Kutoka 9
1 Kisha Yahweh akamwambia Musa, Nenda kwa Farao na umwambie, 'Yahweh, Mungu wa Waebrania, anasema hivi: “Acha watu wangu waende ili wakaniabudu mimi.”
And the Lord said to Moses: Go in to Pharao, and speak to him: Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: Let my people go to sacrifice to me.
2 Lakini ukikataa kuwaruhusu waende, kama utaendelea kuwa bakiza nyuma,
But if thou refuse, and withhold them still:
3 basi mkono wa Yahweh utakuwa kinyume dhidi ya mifugo yako shambani na kwa farasi, punda, ngamia, ng'ombe na kondoo, naitasababisha ugonjwa mbaya sana.
Behold my hand shall be upon thy fields: and a very grievous murrain upon thy horses, and asses, and camels, and oxen, and sheep.
4 Yahweh ata tendea tofauti mifugo ya Israeli na mifugo Misri: Haukuna mnyama wa Waisraeli ataye kufa.
And the Lord will make a wonderful difference between the possessions of Israel and the possessions of the Egyptians, that nothing at all shall die of those things that belong to the children of Israel.
5 Yahweh ametenga muda; amesema, “Ni kesho ambapo nitafanya ilitukio katika nchi."”'
And the Lord appointed a time, saying: Tomorrow will the Lord do this thing in the land.
6 Yahweh akafanya hivi siku iliyofuata: mifugo yote ya Misri ikafa. Lakini hamna mnyama wa Waisraeli aliye kufa, hamna mnyama ata mmoja.
The Lord therefore did this thing the next day: and all the beasts of the Egyptians died, but of the beasts of the children of Israel there died not one.
7 Farao akafanya utafiti, na tazama, hakuna mnyama ata mmoja aliye kufa. Lakini moyo wake ulikuwa mjeuri, hivyo hakuwaacha watu waende.
And Pharao sent to see: and there was not any thing dead of that which Israel possessed. And Pharao’s heart was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
8 Kisha Yahweh akawambia Musa na Aruni, “Chukuwa majivu na uyajaze mkononi kutoka kwenye tanuru. Wewe, Musa, lazima uyarushe juu wakati Farao akitazama.
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: Take to you handfuls of ashes out of the chimney, and let Moses sprinkle it in the air in the presence of Pharao.
9 Yatakuwa vumbi safi nchi nzima ya Misri. Yatasababisha majipu na mafua kulipuka kwa watu na wanyama katika nchi yote ya Msri.”
And be there dust upon all the land of Egypt: for there shall be boils and swelling blains both in men and beasts in the whole land of Egypt.
10 Hivyo Musa na Aruni wakachukuwa majivu kutoka kwenye tanuru na kusimama mbele ya Farao. KIsha Musa akarusha majivu juu. Majivu yakasababisha majipu na mafua kutokea kwa watu na wanyama.
And they took ashes out of the chimney, and stood before Pharao, and Moses sprinkled it in the air: and there came boils with swelling blains in men and beasts.
11 Waganga hawakuweza kumzuia Musa kwasababu ya majipu, kwasababu majipu yalikuwa kwao na kwa Wamisri wote.
Neither could the magicians stand before Moses for the boils that were upon them, and in all the land of Egypt.
12 Yahweh akaufanya moyo wa Farao kuwa mgumu, Farao hakuwasikiliza Musa na Aruni. Hili ndilo Yahweh alilo mwambia Musa Farao atalo fanya.
And the Lord hardened Pharao’s heart, and he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had spoken to Moses.
13 Kisha Yahweh akamwambia Musa, Amka asubui mapema, simama mbele ya Farao, na umwambie, 'Yahweh, Mungu wa Waebrania, anasema hivi: Acha watu wangu waende ili wakaniabudu mimi.
And the Lord said to Moses: Arise in the morning, and stand before Pharao, and thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go to sacrifice to me.
14 Kwa muda huu nitatuma mapigo kwako wewe, kwa watumishi wako na watu wako. Nitafanya hivi ili ujue hakuna kama mimi kwenye dunia yote.
For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people: that thou mayst know there is none like me in all the earth.
15 Mpaka sasa ningeweza kuunyosha mkono wangu na kukushambulia wewe na watu wako kwa ugonjwa, na ungeondelewa kwenye nchi.
For now I will stretch out my hand to strike thee, and thy people with pestilence, and thou shalt perish from the earth.
16 Lakini ni kwa sababu hii nimekuruhusu uishi: ili kukuonyesha nguvu zangu, ili kwamba jina langu litangazwe dunia nzima.
And therefore have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee, and my name may be spoken of throughout all the earth.
17 Bado unajiinua dhidi ya watu wangu kwa kuwaacha wasiende.
Dost thou yet hold back my people: and wilt thou not let them go?
18 Sikiliza! Kesho muda kama huu nita leta mvua ya mawe ya barafu kubwa, kama ambayo haijawai kuonekana Misri toka ilipo anza hadi sasa.
