Exodus 9

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh bo el-paroh vedibbarta elayw koh-amar Adonai elohe ha'ivrim shallakh et-ammi veya'avduni

GOD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the ETERNAL, the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go to worship Me.

ki im-ma'en attah leshalleakh ve'odekha makhaziq bam

For if you refuse to let them go, and continue to hold them,

hinneh yad-Adonai hoyah bemiqnekha asher bassadeh bassusim bakhamorim baggemallim babbaqar uvatson dever kaved me'od

then GOD’s hand will strike your livestock in the fields—the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the cattle, and the sheep—with a very severe pestilence.

vehiflah Adonai ben miqneh yisra'el uven miqneh mitsrayim velo yamut mikkol-livne yisra'el davar

But GOD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of the Egyptians, so that nothing shall die of all that belongs to the Israelites.

vayyasem Adonai mo'ed lemor makhar ya'aseh Adonai haddavar hazzeh ba'arets

GOD has fixed the time: tomorrow GOD will do this thing in the land.’”

vayya'as Adonai et-haddavar hazzeh mimmokhorat vayyamot kol miqneh mitsrayim umimmiqneh vene-yisra'el lo-met ekhad

And GOD did so the next day: all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but of the livestock of the Israelites not one died.

vayyishlakh paroh vehinneh lo-met mimmiqneh yisra'el ad-ekhad vayyikhbad lev paroh velo shillakh et-ha'am

When Pharaoh inquired, he found that not a head of the livestock of Israel had died; yet Pharaoh remained stubborn, and he would not let the people go.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh ve'el-aharon qekhu lakhem melo khofnekhem piakh kivshan uzeraqo mosheh hashamaymah le'ene faroh

Then GOD said to Moses and Aaron, “Each of you take handfuls of soot from the kiln, and let Moses throw it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.

vehayah le'avaq al kol-erets mitsrayim vehayah al-ha'adam ve'al-habbehemah lishkhin poreakh avabu'ot bekhol-erets mitsrayim

It shall become a fine dust all over the land of Egypt, and cause an inflammation breaking out in boils on human and animal throughout the land of Egypt.”

vayyiqkhu et-piakh hakkivshan vayya'amdu lifne faroh vayyizroq oto mosheh hashamayemah vayehi shekhin avabu'ot poreakh ba'adam uvabbehemah

So they took soot of the kiln and appeared before Pharaoh; Moses threw it toward the sky, and it caused an inflammation breaking out in boils on human and animal.

velo-yakhelu hakhartummim la'amod lifne mosheh mippene hashekhin ki-hayah hashekhin bakhartummim uvekhol-mitsrayim

The magicians were unable to confront Moses because of the inflammation, for the inflammation afflicted the magicians as well as all the other Egyptians.

vayekhazzeq Adonai et-lev paroh velo shama alehem ka'asher dibber Adonai el-mosheh

But GOD stiffened the heart of Pharaoh, and he would not heed them, just as GOD had told Moses.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh hashkem babboqer vehityatsev lifne faroh ve'amarta elayw koh-amar Adonai elohe ha'ivrim shallakh et-ammi veya'avduni

GOD said to Moses, “Early in the morning present yourself to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the ETERNAL, the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go to worship Me.

ki bappa'am hazzot ani sholeakh et-kol-maggefotay el-libbekha uva'avadekha uve'ammekha ba'avur teda ki en kamoni bekhol-ha'arets

For this time I will send all My plagues upon your person, and your courtiers, and your people, in order that you may know that there is none like Me in all the world.

ki attah shalakhti et-yadi va'akh otekha ve'et-ammekha baddaver vattikkakhed min-ha'arets

I could have stretched forth My hand and stricken you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been effaced from the earth.

ve'ulam ba'avur zot he'emadtikha ba'avur harotekha et-kokhi ulema'an sapper shemi bekhol-ha'arets

Nevertheless I have spared you for this purpose: in order to show you My power, and in order that My fame may resound throughout the world.

odekha mistolel be'ammi levilti shallekham

Yet you continue to thwart My people, and do not let them go!

hinni mamtir ka'et makhar barad kaved me'od asher lo-hayah khamohu bemitsrayim lemin-hayyom hivvasedah ve'ad-attah

