Moses Warns the Egyptians That the Lord Will Kill Their First-Born Sons
1 The Lord said to Moses:
I am going to punish the king of Egypt and his people one more time. Then the king will gladly let you leave his land. In fact, he will even chase you out. 2 Now go and tell my people to ask their Egyptian neighbors for gold and silver jewelry.
3 So the Lord made the Egyptians greatly respect the Israelites, and everyone, including the king's officials, considered Moses an important leader.
4 Moses went to the king and said:
I have come to let you know what the Lord is going to do. About midnight he will go through the land of Egypt, 5 and wherever he goes, the first-born son in every family will die. Your own son will die, and so will the son of the lowest slave woman. Even the first-born males of your cattle will die. 6 Everywhere in Egypt there will be loud crying. Nothing like this has ever happened before or will ever happen again.
7 But there won't be any need for the Israelites to cry. Things will be so quiet that not even a dog will be heard barking. Then you Egyptians will know that the Lord is good to the Israelites, even while he punishes you. 8 Your leaders will come and bow down, begging me to take my people and leave your country. Then we will leave.
Moses was very angry; he turned and left the king.
9 What the Lord had earlier said to Moses came true. He had said, “The king of Egypt won't listen. Then I will perform even more miracles.” 10 So the king of Egypt saw Moses and Aaron work miracles, but the Lord made him stubbornly refuse to let the Israelites leave his country.
1 Un Tas Kungs sacīja uz Mozu: "Vēl vienu mocību Es sūtīšu faraonam un Ēģiptei; pēc tam viņš jūs atlaidīs no šejienes. Kad viņš jūs pilnīgi atlaidīs, tad viņš jūs pat dzītin aizdzīs no šejienes. 2 Runā jel, tautai dzirdot, lai ikviens vīrs no sava kaimiņa un ikviena sieva no savas kaimiņienes prasa sudraba un zelta lietas." 3 Un Tas Kungs ļaudīm parādīja labvēlību ēģiptiešu acīs, un arī pats Mozus bija jo liels Ēģiptes zemē faraona kalpu acīs un tautas acīs. 4 Un Mozus sacīja: "Tā ir sacījis Tas Kungs: ap pusnakti Es apstaigāšu Ēģipti, 5 un mirs ikviens pirmdzimtais Ēģiptes zemē - no faraona, kas sēž uz sava troņa, pirmdzimtā līdz kalpones, kas aiz maltuves, pirmdzimtajam - un visu liellopu pirmajie. 6 Un būs liela brēkšana Ēģiptes zemē, kāda līdz šim nav bijusi un turpmāk nebūs. 7 Bet ne pret vienu israēlieti pat suns nepacels balsi, ne pret cilvēku, ne pret lopu, lai jūs zinātu, ka Tas Kungs dara atšķirību starp israēlieti un ēģiptieti. 8 Un visi šie tavi kalpi nonāks pie manis un zemosies manā priekšā, sacīdami: aizej tu un visa tauta, kuru tu vadi, - un tad es aiziešu." Un viņš aizgāja no faraona lielās dusmās. 9 Bet Tas Kungs sacīja uz Mozu: "Faraons neklausīs jums, lai Manu brīnumu skaits kļūtu vēl lielāks Ēģiptes zemē." 10 Un Mozus un Ārons darīja visus šos brīnumus faraona priekšā; bet Tas Kungs nocietināja faraona sirdi, un viņš neatlaida Israēla bērnus no savas zemes.
