Êxodo 7

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 Ā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Mohi, "Nā, kua oti koe te mea e ahau hei atua ki a Parao; ko Ārona hoki, ko tōu tuakana, hei poropiti māu. 2 Kōrerotia ngā mea katoa e kī ai ahau ki a koe; ā, mā Ārona, mā tōu tuakana, e kōrero ki a Parao, kia tukua e ia ngā tama a Īharaira i tōna whenua. 3 Ā, māku e whakapakeke te ngākau o Parao, e whakamaha hoki āku tohu me āku merekara ki te whenua o Īhipa. 4 Otiia, e kore a Parao e rongo ki a kōrua, ā, ka pā tōku ringa ki Īhipa, he nui anō hoki ngā whakawā e whakaputaina ai e ahau āku mano tini, tāku iwi, ngā tama a Īharaira, i te whenua o Īhipa. 5 A, e mōhio ngā Īhipiana ko Ihowā ahau, ina totoro tōku ringa ki Īhipa, ā, ka whakaputaina mai e ahau ngā tama a Īharaira i roto i a rātou."

6 I mea anō a Mohi rāua ko Ārona i tā Ihowā i whakahau ai ki a rāua, pērā ana rāua. 7 Ā, e waru tekau ngā tau o Mohi, e waru tekau mā toru ngā tau o Ārona, i tā rāua kōrerotanga ki a Parao.

Te Tokotoko Merekara o Ārona

8 Ā, i kōrero a Ihowā ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, i mea, 9 "Ki te puta ki a kōrua tā Parao kupu, ‘Tēnā koa, tētahi merekara i a kōrua,’ ko reira koe mea ai ki a Ārona, ‘E mau ki tāu tokotoko, makā iho ki te aroaro o Parao,’ ā, ka nākahi."

10 Nā, ka haere a Mohi rāua ko Ārona ki a Parao, ā, pērātia ana e rāua me tā Ihowā i mea ai; makā iho ana e Ārona tōna tokotoko ki te aroaro o Parao, ki te aroaro hoki o āna tāngata, nā, kua nākahi. 11 Nā, ka karanga hoki a Parao i ngā tāngata mōhio, i ngā tohunga māori; nā, ko rātou, ko ngā tohunga o Īhipa, i pērā anō rātou ki ā rātou nei karakia māori. 12 Makā iho ana hoki e tēnei, e tēnei, ā rātou tokotoko, ā, nākahi ana. Otiia, i horomia ā rātou tokotoko e te tokotoko a Ārona. 13 Nā, ka whakapakeketia e ia te ngākau o Parao, ā, kīhai ia i rongo ki a rāua, ko tā Ihowā hoki i kī ai.

He Aituā i Īhipa, he Toto

14 I mea anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi, "E pakeke ana te ngākau o Parao, kāhore ia e whakaae ana ki te tuku i te iwi. 15 Haere ki a Parao i te ata, nā, e haere ana ia ki te wai; ā, hei te pareparenga o te awa tū atu ai koe ki a ia; ko te tokotoko hoki i nākahi rā, maua i tōu ringa. 16 Ā, ka mea koe ki a ia, ‘Nā Ihowā, nā te Atua o ngā Hiperu ahau i unga mai ki a koe; e mea ana ia: Tukua tāku iwi kia mahi ki ahau i te koraha, titiro, kāhore koe kia rongo ā mohoa noa nei. 17 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Mā konei e mōhio ai koe ko Ihowā ahau. Nanā, māku e patu ngā wai i te awa ki te tokotoko i tōku ringa, ā, ka riro kē hei toto. 18 E mate hoki ngā ika i roto i te awa, ā, e piro te awa; ā, e anuanu ngā Īhipiana ki te inu i te wai o te awa.’ "

19 Ā, i kōrero a Ihowā ki a Mohi, "Mea atu ki a Ārona, ‘E mau ki tāu tokotoko, totoro hoki tōu ringa ki ngā wai o Īhipa, ki ō rātou wai e rere ana, ki ō rātou awa, ki ō rātou roto, ki ō rātou huihuinga wai katoa, kia meinga ai hei toto; ā, ka whai toto ngā oko rākau, kōhatu hoki, i te whenua katoa o Īhipa.’ "

20 Ā, pērātia ana e Mohi rāua ko Ārona me tā Ihowā i ako ai. Hāpainga ana e ia te tokotoko, patua ana ki ngā wai o te awa, i te tirohanga a Parao, i te tirohanga anō hoki a āna tāngata; ā, riro kē ana hei toto ngā wai katoa o te awa. 21 Ā, mate ana ngā ika i te awa, ā, piro ana te awa, kīhai hoki i āhei i ngā Īhipiana te inu i te wai o te awa. Nā, he toto tērā i te whenua katoa o Īhipa.

22 Ā, pērātia ana e ngā tohunga o Īhipa ki ā rātou nā mahi māori; ā; ka whakapakeketia te ngākau o Parao, kāhore hoki ia i whakarongo ki a rāua; i rite tonu ki tā Ihowā i kōrero ai. 23 Nā, tahuri ana a Parao, haere ana ki roto ki tōna whare, kīhai anō hoki i whakaanga i tōna ngākau ki tēnei. 24 Nā, ka keri ngā Īhipiana katoa ki ngā taha o te awa i te wai hei inu; kīhai hoki i āhei te inu i te wai o te awa.

25 Nā, kua rite ngā rā e whitu i muri i tā Ihowā patunga i te awa.