出埃及 7
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
亚伦和摩西面见法老
7 耶和华对摩西说：“我要使你在法老面前像上帝一样，你哥哥亚伦是你的发言人。 2 你要把我吩咐你的话告诉你哥哥亚伦，由他要求法老让以色列人离开埃及。 3 可是，我要使法老的心刚硬，虽然我在埃及行许多神迹奇事， 4 他将无动于衷。那时，我必伸手重重地惩罚埃及，然后领我的大队子民离开埃及。 5 埃及人看见我伸手攻击他们、把以色列人带出埃及，就会知道我是耶和华。” 6 摩西和亚伦便遵命而行。 7 去见法老的时候，摩西八十岁，亚伦八十三岁。
8 耶和华对摩西和亚伦说： 9 “倘若法老要你们行神迹给他看，你就吩咐亚伦把手杖丢在法老面前，使杖变作蛇。”
10 摩西和亚伦照耶和华的吩咐来到法老面前。亚伦把手杖丢在法老和他的臣仆面前，杖就变作蛇。 11 法老召他的谋士和巫师前来，这些人是埃及的术士，他们也用邪术如法炮制。 12 各人将自己的手杖扔在地上，杖就变作蛇，但亚伦的杖吞噬了他们的杖。 13 法老却仍然硬着心，不肯听从摩西和亚伦，正如耶和华所言。
水变血之灾
14 耶和华对摩西说：“法老非常顽固，不肯释放百姓。 15 明天早晨，法老会去尼罗河边，你就在那里等他，要拿着曾变成蛇的手杖。 16 你要对他说，‘希伯来人的上帝耶和华差遣我来告诉你，要让祂的子民到旷野去事奉祂，但到如今你还是不肯。 17 所以祂说要用手杖击打尼罗河水，使河水变成血，好叫你知道祂是耶和华。 18 河里的鱼会死，河水会发臭，埃及人不能再喝尼罗河的水。’”
19 耶和华对摩西说：“你告诉亚伦，让他向埃及境内的各江河、溪流、池塘伸杖，使水变成血。埃及境内，包括木桶和石缸里将到处是血。” 20 摩西和亚伦就按着耶和华所吩咐的去做，亚伦在法老和埃及众臣仆面前举杖击打尼罗河水，河水都变成了血。 21 河里的鱼都死了，河水臭得不能饮用。埃及遍地都是血。 22 可是，法老的巫师也一样用邪术使水变成血。法老的心仍然刚硬，不肯听从摩西和亚伦的话，正如耶和华所言。 23 法老若无其事地转身回宫去了。 24 因为河水不能饮用，埃及人就在尼罗河两岸掘井取水饮用。
25 击打河水后，七天过去了。
出埃及記 7
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
亞倫和摩西面見法老
7 耶和華對摩西說：「我要使你在法老面前像上帝一樣，你哥哥亞倫是你的發言人。 2 你要把我吩咐你的話告訴你哥哥亞倫，由他要求法老讓以色列人離開埃及。 3 可是，我要使法老的心剛硬，雖然我在埃及行許多神蹟奇事， 4 他將無動於衷。那時，我必伸手重重地懲罰埃及，然後領我的大隊子民離開埃及。 5 埃及人看見我伸手攻擊他們、把以色列人帶出埃及，就會知道我是耶和華。」 6 摩西和亞倫便遵命而行。 7 去見法老的時候，摩西八十歲，亞倫八十三歲。
8 耶和華對摩西和亞倫說： 9 「倘若法老要你們行神蹟給他看，你就吩咐亞倫把手杖丟在法老面前，使杖變作蛇。」
10 摩西和亞倫照耶和華的吩咐來到法老面前。亞倫把手杖丟在法老和他的臣僕面前，杖就變作蛇。 11 法老召他的謀士和巫師前來，這些人是埃及的術士，他們也用邪術如法炮製。 12 各人將自己的手杖扔在地上，杖就變作蛇，但亞倫的杖吞噬了他們的杖。 13 法老卻仍然硬著心，不肯聽從摩西和亞倫，正如耶和華所言。
水變血之災
14 耶和華對摩西說：「法老非常頑固，不肯釋放百姓。 15 明天早晨，法老會去尼羅河邊，你就在那裡等他，要拿著曾變成蛇的手杖。 16 你要對他說，『希伯來人的上帝耶和華差遣我來告訴你，要讓祂的子民到曠野去事奉祂，但到如今你還是不肯。 17 所以祂說要用手杖擊打尼羅河水，使河水變成血，好叫你知道祂是耶和華。 18 河裡的魚會死，河水會發臭，埃及人不能再喝尼羅河的水。』」
19 耶和華對摩西說：「你告訴亞倫，讓他向埃及境內的各江河、溪流、池塘伸杖，使水變成血。埃及境內，包括木桶和石缸裡將到處是血。」 20 摩西和亞倫就按著耶和華所吩咐的去做，亞倫在法老和埃及眾臣僕面前舉杖擊打尼羅河水，河水都變成了血。 21 河裡的魚都死了，河水臭得不能飲用。埃及遍地都是血。 22 可是，法老的巫師也一樣用邪術使水變成血。法老的心仍然剛硬，不肯聽從摩西和亞倫的話，正如耶和華所言。 23 法老若無其事地轉身回宮去了。 24 因為河水不能飲用，埃及人就在尼羅河兩岸掘井取水飲用。
25 擊打河水後，七天過去了。
Exodus 7
Legacy Standard Bible
7 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “(A)See, I [a]set you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother (B)Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land. 3 But (C)I will harden Pharaoh’s heart with stiffness that I may (D)multiply My signs and My [b]wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But (E)Pharaoh will not listen to you. And I will [c]set My hand upon Egypt and (F)bring out My hosts, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by (G)great judgments. 5 (H)Then the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I (I)stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.” 6 So Moses and Aaron did it; (J)as Yahweh commanded them, thus they did. 7 Now Moses was (K)eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Serpent
8 And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 9 “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘[d](L)Work a miraculous wonder,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘(M)Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a [e]serpent.’” 10 So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and thus they did just as Yahweh had commanded; and Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and [f]his [g]servants, and it (N)became a [h]serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh also (O)called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the [i](P)magicians of Egypt, did [j]the same with (Q)their secret arts. 12 And each one threw down his staff, and they became [k]serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. 13 Yet (R)Pharaoh’s heart was [l]hardened with strength, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
The Plague of Water Turning to Blood
14 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is [m]hard with firmness; he refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning [n]as (S)he is going out to the water, and station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand (T)the staff that was turned into a serpent. 16 (U)And you shall say to him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “(V)Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened until now.” 17 Thus says Yahweh, “(W)By this you shall know that I am Yahweh: behold, I am about to strike [o]the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and (X)it will be turned to blood. 18 (Y)And the fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will [p]become foul, and the Egyptians will (Z)be weary of drinking water from the Nile.”’” 19 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and (AA)stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their [q]streams, and over their pools and over all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”
