 神。我们未到那里,还不知道用什么事奉耶和华。”
27 But YHWH hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he wouldn't let them go.
但耶和华使法老的心刚硬,不肯容他们去。
28 Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me. Make sure you never see my face again; for in the day you see my face you shall die."
法老对摩西说:“你离开我去吧,你要小心,不要再见我的面!因为你见我面的那日你就必死!”
29 Moses said, "You have spoken well. I will not see your face again."
摩西说:“你说得好!我必不再见你的面了。”