He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;

他说一声，就有蝗虫蚂蚱上来，不计其数，

他一吩咐，就有蝗虫蝻子上来，不计其数，

他一吩咐，就有蝗虫蝻子上来，不计其数，

祂一发声，就飞来无数蝗虫和蚂蚱，

他一发命令，蝗虫就来，蚱蜢也来，多得无法数算，

他一发话，蝗虫和蚂蚱就来，数不胜数，

他說一聲，就有蝗蟲螞蚱上來，不計其數，

他一吩咐，就有蝗蟲蝻子上來，不計其數，

他一吩咐，就有蝗蟲蝻子上來，不計其數，

祂一發聲，就飛來無數蝗蟲和螞蚱，

他一發命令，蝗蟲就來，蚱蜢也來，多得無法數算，

他說一聲，蝗蟲就來，蝻子也來，不計其數；

他一發話，蝗蟲和螞蚱就來，數不勝數，

發言而蝗至止、蚱蜢無數兮、

主命蝗集、千百成群、不可計數、

主一發命、蝗蟲飛集、且有蚱蜢不計其數、

主一言。飛蝗至。又蚱蜢。不可計。

He spoke, and the locusts came. There were so many of them they couldn’t be counted.

He spoke, and the locusts came, young locusts without number,

He spoke, and hordes of locusts came— young locusts beyond number.

He spoke, and locusts came— young locusts without number.

He spoke, and locusts came, And creeping locusts, beyond number,

He spoke, and locusts came, Young locusts without number,

He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number,

He spoke, and locusts came— young locusts without number.

He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,

He ordered locusts to come, innumerable grasshoppers.

He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number,

And the Lord said to Moses,“ Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.”So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the Lord made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts;they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again.They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail— everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust.

And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes.During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.

“ I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten— the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm— my great army that I sent among you.

What the locust swarm has left the great locusts have eaten; what the great locusts have left the young locusts have eaten; what the young locusts have left other locusts have eaten.Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the new wine, for it has been snatched from your lips.A nation has invaded my land, a mighty army without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness.It has laid waste my vines and ruined my fig trees. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away, leaving their branches white.