20 So Moses and Aaron did thus, as Yahweh had commanded. And he raised up [r](AB)the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and (AC)all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood. 21 And the fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile [s]became foul, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. And the blood was through all the land of Egypt. 22 (AD)Yet the [t]magicians of Egypt did [u]the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh’s heart was [v]hardened with strength, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken. 23 Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not set his heart even on this. 24 So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the Nile. 25 And seven full days [w]passed after Yahweh had struck the Nile.
Footnotes
- Exodus 7:1 Lit give
- Exodus 7:3 Or miraculous wonders, cf. 7:9
- Exodus 7:4 Lit give
- Exodus 7:9 Lit Show a wonder for yourselves
- Exodus 7:9 Or dragon, sea monster, supernatural foe
- Exodus 7:10 Lit before his
- Exodus 7:10 Or slaves; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”
- Exodus 7:10 Or dragon, sea monster, supernatural foe
- Exodus 7:11 Or soothsayer priests
- Exodus 7:11 Lit thus
- Exodus 7:12 Or dragon, sea monster, supernatural foe
- Exodus 7:13 Lit strengthened
- Exodus 7:14 Or glorified, cf. 14:4; lit heavy
- Exodus 7:15 Lit behold
- Exodus 7:17 Lit upon the waters
- Exodus 7:18 Or have a bad smell
- Exodus 7:19 Or canals
- Exodus 7:20 Lit with the staff
- Exodus 7:21 Had a bad smell
- Exodus 7:22 Or soothsayer priests
- Exodus 7:22 Lit thus
- Exodus 7:22 Lit strengthened
- Exodus 7:25 Lit were fulfilled
Exodus 7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 The Lord answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother will be your prophet. 2 You must say whatever I command you; then Aaron your brother must declare it to Pharaoh so that he will let the Israelites go from his land. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart(A) and multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 Pharaoh will not listen to you, but I will put My hand on Egypt and bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. 5 The Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh(B) when I stretch out My hand(C) against Egypt, and bring out the Israelites from among them.”
6 So Moses and Aaron did this; they did just as the Lord commanded them. 7 Moses was 80 years old(D) and Aaron 83 when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9 “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh. It will become a serpent.’”(E) 10 So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord had commanded. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent. 11 But then Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers—the magicians(F) of Egypt, and they also did the same thing by their occult practices.(G) 12 Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs. 13 However, Pharaoh’s heart hardened,(H) and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hard: he refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. When you see him walking out to the water, stand ready to meet him by the bank of the Nile. Take in your hand the staff that turned into a snake.(I) 16 Tell him: Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship[a] Me in the wilderness, but so far you have not listened. 17 This is what Yahweh says: Here is how you will know that I am Yahweh. Watch. I will strike the water in the Nile with the staff in my hand, and it will turn to blood. 18 The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from it.”
19 So the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron: Take your staff and stretch out your hand(J) over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers, canals,[b] ponds, and all their water reservoirs—and they will become blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers.”
20 Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded; in the sight of Pharaoh and his officials, he raised the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile was turned to blood.(K) 21 The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad the Egyptians could not drink water from it. There was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
22 But the magicians of Egypt did the same thing by their occult practices. So Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said. 23 Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and didn’t even take this to heart. 24 All the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink because they could not drink the water from the river. 25 Seven days passed after the Lord struck the Nile.
Footnotes
- Exodus 7:16 Or serve; Ex 4:23
- Exodus 7:19 The Hb word refers specifically to the various branches and canals of the Nile River; Ex 8:5.
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