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1 Sitten Herra sanoi Moosekselle: "Mene faraon luo ja sano hänelle: 'Näin sanoo Herra: Päästä minun kansani palvelemaan minua.

2 Mutta jos kieltäydyt päästämästä heitä, niin katso, minä rankaisen koko sinun maatasi sammakoilla.

3 Ja Niilivirta on vilisevä sammakoita, ja ne nousevat maalle ja tulevat sinun taloosi ja makuuhuoneeseesi ja vuoteeseesi, sekä sinun palvelijaisi taloihin ja kansasi sekaan, sinun leivinuuneihisi ja taikinakaukaloihisi.

4 Jopa sinun ja sinun kansasi ja kaikkien sinun palvelijaisi päälle hyppii sammakoita.'"

5 Ja Herra sanoi Moosekselle: "Sano Aaronille: 'Ojenna kätesi sauvoinensa jokien, kanavien ja lammikkojen yli ja nostata sammakoita Egyptin maahan'".

6 Niin Aaron ojensi kätensä Egyptin vetten yli, ja sammakoita nousi, ja ne peittivät Egyptin maan.

7 Ja tietäjät tekivät samoin taioillansa ja nostattivat sammakoita Egyptin maahan.

8 Niin farao kutsui Mooseksen ja Aaronin ja sanoi: "Rukoilkaa Herraa, että hän ottaisi pois sammakot vaivaamasta minua ja minun kansaani, niin minä päästän kansan uhraamaan Herralle".

9 Mooses sanoi faraolle: "Suvaitse määrätä minulle aika, jonka kuluessa minun on rukoiltava, sinun itsesi, sinun palvelijaisi ja kansasi puolesta, sammakot hävitettäviksi luotasi ja taloistasi, niin että niitä jää ainoastaan Niilivirtaan".

10 Hän vastasi: "Huomiseksi". Niin Mooses sanoi: "Tapahtukoon, niinkuin sanoit, tietääksesi, ettei kukaan ole niinkuin Herra, meidän Jumalamme.

11 Sammakot katoavat luotasi ja taloistasi ja sinun palvelijaisi ja kansasi luota, ja niitä jää ainoastaan Niilivirtaan."

12 Niin Mooses ja Aaron lähtivät faraon luota. Ja Mooses huusi Herran puoleen sammakkojen tähden, jotka hän oli pannut faraon vaivaksi.

13 Ja Herra teki Mooseksen sanan mukaan: sammakot kuolivat huoneista, pihoilta ja kedoilta.

14 Ja he kokosivat niitä läjittäin, ja maa rupesi haisemaan.

15 Mutta kun farao näki päässeensä hengähtämään, kovensi hän sydämensä eikä kuullut heitä, niinkuin Herra oli sanonutkin.

16 Sitten Herra sanoi Moosekselle: "Sano Aaronille: 'Ojenna sauvasi ja lyö maan tomua, niin siitä tulee sääskiä koko Egyptin maahan'".

17 Ja he tekivät niin: Aaron ojensi kätensä ja sauvansa ja löi maan tomua; niin sääsket ahdistivat ihmisiä ja karjaa. Kaikki maan tomu muuttui sääskiksi koko Egyptin maassa.

18 Ja tietäjät tekivät samoin taioillansa saadakseen sääskiä syntymään, mutta he eivät voineet. Ja sääsket ahdistivat ihmisiä ja karjaa.

19 Niin tietäjät sanoivat faraolle: "Tämä on Jumalan sormi". Mutta faraon sydän paatui, eikä hän kuullut heitä, niinkuin Herra oli sanonutkin.

20 Ja Herra sanoi Moosekselle: "Astu huomenaamuna varhain faraon eteen, kun hän menee veden luo, ja sano hänelle: 'Näin sanoo Herra: Päästä minun kansani palvelemaan minua.

21 Sillä jos et päästä minun kansaani, niin katso, minä lähetän paarmoja sinun, sinun palvelijaisi ja sinun kansasi kimppuun ja sinun taloihisi, niin että egyptiläisten talot, jopa se maa, jonka päällä ne ovat, tulevat paarmoja täyteen.

22 Mutta minä erotan sinä päivänä Goosenin maan, jossa minun kansani asuu, ettei sinne paarmoja tule, tietääksesi, että minä olen maan Herra.

23 Näin minä panen pelastuksen erottamaan oman kansani sinun kansastasi. Huomenna on tämä ihme tapahtuva.'"

24 Ja Herra teki niin: paarmoja tuli suuret parvet faraon ja hänen palvelijainsa taloihin; ja paarmat tulivat maan turmioksi koko Egyptin maassa.

