Exodus 7:1-25
7 Then Jehovah sei lo Moses: “Mi mekem iu for olsem God* lo Pharaoh, and brata blo iu, Aaron, bae kamap profet blo iu.
2 Iu mas repeatim evriting wea mi komandim lo iu lo brata blo iu, Aaron, and hem bae story lo Pharaoh, and Pharaoh bae letem olketa Israelite go aot from land blo hem.
3 Bae mi letem heart blo Pharaoh for bighed, and bae mi duim olketa saen and olketa mirakol lo land lo Egypt.
4 Bat Pharaoh bae no lisin lo iutufala, and bae mi iusim paoa* blo mi againstim Egypt and bae mi tekem evriwan,* pipol blo mi, olketa Israelite, go aot from land lo Egypt, and bae mi panisim olketa Egyptian.
5 And olketa Egyptian bae savve dat mi nao Jehovah taem mi iusim paoa blo mi againstim Egypt, and leadim aot olketa Israelite from olketa.”
6 Moses and Aaron duim wanem Jehovah komandim lo tufala. Tufala duim evriting hia.
7 Moses hem 80 years old and Aaron hem 83 years old taem tufala story lo Pharaoh.
8 Then Jehovah sei lo Moses and Aaron:
9 “Sapos Pharaoh sei lo iutufala, ‘Duim eni mirakol,’ then iu mas sei olsem lo Aaron, ‘Torowem walking stik blo iu front lo Pharaoh.’ And stik hia bae change lo wanfala big snek.”
10 So Moses and Aaron go lukim Pharaoh and tufala duim evriting wea Jehovah komandim lo tufala. Aaron torowem walking stik blo hem front lo Pharaoh and olketa servant blo hem, and datfala stik change lo wanfala big snek.
11 Bat Pharaoh kolem kam olketa wise man, olketa wea iusim demon for poisonim narawan, and olketa priest blo Egypt wea duim magic, and evriwan hia iusim magic blo olketa for duim sem samting.
12 Each wan lo olketa hia torowem daon walking stik blo hem, and olketa change lo olketa big snek, bat walking stik blo Aaron swallom walking stik blo olketa.
13 Nomata olsem, heart blo Pharaoh hem bighed and hem no lisin lo tufala, olsem wanem Jehovah talem finis.
14 Then Jehovah sei lo Moses: “Heart blo Pharaoh hem bighed. Hem les for letem olketa pipol hia for go.
15 Tumoro morning iu mas duim diswan. Taem Pharaoh go lo Nile River, iu mas go standap lo saed river for meetim hem. Iu mas tekem walking stik blo iu wea change lo snek.
16 And iu mas sei lo Pharaoh, ‘Jehovah, God blo olketa Hebrew hem sendem mi kam lo iu, and hem sei: “Letem pipol blo mi go mekem olketa worshipim mi lo wilderness,” bat kam kasem distaem iu nating obey nomoa.
17 Diswan nao samting wea Jehovah talem: “Bae iu savve dat mi nao Jehovah bikos lo wanem mi bae duim. Distaem bae mi whipim Nile River witim walking stik wea mi holem, and river hia bae change lo blood.
18 And olketa fish lo Nile bae dae, and Nile River bae smel nogud tumas, and olketa Egyptian bae no savve drinkim wata from datfala Nile River.”’”
19 Then Jehovah sei lo Moses: “Sei olsem lo Aaron, ‘Tekem walking stik blo iu and liftimap hand blo iu ovarem olketa wata lo Egypt, ovarem olketa river, olketa canal,* olketa swamp, and olketa lake mekem olketa change lo blood.’ And evri wata lo land lo Egypt, nomata wata insaed olketa wooden container and olketa ston container tu change lo blood.”
20 Semtaem nomoa Moses and Aaron duim evri samting wea Jehovah komandim. Hem liftimap walking stik blo hem and whipim wata lo Nile River front lo Pharaoh and olketa servant blo hem, and evri wata insaed datfala river hem change lo blood.
21 And evri fish insaed datfala river dae, and river hia start for smel nogud tumas. Olketa Egyptian no savve drinkim wata from Nile River, and evri wata lo land lo Egypt change lo blood.
22 Bat olketa priest blo Egypt iusim magic blo olketa for duim sem samting tu, so heart blo Pharaoh gohed for bighed, and hem no lisin lo Moses and Aaron, olsem Jehovah talem finis.
23 Then Pharaoh go bak lo haos blo hem, and hem nating warim nomoa olketa samting wea happen.
24 So evri Egyptian go digim evri ples saed lo Nile River for wata for drink bikos olketa no savve drinkim wata lo Nile River.
25 And Jehovah mekem wata lo Nile River for change lo blood for sevenfala day.
Olketa footnote
^ Heb., “mekem iu God.”
^ Heb., “putim hand.”
^ Heb., “army blo mi.”
^ Diswan hem olketa canal wea kam from Nile River.
