Ọpụpụ 11
1 Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis, “Aga m ewetara Fero na Ijipt otu ihe otiti ọzọ. Mgbe nke a gasịrị, ọ ga-ekwe ka unu si nʼebe a pụọ. Nʼeziokwu, ọ ga-eji aka ya chụpụ unu nʼala ya.
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I will cause one more disaster to strike the king of Egypt and all his people [MTY]. After that, he will let you leave. In fact, he will expel you all.
2 Gwa nwoke na nwanyị Izrel ọbụla ka ha jikere. Ha rịọọ ndị agbataobi ha bụ ndị Ijipt, ka ha nye ha ihe ọbụla e ji ọlaọcha na ọlaedo kpụọ.”
So now speak to all the [Israeli] people. Tell them to ask all their [Egyptian] neighbors, both men and women, to give them some silver and gold jewelry.”
3 Onyenwe anyị mere ka ụmụ Izrel nweta ihuọma nʼebe ndị Ijipt, na ndị agbataobi ha nọ. Nke ka nke, Mosis ghọrọ onye a na-asọpụrụ nʼetiti ndị ozi Fero na nʼihu ndị Ijipt niile.
Yahweh made the Egyptians highly respect the Israeli people. In particular, the Egyptian officials and all [the rest of] the people considered Moses/me to be a very great man.
4 Ya mere, Mosis sịrị, “Ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, ‘Nʼihe dịka nʼetiti abalị taa, aga m agafe nʼime ala Ijipt niile.
Then Moses/I [went to the king and] said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘About midnight [tonight] I will go throughout Egypt,
5 Mgbe nke a na-eme, ndị ikom niile e bụ ụzọ mụọ nʼala Ijipt ga-anwụ, site nʼọkpara Fero, onye nọ ugbu a nʼocheeze ya, ruo nʼọkpara ohu onye nwanyị na-akwọ ihe na nkume ịkwọ nri, na ụmụ ehi niile e bụ ụzọ mụọ.
and I will cause all the firstborn/oldest [sons] to die. That will include your oldest son, the oldest sons of the slave women who grind grain, [and the oldest sons of everyone else]. I will also kill the oldest males of the Egyptians’ livestock.
6 Mgbe nke a mere, iti mkpu akwa dị ukwuu ga-adị nʼala Ijipt, ụdị ga-ada nʼala Ijipt niile nke na-adịbeghị nʼala Ijipt, ụdị iti mkpu akwa nke na-agaghị adịkwa ọzọ.
When that happens, people all over Egypt will wail loudly. They have never wailed like that before, and they will never wail like that again.
7 Ma nʼebe ụmụ Izrel nọ, nkịta agaghị agbọ nwoke maọbụ nwanyị maọbụ anụmanụ ọbụla ụja.’ Site na nke a, ị ga-amata na Onyenwe anyị na-akpa oke nʼetiti ndị Izrel na ndị Ijipt.
But among the Israeli people [it will be so quiet that] not even a dog will bark! Then you will know for sure that I, Yahweh, distinguish [how I act toward] the Egyptians and [how I act toward] the Israeli people.
8 Ndị ọchịchị gị ndị a ga-abịa gbuo ikpere rịọọ m sị m, ‘Biko kpọrọ ndị gị pụọ nʼobodo anyị.’ Mgbe ha mesịrị nke a, aga m apụ.” Iwe were Mosis mgbe o si nʼụlọ Fero na-apụta.
Then all these officials of yours will come and bow down before me and will say, “Please get out [of Egypt], you and all the Israeli people!”’ After that, I will leave Egypt!” [After Moses/I said that], he/I very angrily left the king.
9 Onyenwe anyị agwalarị Mosis sị ya, “Fero agaghị ege gị ntị. Nke a ga-enye m ohere ime ọtụtụ ihe ebube dị iche iche nʼIjipt.”
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “The king will not pay any attention to what you say. The result will be that I will perform more plagues in the land of Egypt.”
10 Ọ bụ ezie na Mosis na Erọn mere ihe ebube ndị a nʼihu Fero, ma Onyenwe anyị mere ka obi Fero sie ike, ka ọ hapụ ikwe ka ụmụ Izrel si nʼala ya pụọ.
Aaron and Moses/I performed all these miracles in front of the king, but Yahweh made the king stubborn, and he did not let the Israeli people leave his country.
