የጓጕንቸር መቅሠፍት
1ከዚያም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴን አለው፤ “ወደ ፈርዖን ዘንድ ሄደህ፣ እንዲህ በለው፤ ‘እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) የሚለው ይህ ነው፤ “እኔን ያመልኩኝ ዘንድ ሕዝቤን ልቀቅ። 2እነርሱን ለመልቀቅ እንቢ ብትል አገርህን ሁሉ በጓጕንቸር መቅሠፍት እመታዋለሁ። 3አባይ በጓጕንቸሮች ይሞላል፤ ወጥተውም ወደ ቤተ መንግሥትህና ወደ መኝታ ክፍልህ፣ ወደ ዐልጋህም ወደ ሹማምቶችህና ወደ ሕዝብህ ቤቶች፣ ወደ ምድጆችህና ወደ ቡሃቃዎችህ ይገባሉ። 4ጓጕንቸሮቹ ወደ አንተና ወደ ሕዝብህ ወደ ሹማምትህም ሁሉ ይመጡባችኋል።” ’ ”
5ከዚያም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴን አለው፣ “አሮንን፣ ‘በትርህን ይዘህ በምንጮች፣ በቦዮችና በኵሬዎች ላይ እጅህን ዘርጋ፤ ጓጕንቸሮችም በግብፅ ምድር ላይ እንዲወጡ አድርግ’ ” በለው።
6አሮንም በግብፅ ውሆች ላይ እጁን ዘረጋ፤ ጓጕንቸሮችም ወጥተው ምድሪቱን ሸፈኑ። 7ሆኖም ግን አስማተኞቹ በድብቅ ጥበባቸው ተመሳሳይ ነገር ሠሩ፤ እነርሱም በግብፅ ምድር ላይ ጓጕንቸሮች እንዲወጡ አደረጉ።
8ፈርዖንም ሙሴንና አሮንን አስጠርቶ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ ጓጕንቸሮቹን ከእኔና ከሕዝቤ ያርቅ ዘንድ ወደ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ጸልዩልኝ፤ ከዚያም ለእግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) መሥዋዕትን ትሠዉ ዘንድ ሕዝቡ እንዲሄዱ እፈቅዳለሁ።
9ሙሴም ፈርዖንን፣ “በአባይ ወንዝ ካሉት በቀር ከአንተና ከቤቶችህ ጓጕንቸሮቹ እንዲወገዱ ለአንተ፣ ለሹማምትህና ለሕዝብህ የምንጸልይበትን ጊዜ እንድትወስን ለአንተ ትቸዋለሁ” አለው።
10ፈርዖንም፣ “ነገ ይሁን” አለው። ሙሴም እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰ፤ “እንደ አምላካችን እንደ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ያለ ማንም እንደሌለ ታውቅ ዘንድ አንተ እንዳልኸው ይሆናል። 11ጓጕንቸሮቹም ከአንተና ከቤቶችህ፣ ከሹማምትህና ከሕዝብህ ተወግደው በአባይ ወንዝ ብቻ ይወሰናሉ።”
12ሙሴና አሮን ከፈርዖን ዘንድ ከተመለሱ በኋላ፣ በፈርዖን ላይ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ስላመጣቸው ጓጕንቸሮች ሙሴ ወደ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ጮኸ። 13እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴ እንደ ለመነው አደረገ፤ ጓጕንቸሮቹም በየቤቱ ውስጥ፣ በየዐጥር ግቢውና በየሜዳው ሞቱ። 14በአንድ ላይ ሰብስበው ከመሯቸው፤ ምድሪቱም ከረፋች። 15ፈርዖን ችግሩ ጋብ ማለቱን ባየ ጊዜ ግን ልክ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) እንደ ተናገረው ልቡን በማደንደን ሙሴንና አሮንን አልሰማቸውም።
የተባይ መቅሠፍት
16ከዚያም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴን፣ “አሮንን ‘በትርህን ሰንዝረህ የምድርን ትቢያ ምታ’ በለው፤ ከዚያም በግብፅ ምድር ያለው ትቢያ ሁሉ ተናካሽ ትንኝ ይሆናል” አለው። 17እነርሱም እንዲሁ አደረጉ፣ አሮን በትሩን እንደ ያዘ እጁን ሲዘረጋና የምድሩን ትቢያ ሲመታ፣ በግብፅ ምድር ያለው ትቢያ ሁሉ ተናካሽ ትንኝ ሆነ። ሰውንም ሆነ እንስሳውን ተናካሽ ትንኝ ወረረው። 18ነገር ግን አስማተኞቹ በድብቅ ጥበባቸው ተናካሽ ትንኞችን ለመፍጠር ሲሞክሩ አልቻሉም። ተናካሽ ትንኞቹም ከሰውና ከእንስሳው ላይ አልወረዱም ነበር። 19አስማተኞቹም ፈርዖንን፣ “ይህ የእግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ጣት ነው” አሉት፤ ነገር ግን የፈርዖን ልብ ደንድኖ ስለ ነበር፣ ልክ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) እንደ ተናገረው አልሰማቸው አለ።
የዝንብ መቅሠፍት
20ከዚህ በኋላ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴን እንዲህ አለው፤ “በጧት ተነሥተህ ፈርዖን ወደ ውሃ በሚወርድበት ጊዜ ከፊቱ ቀርበህ እንዲህ በለው፤ ‘እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) የሚለው ይህ ነው፤ ያመልኩኝ ዘንድ ሕዝቤን ልቀቅ። 21ሕዝቤ እንዲሄዱ ባትለቅቃቸው፣ በአንተና በሹማምትህ ላይ፣ በሕዝብህና በቤቶችህ ላይ የዝንብ መንጋ እሰድዳለሁ። ያረፉበት መሬት እንኳ ሳይቀር፣ የግብፃውያን ቤቶች ሁሉ ዝንብ ብቻ ይሆናሉ።
22“ ‘በዚያች ዕለት ግን ሕዝቤ የሚኖርባትን የጌሤምን ምድር የተለየች አደርጋታለሁ፤ እኔ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) በዚህች ምድር እንዳለሁ ታውቅ ዘንድ የዝንብ መንጋ በዚያ አይኖርም። 23በሕዝቤና በሕዝብህ መካከል ልዩነት አደርጋለሁ፤ ይህ ታምራዊ ምልክት ነገ ይሆናል8፥23 የሰብዓ ሊቃናቱና የቫልጌቱ ትርጕም እንዲሁ ሲሉ፣ ዕብራይስጡ ግን ነገ ዐርነት ይሆናል ይላል።።’ ”
24እግዚአብሔርም (ያህዌ) እንዲሁ አደረገ፤ አስጨናቂ የዝንብ መንጋ በፈርዖን ቤተ መንግሥትና በሹማምቱ ቤቶች ላይ ወረደ፤ መላው የግብፅ ምድር ከዝንቡ የተነሣ ተበላሽቶ ነበር።
25ከዚያም ፈርዖን ሙሴንና አሮንን አስጠርቶ፣ “ሂዱና በዚሁ ምድር ለአምላካችሁ ሠዉ” አላቸው።
