Exodo 8
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Ang Ikalawang Salot: Ang Napakaraming Palaka
8 Pagkaraan noon, sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, “Pumunta ka sa Faraon. Sabihin mong ito ang ipinapasabi ko: Payagan mo nang umalis ang mga Israelita upang sumamba sa akin. 2-3 Kapag hindi ka pumayag, patuloy kong pahihirapan ang buong Egipto. Pupunuin ko ng palaka ang Ilog Nilo. Papasukin ng mga ito ang palasyo at aakyatin pati higaan mo. Papasukin din ng mga ito ang bahay ng mga tauhan mo at ng lahat ng Egipcio, ganoon din ang inyong mga lutuan at lalagyan ng pagkain. 4 Ikaw, ang iyong mga tauhan, at ang buong bayan ay pahihirapan nito.”
5 Sinabi pa ni Yahweh, “Sabihin mo naman kay Aaron na itapat niya sa ilog ang kanyang tungkod, gayon din sa mga kanal at mga lawa upang mapunô ng palaka ang buong Egipto.” 6 Ganoon nga ang ginawa ni Aaron. Umahon sa ilog ang mga palakang di mabilang sa dami at kumalat sa buong Egipto. 7 Ngunit nagaya rin ito ng mga salamangkero sa pamamagitan ng kanilang lihim na karunungan.
8 Ipinatawag ng Faraon sina Moises at Aaron. Sinabi niya, “Hilingin ninyo kay Yahweh na alisin ang mga palakang ito at papayagan ko na kayong maghandog sa kanya.”
9 Sinabi ni Moises, “Karangalan kong malaman kung kailan ninyo nais na idalangin ko kayo kay Yahweh, pati ang inyong mga tauhan at nasasakupan. At mawawala na ang mga palaka, maliban ang mga nasa ilog.”
10 “Bukas kung ganoon,” sabi ng Faraon.
“Matutupad po ayon sa inyong sinabi para malaman ninyo na walang kapantay ang Diyos naming si Yahweh. 11 Mawawala ang mga palaka at ang matitira lamang ay ang nasa ilog.” 12 Lumakad na sina Moises at Aaron. At tulad ng pangako nila, idinalangin ni Moises na alisin ang mga palakang nagpapahirap sa Faraon. 13 Tinugon naman siya ni Yahweh; namatay lahat ang mga palaka sa mga bahay at mga bukid. 14 Ibinunton ng mga Egipcio ang mga patay na palaka at umaalingasaw ang baho nito sa buong Egipto. 15 Ngunit nagmatigas muli ang Faraon nang ito'y makahinga na naman nang maluwag. At tulad ng sinabi ni Yahweh, hindi pa rin siya nakinig kina Moises at Aaron.
Ang Ikatlong Salot: Ang mga Niknik
16 Inutusan ni Yahweh si Moises na sabihin kay Aaron na ihampas sa lupa ang tungkod upang maging niknik ang lahat ng alikabok sa buong Egipto. 17 Inihampas nga ni Aaron ang tungkod at ang lahat ng alikabok sa buong Egipto ay naging niknik na labis na nagpahirap sa mga tao't mga hayop. 18 Pinilit ng mga salamangkero na magpalitaw rin ng niknik sa pamamagitan ng lihim nilang karunungan ngunit hindi nila ito nagawa. At ang mga tao't hayop ay patuloy na pinahirapan ng mga niknik. 19 Dahil(A) dito'y sinabi ng mga salamangkero sa Faraon, “Diyos na ang may gawa nito.” Ngunit hindi rin natinag ang kalooban ng Faraon; hindi rin siya nakinig kina Moises at Aaron, tulad ng sinabi ni Yahweh.
