1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs among them; 2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son’s son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Yahweh."

3 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, "This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, 5 and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one won’t be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field. 6 Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’" He turned, and went out from Pharaoh.

7 Pharaoh’s servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don’t you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?"

8 Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, "Go, serve Yahweh your God; but who are those who will go?"

9 Moses said, "We will go with our young and with our old. We will go with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds; for we must hold a feast to Yahweh."

10 He said to them, "Yahweh be with you if I let you go with your little ones! See, evil is clearly before your faces. 11 Not so! Go now you who are men, and serve Yahweh; for that is what you desire!" Then they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

12 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left." 13 Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and Yahweh brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous. Before them there were no such locusts as they, nor will there ever be again. 15 For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. There remained nothing green, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said, "I have sinned against Yahweh your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh your God, that he may also take away from me this death."

18 Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh. 19 Yahweh sent an exceedingly strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt. 20 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go.

21 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt." 22 Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. 23 They didn’t see one another, and nobody rose from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

24 Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, "Go, serve Yahweh. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you."

25 Moses said, "You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God. 26 Our livestock also shall go with us. Not a hoof shall be left behind, for of it we must take to serve Yahweh our God; and we don’t know with what we must serve Yahweh, until we come there."

27 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he wouldn’t let them go. 28 Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!"

29 Moses said, "You have spoken well. I will see your face again no more."

1 耶和华对摩西说： "你要到法老那里去， 因为我已经使他的心和他臣仆的心刚硬， 为要在他们中间显出我这些神迹；

2 并且要你把愚弄埃及人的事， 和我在他们中间显出的神迹， 都讲给你的子孙听； 使你们知道我是耶和华。"

3 摩西和亚伦就到法老那里去， 对他说： "耶和华希伯来人的 神这样说： ‘你拒绝在我面前谦卑要到几时呢？让我的人民离开吧， 使他们可以事奉我。

4 如果你拒绝让我的人民离开， 看哪！ 明天我要使蝗虫进入你的境界；

5 蝗虫必遮盖地面， 甚至人不能看见地； 蝗虫必吃尽那避过灾难余剩的， 那没有受冰雹击打， 剩下留给你们的； 它们也必吃尽田间给你们生长起来的一切树木。

6 蝗虫必充满了你的宫殿， 你所有臣仆的房屋， 和所有埃及人的房屋； 这是你祖宗和你祖宗的祖宗自从在世以来， 直到今日， 所没有见过的。’"摩西就转身， 离开法老出去了。

7 法老的臣仆对法老说： "这人成为我们的网罗要到几时呢？让这些人离开吧， 使他们可以事奉耶和华他们的 神； 埃及已经毁灭了， 你还不知道吗？"

8 于是， 摩西和亚伦被召回来到法老那里。法老对他们说： "你们去事奉耶和华你们的 神吧， 但那些要去的是谁呢？"

9 摩西回答： "我们要和我们年少的与年老的同去， 要和我们的儿女同去， 也要和我们的羊群与牛群同去， 因为我们必须向耶和华守节。"

10 法老对他们说： "我让你们和你们的孩子离开的时候， 愿耶和华与你们同在； 你们要谨慎， 因为有祸患在你们面前。

11 不可以这样， 只有你们的男子可以去事奉耶和华， 因为这原是你们要求的。"于是把他们从法老面前赶出去。

12 耶和华对摩西说： "你要向埃及地伸手， 使蝗虫上埃及地来， 吃尽地上所有的蔬菜， 就是受冰雹击打后留下的。"

13 摩西就向埃及地伸杖， 整整的一日一夜， 耶和华把东风吹在地上； 到了早晨， 东风把蝗虫吹来了。

14 蝗虫上到埃及全地来， 停留在埃及全境。它们非常众多， 以前没有像这样多的蝗虫， 以后也没有。

15 蝗虫遮盖了整个地面， 以致大地都变黑了。它们吃尽了地上一切蔬菜， 和树上所有的果子， 就是受冰雹击打后留下来的。这样， 在埃及全地， 无论是树木， 或田间的蔬菜， 连一点青的也没有留下。

16 于是， 法老急忙把摩西和亚伦召了来， 说： "我得罪了耶和华你们的 神， 也得罪了你们。

17 现在求你只这一次赦免我的罪， 也请你们求告耶和华你们的 神， 使这一次的死亡离开我。"

18 摩西就离开法老出来， 祈求耶和华。

19 耶和华转了非常强大的西风， 把蝗虫吹起来了， 投进红海里； 在埃及全境， 连一只蝗虫也没留下。

20 但是耶和华使法老的心刚硬， 以致法老不肯让以色列人离开。

21 耶和华对摩西说： "你要向天举手， 使黑暗临到埃及地， 这黑暗是可以触摸的。"

22 摩西向天伸手， 幽暗就临到埃及全地三天之久。

23 三天之内， 人彼此不能看见， 谁也不能起来离开自己的地方； 但是在所有以色列人居住的地方都有亮光。

24 法老就把摩西召了来， 说： "你们去事奉耶和华吧， 你们的孩子也可以与你们同去； 只是要把你们的羊群和牛群留下来。"

25 摩西回答： "你也要把献祭用的祭物和燔祭交给我们， 使我们可以献给耶和华我们的 神。

26 我们的牲畜也要与我们同去， 连一只也不留下； 因为我们要从它们当中取出一些来事奉耶和华我们的 神； 我们没有到达之前， 还不知道要用什么事奉耶和华。"

27 但耶和华使法老心里刚硬， 因此他不愿意让他们离开。

28 法老对摩西说： "你离开我去吧， 你要小心， 不要再见我的面； 因为你再见我面的时候， 你必定死。"

29 摩西回答： "你说对了， 我不再见你的面了。"