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

And Jehovah said to Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his bondmen, that I might do these my signs in their midst,

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

and that thou mightest tell in the ears of thy son and thy son's son what I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

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

And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah the God of the Hebrews: How long dost thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

4 ف َإنْ رَفَضْتَ، سَآتِي بِالجَرادِ عَلَى بَلَدِكَ وَأرْضِكَ فِي الغَدِ،

For, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, I will to-morrow bring locusts into thy borders;

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

and they shall cover the face of the land, so that ye will not be able to see the land; and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which ye have remaining from the hail, and shall eat every tree which ye have growing in the field;

6 ب َلْ 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.

and they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy bondmen, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which 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.

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

And Pharaoh's bondmen said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God: dost thou not yet know that Egypt is ruined?

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

And Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh. And he said to them, Go, serve Jehovah your God. Who are they that shall go?

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

And 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 have a feast of Jehovah.

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

And he said to them, Let Jehovah be so with you, as I let you go, and your little ones: see that evil is before you!

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

Not so: go now, ye men, and serve Jehovah! for it is that ye have desired. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

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

And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up over the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land—all that the hail hath left.

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

And Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and Jehovah brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

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

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

15 ف َقَدْ 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.

And they covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left; and there remained not any green thing on the trees, and in the herbs of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

16 ف َأسرَعَ فِرعَوْنُ بِاستِدعاءِ مُوسَى وَهارُونَ، وَقالَ: «أخطَأْتُ إلَى يهوه إلَهِكُما وَإلَيكُما.

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

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

And now, forgive, I pray you, my sin only this time, and intreat Jehovah your God that he may take away from me this death only!

18 ف َخَرَجَ مُوسَى مِنْ عِنْدِ فِرعَوْنَ وَصَلَّى إلَى اللهِ.

And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated Jehovah.

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

And Jehovah turned a very powerful west wind, which took away the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea: there remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt.

20 ل َكِنَّ اللهَ قَسَّى قَلْبَ فِرعَوْنَ كَي لا يُطلِقَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. الظَّلام

And Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

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

And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be darkness in the land of Egypt—so that one may feel darkness.

22 ف َمَدَّ مُوسَى يَدَهُ نَحْوَ السَّماءِ، فَحلَّ ظَلامٌ شَدِيدٌ عَلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ لِمُدَّةِ ثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ،

And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days:

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

they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place, for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

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

And Pharaoh called Moses and said, Go, serve Jehovah; only, let your flocks and your herds remain; let your little ones also go with you.

25 ف َقالَ مُوسَى: «بَلْ أنتَ أيضاً سَتُعطِيَنا قَرابينَ وَذَبائِحَ لِنَذْبَحَ لإلَهِنا.

And Moses said, Thou must give also sacrifices and burnt-offerings into our hands, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God.

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

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

27 ل َكِنَّ اللهَ قَسَّى قَلبَ فِرعَوْنَ، وَلَمْ يُرِدْ أنْ يُطلِقَهُمْ.

But Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he would not let them go.

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

And Pharaoh said to 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.

29 و َقالَ مُوسَى: «كَما قُلْتَ بِالفِعلِ، لَنْ أراكَ ثانِيَةً.»

And Moses said, Thou hast spoken rightly: I will see thy face again no more!