Exodus 10
1 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go to the king [again]. I have made him and his officials stubborn [IDM]. I have done that in order that I would [have a good reason to] perform all these plagues among them,
耶和华对摩西说：“你进去见法老。我使他和他臣仆的心刚硬，为要在他们中间显我这些神迹，
2 and also in order that you would [be able to] tell your children and your grandchildren how I caused the Egyptians to act very foolishly [when] I performed all these miracles. Then all of you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
并要叫你将我向埃及人所做的事，和在他们中间所行的神迹，传于你儿子和你孙子的耳中，好叫你们知道我是耶和华。”
3 So Aaron and Moses/I went into the king’s [palace] and said to him, “Yahweh God, whom we Hebrews [worship], says this: ‘How long will you stubbornly refuse to do what I tell you [MTY]? Let my people go, in order that they may worship me [in the desert]
摩西、亚伦就进去见法老，对他说：“耶和华—希伯来人的 神这样说：‘你在我面前不肯自卑要到几时呢？容我的百姓去，好事奉我。
4 If you [keep] refusing to let them go, I warn you that tomorrow I will bring (locusts/[large flying insects called] locusts) into your country.
你若不肯容我的百姓去，明天我要使蝗虫进入你的境内，
5 [They will completely cover the ground so that] you will not even be able to see the ground. They will eat everything that the hail did not [destroy]. They will eat [everything that is left on] the trees.
遮满地面，甚至看不见地，并且吃那冰雹所剩的和田间所长的一切树木。
6 They will fill your houses, and the houses of all your officials, and the houses of all [the rest of] the Egyptians. [There will be more locusts] than you or your parents or your grandparents have ever seen, from the time your ancestors first came to [this] land until the present time!’” Then he/I turned and [Aaron and] I left the king.
你的宫殿和你众臣仆的房屋，并一切埃及人的房屋，都要被蝗虫占满了；自从你祖宗和你祖宗的祖宗在世以来，直到今日，没有见过这样的灾。’”摩西就转身离开法老出去。
7 The king’s officials said to him, “(How long is this man going to continue to bring disasters on us?/We must not let this man continue to cause trouble for us!) [RHQ] Let the [Israeli] men leave, in order that they may worship Yahweh, their god. (Do you not yet understand that [this man] has ruined Egypt?/You ought to realize by now that [this man] has ruined Egypt!)” [RHQ]
法老的臣仆对法老说：“这人为我们的网罗要到几时呢？容这些人去事奉耶和华—他们的 神吧！埃及已经败坏了，你还不知道吗？”
8 So they brought Aaron and Moses/me back to the king. He said to them/us, “[All right], you can go and worship Yahweh your god. But who are the ones who will go?”
于是摩西、亚伦被召回来见法老；法老对他们说：“你们去事奉耶和华—你们的 神；但那要去的是谁呢？”
9 Moses/I replied, “We [all] need to go, everyone, including those who are young and those who are old. We need to take our sons and our daughters and our flocks [of sheep and goats] and herds [of livestock], because we must have a festival to [honor] Yahweh.”
摩西说：“我们要和我们老的少的、儿子女儿同去，且把羊群牛群一同带去，因为我们务要向耶和华守节。”
10 [Moses/I really did not intend that the Israelis would ever return to Egypt, and the king knew that also. So] the king replied [sarcastically], “[If you all leave], [it will be clear that] Yahweh has helped you, but I myself will never let you [take] your children [and your wives] when you go! It is clear that you are wickedly planning [not to return].
法老对他们说：“我容你们和你们妇人孩子去的时候，耶和华与你们同在吧！你们要谨慎；因为有祸在你们眼前，
11 So no, [I will not let you all go]. [The Israeli] men may go [and worship Yahweh], if that is what you want.” Then the king expelled them/us from [his palace].
不可都去！你们这壮年人去事奉耶和华吧，因为这是你们所求的。”于是把他们从法老面前撵出去。
12 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach out your hand as [though you were stretching it] over the land to welcome the locusts. They will come to the country of Egypt and eat every plant that is [left] in the land, every plant that the hail has not destroyed.”
