Exodus 8 (CMNCBT)

1耶和華對摩西說：「你去告訴法老，『耶和華說，放我的子民離開，他們好事奉我。Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

2如果你不肯讓他們去，我就使青蛙來毀壞你的全境。But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.

3尼羅河將充滿青蛙，牠們要跳到你的宮裡、臥室和床鋪上，跳到你的臣僕和百姓家裡，跳到你的爐灶和揉麵盆裡。The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

4青蛙還會跳到你和你的百姓及眾臣僕身上。』」The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”

5耶和華對摩西說：「你叫亞倫向埃及各地的江河、溪流和池塘伸杖，使青蛙遍佈埃及。」And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”

6亞倫就向水伸杖，青蛙就遍佈了埃及全境。So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

7巫師也行邪術如法炮製，使青蛙遍佈埃及。But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

8法老召摩西和亞倫進宮，對他們說：「你們要祈求耶和華，使這些青蛙離開我和我的百姓，我便讓你們的百姓去獻祭給耶和華。」Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”

9摩西對法老說：「好吧，你要我在什麼時候為你以及你的臣僕和百姓禱告，叫這些青蛙離開你和你的宮殿，只留在河裡呢？」Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”

10法老說：「明天。」摩西說：「就照你說的，這樣你就知道我們的上帝耶和華獨一無二。“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.

11青蛙會離開你、你的宮殿、你的臣僕和百姓，只留在河裡。」The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”

12摩西和亞倫離開法老後，摩西就為法老所受的蛙災一事向耶和華呼求。After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

13耶和華答應了摩西的祈求。在房屋內、院子裡和田野中的青蛙都死了。And the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.

14百姓把青蛙的屍體堆積起來，埃及全境都充滿了死青蛙的腐臭氣味。They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.

15法老看見災難緩解，便又硬著心，不肯聽從摩西和亞倫的話，正如耶和華所言。When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

16耶和華對摩西說：「你吩咐亞倫伸出他的杖擊打地上的塵土，使埃及境內的塵土變成蝨子。」Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”

17他們就照上帝的吩咐去做，亞倫伸杖擊打地上的塵土，蝨子就跑到人和牲畜身上，全埃及的塵土都變成了蝨子。This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

18巫師們也試圖用邪術變出蝨子來，卻無法成功。埃及的百姓和牲畜身上長滿了蝨子。The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.

19巫師們對法老說：「這是上帝的作為。」法老仍然硬著心，不肯答應摩西和亞倫的要求，正如耶和華所言。“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

20耶和華對摩西說：「明天清早，你趁法老去河邊時去見他，告訴他，『耶和華說，放我的子民走，他們好事奉我，Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

21不然我就叫成群的蒼蠅飛到你、你的臣僕和百姓身上，進到你們各自的家中，使埃及遍地佈滿蒼蠅。But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.

22但那天，我必把我子民居住的歌珊分別出來，那裡必沒有成群的蒼蠅，這樣你就知道我耶和華主宰天下。But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.

23我要把我的子民跟你的百姓分開，明天我必行這神蹟。』」I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”

24耶和華果然這樣行。密密麻麻的蒼蠅飛進法老的王宮和他臣僕的家裡，埃及全國都受到蒼蠅的毀壞。And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.

25法老召見摩西和亞倫，對他們說：「去吧，就在此地給你們的上帝獻祭吧。」Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”

26摩西說：「這怎麼行？我們獻給我們的上帝耶和華的祭物會令埃及人厭惡。如果我們在埃及人面前獻令他們厭惡的祭物，他們豈不會拿石頭打死我們？But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?

27我們要照我們上帝耶和華的吩咐離開這裡，走三天的路程到曠野去獻祭給祂。」We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”

28法老說：「我讓你們去曠野獻祭給你們的上帝耶和華，只是不要走得太遠。你們要為我祈求。」Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”

29摩西說：「我離開這裡就去祈求耶和華，使成群的蒼蠅明天就離開你及你的臣僕和百姓，但這次你不可再食言，阻止以色列人去向耶和華獻祭。」“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”

30摩西說完以後，便離開王宮，去祈求耶和華。Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,

31耶和華就照摩西的祈求，使成群的蒼蠅離開法老及其臣僕和百姓，一隻也沒有留下。and the LORD did as Moses requested. He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not one fly remained.

32這一次，法老又硬著心，不肯讓百姓離開埃及。But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.

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