Exodus 8 (GOFL)

1Hessafe guye, Goday Museko, “Gibxe kawako bada, ‘Goday, taw goyinnana mela ta asaa yedda.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.

2Neeni enta yeddonna ixiko, ne biitta ubban shodhe gado yeddana.But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.

3Nayle Shaafan shodhey kumana. Enti yaape keyidi ne kawotetha, ne zin7iya kifiliya, ne hiixa, ne moorinnata keethaanne ne deriya keetha ubban gelana. Hessadaka ne cooceninne munuqa miishe ubban gelana.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.

4Shodheti ne bolla, ne asaa bollanne ne shuumata ubbaa bolla gupana yaagees’ yaagada oda” yaagis.The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”

5Goday Museko, “Aaroni Gibxen de7iya haathata bolla, zara haathata bollanne teqe haatha ubbaa bolla ba xam7aa denthana mela oda” yaagis.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.’”

6Aaroni Gibxe haathata bolla ba xam7aa denthida wode shodheti keyidi, Gibxe biitta ma7idosona.So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

7Shin marotika banta bitan hessada oothidi Gibxe biittan shodhe kesidosona.But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

8Kawoy Musenne Aarona xeegisidi, “Ha shodheta taapenne ta asaape diggana mela Godaa hinte woossiko ta hinte asaa Godaas yarsho yarshana mela yeddana” yaagis.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.”

9Musey kawako, “Shodheti neepe, ne moorinnatapenne ne asaape kichana mela ta woossanaw qaxaro imma. Hessafe guye, Shaafa shodheti neepenne ne keethaafe kichidi Nayle xalaalan de7ana” yaagis.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?”

10Kawoy zaaridi, “Wonto gido” yaagis. Musey, “Nu Godaa Xoossaa meli hari oonika baynaysa neeni erana mela ne gidaysada oothana.“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.

11Shodheti neepe, ne keethaafenne, ne moorinatape kichidi Nayle Shaafa xalaalan attana” yaagis.The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”

12Museynne Aaroni kawa matape keyidi, kawa bolla Goday ehida shodheta diggana mela Musey Godaa woossis.After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

13Goday Musey oychidaysada oothin son, kareninne geeshshan de7iya shodheti hayqidosona.And the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.

14Gibxe asay hayqida shodheta shiishidi dooridosona; biitta ubbay xinqis.They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.

15Shin shodheti hayqidaysa kawoy be7ida wode iya wozanay zaari muumis. Goday gidaysa mela I Musenne Aarona si7onna ixis.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.

16Hessafe guye, Goday Museko “Aaroni ba xam7a denthidi biitta baana shocana mela oda. Gibxe biitta ubban de7iya baanay boxe gidana” yaagis.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.’”

17Enti kiitetidaysada oothidosona. Aaroni xam7ara biitta baana shocis. Gibxen de7iya baana ubbay boxe laametidi mehiyanne asaa ma7is.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.

18Marotika banta bitan hessada oothanaw paacidosona, shin xoonetidosona. Boxey asaa bollanne mehiya bolla laaletis.The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.

19Maroti kawako, “Haysi Xoossaa ooso” yaagidosona. Shin kawa wozanay muumis. Goday gidaysa mela I entana si7onna ixis.“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.

20Goday Muse, “Guura dendada, kawoy Shaafa bishin iyara gahetada, ‘Goday, tana goyinnana mela ta asaa yedda.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.

21Neeni ta asaa yeddona ixiko, taani, ne bolla, ne moorinnata bollanne, ne asaa bolla udunxe gado yeddana. Gibxeta keethaanne enti de7iya biitta ubban udunxey kumana.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.

22Shin he gallas ta asay de7iya Geesame biittan udunxey doonada enta teqada ashshana. Taani Goday, He wode ha biittan taani Goday ootheysa neeni erana.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.

23Taani, ta asaanne ne asaa shaakana; he gita malaatay wonto hanana’ yaagees gada oda” yaagis.I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”

24Hessafe guye, Goday gidaysada oothis. Kawa gadhonne iya moorinnata soo daro udunxe gado yeddis. Kumetha Gibxe biittay udunxe gadon qohetis.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.

25He wode kawoy Musenne Aarona xeegisidi, “Bidi, ha biittan hinte Xoossaas yarsho yarshite” yaagis.Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”

26Shin Muse zaaridi, “Hessi hanonnaba. Nuuni Godaas, nu Xoossaas yarshiya yarshoy Gibxeta matan ixetiya gisho, hessa oothoko. Nu yarshishin enti be7iko nuna shuchan caddana.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?

27Nuna kiitidaysa mela, nuuni Godaas, nu Xoossaas yarsho yarshanaw heedzu gallas oge mela biitta baanaw bessees” yaagis.We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”

28Kawoy zaaridi, “Godaas, hinte Xoossaas mela biitta bidi yarshana mela taani hintena yeddana. Shin hinte haakidi boopite; taw woossite” yaagis.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.”

29Musey zaaridi, “Taani ne matape keyida mela Godaa woossana. Ha udunxey wonto kawuwape, iya moorinnatapenne iya asaape kichana. Shin kawoy asay Godaas goyinnanaysa diggidi zaari nuna cimmofo” yaagis.“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.”

30Hessafe guye, Musey kawa matape keyidi, Godaa woossis.Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,

31Goday Musey oychidaysada oothis. Udunxey kawuwape, iya moorinnatapenne iya asaape issoyka attonna kichis.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.

32Shin ha77ika kawa wozanay muumin asaa yeddonna ixis.But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.

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