1Yahweh said to Moses, “Yet one plague more will I bring on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether.
1灭头生之灾
2Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.”
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。”
3Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.
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。
4Moses said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt,
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。
5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of livestock.
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。
6There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor shall be any more.
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。
7But against any of the children of Israel a dog won’t even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal; that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
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’。
8All these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, “Get out, with all the people who follow you”; and after that I will go out.’” He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
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。
9Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh won’t listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”
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。”
10Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go out of his land.
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。