1 T he Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh. Your brother Aaron will be the one who speaks for you.

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

2 Y ou will speak all that I tell you. Your brother Aaron will tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel leave his land.

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

3 B ut I will make Pharaoh’s heart hard. So I will do many powerful works for the people to see in the land of Egypt.

لَكِنِّي سَأُقَسِّي قَلْبَ فِرعَوْنَ لِأُكَثِّرَ مُعجِزاتِي وَعَجائِبِي فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ.

4 P haraoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt. By great acts that will punish the Egyptians, I will bring out My family groups, My people, the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt.

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

5 T he Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I put My hand upon Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.”

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

6 S o Moses and Aaron did what the Lord told them to do.

فَعَمِلَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ بِحَسَبِ أمرِ اللهِ لَهُما.

7 M oses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh. Aaron’s Special Walking Stick

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

8 T he Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى وَهارُونَ:

9 “ When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Prove yourselves by doing a powerful work,’ then you say to Aaron, ‘Take your special stick and throw it down in front of Pharaoh so that it will become a snake.’”

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

10 S o Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh. They did just as the Lord had told them. Aaron threw his stick down in front of Pharaoh and his servants and it became a snake.

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

11 T hen Pharaoh called for his wise men and wonder-workers. They did the same thing using their secret ways.

لَكِنَّ فِرعَوْنَ دَعا حُكَماءَهُ وَسَحَرَتَهُ. فَفَعَلَ سَحَرَةُ مِصرَ الأمرَ ذاتَهُ بِسِحرِهِمْ.

12 F or each one threw down his stick and it became a snake. But Aaron’s special stick ate their sticks.

رَمَى كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ عَصاهُ فَصارَتِ العِصِيُّ ثَعابينَ. لَكِنَّ عَصا هارُونَ ابتَلَعَتْ عِصِيَّهُمْ.

13 Y et Pharaoh’s heart was hard. He did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said. Water Becomes Blood

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

14 T he Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is not changed. He will not let the people go.

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «قَلْبُ فِرعَوْنَ قاسٍ، فَقَدْ رَفَضَ إطلاقَ الشَّعبِ.

15 G o to Pharaoh in the morning when he is going out to the water. Wait for him beside the Nile River. Take in your hand the special stick that became a snake.

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

16 A nd say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “Let My people go, so they may worship Me in the desert. But see, you have not yet listened.”

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

17 S o the Lord says, “By this you will know that I am the Lord. I will hit the water of the Nile with the special stick that is in my hand. And the water will be changed to blood.

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

18 T he fish that are in the Nile will die. And the Nile will have a bad smell. The Egyptians will not be able to drink water from the Nile.”’”

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

19 T hen the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your special stick and put your hand out over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their pools, and all their man-made lakes of water, so they will become blood. There will be blood through all the land of Egypt, even in pots of wood and pots of stone.’”

وَقالَ 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!»

20 M oses and Aaron did what the Lord had told them. Aaron raised the special stick and hit the water of the Nile in front of Pharaoh and his servants. And all the water in the Nile was turned into blood.

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

21 T he fish that were in the Nile died. And the Nile had a bad smell. So the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. The blood was through all the land of Egypt.

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

22 B ut the wonder-workers of Egypt did the same thing using their secret ways. And Pharaoh’s heart was hard. He did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

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

23 T hen Pharaoh turned and went into his house, without even thinking what had happened.

وَعادَ فِرعَوْنُ إلَى بَيتِهِ وَلَمْ يَأبَهْ لِلأمْرِ مُطلَقاً.

24 A nd all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink. For they could not drink the water of the Nile.

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

25 S even days passed after the Lord had hit the Nile.

وَمَرَّتْ سَبعَةُ أيّامٍ بَعدَ أنْ ضَرَبَ اللهُ نَهرَ النِّيلِ.