Exodus 9

Pestilence, boils and hail

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Ex 9:1Dīxit autem Dominus ad Moysēn: Ingredere ad Pharaōnem, et loquere ad eum: Haec dīcit Dominus Deus Hebraeōrum: Dīmitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi.And the Lord said to Moses: "Go in to Pharaoh, and speak to him: 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go so that it may sacrifice to me. Ex 9:2Quod sī adhūc renuis, et retinēs eōs, ecce manus mea erit super agrōs tuōs, et super equōs, et asinōs, et camēlōs, et bovēs, et ovēs, pestis valdē gravis.But if you still refuse, and hold them back, look, my hand will be upon your fields, and upon the horses, and the asses, and the camels, and the oxen, and the sheep, a very grievous plague. Ex 9:4Et faciet Dominus mīrābile inter possessiōnēs Isrāël et possessiōnēs Aegyptiōrum, ut nihil omnīnō pereat ex eīs quae pertinent ad fīliōs Isrāël.And the Lord will make a wonderful distinction between the possessions of Israel and the possessions of the Egyptians, so that nothing at all may perish of the things which belong to the sons of Israel.'" Ex 9:5Cōnstituitque Dominus tempus, dīcēns: Crās faciet Dominus verbum istud in terrā.And the Lord fixed a time, saying: "Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land."

Ex 9:6Fēcit ergō Dominus verbum hoc alterā diē: mortuaque sunt omnia animantia Aegyptiōrum;So the Lord did this thing on the next day: and all the living creatures of the Egyptians died; Ex 9:6Dē animālibus vērō fīliōrum Isrāël, nihil omnīnō periit.but of the animals of the sons of Israel, nothing at all perished. Ex 9:7Et mīsit Pharaō ad videndum: nec erat quidquam mortuum dē hīs quae possidēbat Isrāël.And Pharaoh sent to see: nor was anything dead of those which Israel possessed. Ex 9:7Ingravātumque est cor Pharaōnis, et nōn dīmīsit populum.And the heart of Pharaoh was made heavy, and he did not let the people go. Ex 9:8Et dīxit Dominus ad Moysēn et Aarōn: Tollite plēnās manūs cineris dē camīnō, et spargat illum Mōysēs in caelum cōram Pharaōne.And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: "Take full hands of ash from the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it into the sky before Pharaoh. Ex 9:9Sitque pulvis super omnem terram Aegyptī: erunt enim in hominibus et jūmentīs ulcera, et vēsīcae turgentēs in ūniversā terrā Aegyptī.And let it be dust upon all the land of Egypt: for there will be on men and beasts sores, and swelling blisters, in all the land of Egypt."

Ex 9:10Tulēruntque cinerem dē camīnō, et stetērunt cōram Pharaōne, et sparsit illum Mōysēs in caelum: factaque sunt ulcera vēsīcārum turgentium in hominibus et jūmentīs: nec poterant maleficī stāre cōram Mōyse propter ulcera quae in illīs erant, et in omnī terrā Aegyptī.And they took ash from the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it into the sky: and there came to be sores of swelling blisters on men and beasts: nor could the sorcerers stand before Moses because of the sores which were on them, and in all the land of Egypt. Ex 9:12Indūrāvitque Dominus cor Pharaōnis, et nōn audīvit eōs, sīcut locūtus est Dominus ad Moysēn.And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not hear them, as the Lord had spoken to Moses. Ex 9:13Dīxitque Dominus ad Moysēn: Māne cōnsurge, et stā cōram Pharaōne, et dīcēs ad eum: Haec dīcit Dominus Deus Hebraeōrum: Dīmitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi.And the Lord said to Moses: "Rise in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and you will say to him: 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go so that it may sacrifice to me.

Ex 9:14Quia in hāc vice mittam omnēs plagās meās super cor tuum, et super servōs tuōs, et super populum tuum: ut sciās quod nōn sit similis meī in omnī terrā.For at this time I will send all my plagues upon your heart, and upon your servants, and upon your people: so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. Ex 9:15Nunc enim extendēns manum percutiam tē, et populum tuum peste, perībisque dē terrā.For now, stretching out my hand, I will strike you, and your people, with plague, and you will perish from the earth. Ex 9:16Idcircō autem posuī tē, ut ostendam in tē fortitūdinem meam, et narrētur nōmen meum in omnī terrā.But for this reason I have set you up, to show my strength in you, and that my name may be told in all the earth. Ex 9:17Adhūc retinēs populum meum, et nōn vīs dīmittere eum?Do you still hold back my people, and not want to let it go? Ex 9:18Ēn pluam crās hāc ipsā hōrā grandinem multam nimis, quālis nōn fuit in Aegyptō ā diē quā fundāta est, ūsque in praesēns tempus.Look, I will rain tomorrow, at this very hour, very much hail, such as has not been in Egypt from the day on which it was founded, up to the present time.

