Exodus 10
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
10 And the Lord said to Moses: Go in to Pharao; for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants: that I may work these my signs in him.
2 And thou mayest tell in the ears of thy sons, and of they grandsons, how often I have plagued the Egyptians, and wrought my signs amongst them: and you may know that I am the Lord:
3 Therefore Moses and Aaron went in to Pharao, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: How long refusest thou to submit to me? let my people go, to sacrifice to me.
4 But if thou resist, and wilt not let them go, behold I will bring in to morrow the locust into thy coasts:
5 To cover the face of the earth that nothing thereof may appear, but that which the hail hath left may be eaten: for they shall feed upon all the trees that spring in the fields.
6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of thy servants, and of all the Egyptians: such a number as thy fathers have not seen, nor thy grandfathers, from the time they were first upon the earth, until this present day. And he turned himself away, and went forth from Pharao.
7 And Pharao's servants said to him: How long shall we endure this scandal? let the men go to sacrifice to the Lord their God. Dost thou not see that Egypt is undone?
8 And they called back Moses and Aaron to Pharao: and he said to them: Go, sacrifice to the Lord your God: who are they that shall go?
9 Moses said: We will go with our young and old, with our sons and daughters, with our sheep and herds: for it is the solemnity of the Lord our God.
10 And Pharao answered: So be the Lord with you, as I shall let you and your children go: who can doubt but that you intend some great evil?
11 It shall not be so: but go ye men only, and sacrifice to the Lord: for this yourselves also desired. And immediately they were cast out from Pharao's presence.
12 And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch forth thy hand upon the land of Egypt unto the locust, that it may come upon it, and devour every herb that is left after the hail.
13 And Moses stretched forth his rod upon the land of Egypt: and the Lord brought a burning wind all that day, and night: and when it was morning, the burning wind raised the locusts:
14 And they came up over the whole land of Egypt: and rested in all the coasts of the Egyptians innumerable, the like as had not been before that time, nor shall be hereafter.
15 And they covered the whole face of the earth, wasting all things. And the grass of the earth was devoured, and what fruits soever were on the trees, which the hail had left: and there remained not any thing that was green on the trees, or in the herbs of the earth in all Egypt.
16 Wherefore Pharao in haste called Moses and Aaron, and said to them: I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.
17 But now forgive me my sin this time also, and pray to the Lord your God, that he take away from me this death.
18 And Moses going forth from the presence of Pharao, prayed to the Lord.
19 And he made a very strong wind to blow from the west, and it took the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea: there remained not so much as one in all the coasts of Egypt.
20 And the Lord hardened Pharao's heart, neither did he let the children of Israel go.
21 And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch out they hand towards heaven: and may there be darkness upon the land of Egypt, so thick that it may be felt.
22 And Moses stretch forth his hand towards heaven: and there came horrible darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.
23 No man saw his brother, nor moved himself out of the place where he was: but wheresoever the children of Israel dwelt there was light.
24 And Pharao called Moses and Aaron, and said to them: Go sacrifice to the Lord: let your sheep only, and herds remain; let your children go with you.
25 Moses said: Thou shalt give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, to the Lord our God.
26 All the flocks shall go with us: there shall not a hoof remain of them: for they are necessary for the service of the Lord our God: especially as we know not what must be offered, till we come to the very place.
27 And the Lord hardened Pharao's heart, and he would not let them go.
28 And Pharao said to Moses: Get thee from me, and beware thou see not my face any more: in what day soever thou shalt come in my sight, thou shalt die.
29 Moses answered: So shall it be as thou hast spoken, I will not see thy face any more.
Exodus 10
New King James Version
The Eighth Plague: Locusts(A)
10 Now the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh; (B)for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants, (C)that I may show these signs of Mine before him, 2 and that (D)you may tell in the hearing of your son and your son’s son the mighty things I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, that you may (E)know that I am the Lord.”
3 So Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to (F)humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may (G)serve Me. 4 Or else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring (H)locusts into your territory. 5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, so that no one will be able to see the earth; and (I)they shall eat the residue of what is left, which remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field. 6 They shall (J)fill your houses, the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians—which neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’ ” And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
7 Then Pharaoh’s (K)servants said to him, “How long shall this man be (L)a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”
8 So Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve the Lord your God. Who are the ones that are going?”
9 And Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we will go, for (M)we must hold a feast to the Lord.”
10 Then he said to them, “The Lord had better be with you when I let you and your little ones go! Beware, for evil is ahead of you. 11 Not so! Go now, you who are men, and serve the Lord, for that is what you desired.” And they were driven (N)out from Pharaoh’s presence.
