1 A nd Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «اذهَبْ إلَى فِرعَوْنَ لِأنِّي قَسَّيتُ قَلبَهُ وَقُلُوبَ خُدّامِهِ كَي أُظهِرَ مُعجِزاتِي فِي وَسَطِهِمْ،

2 a nd that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am Jehovah.

وَلِكَيْ تُخبِرَ أولادَكَ وَأحفادَكَ بِما عَمِلْتُهُ بِالمِصْرِيِّينَ، وَتُخبِرَهُمْ بِالمُعجِزاتِ الَّتِي عَمِلْتُها، فَتَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.»

3 A nd Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

فَأتَى مُوسَى وَهارُونُ إلَى فِرعَوْنَ وَقالا لَهُ: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ يهوه إلَهُ العِبرانِيِّينَ: ‹حَتَّى مَتَى تَرفُضُ أنْ تَتَواضَعَ أمامِي؟ أطلِقْ شَعبِي لِيَعبُدَنِي.

4 E lse, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border:

فَإنْ رَفَضْتَ، سَآتِي بِالجَرادِ عَلَى بَلَدِكَ وَأرْضِكَ فِي الغَدِ،

5 a nd they shall cover the face of the earth, so that one shall not be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

فَيُغَطِّي سَطحَ الأرْضِ حَتَّى لا يَستَطِيعَ أحَدٌ أنْ يَرَى الأرْضَ. وَسَيَأْكُلُ الجَرادُ ما تَبَقَّى لَكُمْ بَعدَ ضَربَةِ البَرَدِ. سَيَأْكُلُ كُلَّ أشجارِكُمُ النّابِتَةِ فِي الحَقلِ.

6 a nd thy houses shall be filled, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh.

بَلْ سَتَمتَلِئُ بِها بُيُوتُكَ وَبُيُوتُ خُدّامِكَ وَبَيَوتُ كُلِّ المِصرِيِّينَ. وَسَتَرَى أنْتَ ما لَمْ يَرَهُ آباؤُكَ وَأجدادُكَ مُنذُ أنْ وُجِدُوا عَلَى الأرْضِ إلَى اليَومِ!›» ثُمَّ اسْتَدارَ وَخَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِ فِرعَوْنَ.

7 A nd Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

فَقالَ خُدّامُ فِرعَوْنَ لَهُ: «إلَى مَتَى سَيَبقَى هَذا الرَّجُلُ فَخّاً لَنا؟ أطلِقِ الرِّجالَ لِيَعبُدُوا إلَهَهُمْ. ألا تَرَى أنَّ مِصرَ قَدْ خَرِبَتْ؟»

8 A nd Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve Jehovah your God; but who are they that shall go?

فاسْتُدْعِيَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ إلَى فِرعَوْنَ، فَقالَ لَهُما: «اذْهَبُوا وَاعْبُدُوا إلَهَكُمْ. لَكِنْ، مَنِ الَّذينَ سَيَذْهَبُونَ؟»

9 A nd Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto Jehovah.

فَقالَ مُوسَى: «سَنَذْهَبُ جَمِيعاً مَعَ شُبّانِنا وَشُيُوخِنا وَأبْنائِنا وَبَناتِنا وَغَنَمِنا وَبَقَرِنا، لِأنَّ لَدَينا عِيداً للهِ لِنَحتَفِلَ بِهِ.»

10 A nd he said unto them, So be Jehovah with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

فَقالَ فِرعَوْنُ ساخِراً: «يَكُونُ اللهُ مَعَكُمْ بِالفِعلِ إذا أطلَقْتُ أولادَكُمْ مَعَكُمْ! أنْتُما تُخْفِيانِ خُطَّةً شِرِّيرَةً.

11 N ot so: go now ye that are men, and serve Jehovah; for that is what ye desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

يُمكِنُ لِلرِّجالِ فَقَطْ أنْ يَذهَبُوا وَيَعْبُدُوا اللهَ ، لِأنَّ هَذا ما تُرِيدانِهِ.» ثُمَّ طَرَدَهُما فِرعَوْنُ مِنْ أمامِهِ.

12 A nd Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

فَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «مُدَّ يَدَكَ عَلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ لَيأتِيَ الجَرادُ عَلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ وَيَأْكُلَ كُلَّ عُشْبٍ أخضَرَ فِي الأرْضِ تَرَكَهُ البَرَدُ.»

13 A nd Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and Jehovah brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

فَمَدَّ مُوسَى عَصاهُ عَلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ، فَساقَ اللهُ رِيحاً شَرقِيَّةً عَلَى الأرْضِ طِيلَةَ النَّهارِ وَاللَّيلِ. وَحِينَ جاءَ الصَّباحُ، ساقَتِ الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ الجَرادَ.

