출애굽기(Exodus) 9장

 

 

출애굽기(Exodus) 9장

 

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

Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what the

LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let

my people go, so that they may worship

me."

 

2. If you refuse to let them go and

continue to hold them back,

 

3. the hand of the LORD will bring a

terrible plague on your livestock in the

field- -on your horses and donkeys

and camels and on your cattle and

sheep and goats.

 

4. But the LORD will make a distinction

between the livestock of Israel and that

of Egypt, so that no animal belonging

to the Israelites will die.'"

 

5. The LORD set a time and said,

"Tomorrow the LORD will do this in

the land."

 

6. And the next day the LORD did it: All

the livestock of the Egyptians died, but

not one animal belonging to the

Israelites died.

 

7. Pharaoh sent men to investigate and

found that not even one of the animals

of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart

was unyielding and he would not let

the people go.

 

8. Then the LORD said to Moses and

Aaron, "Take handfuls of soot from a

furnace and have Moses toss it into

the air in the presence of Pharaoh.

 

9. It will become fine dust over the whole

land of Egypt, and festering boils will

break out on men and animals

throughout the land."

 

10. So they took soot from a furnace and

stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it

into the air, and festering boils broke

out on men and animals.

 

11. The magicians could not stand before

Moses because of the boils that were on

them and on all the Egyptians.

 

12. But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's

heart and he would not listen to Moses

and Aaron, just as the LORD had said

to Moses.

 

13. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up

early in the morning, confront Pharaoh

and say to him, 'This is what the LORD,

the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my

people go, so that they may worship

me,

 

14. or this time I will send the full force of

my plagues against you and against your

officials and your people, so you may

know that there is no one like me in all

the earth.

 

15. For by now I could have stretched out

my hand and struck you and your people

with a plague that would have wiped you

off the earth.

 

16. But I have raised you up for this very

purpose, that I might show you my

power and that my name might be

proclaimed in all the earth.

 

17. You still set yourself against my people

and will not let them go.

 

 

18. Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will

send the worst hailstorm that has ever

fallen on Egypt, from the day it was

founded till now.

 

19. Give an order now to bring your

livestock and everything you have in

the field to a place of shelter, because

the hail will fall on every man and

animal that has not been brought in

and is still out in the field, and they

will die.'"

 

20. Those officials of Pharaoh who feared

the word of the LORD hurried to bring

their slaves and their livestock inside.

 

21. But those who ignored the word of

the LORD left their slaves and livestock

in the field.

 

22. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch

out your hand toward the sky so that hail

will fall all over Egypt- -on men and

animals and on everything growing in

the fields of Egypt."

 

23. When Moses stretched out his staff

toward the sky, the LORD sent thunder

and hail, and lightning flashed down to

the ground. So the LORD rained hail

on the land of Egypt;

 

24. hail fell and lightning flashed back and

forth. It was the worst storm in all the land

of Egypt since it had become a nation.

 

25. Throughout Egypt hail struck

everything in the fields- -both men

and animals; it beat down everything

growing in the fields and stripped

every tree.

 

26. The only place it did not hail was the

land of Goshen, where the Israelites were.

 

27. Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and

Aaron. "This time I have sinned," he said

to them. "The LORD is in the right, and

I and my people are in the wrong.

 

28. Pray to the LORD, for we have had

enough thunder and hail. I will let you

go; you don't have to stay any longer."

 

29. Moses replied, "When I have gone out

of the city, I will spread out my hands in

prayer to the LORD. The thunder will stop

and there will be no more hail, so you

may know that the earth is the LORD's.

 

30. But I know that you and your officials

still do not fear the LORD God."

 

31. (The flax and barley were destroyed,

since the barley had headed and the flax

was in bloom.

 

32. The wheat and spelt, however, were

not destroyed, because they ripen later.)

 

33. Then Moses left Pharaoh and went out

of the city. He spread out his hands

toward the LORD; the thunder and hail

stopped, and the rain no longer poured

down on the land.

 

34. When Pharaoh saw that the rain and

hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned

again: He and his officials hardened their

hearts.

 

35. So Pharaoh's heart was hard and he

would not let the Israelites go, just as

the LORD had said through Moses.