The Plague of Locusts
1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs of mine among them 2that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.”
3So 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 yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 4If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow. 5They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields. 6They will fill your houses 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.’ ” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.
7Pharaoh’s officials said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?”
8Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the Lord your God,” he said. “But tell me who will be going.”
9Moses 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 to the Lord.”
10Pharaoh said, “The Lord be with you—if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil.10:10 Or Be careful, trouble is in store for you! 11No! 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.
12And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.”
13So Moses stretched out his staff 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; 14they 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, nor will there ever be again. 15They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured 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.
16Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”
18Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord. 19And the Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea.10:19 Or the Sea of Reeds Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. 20But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
The Plague of Darkness
21Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.” 22So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. 23No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.
24Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the Lord. Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.”
25But Moses said, “You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the Lord our God. 26Our 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.”
27But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go. 28Pharaoh 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 before you again.”
Ìyọnu Eṣú
1Nígbà náà ni Olúwa sọ fún Mose pé, “Lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ Farao, mo ti ṣé àyà Farao le àti àyà àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀, kí èmi kí o ba le ṣe àwọn iṣẹ́ ìyanu mi láàrín wọn. 2Kí ẹ̀yin ki ó le sọ fún àwọn ọmọ yín àti àwọn ọmọ ọmọ yín; Bí mo ti jẹ àwọn ará Ejibiti ní yà àti bí mo ti ṣe àwọn iṣẹ́ ìyanu láàrín wọn. Kí ìwọ ba á le mọ̀ pé èmi ni Olúwa.”
3Nígbà náà ni Mose àti Aaroni tọ Farao lọ, tiwọn sí wí fún un pé, “Èyí ni Olúwa, Ọlọ́run àwọn Heberu sọ: ‘Yóò ti pẹ́ to ti ìwọ yóò kọ̀ láti tẹrí ara rẹ ba ní iwájú mi? Jẹ́ kí àwọn ènìyàn mi kí ó lọ, kí wọn kí ó sìn mi. 4Bí ìwọ bá kọ̀ láti jẹ́ kí wọn lọ, èmi yóò mú eṣú wa sí orílẹ̀-èdè rẹ ní ọ̀la. 5Wọn yóò bo gbogbo ilẹ̀. Wọn yóò ba ohun gbogbo tí ó kù fún ọ lẹ́yìn òjò yìnyín jẹ́, tí ó fi dórí gbogbo igi tí ó ń dàgbà ni ilẹ̀ rẹ. 6Wọn yóò kún gbogbo ilé rẹ àti ilé àwọn ìjòyè rẹ àti ilé gbogbo àwọn ará Ejibiti. Ohun ti baba rẹ tàbí baba baba rẹ kò tí ì rí láti ìgbà tí wọ́n ti wà ní ilẹ̀ náà títí di àkókò yìí.’ ” Nígbà náà ni Mose pẹ̀yìndà kúrò níwájú Farao.
7Àwọn ìjòyè Farao sọ fún un “Yóò ti pẹ́ to tí ọkùnrin yìí yóò máa jẹ́ ìkẹ́kùn fún wa? Jẹ́ kí àwọn ènìyàn yìí lọ, kí wọn kí ó le sìn Olúwa Ọlọ́run wọn. Ṣe ìwọ kò ṣe àkíyèsí síbẹ̀ pé, ilẹ̀ Ejibiti ti parun tán?”
8Nígbà náà ni a mú Aaroni àti Mose padà wá sí iwájú Farao ó sì wí fún wọn pé “Ẹ lọ sìn Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín. Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ta ni nínú yín ni yóò ha lọ.”
9Mose dáhùn ó wí pé, “A ó lọ pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọdé àti àgbà wa, pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọ wa ọkùnrin àti ọmọ wa obìnrin pẹ̀lú agbo àgùntàn wa àti agbo màlúù wa nítorí pé a gbọdọ̀ ṣe àjọ fún Olúwa.”
10Farao sì wí pé, “Mo fi Olúwa búra pé èmi kí yóò jẹ́ kí ẹ lọ, pẹ̀lú àwọn obìnrin yín àti àwọn ọmọ wẹ́wẹ́, dájúdájú èrò ibi ní ń bẹ nínú yín. 11Rárá! Ọkùnrin yín nìkan ni kí ó lọ, láti lọ sin Olúwa, níwọ̀n ìgbà tí ó jẹ́ pé èyí ni ẹ̀yin ń béèrè fún.” Wọ́n sì lé Mose àti Aaroni kúrò ní iwájú Farao.
12Ní ìgbà náà ni Ọlọ́run sọ fún Mose, “Gbé ọwọ́ rẹ sókè lórí Ejibiti kí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ eṣú bo gbogbo ilẹ̀, kí ó sì ba gbogbo ohun ọ̀gbìn tí ó wà ni inú oko wọn jẹ́, àní gbogbo ohun tí òjò yìnyín kò bàjẹ́ tan.”
