Exodus 8

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

1 耶和华对摩西说：“你去告诉法老，‘耶和华说，放我的子民离开，他们好事奉我。

2 But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.

2 如果你不肯让他们去，我就使青蛙来毁坏你的全境。

3 The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

3 尼罗河将充满青蛙，它们要跳到你的宫里、卧室和床铺上，跳到你的臣仆和百姓家里，跳到你的炉灶和揉面盆里。

4 The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”

4 青蛙还会跳到你和你的百姓及众臣仆身上。’”

5 And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”

5 耶和华对摩西说：“你叫亚伦向埃及各地的江河、溪流和池塘伸杖，使青蛙遍布埃及。”

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

6 亚伦就向水伸杖，青蛙就遍布了埃及全境。

7 But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

7 巫师也行邪术如法炮制，使青蛙遍布埃及。

8 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”

8 法老召摩西和亚伦进宫，对他们说：“你们要祈求耶和华，使这些青蛙离开我和我的百姓，我便让你们的百姓去献祭给耶和华。”

9 Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”

9 摩西对法老说：“好吧，你要我在什么时候为你以及你的臣仆和百姓祷告，叫这些青蛙离开你和你的宫殿，只留在河里呢？”

10 “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.

10 法老说：“明天。”摩西说：“就照你说的，这样你就知道我们的上帝耶和华独一无二。

11 The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”

11 青蛙会离开你、你的宫殿、你的臣仆和百姓，只留在河里。”

12 After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

12 摩西和亚伦离开法老后，摩西就为法老所受的蛙灾一事向耶和华呼求。

13 And the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.

13 耶和华答应了摩西的祈求。在房屋内、院子里和田野中的青蛙都死了。

14 They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.

14 百姓把青蛙的尸体堆积起来，埃及全境都充满了死青蛙的腐臭气味。

15 When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

15 法老看见灾难缓解，便又硬着心，不肯听从摩西和亚伦的话，正如耶和华所言。

16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”

16 耶和华对摩西说：“你吩咐亚伦伸出他的杖击打地上的尘土，使埃及境内的尘土变成虱子。”

17 This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

17 他们就照上帝的吩咐去做，亚伦伸杖击打地上的尘土，虱子就跑到人和牲畜身上，全埃及的尘土都变成了虱子。

18 The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.

18 巫师们也试图用邪术变出虱子来，却无法成功。埃及的百姓和牲畜身上长满了虱子。

19 “This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

19 巫师们对法老说：“这是上帝的作为。”法老仍然硬着心，不肯答应摩西和亚伦的要求，正如耶和华所言。

20 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

20 耶和华对摩西说：“明天清早，你趁法老去河边时去见他，告诉他，‘耶和华说，放我的子民走，他们好事奉我，

21 But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.

21 不然我就叫成群的苍蝇飞到你、你的臣仆和百姓身上，进到你们各自的家中，使埃及遍地布满苍蝇。

22 But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.

22 但那天，我必把我子民居住的歌珊分别出来，那里必没有成群的苍蝇，这样你就知道我耶和华主宰天下。

23 I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”

23 我要把我的子民跟你的百姓分开，明天我必行这神迹。’”

24 And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.

24 耶和华果然这样行。密密麻麻的苍蝇飞进法老的王宫和他臣仆的家里，埃及全国都受到苍蝇的毁坏。

25 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”

25 法老召见摩西和亚伦，对他们说：“去吧，就在此地给你们的上帝献祭吧。”

26 But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?

26 摩西说：“这怎么行？我们献给我们的上帝耶和华的祭物会令埃及人厌恶。如果我们在埃及人面前献令他们厌恶的祭物，他们岂不会拿石头打死我们？

27 We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”

27 我们要照我们上帝耶和华的吩咐离开这里，走三天的路程到旷野去献祭给祂。”

28 Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”

28 法老说：“我让你们去旷野献祭给你们的上帝耶和华，只是不要走得太远。你们要为我祈求。”

29 “As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”

29 摩西说：“我离开这里就去祈求耶和华，使成群的苍蝇明天就离开你及你的臣仆和百姓，但这次你不可再食言，阻止以色列人去向耶和华献祭。”

30 Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,

30 摩西说完以后，便离开王宫，去祈求耶和华。

31 and the LORD did as Moses requested. He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not one fly remained.

31 耶和华就照摩西的祈求，使成群的苍蝇离开法老及其臣仆和百姓，一只也没有留下。

32 But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.

32 这一次，法老又硬着心，不肯让百姓离开埃及。