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,

¹A Hospodin riekol Mojžišovi: Vojdi k faraonovi, lebo ja som zatvrdil jeho srdce i srdce jeho služobníkov, aby som učinil tieto svoje znamenia v jeho strede,

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.”

²a aby si rozprával v uši svojho syna a svojho vnuka to, čo som vykonal v Egypte, a moje znamenia, ktoré som učinil na nich, aby ste vedeli, že ja som Hospodin.

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.

³A tak vošiel Mojžiš a Áron k faraonovi, a riekli mu: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Hebrejov: Dokedy sa nebudeš chcieť pokoriť predo mnou? Prepusti môj ľud, aby mi slúžili!

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

⁴Lebo ak nebudeš chcieť prepustiť môj ľud, hľa, zajtra dovediem kobylky na tvoju krajinu.

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.

⁵A pokryjú povrch zeme, takže nebude možné vidieť zem, a požerú ostatné, čo uniklo, to, čo vám pozostalo po ľadovci, a obžerú všetky stromy, ktoré vám pučia na poli.

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.

⁶A naplnia sa tvoje domy a domy všetkých tvojich služobníkov a domy všetkých Egypťanov, čoho nevideli tvoji otcovia ani otcovia tvojich otcov odo dňa, od ktorého len boli kedy ktorí alebo sú na zemi, až do tohoto dňa. A obrátiac sa vyšiel od faraona.

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?”

⁷A služobníci faraonovi povedali jemu, faraonovi: Dokedy nám bude tento osídlom? Prepusti tých ľudí, aby slúžili Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu. Či ešte nevieš, že zhynul Egypt?

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?”

⁸A tak bol vrátený Mojžiš a Áron k faraonovi, ktorý im povedal: Iďte, slúžte Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu! Kto sú to všetci, ktorí pojdú?

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.”

⁹A Mojžiš riekol: Všetci pojdeme, mladí i starí, naši synovia i naše dcéry; so svojím drobným stádom a so svojím dobytkom pojdeme, lebo máme slávnosť Hospodinovu.

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.

¹⁰A on im povedal: Nech je tak Hospodin s vami, jako vás ja prepustím i vaše drobné deti. Hľaďte, lebo je zlé pred vašou tvárou.

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.

¹¹Nie tak, ale nože iďte vy mužovia samotní a slúžte Hospodinovi; lebo veď to hľadáte. A zahnali ich od tvári faraonovej.

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.”

¹²A Hospodin riekol Mojžišovi: Vystri svoju ruku na Egyptskú zem pre kobylky, aby vyšly na Egyptskú zem a požerú všetku bylinu zeme, všetko, čo ešte zanechal ľadovec.

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.

¹³Vtedy vztiahol Mojžiš svoju palicu na Egyptskú zem, a Hospodin hnal východný vietor na zem celý ten deň i celú noc. A keď bolo ráno, doniesol východný vietor kobylky.

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.

¹⁴A kobylky vyšly na celú zem Egyptskú a spustily sa na všetky kraje Egypta v náramne veľkom množstve. Nebolo nikdy predtým takého množstva kobyliek ako to, ani po nich viacej takého nebude.

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.

¹⁵A pokryly povrch celej zeme, takže sa zatemnila zem, a požraly všetku bylinu zeme i všetko ovocie stromov, ktoré bol zanechal ľadovec, a nepozostalo ničoho zeleného ani na stromoch ani na poľných bylinách v celej zemi Egyptskej.

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

¹⁶Vtedy sa ponáhľal faraon zavolať Mojžiša a Árona a povedal: Zhrešil som proti Hospodinovi, vášmu Bohu, i proti vám.

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

¹⁷A tak teraz odpusť, prosím, môj hriech už len tento raz, a modlite sa Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, žeby odstránil odo mňa len ešte túto smrť.

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

¹⁸A vyšiel od faraona a modlil sa Hospodinovi.

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.

¹⁹A Hospodin obrátil západný vietor, od mora, veľmi silný, ktorý odniesol kobylky a vrhol ich do Červeného mora. Nezostalo ani jedinej kobylky vo všetkých krajoch Egypta.

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

²⁰Ale Hospodin zatvrdil srdce faraonovo, a neprepustil synov Izraelových.

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.”

²¹A Hospodin riekol Mojžišovi: Vystri svoju ruku k nebesiam, a bude taká tma na Egyptskej zemi, že ju budú môcť nahmatať.

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

²²Vtedy vystrel Mojžiš svoju ruku k nebesiam, a povstala hustá tma po celej zemi Egyptskej, ktorá trvala tri dni.

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.

²³Nevideli jeden druhého, ani nepovstal nikto zo svojho miesta ani sa nepohol za tri dni, ale všetci synovia Izraelovi mali svetlo vo svojich bydliskách.

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.”

²⁴Tu zavolal faraon Mojžiša a povedal: Iďte, slúžte Hospodinovi, len svoje drobné stádo a svoj dobytok zanechajte tu. I vaše deti nech idú a vami!

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

²⁵Ale Mojžiš riekol: Nie, ale i sám dáš bitné obeti a zápaly do našej ruky, aby sme obetovali Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu.

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.”

²⁶Aj náš dobytok pojde s nami. Nezostane tu ani kopyta, lebo z toho vezmeme, aby sme slúžili Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu. A my ani nevieme, čím budeme slúžiť Hospodinovi, dokiaľ ta neprijdeme.

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

²⁷Ale Hospodin zatvrdil srdce faraonovo, a nechcel ich prepustiť.

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!”

²⁸A faraon mu povedal: Idi odo mňa! Chráň sa, aby si viacej nevidel mojej tvári. Lebo toho dňa, ktorého by si uvidel moju tvár, zomrieš.

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

²⁹Na to odpovedal Mojžiš: Pravdu si povedal: neuvidím viacej tvojej tvári.