普渡哥带你读英文圣经旧约----第61天

普渡哥

圣经是世界上发行量最大的一本书，也是近代欧美文化的起源。对于一个准备出国的人，或者喜欢读书的人，读一读真的有好处。很多很有用的道理，能帮助我们更好地生活。
从今天起，普渡哥陪大家一起来读圣经，希望大家跟帖发表意见。
圣经人物和故事在欧美家喻户晓，所以这些都可以是写作文很好的题材。
那我们就从今天开始吧，美国的6月1号。


从今天我们开始读旧约，欢迎大家踊跃讨论和发问。

EXODUS 11


The Plague on the Firstborn

11 Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely. 2 Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.” 3 (TheLord made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.)

4 So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. 5 Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well.6 There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again.7 But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you will know that theLord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. 8 All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.” Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.

9 The Lord had said to Moses, “Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you—so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt.” 10 Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lordhardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country.

普渡哥

耶和华给埃及法老的惩罚越来越重，意要让法老放以色列人出埃及。但是法老还是不愿意妥协，最后上帝赐下这个惩罚，灭绝埃及所有头生的婴孩。

LilyMM

plague
瘟疫 n.
1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
3. a swarm of insects that attack plants
a plague of grasshoppers
4. any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
5. an annoyance
those children are a damn plague
v.
1. cause to suffer a blight
2. annoy continually or chronically


drive you out
驱逐你们


distinction
honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction>
Example sentences on this page (1)
’ Then you will know that theLord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

refuse
anything discarded or rejected as worthless; trash>
Example sentences on this page (1)
9 The Lord had said to Moses, “Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you—so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt.

LilyMM

击杀长子是耶和华神赐给以色列民族非常大的一个神迹，也是以色列民族逾越节的由来。

普渡哥

LilyMM 发表于 2013-5-14 16:29
击杀长子是耶和华神赐给以色列民族非常大的一个神迹，也是以色列民族逾越节的由来。 ...

是啊，这个惩罚对埃及也是致命一击，比前面的都要重。