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 ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «ٱدْخُلْ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَقُلْ لَهُ: هَكَذَا يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ: أَطْلِقْ شَعْبِي لِيَعْبُدُونِي.

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

2 فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَأْبَى أَنْ تُطْلِقَهُمْ وَكُنْتَ تُمْسِكُهُمْ بَعْدُ،

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 فَهَا يَدُ ٱلرَّبِّ تَكُونُ عَلَى مَوَاشِيكَ ٱلَّتِي فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ، عَلَى ٱلْخَيْلِ وَٱلْحَمِيرِ وَٱلْجِمَالِ وَٱلْبَقَرِ وَٱلْغَنَمِ، وَبَأً ثَقِيلًا جِدًّا.

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 وَيُمَيِّزُ ٱلرَّبُّ بَيْنَ مَوَاشِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمَوَاشِي ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ. فَلَا يَمُوتُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ شَيْءٌ».

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

5 وَعَيَّنَ ٱلرَّبُّ وَقْتًا قَائِلًا: «غَدًا يَفْعَلُ ٱلرَّبُّ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ».

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 فَفَعَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ فِي ٱلْغَدِ. فَمَاتَتْ جَمِيعُ مَوَاشِي ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ. وَأَمَّا مَوَاشِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَمْ يَمُتْ مِنْهَا وَاحِدٌ.

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 وَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَإِذَا مَوَاشِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَمُتْ مِنْهَا وَلَا وَاحِدٌ. وَلَكِنْ غَلُظَ قَلْبُ فِرْعَوْنَ فَلَمْ يُطْلِقِ ٱلشَّعْبَ.

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 ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى وَهَارُونَ: «خُذَا مِلْءَ أَيْدِيكُمَا مِنْ رَمَادِ ٱلأَتُونِ، وَلْيُذَرِّهِ مُوسَى نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْ فِرْعَوْنَ،

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 لِيَصِيرَ غُبَارًا عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. فَيَصِيرَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَعَلَى ٱلْبَهَائِمِ دَمَامِلَ طَالِعَةً بِبُثُورٍ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ».

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 فَأَخَذَا رَمَادَ ٱلْأَتُونِ وَوَقَفَا أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَذَرَّاهُ مُوسَى نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، فَصَارَ دَمَامِلَ بُثُورٍ طَالِعَةً فِي ٱلنَّاسِ وَفِي ٱلْبَهَائِمِ.

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

11 وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ ٱلْعَرَّافُونَ أَنْ يَقِفُوا أَمَامَ مُوسَى مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلدَّمَامِلِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلدَّمَامِلَ كَانَتْ فِي ٱلْعَرَّافِينَ وَفِي كُلِّ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ.

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

12 وَلَكِنْ شَدَّدَ ٱلرَّبُّ قَلْبَ فِرْعَوْنَ فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ لَهُمَا، كَمَا كَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى.

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 ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «بَكِّرْ فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ وَقِفْ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقُلْ لَهُ: هَكَذَا يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ: أَطْلِقْ شَعْبِي لِيَعْبُدُونِي.

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 لِأَنِّي هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ أُرْسِلُ جَمِيعَ ضَرَبَاتِي إِلَى قَلْبِكَ وَعَلَى عَبِيدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ، لِكَيْ تَعْرِفَ أَنْ لَيْسَ مِثْلِي فِي كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

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 فَإِنَّهُ ٱلْآنَ لَوْ كُنْتُ أَمُدُّ يَدِي وَأَضْرِبُكَ وَشَعْبَكَ بِٱلْوَبَإِ، لَكُنْتَ تُبَادُ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

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 وَلَكِنْ لِأَجْلِ هَذَا أَقَمْتُكَ، لِكَيْ أُرِيَكَ قُوَّتِي، وَلِكَيْ يُخْبَرَ بِٱسْمِي فِي كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

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

17 أَنْتَ مُعَانِدٌ بَعْدُ لِشَعْبِي حَتَّى لَا تُطْلِقَهُ.

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 هَا أَنَا غَدًا مِثْلَ ٱلْآنَ أُمْطِرُ بَرَدًا عَظِيمًا جِدًّا لَمْ يَكُنْ مِثْلُهُ فِي مِصْرَ مُنْذُ يَوْمِ تَأْسِيسِهَا إِلَى ٱلْآنَ.

