8:1The Lord also said to Moses: "Go in to Pharaoh, and you will say to him: 'Thus says the Lord: Let my people go, so that it may sacrifice to me: but if you refuse to let it go, look, I will strike all your borders with frogs, and the river will bubble up frogs: and they will come up, and go into your house, and the chamber of your bed, and upon your couch, and into the houses of your servants, and upon your people, and into your ovens, and into the remains of your food: and onto you, and onto your people, and onto all your servants the frogs will come in.'"
8:5And the Lord said to Moses: "Say to Aaron: 'Stretch out your hand over the rivers and over the streams and marshes, and bring out frogs upon the land of Egypt.'" 8:6And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 8:7But the sorcerers too did likewise through their incantations, and brought out frogs upon the land of Egypt. 8:8But Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said to them: "Pray to the Lord that he take away the frogs from me and from my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord." 8:9And Moses said to Pharaoh: "Fix for me when I am to pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs may be driven away from you, and from your house, and from your servants, and from your people: and may remain only in the river."
8:10He answered: "Tomorrow." 8:10But he: "According to your word," he said, "I will do: so that you may know that there is none like the Lord our God. 8:11And the frogs will withdraw from you, and from your house, and from your servants, and from your people: and they will remain only in the river." 8:12And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried to the Lord for the promise about the frogs which he had agreed with Pharaoh. 8:13And the Lord did according to the word of Moses: and the frogs died out of the houses, and out of the farms, and out of the fields. 8:14And they gathered them into huge heaps, and the land rotted.
8:15But Pharaoh, seeing that rest had been given, made his heart heavy, and did not hear them, as the Lord had commanded. 8:16And the Lord said to Moses: "Speak to Aaron: 'Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the earth: and let there be gnats in all the land of Egypt.'" 8:17And they did so. 8:17And Aaron stretched out his hand, holding the rod: and he struck the dust of the earth, and there came to be gnats on men, and on beasts: all the dust of the earth was turned into gnats through the whole land of Egypt. 8:18And the sorcerers did likewise with their incantations, to bring out gnats, and they could not: and there were gnats both on men and on beasts.
8:19And the sorcerers said to Pharaoh: "This is the finger of God"; 8:19and the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not hear them, as the Lord had commanded. 8:20The Lord also said to Moses: "Rise at first light, and stand before Pharaoh: for he will go out to the waters: and you will say to him: 'Thus says the Lord: Let my people go so that it may sacrifice to me. 8:21But if you do not let it go, look, I will send upon you, and upon your servants, and upon your people, and into your houses, every kind of flies: and the houses of the Egyptians will be filled with flies of diverse kind, and all the land in which they are.
8:22And I will make wonderful on that day the land of Goshen, in which my people is, so that there may be no flies there: and you will know that I am the Lord in the middle of the earth. 8:23And I will put a division between my people and your people: tomorrow this sign will be.'" 8:24And the Lord did so. 8:24And there came a very grievous fly into the houses of Pharaoh and of his servants, and into all the land of Egypt: and the land was spoilt by flies of this sort. 8:25And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said to them: "Go and sacrifice to your God in this land."
8:26And Moses said: "It cannot be done so: for we shall sacrifice the abominations of the Egyptians to the Lord our God: but if we slaughter the things which the Egyptians worship before them, they will overwhelm us with stones. 8:27A journey of three days we will go on into the wilderness: and we will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he has commanded us." 8:28And Pharaoh said: "I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the desert: but do not go away further: pray for me." 8:29And Moses said: "Having gone out from you, I will pray to the Lord: and the fly will withdraw from Pharaoh, and from his servants, and from his people tomorrow: but do not deceive any more, so as not to let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord."
8:30And Moses, having gone out from Pharaoh, prayed to the Lord. 8:31And he did according to his word, and took away the flies from Pharaoh, and from his servants, and from his people: there did not remain even one. 8:32And the heart of Pharaoh was made heavy, so that not even this time did he let the people go.