¹Yahweh said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in their midst,

¹TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, "Pergilah menghadap raja. Aku telah menjadikan dia dan para pejabatnya keras kepala, supaya Aku dapat melakukan keajaiban-keajaiban di tengah-tengah mereka,

²and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son’s son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Yahweh.”

²dan supaya engkau dapat menceritakan kepada anak cucumu bagaimana Aku mempermainkan bangsa Mesir dengan keajaiban-keajaiban itu. Maka kamu semua akan tahu bahwa Akulah TUHAN."

³Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, “This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

³Lalu Musa dan Harun pergi menghadap raja dan berkata kepadanya, "TUHAN, Allah bangsa Ibrani, berkata, 'Sampai kapan engkau tak mau tunduk kepada-Ku? Biarkanlah umat-Ku pergi, supaya mereka dapat beribadat kepada-Ku.

⁴Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,

⁴Kalau engkau masih juga menolak, maka besok akan Kudatangkan belalang ke negerimu.

⁵and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one won’t be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field.

⁵Seluruh permukaan tanah akan tertutup sama sekali oleh belalang yang sangat banyak itu. Semua sisa tanaman, bahkan pohon-pohon yang tidak dibinasakan oleh hujan es, akan dihabiskan oleh belalang itu.

⁶Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’” He turned, and went out from Pharaoh.

⁶Istanamu, rumah-rumah para pejabat dan rumah rakyat akan penuh belalang. Bencana ini akan lebih hebat daripada apa yang pernah dialami oleh nenek moyangmu.'" Kemudian Musa berbalik dan pergi.

⁷Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don’t you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”

⁷Berkatalah para pejabat kepada raja, "Sampai kapan orang itu harus menyusahkan kita? Biarkanlah semua orang Israel itu pergi untuk beribadat kepada TUHAN, Allah mereka. Lihatlah negeri kita ini sudah hancur!"

⁸Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve Yahweh your God; but who are those who will go?”

⁸Maka Musa dan Harun dipanggil kembali menghadap raja. Kata raja kepada mereka, "Kamu boleh pergi untuk beribadat kepada TUHAN Allahmu. Tetapi siapa saja di antara kamu yang akan pergi?"

⁹Moses said, “We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to Yahweh.”

⁹Jawab Musa, "Kami semua, baik yang muda maupun yang tua. Kami akan membawa semua anak kami, semua sapi, domba, dan kambing kami, sebab kami harus mengadakan suatu perayaan besar untuk menghormati TUHAN."

¹⁰He said to them, “Yahweh be with you if I will let you go with your little ones! See, evil is clearly before your faces.

¹⁰Kata raja, "Tidak mungkin aku mengizinkan kamu membawa orang-orang perempuan dan anak-anakmu! Yang kamu minta itu sama saja dengan mengharapkan aku meminta TUHAN memberkati kamu. Sudah jelas bagiku bahwa kamu bermaksud jahat.

¹¹Not so! Go now you who are men, and serve Yahweh; for that is what you desire!” They were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

¹¹Tidak! Cuma orang-orang lelaki boleh pergi untuk beribadat kepada TUHAN, kalau kamu memang ingin beribadat saja!" Dengan kata-kata itu Musa dan Harun diusir dari istana.

¹²Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left.”

¹²Lalu TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, "Acungkan tanganmu ke atas tanah Mesir. Belalang-belalang akan datang dan makan segala tanam-tanaman yang masih sisa sesudah hujan es."

¹³Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and Yahweh brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

¹³Musa mengangkat tongkatnya dan TUHAN membuat angin timur bertiup di negeri itu sepanjang hari dan sepanjang malam. Menjelang pagi angin itu membawa belalang-belalang

¹⁴The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous. Before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

¹⁴yang luar biasa banyaknya, sehingga penuhlah seluruh negeri. Belum pernah orang melihat belalang begitu banyak, dan sesudah itu pun hal yang demikian tidak terjadi lagi.

¹⁵For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. There remained nothing green, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

¹⁵Seluruh permukaan tanah ditutupi belalang sampai hitam kelihatannya. Mereka makan apa saja yang tidak dimusnahkan oleh hujan es itu, termasuk buah-buahan di pohon. Di seluruh tanah Mesir tak ada sesuatu yang hijau yang tersisa pada pohon-pohon atau tanaman.

¹⁶Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said, “I have sinned against Yahweh your God, and against you.

¹⁶Raja segera memanggil Musa dan Harun lalu berkata, "Aku telah berdosa terhadap TUHAN Allahmu dan terhadap kamu.

¹⁷Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh your God, that he may also take away from me this death.”

¹⁷Ampunilah dosaku untuk kali ini, dan berdoalah kepada TUHAN Allahmu, supaya Ia mengambil daripadaku hukuman yang menewaskan ini."

¹⁸He went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.

¹⁸Musa meninggalkan raja dan berdoa kepada TUHAN.

¹⁹Yahweh turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea or, Sea of Reeds . There remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt.

¹⁹Maka TUHAN mengubah arah angin menjadi angin barat yang sangat kuat. Belalang-belalang itu ditiup angin dan dibawa ke Laut Gelagah. Seekor pun tak ada yang tertinggal di seluruh tanah Mesir.

²⁰But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go.

²⁰Tetapi TUHAN menjadikan raja keras kepala, dan ia tidak membiarkan orang Israel pergi.

²¹Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.”

²¹TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, "Angkatlah tanganmu ke atas, maka tanah Mesir akan diliputi gelap gulita."

²²Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.

²²Musa mengangkat tangannya ke atas, dan selama tiga hari seluruh tanah Mesir diliputi gelap gulita.

²³They didn’t see one another, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

²³Orang Mesir tidak dapat melihat apa-apa dan selama waktu itu tak seorang pun pergi ke mana-mana. Tetapi di rumah-rumah orang Israel tetap terang.

²⁴Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve Yahweh. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you.”

²⁴Lalu raja memanggil Musa dan berkata, "Kamu boleh pergi beribadat kepada Tuhanmu. Orang-orang perempuan dan anak-anak boleh ikut. Tetapi sapi, domba, dan kambingmu tak boleh dibawa."

²⁵Moses said, “You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.

²⁵Musa menjawab, "Kalau begitu Tuanku harus memberi kami ternak untuk persembahan dan untuk kurban bakaran kepada TUHAN, Allah kami.

²⁶Our livestock also shall go with us. Not a hoof shall be left behind, for of it we must take to serve Yahweh our God; and we don’t know with what we must serve Yahweh, until we come there.”

²⁶Semua ternak kami harus kami bawa; seekor pun tak akan kami tinggalkan. Dari ternak itu kami pilih mana yang akan dipersembahkan kepada TUHAN Allah kami. Baru di sana kami akan tahu ternak mana yang akan kami persembahkan."

²⁷But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he wouldn’t let them go.

²⁷TUHAN menjadikan raja keras kepala sehingga ia tak mau mengizinkan bangsa Israel pergi.

²⁸Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!”

²⁸Kata raja kepada Musa, "Pergilah dari hadapanku! Jangan sampai kulihat engkau lagi! Kalau sampai kulihat lagi mukamu, engkau akan mati!"

²⁹Moses said, “You have spoken well. I will see your face again no more.”

²⁹"Seperti kata Tuanku," kata Musa, "Tuanku pasti tidak akan melihat saya lagi."