1 T he Lord said to Moses, Behold, I make you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.

فَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «ها قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ كَإلَهٍ لِفِرعَونَ، وَأخُوكَ هارُونُ سَيَكُونُ كَنَبِيٍّ لَكَ.

2 Y ou shall speak all that I command you, and Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.

تَكَلَّمْ أنْتَ بِكُلِّ ما آمُرُكَ بِهِ. وَهارُونُ أخُوكَ سَيَقُولُ لِفِرعَونَ بِأنْ يُطلِقَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أرْضِهِ.

3 A nd I will make Pharaoh’s heart stubborn and hard, and multiply My signs, My wonders, and miracles in the land of Egypt.

لَكِنِّي سَأُقَسِّي قَلْبَ فِرعَوْنَ لِأُكَثِّرَ مُعجِزاتِي وَعَجائِبِي فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ.

4 B ut Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay My hand upon Egypt and bring forth My hosts, My people the Israelites, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.

لَكِنَّ فِرعَوْنَ لَنْ يَستَمِعَ لَكُما، وَلِذا سَأمُدُّ يَدِي لِضَرْبِ مِصرَ، وَسَأُخرِجُ فِرَقِي، شَعبِي، بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ بِأحكامٍ عَظِيمَةٍ.

5 T he Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord when I stretch forth My hand upon Egypt and bring out the Israelites from among them.

حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَعرِفُ المِصرِيُّونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ حِينَ أمُدُّ يَدِي ضِدَّ إسْرائِيلَ وَأُخرِجُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ بَينِهِمْ.»

6 A nd Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them.

فَعَمِلَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ بِحَسَبِ أمرِ اللهِ لَهُما.

7 N ow Moses was 80 years old and Aaron 83 years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.

وَكانَ مُوسَى فِي الثَّمانِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، وَهارُونُ فِي الثّالِثَةِ وَالثَّمانِينَ، حِينَ كَلَّما فِرعَوْنَ. العَصا تَتَحَوَّلُ إلَى حَيَّة

8 A nd the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى وَهارُونَ:

9 W hen Pharaoh says to you, Prove by a miracle, then tell Aaron, Throw your rod down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.

«حِينَ يَقُولُ فِرعَوْنُ لَكُما: ‹اصنَعا مُعجِزَةً،› قُلْ يا مُوسَى لِهارُونَ: ‹خُذْ عَصاكَ وَارْمِها أمامَ فِرعَوْنَ فَتَصِيرَ ثُعْباناً.›»

10 S o Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the Lord had commanded; Aaron threw down his rod before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent.

فَدَخَلَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ إلَى فِرعَوْنَ وَفَعَلا كَما أمَرَهُما اللهُ. وَلَمّا رَمَى هارُونُ عَصاهُ أمامَ فِرعَوْنَ وَحاشِيَتِهِ، صارَتْ ثُعْباناً.

11 T hen Pharaoh called for the wise men and the sorcerers (wizards and jugglers). And they also, these magicians of Egypt, did similar things with their enchantments and secret arts.

لَكِنَّ فِرعَوْنَ دَعا حُكَماءَهُ وَسَحَرَتَهُ. فَفَعَلَ سَحَرَةُ مِصرَ الأمرَ ذاتَهُ بِسِحرِهِمْ.

12 F or they cast down every man his rod and they became serpents; but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

رَمَى كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ عَصاهُ فَصارَتِ العِصِيُّ ثَعابينَ. لَكِنَّ عَصا هارُونَ ابتَلَعَتْ عِصِيَّهُمْ.

13 B ut Pharaoh’s heart was hardened and stubborn and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

أمَّا قَلْبُ فِرعَوْنَ فَتَقَسَّى، وَلَمْ يَستَمِعْ إلَيهِما، تَماماً كَما قالَ اللهُ. الماءُ يَتَحَوَّلُ إلَى دَم

14 T hen the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hard and stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «قَلْبُ فِرعَوْنَ قاسٍ، فَقَدْ رَفَضَ إطلاقَ الشَّعبِ.

15 G o to Pharaoh in the morning; he will be going out to the water; wait for him by the river’s brink; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.

