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10 Sitten Herra sanoi Moosekselle: "Mene faraon tykö, sillä minä olen koventanut hänen sydämensä ja hänen palvelijainsa sydämet, että tekisin nämä tunnustekoni heidän keskellänsä

ja että sinä kertoisit lapsillesi ja lastesi lapsille, mitä minä olen tehnyt egyptiläisille, ja minun tunnustekoni, jotka olen tehnyt heidän keskellänsä, tietääksenne, että minä olen Herra".

Niin Mooses ja Aaron menivät faraon tykö ja sanoivat hänelle: "Näin sanoo Herra, hebrealaisten Jumala: Kuinka kauan sinä kieltäydyt nöyrtymästä minun edessäni? Päästä minun kansani palvelemaan minua.

Sillä jos sinä kieltäydyt päästämästä minun kansaani, niin katso, minä annan huomenna tulla sinun maahasi heinäsirkkoja.

Ja ne peittävät maan pinnan, niin ettei maata näy, ja ne syövät tähteet siitä, mikä teille rakeilta pelastui ja jäi, ja ne syövät kaikki teidän puunne, jotka kedolla kasvavat.

Ja ne täyttävät sinun talosi ja kaikkien sinun palvelijaisi talot ja kaikkien egyptiläisten talot, niin ettei sinun isäsi eivätkä esi-isäsi ole sellaista nähneet siitä päivästä, jona tulivat maailmaan, hamaan tähän päivään asti." Ja hän kääntyi ja lähti pois faraon luota.

Mutta faraon palvelijat sanoivat hänelle: "Kuinka kauan tämä mies on oleva meille paulaksi? Päästä miehet palvelemaan Herraa, heidän Jumalaansa. Etkö vieläkään ymmärrä, että Egypti joutuu perikatoon?"

Niin Mooses ja Aaron tuotiin takaisin faraon eteen. Ja tämä sanoi heille: "Menkää ja palvelkaa Herraa, Jumalaanne. Vaan ketkä menevät?"

Mooses vastasi: "Me menemme, nuoret ja vanhat, me menemme poikinemme ja tyttärinemme, lampainemme ja karjoinemme; sillä meillä on Herran juhla".

10 Niin hän sanoi heille: "Olkoon vain Herra teidän kanssanne, kunhan minä ensin päästän teidät ja teidän vaimonne ja lapsenne. Katsokaa, teillä on paha mielessä.

11 Siitä ei tule mitään. Mutta menkää te, miehet, ja palvelkaa Herraa, sillä sitähän te olette pyytäneetkin." Ja heidät ajettiin pois faraon edestä.

12 Ja Herra sanoi Moosekselle: "Ojenna kätesi Egyptin maan yli ja tuo tänne heinäsirkat; tulkoon niitä Egyptin maahan, ja syökööt ne kaikki maan kasvit, kaikki, mitä rakeilta on jäänyt".

13 Niin Mooses ojensi sauvansa Egyptin maan yli, ja Herra antoi itätuulen puhaltaa yli maan koko sen päivän ja koko yön; kun aamu tuli, toi itätuuli heinäsirkat mukanaan.

14 Ja heinäsirkkoja tuli koko Egyptin maahan, ja ne laskeutuivat ylen suurina laumoina koko Egyptin alueelle; niin paljon ei heinäsirkkoja ollut koskaan sitä ennen tullut eikä sen jälkeen tule.

15 Ne peittivät koko maan pinnan, niin että maa tuli mustaksi; ja ne söivät kaikki maan kasvit ja kaikki puiden hedelmät, jotka olivat rakeilta säilyneet. Niin ei jäänyt mitään vihantaa jäljelle puihin eikä kedon kasveihin koko Egyptin maassa.

16 Silloin farao kutsutti kiiruusti Mooseksen ja Aaronin ja sanoi: "Minä olen rikkonut Herraa, teidän Jumalaanne, ja teitä vastaan.

17 Anna nyt anteeksi minun rikkomukseni vielä tämä kerta, ja rukoilkaa Herraa, Jumalaanne, että hän poistaisi minulta ainakin tämän surman."