Ex 9:19Mitte ergō jam nunc, et congregā jūmenta tua, et omnia quae habēs in agrō: hominēs enim, et jūmenta, et ūniversa quae inventa fuerint forīs, nec congregāta dē agrīs, cecideritque super ea grandō, morientur.Send therefore right now, and gather your beasts, and all that you have in the field: for men, and beasts, and all things which are found outside, and not gathered from the fields, if the hail falls upon them, will die.'" Ex 9:20Quī timuit verbum Dominī dē servīs Pharaōnis, facit cōnfugere servōs suōs et jūmenta in domōs: quī autem neglēxit sermōnem Dominī, dīmīsit servōs suōs et jūmenta in agrīs.He of the servants of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord made his servants and beasts flee into the houses: but he who disregarded the speech of the Lord left his servants and beasts in the fields. Ex 9:22Et dīxit Dominus ad Moysēn: Extende manum tuam in caelum, ut fīat grandō in ūniversā terrā Aegyptī super hominēs, et super jūmenta, et super omnem herbam agrī in terrā Aegyptī.And the Lord said to Moses: "Stretch out your hand into the sky, so that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt upon men, and upon beasts, and upon every plant of the field in the land of Egypt."

Ex 9:23Extenditque Mōysēs virgam in caelum, et Dominus dedit tonitrua, et grandinem, ac discurrentia fulgura super terram: pluitque Dominus grandinem super terram Aegyptī.And Moses stretched out his rod into the sky, and the Lord gave thunders, and hail, and lightnings running about over the land: and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. Ex 9:24Et grandō et ignis mista pariter ferēbantur: tantaeque fuit magnitūdinis, quanta ante numquam appāruit in ūniversā terrā Aegyptī ex quō gēns illa condita est.And hail and fire mixed together were borne along: and it was of such great size as never before appeared in all the land of Egypt since that nation was founded. Ex 9:25Et percussit grandō in omnī terrā Aegyptī cūncta quae fuērunt in agrīs, ab homine ūsque ad jūmentum: cūnctamque herbam agrī percussit grandō, et omne lignum regiōnis cōnfrēgit.And the hail struck in all the land of Egypt all things that were in the fields, from man to beast: and the hail struck every plant of the field, and broke every tree of the region. Ex 9:26Tantum in terrā Gessen, ubi erant fīliī Isrāël, grandō nōn cecidit.Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, the hail did not fall.

Ex 9:27Mīsitque Pharaō, et vocāvit Moysēn et Aarōn, dīcēns ad eōs: Peccāvī etiam nunc: Dominus jūstus;And Pharaoh sent, and called Moses and Aaron, saying to them: "I have sinned this time too: the Lord is just; Ex 9:27Ego et populus meus, impiī.I and my people are wicked. Ex 9:28Ōrāte Dominum ut dēsinant tonitrua Deī, et grandō: ut dīmittam vōs, et nēquāquam hīc ultrā maneātis.Pray to the Lord that the thunders of God, and the hail, may cease: so that I may let you go, and you may by no means stay here any longer." Ex 9:29Ait Mōysēs: Cum ēgressus fuerō dē urbe, extendam palmās meās ad Dominum, et cessābunt tonitrua, et grandō nōn erit, ut sciās quia Dominī est terra: nōvī autem quod et tū et servī tuī necdum timeātis Dominum Deum.Moses said: "When I have gone out of the city, I will stretch out my palms to the Lord, and the thunders will stop, and the hail will not be, so that you may know that the earth is the Lord's: but I know that both you and your servants do not yet fear the Lord God."

Ex 9:31Līnum ergō et hordeum laesum est, eō quod hordeum esset virēns, et līnum jam folliculōs germināret: trīticum autem et fār nōn sunt laesa, quia sērōtina erant.So the flax and the barley were damaged, because the barley was green, and the flax was already putting out its pods: but the wheat and the spelt were not damaged, because they were late. Ex 9:33Ēgressusque Mōysēs ā Pharaōne ex urbe, tetendit manūs ad Dominum: et cessāvērunt tonitrua et grandō, nec ultrā stillāvit pluvia super terram.And Moses, having gone out from Pharaoh out of the city, stretched out his hands to the Lord: and the thunders and the hail ceased, nor did rain drip any longer upon the land. Ex 9:34Vidēns autem Pharaō quod cessāsset pluvia, et grandō, et tonitrua, auxit peccātum: et ingravātum est cor ejus, et servōrum illīus, et indūrātum nimis: nec dīmīsit fīliōs Isrāël, sīcut praecēperat Dominus per manum Mōysī.But Pharaoh, seeing that the rain had ceased, and the hail, and the thunders, increased his sin: and his heart was made heavy, and that of his servants, and it was hardened exceedingly: nor did he let the sons of Israel go, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.

