출애굽기(Exodus) 8장

 

 

 

출애굽기(Exodus) 8장

 

1. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to

Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what

the LORD says: Let my people go, so

that they may worship me.

 

2. If you refuse to let them go, I will

plague your whole country with frogs.

 

3. The Nile will teem with frogs. They will

come up into your palace and your

bedroom and onto your bed, into the

houses of your officials and on your

people, and into your ovens and

kneading troughs.

 

4. The frogs will go up on you and your

people and all your officials.'"

 

5. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell

Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your

staff over the streams and canals and

ponds, and make frogs come up on

the land of Egypt.'"

 

6. So Aaron stretched out his hand over

the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came

up and covered the land.

 

7. But the magicians did the same things

by their secret arts; they also made frogs

come up on the land of Egypt.

 

8. Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron

and said, "Pray to the LORD to take the

frogs away from me and my people,

and I will let your people go to offer

sacrifices to the LORD."

 

9. Moses said to Pharaoh, "I leave to you

the honor of setting the time for me to

pray for you and your officials and your

people that you and your houses may

be rid of the frogs, except for those that

remain in the Nile."

 

10. "Tomorrow," Pharaoh said. Moses

replied, "It will be as you say, so that

you may know there is no one like

the LORD our God.

 

11. The frogs will leave you and your

houses, your officials and your people;

they will remain only in the Nile."

 

12. After Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh,

Moses cried out to the LORD about the

frogs he had brought on Pharaoh.

 

13. And the LORD did what Moses asked.

The frogs died in the houses, in the

courtyards and in the fields.

 

14. They were piled into heaps, and the

land reeked of them.

 

15. But when Pharaoh saw that there was

relief, he hardened his heart and would

not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as

the LORD had said.

 

16. Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Tell

Aaron, 'Stretch out your staff and strike

the dust of the ground,' and throughout

the land of Egypt the dust will become

gnats."

 

 

17. They did this, and when Aaron

stretched out his hand with the staff

and struck the dust of the ground,

gnats came upon men and animals.

All the dust throughout the land of

Egypt became gnats.

 

18. But when the magicians tried to

produce gnats by their secret arts,

they could not. And the gnats were

on men and animals.

 

19. The magicians said to Pharaoh, "This

is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart

was hard and he would not listen, just

as the LORD had said.

 

20. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get

up early in the morning and confront

Pharaoh as he goes to the water and

say to him, 'This is what the LORD

says: Let my people go, so that they

may worship me.

 

21. If you do not let my people go, I will

send swarms of flies on you and your

officials, on your people and into your

houses. The houses of the Egyptians

will be full of flies, and even the

ground where they are.

 

22. "'But on that day I will deal differently

with the land of Goshen, where my

people live; no swarms of flies will be

there, so that you will know that I, the

LORD, am in this land.

 

23. I will make a distinction between my

people and your people. This miraculous

sign will occur tomorrow.'"

 

24. And the LORD did this. Dense swarms

of flies poured into Pharaoh's palace and

into the houses of his officials, and

throughout Egypt the land was ruined

by the flies.

 

25. Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and

Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your

God here in the land."

 

26. But Moses said, "That would not be

right. The sacrifices we offer the LORD

our God would be detestable to the

Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices

that are detestable in their eyes, will

they not stone us?

 

27. We must take a three-day journey

into the desert to offer sacrifices to

the LORD our God, as he commands

us."

 

28. Pharaoh said, "I will let you go to offer

sacrifices to the LORD your God in the

desert, but you must not go very far.

Now pray for me."

 

29. Moses answered, "As soon as I leave

you, I will pray to the LORD, and

tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh

and his officials and his people. Only

be sure that Pharaoh does not act

deceitfully again by not letting the

people go to offer sacrifices to the

LORD."

 

30. Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed

to the LORD,

 

31. and the LORD did what Moses asked:

The flies left Pharaoh and his officials

and his people; not a fly remained.

 

32. But this time also Pharaoh hardened

his heart and would not let the people

go.