13Nígbà náà ni Mose na ọ̀pá ọwọ́ rẹ̀ sórí ilẹ̀ Ejibiti, Olúwa sì mú kí afẹ́fẹ́ láti ìlà-oòrùn fẹ́ kọjá lórí ilẹ̀ náà ni gbogbo ọ̀sán àti ni gbogbo òru ni ọjọ́ náà. Ní òwúrọ̀ afẹ́fẹ́ náà ti gbá ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ eṣú wá; 1410.14,15: If 9.2,3.Wọ́n sì bo gbogbo ilẹ̀ Ejibiti, wọ́n wà ní ibi gbogbo ní orí ilẹ̀ ní àìmoye, ṣáájú àkókò yìí kò sí irú ìyọnu eṣú bẹ́ẹ̀ rí, kò sì ní sí irú rẹ mọ́ lẹ́yìn èyí. 15Wọ́n bo gbogbo ilẹ̀ tí ilẹ̀ fi di dúdú. Wọ́n ba gbogbo ohun tókù ní orí ilẹ̀ lẹ́yìn òjò yìnyín jẹ́; gbogbo ohun ọ̀gbìn tí ó wà ní inú oko àti gbogbo èso tí ó wà lórí igi. Kò sí ewé tí ó kù lórí igi tàbí lórí ohun ọ̀gbìn ní gbogbo ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
16Farao yára ránṣẹ́ pe Mose àti Aaroni, ó sì sọ fún wọn pé, “Èmi ti ṣẹ̀ sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín àti sí i yín pẹ̀lú. 17Nísinsin yìí ẹ dáríjì mi lẹ́ẹ̀kan sí i kí ẹ sì gbàdúrà sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín kí ó lè mú ìpọ́njú yìí kúrò ní ọ̀dọ̀ mi.”
18Nígbà náà ni Mose kúrò ní iwájú Farao ó sì gbàdúrà sí Olúwa. 19Olúwa sì yí afẹ́fẹ́ náà padà di afẹ́fẹ́ líle láti apá ìwọ̀-oòrùn wá láti gbá àwọn eṣú náà kúrò ní orí ilẹ̀ Ejibiti lọ sínú Òkun pupa. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹyọ eṣú kan kò ṣẹ́kù sí orí ilẹ̀ Ejibiti. 20Síbẹ̀ Olúwa ṣe àyà Farao le, kò sì jẹ́ kí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli lọ.
Òkùnkùn bo ilẹ̀
21Nígbà náà ni Olúwa sọ fún Mose pé, “Gbé ọwọ́ rẹ sókè sí ojú ọ̀run kí òkùnkùn bá à le bo gbogbo ilẹ̀ Ejibiti; àní òkùnkùn biribiri.” 2210.22: Sm 105.28; If 16.10.Nígbà náà ni Mose gbé ọwọ́ rẹ sókè sí ojú ọ̀run, òkùnkùn biribiri sì bo gbogbo ilẹ̀ Ejibiti fún ọjọ́ mẹ́ta. Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ọmọ Israẹli ní ìmọ́lẹ̀ ní ibi tí wọn ń gbé. 23Kò sí ẹni tí ó le è ríran rí ẹlòmíràn tàbí kí ó kúrò ní ibi tí ó wà fún ọjọ́ mẹ́ta. Síbẹ̀ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli ni ìmọ́lẹ̀ ni gbogbo ibi tí wọ́n ń gbé.
24Farao sì ránṣẹ́ pe Mose ó sì wí fún un pé, “Lọ sin Olúwa, kódà àwọn obìnrin àti àwọn ọmọdé lè lọ pẹ̀lú yín, ṣùgbọ́n kí ìwọ kí ó fi agbo àgùntàn àti agbo màlúù yín sílẹ̀.”
25Ṣùgbọ́n Mose sọ pé, “Ìwọ gbọdọ̀ fún wa láààyè láti rú ẹbọ àti ọrẹ ẹbọ sísun ní iwájú Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa. 26Àwọn ohun ọ̀sìn wa gbọdọ̀ lọ pẹ̀lú wa, a kì yóò fi pátákò ẹsẹ̀ ẹran sílẹ̀. A ní láti lò lára wọn fún sínsin Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa, ìgbà tí a bá sì dé ibẹ̀ ni a ó to mọ̀ ohun ti a ó lò láti fi sin Olúwa.”
27Ṣùgbọ́n Olúwa sé ọkàn Farao le, kò sì ṣetán láti jẹ́ kí wọn lọ. 28Farao sọ fún Mose pé, “Kúrò ní iwájú mi! Rí i dájú pé o kò wá sí iwájú mi mọ́! Ọjọ́ tí ìwọ bá rí ojú mi ni ìwọ yóò kùú.”
29Mose sì dáhùn pé, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìwọ ti wí, “Èmi kí yóò wá sí iwájú rẹ mọ́.”
