Exodus 8
1 Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: Ingredere ad Pharaonem, et dices ad eum: Haec dicit Dominus: Dimitte populum meum, ut sacrificet mihi:
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him, 'Yahweh says this: “Let my people go so that they may worship me.
2 si autem nolueris dimittere, ecce ego percutiam omnes terminos tuos ranis.
If you refuse to let them go, I will afflict all your country with frogs.
3 Et ebulliet fluvius ranas: quae ascendent, et ingredientur domum tuam, et cubiculum lectuli tui, et super stratum tuum, et in domos servorum tuorum, et in populum tuum, et in furnos tuos, et in reliquias ciborum tuorum:
The river will swarm with frogs. They will come up and go into your house, your bedroom, and your bed. They will go into your servants' houses. They will go onto your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls.
4 et ad te, et ad populum tuum, et ad omnes servos tuos intrabunt ranae.
The frogs will attack you, your people, and all your servants.”'”
5 Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Dic ad Aaron: Extende manum tuam super fluvios ac super rivos et paludes, et educ ranas super Terram Aegypti.
Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, 'Reach out with your hand and your staff over the rivers, the streams, and the pools, and bring the frogs up over the land of Egypt.'”
6 Et extendit Aaron manum super aquas Aegypti, et ascenderunt ranae, operueruntque Terram Aegypti.
Aaron reached out with his hand over Egypt's waters, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
7 Fecerunt autem et malefici per incantationes suas similiter, eduxeruntque ranas super Terram Aegypti.
But the magicians did the same with their magic; they brought up frogs over the land of Egypt.
8 Vocavit autem Pharao Moysen et Aaron, et dixit eis: Orate Dominum ut auferat ranas a me et a populo meo: et dimittam populum ut sacrificet Domino.
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to Yahweh for him to take away the frogs from me and my people. Then I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to him.”
9 Dixitque Moyses ad Pharaonem: Constitue mihi quando deprecer pro te, et pro servis tuis, et pro populo tuo, ut abigantur ranae a te et a domo tua et a servis tuis et a populo tuo: et tantum in flumine remaneant.
Moses said to Pharaoh, “You can have the privilege of telling me when I should pray for you, your servants, and your people, so that the frogs may be removed from you and your houses and stay only in the river.”
10 Qui respondit: Cras. At ille: Iuxta, inquit, verbum tuum faciam: ut scias quoniam non est sicut Dominus Deus noster.
Pharaoh said, “Tomorrow.” Moses said, “Let it be as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like Yahweh, our God.
11 Et recedent ranae a te, et a domo tua, et a servis tuis, et a populo tuo: et tantum in flumine remanebunt.
The frogs will go from you, your houses, your servants, and your people. They will stay only in the river.”
12 Egressique sunt Moyses et Aaron a Pharaone: et clamavit Moyses ad Dominum pro sponsione ranarum quam condixerat Pharaoni.
Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. Then Moses cried out to Yahweh concerning the frogs that he had brought on Pharaoh.
13 Fecitque Dominus iuxta verbum Moysi: et mortuae sunt ranae de domibus, et de villis, et de agris.
Yahweh did as Moses asked: The frogs died in the houses, courts, and fields.
14 Congregaveruntque eas in immensos aggeres, et computruit terra.
The people gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
15 Videns autem Pharao quod data esset requies, ingravavit cor suum, et non audivit eos, sicut praeceperat Dominus.
But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as Yahweh had said that he would do.
16 Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Loquere ad Aaron: Extende virgam tuam, et percute pulverem terrae: et sint ciniphes in universa Terra Aegypti.
Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, 'Reach out with your staff and strike the dust on the ground, that it may become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.'”
17 Feceruntque ita. Et extendit Aaron manum, virgam tenens: percussitque pulverem terrae, et facti sunt sciniphes in hominibus, et in iumentis: omnis pulvis terrae versus est in sciniphes per totam Terram Aegypti.
They did so: Aaron reached out with his hand and his staff. He struck the dust on the ground. Gnats came onto man and beast. All the dust on the ground became gnats throughout the whole land of Egypt.
