< Exodus 11 >

1 And the Lord said to Moses: “I will touch Pharaoh and Egypt with one more plague, and after these things he will release you, and he will compel you to go out.
耶和華對摩西說:「我再使一樣的災殃臨到法老和埃及,然後他必容你們離開這地。他容你們去的時候,總要催逼你們都從這地出去。
2 Therefore, you will tell all the people to ask, a man of his friend, and a woman of her neighbor, for vessels of silver and of gold.
你要傳於百姓的耳中,叫他們男女各人向鄰舍要金器銀器。」
3 Then the Lord will grant favor to his people in the sight of the Egyptians.” And Moses was a very great man in the land of Egypt, in the sight of the servants of Pharaoh and of all the people.
耶和華叫百姓在埃及人眼前蒙恩,並且摩西在埃及地、法老臣僕,和百姓的眼中看為極大。
4 And he said: “Thus says the Lord: ‘In the middle of the night I will enter into Egypt.
摩西說:「耶和華這樣說:『約到半夜,我必出去巡行埃及遍地。
5 And every firstborn in the land of the Egyptians shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the handmaid, who is at the millstone, and all the firstborn of the beasts of burden.
凡在埃及地,從坐寶座的法老直到磨子後的婢女所有的長子,以及一切頭生的牲畜,都必死。
6 And there will be a great outcry throughout the entire land of Egypt, such as has not been before, nor ever will be afterward.
埃及遍地必有大哀號;從前沒有這樣的,後來也必沒有。
7 But among all the sons of Israel there shall not be even a mutter from a dog, from man, even to cattle, so that you may know how miraculously the Lord divides the Egyptians from Israel.’
至於以色列中,無論是人是牲畜,連狗也不敢向他們搖舌,好叫你們知道耶和華是將埃及人和以色列人分別出來。』
8 And all these, your servants, shall descend to me and shall reverence me, by saying: ‘Depart, you and all the people who are subject to you.’ After these things, we will depart.”
你這一切臣僕都要俯伏來見我,說:『求你和跟從你的百姓都出去』,然後我要出去。」於是,摩西氣忿忿地離開法老,出去了。
9 And he went out from Pharaoh exceedingly angry. Then the Lord said to Moses: “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that many signs may be accomplished in the land of Egypt.”
耶和華對摩西說:「法老必不聽你們,使我的奇事在埃及地多起來。」
10 Now Moses and Aaron did all the wonders that are written, in the sight of Pharaoh. And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh; neither did he release the sons of Israel from his land.
摩西、亞倫在法老面前行了這一切奇事;耶和華使法老的心剛硬,不容以色列人出離他的地。

< Exodus 11 >