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, (O)“Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and (P)eat every herb of the land—all that the hail has left.” 13 So Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 And (Q)the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested on all the territory of Egypt. They were very severe; (R)previously there had been no such locusts as they, nor shall there be such after them. 15 For they (S)covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they (T)ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. So there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.
16 Then Pharaoh called (U)for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, (V)“I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and (W)entreat[a] the Lord your God, that He may take away from me this death only.” 18 So he (X)went out from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord. 19 And the Lord turned a very strong west wind, which took the locusts away and blew them (Y)into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt. 20 But the Lord (Z)hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
The Ninth Plague: Darkness
21 Then the Lord said to Moses, (AA)“Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, [b]darkness which may even be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was (AB)thick darkness in all the land of Egypt (AC)three days. 23 They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. (AD)But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
24 Then Pharaoh called to Moses and (AE)said, “Go, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back. Let your (AF)little ones also go with you.”
25 But Moses said, “You must also give [c]us sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 26 Our (AG)livestock also shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind. For we must take some of them to serve the Lord our God, and even we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.”
27 But the Lord (AH)hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. 28 Then Pharaoh said to him, (AI)“Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die!”
29 So Moses said, “You have spoken well. (AJ)I will never see your face again.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 10:17 make supplication to
- Exodus 10:21 Lit. that one may feel the darkness
- Exodus 10:25 Lit. into our hands
Éxodo 10
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
La plaga de langostas
10 El Señor le dijo a Moisés: «Ve a hablar con el faraón. En realidad, soy yo quien ha endurecido su corazón y el de sus funcionarios, para realizar entre ellos mis señales milagrosas. 2 Lo hice para que puedas contarles a tus hijos y a tus nietos la dureza con que traté a los egipcios,[a] y las señales que realicé entre ellos. Así sabréis que yo soy el Señor».
3 Moisés y Aarón se presentaron ante el faraón, y le advirtieron: «Así dice el Señor y Dios de los hebreos: “¿Hasta cuándo te opondrás a humillarte en mi presencia? Deja ir a mi pueblo para que me rinda culto. 4 Si te niegas a dejarlos ir, mañana mismo traeré langostas sobre tu país. 5 De tal manera cubrirán la superficie de la tierra que no podrá verse el suelo. Se comerán lo poco que haya quedado después del granizo, y acabarán con todos los árboles que haya en los campos. 6 Infestarán tus casas, y las de tus funcionarios y las de todos los egipcios. ¡Será algo que ni tus padres ni tus antepasados vieron jamás, desde el día en que se establecieron en este país hasta la fecha!”»
Dicho esto, Moisés se dio media vuelta y se retiró de la presencia del faraón. 7 Entonces los funcionarios le dijeron al faraón:
―¿Hasta cuándo este individuo será una trampa para nosotros? ¡Deja que el pueblo se vaya y que rinda culto al Señor su Dios! ¿Acaso no sabes que Egipto está arruinado?
8 El faraón mandó llamar a Moisés y a Aarón, y les dijo:
―Id y rendid culto al Señor vuestro Dios. Tan solo decidme quiénes van a ir.
9 ―Nos van a acompañar nuestros jóvenes y nuestros ancianos —respondió Moisés—. También nos acompañarán nuestros hijos y nuestras hijas, y nuestros rebaños y nuestros ganados, pues vamos a celebrar la fiesta del Señor.
10 ―Que el Señor os acompañe —repuso el faraón—, ¡si es que yo dejo que os vayáis con vuestras mujeres y vuestros hijos! ¡Claramente se ven vuestras malas intenciones![b] 11 ¡Pero no será como vosotros queréis! Si lo que queréis es rendirle culto al Señor, ¡id solo vosotros los hombres!
Y Moisés y Aarón fueron arrojados de la presencia del faraón. 12 Entonces el Señor le dijo a Moisés: «Extiende los brazos sobre todo Egipto, para que vengan langostas y cubran todo el país, y se coman todo lo que crece en los campos y todo lo que dejó el granizo».
