¹灭头生之灾

¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `One plague more I do bring in on Pharaoh, and on Egypt, afterwards he doth send you away from this; when he is sending you away, he surely casteth you out altogether from this [place];

²现在你要告诉人民，叫他们男女各人向自己的邻舍索取银器金器。”

²speak, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, and they ask — each man from his neighbour, and each woman from her neighbour, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold.`

³耶和华使人民在埃及人眼前蒙恩，同时摩西在埃及地，在法老臣仆的眼前和人民的眼前都成了伟大的人物。

³And Jehovah giveth the grace of the people in the eyes of the Egyptians; also the man Moses [is] very great in the land of Egypt, in the eyes of the servants of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of the people.

⁴摩西说：“耶和华这样说：‘大约半夜的时候，我要出去巡行埃及地。

⁴And Moses saith, `Thus said Jehovah, About midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt,

⁵在埃及地所有头生的都必死亡，就是从坐王位的法老的长子，直到推磨的婢女的长子，以及一切头生的牲畜都必死亡。

⁵and every first-born in the land of Egypt hath died, from the first-born of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, unto the first-born of the maid-servant who [is] behind the millstones, and all the first-born of beasts;

⁶在埃及全地必有大哀号；这样的哀号从前未曾有过，以后也必再没有。

⁶and there hath been a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there hath not been, and such as there is not again.

⁷但是对于所有的以色列人，无论是人或是牲畜，连狗也不敢向他们叫吠；为要使你们知道耶和华是把埃及人和以色列人分别出来的’。

⁷`And against all the sons of Israel a dog sharpeneth not its tongue, from man even unto beast, so that ye know that Jehovah doth make a separation between the Egyptians and Israel;

⁸你所有的臣仆都必下到我这里来，向我下跪说：‘你和所有跟从你的人民都出去吧’，然后我才出去。”于是摩西气忿忿地离开法老出去了。

⁸and all these thy servants have come down unto me, and bowed themselves to me, saying, Go out, thou and all the people who [are] at thy feet; and afterwards I do go out;` — and he goeth out from Pharaoh in the heat of anger.

⁹耶和华对摩西说：“法老必不听你们的话，好使我的神迹在埃及地加增起来。”

⁹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Pharaoh doth not hearken unto you, so as to multiply My wonders in the land of Egypt;`

¹⁰摩西和亚伦在法老面前行了这一切神迹；但耶和华使法老的心刚硬，所以他不肯让以色列人离开他的地。

¹⁰and Moses and Aaron have done all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Jehovah strengtheneth Pharaoh`s heart, and he hath not sent the sons of Israel out of his land.