1 Y ahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.

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

2 Y ou shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

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

3 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

لَكِنِّي سَأُقَسِّي قَلْبَ فِرعَوْنَ لِأُكَثِّرَ مُعجِزاتِي وَعَجائِبِي فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ.

4 B ut Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

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

5 T he Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch out my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.”

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

6 M oses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.

فَعَمِلَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ بِحَسَبِ أمرِ اللهِ لَهُما.

7 M oses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

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

8 Y ahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى وَهارُونَ:

9 “ When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.’”

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

10 M oses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

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

11 T hen Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments.

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

12 F or they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

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

13 P haraoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.

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

14 Y ahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.

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

15 G o to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.

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

16 Y ou shall tell him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:” and behold, until now you haven’t listened.

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

17 Y ahweh says, “In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned 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 river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.”’”

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

19 Y ahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels 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 so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to 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 river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians couldn’t drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout 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 T he magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments; and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.

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

23 P haraoh turned and went into his house, and he didn’t even take this to heart.

وَعادَ فِرعَوْنُ إلَى بَيتِهِ وَلَمْ يَأبَهْ لِلأمْرِ مُطلَقاً.

24 A ll the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they couldn’t drink the river water.

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

25 S even days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.

وَمَرَّتْ سَبعَةُ أيّامٍ بَعدَ أنْ ضَرَبَ اللهُ نَهرَ النِّيلِ.