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

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may perform these signs of Mine among them,

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

and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your grandson, how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I performed My signs among them, that you may know that I am the Lord.”

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.

Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

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

For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.

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.

They shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has escaped—what is left to you from the hail—and they will eat every tree which sprouts for you out of 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.

Then your houses shall be filled and the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians, something which neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day that they came upon the earth until 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؟»

Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not realize that Egypt is destroyed?”

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

So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “ Go, serve the Lord your God! Who are the ones that are going?”

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

Moses said, “ We shall go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we shall go, for we must hold a feast to the Lord.”

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

Then he said to them, “Thus may the Lord be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Take heed, for evil is in your mind.

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

Not so! Go now, the men among you, and serve the Lord, for that is what you desire.” So 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.»

Then the Lord said to Moses, “ Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt and eat every plant of the land, even all that the hail has 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.

So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord directed an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and 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.

The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of Egypt; they were very numerous. There had never been so many locusts, nor would there be so many again.

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.

For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Thus nothing green was left on tree or plant of the field through all the land of Egypt.

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

Then Pharaoh hurriedly called for Moses and Aaron, and he said, “ I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.

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

Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and make supplication to the Lord your God, that He would only remove this death from me.”

18 ف َخَرَجَ مُوسَى مِنْ عِنْدِ فِرعَوْنَ وَصَلَّى إلَى اللهِ.

He went out from Pharaoh and made supplication to the Lord.

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

So the Lord shifted the wind to a very strong west wind which took up the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea; not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt.

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

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go. Darkness over the Land

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

Then the Lord said to Moses, “ Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt.”

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

So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for 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 did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons 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.»

Then Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be detained. Even your little ones may go with you.”

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

But Moses said, “You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice them to the Lord 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.»

Therefore, our livestock too shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we shall take some of them to serve the Lord our God. And until we arrive there, we ourselves do not know with what we shall serve the Lord.”

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

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go.

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

Then Pharaoh said to him, “ Get away from me! Beware, do not see my face again, for in the day you see my face you shall die!”

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

Moses said, “You are right; I shall never see your face again!”