Exodus 9
1 Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen: Ingredere ad Pharaonem, et loquere ad eum: Haec dicit Dominus Deus Hebraeorum: Dimitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
2 Quod si adhuc renuis, et retines eos:
But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,
3 ecce manus mea erit super agros tuos: et super equos, et asinos, et camelos, et oves, et boves, pestis valde gravis.
then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
4 Et faciet Dominus mirabile inter possessiones Israel, et possessiones Aegyptiorum, ut nihil omnino pereat ex eis quae pertinent ad filios Israel.
But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
5 Constituitque Dominus tempus, dicens: Cras faciet Dominus verbum istud in terra.
The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”
6 Fecit ergo Dominus verbum hoc altera die: mortuaque sunt omnia animantia Aegyptiorum: de animalibus vero filiorum Israel nihil omnino periit.
And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.
7 Et misit Pharao ad videndum: nec erat quidquam mortuum de his quae possidebat Israel. Ingravatumque est cor Pharaonis, et non dimisit populum.
Pharaoh sent officials and found that none of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go.
8 Et dixit Dominus ad Moysen, et Aaron: Tollite plenas manus cineris de camino, et spargat illum Moyses in caelum coram Pharaone.
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.
9 Sitque pulvis super omnem Terram Aegypti: erunt enim in hominibus, et iumentis ulcera, et vesicae turgentes in universa terra Aegypti.
It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”
10 Tuleruntque cinerem de camino, et steterunt coram Pharaone, et sparsit illum Moyses in caelum: factaque sunt ulcera vesicarum turgentium in hominibus, et iumentis:
So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.
11 nec poterant malefici stare coram Moyse propter ulcera quae in illis erant, et in omni Terra Aegypti:
The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.
12 Induravitque Dominus cor Pharaonis, et non audivit eos, sicut locutus est Dominus ad Moysen.
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.
13 Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Mane consurge, et sta coram Pharaone, et dices ad eum: Haec dicit Dominus Deus Hebraeorum: Dimitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
14 Quia in hac vice mittam omnes plagas meas super cor tuum, et super servos tuos, et super populum tuum: ut scias quod non sit similis mei in omni terra.
Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
15 Nunc enim extendens manum percutiam te, et populum tuum peste, peribisque de terra.
For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.
16 Idcirco autem posui te, ut ostendam in te fortitudinem meam, et narretur nomen meum in omni terra.
But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
17 Adhuc retines populum meum: et non vis dimittere eum?
Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
18 En pluam cras hac ipsa hora grandinem multam nimis, qualis non fuit in Aegypto a die qua fundata est, usque in praesens tempus.
Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.
19 Mitte ergo iam nunc, et congrega iumenta tua, et omnia quae habes in agro: homines enim, et iumenta, et universa quae inventa fuerint foris, nec congregata de agris, cecideritque super ea grando, morientur.
So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”
20 Qui timuit verbum Domini de servis Pharaonis, facit confugere servos suos, et iumenta in domos:
Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,
21 qui autem neglexit sermonem Domini, dimisit servos suos, et iumenta in agris.
but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.
22 Et dixit Dominus ad Moysen: Extende manum tuam in caelum, ut fiat grando in universa Terra Aegypti super homines, et super iumenta, et super omnem herbam agri in Terra Aegypti.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”
23 Extenditque Moyses virgam in caelum, et Dominus dedit tonitrua, et grandinem, ac discurrentia fulgura super terram: pluitque Dominus grandinem super Terram Aegypti.
So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.
24 Et grando et ignis mista pariter ferebantur: tantaeque fuit magnitudinis, quanta ante numquam apparuit in universa Terra Aegypti ex quo gens illa condita est.
The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.
25 Et percussit grando in omni Terra Aegypti cuncta quae fuerunt in agris, ab homine usque ad iumentum: cunctamque herbam agri percussit grando, et omne lignum regionis confregit.
Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree.
26 Tantum in Terra Gessen, ubi erant filii Israel, grando non cecidit.
The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
27 Misitque Pharao, et vocavit Moysen et Aaron, dicens ad eos: Peccavi etiam nunc: Dominus iustus: et ego et populus meus, impii.
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
28 Orate Dominum ut desinant tonitrua Dei, et grando: ut dimittam vos, et nequaquam hic ultra maneatis.
Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
29 Ait Moyses: Cum egressus fuero de urbe, extendam palmas meas ad Dominum, et cessabunt tonitrua, et grando non erit: ut scias quia Domini est terra:
Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
30 novi autem quod et tu, et servi tui necdum timeatis Dominum Deum.
But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.”
31 Linum ergo, et hordeum laesum est, eo quod hordeum esset virens, et linum iam folliculos germinaret:
(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;
32 triticum autem, et far non sunt laesa, quia serotina erant.
but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.)
33 Egressusque Moyses a Pharaone ex urbe, tetendit manus ad Dominum: et cessaverunt tonitrua et grando, nec ultra stillavit pluvia super terram.
Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.
34 Videns autem Pharao quod cessasset pluvia, et grando et tonitrua, auxit peccatum:
When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.
35 et ingravatum est cor eius, et servorum illius, et induratum nimis: nec dimisit filios Israel, sicut praeceperat Dominus per manum Moysi.
So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.
