Exodo 7
Magandang Balita Biblia
7 Sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, “Gagawin kitang parang Diyos sa harapan ng Faraon, at ang kapatid mong si Aaron ang magiging tagapagsalita mo. 2 Lahat ng sabihin ko sa iyo ay sasabihin mo kay Aaron; siya naman ang magsasabi sa Faraon na payagan na kayong umalis ng Egipto. 3 Ngunit(A) patitigasin ko ang puso ng Faraon, at gumawa man ako ng maraming kababalaghan sa Egipto 4 ay hindi siya makikinig sa iyo. Kung magkagayon ipadarama ko sa kanila ang bigat ng aking kamay. Paparusahan ko ang buong Egipto at ilalabas ko mula roon ang aking mga hukbo, ang aking bayan, ang mga Israelita. 5 Makikilala ng mga Egipcio na ako si Yahweh kapag natikman nila ang bigat ng aking kamay at inilabas ko na sa Egipto ang mga Israelita.” 6 At ginawa nina Moises at Aaron ang lahat ng iniutos ni Yahweh. 7 Walumpung taon si Moises at walumpu't tatlo naman si Aaron nang makipag-usap sila sa Faraon.
Ang Tungkod ni Aaron
8 Sinabi pa ni Yahweh kina Moises at Aaron, 9 “Kapag sinabi sa inyo ng Faraon na magpakita kayo ng kababalaghan bilang katunayan ng pagkasugo ko sa inyo, sabihin mo kay Aaron na ihagis ang kanyang tungkod sa harapan ng Faraon at magiging ahas iyon.” 10 Nagpunta nga sila sa Faraon tulad ng sinabi ni Yahweh. Pagdating doon, inihagis ni Aaron ang kanyang tungkod sa harapan ng Faraon at ng mga tauhan nito. At naging ahas nga ang tungkod. 11 Kaya ipinatawag ng Faraon ang mga matatalinong tao at mga salamangkero at sa pamamagitan ng kanilang lihim na karunungan ay ipinagaya ang ginawa ni Aaron. 12 Inihagis nila sa lupa ang kanilang mga tungkod at naging ahas din, ngunit ang mga ito'y nilulon ng tungkod ni Aaron. 13 Gayunma'y nagmatigas pa rin ang Faraon at hindi nakinig kina Moises at Aaron, gaya ng sinabi ni Yahweh.
Ang Unang Salot: Naging Dugo ang Tubig
14 Sinabi(B) ni Yahweh kay Moises, “Nagmamatigas ang Faraon. Ayaw pa ring paalisin ang mga Israelita. 15 Kaya, bukas ng umaga, dalhin mo ang tungkod na naging ahas, at hintayin mo ang Faraon pagpunta niya sa tabing ilog. 16 Sabihin mo sa kanya ang ganito, ‘Pinapunta ako rito ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng mga Hebreo upang sabihin sa iyo na payagan mong umalis ang kanyang bayang Israel at sumamba sa kanya sa ilang. Hanggang ngayon ay ayaw mo pa ring sumunod. 17 Ngunit(C) tiyak na kikilalanin mo si Yahweh sa pamamagitan nitong gagawin niya. Tingnan mo, ihahampas ko sa Ilog Nilo ang tungkod na ito at magiging dugo ang tubig 18 at mamamatay ang mga isda. Dahil dito, babaho ang ilog at hindi maiinom ng mga Egipcio ang tubig nito.’”
19 Idinugtong pa ni Yahweh, “Pagkatapos, sabihin mo kay Aaron na itaas ang kanyang tungkod at sumpain ang lahat ng tubig sa Egipto. Ang lahat ng tubig sa mga ilog, kanal at lawa ay magiging dugo, pati ang nasa mga batya at tapayan.”
20 Ginawa nina Moises at Aaron ang iniutos sa kanila ni Yahweh. Sa harapan ng Faraon at ng mga tauhan nito ay inihampas ni Aaron sa tubig ang kanyang tungkod at naging dugo nga ang tubig. 21 Namatay ang mga isda at bumaho ang ilog, kaya't hindi mainom ng mga Egipcio ang tubig nito. Naging dugo rin ang lahat ng tubig sa buong Egipto. 22 Ngunit nagaya rin ito ng mga salamangkerong Egipcio sa pamamagitan ng kanilang lihim na karunungan kaya't lalong nagmatigas ang Faraon. Ayaw pa rin niyang pakinggan sina Moises at Aaron, tulad ng sinabi ni Yahweh. 23 Ang ginawa nila'y hindi pinansin ng Faraon, umuwi na lang ito sa palasyo. 24 Samantala, ang mga Egipcio ay humukay sa tabing ilog upang kumuha ng inumin sapagkat hindi nila mainom ang tubig sa ilog.
25 At lumipas ang pitong araw mula nang hampasin ni Yahweh ang tubig.
Exodus 7
New King James Version
Moses Before Pharaoh
7 So the Lord said to Moses: “See, I have made you (A)as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be (B)your prophet. 2 You (C)shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land. 3 And (D)I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and (E)multiply My (F)signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But (G)Pharaoh will not heed you, so (H)that I may lay My hand on Egypt and bring My [a]armies and My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt (I)by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians (J)shall know that I am the Lord, when I (K)stretch out My hand on Egypt and (L)bring out the children of Israel from among them.”
6 Then Moses and Aaron (M)did so; just as the Lord commanded them, so they did. 7 And Moses was (N)eighty years old and (O)Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Aaron’s Miraculous Rod(P)
8 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 9 “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, (Q)‘Show a miracle for yourselves,’ then you shall say to Aaron, (R)‘Take your rod and cast it before Pharaoh, and let it become a serpent.’ ” 10 So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, just (S)as the Lord commanded. And Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it (T)became a serpent.
11 But Pharaoh also (U)called the wise men and (V)the [b]sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also (W)did in like manner with their [c]enchantments. 12 For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods. 13 And Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the Lord had said.
The First Plague: Waters Become Blood
14 So the Lord said to Moses: (X)“Pharaoh’s heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning, when he goes out to the (Y)water, and you shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him; and (Z)the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand. 16 And you shall say to him, (AA)‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, “Let My people go, (AB)that they may [d]serve Me in the wilderness”; but indeed, until now you would not hear! 17 Thus says the Lord: “By this (AC)you shall know that I am the Lord. Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand, and (AD)they shall be turned (AE)to blood. 18 And the fish that are in the river shall die, the river shall stink, and the Egyptians will (AF)loathe[e] to drink the water of the river.” ’ ”
19 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and (AG)stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, that they may become blood. And there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in buckets of wood and pitchers of stone.’ ” 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, just as the Lord commanded. So he (AH)lifted up the rod and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants. And all the (AI)waters that were in the river were turned to blood. 21 The fish that were in the river died, the river stank, and the Egyptians (AJ)could not drink the water of the river. So there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
22 (AK)Then the magicians of Egypt did (AL)so with their [f]enchantments; and Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, (AM)as the Lord had said. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. Neither was his heart moved by this. 24 So all the Egyptians dug all around the river for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the river. 25 And seven days passed after the Lord had struck the river.
Footnotes
- Exodus 7:4 hosts
- Exodus 7:11 soothsayers
- Exodus 7:11 secret arts
- Exodus 7:16 worship
- Exodus 7:18 be weary of drinking
- Exodus 7:22 secret arts
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
