8.耶和華曉諭摩西、亞倫說:
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
9.「法老若對你們說:『你們行件奇事吧!』你就吩咐亞倫說:『把杖丟在法老面前,使杖變作蛇。』」
「When Pharaoh says to you, 『Perform a miracle,』 then say to Aaron, 『Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,』 and it will become a snake.」
10.摩西、亞倫進去見法老,就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫把杖丟在法老和臣僕面前,杖就變作蛇。
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake.
11.於是法老召了博士和術士來;他們是埃及行法術的,也用邪術照樣而行。
Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts:
12.他們各人丟下自己的杖,杖就變作蛇;但亞倫的杖吞了他們的杖。
Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.