1 And Jehovah said to Moses, See, I have made thee God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
3 And I will render Pharaoh's heart obdurate, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 And Pharaoh will not hearken unto you; and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
6 And Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah had commanded them: so did they.
7 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
9 When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Do a miracle for yourselves, -then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy staff and cast {it} before Pharaoh-it will become a serpent.
10 And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh, and before his bondmen, and it became a serpent.
11 And Pharaoh also called the sages and the sorcerers; and they too, the scribes of Egypt, did so with their enchantments:
12 they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.
13 And Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, and he hearkened not to them, as Jehovah had said.
14 And Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened: he refuseth to let the people go.
15 Go unto Pharaoh in the morning-behold, he will go out unto the water-and take thy stand by the bank of the river in front of him; and take in thy hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.
16 And say unto him, Jehovah the God of the Hebrews has sent me to thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness; but behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened.
17 Thus saith Jehovah: In this shalt thou know that I am Jehovah-behold, I will smite with the staff that is in my hand upon the water which is in the river, and it shall be turned into blood.
18 And the fish that is in the river shall die; and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink the water out of the river.
19 And Jehovah said to Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and stretch out thy hand upon the waters of the Egyptians-upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt, both in {vessels of} wood and in {vessels of} stone.
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and he lifted up the staff, and smote the waters that were in the river before the eyes of Pharaoh, and before the eyes of his bondmen; and all the waters that were in the river were turned into blood.
21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river; and the blood was throughout the land of Egypt.
22 And the scribes of Egypt did so with their sorceries; and Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, neither did he hearken to them, as Jehovah had said.
23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and took not this to heart either.
24 And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
25 And seven days were fulfilled, after Jehovah had smitten the river.
1 耶和华对摩西说： "看哪， 我使你在法老面前好像 神一样； 你哥哥亚伦要作你的先知。
2 我吩咐你的一切， 你都要说； 你哥哥亚伦要告诉法老， 法老就让以色列人离开他的地。
3 我要使法老心硬， 我也要在埃及地加增我的神迹奇事。
4 可是法老不听你们的话， 我必下手击打埃及； 借着严厉的刑罚把我的军队， 我的人民以色列人， 从埃及地领出来。
5 我向埃及伸手， 把以色列人从他们中间领出来的时候， 埃及人就必知道我是耶和华。"
6 摩西和亚伦这样行了； 耶和华怎样吩咐摩西和亚伦， 他们就照样行了。
7 摩西和亚伦与法老说话的时候， 摩西八十岁， 亚伦八十三岁。
8 耶和华告诉摩西和亚伦说：
9 "如果法老告诉你们说： ‘你们行件奇事吧’， 你就要对亚伦说： ‘拿你的手杖来， 把它丢在法老面前， 它就会变作蛇。’"
10 摩西和亚伦就进到法老那里， 照着耶和华吩咐他们的行了； 亚伦把手杖丢在法老和法老的臣仆面前， 手杖就变了蛇。
11 于是， 法老也把智慧人和行法术的人召了来； 他们本是埃及的术士， 也用他们的巫术照样行了。
12 他们各人都丢下自己的手杖， 手杖就变了蛇； 亚伦的手杖却吞了他们的手杖。
13 法老心里刚硬， 不肯听他们的话， 就像耶和华所说的一样。
14 耶和华对摩西说： "法老心里固执， 拒绝让人民离去。
15 明天早晨你要到法老那里去。看哪， 法老出来到水边去的时候， 你要站在河边迎见他； 那变过蛇的手杖， 你要拿在手里。
16 你要对法老说： ‘耶和华希伯来人的 神差我到你这里来， 说： "让我的人民离开这里， 好使他们可以在旷野事奉我"， 你看， 直到现在你还是不听。
17 耶和华这样说： "看哪， 我要用我手里的杖击打河中的水， 水就必变成血； 因此你就知道我是耶和华。
18 河中的鱼必死亡， 河水也必发臭， 埃及人就必厌恶喝这河里的水。"’"
19 耶和华对摩西说： "你要对亚伦说： ‘拿你的手杖来， 把你的手伸在埃及的众水之上， 就是在他们的江、河、池和所有水塘之上， 使水都变成血。因此， 在埃及全地， 连木器石器中都必有血。’"
20 摩西和亚伦就这样行了， 就像耶和华所吩咐的； 亚伦在法老面前和法老的臣仆面前举起手杖， 击打河里的水， 河里的水就都变了血。
21 河里的鱼死了， 河水发臭了， 埃及人也不能喝这河里的水了； 在埃及， 全地都有血。
22 埃及的术士也用他们的巫术这样行了； 可是法老却心里刚硬， 不肯听摩西和亚伦， 就像耶和华所说的。
23 法老转身回到宫里去， 也不把这事放在心上。
24 所有的埃及人都在河的周围掘地， 要得水喝， 因为他们不能喝这河里的水。
25 耶和华击打尼罗河以后， 满了七天。