Exodus 10

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh bo el-paroh ki-ani hikhbadti et-libbo ve'et-lev avadayw lema'an shiti ototay elleh beqirbo

Then GOD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh. For I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his courtiers, in order that I may display these My signs among them,

ulema'an tesapper be'ozne vinkha uven-binkha et asher hitallalti bemitsrayim ve'et-ototay asher-samti vam vidatem ki-ani Adonai

and that you may recount in the hearing of your child and of your child’s child how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I displayed My signs among them—in order that you may know that I am GOD.”

vayyavo mosheh ve'aharon el-paroh vayyomeru elayw koh-amar Adonai elohe ha'ivrim ad-matay me'anta le'anot mippanay shallakh ammi veya'avduni

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the ETERNAL, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go that they may worship Me.

ki im-ma'en attah leshalleakh et-ammi hinni mevi makhar arbeh bigvulekha

For if you refuse to let My people go, tomorrow I will bring locusts on your territory.

vekhissah et-en ha'arets velo yukhal lirot et-ha'arets ve'akhal et-yeter happeletah hannisheret lakhem min-habbarad ve'akhal et-kol-ha'ets hatsomeakh lakhem min-hassadeh

They shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. They shall devour the surviving remnant that was left to you after the hail; and they shall eat away all your trees that grow in the field.

umale'u vattekha uvatte khol-avadekha uvatte khol-mitsrayim asher lo-ra'u avotekha va'avot avotekha miyyom heyotam al-ha'adamah ad hayyom hazzeh vayyifen vayyetse me'im paroh

Moreover, they shall fill your palaces and the houses of all your courtiers and of all the Egyptians—something that neither your fathers nor fathers’ fathers have seen from the day they appeared on earth to this day.’” With that he turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.

vayyomeru avde faroh elayw ad-matay yihyeh zeh lanu lemoqesh shallakh et-ha'anashim veya'avdu et-Adonai elohehem haterem teda ki avedah mitsrayim

Pharaoh’s courtiers said to him, “How long shall this one be a snare to us? Let those involved go to worship the ETERNAL their God! Are you not yet aware that Egypt is lost?”

vayyushav et-mosheh ve'et-aharon el-paroh vayyomer alehem lekhu ivdu et-Adonai elohekhem mi vami haholekhim

So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh and he said to them, “Go, worship the ETERNAL your God! Who are the ones to go?”

vayyomer mosheh binarenu uvizqenenu nelekh bevanenu uvivnotenu betsonenu uvivqarenu nelekh ki khag-Adonai lanu

Moses replied, “We will all go—regardless of our station—we will go with our sons and daughters, our flocks and herds; for we must observe GOD’s festival.”

vayyomer alehem yehi khen Adonai immakhem ka'asher ashallakh etkhem ve'et-tappekhem re'u ki ra'ah neged penekhem

But he said to them, “GOD be with you—the same as I mean to let your dependents go with you! Clearly, you are bent on mischief.

lo khen lekhu-na haggevarim ve'ivdu et-Adonai ki otah attem mevaqshim vayegaresh otam me'et pene faroh

No! You gentlemen go and worship GOD, since that is what you want.” And they were expelled from Pharaoh’s presence.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh neteh yadekha al-erets mitsrayim ba'arbeh veya'al al-erets mitsrayim veyokhal et-kol-esev ha'arets et kol-asher hishir habbarad

Then GOD said to Moses, “Hold out your arm over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat up all the grasses in the land, whatever the hail has left.”

vayyet mosheh et-mattehu al-erets mitsrayim va-Adonai nihag ruakh-qadim ba'arets kol-hayyom hahu vekhol-hallayelah habboqer hayah veruakh haqqadim nasa et-ha'arbeh

So Moses held out his rod over the land of Egypt, and GOD drove an east wind over the land all that day and all night; and when morning came, the east wind had brought the locusts.

vayya'al ha'arbeh al kol-erets mitsrayim vayyanakh bekhol gevul mitsrayim kaved me'od lefanayw lo-hayah khen arbeh kamohu ve'akharayw lo yihyeh-kken

Locusts invaded all the land of Egypt and settled within all the territory of Egypt in a thick mass; never before had there been so many, nor will there ever be so many again.

vayekhas et-en kol-ha'arets vattekhshakh ha'arets vayyokhal et-kol-esev ha'arets ve'et kol-peri ha'ets asher hotir habbarad velo-notar kol-yereq ba'ets uve'esev hassadeh bekhol-erets mitsrayim

They hid all the land from view, and the land was darkened; and they ate up all the grasses of the field and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left, so that nothing green was left, of tree or grass of the field, in all the land of Egypt.

vayemaher paroh liqro lemosheh ule'aharon vayyomer khatati la-Adonai elohekhem velakhem

Pharaoh hurriedly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I stand guilty before the ETERNAL your God and before you.

ve'attah sa na khattati akh happa'am vehatiru la-Adonai elohekhem veyaser me'alay raq et-hammavet hazzeh

Forgive my offense just this once, and plead with the ETERNAL your God that this death but be removed from me.”

vayyetse me'im paroh vayyetar el-Adonai

So he left Pharaoh’s presence and pleaded with GOD.

vayyahafokh Adonai ruakh-yam khazaq me'od vayyissa et-ha'arbeh vayyitqa'ehu yammah suf lo nishar arbeh ekhad bekhol gevul mitsrayim

GOD caused a shift to a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and hurled them into the Sea of Reeds; not a single locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.

vayekhazzeq Adonai et-lev paroh velo shillakh et-bene yisra'el

But GOD stiffened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh neteh yadekha al-hashamayim vihi khoshekh al-erets mitsrayim veyamesh khoshekh

Then GOD said to Moses, “Hold out your arm toward the sky that there may be darkness upon the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be touched.”

vayyet mosheh et-yado al-hashamayim vayehi khoshekh-afelah bekhol-erets mitsrayim sheloshet yamim

Moses held out his arm toward the sky and thick darkness descended upon all the land of Egypt for three days.

lo-ra'u ish et-akhiv velo-qamu ish mittakhtayw sheloshet yamim ulekhol-bene yisra'el hayah or bemoshevotam

People could not see one another, and for three days no one could move about; but all the Israelites enjoyed light in their dwellings.

vayyiqra faroh el-mosheh vayyomer lekhu ivdu et-Adonai raq tsonekhem uveqarkhem yutsag gam-tappekhem yelekh immakhem

Pharaoh then summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship GOD! Only your flocks and your herds shall be left behind; even your dependents may go with you.”

vayyomer mosheh gam-attah titten beyadenu zevakhim ve'olot ve'asinu la-Adonai elohenu

But Moses said, “You yourself must provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to offer up to the ETERNAL our God;

vegam-miqnenu yelekh immanu lo tisha'er parsah ki mimmennu niqqakh la'avod et-Adonai elohenu va'anakhnu lo-neda mah-nna'avod et-Adonai ad-bo'enu shammah

our own livestock, too, shall go along with us—not a hoof shall remain behind: for we must select from it for the worship of the ETERNAL our God; and we shall not know with what we are to worship GOD until we arrive there.”

vayekhazzeq Adonai et-lev paroh velo avah leshallekham

But GOD stiffened Pharaoh’s heart and he would not agree to let them go.

vayyomer-lo faroh lekh me'alay hishamer lekha al-tosef re'ot panay ki beyom re'otekha fanay tamut

Pharaoh said to him, “Be gone from me! Take care not to see me again, for the moment you look upon my face you shall die.”

vayyomer mosheh ken dibbarta lo-osif od re'ot panekha

And Moses replied, “You have spoken rightly. I shall not see your face again!”