26ሙሴ ግን እንዲህ አለ፤ “ይህ ትክክል አይሆንም፤ ለአምላካችን ለእግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) የምናቀርበው መሥዋዕት በግብፃውያን ዘንድ አስጸያፊ ነው፤ ታዲያ በእነርሱ ዐይን አስጸያፊ የሆነውን መሥዋዕት ብናቀርብ አይወግሩንምን? 27ለአምላካችን ለእግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) እርሱ እንዳዘዘን መሥዋዕት ለመሠዋት ወደ ምድረ በዳ የሦስት ቀን መንገድ መሄድ አለብን።”
28ፈርዖንም፣ “ለአምላካችሁ ለእግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) በምድረ በዳ መሥዋዕት እንድትሠዉ እፈቅድላችኋለሁ፤ ነገር ግን ርቃችሁ እንዳትሄዱ። ለእኔም ጸልዩልኝ” አላቸው።
29ሙሴም እንዲህ አለ፤ “ከአንተ እንደ ተለየሁ ወዲያውኑ ወደ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) እጸልያለሁ፤ ነገም ዝንቡ ሁሉ ከፈርዖን፣ ከሹማምቱና ከሕዝቡ ይወገዳል። ብቻ ሕዝቡ ለእግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) መሥዋዕት እንዲሠዉ ባለመፍቀድ ከዚህ ቀደም ፈርዖን አታልሎ እንዳደረገው አሁንም እንዳያደርግ ርግጠኛ ይሁን።”
30ከዚያም ሙሴ ከፈርዖን ተለይቶ ወደ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ጸለየ። 31እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴ የለመነውን አደረገ። የዝንቡም መንጋ ከፈርዖን፣ ከሹማምቱና ከሕዝቡ ተወገደ፤ አንድም ዝንብ እንኳ አልቀረም። 32በዚህም ጊዜ እንኳ ፈርዖን ልቡን አደነደነ እንጂ፣ ሕዝቡን አልለቀቀም።
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: 3And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:8.3 kneadingtroughs: or, dough 4And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
5¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 6And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 7And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
8¶ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. 9And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?8.9 Glory…: or, Have this honour over me, etc8.9 when: or, against when8.9 to destroy: Heb. to cut off 10And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.8.10 To morrow: or, Against to morrow 11And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only. 12And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. 13And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. 14And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank. 15But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
16¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 17And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 18And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. 19Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
20¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 21Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.8.21 swarms…: or, a mixture of noisome beasts, etc 22And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. 23And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.8.23 a division: Heb. a redemption8.23 to morrow: or, by to morrow 24And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.8.24 corrupted: or, destroyed
25¶ And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. 26And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? 27We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. 28And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me. 29And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. 30And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. 31And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. 32And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
