1 A nd the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

فَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «اذْهَبْ إلَى فِرعَوْنَ وَقُلْ لَهُ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: أطلِقْ شَعبِي كَي يَعبُدَنِي.

2 B ut if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your territory with frogs.

فَإنْ رَفَضْتَ أنْ تُطلِقَهُمْ، سَأضرِبُ كُلَّ أرْضِكَ بِالضَّفادِعِ.

3 S o the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, into your bedroom, on your bed, into the houses of your servants, on your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls.

سَيَمتَلِئُ النِّيلُ بِالضَّفادِعِ. وَسَتَصعَدُ الضَّفادِعُ إلَى بَيتِكَ وَغُرفَةِ نَومِكَ وَعَلَى سَرِيرِكَ وَإلَى بُيُوتِ خُدّامِكَ، وَعَلَى شَعبِكَ وَإلَى أفرانِكَ وَآنِيَتِكَ.

4 A nd the frogs shall come up on you, on your people, and on all your servants.”’”

فَتَأْتِي الضَّفادِعُ عَلَيكَ وَعَلَى شَعبِكَ وَعَلَى كُلِّ خُدّامِكَ.›»

5 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.’”

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «قُلْ لِهارُونَ: ‹مُدَّ يَدَكَ بِعَصاكَ عَلَى الأنهارِ وَالجَداوِلِ وَالبِرَكِ، وَأخرِجْ ضَفادِعَ لِتَنتَشِرَ عَلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ.›»

6 S o Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

فَمَدَّ هارُونُ يَدَهُ عَلَى مِياهِ مِصرَ، فَخَرَجَتِ الضَّفادِعُ وَغَطَّتْ أرْضَ مِصرَ.

7 A nd the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

وَلَكِنَّ السَّحَرَةَ عَمِلُوا الأمرَ ذاتَهُ بِسِحرِهِمْ، وَأخرَجُوا ضَفادِعَ عَلَى أرْضِ مِصرَ.

8 T hen Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Entreat the Lord that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the Lord.”

فَاسْتَدعَى فِرعَوْنُ مُوسَى وَهارُونَ وَقالَ لَهُما: «صَلِّيا إلَى اللهِ أنْ يُزِيلَ الضَّفادِعَ عَنِّي وَعَنْ شَعبِي، حِينَئِذٍ، سَأُطلِقُ الشَّعبَ لِيُقَدِّمُوا ذَبائِحَ للهِ.»

9 A nd Moses said to Pharaoh, “Accept the honor of saying when I shall intercede for you, for your servants, and for your people, to destroy the frogs from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only.”

فَقالَ مُوسَى لِفِرعَونَ: «أنتَ تُقَرِّرُ مَتَى أُصَلِّي لِأجلِكَ وَلِأجلِ خُدّامِكَ وَشَعبِكَ لإزالَةِ الضَّفادِعِ عَنكَ وَعَنْ بُيُوتِكَ. لَكِنْ سَتَبْقَى الضَّفادِعُ فِي النِّيلِ فَقَطْ.»

10 S o he said, “Tomorrow.” And he said, “ Let it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God.

فَقالَ فِرعَوْنُ: «غَداً.» فَأجابَ مُوسَى: «كَما تَقُولُ، كَي تَعرِفَ أنَّهُ لَيسَ مِثلَ يهوه إلَهِنا.

11 A nd the frogs shall depart from you, from your houses, from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river only.”

سَتَزُولُ الضَّفادِعُ عَنكَ وَعَنْ بُيُوتِكَ وَعَنْ خُدّامِكَ وَعَنْ شَعبِكَ، وَسَتَبقَى فِي النِّيلِ.»

12 T hen Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses cried out to the Lord concerning the frogs which He had brought against Pharaoh.

فَخَرَجَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ مِنْ عِنْدِ فِرعَوْنَ. وَصَرَخَ مُوسَى إلَى اللهِ بِشَأْنِ الضَّفادِعِ الَّتِي أرْسَلَها اللهُ عَلَى فِرعَوْنَ.

13 S o the Lord did according to the word of Moses. And the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courtyards, and out of the fields.

فَاسْتَجابَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى. وَماتَتِ الضَّفادِعُ فِي البُيُوتِ وَالسّاحاتِ وَالحُقُولِ.

14 T hey gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.

فَجُمِعَتْ فِي أكوامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ حَتَّى صارَتْ رائِحَةُ الأرْضِ كَريهَةً جِدّاً.

15 B ut when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not heed them, as the Lord had said. The Third Plague: Lice

لَكِنْ حِينَ رَأى فِرعَوْنُ أنَّهُ صارَ هُناكَ فَرَجٌ، قَسَّى قَلبَهُ، وَلَمْ يَستَمِعْ إلَيهِما كَما قَالَ اللهُ. القَمل

16 S o the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, so that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.’”

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «قُلْ لِهارُونَ: ‹مُدَّ عَصاكَ وَاضْرِبْ تُرابَ الأرْضِ فَيَصِيرَ قَملاً فِي كُلِّ أرْضِ مِصرَ.›»

17 A nd they did so. For Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and struck the dust of the earth, and it became lice on man and beast. All the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

فَعَمِلا بِحَسَبِ قَولِهِ. مَدَّ هارُونُ عَصاهُ بِيَدِهِ، وَضَرَبَ تُرابَ الأرْضِ الَّذِي صارَ قَملاً عَلَى النّاسِ وَالحَيواناتِ. كُلُّ تُرابِ الأرْضِ صارَ قَملاً فِي كُلِّ أرْضِ مِصْرَ.

