Exodus 7
1 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Listen [carefully]. [Just like I enabled prophet to speak my messages], I will cause the king [to consider that] you are like a god, and that Aaron is like a 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 must tell everything I command you [to tell to your older] brother Aaron, and he will tell that to the king. He must tell the king to let the Israeli people leave 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 But I will make the king stubborn [IDM]. As a result, even though I perform many kinds of (miracles/terrifying things) [DOU] [here] in Egypt,
我要使法老的心剛硬，也要在埃及地多行神蹟奇事。
4 the king will not pay any attention to what you say. Then I will punish [MTY] the people of Egypt [MTY] very severely [MTY], and I will lead/bring the tribes of the Israeli people out of Egypt.
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 Then, when I show my great power [MTY] to the Egyptian people and bring the Israeli people out from among them, they will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
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 Aaron and Moses/I did what Yahweh told them/us to do. They/We [went and spoke to the king].
摩西、亞倫這樣行；耶和華怎樣吩咐他們，他們就照樣行了。
7 At that time, Moses/I was 80 years old, and Aaron was 83 years old.
摩西、亞倫與法老說話的時候，摩西八十歲，亞倫八十三歲。
8 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
耶和華曉諭摩西、亞倫說：
9 “If the king says to you, ‘Prove [that God sent] you by performing a miracle,’ then say to Aaron, ‘Throw your stick down in front of the king, in order that it may become a snake.’”
「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 So Aaron and Moses/I went to the king and did what Yahweh had commanded [them/us to do]. Aaron threw his stick down in front of the king and his officials, and it became a snake.
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 Then the king summoned his sorcerers and men who performed magic. They did the same thing, using their magic.
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 They all threw down their sticks, and they became snakes. But Aaron’s stick, [which had become a snake], swallowed up all their sticks!
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 But the king continued to be stubborn [IDM], just as Yahweh had predicted, and he would not pay attention to [what Aaron and Moses/I said].
法老心裏剛硬，不肯聽從摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。
14 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “The king is very stubborn [IDM]. He refuses to allow [my] people to go.
耶和華對摩西說：「法老心裏固執，不肯容百姓去。
15 So [tomorrow] morning, go to him as he is going down to the [Nile] River [to bathe]. Wait for him at the riverbank. [When he comes out of the water, show] him the stick, the one which became a snake.
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 Say to him, ‘Yahweh God, the one [we] Hebrews [worship], sent me to you to tell you to let my people go, in order that they may worship him in the desert. [We told you that], but you have not paid any attention to it.
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 [So now] Yahweh says this: “This is the way you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do]. Watch this: I am going to strike the water that is in the Nile [River] with the stick that is in my hand. [When I do that], the water will become blood (OR, [red like] blood [MTY]).
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 Then the fish in the Nile [River] will die, and the [water in] the river will stink, and the Egyptians will not be able to drink water from the Nile 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 Yahweh said to Moses/me, “[When you are talking to the king], say to Aaron, ‘Hold your stick out [as though you were holding it] over the water in Egypt—over the rivers, the canals, the ponds, and over the pools of water, in order that [all of it] may become [red like] blood.’ When Aaron does that, there will be blood throughout Egypt, even in wooden jars and in stone jars.”
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 So Aaron and Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded. As the king and his officials were watching, Aaron lifted up his stick and then struck the water in the Nile [River] with it. And all the water in the river turned [red like] 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 Then all the fish died. And the water stank, with the result that the Egyptians could not drink water from the river. Everywhere in Egypt [the water] became [red like] blood.
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 But the men who performed magic did the same thing using their magic. So the king remained stubborn [IDM], and he would not pay attention to what Aaron and Moses/I said, just as Yahweh had predicted.
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 The king turned and went back to his palace, and he did not think any more about it [IDM].
法老轉身進宮，也不把這事放在心上。
24 The Egyptians [HYP] dug [into the ground] near the Nile [River] to get water to drink, because they could not drink the water from 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 (One week/Seven days) passed after Yahweh caused the water in the Nile [River to become red like blood].
耶和華擊打河以後滿了七天。
