1 And the Lord said to Moses, I will send one more punishment on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go; and when he does let you go, he will not keep one of you back, but will send you out by force.
2 So go now and give orders to the people that every man and every woman is to get from his or her neighbour ornaments of silver and of gold.
3 And the Lord gave the people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians. For the man Moses was highly honoured in the land of Egypt, by Pharaoh's servants and the people.
4 And Moses said, This is what the Lord says: About the middle of the night I will go out through Egypt:
5 And death will come to every mother's first male child in all the land of Egypt, from the child of Pharaoh on his seat of power, to the child of the servant-girl crushing the grain; and the first births of all the cattle.
6 And there will be a great cry through all the land of Egypt, such as never has been or will be again.
7 But against the children of Israel, man or beast, not so much as the tongue of a dog will be moved: so that you may see how the Lord makes a division between Israel and the Egyptians.
8 And all these your servants will come to me, going down on their faces before me and saying, Go out, and all your people with you: and after that I will go out. And he went away from Pharaoh burning with wrath.
9 And the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not give ear to you, so that my wonders may be increased in the land of Egypt.
10 All these wonders Moses and Aaron did before Pharaoh: but the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
1 耶和华对摩西说: "我再使一种灾祸临到法老和埃及, 然后法老他必让你们离开这里。他让你们离开的时候, 必全部赶逐你们离开这地。
2 现在你要告诉人民, 叫他们男女各人向自己的邻舍索取银器金器。"
3 耶和华使人民在埃及人眼前蒙恩, 同时摩西在埃及地, 在法老臣仆的眼前和人民的眼前都成了伟大的人物。
4 摩西说: "耶和华这样说: ‘大约半夜的时候, 我要出去巡行埃及地。
5 在埃及地所有头生的都必死亡, 就是从坐王位的法老的长子, 直到推磨的婢女的长子, 以及一切头生的牲畜都必死亡。
6 在埃及全地必有大哀号; 这样的哀号从前未曾有过, 以后也必再没有。
7 但是对于所有的以色列人, 无论是人或是牲畜, 连狗也不敢向他们叫吠; 为要使你们知道耶和华是把埃及人和以色列人分别出来的’。
8 你所有的臣仆都必下到我这里来, 向我下跪说: ‘你和所有跟从你的人民都出去吧’, 然后我才出去。"于是摩西气忿忿地离开法老出去了。
9 耶和华对摩西说: "法老必不听你们的话, 好使我的神迹在埃及地加增起来。"
10 摩西和亚伦在法老面前行了这一切神迹; 但耶和华使法老的心刚硬, 所以他不肯让以色列人离开他的地。