14 A nd the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

أتَى الجَرادُ عَلَى كُلِّ أرْضِ مِصْرَ وَاستَقَرَّ فِيها. كانَتِ المأساةُ عَظيمَةً، إذْ لَمْ يَأْتِ جَرادٌ كَهَذا مِنْ قَبلُ، وَلَنْ يَأْتِيَ.

15 F or they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

فَقَدْ غَطَّى الجَرادُ سَطحَ الأرْضِ، حَتَّى سَادَتِ الظُّلْمَةُ. وَأكَلَ كُلَّ نَباتٍ فِي الأرْضِ وَكُلَّ ثِمارِ الأشْجارِ الَّتِي بَقِيَتْ بَعدَ ضَرْبَةِ البَرَدِ. لَمْ يَتَبَقَّ شَيءٌ أخضَرُ بَينَ الأشْجارِ وَالنَّباتاتِ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ.

16 T hen Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you.

فَأسرَعَ فِرعَوْنُ بِاستِدعاءِ مُوسَى وَهارُونَ، وَقالَ: «أخطَأْتُ إلَى يهوه إلَهِكُما وَإلَيكُما.

17 N ow therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat Jehovah your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

وَالآنَ، اغفِرا خَطِيَّتِي هَذِهِ المَرَّةَ، وَصَلِّيا إلَى يهوه إلَهِكُما أنْ يُزِيلَ عَنِّيَ هَذا المَوتَ.»

18 A nd he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah.

فَخَرَجَ مُوسَى مِنْ عِنْدِ فِرعَوْنَ وَصَلَّى إلَى اللهِ.

19 A nd Jehovah turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt.

فَأرْسَلَ اللهُ رِيحاً غَربِيَّةً قَوِيَّةً حَمَلَتِ الجَرادَ وَألقَتْهُ فِي البَحرِ الأحمَرِ، حَتَّى لَمْ تَبْقَ جَرادَةٌ واحِدَةٌ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ.

20 B ut Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

لَكِنَّ اللهَ قَسَّى قَلْبَ فِرعَوْنَ كَي لا يُطلِقَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. الظَّلام

21 A nd Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «مُدَّ يَدَكَ نَحوَ السَّماءِ لِيَأْتِيَ ظَلامٌ عَلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ، حَتَّى إنَّهُ يَكادُ أنْ يُلمَسَ لِشِدَّتِهِ!»

22 A nd Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

فَمَدَّ مُوسَى يَدَهُ نَحْوَ السَّماءِ، فَحلَّ ظَلامٌ شَدِيدٌ عَلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ لِمُدَّةِ ثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ،

23 t hey saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

حَتَّى لَمْ يَعُدِ أحَدٌ يَقدِرُ أنْ يَرَى الآخَرَ. وَلَمْ يَقُمْ أحَدٌ مِنْ مَكانِهِ لِثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ. وَأمّا بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ فَكانَ لَدَيهِمْ نُورٌ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ.

24 A nd Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve Jehovah; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

فَاسْتَدعَى فِرعَوْنُ مُوسَى وَقالَ لَهُ: «اذهَبُوا وَاخْدِمُوا اللهَ ، لكِنْ تَبقَى غَنَمُكُمْ وَبَقَرُكُمْ. وَيُمكِنُ لِأولادِكُمْ أيضاً أنْ يَذهَبُوا مَعَكُمْ.»

25 A nd Moses said, Thou must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice unto Jehovah our God.

فَقالَ مُوسَى: «بَلْ أنتَ أيضاً سَتُعطِيَنا قَرابينَ وَذَبائِحَ لِنَذْبَحَ لإلَهِنا.

26 O ur cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind: for thereof must we take to serve Jehovah our God; and we know not with what we must serve Jehovah, until we come thither.

وَمَواشِينا تَذهَبُ مَعَنا، فَلا يَبقَى مِنها رَأْسٌ واحِدٌ، لِأنَّنا سَنَذْبَحُ منْها أثَناءَ عِبادَةِ إلَهِنا. وَلا نَعرِفُ ماذا سَنَذْبَحُ للهِ بِالتَّحْدِيدِ حَتَّى نَصِلَ إلَى هُناكَ.»

27 B ut Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.

لَكِنَّ اللهَ قَسَّى قَلبَ فِرعَوْنَ، وَلَمْ يُرِدْ أنْ يُطلِقَهُمْ.

28 A nd Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die.

وَقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِمُوسَى: «ابْتَعِدْ عَنِّي! احذَرْ! لا تَرَنِي ثانِيَةً، فَحِينَ تَرانِي سَتَمُوتُ.»

29 A nd Moses said, Thou hast spoken well. I will see thy face again no more.

وَقالَ مُوسَى: «كَما قُلْتَ بِالفِعلِ، لَنْ أراكَ ثانِيَةً.»