Exodus 7

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh re'eh netattikha elohim lefaroh ve'aharon akhikha yihyeh nevi'ekha

GOD replied to Moses, “See, I place you in the role of God to Pharaoh, with your brother Aaron as your prophet.

attah tedabber et kol-asher atsavvekka ve'aharon akhikha yedabber el-paroh veshillakh et-bene-yisra'el me'artso

You shall repeat all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh to let the Israelites depart from his land.

va'ani aqsheh et-lev paroh vehirbeti et-ototay ve'et-mofetay be'erets mitsrayim

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that I may multiply My signs and marvels in the land of Egypt.

velo-yishma alekhem paroh venatatti et-yadi bemitsrayim vehotseti et-tsivotay et-ammi vene-yisra'el me'erets mitsrayim bishfatim gedolim

When Pharaoh does not heed you, I will lay My hand upon Egypt and deliver My ranks, My people the Israelites, from the land of Egypt with extraordinary chastisements.

veyade'u mitsrayim ki-ani Adonai bintoti et-yadi al-mitsrayim vehotseti et-bene-yisra'el mittokham

And the Egyptians shall know that I am GOD, when I stretch out My hand over Egypt and bring out the Israelites from their midst.”

vayya'as mosheh ve'aharon ka'asher tsivvah Adonai otam ken asu

This Moses and Aaron did; as GOD commanded them, so they did.

umosheh ben-shemonim shanah ve'aharon ben-shalosh ushemonim shanah bedabberam el-paroh

Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three, when they made their demand on Pharaoh.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh ve'el-aharon lemor

GOD said to Moses and Aaron,

ki yedabber alekhem paroh lemor tenu lakhem mofet ve'amarta el-aharon qakh et-mattekha vehashlekh lifne-faroh yehi letannin

“When Pharaoh speaks to you and says, ‘Produce your marvel,’ you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and cast it down before Pharaoh.’ It shall turn into a serpent.”

vayyavo mosheh ve'aharon el-paroh vayya'asu khen ka'asher tsivvah Adonai vayyashlekh aharon et-mattehu lifne faroh velifne avadayw vayehi letannin

So Moses and Aaron came before Pharaoh and did just as GOD had commanded: Aaron cast down his rod in the presence of Pharaoh and his courtiers, and it turned into a serpent.

vayyiqra gam-paroh lakhakhamim velamkhashefim vayya'asu gam-hem khartumme mitsrayim belahatehem ken

Then Pharaoh, for his part, summoned the sages and the sorcerers; and the Egyptian priestly magicians, in turn, did the same with their spells:

vayyashlikhu ish mattehu vayyihyu letanninim vayyivla matteh-aharon et-mattotam

each cast down his rod, and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s rod swallowed their rods.

vayyekhezaq lev paroh velo shama alehem ka'asher dibber Adonai

Yet Pharaoh’s heart stiffened and he did not heed them, as GOD had said.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh kaved lev paroh me'en leshallakh ha'am

And GOD said to Moses, “Pharaoh is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.

lekh el-paroh babboqer hinneh yotse hammaymah venitsavta liqrato al-sefat haye'or vehammatteh asher-nehpakh lenakhash tiqqakh beyadekha

Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is coming out to the water, and station yourself before him at the edge of the Nile, taking with you the rod that turned into a snake.

ve'amarta elayw Adonai elohe ha'ivrim shelakhani elekha lemor shallakh et-ammi veya'avduni bammidbar vehinneh lo-shamata ad-koh

And say to him, ‘The ETERNAL, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you to say, “Let My people go that they may worship Me in the wilderness.” But you have paid no heed until now.

koh amar Adonai bezot teda ki ani Adonai hinneh anokhi makkeh bammatteh asher-beyadi al-hammayim asher bayor venehefkhu ledam

Thus says GOD, “By this you shall know that I am GOD.” See, I shall strike the water in the Nile with the rod that is in my hand, and it will be turned into blood;

vehaddagah asher-bayor tamut uva'ash haye'or venilu mitsrayim lishtot mayim min-haye'or

and the fish in the Nile will die. The Nile will stink so that the Egyptians will find it impossible to drink the water of the Nile.’”

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh emor el-aharon qakh mattekha uneteh-yadekha al-meme mitsrayim al-naharotam al-ye'orehem ve'al-agmehem ve'al kol-miqveh memehem veyihyu-dam vehayah dam bekhol-erets mitsrayim uva'etsim uva'avanim

And GOD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron: Take your rod and hold out your arm over the waters of Egypt—its rivers, its canals, its ponds, all its bodies of water—that they may turn to blood; there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and stone.”

vayya'asu-khen mosheh ve'aharon ka'asher tsivvah Adonai vayyarem bammatteh vayyakh et-hammayim asher bayor le'ene faroh ule'ene avadayw vayyehafekhu kol-hammayim asher-bayor ledam

Moses and Aaron did just as GOD commanded: he lifted up the rod and struck the water in the Nile in the sight of Pharaoh and his courtiers, and all the water in the Nile was turned into blood

vehaddagah asher-bayor metah vayyivash haye'or velo-yakhelu mitsrayim lishtot mayim min-haye'or vayehi haddam bekhol-erets mitsrayim

and the fish in the Nile died. The Nile stank so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile; and there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.

vayya'asu-khen khartumme mitsrayim belatehem vayyekhezaq lev-paroh velo-shama alehem ka'asher dibber Adonai

But when the Egyptian magicians did the same with their spells, Pharaoh’s heart stiffened and he did not heed them—as GOD had spoken.

vayyifen paroh vayyavo el-beto velo-shat libbo gam-lazot

Pharaoh turned and went into his palace, paying no regard even to this.

vayyakhperu khol-mitsrayim sevivot haye'or mayim lishtot ki lo yakhelu lishtot mimmeme haye'or

And all the Egyptians had to dig round about the Nile for drinking water, because they could not drink the water of the Nile.

vayyimmale shivat yamim akhare hakkot-Adonai et-haye'or

When seven days had passed after GOD struck the Nile,

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh bo el-paroh ve'amarta elayw koh amar Adonai shallakh et-ammi veya'avduni

GOD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says GOD: Let My people go that they may worship Me.

ve'im-ma'en attah leshalleakh hinneh anokhi nogef et-kol-gevulekha batsfarde'im

If you refuse to let them go, then I will plague your whole country with frogs.

vesharats haye'or tsefarde'im ve'alu uva'u bevetekha uvakhadar mishkavekha ve'al-mittatekha uvevet avadekha uve'ammekha uvetannurekha uvemisharotekha

The Nile shall swarm with frogs, and they shall come up and enter your palace, your bedchamber and your bed, the houses of your courtiers and your people, and your ovens and your kneading bowls.

uvekhah uve'ammekha uvekhol-avadekha ya'alu hatsfarde'im

The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your courtiers.’”