Exodus 7

1 The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

1 耶和華對摩西說：「我使你在法老面前代替上帝，你的哥哥亞倫是替你說話的。

2 You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.

2 凡我所吩咐你的，你都要說。你的哥哥亞倫要對法老說，容以色列人出他的地。

3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

3 我要使法老的心剛硬，也要在埃及地多行神蹟奇事。

4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

4 但法老必不聽你們；我要伸手重重地刑罰埃及，將我的軍隊以色列民從埃及地領出來。

5 And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”

5 我伸手攻擊埃及，將以色列人從他們中間領出來的時候，埃及人就要知道我是耶和華。」

6 So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.

6 摩西、亞倫這樣行；耶和華怎樣吩咐他們，他們就照樣行了。

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

7 摩西、亞倫與法老說話的時候，摩西八十歲，亞倫八十三歲。

8 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

8 耶和華曉諭摩西、亞倫說：

9 “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”

9 「法老若對你們說：『你們行件奇事吧！』你就吩咐亞倫說：『把杖丟在法老面前，使杖變作蛇。』」

10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.

10 摩西、亞倫進去見法老，就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫把杖丟在法老和臣僕面前，杖就變作蛇。

11 But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

11 於是法老召了博士和術士來；他們是埃及行法術的，也用邪術照樣而行。

12 Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.

12 他們各人丟下自己的杖，杖就變作蛇；但亞倫的杖吞了他們的杖。

13 Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

13 法老心裏剛硬，不肯聽從摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。

14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.

14 耶和華對摩西說：「法老心裏固執，不肯容百姓去。

15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.

15 明日早晨，他出來往水邊去，你要往河邊迎接他，手裏要拿着那變過蛇的杖，

16 Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.

16 對他說：『耶和華－希伯來人的上帝打發我來見你，說：容我的百姓去，好在曠野事奉我。到如今你還是不聽。

17 This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.

17 耶和華這樣說：我要用我手裏的杖擊打河中的水，水就變作血；因此，你必知道我是耶和華。

18 The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”

18 河裏的魚必死，河也要腥臭，埃及人就要厭惡吃這河裏的水。』」

19 And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”

19 耶和華曉諭摩西說：「你對亞倫說：『把你的杖伸在埃及所有的水以上，就是在他們的江、河、池、塘以上，叫水都變作血。在埃及遍地，無論在木器中，石器中，都必有血。』」

20 Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.

20 摩西、亞倫就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫在法老和臣僕眼前舉杖擊打河裏的水，河裏的水都變作血了。

21 The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.

21 河裏的魚死了，河也腥臭了，埃及人就不能吃這河裏的水；埃及遍地都有了血。

22 But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

22 埃及行法術的，也用邪術照樣而行。法老心裏剛硬，不肯聽摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。

23 Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.

23 法老轉身進宮，也不把這事放在心上。

24 So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.

24 埃及人都在河的兩邊挖地，要得水喝，因為他們不能喝這河裏的水。

25 And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.

25 耶和華擊打河以後滿了七天。