Moses Announces the Death of the First-Born
1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will send only one more punishment on the king of Egypt and his people. After that he will let you leave. In fact, he will drive all of you out of here. 2 Now speak to the people of Israel and tell all of them to ask their neighbors for gold and silver jewelry.” 3 The Lord made the Egyptians respect the Israelites. Indeed, the officials and all the people considered Moses to be a very great man.
4 Moses then said to the king, “The Lord says, ‘At about midnight I will go through Egypt, 5 and every first-born son in Egypt will die, from the king's son, who is heir to the throne, to the son of the slave woman who grinds grain. The first-born of all the cattle will die also. 6 There will be loud crying all over Egypt, such as there has never been before or ever will be again. 7 But not even a dog will bark at the Israelites or their animals. Then you will know that I, the Lord, make a distinction between the Egyptians and the Israelites.’” 8 Moses concluded by saying, “All your officials will come to me and bow down before me, and they will beg me to take all my people and go away. After that, I will leave.” Then in great anger Moses left the king.
9 The Lord had said to Moses, “The king will continue to refuse to listen to you, in order that I may do more of my miracles in Egypt.” 10 Moses and Aaron performed all these miracles before the king, but the Lord made him stubborn, and he would not let the Israelites leave his country.
Eso lyiisheeli
1 Omuwa okwa lombwele Moses a ti: “Otandi tumu owala egeelo limwe komukwaniilwa gwaEgipiti naantu ye. Nena ote mu laleke mu ye. Nokuli ote ke mu tidha mo moshilongo. 2 Ngashingeyi lombwela Aaisraeli, ya lombwelathane ayeheyehe to ti naa hehele kaashiinda yawo iinima yiingoli noyiisiliveli.” 3 Omuwa okwa simanekitha Aaisraeli kAayegipiti. Eeno, nomalenga go gene wo naantu ayehe oya simaneke Moses omuntu omunene.
4 Moses okwa ti komukwaniilwa: “Omuwa ota ti: ‘Pokati kuusiku otandi taakana Egipiti, 5 nomumati kehe osheeli muEgipiti ota ka sa, okuza kosheeli shomukwaniilwa, ngoka te mu landula muukwaniilwa, sigo okosheeli shomukulukadhi omupika, ngoka ha tsu koshini. Iisheeli ayihe yiimuna wo oyi na okusa. 6 MuEgipiti otamu ka kala elilagano enene, noshinima shika inashi kala mo nale noitashi ka kala mo we. 7 Ihe kape na nokuli ombwa tayi ka gwedha Aaisraeli nenge iimuna yawo. Nena otamu ka tseya kutya ngame Omuwa tandi ningi eyooloko pokati kAayegipiti nokAaisraeli.’ ” 8 Moses okwa tsikile ko ta ti: “Omalenga goye agehe otage ke ya kungame e tagi inyongamene kungame nokwiindila ndje, ndi kuthe po aantu yandje ayehe, ndi ze po ndi ye. Konima yaambika otandi ka ya.” Nena Moses okwa zi po pomukwaniilwa a geya omulilo gwowala.
9 Omuwa okwa lombwele Moses e ta ti: “Omukwaniilwa ota ka tinda oku mu pulakena, opo ndi longe iinyengandunge iinene muEgipiti.” 10 Moses naAaron oya tsakanitha iinyengandunge mbika ayihe koshipala shomukwaniilwa, ihe Omuwa okwa kukutike omwenyo gwe, noina laleka Aaisraeli ya ze mo moshilongo she.