耶和华对摩西说：“你向埃及地伸杖，使蝗虫到埃及地上来，吃地上一切的菜蔬，就是冰雹所剩的。”
13 So Moses/I held out his/my stick [as though he/I was stretching it] over the whole land of Egypt. Then Yahweh caused a [strong] wind to blow from the east, and it blew over the land all that day and all that night. By the [next] morning, it had brought the locusts.
摩西就向埃及地伸杖，那一昼一夜，耶和华使东风刮在埃及地上；到了早晨，东风把蝗虫刮了来。
14 The locusts swarmed all over Egypt. It was larger than any swarm of locusts that had ever [been seen], and there will never be [a swarm of locusts like that] again.
蝗虫上来，落在埃及的四境，甚是厉害；以前没有这样的，以后也必没有。
15 They covered the surface of the ground and made it [appear] black. They ate all the plants in the land and everything on the trees that had not been destroyed by the hail. Nothing that was green was left on any plant or on any tree, anywhere in Egypt.
因为这蝗虫遮满地面，甚至地都黑暗了，又吃地上一切的菜蔬和冰雹所剩树上的果子。埃及遍地，无论是树木，是田间的菜蔬，连一点青的也没有留下。
16 The king quickly summoned Aaron and Moses/me and said, “I have sinned against Yahweh, your god, and against you [two].
于是法老急忙召了摩西、亚伦来，说：“我得罪耶和华—你们的 神，又得罪了你们。
17 So now I ask you to forgive me this one time [for having] sinned, and pray to Yahweh your god to stop [these locusts] [MTY] [from causing everything] to die.”
现在求你，只这一次，饶恕我的罪，求耶和华—你们的 神使我脱离这一次的死亡。”
18 They/We left the king, and Moses/I prayed to Yahweh.
摩西就离开法老去求耶和华。
19 Then Yahweh changed the wind so that it blew [strongly] from the west, and it blew all the locusts into the Red Sea (OR, the Gulf of Suez). There was not one locust left anywhere in the country of Egypt.
耶和华转了极大的西风，把蝗虫刮起，吹入红海；在埃及的四境连一个也没有留下。
20 But Yahweh made the king stubborn [IDM] [again], and he did not let the Israeli people go.
但耶和华使法老的心刚硬，不容以色列人去。
21 Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach your hand up toward the sky, in order that there will be darkness over all the land of Egypt, a darkness [so complete] that people will have to grope around [to know where to walk].”
耶和华对摩西说：“你向天伸杖，使埃及地黑暗；这黑暗似乎摸得着。”
22 So Moses/I reached his/my hand toward the sky, and it became totally dark all over Egypt for three days [and nights].
摩西向天伸杖，埃及遍地就乌黑了三天。
23 People could not see each other. No one left his house during that whole time. But there was light in the area where the Israeli people were living.
三天之久，人不能相见，谁也不敢起来离开本处；惟有以色列人家中都有亮光。
24 The king summoned Moses/me and said, “All right, you may go and worship Yahweh. [Your wives and] your children may go with you. But your flocks of sheep and goats and your herds of cattle must remain here.”
法老就召摩西来，说：“你们去事奉耶和华；只是你们的羊群牛群要留下；你们的妇人孩子可以和你们同去。”
25 But Moses/I replied, “[No], you must let us [take along the sheep and goats, in order] that we may have [some of them] to sacrifice and give as burned offerings to Yahweh, our God.
摩西说：“你总要把祭物和燔祭牲交给我们，使我们可以祭祀耶和华—我们的 神。
26 Our livestock must also go with us; we are not going to leave one of them [SYN] behind. We must take them to worship Yahweh. We will not know [which animals to sacrifice] until we get to where we are going.”
我们的牲畜也要带去，连一蹄也不留下；因为我们要从其中取出来，事奉耶和华—我们的 神。我们未到那里，还不知道用什么事奉耶和华。”
27 But Yahweh made the king [continue to be] stubborn [IDM], and he would not let [the Israeli] people go.
但耶和华使法老的心刚硬，不肯容他们去。
28 The king said to me, “Get out of here! Make sure that you never come to see me [SYN] again! The day you see me again, [I will have] you executed!”
法老对摩西说：“你离开我去吧，你要小心，不要再见我的面！因为你见我面的那日你就必死！”
29 Moses/I replied, “You are correct! You will never see me [SYN] again!”
摩西说：“你说得好！我必不再见你的面了。”