25 Niin farao kutsutti Mooseksen ja Aaronin ja sanoi: "Menkää ja uhratkaa Jumalallenne tässä maassa".

26 Mutta Mooses sanoi: "Ei sovi niin tehdä; sillä me uhraamme Herralle, Jumalallemme, sellaista, joka on egyptiläisille kauhistus. Jos me nyt uhraamme egyptiläisten nähden sellaista, joka on heille kauhistus, niin eivätkö he kivitä meitä?

27 Salli meidän mennä kolmen päivän matka erämaahan uhraamaan Herralle, Jumalallemme, niinkuin hän on meille sanonut."

28 Farao sanoi: "Minä päästän teidät uhraamaan Herralle, Jumalallenne, erämaassa; älkää vain menkö kovin kauas. Rukoilkaa minun puolestani."

29 Niin Mooses sanoi: "Katso, kun olen lähtenyt sinun luotasi, rukoilen minä Herraa, ja paarmat häviävät pois huomenna faraolta, hänen palvelijoiltansa ja hänen kansaltaan. Älköön vain farao enää pettäkö, niin ettei hän päästäkään kansaa uhraamaan Herralle."

30 Ja Mooses lähti faraon luota ja rukoili Herraa.

31 Ja Herra teki, niinkuin Mooses oli sanonut: hän vapautti faraon, hänen palvelijansa ja hänen kansansa paarmoista, niin ettei niitä jäänyt ainoatakaan.

32 Mutta farao kovensi sydämensä tälläkin kerralla eikä päästänyt kansaa.

   

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7410. Verses 11-15 And Pharaoh saw that he could breathe again, 1 and he made his heart stubborn, and did not hear 2 them, as Jehovah had spoken. And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your rod and strike the dust of the land, and it will then be lice in all the land of Egypt. And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and struck the dust of the land, and there were lice on man and on beast. All the dust of the land became lice in the whole land of Egypt. And the magicians did the same with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not; and there were lice on man and on beast. And the magicians said to Pharaoh, The finger of God is this. And Pharaoh's heart was unyielding, and he did not hear' them, as Jehovah had spoken.

'And Pharaoh saw that he could breathe again' means that the weariness ceased. 'And he made his heart stubborn' means obstinacy. 'And did not hear them' means disobedience. 'As Jehovah had spoken' means as accorded with what had been foretold. 'And Jehovah said to Moses' means instruction anew. 'Say to Aaron' means an influx of inward law into outward law. 'Stretch out your rod' means commanding him to demonstrate the Divine power. 'And strike the dust of the land' means that he should remove those things in the natural which are damned. 'And it will then be lice' means that evils will rise up from them. 'In all the land of Egypt' means in the whole natural mind. 'And they did so' means putting it into effect. 'And Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod' means the power of inward truth directed through outward truth. 'And struck the dust of the land' means that the things which were damned were removed. 'And there were lice on man and on beast' means that evils rose up from those things - interior and exterior evils attached to wicked desires. 'All the dust of the land became lice in the whole land of Egypt' means that those evils rose up from the things that were damned. 'And the magicians did the same with their enchantments to bring forth lice' means the endeavour to pervert Divine order and produce something that looked the same in these things also. 'But they could not' means that they acted to no avail. 'And there were lice on man and on beast' means the evils, interior and exterior, that are attached to wicked desires. 'And the magicians said to Pharaoh' means perception and communication of it to those immersed in evils. 'The finger of God is this' means that the power came from the Divine. 'And Pharaoh's heart was unyielding' means obstinacy. 'And he did not hear them' means disobedience. 'As Jehovah had spoken' means as accorded with what had been foretold.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, respiration had come about, i.e. there was a respite from the plagues

2. literally, hear towards

  
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Exodus 9

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1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people Go, that they may serve me.

2 For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,

3 behold, the hand of Yahweh is on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence.

4 Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel."'"

5 Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land."

6 Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.

7 Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.

8 Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.

9 It shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal, throughout all the land of Egypt."

10 They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal.

11 The magicians couldn't stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.

12 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.

13 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.

14 For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth.

15 For now I would have put forth my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth;

16 but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth;

17 as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go.

18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.

19 Now therefore command that all of your livestock and all that you have in the field be brought into shelter. Every man and animal that is found in the field, and isn't brought home, the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die."'"

20 Those who feared the word of Yahweh among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses.

21 Whoever didn't respect the word of Yahweh left his servants and his livestock in the field.

22 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt."

23 Moses stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt.

24 So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

25 The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.

26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.

27 Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

28 Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."

29 Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh's.

30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you don't yet fear Yahweh God."

31 The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

32 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they had not grown up.

33 Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.

34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

35 The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn't let the children of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.