Liber Exodus, 8

1. Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: “Dic ad Aaron: Extende ma num tuam cum baculo tuo super fluvios, super rivos ac paludes et educ ranas super terram Aegypti”.

1. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, `Thus says the LORD, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.

2. Et extendit Aaron manum super aquas Aegypti, et ascenderunt ranae operueruntque terram Aegypti.

2. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs;

3. Fecerunt autem et malefici per incantationes suas similiter eduxeruntque ranas super terram Aegypti.

3. the Nile shall swarm with frogs which shall come up into your house, and into your bedchamber and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and of your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls;

4. Vocavit autem pharao Moysen et Aaron et dixit: “Orate Dominum, ut auferat ranas a me et a populo meo, et dimittam populum, ut sacrificet Domino”.

4. the frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants."'"

5. Dixitque Moyses ad pharaonem: “Constitue mihi, quando deprecer pro te et pro servis et pro populo tuo, ut abigantur ranae a te et a domo tua et tantum in flumine remaneant”.

5. And the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, `Stretch out your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come upon the land of Egypt!'"

6. Qui respondit: “Cras”. At ille: “Iuxta verbum, inquit, tuum faciam, ut scias quoniam non est sicut Dominus Deus noster.

6. So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

7. Et recedent ranae a te et a domo tua et a servis tuis et a populo tuo; tantum in flumine remanebunt”.

7. But the magicians did the same by their secret arts, and brought frogs upon the land of Egypt.

8. Egressique sunt Moyses et Aaron a pharaone; et clamavit Moyses ad Dominum pro sponsione ranarum, quam condixerat pharaoni.

8. Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat the LORD to take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the LORD."

9. Fecitque Dominus iuxta verbum Moysi, et mortuae sunt ranae de domibus et de villis et de agris;

9. Moses said to Pharaoh, "Be pleased to command me when I am to entreat, for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile."

10. congregaveruntque eas in immensos aggeres, et computruit terra.

10. And he said, "Tomorrow." Moses said, "Be it as you say, that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.

11. Videns autem pharao quod data esset requies, ingravavit cor suum et non audivit eos, sicut dixerat Dominus.

11. The frogs shall depart from you and your houses and your servants and your people; they shall be left only in the Nile."

12. Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: “Loquere ad Aaron: Extende virgam tuam et percute pulverem terrae, et sint scinifes in universa terra Aegypti”.

12. So Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses cried to the LORD concerning the frogs, as he had agreed with Pharaoh.

13. Feceruntque ita; et extendit Aaron manum virgam tenens percussitque pulverem terrae. Et facti sunt scinifes in hominibus et in iumentis; omnis pulvis terrae versus est in scinifes per totam terram Aegypti.

13. And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; the frogs died out of the houses and courtyards and out of the fields.

14. Feceruntque similiter malefici incantationibus suis, ut educerent scinifes; et non potuerunt. Erantque scinifes tam in hominibus quam in iumentis;

14. And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.

15. et dixerunt malefici ad pharaonem: “Digitus Dei est hic”. Induratumque est cor pharaonis et non audivit eos, sicut praeceperat Dominus.

15. But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and would not listen to them; as the LORD had said.

16. Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: “Consurge diluculo et sta coram pharaone. Egredietur enim ad aquas, et dices ad eum: Haec dicit Dominus: Dimitte populum meum, ut sacrificet mihi.

16. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, `Stretch out your rod and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.'"

17. Quod si non dimiseris eum, ecce ego immittam in te et in servos tuos et in populum tuum et in domos tuas omne genus muscarum; et implebuntur domus Aegyptiorum muscis et etiam humus, in qua fuerint.

17. And they did so; Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there came gnats on man and beast; all the dust of the earth became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.

18. Et segregabo in die illa terram Gessen, in qua populus meus est, ut non sint ibi muscae, et scias quoniam ego Dominus in medio terrae;

18. The magicians tried by their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast.

19. ponamque divi sionem inter populum meum et populum tuum; cras erit signum istud”.

19. And the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them; as the LORD had said.

20. Fecitque Dominus ita; et venit musca gravissima in domos pharaonis et servorum eius et in omnem terram Aegypti, corruptaque est terra ab huiuscemodi muscis.

20. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and wait for Pharaoh, as he goes out to the water, and say to him, `Thus says the LORD, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.

21. Vocavitque pharao Moysen et Aaron et ait eis: “Ite, sacrificate Deo vestro in terra”.

21. Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants and your people, and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.

22. Et ait Moyses: “Non potest ita fieri: abominationes enim Aegyptiorum immolabimus Domino Deo nostro; quod si mactaverimus ea, quae colunt Aegyptii, coram eis, lapidibus nos obruent.

22. But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there; that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

23. Viam trium dierum pergemus in solitudinem et sacrificabimus Domino Deo nostro, sicut praecepit nobis”.

23. Thus I will put a division between my people and your people. By tomorrow shall this sign be."'"

24. Dixitque pharao: “Ego dimittam vos, ut sacrificetis Domino Deo vestro in deserto, verumtamen longius ne abeatis; rogate pro me”.

24. And the LORD did so; there came great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants' houses, and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by reason of the flies.

25. Et ait Moyses: “Egressus a te, orabo Dominum, et recedet musca a pharaone et a servis suis et a populo eius cras; verumtamen noli ultra fallere, ut non dimittas populum sacrificare Domino”.

25. Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God within the land."

26. Egressusque Moyses a pharaone oravit Dominum;

26. But Moses said, "It would not be right to do so; for we shall sacrifice to the LORD our God offerings abominable to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice offerings abominable to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?

27. qui fecit iuxta verbum illius et abstulit muscas a pharaone et a servis suis et a populo eius; non superfuit ne una quidem.

27. We must go three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as he will command us."

28. Et ingravatum est cor pharaonis, ita ut ne hac quidem vice dimitteret populum.

28. So Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Make entreaty for me."

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29. Then Moses said, "Behold, I am going out from you and I will pray to the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only let not Pharaoh deal falsely again by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD."

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30. So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD.

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31. And the LORD did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one remained.

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32. But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the people go.