1耶和華對摩西說：“看哪，我使你在法老面前好像 神一樣；你哥哥亞倫要作你的先知。
1Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
2我吩咐你的一切，你都要說；你哥哥亞倫要告訴法老，法老就讓以色列人離開他的地。
2You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
3我要使法老心硬，我也要在埃及地加增我的神蹟奇事。
3I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
4可是法老不聽你們的話，我必下手擊打埃及；藉著嚴厲的刑罰把我的軍隊，我的人民以色列人，從埃及地領出來。
4But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
5我向埃及伸手，把以色列人從他們中間領出來的時候，埃及人就必知道我是耶和華。”
5The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch out my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.”
6摩西和亞倫這樣行了；耶和華怎樣吩咐摩西和亞倫，他們就照樣行了。
6Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.
7摩西和亞倫與法老說話的時候，摩西八十歲，亞倫八十三歲。
7Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8以杖變蛇耶和華告訴摩西和亞倫說：
8Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
9“如果法老告訴你們說：‘你們行件奇事吧’，你就要對亞倫說：‘拿你的手杖來，把它丟在法老面前，它就會變作蛇。’”
9“When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.’”
10摩西和亞倫就進到法老那裡，照著耶和華吩咐他們的行了；亞倫把手杖丟在法老和法老的臣僕面前，手杖就變了蛇。
10Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
11於是，法老也把智慧人和行法術的人召了來；他們本是埃及的術士，也用他們的巫術照樣行了。
11Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments.
12他們各人都丟下自己的手杖，手杖就變了蛇；亞倫的手杖卻吞了他們的手杖。
12For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
13法老心裡剛硬，不肯聽他們的話，就像耶和華所說的一樣。
13Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.
14血災耶和華對摩西說：“法老心裡固執，拒絕讓人民離去。
14Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
15明天早晨你要到法老那裡去。看哪，法老出來到水邊去的時候，你要站在河邊迎見他；那變過蛇的手杖，你要拿在手裡。
15Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.
16你要對法老說：‘耶和華希伯來人的 神差我到你這裡來，說：“讓我的人民離開這裡，好使他們可以在曠野事奉我”，你看，直到現在你還是不聽。
16You shall tell him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:” and behold, until now you haven’t listened.
17耶和華這樣說：“看哪，我要用我手裡的杖擊打河中的水，水就必變成血；因此你就知道我是耶和華。
17Thus says Yahweh, “In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
18河中的魚必死亡，河水也必發臭，埃及人就必厭惡喝這河裡的水。”’”
18The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.”’”
19耶和華對摩西說：“你要對亞倫說：‘拿你的手杖來，把你的手伸在埃及的眾水之上，就是在他們的江、河、池和所有水塘之上，使水都變成血。因此，在埃及全地，連木器石器中都必有血。’”
19Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”
20摩西和亞倫就這樣行了，就像耶和華所吩咐的；亞倫在法老面前和法老的臣僕面前舉起手杖，擊打河裡的水，河裡的水就都變了血。
20Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
21河裡的魚死了，河水發臭了，埃及人也不能喝這河裡的水了；在埃及，全地都有血。
21The fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians couldn’t drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.
22埃及的術士也用他們的巫術這樣行了；可是法老卻心裡剛硬，不肯聽摩西和亞倫，就像耶和華所說的。
22The magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments; and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.
23法老轉身回到宮裡去，也不把這事放在心上。
23Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he didn’t even take this to heart.
24所有的埃及人都在河的周圍掘地，要得水喝，因為他們不能喝這河裡的水。
24All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they couldn’t drink of the water of the river.
25耶和華擊打尼羅河以後，滿了七天。
25Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.