Exodus 7
1 Yahweh said to Moses, “See, I have made you like a god to Pharaoh. Aaron your brother will be 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 will say everything that I command you to say. Aaron your brother will speak to Pharaoh so that he will let the people of Israel go from 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 harden Pharaoh's heart, and I will display many signs of my power, many 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 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will put my hand on Egypt and bring out my groups of fighting men, my people, the descendants of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of punishment.
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 The Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh when I reach out with my hand on Egypt and bring out the Israelites from among them.”
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 Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as Yahweh commanded them.
摩西、亞倫這樣行；耶和華怎樣吩咐他們，他們就照樣行了。
7 Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke 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 Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron,
耶和華曉諭摩西、亞倫說：
9 “When Pharaoh says to you, 'Do a miracle,' then you will say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, so 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 Then Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, and they did just as Yahweh had commanded. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, 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 Pharaoh also called for his wise men and sorcerers. They did the same thing by 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 Each man threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their snakes.
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 Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen, just as Yahweh had foretold.
法老心裏剛硬，不肯聽從摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。
14 Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh's heart is hard, and he refuses to let the people go.
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 when he goes out to the water. Stand on the riverbank to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that had turned into 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, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say, “Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. Until now you have not listened.”
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 Yahweh says this: “By this you will know that I am Yahweh. I am going to strike the water of the Nile River with the staff that is in my hand, and the river will be 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 The fish that are in the river will die, and the river will stink. The Egyptians will not be able to drink water 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 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and reach out with your hand over the waters of Egypt, and over their rivers, streams, pools, and all their ponds, so that their water may become blood. Do this so that there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in containers of wood and 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 Moses and Aaron did as Yahweh commanded. Aaron raised the staff and struck the water in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants. All the water in the river 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 The fish in the river died, and the river began to stink. The Egyptians could not drink water from the river, and the blood was everywhere in 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 But the magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their magic. So Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as Yahweh had said would happen.
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 Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He did not even pay attention to this.
法老轉身進宮，也不把這事放在心上。
24 All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink, but they could not drink the water of the river itself.
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 Seven days passed after Yahweh had attacked the river.
耶和華擊打河以後滿了七天。