18 Niin hän lähti pois faraon luota ja rukoili Herraa.

19 Ja Herra käänsi tuulen hyvin kovaksi länsituuleksi; se vei heinäsirkat mukanaan ja painoi ne Kaislamereen, niin ettei yhtäkään heinäsirkkaa jäänyt koko Egyptin alueelle.

20 Mutta Herra paadutti faraon sydämen, niin ettei hän päästänyt israelilaisia.

21 Sitten Herra sanoi Moosekselle: "Ojenna kätesi taivasta kohti, niin Egyptin maahan tulee sellainen pimeys, että siihen voi käsin tarttua".

22 Ja Mooses ojensi kätensä taivasta kohti, ja koko Egyptin maahan tuli synkeä pimeys kolmeksi päiväksi.

23 Ei kukaan voinut nähdä toistansa, eikä kukaan voinut liikkua paikaltansa kolmeen päivään. Mutta kaikilla israelilaisilla oli valoisata asuinpaikoissansa.

24 Niin farao kutsui Mooseksen ja sanoi: "Menkää ja palvelkaa Herraa; ainoastaan lampaanne ja karjanne jääkööt tänne. Myöskin vaimonne ja lapsenne menkööt teidän mukananne."

25 Mutta Mooses sanoi: "Sinun on annettava mukaamme myös teurasuhrit ja polttouhrit, uhrataksemme niitä Herralle, Jumalallemme.

26 Karjammekin täytyy tulla meidän kanssamme, ei sorkkaakaan saa jäädä, sillä siitä meidän on otettava uhrit palvellaksemme Herraa, Jumalaamme, emmekä itsekään tiedä, ennenkuin tulemme sinne, mitä meidän on uhrattava palvellessamme Herraa."

27 Mutta Herra paadutti faraon sydämen, niin että hän ei tahtonut päästää heitä.

28 Ja farao sanoi hänelle: "Mene pois luotani ja varo, ettet enää tule minun kasvojeni eteen; sillä sinä päivänä, jona tulet minun kasvojeni eteen, sinä olet kuoleva".

29 Mooses vastasi: "Oikein sinä puhuit; minä en tule tämän jälkeen sinun kasvojesi eteen".

The Plague of Locusts

10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart(A) and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs(B) of mine among them that you may tell your children(C) and grandchildren how I dealt harshly(D) with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.”(E)

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble(F) yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me. If you refuse(G) to let them go, I will bring locusts(H) into your country tomorrow. They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left(I) after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields.(J) They will fill your houses(K) and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.’”(L) Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.

Pharaoh’s officials said to him, “How long will this man be a snare(M) to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?”(N)

Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship(O) the Lord your God,” he said. “But tell me who will be going.”

Moses answered, “We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival(P) to the Lord.”

10 Pharaoh said, “The Lord be with you—if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil.[a] 11 No! Have only the men go and worship the Lord, since that’s what you have been asking for.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh’s presence.

12 And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand(Q) over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.”

13 So Moses stretched out his staff(R) over Egypt, and the Lord made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts;(S) 14 they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts,(T) nor will there ever be again. 15 They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured(U) all that was left after the hail—everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

16 Pharaoh quickly summoned(V) Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned(W) against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now forgive(X) my sin once more and pray(Y) to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”

18 Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord.(Z) 19 And the Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea.[b] Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. 20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart,(AA) and he would not let the Israelites go.

The Plague of Darkness

21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness(AB) spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness(AC) covered all Egypt for three days. 23 No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.(AD)

24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go,(AE) worship the Lord. Even your women and children(AF) may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.”(AG)

25 But Moses said, “You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings(AH) to present to the Lord our God. 26 Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshiping the Lord our God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the Lord.”

27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart,(AI) and he was not willing to let them go. 28 Pharaoh said to Moses, “Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face you will die.”

29 “Just as you say,” Moses replied. “I will never appear(AJ) before you again.”

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 10:10 Or Be careful, trouble is in store for you!
  2. Exodus 10:19 Or the Sea of Reeds

10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:

And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord.

And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:

And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.

And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God: but who are they that shall go?

And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord.

10 And he said unto them, Let the Lord be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

14 And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.

17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.

19 And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God.

26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither.

27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.

28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.

29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.