This time tomorrow I will rain down a very heavy hail, such as has not been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

ve'attah shelakh ha'ez et-miqnekha ve'et kol-asher lekha bassadeh kol-ha'adam vehabbehemah asher-yimmatse vassadeh velo ye'asef habbaytah veyarad alehem habbarad vametu

Therefore, order your livestock and everything you have in the open brought under shelter; every human and animal that is found outside, not having been brought indoors, shall perish when the hail comes down upon them!’”

hayyare et-devar Adonai me'avde paroh henis et-avadayw ve'et-miqnehu el-habbattim

Those among Pharaoh’s courtiers who feared GOD’s word brought their slaves and livestock indoors to safety;

va'asher lo-sam libbo el-devar Adonai vayya'azov et-avadayw ve'et-miqnehu bassadeh

but those who paid no regard to the word of GOD left their slaves and livestock in the open.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh neteh et-yadekha al-hashamayim vihi varad bekhol-erets mitsrayim al-ha'adam ve'al-habbehemah ve'al kol-esev hassadeh be'erets mitsrayim

GOD said to Moses, “Hold out your arm toward the sky that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt, upon human and animal and all the grasses of the field in the land of Egypt.”

vayyet mosheh et-mattehu al-hashamayim va-Adonai natan qolot uvarad vattihalakh esh aretsah vayyamter Adonai barad al-erets mitsrayim

So Moses held out his rod toward the sky, and GOD sent thunder and hail, and fire streamed down to the ground, as GOD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.

vayehi varad ve'esh mitlaqqakhat betokh habbarad kaved me'od asher lo-hayah khamohu bekhol-erets mitsrayim me'az hayetah legoy

The hail was very heavy—fire flashing in the midst of the hail—such as had not fallen on the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.

vayyakh habbarad bekhol-erets mitsrayim et kol-asher bassadeh me'adam ve'ad-behemah ve'et kol-esev hassadeh hikkah habbarad ve'et-kol-ets hassadeh shibber

Throughout the land of Egypt the hail struck down all that were in the open, both human and animal; the hail also struck down all the grasses of the field and shattered all the trees of the field.

raq be'erets goshen asher-sham bene yisra'el lo hayah barad

Only in the region of Goshen, where the Israelites were, there was no hail.

vayyishlakh paroh vayyiqra lemosheh ule'aharon vayyomer alehem khatati happa'am Adonai hatsaddiq va'ani ve'ammi haresha'im

Thereupon Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said to them, “I stand guilty this time. GOD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.

hatiru el-Adonai verav mihyot qolot elohim uvarad va'ashallekhah etkhem velo tosifun la'amod

Plead with GOD that there may be an end of this thunder and of hail. I will let you go; you need stay no longer.”

vayyomer elayw mosheh ketseti et-ha'ir efros et-kappay el-Adonai haqqolot yekhdalun vehabbarad lo yihyeh-od lema'an teda ki la-Adonai ha'arets

Moses said to him, “As I go out of the city, I shall spread out my hands to GOD; the thunder will cease and the hail will fall no more, so that you may know that the earth is GOD’s.

ve'attah va'avadekha yadati ki terem tire'un mippene Adonai elohim

But I know that you and your courtiers do not yet fear the ETERNAL God.”—

vehappishtah vehasse'orah nukkatah ki hasse'orah aviv vehappishtah givol

Now the flax and barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud;

vehakhittah vehakkussemet lo nukku ki afilot hennah

but the wheat and the emmer were not hurt, for they ripen late.—

vayyetse mosheh me'im paroh et-ha'ir vayyifros kappayw el-Adonai vayyakhdelu haqqolot vehabbarad umatar lo-nittakh aretsah

Leaving Pharaoh, Moses went outside the city and spread out his hands to GOD: the thunder and the hail ceased, and no rain came pouring down upon the earth.

vayyar paroh ki-khadal hammatar vehabbarad vehaqqolot vayyosef lakhato vayyakhbed libbo hu va'avadayw

But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he became stubborn and reverted to his guilty ways, as did his courtiers.

vayyekhezaq lev paroh velo shillakh et-bene yisra'el ka'asher dibber Adonai beyad-mosheh

So Pharaoh’s heart stiffened and he would not let the Israelites go, just as GOD had foretold through Moses.