Behold I will cause it to rain tomorrow at this same hour, an exceeding great hail: such as hath not been in Egypt from the day that it was founded, until this present time.
19 Kisha sasa, tuma wanaume na ukusanye mifugo yako na vitu vyote ulivyo navyo mashambani sehemu salama. Kila mtu na mnyama aliyeko shambani na hajaletwa nyumbani - mawe ya barufu yatawashukia, na watakufa."”'
Send therefore now presently, and gather together thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field: for men and beasts, and all things that shall be found abroad, and not gathered together out of the fields, which the hail shall fall upon, shall die.
20 Kisha hao wa watumishi wa Farao walio amini ujumbe wa Yahweh waka harakisha kuleta watumwa na mifugo yao ndani ya nyumba zao.
He that feared the word of the Lord among Pharao’s servants, made his servants and his cattle flee into houses:
21 Lakini hao ambao hawa kuchukuwa ujumbe wa Yahweh maanani waliacha watumwa wao na mifugo shambani.
But he that regarded not the word of the Lord, left his servants and his cattle in the fields:
22 Kisha Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Nyoosha mkono wako kuelekea mbingu ili kuwe na mawe ya barafu katika nchi yote ya Misri, kwa watu, kwa wanyama, na kwenye mimea yote shambani na nchi nzima ya Misri.”
And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch forth thy hand towards heaven, that there may be hail in the whole land of Egypt, upon men, and upon beasts, and upon every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.
23 Musa akanyoosha mkono na gongo lake kuelekea mbiguni, na Yahweh akatuma mngurumo, mawe ya barafu, na radi kwenye nchi. Pia alinyesha mvua kwenye nchi ya Misri.
And Moses stretched forth his rod towards heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning running along the ground: and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
24 Hivyo kulikuwa na radi iliyo changanyika na mawe ya barafu, ilikuwa hatari sana, kuliko yeyote iliyowai kutokea kwenye nchi ya Misri tangu liwe taifa.
And the hail and fire mixed with it drove on together: and it was of so great bigness, as never before was seen in the whole land of Egypt since that nation was founded.
25 Katika nchi yote ya Misri, barafu ya mawe ilipiga kila kitu kwenye shamba, watu na wanyama. Ilipiga kila mmea shambani na kuvunja kila mti.
And the hail destroyed through all the land of Egypt all things that were in the fields, both man and beast: and the hail smote every herb of the field, and it broke every tree of the country.
26 Isipo kuwa tu nchi ya Gosheni, walipo ishi Waisraeli, hapakuwa na mawe ya barafu.
Only in the land of Gessen, where the children of Israel were, the hail fell not.
27 Kisha Farao akatuma wanaume wakawaite Musa na Aruni. Akawaambia, “Nimetenda dhambi wakati huu. Yahweh ni mwenye haki, na mimi na watu wangu ni waovu.
And Pharao sent and called Moses and Aaron, saying to them: I have sinned this time also; the Lord is just: I and my people are wicked.
28 Muombe Yahweh, kwasababu radi na barafu ya mawe imezidi. Nitawaacha muende, na hamtabaki tena hapa.”
Pray ye to the Lord, that the thunderings of God and the hail may cease: that I may let you go, and that you may stay here no longer.
29 Musa akamwambia, “Nitakapo ondoka tu kwenye mji, nitaitanua mikono yangu kwa Yahweh. Mngurumo utaacha, na hakutakuwa na barafu ya mawe tena. Kwa ili utajua kuwa nchi ni ya Yahweh.
Moses said: As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will stretch forth my hands to the Lord, and the thunders shall cease, and the hail shall be no more: that thou mayst know that the earth is the Lord’s.
30 Lakini kwa wewe na watu wako, najua bado hamu mheshimu Yahweh Mungu.”
But I know that neither thou, nor thy servants do yet fear the Lord God.
31 Sasa kitani na shayiri ziliharibiwa, kwa kuwa shayiri ilikuwa katika kukomaa, na kitani ilikuwa imestawi.
The flax therefore and the barley were hurt, because the barley was green, and the flax was now boiled:
32 Lakini ngano na kusemethu hazikupigwa mana zinachelewa kukua.
But the wheat, and other winter corn were not hurt, because they were lateward.
33 Musa alipo muacha Farao na mji, alitanua mikono yake kwa Yahweh; mngurumo na barafu ya mawe ikasimama, na mvua haikunyesha tena.
And when Moses was gone from Pharao out of the city, he stretched forth his hands to the Lord: and the thunders and the hail ceased, neither did there drop any more rain upon the earth.
34 Farao alipoona mvua, barafu ya mawe, na mngurumo umekatika, akatenda dhambi na kufanya moyo wake kuwa mgumu, pamoja na watumishi wake.
And Pharao seeing that the rain and the hail, and the thunders were ceased, increased his sin.
35 Moyo wa Farao ulikuwa mgumu, hakuacha watu wa Israeli waende. Hivi ndivyo Yahweh alimwambia Musa Farao atafanya.
And his heart was hardened, and the heart of his servants, and it was made exceeding hard: neither did he let the children of Israel go, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.
