Exodus 10

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,

1 耶和华对摩西说：“你去见法老，我已使他和他臣仆的心刚硬，好在他们当中行我这些神迹。

2 and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”

2 这样，你就可以把我如何严惩埃及人以及我在他们当中所行的神迹告诉你的子孙，好叫你们知道我是耶和华。”

3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

3 摩西和亚伦便去见法老，对他说：“希伯来人的上帝耶和华说，‘你要到什么时候才肯在我面前谦卑下来？放我的子民走，他们好事奉我。

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

4 你若再不答应，明天我要使蝗虫飞入你的国境。

5 They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.

5 它们铺天盖地，要吃光冰雹过后田间所剩的，包括一切树木。

6 They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.

6 你的王宫及臣仆和所有埃及人的房屋都要布满蝗虫，这是你祖祖辈辈从未见过的蝗灾。’”摩西说完，便转身离开法老。

7 Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”

7 臣仆对法老说：“这个人害我们要到什么时候呢？让他们离开去事奉他们的上帝耶和华吧！埃及快被毁灭了，你不知道吗？”

8 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”

8 法老便召回摩西和亚伦，对他们说：“你们去事奉你们的上帝耶和华吧！但你们谁要去呢？”

9 “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”

9 摩西回答说：“我们男女老幼都要去，还有我们的牛群和羊群，因为我们要去守耶和华的节期。”

10 Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.

10 法老听后，说：“我若让你们带走妇女和孩子，最好耶和华能保护你们！你们真是居心叵测。

11 No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.

11 不行！只有男子可以去事奉耶和华，这是你们一直要求的。”法老说完，便下令把他们赶出去。

12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”

12 耶和华对摩西说：“你向埃及伸杖，使蝗虫飞来吃尽冰雹过后田野剩下的一切植物。”

13 So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

13 摩西就向埃及伸杖。耶和华使东风在埃及境内刮了整整一天一夜，到早晨，东风带来了蝗虫。

14 The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.

14 埃及到处都布满了蝗虫，数目之多实在是空前绝后。

15 They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

15 蝗虫遍布整个埃及，地上一片黑暗。这些蝗虫吃尽了冰雹过后剩下的农作物和树上的果子，没有留下一点青绿。

16 Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.

16 法老急忙召见摩西和亚伦，对他们说：“我得罪了你们的上帝耶和华，又得罪了你们。

17 Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

17 现在求你饶恕我的罪，就这一次，为我祈求你们的上帝耶和华撤去这场死亡之灾吧！”

18 So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the LORD.

18 摩西就离开法老出去祈求耶和华，

19 And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.

19 耶和华就把风向倒转，变成猛烈的西风，把蝗虫刮走，吹进红海。埃及境内一只蝗虫也没留下。

20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

20 可是，耶和华又使法老心硬，他不让以色列人离开埃及。

21 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

21 耶和华对摩西说：“你向天伸杖，使埃及全境漆黑一片，那黑暗浓得甚至可以摸到。”

22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.

22 摩西向天伸杖，埃及全境便漆黑了三天之久。

23 No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.

23 埃及人彼此看不见，谁也不敢移动半步。可是，以色列人住的地方却有光。

24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”

24 法老把摩西召来，对他说：“去事奉耶和华吧，你们的妇女和孩子也可以去，但你们要把牛羊留下。”

25 But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.

25 摩西回答说：“你得允许我们有祭物和燔祭牲献给我们的上帝耶和华。

26 Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”

26 我们要带走所有的牲畜，一只蹄子也不留下，因为我们要从其中选一些来献给我们的上帝耶和华。我们抵达目的地前，还不知道把哪些献给祂。”

27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.

27 但耶和华使法老的心刚硬，他不肯让以色列百姓离开。

28 “Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”

28 法老对摩西说：“给我退下！不要再让我见到你，因为你再见我面之日必死。”

29 “As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”

29 摩西回答说：“你说得好，我必不再见你的面。”