1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 3 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh when I stretch out my hand on Egypt, and bring the children of Israel out from among them."

6 Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did. 7 Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

8 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 9 "When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.’"

10 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded. Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments. 12 For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents; but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods. 13 Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.

14 Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he is going out to the water. You shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him. You shall take the rod which was turned to a serpent in your hand. 16 You shall tell him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness. Behold, until now you haven’t listened." 17 Yahweh says, "In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold: I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 18 The fish that are in the river will die and the river will become foul. The Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the river."’" 19 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood. There will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’"

20 Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. 21 The fish that were in the river died. The river became foul. The Egyptians couldn’t drink water from the river. The blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. 22 The magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken. 23 Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he didn’t even take this to heart. 24 All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they couldn’t drink the river water. 25 Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.

1 En die HERE het aan Moses gesê: Kyk, Ek stel jou as 'n god vir Farao, en jou broer A„ron sal jou profeet wees.

2 Jy moet spreek alles wat Ek jou beveel, en jou broer A„ron moet met Farao spreek, sodat hy die kinders van Israel uit sy land laat uittrek.

3 En k sal Farao se hart verhard en my tekens en wonders in Egipteland vermenigvuldig.

4 Maar Farao sal na julle nie luister nie; en Ek sal my hand op Egipte lê en my leërskare, my volk, die kinders van Israel, deur groot strafgerigte uit Egipteland uitlei.

5 Dan sal die Egiptenaars weet dat Ek die HERE is, as Ek my hand oor Egipte uitstrek en die kinders van Israel tussen hulle uitlei.

6 Moses en A„ron het toe gedoen soos die HERE hulle beveel het; so het hulle gedoen.

7 En Moses was tagtig jaar en A„ron drie en tagtig jaar oud toe hulle met Farao gespreek het.

8 En die HERE het Moses en A„ron aangespreek met die woorde:

9 As Farao met julle spreek en sê: Doen tog 'n wonderteken vir julleself -- dan moet jy vir A„ron sê: Neem jou staf en gooi dit voor Farao neer; dan sal dit 'n slang word.

10 Toe het Moses en A„ron na Farao gegaan en gedoen net soos die HERE hulle beveel het: A„ron het sy staf voor Farao en voor sy dienaars neergegooi, en dit het 'n slang geword.

11 Daarop laat Farao ook die wyse manne en die towenaars roep; en hulle, die Egiptiese towenaars, het ook dieselfde gedoen met hulle towerkunste:

12 elkeen gooi sy staf neer, en hulle word slange! Maar A„ron se staf het hulle stawe verslind.

13 Maar Farao se hart was verhard, sodat hy na hulle nie geluister het nie soos die HERE gespreek het.

14 Toe sê die HERE vir Moses: Farao se hart is verhard; hy weier om die volk te laat trek.

15 Gaan môre vroeg na Farao toe -- kyk, hy sal uitgaan na die water; staan dan aan die kant van die Nyl om hom te ontmoet; en neem die staf wat in 'n slang verander het, in jou hand,

16 en sê vir hom: Die HERE, die God van die Hebreërs, het my na u gestuur met die boodskap: Laat my volk trek, dat hulle My kan dien in die woestyn. Maar kyk, u het tot nou toe nie geluister nie.

17 So spreek die HERE: Hieraan sal jy weet dat Ek die HERE is. Kyk, ek sal met die staf wat in my hand is, op die water slaan wat in die Nyl is, en dit sal in bloed verander word.

18 En die visse in die Nyl sal doodgaan, sodat die Nyl sal stink. En die Egiptenaars sal vergeefs trag om die water uit die Nyl te drink.

19 Verder het die HERE met Moses gespreek: Sê vir A„ron: Neem jou staf en steek jou hand uit oor die waters van die Egiptenaars, oor hulle strome, hulle kanale, hulle waterkuile en oor al hulle versamelplekke van water, sodat dit bloed word: daar sal bloed in die hele Egipteland wees, ook in hout-- en in klipbakke.

20 Moses en A„ron het toe so gedoen soos die HERE beveel het -- hy het die staf opgehef en die water wat in die Nyl was, geslaan voor die oë van Farao en voor die oë van sy dienaars; en al die water in die Nyl is in bloed verander.

21 En die visse wat in die Nyl was, het doodgegaan; en die Nyl het gestink, sodat die Egiptenaars die water uit die Nyl nie kon drink nie. En daar was bloed in die hele Egipteland.

22 Maar die Egiptiese towenaars het dieselfde gedoen met hulle towerkunste, sodat Farao se hart verhard is; en hy het na hulle nie geluister nie, soos die HERE gespreek het.

23 En Farao het omgedraai en huis toe gegaan en dit ook nie ter harte geneem nie.

24 Maar al die Egiptenaars het rondom die Nyl na water gegrawe om te drink, want hulle kon van die Nyl se water nie drink nie.

25 So het dan sewe dae verbygegaan nadat die HERE die Nyl geslaan het.