1 And our Lord said to Moyses: Go into Pharao, and speak to him: This saith our Lord, the God of the Hebrews: dismiss my people to sacrifice unto me.
1 And the Lord said to Moses: Go in to Pharao, and speak to him: Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: Let my people go to sacrifice to me.
2 And if thou refuse, and holdest them,
2 But if thou refuse, and withhold them still:
3 behold my hand shall be upon thy fields: and upon thy horses, and asses, and camels, and oxen, and sheep, a very sore pestilence.
3 Behold my hand shall be upon thy fields; and a very grievous murrain upon thy horses, and asses, and camels, and oxen, and sheep.
4 And our Lord will make a marvel between the possessions of Israel and the possessions of the Ægyptians, that nothing at all perish of those things that pertain to the children of Israel.
4 And the Lord will make a wonderful difference between the possessions of Israel and the possessions of the Egyptians, that nothing at all shall die of those things that belong to the children of Israel.
5 And our Lord hath appointed a time, saying: Tomorrow will our Lord do this thing in the land.
5 And the Lord appointed a time, saying: Tomorrow will the Lord do this thing in the land.
6 Our Lord therefore did this thing the next day: and all the beasts of the Ægyptians died, but of the beasts of the children of Israel nothing at all perished.
6 The Lord therefore did this thing the next day: and all the beasts of the Egyptians died, but of the beasts of the children of Israel there died not one.
7 And Pharao sent to see: neither was there any thing dead of that which Israel possessed. And Pharao's heart was hardened, & he did not dismiss the people.
7 And Pharao sent to see; and there was not anything dead of that which Israel possessed. And Pharao’s heart was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
8 And our Lord said to Moyses and Aaron: Take your hands full of ashes out of the chimney, & let Moyses sprinkle it into the air before Pharao.
8 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: Take to you handfuls of ashes out of the chimney, and let Moses sprinkle it in the air in the presence of Pharao.
9 And be there dust upon all the Land of Ægypt: for there shall be in men, and beasts boyles, and swelling bladders in the whole land of Ægypt.
9 And be there dust upon all the land of Egypt: for there shall be boils and swelling blains both in men and beasts, in the whole land of Egypt.
10 And they took ashes out of the chimney, and stood before Pharao, and Moyses sprinkled it into the air: and there were made boyles of swelling bladders in men and beasts.
10 And they took ashes out of the chimney, and stood before Pharao, and Moses sprinkled it in the air; and there came boils with swelling blains in men and beasts.
11 Neither could the enchanters stand before Moyses for boyles that were upon them, and in all the Land of Ægypt.
11 Neither could the magicians stand before Moses, for the boils that were upon them, and in all the land of Egypt.
12 And our Lord did indurate Pharao's heart, and he heard them not, as our Lord spake to Moyses.
12 And the Lord hardened Pharao’s heart, and he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had spoken to Moses.
13 And our Lord said to Moyses: In the morning arise, and stand before Pharao, and thou shalt say to him: This saith the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Dismiss my people to sacrifice unto me.
13 And the Lord said to Moses: Arise in the morning, and stand before Pharao, and thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go to sacrifice to me.
14 Because this time I will send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people: that thou mayest know there is not the like to me in all the earth.
14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayst know that there is none like me in all the earth.
15 For now stretching forth my hand I will strike thee, and thy people with pestilence, and thou shalt perish from the earth.
15 For now I will stretch out my hand to strike thee, and thy people, with pestilence, and thou shalt perish from the earth.
16 And therefore have I set thee, that in thee I may shew my might, & my name may be told in all the earth.
16 ¹And therefore have I raised thee, that I may show my power in thee, and my name may be spoken of throughout all the earth.
17 Dost thou yet hold back my people, and wilt thou not dismiss them?
17 Dost thou yet hold back my people; and wilt thou not let them go?
18 Behold I will rain tomorrow this very hour hail exceeding much: such as was not in Ægypt from the day that it was founded, until this present time.
18 Behold I will cause it to rain tomorrow at this same hour, an exceeding great hail; such as hath not been in Egypt from the day that it was founded, until this present time.
