Czech Study Bible Translation (CZ)

 1Hospodin řekl Mojžíšovi: Řekni Áronovi: Vztáhni ruku se svou holí nad řeky, nad kanály a nad jezera a vyveď žáby na egyptskou zemi.   2I vztáhl Áron ruku nad vody Egypta a vystoupily žáby a pokryly egyptskou zemi.   3I kouzelníci učinili tak svým tajným uměním a vyvedli žáby na egyptskou zemi.   4Farao zavolal Mojžíše a Árona a řekl: Proste Hospodina, aby mě a můj lid zbavil žab. Pak propustím lid, aby obětovali Hospodinu.   5Mojžíš řekl faraonovi: Máš přede mnou výsadu určit, na kdy mám za tebe, za tvé otroky a za tvůj lid prosit, aby byly žáby vyhlazeny od tebe a ze tvých paláců. Zůstanou jen v Nilu.   6Farao řekl: Na zítra. Mojžíš odpověděl: Stane se podle tvého slova, abys poznal, že není nikdo jako Hospodin, náš Bůh.   7Žáby se stáhnou od tebe, od tvých paláců, od tvých otroků a od tvého lidu, zůstanou jen v Nilu.   8Mojžíš s Áronem odešel od faraona a Mojžíš úpěnlivě volal k Hospodinu kvůli těm žábám, které na faraona uvedl.   9Hospodin učinil podle Mojžíšova slova a žáby z domů, z nádvoří a z polí vymřely.   10Vršili je na hromady a hromady, až celá země páchla.   11Když farao uviděl, že nastala úleva, zatvrdil své srdce a neuposlechl je, tak jak pověděl Hospodin.   12I řekl Hospodin Mojžíšovi: Řekni Áronovi: Vztáhni svou hůl a udeř do prachu na zemi a stanou se z něj komáři po celé egyptské zemi.   13A učinili tak: Áron vztáhl ruku se svou holí a udeřil do prachu na zemi a na lidech i na dobytku se objevili komáři. Ze všeho prachu na zemi se stali komáři po celé egyptské zemi.   14I kouzelníci učinili tak svým tajným uměním, aby vyvedli komáry, ale nedokázali to. A komáři byli na lidech i na dobytku.   15Kouzelníci faraonovi řekli: To je prst Boží! Ale faraonovo srdce se posilnilo a neuposlechl je, tak jak pověděl Hospodin.  16I řekl Hospodin Mojžíšovi: Časně ráno se postav před faraona, když vychází k vodě, a řekni mu: Toto praví Hospodin: Propusť můj lid, ať mi slouží. 17Jestliže můj lid nepropustíš, hle, pošlu na tebe, na tvé otroky, na tvůj lid a do tvých paláců mouchy. Domy Egypťanů budou plné much, dokonce i ta půda, na níž jsou. 18V ten den oddělím území Gošen, na němž zůstává můj lid. Tam mouchy nebudou, abys poznal, že já jsem Hospodin uprostřed země. 19Učiním rozdíl mezi mým lidem a tvým lidem. Zítra nastane toto znamení. 20A Hospodin učinil tak. Obtížné mouchy přitáhly do faraonova paláce a domu jeho otroků a na celou egyptskou zemi. Kvůli těm mouchám byla země zničena. 21Farao povolal Mojžíše a Árona a řekl: Jděte a obětujte svému Bohu zde v zemi. 22Mojžíš odpověděl: Tak jednat by nebylo správné, protože budeme Hospodinu, našemu Bohu, obětovat to, co je Egypťanům ohavností; jestliže budeme před jejich očima obětovat to, co je Egypťanům ohavností, což nás neukamenují? 23Půjdeme třídenní cestou pustinou a budeme obětovat Hospodinu, našemu Bohu, tak, jak nám řekl. 24Farao tedy řekl: Já vás propustím, abyste v pustině obětovali Hospodinu, svému Bohu, jen nechoďte příliš daleko. Proste za mne. 25Mojžíš odpověděl: Když od tebe odejdu, budu prosit Hospodina a zítra mouchy od faraona, od jeho otroků a od jeho lidu odletí. Jen ať nás farao znovu nepodvede, aby nepropustil lid obětovat Hospodinu. 26Pak Mojžíš odešel od faraona a naléhavě prosil Hospodina. 27Hospodin pak učinil podle Mojžíšova slova a mouchy od faraona, od jeho otroků a od jeho lidu odletěly, nezůstala ani jedna. 28Ale farao i tentokrát zatvrdil své srdce a nepropustil lid.


