The Book of Exodus, Chapter 8ΕΞΟΔΟΣ Η′

εἶπεν δὲ κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν· εἰπὸν Ααρων ἔκτεινον τῇ χειρί σου τὴν ῥάβδον ἐπὶ τοὺς ποταμοὺς καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς διώρυγας καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἕλη καὶ ἀνάγαγε τοὺς βατράχους ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν Αἰγύπτου.

And the Lord said to Moses: 'Say to Aaron, Stretch out your hand with the rod over the rivers and over the canals and over the marshes, and bring up the frogs over the land of Egypt.'

καὶ ἐξέτεινεν Ααρων τὴν χεῖρα ἐπὶ τὰ ὕδατα Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἀνήγαγεν τοὺς βατράχους, καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ βάτραχοι καὶ ἐκάλυψαν τὴν γῆν Αἰγύπτου.

And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt and brought up the frogs; and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

ἐποίησαν δὲ ὡσαύτως καὶ οἱ ἐπαοιδοὶ τοῖς φαρμακοῖς αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνήγαγον τοὺς βατράχους ἐπὶ γῆν Αἰγύπτου.

And the sorcerers also did likewise with their enchantments and brought up the frogs over the land of Egypt.

ἐκάλεσεν δὲ Φαραω Μωυσῆν καὶ Ααρων καὶ εἶπεν· εὔξασθε περὶ ἐμοῦ πρὸς κύριον, καὶ περιελέτω τοὺς βατράχους ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ μου, καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ τὸν λαόν, καὶ θύσουσιν κυρίῳ.

And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said: 'Pray on my behalf to the Lord and let him remove the frogs from me and from my people, and I will send the people away, and they shall sacrifice to the Lord.'

εἶπεν δὲ Μωυσῆς πρὸς Φαραω· τάξαι πρός με, πότε εὔξωμαι περὶ σοῦ καὶ περὶ τῶν θεραπόντων σου καὶ περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ σου ἀφανίσαι τοὺς βατράχους ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ σου καὶ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν ὑμῶν, πλὴν ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ ὑπολειφθήσονται.

And Moses said to Pharaoh: 'Appoint for me when I shall pray for you and for your servants and for your people, to remove the frogs from you and from your people and from your houses — only in the river shall they remain.'

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· εἰς αὔριον. εἶπεν δέ· ὡς εἴρηκας, ἵνα εἰδῇς ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλος πλὴν κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν.

He said: 'Tomorrow.' And he said: 'As you have said — that you may know that there is none other than the Lord our God.'

καὶ περιαιρεθήσονται οἱ βάτραχοι ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν σου καὶ ἐκ τῶν αὐλῶν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν θεραπόντων σου καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ σου· πλὴν ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ ὑπολειφθήσονται.

And the frogs shall be removed from you and from your houses and from your courts and from your servants and from your people; only in the river shall they remain.

ἐξῆλθεν δὲ Μωυσῆς καὶ Ααρων ἀπὸ Φαραω καὶ ἔβοησεν Μωυσῆς πρὸς κύριον περὶ τοῦ ὁρισμοῦ τῶν βατράχων, ὡς ἔταξεν Φαραω.

And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the Lord concerning the appointed time of the frogs, as Pharaoh had set.

ἐποίησεν δὲ κύριος καθάπερ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς· καὶ ἀπέθανον οἱ βάτραχοι ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐπαύλεων καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν.

And the Lord did just as Moses had said; and the frogs died out of the houses and out of the courtyards and out of the fields.

καὶ συνήγαγον αὐτοὺς θιμωνιὰς θιμωνιάς, καὶ ὤζεσεν ἡ γῆ.

And they gathered them in heaps upon heaps, and the land stank.

ἰδὼν δὲ Φαραω ὅτι γέγονεν ἀναψυχή, ἐβαρύνθη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσεν αὐτῶν, καθάπερ ἐλάλησεν κύριος.

But Pharaoh, seeing that there had come a respite, hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

εἶπεν δὲ κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν· εἰπὸν Ααρων· ἔκτεινον τῇ ῥάβδῳ τὴν χεῖρά σου καὶ πάταξον τὸ χῶμα τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἔσονται σκνῖπες ἔν τε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις καὶ ἐν τοῖς τετράποσιν καὶ ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου.

And the Lord said to Moses: 'Say to Aaron: Stretch out your hand with the rod and strike the dust of the earth, and there shall be gnats on both humans and four-footed animals and in all the land of Egypt.'

καὶ ἐξέτεινεν Ααρων τῇ χειρὶ τὴν ῥάβδον καὶ ἐπάταξεν τὸ χῶμα τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐγένοντο οἱ σκνῖπες ἔν τε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις καὶ ἐν τοῖς τετράποσιν· πᾶν τὸ χῶμα τῆς γῆς ἐγένετο σκνῖπες ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου.

And Aaron stretched out his hand with the rod and struck the dust of the earth; and the gnats came on both humans and four-footed animals — all the dust of the earth became gnats in all the land of Egypt.

ἐποίησαν δὲ ὡσαύτως καὶ οἱ ἐπαοιδοὶ τοῖς φαρμακοῖς αὐτῶν ἐξαγαγεῖν τὸν σκνῖπα καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο· καὶ ἦσαν οἱ σκνῖπες ἔν τε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις καὶ ἐν τοῖς τετράποσιν.

And the sorcerers also tried likewise with their enchantments to bring out the gnats, but they could not; and the gnats were on both the humans and the four-footed animals.

