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

And Jehovah said to Moses, See, I have made thee God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

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

Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

3 ل َكِنِّي سَأُقَسِّي قَلْبَ فِرعَوْنَ لِأُكَثِّرَ مُعجِزاتِي وَعَجائِبِي فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ.

And I will render Pharaoh's heart obdurate, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

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

And Pharaoh will not hearken unto you; and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

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

And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

6 ف َعَمِلَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ بِحَسَبِ أمرِ اللهِ لَهُما.

And Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah had commanded them: so did they.

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

And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

8 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى وَهارُونَ:

And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

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

When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Do a miracle for yourselves,—then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy staff and cast before Pharaoh—it will become a serpent.

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

And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh, and before his bondmen, and it became a serpent.

11 ل َكِنَّ فِرعَوْنَ دَعا حُكَماءَهُ وَسَحَرَتَهُ. فَفَعَلَ سَحَرَةُ مِصرَ الأمرَ ذاتَهُ بِسِحرِهِمْ.

And Pharaoh also called the sages and the sorcerers; and they too, the scribes of Egypt, did so with their enchantments:

12 ر َمَى كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ عَصاهُ فَصارَتِ العِصِيُّ ثَعابينَ. لَكِنَّ عَصا هارُونَ ابتَلَعَتْ عِصِيَّهُمْ.

they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.

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

And Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, and he hearkened not to them, as Jehovah had said.

14 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «قَلْبُ فِرعَوْنَ قاسٍ، فَقَدْ رَفَضَ إطلاقَ الشَّعبِ.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened: he refuseth to let the people go.

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

Go unto Pharaoh in the morning—behold, he will go out unto the water—and take thy stand by the bank of the river in front of him; and take in thy hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.

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

And say unto him, Jehovah the God of the Hebrews has sent me to thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness; but behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened.

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

Thus saith Jehovah: In this shalt thou know that I am Jehovah—behold, I will smite with the staff that is in my hand upon the water which is in the river, and it shall be turned into blood.

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

And the fish that is in the river shall die; and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink the water out of the river.

19 و َقالَ 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!»

And Jehovah said to Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and stretch out thy hand upon the waters of the Egyptians—upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt, both in wood and in stone.

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

And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and he lifted up the staff, and smote the waters that were in the river before the eyes of Pharaoh, and before the eyes of his bondmen; and all the waters that were in the river were turned into blood.

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

And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river; and the blood was throughout the land of Egypt.

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

And the scribes of Egypt did so with their sorceries; and Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, neither did he hearken to them, as Jehovah had said.

23 و َعادَ فِرعَوْنُ إلَى بَيتِهِ وَلَمْ يَأبَهْ لِلأمْرِ مُطلَقاً.

And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and took not this to heart either.

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

And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

25 و َمَرَّتْ سَبعَةُ أيّامٍ بَعدَ أنْ ضَرَبَ اللهُ نَهرَ النِّيلِ.

And seven days were fulfilled, after Jehovah had smitten the river.