Liber Exodus, 7

1. Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: “Ecce constitui te deum pha raonis, et Aaron frater tuus erit propheta tuus.

1. And the LORD said to Moses, "See, I make you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.

2. Tu loqueris omnia, quae mando tibi; et ille loquetur ad pharaonem, ut dimittat filios Israel de terra sua.

2. You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land.

3. Sed ego indurabo cor eius et multiplicabo signa et ostenta mea in terra Aegypti.

3. But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

4. Et non audiet vos; immittamque manum meam super Aegyptum et educam exercitum et populum meum, filios Israel, de terra Aegypti per iudicia maxima.

4. Pharaoh will not listen to you; then I will lay my hand upon Egypt and bring forth my hosts, my people the sons of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.

5. Et scient Aegyptii quia ego sum Dominus, qui extenderim manum meam super Aegyptum et eduxerim filios Israel de medio eorum”.

5. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them."

6. Fecit itaque Moyses et Aaron, sicut praeceperat Dominus; ita egerunt.

6. And Moses and Aaron did so; they did as the LORD commanded them.

7. Erat autem Moyses octoginta annorum, et Aaron octoginta trium, quando locuti sunt ad pharaonem.

7. Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty- three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

8. Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron:

8. And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

9. “Cum dixerit vobis pharao: "Ostendite signum", dices ad Aaron: Tolle virgam tuam et proice eam coram pharaone, ac vertetur in colubrum”.

9. "When Pharaoh says to you, `Prove yourselves by working a miracle,' then you shall say to Aaron, `Take your rod and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.'"

10. Ingressi itaque Moyses et Aaron ad pharaonem fecerunt, sicut praeceperat Dominus; proiecitque Aaron virgam coram pharaone et servis eius, quae versa est in colubrum.

10. So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the LORD commanded; Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent.

11. Vocavit autem pharao sapientes et maleficos, et fecerunt etiam ipsi magi Aegypti per incantationes suas similiter.

11. Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same by their secret arts.

12. Proieceruntque singuli virgas suas, quae versae sunt in colubros; sed devoravit virga Aaron virgas eorum.

12. For every man cast down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

13. Induratumque est cor pharaonis, et non audivit eos, sicut dixerat Dominus.

13. Still Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them; as the LORD had said.

14. Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen: “Ingravatum est cor pharaonis: non vult dimittere populum.

14. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuses to let the people go.

15. Vade ad eum mane. Ecce egredietur ad aquas; et stabis in occursum eius super ripam fluminis. Et virgam, quae conversa est in serpentem, tolles in manu tua

15. Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water; wait for him by the river's brink, and take in your hand the rod which was turned into a serpent.

16. dicesque ad eum: Dominus, Deus Hebraeorum, misit me ad te dicens: Dimitte populum meum, ut sacrificet mihi in deserto; et usque ad praesens audire noluisti.

16. And you shall say to him, `The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness; and behold, you have not yet obeyed."

17. Haec igitur dicit Dominus: In hoc scies quod sim Dominus: ecce percutiam virga, quae in manu mea est, aquam fluminis; et vertetur in sanguinem.

17. Thus says the LORD, "By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will strike the water that is in the Nile with the rod that is in my hand, and it shall be turned to blood,

18. Pisces quoque, qui sunt in fluvio, morientur, et computrescent aquae, et taedebit Aegyptios bibere aquam fluminis”.

18. and the fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile shall become foul, and the Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the Nile."'"

19. Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: “Dic ad Aaron: Tolle virgam tuam et extende manum tuam super aquas Aegypti, super fluvios eorum et rivos ac paludes et omnes lacus aquarum, ut vertantur in sanguinem; et sit cruor in omni terra Aegypti, tam in ligneis vasis quam in saxeis”.

19. And the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, `Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'"

20. Feceruntque ita Moyses et Aaron, sicut praeceperat Dominus. Et elevans virgam percussit aquam fluminis coram pharaone et servis eius; quae versa est in sanguinem.

20. Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded; in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, he lifted up the rod and struck the water that was in the Nile, and all the water that was in the Nile turned to blood.

21. Et pisces, qui erant in flumine, mortui sunt, computruitque fluvius, et non poterant Aegyptii bibere aquam fluminis; et fuit sanguis in tota terra Aegypti.

21. And the fish in the Nile died; and the Nile became foul, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

22. Feceruntque similiter malefici Aegyptiorum incantationibus suis; et induratum est cor pharaonis, nec audivit eos, sicut dixerat Dominus.

22. But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts; so Pharaoh's heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them; as the LORD had said.

23. Avertitque se et ingressus est domum suam nec ad hoc apposuit cor suum.

23. Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not lay even this to heart.

24. Foderunt autem omnes Aegyptii per circuitum fluminis aquam, ut biberent; non enim poterant bibere de aqua fluminis.

24. And all the Egyptians dug round about the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the Nile.

25. Impletique sunt septem dies, postquam percussit Dominus fluvium.

25. Seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.

26. Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: “Ingredere ad pharaonem et dices ad eum: Haec dicit Dominus: Dimitte populum meum, ut sacrificet mihi.

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27. Sin autem nolueris dimittere, ecce ego percutiam omnes terminos tuos ranis.

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28. Et ebulliet fluvius ranas, quae ascendent et ingredientur domum tuam et cubiculum lectuli tui et super stratum tuum et in domos servorum tuorum et in populum tuum et in furnos tuos et in pistrina tua;

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29. et ad te et ad populum tuum et ad omnes servos tuos intrabunt ranae”.

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