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 فَٱلْآنَ أَرْسِلِ ٱحْمِ مَوَاشِيَكَ وَكُلَّ مَا لَكَ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ. جَمِيعُ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱلْبَهَائِمِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُوجَدُونَ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ وَلَا يُجْمَعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْبُيُوتِ، يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِمِ ٱلْبَرَدُ فَيَمُوتُونَ».

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

20 فَٱلَّذِي خَافَ كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ مِنْ عَبِيدِ فِرْعَوْنَ هَرَبَ بِعَبِيدِهِ وَمَوَاشِيهِ إِلَى ٱلْبُيُوتِ.

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

21 وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِي لَمْ يُوَجِّهْ قَلْبَهُ إِلَى كَلِمَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ فَتَرَكَ عَبِيدَهُ وَمَوَاشِيَهُ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ.

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 ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «مُدَّ يَدَكَ نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ لِيَكُونَ بَرَدٌ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ: عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَعَلَى ٱلْبَهَائِمِ وَعَلَى كُلِّ عُشْبِ ٱلْحَقْلِ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ».

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 فَمَدَّ مُوسَى عَصَاهُ نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، فَأَعْطَى ٱلرَّبُّ رُعُودًا وَبَرَدًا، وَجَرَتْ نَارٌ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَأَمْطَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ بَرَدًا عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.

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 فَكَانَ بَرَدٌ، وَنَارٌ مُتَوَاصِلَةٌ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْبَرَدِ. شَيْءٌ عَظِيمٌ جِدًّا لَمْ يَكُنْ مِثْلُهُ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ مُنْذُ صَارَتْ أُمَّةً.

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 فَضَرَبَ ٱلْبَرَدُ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ جَمِيعَ مَا فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱلْبَهَائِمِ. وَضَرَبَ ٱلْبَرَدُ جَمِيعَ عُشْبِ ٱلْحَقْلِ وَكَسَّرَ جَمِيعَ شَجَرِ ٱلْحَقْلِ.

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

26 إِلَّا أَرْضَ جَاسَانَ حَيْثُ كَانَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهَا بَرَدٌ.

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 فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَدَعَا مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «أَخْطَأْتُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ. ٱلرَّبُّ هُوَ ٱلْبَارُّ وَأَنَا وَشَعْبِي ٱلْأَشْرَارُ.

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 صَلِّيَا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، وَكَفَى حُدُوثُ رُعُودِ ٱللهِ وَٱلْبَرَدُ، فَأُطْلِقَكُمْ وَلَا تَعُودُوا تَلْبَثُونَ».

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 فَقَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى: «عِنْدَ خُرُوجِي مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ أَبْسِطُ يَدَيَّ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، فَتَنْقَطِعُ ٱلرُّعُودُ وَلَا يَكُونُ ٱلْبَرَدُ أَيْضًا، لِكَيْ تَعْرِفَ أَنَّ لِلرَّبِّ ٱلْأَرْضَ.

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

30 وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ وَعَبِيدُكَ فَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَخْشَوْا بَعْدُ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْإِلَهِ».

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

31 فَٱلْكَتَّانُ وَٱلشَّعِيرُ ضُرِبَا. لِأَنَّ ٱلشَّعِيرَ كَانَ مُسْبِلًا وَٱلْكَتَّانُ مُبْزِرًا.

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

32 وَأَمَّا ٱلْحِنْطَةُ وَٱلْقَطَانِيُّ فَلَمْ تُضْرَبْ لِأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ مُتَأَخِّرَةً.

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 فَخَرَجَ مُوسَى مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ لَدُنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَبَسَطَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، فَٱنْقَطَعَتِ ٱلرُّعُودُ وَٱلْبَرَدُ وَلَمْ يَنْصَبَّ ٱلْمَطَرُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

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 وَلَكِنْ فِرْعَوْنُ لَمَّا رَأَى أَنَّ ٱلْمَطَرَ وَٱلْبَرَدَ وَٱلرُّعُودَ ٱنْقَطَعَتْ، عَادَ يُخْطِئُ وَأَغْلَظَ قَلْبَهُ هُوَ وَعَبِيدُهُ.

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

35 فَٱشْتَدَّ قَلْبُ فِرْعَوْنَ فَلَمْ يُطْلِقْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنْ يَدِ مُوسَى.