18 N ow the magicians so worked with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not. So there were lice on man and beast.

وَحاوَلَ السَّحَرَةُ أنْ يُخْرِجُوا القَملَ بِسِحْرِهِمْ، فَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا، بَلِ انتَشَرَ القَملُ عَلَى النّاسِ وَالحَيَواناتِ.

19 T hen the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the Lord had said. The Fourth Plague: Flies

وَقالَ السَّحَرَةُ: «هَذا إصْبِعُ اللهِ.» لَكِنَّ فِرعَوْنَ تَقَسَّى قَلبُهُ وَلَمْ يَستَمِعْ لَهُمْ كَما قالَ اللهُ. الذُّباب

20 A nd the Lord said to Moses, “Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes out to the water. Then say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «اذْهَبْ وَقِفْ أمامَ فِرعَوْنَ فِي الصَّباحِ حِينَ يَخرُجُ إلَى الماءِ، وَقُلْ لَهُ: ‹يَقُولُ اللهُ لَكَ أطلِقْ شَعبِيَ لِيَعبُدَنِي.

21 O r else, if you will not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.

فَإنْ لَمْ تُطلِقْ شَعبِي، سَأُرسِلُ أسراباً مِنَ الذُّبابِ عَلَيكَ وَعَلَى خُدّامِكَ وَعَلَى شَعبِكَ وَعَلَى بَيتِكَ. سَتَمتَلِئُ بُيُوتُ مِصرَ بِأسرابِ الذُّبابِ، وَكَذَلِكَ الأرْضُ الَّتِي تَسكُنُها.

22 A nd in that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, in order that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the land.

لَكِنْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَأُمَيِّزُ أرْضَ جاسانَ حَيثُ يُقِيمُ شَعبِي، فَلَنْ تَأْتِيَ أسرابُ الذُّبابِ هُناكَ، كَي تَعرِفَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ المُتَسَيِّدُ فِي وَسَطِ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ.

23 I will make a difference between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall be.”’”

سَأُمَيِّزُ بَينَ شَعبِي وَشَعبِكَ، وَسَيحدُثُ هَذا غَداً بُرهاناً لَكَ.›»

24 A nd the Lord did so. Thick swarms of flies came into the house of Pharaoh, into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt. The land was corrupted because of the swarms of flies.

وَاسْتَجابَ اللهُ لِقَولِهِ، فَأتَتْ أسرابٌ مِنَ الذُّبابِ عَلَى بَيتِ فِرعَوْنَ وَبُيُوتِ خُدّامِهِ وَعَلَى كُلِّ أرْضِ مِصرَ. وَخَرِبَتِ الأرْضُ بِسَبَبِ أسرابِ الذُّبابِ.

25 T hen Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God in the land.”

حِينَئِذٍ، استَدعَى فِرعَوْنُ مُوسَى وَهارُونَ، وَقالَ لَهُما: «قَدِّمُوا ذَبائِحَ لإلَهِكُمْ هُنا فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ.»

26 A nd Moses said, “It is not right to do so, for we would be sacrificing the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God. If we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, then will they not stone us?

لَكِنَّ مُوسَى قالَ: «لا يَصلُحُ أنْ نَفعَلَ هَذا. لأنَّنا سَنَذْبَحُ لإلَهِنا ما يُحَرِّمُهُ المِصرِيُونَ. إنْ ذَبَحْنا أمامَ عُيُونِهِم ما يُحَرِّمُونَ ذَبْحَهُ، سَيَرْجُمُونَنا!

27 W e will go three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as He will command us.”

لا بُدَّ أنْ نَسِيرَ فِي رِحلَةٍ لِثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ، وَنُقَدِّمُ هُناكَ الذَّبائِحَ لإلَهِنا كَما أمَرَنا.»

28 S o Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Intercede for me.”

فَقالَ فِرعَوْنُ: «سَأُطلِقُكُمْ لِتُقَدِّمُوا ذَبائِحَ ليهوه إلَهِكُمْ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ، لَكِنْ لا تَبتَعِدُوا! وَصَلِّيا لِأجلِيَ.»

29 T hen Moses said, “Indeed I am going out from you, and I will entreat the Lord, that the swarms of flies may depart tomorrow from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. But let Pharaoh not deal deceitfully anymore in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”

فَقالَ مُوسَى: «فَوْرَ خُرُوجِي مِنْ عِنْدِكَ سَأُصَلِّي إلَى اللهِ ، فَتَزُولُ أسرابُ الذُّبابِ عَنْ فِرعَوْنَ وَخُدّامِهِ وَشَعبِهِ غَداً. لَكِنْ أرجُو مِنْ فِرعَوْنَ أنْ لا يَخدَعَنا ثانيَةً بِعَدَمِ إطلاقِهِ لِلشَّعبِ لِيُقَدِّمُوا ذَبائِحَ للهِ.»

30 S o Moses went out from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord.

وَخَرَجَ مُوسَى مِنْ مَحضَرِ فِرعَوْنَ وَصَلَّى إلَى اللهِ.

31 A nd the Lord did according to the word of Moses; He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. Not one remained.

وَاستَجابَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى، فَأزالَ أسرابَ الذُّبابِ عَنْ فِرعَوْنَ وَخُدّامِهِ وَشَعبِهِ، حَتَّى لَمْ تَبْقَ ذُبابَةٌ واحِدَةٌ.

32 B ut Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also; neither would he let the people go.

لَكِنَّ فِرعَوْنَ قَسَّى قَلْبَهُ هَذِهِ المَرَّةَ أيضاً، وَلَمْ يُطلِقِ الشَّعبَ.