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Bwana akamwambia Musa, Angalia, nimekufanya wewe kuwa kama Mungu kwa Farao; na huyo ndugu yako Haruni atakuwa nabii wako.
The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
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Utanena hayo yote nikuagizayo; na ndugu yako Haruni atanena na Farao, ili awape wana wa Israeli ruhusa watoke nchi yake.
You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.
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Nami nitaufanya mgumu moyo wa Farao, nami nitazifanya kuwa nyingi ishara zangu na ajabu zangu katika nchi ya Misri.
But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
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Lakini Farao hatawasikiza ninyi, nami nitaweka mkono wangu juu ya Misri, na kuyatoa majeshi yangu, watu wangu, hao wana wa Israeli, watoke nchi ya Misri kwa hukumu zilizo kuu.
Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
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Na Wamisri watajua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana, hapo nitakapounyosha mkono wangu juu ya Misri na kuwatoa wana wa Israeli watoke kati yao.
And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
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Musa na Haruni wakafanya vivyo; kama Bwana alivyowaambia, ndivyo walivyofanya.
So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.
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Huyo Musa alikuwa ni mtu wa miaka themanini umri wake, na Haruni alikuwa ni mtu wa miaka themanini na mitatu, hapo waliponena na Farao.
Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
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Bwana akanena na Musa na Haruni, akawaambia,
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
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Farao atakaponena nanyi, na kuwaambia, Jifanyieni miujiza; ndipo utakapomwambia Haruni, Shika fimbo yako, uibwage chini mbele ya Farao, ili iwe nyoka.
“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
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Basi Musa na Haruni wakaingia kwa Farao, wakafanya vivyo kama Bwana alivyowaambia; Haruni akaibwaga fimbo yake chini mbele ya Farao, mbele ya watumishi wake, ikawa nyoka.
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
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Ndipo Farao naye akawaita wenye akili na wachawi; na hao waganga wa Misri wakafanya vivyo kwa uganga wao.
But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
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Wakabwaga chini kila mtu fimbo yake, nazo zikawa nyoka; lakini fimbo ya Haruni ikazimeza fimbo zao.
Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
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Moyo wa Farao ukawa ni mgumu asiwasikize; kama Bwana alivyonena.
Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
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Bwana akamwambia Musa, Moyo wa Farao ni mzito, anakataa kuwapa watu ruhusa waende zao.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
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Mwendee Farao asubuhi; tazama, atoka kwenda majini; nawe simama karibu na ufuo wa mto ili upate kuonana naye; na ile fimbo iliyogeuzwa kuwa nyoka utaichukua mkononi mwako.
Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
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Nawe umwambie, Bwana, Mungu wa Waebrania, amenituma nije kwako, kusema, Wape watu wangu ruhusa, ili wapate kunitumikia jangwani; nawe, tazama! Hujasikia hata sasa.
Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.
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Bwana asema, Katika jambo hili utanijua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana; tazama, nitayapiga haya maji yaliyo mtoni kwa fimbo hii niliyo nayo mkononi mwangu, nayo yatageuzwa kuwa damu.
This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
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Na hao samaki walio mtoni watakufa, na huo mto utatoa uvundo; nao Wamisri watachukizwa kuyanywa maji ya mtoni.
The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”
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Bwana akamwambia Musa, Mwambie Haruni, Shika fimbo yako, kaunyoshe mkono wako juu ya maji ya Misri, juu ya mito yao, juu ya vijito vyao, na juu ya maziwa ya maji yao, na juu ya visima vyao vyote vya maji, ili yageuke kuwa damu, nako kutakuwa na damu katika nchi yote ya Misri, katika vyombo vya mti, na katika vyombo vya jiwe.
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
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Musa na Haruni wakafanya hivyo, kama Bwana alivyowaambia; naye akaiinua ile fimbo, na kuyapiga maji yaliyokuwa mtoni, mbele ya Farao, mbele ya watumishi wake; na hayo maji yote yaliyokuwa katika mto yakageuzwa kuwa damu.
Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.
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Hao samaki waliokuwa mtoni nao wakafa; na ule mto ukatoa uvundo, Wamisri wasipate kunywa maji ya mtoni; na ile damu ilikuwa katika nchi yote na Misri.
The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
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Lakini waganga wa Misri wakafanya mfano wa hayo kwa uganga wao; na moyo wake Farao ukawa mgumu, wala hakuwasikiza, kama Bwana alivyonena.
But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
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Farao akazunguka na kuingia nyumbani mwake, wala hata hilo hakuliweka moyoni.
Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.
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Wamisri wote wakachimba-chimba kando ya mto ili wapate maji ya kunywa; maana, hawakuweza kuyanywa yale maji ya mtoni.
So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.
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Zikatimia siku saba, baada ya Bwana kuupiga ule mto.</p>
And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.