Exodus 8:1-32 show how God send plague of frogs, lice, and flies to test Pharaoh, but e still no wan gree.
1. Di Lord tell Moses, "Go meet Pharaoh and tell am say, ‘Di Lord say make you let my people go make dem fit serve me.’"
2. "If you refuse, I go send plenty frogs come cover your land."
3. "Di river go full with frogs, dem go enter your house, your bedroom, and even your bed."
4. "Dem go enter di houses of your servants, your people, and even inside your ovens and your dough."
5. "Di frogs go climb your body, di body of your people, and di body of your servants."
6. Di Lord tell Moses, "Tell Aaron make e stretch im hand with di rod over di rivers, di streams, and di ponds, and make e bring frogs over di land of Egypt."
7. Aaron stretch e hand over di waters of Egypt, and di frogs come out, come cover di whole land.
8. Di magicians do di same thing with their secret arts, dem bring more frogs come di land of Egypt.
9. Pharaoh call Moses and Aaron, e say, "Beg di Lord make e take away di frogs from me and my people, and I go let di people go make dem fit sacrifice to di Lord."
10. Moses tell Pharaoh, "Make you choose when I go beg for you, your servants, and your people, make di frogs waka from you and your houses, and remain only for di river."
11. Pharaoh say, "Tomorrow." Moses say, "E go be as you talk, so that you go know say nobody dey like di Lord our God."
12. "Di frogs go leave you, your houses, your servants, and your people, dem go remain only for di river."
13. Moses and Aaron comot from Pharaoh presence, Moses beg di Lord about di frogs wey e send against Pharaoh.
14. Di Lord do as Moses beg am. Di frogs die inside di houses, di compounds, and di fields.
15. Dem gather dem for heaps, di land begin smell bad.
16. But when Pharaoh see say relief don come, e harden e heart again, e no listen to Moses and Aaron, just as di Lord don talk.
17. Di Lord tell Moses, "Tell Aaron make e stretch e rod and strike di dust of di earth, make e turn to lice all over Egypt."
18. Aaron stretch e hand with di rod and strike di dust, and lice cover man and beast. All di dust of di land turn to lice all over Egypt.
19. Di magicians try do di same thing with their secret arts, but dem no fit bring lice. So di lice cover man and beast.
20. Di magicians tell Pharaoh, "This one na di hand of God!" But Pharaoh heart still strong, e no gree, just as di Lord don talk.
21. Di Lord tell Moses, "Wake up early morning, go meet Pharaoh as e dey go river. Tell am, ‘Di Lord say make you let my people go make dem fit serve me.’"
22. "If you no let dem go, I go send swarm of flies come over you, your servants, your people, and your houses."
23. "Di houses of Egypt go full with flies, even di ground wey dem stand on."
24. "But for di land of Goshen where my people dey, no fly go dey there, so that you go know say I be di Lord for di middle of di earth."
25. "I go separate my people from your people. This sign go happen tomorrow."
26. Di Lord do as e talk, swarm of flies enter Pharaoh house, e cover di whole land of Egypt till everywhere spoil.
27. Pharaoh call Moses and Aaron, e say, "Go sacrifice to your God, but do am for inside di land."
28. Moses say, "E no go good say we sacrifice di things wey Egyptians dey respect. If we do am, dem fit stone us."
29. "We go go far distance for di wilderness go sacrifice to di Lord our God, as e tell us."
30. Pharaoh say, "I go let you go sacrifice to di Lord your God for di wilderness, but make you no go too far. Pray for me."
31. Moses say, "Once I commot from here, I go beg di Lord make e remove di flies from Pharaoh, e servants, and e people tomorrow. But make Pharaoh no deceive us again by refusing to let di people go sacrifice to di Lord."
32. But Pharaoh still harden e heart dis time again, e no let di people go.
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