Liber Exodus, 7

1. dixitque Dominus ad Mosen ecce constitui te Deum Pharaonis Aaron frater tuus erit propheta tuus

1. And the Lord said to Moses: Behold I have appointed thee the God of Pharao: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

2. tu loqueris omnia quæ mando tibi ille loquetur ad Pharaonem ut dimittat filios Israël de terra sua

2. Thou shalt speak to him all that I command thee; and he shall speak to Pharao, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

3. sed ego indurabo cor ejus et multiplicabo signa et ostenta mea in terra Ægypti

3. But I shall harden his heart, and shall multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

4. et non audiet vos inmittamque manum meam super Ægyptum et educam exercitum et populum meum filios Israël de terra Ægypti per judicia maxima

4. And he will not hear you: and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and will bring forth my army and my people the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, by very great judgments.

5. et scient Ægyptii quod ego sim Dominus qui extenderim manum meam super Ægyptum et eduxerim filios Israël de medio eorum

5. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, who have stretched forth my hand upon Egypt, and have brought forth the children of Israel out of the midst of them.

6. fecit itaque Moses et Aaron sicut præceperat Dominus ita egerunt

6. And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded: so did they.

7. erat autem Moses octoginta annorum et Aaron octoginta trium quando locuti sunt ad Pharaonem

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

8. dixitque Dominus ad Mosen et Aaron

8. And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron:

9. cum dixerit vobis Pharao ostendite signa dices ad Aaron tolle virgam tuam et proice eam coram Pharao ac vertatur in colubrum

9. When Pharao shall say to you, Shew signs: thou shalt say to Aaron: Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharao, and it shall be turned into a serpent.

10. ingressi itaque Moses et Aaron ad Pharaonem fecerunt sicut præceperat Dominus tulitque Aaron virgam coram Pharao et servis ejus quæ versa est in colubrum

10. So Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharao, and did as the Lord had commanded. And Aaron took the rod before Pharao, and his servants, and it was turned into a serpent.

11. vocavit autem Pharao sapientes et maleficos et fecerunt etiam ipsi per incantationes ægyptias et arcana quædam similiter

11. And Pharao called the wise men and the magicians: and they also by Egyptian enchantments and certain secrets did in like manner.

12. projeceruntque singuli virgas suas quæ versæ sunt in dracones sed devoravit virga Aaron virgas eorum

12. And they every one cast down their rods, and they were turned into serpents: but Aaron's rod devoured their rods.

13. induratumque est cor Pharaonis et non audivit eos sicut præceperat Dominus

13. And Pharao's heart was hardened, and he did not hearken to them, as the Lord had commanded.

14. dixit autem Dominus ad Mosen ingravatum est cor Pharaonis non vult dimittere populum

14. And the Lord said to Moses: Pharao's heart is hardened, he will not let the people go.

15. vade ad eum mane ecce egredietur ad aquas et stabis in occursum ejus super ripam fluminis et virgam quæ conversa est in draconem tolles in manu tua

15. Go to him in the morning, behold he will go out to the waters: and thou shalt stand to meet him on the bank of the river: and thou shalt take in thy hand the rod that was turned into a serpent.

16. dicesque ad eum Dominus Deus Hebræorum misit me ad te dicens dimitte populum meum ut mihi sacrificet in deserto et usque ad præsens audire noluisti

16. And thou shalt say to him: The Lord God of the Hebrews sent me to thee saying: Let my people go to sacrifice to me in the desert: and hitherto thou wouldst not hear.

17. hæc igitur dicit Dominus in hoc scies quod Dominus sim ecce percutiam virga quæ in manu mea est aquam fluminis et vertetur in sanguinem

17. Thus therefore saith the Lord: In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold I will strike with the rods that is in my hand, the water of the river, and it shall be turned into blood.

18. pisces quoque qui sunt in fluvio morientur et conputrescent aquæ et adfligentur Ægyptii bibentes aquam fluminis

18. And the fishes that are in the river shall die, and the waters shall be corrupted, and the Egyptians shall be afflicted when they drink the water of the river.

19. dixit quoque Dominus ad Mosen dic ad Aaron tolle virgam tuam et extende manum tuam super aquas Ægypti et super fluvios eorum et rivos ac paludes et omnes lacus aquarum ut vertantur in sanguinem et sit cruor in omni terra Ægypti tam in ligneis vasis quam in saxeis

19. The Lord also said to Moses: Say to Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand upon the waters of Egypt, and upon their rivers, and streams and pools, and all the ponds of waters, that they may be turned into blood: and let blood be in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone.

20. feceruntque ita Moses et Aaron sicut præceperat Dominus et elevans virgam percussit aquam fluminis coram Pharao et servis ejus quæ versa est in sanguinem

20. And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded: and lifting up the rod he struck the water of the river before Pharao and his servants: and it was turned into blood.

21. et pisces qui erant in flumine mortui sunt conputruitque fluvius et non poterant Ægyptii bibere aquam fluminis et fuit sanguis in tota terra Ægypti

21. And the fishes that were in the river died: and the river corrupted, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river, and there was blood in all the land of Egypt.

22. feceruntque similiter malefici Ægyptiorum incantationibus suis et induratum est cor Pharaonis nec audivit eos sicut præceperat Dominus

22. And the magicians of the Egyptians with their enchantments did in like manner: and Pharao's heart was hardened, neither did he hear them, as the Lord had commanded.

23. avertitque se et ingressus est domum suam nec adposuit cor etiam hac vice

23. And he turned himself away and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to it this time also.

24. foderunt autem omnes Ægyptii per circuitum fluminis aquam ut biberent non enim poterant bibere de aqua fluminis

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

25. impletique sunt septem dies postquam percussit Dominus fluvium

25. And seven days were fully ended, after that the Lord struck the river.