Exodus 9

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

1 耶和华对摩西说：“你去见法老，告诉他，‘希伯来人的上帝耶和华说：放我的子民走，他们好事奉我。

2 But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,

2 如果你不让他们走，继续扣留他们，

3 then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

3 我必出手使你田间所有的牲畜，包括马、驴、骆驼和牛羊，都染上严重的瘟疫。

4 But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”

4 但我要把埃及和以色列的牲畜分开，以色列人的牲畜必丝毫无损。’”

5 The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”

5 耶和华定了日期，说：“明天耶和华必在此地行这事。”

6 And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

6 第二天，耶和华就行了这事，埃及人的牲畜都死了，但以色列人的牲畜一头也没死。

7 Pharaoh sent officials and found that none of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go.

7 法老派人去探查，发现以色列人的牲畜一头也没死。可是，他仍然心里顽固，不肯让以色列人离开。

8 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.

8 耶和华对摩西和亚伦说：“你们去取几把窑里的灰，摩西要在法老面前把灰抛向空中。

9 It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”

9 这灰要变成尘土，散布在埃及全境，落在人或牲畜身上，就会起疱长疮。”

10 So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.

10 摩西和亚伦便取了一些窑里的灰，站在法老面前，摩西把灰抛向空中，埃及人和牲畜身上就开始起疱长疮。

11 The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.

11 埃及的巫师无法与摩西对抗，因为他们及所有埃及人身上都长了脓疮。

12 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.

12 耶和华使法老的心刚硬，他就不听他们的话，正如耶和华对摩西说的。

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

13 耶和华对摩西说：“明天一早你再去见法老，对他说，‘希伯来人的上帝耶和华这样说，你要放我的子民走，他们好事奉我。

14 Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

14 这一次，我要降下大灾祸在你及你的臣仆和百姓身上，好叫你知道普天之下我独一无二。

15 For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.

15 我若用瘟疫攻击你和你的百姓，你们早就灭亡了。

16 But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

16 我让你活到现在，是为了向你彰显我的权能，使我的名传遍天下。

17 Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

17 但你竟然在我的子民面前狂傲自大，不让他们离开。

18 Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.

18 明天大约这时候，我要使天上降下大冰雹，是你们埃及立国以来从没有见过的。

19 So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”

19 现在，你要叫人到田间把牲畜和属于你的一切都带到安全的地方。凡留在田间的人或牲畜都会被冰雹打死。’”

20 Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,

20 有些法老的臣仆听了耶和华的话就很害怕，赶忙把在田间的仆人和牲畜都召回屋里。

21 but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.

21 但那些不把耶和华的话放在心上的，仍把他们的奴仆和牲畜留在田间。

22 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”

22 耶和华对摩西说：“你向天伸杖，天就会降下冰雹，落在埃及的一切人畜身上，摧毁田间的一切农作物。”

23 So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.

23 摩西向天伸出手杖，耶和华就发出雷电和冰雹，火光飞向大地。耶和华在埃及降下冰雹。

24 The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.

24 那时冰雹夹杂着火降下来，极为严重，在埃及史无前例。

25 Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree.

25 冰雹摧毁了埃及境内田间的一切人、牲畜和作物，打断了所有的树木，

26 The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.

26 只有以色列人所住的歌珊没有冰雹。

27 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

27 法老派人召来摩西和亚伦，对他们说：“这次我犯罪了，耶和华是对的，我和我的百姓错了。

28 Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”

28 请你们向耶和华祈求，我们已经受够了雷电和冰雹。我准许以色列人出去，你们不必再留在这里了。”

29 Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.

29 摩西回答说：“我一出城，就向耶和华举手祷告，雷电和冰雹必立刻停止，这样你就知道普天下都属于耶和华。

30 But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.”

30 但我知道你和你的臣仆还是不敬畏上帝耶和华。”

31 (Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;

31 这场冰雹打坏了大麦和亚麻，因为正是大麦吐穗和亚麻开花的时候。

32 but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.)

32 小麦和粗麦尚未长成，没有被冰雹打坏。

33 Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.

33 摩西离开法老，走出城外向耶和华举手祷告，雷和冰雹便停了，雨也不下了。

34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.

34 法老看见雨、雷和冰雹停止了，就又犯罪，他和他的臣仆都心里顽固。

35 So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.

35 法老硬着心，不让以色列人离开，正如耶和华借摩西所言。