Ang Ikaapat na Salot: Ang mga Langaw
20 Dahil dito, sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, “Bukas ng umaga, hintayin mo ang Faraon pagpunta niya sa ilog at sabihin mong payagan na niyang umalis ang mga Israelita upang sumamba sa akin. 21 Kapag hindi niya pinayagan, padadagsaan ko siya ng makapal na langaw, pati ang kanyang mga tauhan at mga kababayan. Mapupuno ng langaw ang mga bahay ng mga Egipcio, pati ang lupang kanilang lalakaran. 22 Ngunit ililigtas ko ang lupain ng Goshen, ang tirahan ng mga Israelita. Hindi ko sila padadalhan ni isa mang langaw para malaman niyang akong si Yahweh ang siyang makapangyarihan sa lupaing ito. 23 Sa pamamagitan ng kababalaghang gagawin ko bukas, ipapakita ko na iba ang pagtingin ko sa aking bayan at sa kanyang bayan.” 24 Kinabukasan, ginawa nga ito ni Yahweh. Dumagsa sa Egipto ang makapal na langaw hanggang sa mapuno ang palasyo ng Faraon, ang bahay ng mga tauhan niya at ang buong Egipto. Dahil dito'y nasalanta ang buong bansa.
25 Kaya, ipinatawag ng Faraon sina Moises at Aaron at sinabi, “Sige, maghandog na kayo sa inyong Diyos, huwag lamang kayong lalabas ng Egipto.”
26 Sumagot si Moises, “Hindi po maaaring dito sa Egipto. Magagalit po sa amin ang mga Egipcio kapag nakita nila kaming naghahandog kay Yahweh sa paraang kasuklam-suklam sa kanila. Tiyak na babatuhin nila kami hanggang mamatay. 27 Ang kailangan po'y maglakbay kami ng tatlong araw at sa ilang kami maghahandog kay Yahweh tulad ng utos niya sa amin.”
28 Sinabi ng Faraon, “Papayagan ko kayong umalis, ngunit huwag kayong masyadong lalayo. At ipanalangin din ninyo ako.”
29 Sumagot si Moises, “Pag-alis ko po rito'y ipapanalangin ko kay Yahweh na alisin sa inyo ang mga langaw, gayon din sa inyong mga tauhan at nasasakupan. Ngunit huwag na ninyo kaming dadayain; huwag ninyo kaming hahadlangan sa paghahandog namin kay Yahweh.”
30 Umalis si Moises at nanalangin. 31 Tinugon naman siya ni Yahweh, at umalis nga ang mga langaw; walang natira ni isa man. 32 Ngunit nagmatigas pa rin ang Faraon; hindi niya pinayagang umalis ang mga Israelita.
Exodus 8
New International Version
8 1 [a]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(A) me. 2 If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs(B) on your whole country. 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,(C) and into your ovens and kneading troughs.(D) 4 The frogs will come 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(E) over the streams and canals and ponds, and make frogs(F) come up on the land of Egypt.’”
6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs(G) came up and covered the land. 7 But the magicians did the same things by their secret arts;(H) they also made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.
8 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray(I) to the Lord to take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will let your people go to offer sacrifices(J) to the Lord.”
9 Moses said to Pharaoh, “I leave to you the honor of setting the time(K) 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.(L) 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.(M) 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,(N) he hardened his heart(O) and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.
The Plague of Gnats
16 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff(P) 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(Q) came on people and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats. 18 But when the magicians(R) tried to produce gnats by their secret arts,(S) they could not.
Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere, 19 the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger(T) of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart(U) was hard and he would not listen,(V) just as the Lord had said.
The Plague of Flies
20 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning(W) and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the river and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship(X) 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; even the ground will be covered with them.
22 “‘But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen,(Y) where my people live;(Z) no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know(AA) that I, the Lord, am in this land. 23 I will make a distinction[b] between my people and your people.(AB) This 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; throughout Egypt the land was ruined by the flies.(AC)
25 Then Pharaoh summoned(AD) 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.(AE) And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us? 27 We must take a three-day journey(AF) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices(AG) 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 wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray(AH) 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 let Pharaoh be sure that he does not act deceitfully(AI) again by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”
30 Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord,(AJ) 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(AK) and would not let the people go.
Footnotes
- Exodus 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-4 is numbered 7:26-29, and 8:5-32 is numbered 8:1-28.
- Exodus 8:23 Septuagint and Vulgate; Hebrew will put a deliverance
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