اذْهَبْ إلَى فِرعَوْنَ فِي الصَّباحِ حِينَ يَنزِلُ إلَى الماءِ. قَابِلْهُ عَلَى ضِفَّةِ النَّهرِ، وَالعَصا الَّتِي تَحَوَّلَتْ إلَى ثُعْبانٍ فِي يَدِكَ.

16 A nd say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness; and behold, heretofore you have not listened.

وَقُلْ لَهُ: ‹إنَّ يهوه إلَهَ العِبرانِيِّينَ أرسَلَنِي إلَيكَ. وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لَكَ أطلِقْ شَعبِي لِيَعبُدَنِي فِي البَرِّيَّةِ. لَكِنَّكَ حَتَّى الآنَ تَرفُضُ الاسْتِماعَ.

17 T hus says the Lord, In this you shall know, recognize, and understand that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod in my hand the waters in the River, and they shall be turned to blood.

فَهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ ، وَبِهَذا سَتَعرِفُ أنِّي أنا اللهُ: سَأضرِبُ بِالعَصا الَّتِي فِي يَدِي ماءَ نَهْرِ النِّيلِ فَيَتَحَوَّلُ إلَى دَمٍ.

18 T he fish in the river shall die, the river shall become foul smelling, and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink from it.

سَيَمُوتُ السَّمَكُ، وَتَصيرُ رائِحَةُ النَّهرِ كَرِيهَةً، فَلا يَستَطِيعُ المِصرِيُّونَ أنْ يَشْرَبُوا ماءً مِنَ النِّيلِ.›»

19 A nd the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, rivers, pools, and ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, in containers both of wood and of stone.

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «قُلْ لِهارُونَ: ‹خُذْ عَصاكَ وَمُدَّ يَدَكَ فَوقَ مِياهِ مِصرَ: أنهارِهِا وَجَداوِلِها وَبِرَكِها، وَفَوقَ كُلِّ تَجَمُّعاتِ المِياهِ حَتَّى تَصِيرَ دَماً.› سَيَصِيرُ الماءُ دَماً فِي كُلِّ أرْضِ مِصرَ، حَتَّى الماءُ المُخَزَّنُ فِي أوْعِيَةِ الخَشَبِ وَالحَجَرِ!»

20 M oses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded; lifted up the rod and smote the waters in the river in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and all the waters in the river were turned to blood.

فَفَعَلَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ كَما أمَرَهُما اللهُ. فَرَفَعَ هارُونُ العَصا وَضَرَبَ بِها الماءَ الَّذِي فِي نَهرِ النِّيلِ أمامَ فِرعَوْنَ وَخُدّامِهِ، فَتَحَوَّلَتْ مِياهُ النِّيلِ إلَى دَمٍ،

21 A nd the fish in the river died; and the river became foul smelling, and the Egyptians could not drink its water, and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

وَماتَ السَّمَكُ، وَصارَتْ رائِحَةُ النِّيلِ كَرِيهَةً، حَتَّى إنَّ المِصرِيِّينَ لَمْ يَستَطِيعُوا أنْ يَشرَبُوا مِنهُ. وَكانَ الدَّمُ فِي كُلِّ أرْضِ مِصرَ.

22 B ut the magicians of Egypt did the same by their enchantments and secret arts; and Pharaoh’s heart was made hard and obstinate, and he did not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

لَكِنَّ سَحَرَةَ مِصرَ عَمِلُوا الأمرَ نَفسَهُ بِسِحرِهِمْ، فَتَقَسَّى قَلبُ فِرعَوْنَ وَلَمْ يَستَمِعْ إلَيهِما، كَما سَبَقَ أنْ قالَ اللهُ.

23 A nd Pharaoh turned and went into his house; neither did he take even this to heart.

وَعادَ فِرعَوْنُ إلَى بَيتِهِ وَلَمْ يَأبَهْ لِلأمْرِ مُطلَقاً.

24 A nd all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the.

وَحَفَرَ كُلُّ المِصرِيِّينَ آباراً حَولَ نَهرِ النِّيلِ لِيَشرَبُوا، لِأنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَستَطِيعُونَ الشُّربَ مِنْ ماءِ النَّهرِ. الضَّفادِع

25 S even days passed after the Lord had smitten the river.

وَمَرَّتْ سَبعَةُ أيّامٍ بَعدَ أنْ ضَرَبَ اللهُ نَهرَ النِّيلِ.