18 Feceruntque similiter malefici incantationibus suis, ut educerent sciniphes, et non potuerunt: erantque sciniphes tam in hominibus quam in iumentis.
The magicians tried with their magic to produce gnats, but they could not. There were gnats on man and beast.
19 Et dixerunt malefici ad Pharaonem: Digitus Dei est hic. induratumque est cor Pharaonis, et non audivit eos sicut praeceperat Dominus.
Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, so he refused to listen to them. It was just as Yahweh had said Pharaoh would do.
20 Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: Consurge diluculo, et sta coram Pharaone: egredietur enim ad aquas: et dices ad eum: Haec dicit Dominus: Dimitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi.
Yahweh said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand in front of Pharaoh as he goes out to the river. Say to him, 'Yahweh says this: “Let my people go so that they may worship me.
21 Quod si non dimiseris eum, ecce ego immittam in te, et in servos tuos, et in populum tuum, et in domos tuas omne genus muscarum: et implebuntur domus Aegyptiorum muscis diversi generis, et universa terra in qua fuerint.
But if you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you, your servants, and your people, and into your houses. The Egyptians' houses will be full of swarms of flies, and even the ground on which they stand will be full of flies.
22 Faciamque mirabilem in die illa Terram Gessen, in qua populus meus est, ut non sint ibi muscae: et scias quoniam ego Dominus in medio terrae.
But on that day I will treat the land of Goshen differently, the land in which my people are living, so that no swarms of flies will be there. This will happen so that you may know that I am Yahweh in the midst of this land.
23 Ponamque divisionem inter populum meum, et populum tuum: cras erit signum istud.
I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This sign of my power will take place tomorrow.”'”
24 Fecitque Dominus ita. Et venit musca gravissima in domos Pharaonis et servorum eius, et in omnem Terram Aegypti: corruptaque est terra ab huiuscemodi muscis.
Yahweh did so, and thick swarms of flies came into Pharaoh's house and into his servants' houses. Throughout the whole land of Egypt, the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.
25 Vocavitque Pharao Moysen et Aaron, et ait eis: Ite et sacrificate Deo vestro in terra hac.
Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God in our own land.”
26 Et ait Moyses: Non potest ita fieri: abominationes enim Aegyptiorum immolabimus Domino Deo nostro? quod si mactaverimus ea quae colunt Aegyptii coram eis, lapidibus nos obruent.
Moses said, “It is not right for us to do so, for the sacrifices we make to Yahweh our God are something disgusting to the Egyptians. If we make sacrifices right before their eyes that are disgusting to the Egyptians, will they not stone us?
27 Viam trium dierum pergemus in solitudinem: et sacrificabimus Domino Deo nostro, sicut praecepit nobis.
No, it is a three days' journey into the wilderness that we must make, in order to sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as he commands us.”
28 Dixitque Pharao: Ego dimittam vos ut sacrificetis Domino Deo vestro in deserto: verumtamen longius ne abeatis, rogate pro me.
Pharaoh said, “I will allow you to go and sacrifice to Yahweh your God in the wilderness. Only you must not go very far away. Pray for me.”
29 At ait Moyses: Egressus a te, orabo Dominum: et recedet musca a Pharaone, et a servis suis, et a populo eius cras: verumtamen noli ultra fallere, ut non dimittas populum sacrificare Domino.
Moses said, “As soon as I go out from you, I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may leave you, Pharaoh, and your servants and people tomorrow. But you must not deal deceitfully any more by not letting our people go to sacrifice to Yahweh.”
30 Egressusque Moyses a Pharaone, oravit Dominum.
Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to Yahweh.
31 Qui fecit iuxta verbum illius: et abstulit muscas a Pharaone, et a servis suis, et a populo eius: non superfuit ne una quidem.
Yahweh did as Moses asked; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, his servants, and his people. Not one remained.
32 Et ingravatum est cor Pharaonis, ita ut nec hac quidem vice dimitteret populum.
But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.
