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,

¹In GOSPOD reče Mojzesu: Idi k Faraonu; kajti zakrknil sem srce njegovo in srce hlapcev njegovih zato, da bi napravil ta znamenja svoja med njimi,

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.”

²in zato, da bi ti pripovedoval ušesom sinov svojih in otrok sinov svojih, kar sem izvršil v Egiptu, in o znamenjih mojih, ki sem jih naredil med njimi; da boste spoznali, da sem jaz GOSPOD.

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.

³In odideta Mojzes in Aron k Faraonu ter mu rečeta: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Hebrejcev: Doklej se boš ustavljal ponižati se pred menoj? Izpusti ljudstvo moje, da mi služi!

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

⁴Sicer ako se boš branil odpustiti ljudstvo moje, glej, jutri pošljem kobilice v pokrajine tvoje.

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.

⁵In pokrijejo površje zemlje, da je ne boste nič videli; in pojedle bodo ostanek, kar se je ohranilo in kar vam je preostalo po toči, in oglodale bodo vsa drevesa, ki vam rasto na polju;

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.

⁶in napolnijo hiše tvoje in hiše vseh služabnikov tvojih in hiše vseh Egipčanov, kolikor jih niso videli očetje tvoji in dedje, odkar so na zemlji do današnjega dne. In obrne se in odide 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?”

⁷Tedaj reko Faraonu hlapci njegovi: Doklej nam bode ta mož za zanko? Odpusti tiste ljudi, da služijo GOSPODU, svojemu Bogu! Ali mar še ne veš, da je Egipt pri koncu?

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?”

⁸In pokličejo nazaj Mojzesa in Arona k Faraonu, in on jima reče: Pojdite, služite GOSPODU, Bogu svojemu! Kateri pa so tisti, ki naj gredo?

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.”

⁹In Mojzes odgovori: S svojo mladino in s svojimi starci pojdemo; s sinovi in hčerami svojimi, z drobnico in govedjo svojo odidemo; ker imamo praznik GOSPODOV.

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.

¹⁰In on jima reče: Bodi tako GOSPOD z vami, kakor jaz odpuščam vas in otročiče vaše! Glejte, da imate v mislih kaj hudega!

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.

¹¹Ne tako! Pojdite le vi možje, in služite GOSPODU; zakaj to je, kar ste želeli. In izgnali so ju izpred obličja Faraonovega.

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.”

¹²Tedaj reče GOSPOD Mojzesu: Iztegni roko svojo nad deželo Egiptovsko zaradi kobilic, da pridejo nad Egiptovsko deželo in požro vsa zelišča na zemlji, vse, kar je preostalo po toči.

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.

¹³In Mojzes iztegne palico svojo nad deželo Egiptovsko, in GOSPOD zažene vzhodni veter v deželo ves tisti dan in vso noč; in ko se je zdanilo, prinese vzhodni veter kobilice.

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.

¹⁴In prišle so kobilice nad vso Egiptovsko deželo in posedle so vse kraje Egipta v silno veliki množici; nikdar poprej ni bilo takšnih kobilic, tudi pozneje ne bo takih.

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.

¹⁵Kajti pokrile so površje vse dežele, tako da se je stemnila dežela, in požrle so vsa zelišča na zemlji in vse sadje po drevju, kar je bilo preostalo po toči; in nič zelenega ni ostalo, ne drevja, ne zelišč na polju, po vsej deželi Egiptovski.

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

¹⁶Tedaj pokliče Faraon hitro Mojzesa in Arona in reče: Grešil sem zoper GOSPODA, vašega Boga, in zoper vas.

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

¹⁷Sedaj pa odpusti, prosim, greh moj, samo še zdaj, in prosita GOSPODA, vašega Boga, da odvrne od mene vsaj to smrt.

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

¹⁸In Mojzes odide od Faraona ter prosi GOSPODA.

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.

¹⁹In GOSPOD stori, da potegne zahodni veter, jako silen, ki je vzdignil kobilice in jih zagnal v Rdeče morje. Ne ene kobilice ni ostalo v vseh krajih Egipta.

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

²⁰GOSPOD pa je otrdil srce Faraonovo, da ni odpustil sinov Izraelovih.

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.”

²¹In reče GOSPOD Mojzesu: Iztegnil roko proti nebu, in nastane tema nad Egiptovsko deželo, tema, da jo bodo kar tipali.

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

²²In Mojzes iztegne roko proti nebu, in bila je gosta tema po vsej deželi Egiptovski 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.

²³Niso videli drug drugega, nihče tudi ni vstal s svojega mesta v teh treh dnevih; a vsi sinovi Izraelovi so imeli svetlo v prebivališčih svojih.

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.”

²⁴In pokliče Faraon Mojzesa in reče: Idite, služite GOSPODU; samo vaše ovce in vaši voli naj ostanejo tu, tudi otroci vaši naj gredo z vami.

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

²⁵Mojzes pa odgovori: Tudi klalne in žgalne daritve moraš dati v roke naše, da jih pripravimo GOSPODU, Bogu svojemu.

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.”

²⁶Tudi živina naša pojde z nami, tu ne sme ostati niti en parkelj, ker od nje vzamemo, s čimer bomo služili GOSPODU, Bogu svojemu; kajti mi ne vemo, s čim naj služimo GOSPODU, dokler ne pridemo tjakaj.

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

²⁷Ali GOSPOD je otrdil srce Faraonovo, da jih ni hotel izpustiti.

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!”

²⁸In Faraon mu reče: Pojdi izpred mene! Varuj se, da ne vidiš več obličja mojega, zakaj v dan, kadar bi zagledal obličje moje, umrješ.In Mojzes reče: Prav si povedal: nikoli več ne bom videl obličja tvojega.

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

²⁹In Mojzes reče: Prav si povedal: nikoli več ne bom videl obličja tvojega.