19 Send therefore now presently, and gather together thy cattle, and all things that thou hast in the field: for men and beasts, and all things that shall be found abroad, and not gathered together out of the fields, and the hail fall upon them, shall die.
19 Send therefore now presently, and gather together thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for men and beasts, and all things that shall be found abroad, and not gathered together out of the fields which the hail shall fall upon, shall die.
20 He that feared the word of our Lord of Pharao's servants, made his servants to fly, and his beasts into houses:
20 He that feared the word of the Lord among Pharao’s servants, made his servants and his cattle flee into houses:
21 But he that neglected the word of our Lord, let alone his servants, and his beasts in the fields.
21 But he that regarded not the word of the Lord, left his servants, and his cattle in the fields.
22 And our Lord said to Moyses: Stretch forth thy hand towards heaven, that there may be hail in the whole Land of Ægypt upon men, and upon beasts, and upon every herb of the field in the Land of Ægypt.
22 And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch forth thy hand towards heaven, that there may be hail in the whole land of Egypt upon men, and upon beasts, and upon every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.
23 And Moyses stretched forth his rod toward heaven, and our Lord gave thunders, and hail, and running lightnings on the land: and our Lord rained hail upon the Land of Ægypt.
23 ²And Moses stretched forth his rod towards heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning running along the ground: and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
24 And the hail and fire mixed together did drive: and it was of so great bigness as never before appeared in the whole Land of Ægypt since that nation was made.
24 And the hail and fire mixed with it drove on together: and it was of so great bigness, as never before was seen in the whole land of Egypt since that nation was founded.
25 And the hail smote in all the Land of Ægypt all things that were in the fields, from man even unto beast: and every herb of the field did the hail strike, and every tree of the country it did break.
25 And the hail destroyed through all the land of Egypt all things that were in the fields, both man and beast: and the hail smote every herb of the field, and it broke every tree of the country.
26 Only in the Land of Gessen, where the children of Israel were, the hail fell not.
26 Only in the land of Gessen, where the children of Israel were, the hail fell not.
27 And Pharao sent, and called Moyses and Aaron, saying to them: I have sinned now also, the Lord is just: I and my people, impious.
27 And Pharao sent and called Moses and Aaron, saying to them: I have sinned this time also, the Lord is just: I and my people are wicked.
28 Pray ye the Lord that the thunders may cease, and the hail: that I may dismiss you, and ye tarry not here any longer.
28 Pray ye to the Lord that the thunderings of God and the hail may cease: that I may let you go, and that ye may stay here no longer.
29 Moyses said: When I shall be gone forth out of the city, I will stretch forth my hands to our Lord, and the thunders shall cease, and the hail shall not be: that thou mayest know that the earth is our Lord's:
29 Moses said: As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will stretch forth my hands to the Lord, and the thunders shall cease, and the hail shall be no more: that thou mayst know that the earth is the Lord’s:
30 but I know that neither thou, nor thy servants do yet fear the Lord God.
30 But I know that neither thou, nor thy servants do yet fear the Lord God.
31 The flax therefore, and the barley were hurt, because the barley came up green, & the flax now was bolled:
31 The flax therefore, and the barley were hurt, because the barley was green, and the flax was now bolled;
32 but the wheat, and other winter corn were not hurt, because they were lateward.
32 But the wheat, and other winter corn were not hurt, because they were lateward.
33 And Moyses going forth from Pharao out of the city, stretched forth his hands to our Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, neither did there drop rain any more upon the earth.
33 And when Moses was gone from Pharao out of the city, he stretched forth his hands to the Lord: and the thunders and the hail ceased, neither did there drop any more rain upon the earth.
34 And Pharao seeing that the rain and the hail and thunders were ceased, he increased his sin:
34 And Pharao seeing that the rain, and the hail, and the thunders were ceased, increased his sin:
35 and his heart was aggravated, and the heart of his servants, & indurate exceedingly: neither did he dismiss the children of Israel, as our Lord had commanded by the hand of Moyses.
35 And his heart was hardened, and the heart of his servants, and it was made exceeding hard: neither did he let the children of Israel go, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.