Exode 7
1 Alors l’Éternel dit à Moïse "Regarde! je fais de toi un dieu à l’égard de Pharaon et Aaron ton frère sera ton prophète.
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.
2 Toi, tu diras tout ce que je t’aurai ordonné et Aaron, ton frère, parlera à Pharaon pour qu’il renvoie les Israélites de son pays.
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.
3 Pour moi, j’endurcirai le cœur de Pharaon et je multiplierai mes signes et mes preuves de puissance dans le pays d’Égypte.
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,
4 Pharaon ne vous écoutera pas, mais j’imposerai ma main sur l’Égypte et je ferai sortir mes légions, les Israélites mon peuple, du pays d’Égypte, après une vindicte éclatante.
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.
5 Et les Égyptiens reconnaîtront que je suis l’Éternel, lorsque j’étendrai ma main sur eux et que je ferai sortir du milieu d’eux les enfants d’Israël."
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].”
6 Moïse et Aaron obéirent comme l’Éternel leur avait enjoint, ainsi firent-ils.
Aaron and Moses/I did what Yahweh told them/us to do. They/We [went and spoke to the king].
7 Or, Moïse était âgé de quatre-vingts ans et Aaron de quatre-vingt-trois ans, lorsqu’ils parlèrent à Pharaon.
At that time, Moses/I was 80 years old, and Aaron was 83 years old.
8 L’Éternel parla à Moïse et à Aaron en ces termes:
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
9 "Lorsque Pharaon vous dira: ‘Produisez une preuve de votre mission’, tu diras à Aaron: ‘Prends ta verge et jette-la devant Pharaon, qu’elle devienne serpent!’"
“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.’”
10 Moïse et Aaron se rendirent chez Pharaon et firent exactement comme l’avait prescrit le Seigneur. Aaron jeta sa verge en présence de Pharaon et de ses serviteurs et elle devint serpent.
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.
11 Pharaon, de son côté, manda les experts et les magiciens; et les devins de l’Égypte en firent autant par leurs prestiges.
Then the king summoned his sorcerers and men who performed magic. They did the same thing, using their magic.
12 Ils jetèrent chacun leurs verges et elles se transformèrent en serpent, mais la verge d’Aaron engloutit les leurs.
They all threw down their sticks, and they became snakes. But Aaron’s stick, [which had become a snake], swallowed up all their sticks!
13 Le cœur de Pharaon persista et il ne leur céda point, ainsi que l’avait prédit l’Éternel.
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].
14 L’Éternel dit à Moïse: "Le cœur de Pharaon est opiniâtre, il refuse de laisser partir le peuple.
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “The king is very stubborn [IDM]. He refuses to allow [my] people to go.
15 Va trouver Pharaon le matin, comme il se dirigera vers les eaux; tu te tiendras sur son passage, au bord du fleuve et cette verge qui a été changée en serpent, tu l’auras à la main.
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.
16 Et tu lui diras: ‘L’Éternel, Divinité des Hébreux, m’avait délégué vers toi pour te dire: Renvoie mon peuple et qu’il m’adore au désert; or, tu n’as pas obéi jusqu’à présent.
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.
17 Ainsi parle l’Éternel: Voici qui t’apprendra que je suis l’Éternel! Je vais frapper, de cette verge que j’ai à la main, les eaux du fleuve et elles se convertiront en sang.
[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]).
18 Les poissons du fleuve périront et le fleuve deviendra infect et les Égyptiens renonceront à boire de ses eaux.’"
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.”’”
19 L’Éternel dit à Moïse: "Parle ainsi à Aaron: ‘Prends ta verge, dirige ta main sur les eaux des Égyptiens, sur leurs fleuves, sur leurs canaux, sur leurs lacs, sur tous leurs réservoirs, et elles deviendront du sang et il n’y aura que du sang dans tout le pays d’Égypte, même dans les vaisseaux de bois et de pierre.’"
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.”
20 Moïse et Aaron agirent ainsi qu’avait ordonné l’Éternel: Aaron leva la verge, frappa les eaux du fleuve à la vue de Pharaon et de ses serviteurs et toutes les eaux du fleuve se changèrent en sang.
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.
21 Les poissons du fleuve moururent, le fleuve devint infect et les Égyptiens ne purent boire de ses eaux. Il n’y eut que du sang dans tout le pays d’Égypte.
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.
22 Mais, comme les devins de l’Égypte en faisaient autant par leurs prestiges, le cœur de Pharaon persista et il ne leur céda point, selon ce qu’avait prédit l’Éternel.
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.
23 Pharaon s’en retourna et rentra dans sa demeure, sans se préoccuper non plus de ce prodige.
The king turned and went back to his palace, and he did not think any more about it [IDM].
24 Tous les Égyptiens creusèrent dans le voisinage du fleuve, pour trouver de l’eau à boire; car ils ne pouvaient boire de l’eau du fleuve.
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.
25 Sept jours pleins s’écoulèrent après que l’Éternel eut frappé le fleuve.
(One week/Seven days) passed after Yahweh caused the water in the Nile [River to become red like blood].
