1 The Lord said, “I am going to make you like God to the king, and your brother Aaron will speak to him as your prophet. 2 Tell Aaron everything I command you, and he will tell the king to let the Israelites leave his country. 3-4 But I will make the king stubborn, and he will not listen to you, no matter how many terrifying things I do in Egypt. Then I will bring severe punishment on Egypt and lead the tribes of my people out of the land. 5 The Egyptians will then know that I am the Lord, when I raise my hand against them and bring the Israelites out of their country.” 6 Moses and Aaron did what the Lord commanded. 7 At the time when they spoke to the king, Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three.
Aaron's Walking Stick
8 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9 “If the king demands that you prove yourselves by performing a miracle, tell Aaron to take his walking stick and throw it down in front of the king, and it will turn into a snake.” 10 So Moses and Aaron went to the king and did as the Lord had commanded. Aaron threw his walking stick down in front of the king and his officers, and it turned into a snake. 11 Then the king called for his wise men and magicians, and by their magic they did the same thing. 12 They threw down their walking sticks, and the sticks turned into snakes. But Aaron's stick swallowed theirs. 13 The king, however, remained stubborn and, just as the Lord had said, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.
Disasters Strike Egypt
Blood
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The king is very stubborn and refuses to let the people go. 15 So go and meet him in the morning when he goes down to the Nile. Take with you the walking stick that was turned into a snake, and wait for him on the riverbank. 16 Then say to the king, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to tell you to let his people go, so that they can worship him in the desert. But until now you have not listened. 17 Now, Your Majesty, the Lord says that you will find out who he is by what he is going to do. Look, I am going to strike the surface of the river with this stick, and the water will be turned into blood. 18 The fish will die, and the river will stink so much that the Egyptians will not be able to drink from it.’”
19 The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron to take his stick and hold it out over all the rivers, canals, and pools in Egypt. The water will become blood, and all over the land there will be blood, even in the wooden tubs and stone jars.”
20 Then Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded. In the presence of the king and his officers, Aaron raised his stick and struck the surface of the river, and all the water in it was turned into blood. 21 The fish in the river died, and it smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink from it. There was blood everywhere in Egypt. 22 Then the king's magicians did the same thing by means of their magic, and the king was as stubborn as ever. Just as the Lord had said, the king refused to listen to Moses and Aaron. 23 Instead, he turned and went back to his palace without paying any attention even to this. 24 All the Egyptians dug along the bank of the river for drinking water, because they were not able to drink water from the river.
25 Seven days passed after the Lord struck the river.
1 Tad tas Kungs sacīja Mozum: „Redzi, Es tevi esmu licis faraonam par dievu, bet Arons, tavs brālis, būs tavs pravietis.
2 Tu saki visu to, ko Es tev pavēlēšu, bet tavs brālis Arons lai runā ar faraonu, lai tas izlaiž Israēla bērnus no savas zemes.
3 Bet Es gribu faraona sirdi darīt cietu, un jebšu Es darīšu savas zīmes un savus brīnumus lielā skaitā Ēģiptes zemē,
4 Tomēr faraons jums neklausīs. Tad Es likšu savu roku uz Ēģiptes zemi un izvedīšu savus pulkus, savu Israēla tautu no Ēģiptes zemes, bargu tiesu turēdams.
5 Un Ēģiptes iemītnieki atzīs, ka Es esmu tas Kungs, tādēļ ka Es būšu izstiepis savu roku pār Ēģipti un ka Es likšu iziet Israēla bērniem no viņu vidus.“
6 Un Mozus un Arons darīja tā, kā tas Kungs bija viņiem pavēlējis, to viņi darīja.
7 Un Mozus bija astoņdesmit gadus vecs, bet Arons astoņdesmit trīs gadus vecs, kad tie runāja ar faraonu.
8 Un tas Kungs sacīja Mozum un Aronam:
9 „Kad faraons sacīs jums: „Rādiet man kādu brīnumu,“ tad saki Aronam: „Ņem savu zizli un met to faraona priekšā.“
10 Un Mozus un Arons gāja pie faraona un tā sacīja, kā tas Kungs viņiem bija pavēlējis; un Arons nometa savu zizli faraona priekšā visu viņa kalpu klātbūtnē, un tas tapa par čūsku.
11 Tad ari faraons lika ataicināt savus gudros vīrus un savus burvjus, un tie izdarija to pašu ar savām burvju mākslām.
12 Un tie ikviens nometa savus zižļus, un tie pārvērtās par čūskām. Bet Ārona zizlis aprija viņu zižļus.
13 Tomēr faraona sirds palika apcietināta, un viņš neklausījās uz viņiem, kā jau tas Kungs to bija pateicis.
14 Tad tas Kungs sacīja Mozum: „Faraona sirds ir cieta; viņš liedzas tautu atlaist.
15 Ej pie faraona no rīta; lūk, kad viņš ies uz upi, nostājies viņam pretim upes liedagā un paņem savā rokā zizli, kas tika pārvērsts čūskā,
16 Un saki viņam: tas Kungs, ebrēju Dievs, mani ir sūtījis pie tevis, teikdams: „Atlaid manu tautu, ka tie Man kalpo tuksnesi. Bet, lūk, tu līdz šim neesi klausījis.
17 Lūk, Es sitīšu ar zizli, kas ir manā rokā, Nīlupes ūdeni, un tas pārvērtīsies asinis.
18 Un zivis, kas vien ir upē, nobeigsies; upe smirdēs, un ēģiptiešiem riebsies dzert ūdeni no upes.“
19 Un tas Kungs sacīja Mozum: „Saki Aronam: „Ņem savu zizli un izstiep savu roku pār Ēģiptes ūdeņiem, pār viņu upēm, pār kanāliem, ezeriem un visām viņu ūdens krātuvēm, un tam būs kļūt par asinīm. Un asinis būs visā Ēģiptes zemē—visos koka un akmens traukos.“
20 Tad Mozus ar Aronu darīja tā, kā tas Kungs viņiem bija pavēlējis; viņš pacēla savu zizli un sita ūdeni, kas bija upē, faraona un viņa kalpu acu priekšā, un viss ūdens, kas bija Nīlupē, pārvērtās asinīs.
21 Un zivis upē nobeidzās, tā ka upe smirdēja, un ēģiptieši nevarēja ūdeni dzert, kas bija upē; un asinis bija visā Ēģiptes zemē.
22 Bet ēģiptiešu burvji ar savām burvju mākslām izdarija to pašu, un faraona sirds palika apcietināta, un viņš neklausīja viņiem, kā jau tas Kungs bija sacījis.
23 Un faraons pagrieza muguru un gāja uz savu namu, jo viss tas neietekmēja viņa sirdi.
24 Un visi ēģiptieši raka visapkārt upei pēc dzeramā ūdens, jo tie nevarēja dzert no upes ūdens.
25 Un tā pagāja septiņas dienas pēc tam, kad tas Kungs bija upi sitis.
26 Tad tas Kungs sacīja Mozum: „Ej pie faraona un saki viņam: Tā saka tas Kungs: „Atlaid manu tautu, lai tā Man kalpotu.
27 Un ja tu liegsies to atlaist, tad Es sodīšu visas tavas zemes robežas ar vardēm,
28 Ka upe mudžēt mudžēs ar vardēm, un tās līdīs ārā un nāks tavos namos un guļamistabā un tavā gultā, un tās līdīs tavu kalpu namos un pie taviem ļaudīm ir viņu krāsnīs, ir viņu abrās.
29 Un pie tevis un pie visiem taviem kalpiem ielīdīs vardes.“
