اَلْخُرُوجُ 11

١ 1 ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً أَيْضًا أَجْلِبُ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَلَى مِصْرَ. بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يُطْلِقُكُمْ مِنْ هُنَا. وَعِنْدَمَا يُطْلِقُكُمْ يَطْرُدُكُمْ طَرْدًا مِنْ هُنَا بِٱلتَّمَامِ.

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I will cause one more disaster to strike the king of Egypt and all his people [MTY]. After that, he will let you leave. In fact, he will expel you all.

٢ 2 تَكَلَّمْ فِي مَسَامِعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ أَنْ يَطْلُبَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ، وَكُلُّ ٱمْرَأَةٍ مِنْ صَاحِبَتِهَا أَمْتِعَةَ فِضَّةٍ وَأَمْتِعَةَ ذَهَبٍ».

So now speak to all the [Israeli] people. Tell them to ask all their [Egyptian] neighbors, both men and women, to give them some silver and gold jewelry.”

٣ 3 وَأَعْطَى ٱلرَّبُّ نِعْمَةً لِلشَّعْبِ فِي عُيُونِ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ. وَأَيْضًا ٱلرَّجُلُ مُوسَى كَانَ عَظِيمًا جِدًّا فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ فِي عُيُونِ عَبِيدِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَعُيُونِ ٱلشَّعْبِ.

Yahweh made the Egyptians highly respect the Israeli people. In particular, the Egyptian officials and all [the rest of] the people considered Moses/me to be a very great man.

٤ 4 وَقَالَ مُوسَى: «هَكَذَا يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ: إِنِّي نَحْوَ نِصْفِ ٱللَّيْلِ أَخْرُجُ فِي وَسَطِ مِصْرَ،

Then Moses/I [went to the king and] said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘About midnight [tonight] I will go throughout Egypt,

٥ 5 فَيَمُوتُ كُلُّ بِكْرٍ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، مِنْ بِكْرِ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلْجَالِسِ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ إِلَى بِكْرِ ٱلْجَارِيَةِ ٱلَّتِي خَلْفَ ٱلرَّحَى، وَكُلُّ بِكْرِ بَهِيمَةٍ.

and I will cause all the firstborn/oldest [sons] to die. That will include your oldest son, the oldest sons of the slave women who grind grain, [and the oldest sons of everyone else]. I will also kill the oldest males of the Egyptians’ livestock.

٦ 6 وَيَكُونُ صُرَاخٌ عَظِيمٌ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِثْلُهُ وَلَا يَكُونُ مِثْلُهُ أَيْضًا.

When that happens, people all over Egypt will wail loudly. They have never wailed like that before, and they will never wail like that again.

٧ 7 وَلَكِنْ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا يُسَنِّنُ كَلْبٌ لِسَانَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ، لَا إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا إِلَى ٱلْبَهَائِمِ. لِكَيْ تَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يُمَيِّزُ بَيْنَ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ.

But among the Israeli people [it will be so quiet that] not even a dog will bark! Then you will know for sure that I, Yahweh, distinguish [how I act toward] the Egyptians and [how I act toward] the Israeli people.

٨ 8 فَيَنْزِلُ إِلَيَّ جَمِيعُ عَبِيدِكَ هَؤُلَاءِ، وَيَسْجُدُونَ لِي قَائِلِينَ: ٱخْرُجْ أَنْتَ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي أَثَرِكَ. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَخْرُجُ». ثُمَّ خَرَجَ مِنْ لَدُنْ فِرْعَوْنَ فِي حُمُوِّ ٱلْغَضَبِ.

Then all these officials of yours will come and bow down before me and will say, “Please get out [of Egypt], you and all the Israeli people!”’ After that, I will leave Egypt!” [After Moses/I said that], he/I very angrily left the king.

٩ 9 وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «لَا يَسْمَعُ لَكُمَا فِرْعَوْنُ لِكَيْ تَكْثُرَ عَجَائِبِي فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ».

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “The king will not pay any attention to what you say. The result will be that I will perform more plagues in the land of Egypt.”

١٠ 10 وَكَانَ مُوسَى وَهَارُونُ يَفْعَلَانِ كُلَّ هَذِهِ ٱلْعَجَائِبِ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَلَكِنْ شَدَّدَ ٱلرَّبُّ قَلْبَ فِرْعَوْنَ، فَلَمْ يُطْلِقْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَرْضِهِ.

Aaron and Moses/I performed all these miracles in front of the king, but Yahweh made the king stubborn, and he did not let the Israeli people leave his country.