< Exodus 7 >

1 Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Ecce constitui te Deum Pharaonis: et Aaron frater tuus erit propheta tuus.
And Jehovah said to Moses, See, I have made thee God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
2 Tu loqueris ei omnia quae mando tibi: et ille loquetur ad Pharaonem, ut dimittat filios Israel de terra sua.
Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
3 Sed ego indurabo cor eius, et multiplicabo signa et ostenta mea in Terra Aegypti,
And I will render Pharaoh's heart obdurate, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 et non audiet vos: immittamque manum meam super Aegyptum, et educam exercitum et populum meum filios Israel de Terra Aegypti per iudicia maxima.
And Pharaoh will not hearken unto you; and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
5 Et scient Aegyptii quia ego sum Dominus qui extenderim manum meam super Aegyptum, et eduxerim filios Israel de medio eorum.
And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
6 Fecit itaque Moyses et Aaron sicut praeceperat Dominus: ita egerunt.
And Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah had commanded them: so did they.
7 Erat autem Moyses octoginta annorum, et Aaron octoginta trium, quando locuti sunt ad Pharaonem.
And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8 Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron:
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
9 Cum dixerit vobis Pharao, Ostendite signa: dices ad Aaron: Tolle virgam tuam, et proiice eam coram Pharaone, ac vertatur in colubrum.
When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Do a miracle for yourselves, — then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy staff and cast [it] before Pharaoh — it will become a serpent.
10 Ingressi itaque Moyses et Aaron ad Pharaonem, fecerunt sicut praeceperat Dominus. tulitque Aaron virgam coram Pharaone et servis eius, quae versa est in colubrum.
And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh, and before his bondmen, and it became a serpent.
11 Vocavit autem Pharao sapientes et maleficos: et fecerunt etiam ipsi per incantationes Aegyptiacas et arcana quaedam similiter.
And Pharaoh also called the sages and the sorcerers; and they too, the scribes of Egypt, did so with their enchantments:
12 Proieceruntque singuli virgas suas, quae versae sunt in dracones: sed devoravit virga Aaron virgas eorum.
they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.
13 Induratumque est cor Pharaonis, et non audivit eos, sicut praeceperat Dominus.
And Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, and he hearkened not to them, as Jehovah had said.
14 Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen: Ingravatum est cor Pharaonis, non vult dimittere populum.
And Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened: he refuseth to let the people go.
15 Vade ad eum mane, ecce egredietur ad aquas: et stabis in occursum eius super ripam fluminis: et virgam, quae conversa est in draconem, tolles in manu tua.
Go unto Pharaoh in the morning — behold, he will go out unto the water — and take thy stand by the bank of the river in front of him; and take in thy hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.
16 Dicesque ad eum: Dominus Deus Hebraeorum misit me ad te, dicens: Dimitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi in deserto: et usque ad praesens audire noluisti.
And say unto him, Jehovah the God of the Hebrews has sent me to thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness; but behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened.
17 Haec igitur dicit Dominus: In hoc scies quod sim Dominus: ecce percutiam virga, quae in manu mea est, aquam fluminis, et vertetur in sanguinem.
Thus saith Jehovah: In this shalt thou know that I am Jehovah — behold, I will smite with the staff that is in my hand upon the water which is in the river, and it shall be turned into blood.
18 Pisces quoque, qui sunt in fluvio, morientur, et computrescent aquae, et affligentur Aegyptii bibentes aquam fluminis.
And the fish that is in the river shall die; and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink the water out of the river.
19 Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: Dic ad Aaron, Tolle virgam tuam, et extende manum tuam super aquas Aegypti, et super fluvios eorum, et rivos ac paludes, et omnes lacus aquarum, ut vertantur in sanguinem: et sit cruor in omni Terra Aegypti, tam in ligneis vasis quam in saxeis.
And Jehovah said to Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and stretch out thy hand upon the waters of the Egyptians — upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt, both in [vessels of] wood and in [vessels of] stone.
20 Feceruntque Moyses et Aaron sicut praeceperat Dominus: et elevans virgam percussit aquam fluminis coram Pharaone et servis eius: quae versa est in sanguinem.
And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and he lifted up the staff, and smote the waters that were in the river before the eyes of Pharaoh, and before the eyes of his bondmen; and all the waters that were in the river were turned into blood.
21 Et pisces, qui erant in flumine, mortui sunt: computruitque fluvius, et non poterant Aegyptii bibere aquam fluminis, et fuit sanguis in tota Terra Aegypti.
And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river; and the blood was throughout the land of Egypt.
22 Feceruntque similiter malefici Aegyptiorum incantationibus suis: et induratum est cor Pharaonis, nec audivit eos, sicut praeceperat Dominus.
And the scribes of Egypt did so with their sorceries; and Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, neither did he hearken to them, as Jehovah had said.
23 Avertitque se, et ingressus est domum suam, nec apposuit cor etiam hac vice.
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and took not this to heart either.
24 Foderunt autem omnes Aegyptii per circuitum fluminis aquam ut biberent: non enim poterant bibere de aqua fluminis.
And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
25 Impletique sunt septem dies, postquam percussit Dominus fluvium.
And seven days were fulfilled, after Jehovah had smitten the river.

< Exodus 7 >