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dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus	say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
autem, conj.	moreover; but, however; now
dominus, -ī m.	master, owner
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
ingredior, -ī, ingressus sum	go into, enter
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
loquor, loquī, locūtus	speak
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
deus, -ī, m.	god
dīmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus	send different ways, send forth or away, despatch; let slip, lose
populus, -ī m.	people, nation
meus, -a, -um	my, mine
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as
sacrificō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	sacrifice
ego, meī, pers. pron.	I
quod, conj.	that, in that, because
sī, conj.	if
adhūc, adv.	to this point, up to this time, yet, still
renuō, -ere, -nuī	refuse, decline, reject (with a shake of the head)
retineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentus	hold or keep back, keep, restrain; hold fast
ecce (interj.)	look! see! here is
manus, -ūs, f.	hand
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)	over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
ager, agri, m.	field, land
tuus, -a, -um	thy, thine, your
equus, -ī, m.	horse
asinus, -ī m.	ass, donkey; (as an insult) dolt
camēlus, -ī m.	camel
bōs, bovis, gen. plur. boum, dat. and abl. plur. bōbus, m. and f.	ox, bull, cow
ovis, -is, f.	sheep
pestis, -is f.	plague, pest; ruin, destruction
valdē, adv.	very, greatly
gravis, -e	heavy; severe, grievous, serious
faciō, facere, fēcī, factus	make, do; iter facere, see iter
mīrābilis, -e	wonderful, marvellous
inter, prep, with acc.	among, between
possessiō, -ōnis f.	property, possession
nihil, n., indecl.	nothing
omnīnō, adv.	altogether, wholly, entirely
pereō, -īre, -ii, -itūrus	pass away, perish
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)	out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
pertineō, -ēre, -uī	extend, reach; tend toward, concern
fīlius, -ī, m.	son
cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus	set together or up; appoint; determine
que, enclitic conj.	and
tempus, temporis, n.	time, season
crās, adv.	tomorrow
verbum, -ī, n.	word
iste, ista, istud, dem. pron.	that of yours, that
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
terra, -ae, f.	land, earth
ergō (adv.)	therefore, then; quid ergō? what then?
alter, -era, -erum	one or the other (of two); another, second
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.	day
morior, morī, mortuus	die
omnis, -e	all, every
animāns, -antis m., f. and n.	living being, creature, animal
dē, prep, with abl.	down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
animal, -ālis n.	living creature, animal
vērō, adv.	in truth, indeed; however
mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus	send
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus	see; pass., seem
neque or nec, conj.	and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
quisquam, quicquam, indef. pron.	any one, anything
mortuus, -a, -um	dead
possideō, -sidēre, -sēdī, -sessus	hold, possess
ingravō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	weigh down; make worse, aggravate; (of the heart) harden
cor, cordis n.	heart
nōn, adv.	not
tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātus	lift, raise; take away, remove; ancorās tollere, to weigh anchor
plēnus, -a, -um	full
cinis, cineris m.	ashes
camīnus, -ī m.	forge, furnace
spargō, spargere, sparsī, sparsus	scatter, sprinkle
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
caelum, -ī, n.	heaven, sky
cōram (adv.)	face to face, in person
pulvis, -eris m.	dust
enim, conj.	for
homō, hominis, m.	man
iūmentum, -ī n.	pack animal, beast of burden
ulcus, -eris n.	sore, ulcer, boil
vēsīca, -ae f.	bladder; blister
turgeō, -ēre, tursī	swell, be swollen
ūniversus, -a, -um	all together, whole, entire, all
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus	bear, bring
stō, stāre, stetī, status	stand
possum, posse, potuī	be able, have power, can
maleficus, -a, -um	wicked, criminal; as a noun, evil-doer
propter, prep. with acc.	on account of, because of
indūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	make hard, harden
audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	hear; listen or attend to
sīcut (conj.)	just as
māne, adv.	in the morning, early in the morning
cōnsurgō, -ere, -surrēxī, -surrēctus	rise together, stand up
quia (conj.)	because
vicis (gen.), vicem f.	change, turn; in vicem: in turn
plāga, -ae f.	blow, wound; affliction, illness
servus, -ī, m.	slave, servant
sciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	know
similis, -e	like, similar (vērī similis: likely)
