Exodus 8

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh emor el-aharon neteh et-yadekha bemattekha al-hanneharot al-haye'orim ve'al-ha'agammim veha'al et-hatsfarde'im al-erets mitsrayim

And GOD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron: Hold out your arm with the rod over the rivers, the canals, and the ponds, and bring up the frogs on the land of Egypt.”

vayyet aharon et-yado al meme mitsrayim vatta'al hatsefardea vattekhas et-erets mitsrayim

Aaron held out his arm over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

vayya'asu-khen hakhartummim belatehem vayya'alu et-hatsfarde'im al-erets mitsrayim

But the magicians did the same with their spells, and brought frogs upon the land of Egypt.

vayyiqra faroh lemosheh ule'aharon vayyomer hatiru el-Adonai veyaser hatsfarde'im mimmenni ume'ammi va'ashallekhah et-ha'am veyizbekhu la-Adonai

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Plead with GOD to remove the frogs from me and my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to GOD.”

vayyomer mosheh lefaroh hitpa'er alay lematay atir lekha vela'avadekha ule'ammekha lehakhrit hatsfarde'im mimmekha umibbattekha raq bayor tisha'arnah

And Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have this triumph over me: for what time shall I plead in behalf of you and your courtiers and your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and your houses, to remain only in the Nile?”

vayyomer lemakhar vayyomer kidvarekha lema'an teda ki-en ka-Adonai elohenu

“For tomorrow,” he replied. And [Moses] said, “As you say—that you may know that there is none like the ETERNAL our God;

vesaru hatsfarde'im mimmekha umibbattekha ume'avadekha ume'ammekha raq bayor tisha'arnah

the frogs shall retreat from you and your courtiers and your people; they shall remain only in the Nile.”

vayyetse mosheh ve'aharon me'im paroh vayyitsaq mosheh el-Adonai al-devar hatsfarde'im asher-sam lefaroh

Then Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh’s presence, and Moses cried out to GOD in the matter of the frogs that had been inflicted upon Pharaoh.

vayya'as Adonai kidvar mosheh vayyamutu hatsfarde'im min-habbattim min-hakhatserot umin-hassadot

And GOD did as Moses asked; the frogs died out in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields.

vayyitsberu otam khomarim khomarim vattivash ha'arets

And they piled them up in heaps, till the land stank.

vayyar paroh ki hayetah harevakhah vehakhbed et-libbo velo shama alehem ka'asher dibber Adonai

But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he became stubborn and would not heed them, as GOD had spoken.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh emor el-aharon neteh et-mattekha vehakh et-afar ha'arets vehayah lekhinnim bekhol-erets mitsrayim

Then GOD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron: Hold out your rod and strike the dust of the earth, and it shall turn to lice throughout the land of Egypt.”

vayya'asu-khen vayyet aharon et-yado vemattehu vayyakh et-afar ha'arets vattehi hakkinnam ba'adam uvabbehemah kol-afar ha'arets hayah khinnim bekhol-erets mitsrayim

And they did so. Aaron held out his arm with the rod and struck the dust of the earth, and vermin came upon human and animal; all the dust of the earth turned to lice throughout the land of Egypt.

vayya'asu-khen hakhartummim belatehem lehotsi et-hakkinnim velo yakholu vattehi hakkinnam ba'adam uvabbehemah

The magicians did the like with their spells to produce lice, but they could not. The vermin remained upon human and animal;

vayyomeru hakhartummim el-paroh etsba elohim hiv vayyekhezaq lev-paroh velo-shama alehem ka'asher dibber Adonai

and the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God!” But Pharaoh’s heart stiffened and he would not heed them, as GOD had spoken.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh hashkem babboqer vehityatsev lifne faroh hinneh yotse hammayemah ve'amarta elayw koh amar Adonai shallakh ammi veya'avduni

And GOD said to Moses, “Early in the morning present yourself to Pharaoh, as he is coming out to the water, and say to him, ‘Thus says GOD: Let My people go that they may worship Me.

ki im-enekha meshalleakh et-ammi hinni mashliakh bekha uva'avadekha uve'ammekha uvevattekha et-he'arov umale'u batte mitsrayim et-he'arov vegam ha'adamah asher-hem aleha

For if you do not let My people go, I will let loose swarms of insects against you and your courtiers and your people and your houses; the houses of the Egyptians, and the very ground they stand on, shall be filled with swarms of insects.

vehifleti vayyom hahu et-erets goshen asher ammi omed aleha levilti heyot-sham arov lema'an teda ki ani Adonai beqerev ha'arets

But on that day I will set apart the region of Goshen, where My people dwell, so that no swarms of insects shall be there, that you may know that I GOD am in the midst of the land.

vesamti fedut ben ammi uven ammekha lemakhar yihyeh ha'ot hazzeh

And I will make a distinction between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall come to pass.’”

vayya'as Adonai ken vayyavo arov kaved betah faroh uvet avadayw uvekhol-erets mitsrayim tishakhet ha'arets mippene he'arov

And GOD did so. Heavy swarms of insects invaded Pharaoh’s palace and the houses of his courtiers; throughout the country of Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of insects.

vayyiqra faroh el-mosheh ule'aharon vayyomer lekhu zivkhu lelohekhem ba'arets

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go and sacrifice to your God within the land.”

vayyomer mosheh lo nakhon la'asot ken ki to'avat mitsrayim nizbakh la-Adonai elohenu hen nizbakh et-to'avat mitsrayim le'enehem velo yisqelunu

But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do this, for what we sacrifice to the ETERNAL our God is untouchable to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice that which is untouchable to the Egyptians before their very eyes, will they not stone us!

derekh sheloshet yamim nelekh bammidbar vezavakhnu la-Adonai elohenu ka'asher yomar elenu

So we must go a distance of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to the ETERNAL as our God may command us.”

vayyomer paroh anokhi ashallakh etkhem uzevakhtem la-Adonai elohekhem bammidbar raq harkheq lo-tarkhiqu lalekhet hatiru ba'adi

Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to sacrifice to the ETERNAL your God in the wilderness; but do not go very far. Plead, then, for me.”

vayyomer mosheh hinneh anokhi yotse me'immakh vehatarti el-Adonai vesar he'arov mipparoh me'avadayw ume'ammo makhar raq al-yosef paroh hatel levilti shallakh et-ha'am lizboakh la-Adonai

And Moses said, “When I leave your presence, I will plead with GOD that the swarms of insects depart tomorrow from Pharaoh and his courtiers and his people; but let not Pharaoh again act deceitfully, not letting the people go to sacrifice to GOD.”

vayyetse mosheh me'im paroh vayyetar el-Adonai

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

vayya'as Adonai kidvar mosheh vayyasar he'arov mipparoh me'avadayw ume'ammo lo nishar ekhad

And GOD did as Moses asked—removing the swarms of insects from Pharaoh, from his courtiers, and from his people; not one remained.

vayyakhbed paroh et-libbo gam bappa'am hazzot velo shillakh et-ha'am

But Pharaoh became stubborn this time also, and would not let the people go.