13 Moisés extendió su vara sobre Egipto, y el Señor hizo que todo ese día y toda esa noche un viento del este soplara sobre el país. A la mañana siguiente, el viento del este había traído las langostas, 14 las cuales invadieron todo Egipto y se asentaron en gran número por todos los rincones del país. ¡Nunca antes hubo semejante plaga de langostas, ni la habrá después! 15 Eran tantas las langostas que cubrían la superficie de la tierra, que ni el suelo podía verse. Se comieron todas las plantas del campo y todos los frutos de los árboles que dejó el granizo. En todo Egipto no quedó nada verde, ni en los árboles ni en las plantas.
16 A toda prisa mandó llamar el faraón a Moisés y a Aarón, y admitió: «He pecado contra el Señor vuestro Dios y contra vosotros. 17 Yo os pido que perdonéis mi pecado una vez más, y que roguéis por mí al Señor vuestro Dios, para que por lo menos aleje de donde yo estoy esta plaga mortal».
18 En cuanto Moisés salió de la presencia del faraón, rogó al Señor por el faraón. 19 El Señor hizo entonces que el viento cambiara, y que un fuerte viento del oeste se llevara las langostas y las echara al Mar Rojo. En todo Egipto no quedó una sola langosta. 20 Pero el Señor endureció el corazón del faraón, y este no dejó que los israelitas se fueran.
La plaga de tinieblas
21 El Señor le dijo a Moisés: «Levanta los brazos al cielo, para que todo Egipto se cubra de tinieblas, ¡tinieblas tan densas que se puedan palpar!» 22 Moisés levantó los brazos al cielo, y durante tres días todo Egipto quedó envuelto en densas tinieblas. 23 Durante ese tiempo, los egipcios no podían verse unos a otros, ni moverse de su sitio. Sin embargo, en todos los hogares israelitas había luz.
24 Entonces el faraón mandó llamar a Moisés y le dijo:
―Id y rendid culto al Señor. Llevaos también a vuestros hijos, pero dejad atrás vuestros rebaños y vuestros ganados.
25 A esto replicó Moisés:
―¡Al contrario!, tú vas a darnos los sacrificios y holocaustos que hemos de presentar al Señor nuestro Dios, 26 y además nuestro ganado tiene que ir con nosotros. ¡No puede quedarse aquí ni una sola pezuña! Para rendirle culto al Señor nuestro Dios tendremos que tomar algunos de nuestros animales, y no sabremos cuáles debemos presentar como ofrenda hasta que lleguemos allí.
27 Pero el Señor endureció el corazón del faraón, y este no quiso dejarlos ir, 28 sino que le gritó a Moisés:
―¡Largo de aquí! ¡Y cuidado con volver a presentarte ante mí! El día que vuelvas a verme, puedes darte por muerto.
29 ―¡Bien dicho! —le respondió Moisés—. ¡Jamás volveré a verte!
Exodus 10
New International Version
The Plague of Locusts
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart(A) and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs(B) of mine among them 2 that you may tell your children(C) and grandchildren how I dealt harshly(D) with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.”(E)
3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble(F) yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 4 If you refuse(G) to let them go, I will bring locusts(H) into your country tomorrow. 5 They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left(I) after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields.(J) 6 They will fill your houses(K) and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.’”(L) Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.
7 Pharaoh’s officials said to him, “How long will this man be a snare(M) to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?”(N)
8 Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship(O) the Lord your God,” he said. “But tell me who will be going.”
9 Moses answered, “We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival(P) to the Lord.”
10 Pharaoh said, “The Lord be with you—if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil.[a] 11 No! Have only the men go and worship the Lord, since that’s what you have been asking for.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh’s presence.
12 And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand(Q) over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.”
13 So Moses stretched out his staff(R) over Egypt, and the Lord made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts;(S) 14 they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts,(T) nor will there ever be again. 15 They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured(U) all that was left after the hail—everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
16 Pharaoh quickly summoned(V) Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned(W) against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now forgive(X) my sin once more and pray(Y) to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”
18 Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord.(Z) 19 And the Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea.[b] Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. 20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart,(AA) and he would not let the Israelites go.
The Plague of Darkness
21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness(AB) spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness(AC) covered all Egypt for three days. 23 No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.(AD)
24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go,(AE) worship the Lord. Even your women and children(AF) may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.”(AG)
25 But Moses said, “You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings(AH) to present to the Lord our God. 26 Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshiping the Lord our God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the Lord.”
27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart,(AI) and he was not willing to let them go. 28 Pharaoh said to Moses, “Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face you will die.”
29 “Just as you say,” Moses replied. “I will never appear(AJ) before you again.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 10:10 Or Be careful, trouble is in store for you!
- Exodus 10:19 Or the Sea of Reeds
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