nunc, adv.	now
extendō, -ere, -tendī, -tentum	stretch out, extend
percutiō, -cutere, -cussī, -cussus	strike through, strike
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
idcircō (adv.)	for that reason
pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus	place, put; pōnī with in and abl., to be placed in, rest or depend on
ostendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentus	stretch out before, show, explain
fortitūdō, -inis f.	bravery
narrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	tell, relate, narrate
nōmen, -minis, n.	name (that by which one is known)
volō, velle, voluī	wish
ēn (interj.)	look! see! there!
pluō, -ere, pluī	rain; make it rain
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.	self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
hōra, -ae, f.	hour
grandō, -inis f.	hail
multus, -a, -um	much, great; plur., many
nimis (adv.)	too much, too
quālis, -e	of what sort? what kind of?
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)	away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
fundō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	lay the foundations of, found, establish
ūsque, adv.	all the time; ūsque ad, as far as, until; quō ūsque, see quō
praesēns, -sentis, adj.	present, immediate, imminent
iam, adv.	now, already
congregō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	gather together, assemble; pass. flock together
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus	have, hold; consider
inveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus	come upon, find
forīs, adv.	out of doors, without
cadō, cadere, cecidī, cāsūrus	fall
timeō, -ēre, -uī	fear
cōnfugiō, -fugere, -fūgī	flee for refuge
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
domus, -ūs, f.	house, home
neglegō, -legere, -lēxī, -lēctus	disregard, neglect
sermō, -ōnis, m.	conversation, talk, speech
fīō, fierī, factus sum	be done or made, become, happen
herba, -ae, f.	herb, plant
virga, -ae f.	rod, stick, staff
dō, dare, dedī, datus	give
tonitruum, -ī n.	thunder, a clap of thunder
atque, ac (conj.)	and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
discurrō, -ere, -currī, -cursum	run in different directions, scatter
fulgur, -uris n.	lightning, flash of lightning
ignis, -is, m.	fire
misceō, miscēre, miscuī, mīxtus	mix, mingle
pariter (adv.)	equally, alike; at the same time
tantus, -a, -um	so great or much
magnitūdō, -tūdinis, f.	greatness, size
quantus, -a, -um	how great or much?
ante, prep, with acc. and adv.	before
numquam, adv.	never
appāreō, -ēre, -uī, -itum	appear, come into view, show oneself
gēns, gentis, f.	race, nation
condō, -dere, -didī, -ditus	put together, found; store away
cūnctus, -a, -um	all, the whole
lignum, -ī, n.	wood
regiō, -ōnis, f.	direction; country, region
cōnfringō, -fringere, -frēgī, -frāctus	break in pieces, shatter
tantum, adv.	so much or far, only
ubi, adv.	where; conj., when
vocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	call, summon
peccō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	do wrong
etiam, adv.	and now, also, too, even
iūstus, -a, -um	just
impius, -a, -um	wicked, impious
ōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	speak; beg, pray
dēsinō, -sinere, -siī, -situs	stop, cease (+ inf.)
vōs	plur. of tū
nēquāquam (adv.)	by no means, not at all
hīc, adv.	here; hereupon
ultrā (prep. + acc.)	beyond
maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsus	remain
āiō (defective)	say, affirm; ut aiunt: as they say
cum, conj.	when, while, after; since; although
ēgredior, -gredī, -gressus	go out or forth, go ashore, disembark
urbs, urbis, f.	city
palma, -ae f.	palm of the hand; flat spreading branch
cessō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	stop, cease, rest; be idle
nōscō, -ere, nōvī, nōtum	get to know (perf. nōvī: know)
necdum (adv.)	and not yet, not yet
līnum, -ī n.	flax, linen
hordeum, -ī n.	barley
laedō, -ere, laesī, laesus	hurt, injure; break (an oath)
eō (adv.)	to that place, thither; to that point (usque eō); (with comparatives) by so much, all the (more)
vireō, -ēre, -uī	be green, flourish
folliculus, -ī m.	small bag; pod, husk, seed capsule
germinō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	sprout, put forth shoots
trīticum, -ī n.	wheat
fār, farris, n.	grain; meal
sērōtinus, -a, -um	late, late-growing
tendō, -ere, tetendī, tentum	stretch out; hold out
stillō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	drip, fall in drops; let fall in drops, distil
pluvia, -ae f.	rain
augeō, -ēre, auxī, auctum	increase, enlarge
peccātum, -ī n.	fault, sin
praecipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus	take beforehand, anticipate; order, charge
per, prep, with ace.	through, by means of

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