Jamieson Fausset Brown Bible Commentary
 1   PLAGUE OF FROGS. (Exod 8:1-Exod 8:15)
the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh--The duration of the first plague for a whole week must have satisfied all that it was produced not by any accidental causes, but by the agency of omnipotent power. As a judgment of God, however, it produced no good effect, and Moses was commanded to wait on the king and threaten him, in the event of his continued obstinacy, with the infliction of a new and different plague. As Pharaoh's answer is not given, it may be inferred to have been unfavorable, for the rod was again raised.

 2   I will smite all thy borders with frogs--Those animals, though the natural spawn of the river, and therefore objects familiar to the people, were on this occasion miraculously multiplied to an amazing extent, and it is probable that the ova of the frogs, which had been previously deposited in the mire and marshes, were miraculously brought to perfection at once.

 3   bedchamber . . . bed--mats strewed on the floor as well as more sumptuous divans of the rich.
ovens--holes made in the ground and the sides of which are plastered with mortar.
kneading-troughs--Those used in Egypt were bowls of wicker or rush work. What must have been the state of the people when they could find no means of escape from the cold, damp touch and unsightly presence of the frogs, as they alighted on every article and vessel of food!

 5   Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, &c. The miracle consisted in the reptiles leaving their marshes at the very time he commanded them.

 7   the magicians did so with their enchantments--required no great art to make the offensive reptiles appear on any small spot of ground. What they undertook to do already existed in abundance all around. They would better have shown their power by removing the frogs.

 8   Pharaoh called, . . . Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me--The frog, which was now used as an instrument of affliction, whether from reverence or abhorrence, was an object of national superstition with the Egyptians, the god Ptha being represented with a frog's head. But the vast numbers, together with their stench, made them an intolerable nuisance so that the king was so far humbled as to promise that, if Moses would intercede for their removal, he would consent to the departure of Israel, and in compliance with this appeal, they were withdrawn at the very hour named by the monarch himself. But many, while suffering the consequences of their sins, make promises of amendment and obedience which they afterwards forget; and so Pharaoh, when he saw there was a respite, was again hardened [Exod 8:15].

 16   PLAGUE OF LICE. (Exod 8:16-Exod 8:19)
smite the dust of the land, &c.--Aaron's rod, by the direction of Moses, who was commanded by God, was again raised, and the land was filled with gnats, mosquitoes--that is the proper meaning of the original term. In ordinary circumstances they embitter life in Eastern countries, and therefore the terrible nature of this infliction on Egypt may be imagined when no precautions could preserve from their painful sting. The very smallness and insignificance of these fierce insects made them a dreadful scourge. The magicians never attempted any imitation, and what neither the blood of the river nor the nuisance of the frogs had done, the visitation of this tiny enemy constrained them to acknowledge "this is the finger of God"--properly "gods," for they spoke as heathens.

 20   PLAGUE OF FLIES. (Exod 8:20-Exod 8:32)
Rise up early . . . Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water, &c.--Pharaoh still appearing obdurate, Moses was ordered to meet him while walking on the banks of the Nile and repeat his request for the liberation of Israel, threatening in case of continued refusal to cover every house from the palace to the cottage with swarms of flies--while, as a proof of the power that accomplished this judgment, the land of Goshen should be exempted from the calamity. The appeal was equally vain as before, and the predicted evil overtook the country in the form of what was not "flies," such as we are accustomed to, but divers sorts of flies (Ps 78:45), the gad fly, the cockroach, the Egyptian beetle, for all these are mentioned by different writers. They are very destructive, some of them inflicting severe bites on animals, others destroying clothes, books, plants, every thing. The worship of flies, particularly of the beetle, was a prominent part of the religion of the ancient Egyptians. The employment of these winged deities to chastise them must have been painful and humiliating to the Egyptians while it must at the same time have strengthened the faith of the Israelites in the God of their fathers as the only object of worship.

 25   Pharaoh called for Moses, . . . Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land, &c.--Between impatient anxiety to be freed from this scourge and a reluctance on the part of the Hebrew bondsmen, the king followed the course of expediency; he proposed to let them free to engage in their religious rites within any part of the kingdom. But true to his instructions, Moses would accede to no such arrangement; he stated a most valid reason to show the danger of it, and the king having yielded so far as to allow them a brief holiday across the border, annexed to this concession a request that Moses would entreat with Jehovah for the removal of the plague. He promised to do so, and it was removed the following day. But no sooner was the pressure over than the spirit of Pharaoh, like a bent bow, sprang back to its wonted obduracy, and, regardless of his promise, he refused to let the people depart.