εἶπον δὲ οἱ ἐπαοιδοὶ τῷ Φαραω· δάκτυλος θεοῦ ἐστιν τοῦτο. ἐσκληρύνθη δὲ ἡ καρδία Φαραω, καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσεν αὐτῶν, καθάπερ ἐλάλησεν κύριος.

And the sorcerers said to Pharaoh: 'This is the finger of God.' But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

εἶπεν δὲ κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν· ὄρθρισον τὸ πρωὶ καὶ στῆθι ἐναντίον Φαραω· καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ἐξελεύσεται ἐπὶ τὸ ὕδωρ· καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτόν· τάδε λέγει κύριος· ἐξαπόστειλον τὸν λαόν μου, ἵνα λατρεύσωσίν μοι.

And the Lord said to Moses: 'Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh — and behold, he will come out to the water — and say to him: Thus says the Lord: Send my people away, that they may serve me.

ἐὰν δὲ μὴ βούλῃ ἐξαποστεῖλαι τὸν λαόν μου, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπαποστέλλω ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς θεράποντάς σου καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν σου καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς οἴκους ὑμῶν κυνόμυιαν· καὶ πλησθήσονται αἱ οἰκίαι τῶν Αἰγυπτίων τῆς κυνομυίας καὶ εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἐφ᾿ ἧς εἰσιν ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς.

But if you will not send my people away, behold, I am about to send against you and against your servants and against your people and against your houses the dog-fly; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with the dog-fly, and also the land upon which they stand.

καὶ παραδοξάσω ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τὴν γῆν Γεσεμ, ἐφ᾿ ἧς ὁ λαός μου ἔστιν ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς, ἐφ᾿ ἧς οὐκ ἔσται ἐκεῖ κυνόμυια· ἵνα εἰδῇς ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ κύριος πάσης τῆς γῆς.

And I will do something marvellous in that day with the land of Goshen, upon which my people stand — there shall be no dog-fly there — that you may know that I am the Lord, the Lord of all the earth.

καὶ δώσω διαστολὴν ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ λαοῦ μου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ λαοῦ σου· ἐν δὲ τῇ αὔριον ἔσται τὸ σημεῖον τοῦτο ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

And I will put a distinction between my people and your people; and tomorrow this sign shall come upon the land.

ἐποίησεν δὲ κύριος οὕτως· καὶ παρεγένετο ἡ κυνόμυια πλῆθος εἰς τοὺς οἴκους Φαραω καὶ εἰς τοὺς οἴκους τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς πᾶσαν γῆν Αἰγύπτου· καὶ ἐξωλεθρεύθη ἡ γῆ ἀπὸ τῆς κυνομυίας.

And the Lord did so; and the dog-fly came in great swarms into the houses of Pharaoh and into the houses of his servants and into all the land of Egypt; and the land was ruined by the dog-fly.

ἐκάλεσεν δὲ Φαραω Μωυσῆν καὶ Ααρων λέγων· πορευθέντες θύσατε τῷ θεῷ ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ.

And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron saying: 'Go and sacrifice to your God in the land.'

εἶπεν δὲ Μωυσῆς· οὐ δυνατὸν γενέσθαι οὕτως· τὰ γὰρ βδελύγματα τῶν Αἰγυπτίων θύσομεν κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν· ἐὰν γὰρ θύσωμεν τὰ βδελύγματα τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἐναντίον αὐτῶν, λιθοβοληθησόμεθα.

And Moses said: 'It is not possible to do so, for we will be sacrificing the abominations of the Egyptians to the Lord our God; for if we sacrifice the abominations of the Egyptians before them, they will stone us.'

ὁδὸν τριῶν ἡμερῶν πορευσόμεθα εἰς τὴν ἔρημον καὶ θύσομεν κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν, καθὰ ἐρεῖ ἡμῖν.

A journey of three days we will travel into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he will command us.

εἶπεν δὲ Φαραω· ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς, καὶ θύσατε κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· ἀλλὰ μὴ μακρὰν ἀποτρέχητε· εὔξασθε δὲ περὶ ἐμοῦ πρὸς κύριον.

And Pharaoh said: 'I am sending you away; sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness — but do not go far away; pray for me to the Lord.'

εἶπεν δὲ Μωυσῆς· ἐγὼ δὲ ἐξελθὼν ἀπὸ σοῦ εὔξομαι πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ ἀπελεύσεται ἡ κυνόμυια ἀπὸ Φαραω καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ αὔριον· μὴ δὲ προσθῇς, Φαραω, ἐξαπατῆσαι ἔτι τοῦ μὴ ἐξαποστεῖλαι τὸν λαὸν θῦσαι κυρίῳ.

And Moses said: 'I myself, going out from you, will pray to God, and the dog-fly will depart from Pharaoh and from his servants and from his people tomorrow — but do not deal deceitfully again, Pharaoh, by not sending the people to sacrifice to the Lord.'

ἐξῆλθεν δὲ Μωυσῆς ἀπὸ Φαραω καὶ ηὔξατο πρὸς τὸν θεόν.

And Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to God.

ἐποίησεν δὲ κύριος καθάπερ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς· καὶ περιεῖλεν τὴν κυνόμυιαν ἀπὸ Φαραω καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ· οὐ κατελείφθη οὐδεμία.

And the Lord did just as Moses had said; and he removed the dog-fly from Pharaoh and from his servants and from his people — not one was left behind.

καὶ ἐβάρυνεν Φαραω τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ καιροῦ τούτου καὶ οὐκ ἐξαπέστειλεν τὸν λαόν.

And Pharaoh weighted his heart at this time also, and did not send the people away.