The Book of Exodus, Chapter 9ΕΞΟΔΟΣ Θ′

Εἶπεν δὲ κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν· εἴσελθε πρὸς Φαραω καὶ ἐρεῖς αὐτῷ· τάδε λέγει κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῶν Ἑβραίων· ἐξαπόστειλον τὸν λαόν μου, ἵνα μοι λατρεύσωσιν.

And the LORD said to Moses: Go in to Pharaoh and you shall say to him: Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: Send away my people, that they may serve me.

εἰ μὲν οὖν μὴ βούλει ἐξαποστεῖλαι τὸν λαόν μου, ἀλλ᾿ ἔτι κατέχεις αὐτούς,

If then you are not willing to send away my people, but still hold them back,

ἰδοὺ χεὶρ κυρίου ἐπέσται ἐν τοῖς κτήνεσίν σου τοῖς ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις, ἔν τε τοῖς ἵπποις καὶ ἐν τοῖς ὑποζυγίοις καὶ ταῖς καμήλοις καὶ ἐν τοῖς βουσὶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς προβάτοις θάνατος μέγας.

Behold, the hand of the LORD will be upon your livestock that are in the fields — upon the horses, and upon the pack-animals, and upon the camels, and upon the cattle, and upon the sheep — a great death.

καὶ παραδοξάσω ἐγὼ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τὴν γῆν Γοσομ, ἐφ᾿ ἧς ὁ λαός μου ἔστιν ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς, ὥστε μὴ τελευτῆσαι ἐκεῖ ἀπὸ τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ οὐθέν· ἵνα εἰδῆτε ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ κύριος ἐν μέσῳ τῆς γῆς.

And I will deal wondrously with the land of Goshen, on which my people are, in that day, so that not one animal of the sons of Israel will die there — so that you may know that I, the LORD, am lord in the midst of the earth.

καὶ ἔταξεν κύριος ὁρον λέγων· ἐν τῇ αὔριον ποιήσει κύριος τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

And the LORD set a fixed time, saying: Tomorrow the LORD will do this thing upon the earth.

καὶ ἐποίησεν κύριος τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο τῇ ἐπαύριον, καὶ ἀπέθανεν πάντα τὰ κτήνη τῶν Αἰγυπτίων· ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ οὐκ ἐτελεύτησεν οὐδέν.

And the LORD did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of the Egyptians died; but from the livestock of the sons of Israel not one died.

Ἰδὼν δὲ Φαραω ὅτι οὐκ ἐτελεύτησεν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ οὐδέν, ἐβαρύνθη ἡ καρδία Φαραω, καὶ οὐκ ἐξαπέστειλεν τὸν λαόν.

But Pharaoh, having seen that not one of all the livestock of the sons of Israel had died, the heart of Pharaoh was weighed down, and he did not send away the people.

Εἶπεν δὲ κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν καὶ Ααρων· λάβετε ὑμεῖς πλήρεις τὰς χεῖρας αἴθαλον καμίνου καὶ πασάτω Μωυσῆς εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐναντίον Φαραω καὶ ἐναντίον τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ.

And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron: Take yourselves handfuls of furnace soot, and let Moses scatter it toward heaven before Pharaoh and before his servants.

καὶ ἔσται κονιορτὸς ἐπὶ πᾶσαν γῆν Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἔσονται ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τετράποδα ἕλκη φλυκτίδες ἀναζέουσαι ἔν τε τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις καὶ ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου.

And it will be dust over all the land of Egypt, and there will be on men and on the four-footed animals sores — blisters bubbling up — among the Egyptians and in all the land of Egypt.

καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸν αἴθαλον τῆς καμίνου ἐναντίον Φαραω, καὶ ἔπασεν αὐτὸν Μωυσῆς εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν· καὶ ἐγένετο ἕλκη φλυκτίδων ἀναζεόντων ἔν τε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις καὶ ἐν τοῖς τετράποσιν.

And he took the soot from the furnace before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered it toward heaven; and there came blisters of boiling pustules on both the men and the four-footed animals.

καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο οἱ φαρμακοὶ στῆναι ἐναντίον Μωυσῆ διὰ τὰ ἕλκη· ἐγένετο γὰρ τὰ ἕλκη ἐν τοῖς φαρμακοῖς καὶ ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου.

And the magicians were not able to stand before Moses because of the sores; for the sores came upon the magicians and upon all the land of Egypt.

ἐσκλήρυνεν δὲ κύριος τὴν καρδίαν Φαραω, καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσεν αὐτῶν, καθάπερ ἐλάλησεν κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ.

But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses.

Εἶπεν δὲ κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν· ὄρθρισον τὸ πρωὶ καὶ στῆθι ἐναντίον Φαραω· λέγε δὲ αὐτῷ· τάδε λέγει κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῶν Ἑβραίων· ἐξαπόστειλον τὸν λαόν μου, ἵνα λατρεύσωσίν μοι.

And the LORD said to Moses: Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh; and say to him: Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: Send away my people, that they may serve me.

ἐν γὰρ τῷ νῦν καιρῷ ἐγὼ ἐξαποστέλλω πάντα τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματά μου εἰς τὴν καρδίαν σου καὶ τῶν θεραπόντων σου καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ σου, ἵνα εἰδῇς ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλος πλὴν ἐμοῦ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ.

For at this present time I am sending all my plagues against your heart and against your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none other besides me in all the earth.

νῦν γὰρ ἀποστείλας τὴν χεῖρά μου πατάξω σε καὶ τὸν λαόν σου θανάτῳ, καὶ ἐκτριβήσῃ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.

For now, having stretched out my hand, I could strike you and your people with death, and you would be blotted out from the earth.

καὶ ἕνεκεν τούτου διετηρήθης, ἵνα ἐνδείξωμαι ἐν σοὶ τὴν ἰσχύν μου, καὶ ὅπως διαγγελῇ τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ.

And for this very reason you were preserved, that I might display in you my strength, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

ἔτι οὖν σὺ ἐμποιῇ τοῦ λαοῦ μου τοῦ μὴ ἐξαποστεῖλαι αὐτούς;

Do you still then set yourself against my people, refusing to send them away?

ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ὕω ταύτην τὴν ὥραν αὔριον χάλαζαν πολλὴν σφόδρα, ἥτις τοιαύτη οὐ γέγονεν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἀφ᾿ ἧς ἡμέρας ἔκτισται ἕως τῆς νῦν.

Behold, I am raining at this very hour tomorrow a very great hail, such as has never been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

νῦν οὖν κατάσπευσον συναγαγεῖν τὰ κτήνη σου καὶ ὅσα σοί ἐστιν ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ· πάντες γὰρ οἱ ἄνθρωποι καὶ τὰ κτήνη, ὅσα ἂν εὑρεθῇ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ καὶ μὴ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς οἰκίαν, πεσεῖται δὲ ἐπ᾿ αὐτὰ ἡ χάλαζα, καὶ τελευτήσει.

Now therefore make haste to gather your livestock and whatever you have in the field; for all the men and the livestock, as many as are found in the field and do not go into a house — the hail will fall upon them and they will die.

ὁ φοβούμενος τὸ ῥῆμα κυρίου τῶν θεραπόντων Φαραω συνήγαγεν τὰ κτήνη αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς οἴκους·

Those among Pharaoh's servants who feared the word of the LORD gathered their livestock into the houses,

ὁ δὲ μὴ προσέσχεν τῇ διανοίᾳ τὸ ῥῆμα κυρίου, ἀφῆκεν τὰ κτήνη αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις.

But he who did not take the word of the LORD to heart left his livestock in the fields.

εἶπεν δὲ κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν· ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ ἔσται χάλαζα ἐπὶ πᾶσαν γῆν Αἰγύπτου, ἐπί τε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ τὰ κτήνη καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν βοτάνην τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

And the LORD said to Moses: Stretch out your hand toward heaven, and there will be hail over all the land of Egypt — over both the men and the livestock and over all the vegetation that is upon the earth.

ἐξέτεινεν δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν χεῖρα εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ κύριος ἔδωκεν φωνὰς καὶ χάλαζαν, καὶ διέτρεχεν πῦρ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἔβρεξεν κύριος χάλαζαν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν Αἰγύπτου.

And Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and the LORD sent forth thunder and hail, and fire ran along the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

ἦν δὲ ἡ χάλαζα καὶ τὸ πῦρ φλογίζον ἐν τῇ χαλάζῃ· ἡ δὲ χάλαζα πολλὴ σφόδρα, ἥτις οὐ γεγένηται ἐν ὅλῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου, ἀφ᾿ οὗ γεγένηται ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς ἄνθρωπος.

And the hail was, and the fire blazing within the hail; and the hail was very great, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since man had come to be upon it.

ἐπάταξεν δὲ ἡ χάλαζα ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους· καὶ πᾶσαν βοτάνην τὴν ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ ἐπάταξεν ἡ χάλαζα, καὶ πάντα τὰ ξύλα τὰ ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις συνέτριψεν ἡ χάλαζα.

And the hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt, from man to animal; and all the vegetation in the field the hail struck, and all the trees in the fields the hail shattered.

μόνον δὲ ἐν γῇ Γοσομ, οὗ ἦσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ, οὐκ ἐγένετο ἡ χάλαζα.

Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, the hail did not come.

ἀποστείλας δὲ Φαραω ἐκάλεσεν Μωυσῆν καὶ Ααρων καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ἡμάρτηκα τὸ νῦν· ὁ κύριος δίκαιος, ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ ὁ λαός μου ἀσεβεῖς.

And Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them: I have sinned this time; the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

εὔξασθε οὖν πρὸς κύριον, καὶ παυσάσθω τοῦ γενηθῆναι φωνὰς θεοῦ καὶ χάλαζαν καὶ πῦρ, καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ ὑμᾶς, καὶ οὐκέτι προσθήσεσθε μένειν.

Pray therefore to the LORD, and let there cease to be the thunder of God and the hail and the fire, and I will send you away, and you shall remain no longer.

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Μωυσῆς· ὡς ἂν ἐξέλθω τὴν πόλιν, ἐκπετάσω τὰς χεῖράς μου πρὸς κύριον, καὶ αἱ φωναὶ παύσονται καὶ ἡ χάλαζα καὶ ὁ ὑετὸς οὐκέτι ἔσται, ἵνα γνῷς ὅτι τοῦ κυρίου ἡ γῆ.

And Moses said to him: As soon as I go out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD, and the thunder will cease and the hail and the rain will be no more, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the LORD.

οἶδα δὲ ὅτι οὐδέπω πεφόβησθε τὸν κύριον.

But I know that you do not yet fear the LORD.

τὸ δὲ λίνον καὶ ἡ κριθὴ ἐπλήγη· ἡ γὰρ κριθὴ παρεστηκυῖα καὶ τὸ λίνον σπερματίζον.

Now the flax and the barley were struck; for the barley was in ear and the flax was in seed.

ὁ δὲ πυρὸς καὶ ἡ ὄλυρα οὐκ ἐπλήγησαν· ὄψιμα γὰρ ἦν.

But the wheat and the spelt were not struck; for they were late crops.

ἐξῆλθεν δὲ Μωυσῆς ἀπὸ Φαραω ἐκ τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἐξεπέτασεν τὰς χεῖρας πρὸς κύριον, καὶ αἱ φωναὶ ἐπαύσαντο καὶ ἡ χάλαζα καὶ ὁ ὑετὸς οὐκ ἔσταξεν ἔτι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.

And Moses went out from Pharaoh out of the city and spread out his hands to the LORD, and the thunder ceased and the hail and the rain dripped no more upon the earth.

ἰδὼν δὲ Φαραω ὅτι πέπαυται ὁ ὑετὸς καὶ ἡ χάλαζα καὶ αἱ φωναί, καὶ προσέθετο τοῦ ἁμαρτάνειν· καὶ ἐβαρύνθη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ καρδία τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ.

And Pharaoh, seeing that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, sinned again; and his heart was weighed down, and the heart of his servants.

καὶ ἐσκληρύνθη ἡ καρδία Φαραω, καὶ οὐκ ἐξαπέστειλεν τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ, καθὰ ἐλάλησεν κύριος διὰ χειρὸς Μωυσῆ.

And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not send away the sons of Israel, as the LORD had spoken by the hand of Moses.