Russian · Intermediate
Adapted from Moses and the Exodus
Moses confronts Pharaoh, the plagues strike Egypt, the Israelites leave slavery, and the sea opens before them.
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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Моисей и Аарон выступали перед фараоном, царём Египта, от имени израильтян. Но фараон по-прежнему не соглашался отпустить народ.
Moses and Aaron spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, on behalf of the Israelites. But Pharaoh still refused to let the people go.
Бог сказал Моисею: — Фараон упрям и не хочет вас отпускать. Утром он выйдет к воде. Встреть его на берегу реки и возьми с собой посох, который превращался в змею. Передай ему: «Господь, Бог евреев, послал меня сказать тебе: отпусти мой народ, чтобы он служил мне в пустыне. До сих пор ты не слушал».
God said to Moses: “Pharaoh is stubborn and refuses to let you go. In the morning he will go out to the water. Meet him on the riverbank and take with you the staff that turned into a snake. Tell him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me with these words from him: Let my people go so that they may serve me in the wilderness. You have not listened to me so far.’”
Моисей должен был предупредить фараона о том, что произойдёт. Бог велел передать, что вода в реке превратится в кровь после удара посохом. Рыба погибнет, от реки пойдёт страшный запах, и египтянам станет противно пить её воду. Так фараон узнает, что Бог — Господь.
Moses was to warn Pharaoh what would happen. God told him to say that the water in the river would turn to blood when struck with the staff. The fish would die, the river would stink terribly, and the Egyptians would find its water disgusting to drink. Then Pharaoh would know that God is the Lord.
Затем Бог велел Моисею сказать Аарону, чтобы тот взял свой посох и протянул руку над всеми водами Египта: реками, ручьями, озёрами и остальными водоёмами. Вода должна была превратиться в кровь по всей стране, даже в деревянных и каменных сосудах.
Then God told Moses to tell Aaron to take his staff and stretch out his hand over all the waters of Egypt: the rivers, streams, lakes, and other bodies of water. The water was to turn to blood throughout the country, even in wooden and stone vessels.
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