Moses Announces the Death of the First-Born
1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will send only one more punishment on the king of Egypt and his people. After that he will let you leave. In fact, he will drive all of you out of here. 2 Now speak to the people of Israel and tell all of them to ask their neighbors for gold and silver jewelry.” 3 The Lord made the Egyptians respect the Israelites. Indeed, the officials and all the people considered Moses to be a very great man.
4 Moses then said to the king, “The Lord says, ‘At about midnight I will go through Egypt, 5 and every first-born son in Egypt will die, from the king's son, who is heir to the throne, to the son of the slave woman who grinds grain. The first-born of all the cattle will die also. 6 There will be loud crying all over Egypt, such as there has never been before or ever will be again. 7 But not even a dog will bark at the Israelites or their animals. Then you will know that I, the Lord, make a distinction between the Egyptians and the Israelites.’” 8 Moses concluded by saying, “All your officials will come to me and bow down before me, and they will beg me to take all my people and go away. After that, I will leave.” Then in great anger Moses left the king.
9 The Lord had said to Moses, “The king will continue to refuse to listen to you, in order that I may do more of my miracles in Egypt.” 10 Moses and Aaron performed all these miracles before the king, but the Lord made him stubborn, and he would not let the Israelites leave his country.
Brīdinājums par pēdējo mocību
(2Moz 3:21–222Moz 12:35–36)1 Kungs teica Mozum: “Vēl vienu sodību es uzsūtīšu faraonam un Ēģiptei – pēc tam viņš jūs no šejienes atlaidīs kā padzīdams – dzīšus izdzīs jūs no šejienes! 2 Saki tautai, lai ik vīrs prasa kaimiņam un ik sieva lai prasa kaimiņienei sudraba lietas un zelta lietas!” 3 Un Kungs darīja ēģiptiešus tautai vēlīgus; arī Mozus bija liels vīrs Ēģiptes zemē – tā šķita gan faraona kalpiem, gan tautai.
4 Un Mozus teica: “Tā saka Kungs: ap pusnakti es iešu pa Ēģipti! 5 Un Ēģiptes zemē mirs visi pirmdzimtie – no faraona, kas sēž tronī, pirmdzimtā līdz verdzenes, kura pie dzirnakmeņiem, pirmdzimtajam, un arī visi lopu pirmdzimtie! 6 Visā Ēģiptes zemē būs liela brēkšana – tādas nav bijis, un tādas vairs nebūs! 7 Uz Israēla dēliem pat suns vairs neries – ne uz vīru, ne lopu, lai jūs zinātu, ka Kungs nošķir ēģiptiešus no Israēla dēliem! 8 Tad visi tavi kalpi nāks pie manis un zemosies man, sacīdami: aizej kopā ar savu tautu, kas tev seko, un tad es aiziešu!” Un viņš aizgāja no faraona, degdams dusmās.
9 Un Kungs teica Mozum: “Faraons jūs neklausīs, lai mani brīnumi vairotos Ēģiptes zemē!” 10 Mozus un Ārons darīja visus šos brīnumus faraona priekšā. Bet Kungs nocietināja faraona sirdi, un viņš neatlaida Israēla dēlus no savas zemes.
