Exodus 7:1-25 show how God use Moses and Aaron bring plagues on Egypt, but Pharaoh still no wan gree let Israel go.
1. Di Lord talk to Moses, "I go make you be god to Pharaoh, and Aaron, your brother, go be your prophet."
2. "You go tell Pharaoh everything I tell you, and Aaron go talk di same thing to Pharaoh, make e free di Israelites from his land."
3. "But I go harden Pharaoh heart, and I go multiply my signs and wonders for Egypt."
4. "Pharaoh no go listen to you, but I go stretch out my hand over Egypt, I go bring out my armies, di Israelites, from Egypt with great judgments."
5. "Di Egyptians go know say I be di Lord when I stretch out my hand over Egypt and bring out di Israelites from among them."
6. Moses and Aaron do wetin di Lord tell dem, dey do di same thing as God command am.
7. Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8. Di Lord tell Moses and Aaron,
9. "When Pharaoh talk say, ‘Do one miracle,’ make Aaron take di rod and throw am before Pharaoh, make di rod turn to serpent."
10. Moses and Aaron go to Pharaoh, dem do di miracle wey di Lord command. Aaron throw di rod before Pharaoh, and e turn to serpent.
11. Pharaoh call for his magicians and sorcerers, and dem do di same with their secret arts.
12. Each man throw him rod, and di rods turn to serpents. But Aaron's rod swallow their rods.
13. Pharaoh heart still hard, e no listen to dem, just as di Lord talk.
14. Di Lord tell Moses, "Pharaoh heart hard. E no go listen to you. Make you go meet am in di morning. When e go to di water, stand by di riverbank and take di rod wey turn to serpent in your hand."
15. "Say to Pharaoh, ‘The Lord, di God of di Hebrews, say: Let my people go, so dem fit serve me in di wilderness. But if you no go let dem go, I go strike di water of Egypt with di rod in my hand, and di river go turn to blood.’"
16. "Di fish in di river go die, di river go stink, and Egyptians no go drink di water of di river."
17. Moses and Aaron go do as di Lord command. He raise di rod and struck di waters of Egypt, and di river turned to blood.
18. Di fish in di river died, and di river stink, and di Egyptians could not drink di water from di river. And di blood was everywhere in Egypt.
19. Di magicians of Egypt did di same with their secret arts, and Pharaoh's heart was hard. E would not listen to them, just as di Lord had said.
20. Pharaoh turned and went back to his palace, and e didn’t take di matter to heart.
21. Di Egyptians dug around di river for water to drink, because they couldn’t drink di water of di river.
22. Seven days after di Lord struck di river,
23. Di Lord tell Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, tell am di Lord say: Let my people go, so dem fit serve me."
24. "If you refuse to let dem go, I go bring frogs over di land of Egypt."
25. "Di frogs go cover di land, and e go jump into your house, into your bed, and even into di houses of your servants and your people. Frogs go jump inside your ovens and your kneading bowls."
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