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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Un avertissement au bord du fleuve
A warning at the river
French
Moïse et Aaron représentaient les Israélites auprès de Pharaon, le roi d’Égypte. Dieu a constaté l’obstination du roi, qui refusait de libérer le peuple, et a demandé à Moïse de le rencontrer le lendemain matin sur la rive du fleuve. Il devait emporter le bâton qui s’était changé en serpent.
English translation
Moses and Aaron represented the Israelites before Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. God had seen the king’s stubbornness and his refusal to free the people, and he asked Moses to meet him the next morning on the riverbank. Moses was to bring the staff that had turned into a snake.
French
Moïse transmettrait la demande du Seigneur, Dieu des Hébreux : laisser son peuple partir le servir au désert. Pour lui faire reconnaître sa puissance, Dieu frapperait les eaux du fleuve par le bâton ; elles deviendraient du sang, les poissons mourraient et l’eau serait infecte.
English translation
Moses was to relay a request from the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: that the king let his people go so they could serve God in the wilderness. To make the king recognize God’s power, God would strike the river’s waters with the staff; they would turn to blood, the fish would die, and the water would become foul.
French
Moïse devait aussi dire à Aaron de tendre son propre bâton sur les rivières, les canaux, les bassins et les étangs. Toute l’Égypte serait remplie de sang, jusque dans les récipients de bois et de pierre.
English translation
Moses was also to tell Aaron to stretch out his own staff over the rivers, canals, pools, and ponds. All of Egypt would be filled with blood, even the containers made of wood and stone.
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