Exodus 5
1 To pacoengah Mosi hoi Aaron loe Faro khaeah caeh hoi moe, Israel Angraeng Sithaw mah, Praezaek ah kai khae poihsak o hanah, kai ih kaminawk to tacawtsak ah, tiah a thuih, tiah a naa hoi.
Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, "This is what Jehovah, God of Israel, says, 'Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'"
2 Faro mah, Angraeng ih lok to ka tahngaih moe, Israel kaminawk ka prawt hanah to Angraeng loe mi aa? Angraeng to ka panoek ai, Israel kaminawk doeh ka prawt mak ai, tiah a naa.
Pharaoh said, "Who is Jehovah, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go."
3 To naah nihnik mah, Hebru kaminawk ih Sithaw mah kaihnik hae tongh boeh; ni thumto caehhaih praezaek ah, kaimacae ih Angraeng Sithaw khaeah, angbawnhaih sak hanah, na caeh o sak ah; to tih ai nahaeloe kaicae nuiah nathaih maw, to ai boeh loe sumsen hoiah maw na thuitaek moeng tih, tiah a naa hoi.
They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."
4 Toe Izip siangpahrang mah nihnik khaeah, Tih hanah hae kaminawk toksak nam pra hoi sak loe? Na sak hoi ih tok to mah sah hoih, tiah a naa.
The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens."
5 To pacoengah Faro mah, Khenah, prae thungah kami paroeai pop o, toe nihcae khaeah toksak han ai ah na thuih pae hoiah, tiah a naa.
Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens."
6 To na niah Faro mah tamna khenzawn kaminawk hoi ukkungnawk khaeah, hae tiah lokthuih pae;
The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
7 amlai long to hmaiqoeng hanah, canghni ah na paek o ih baktiah, kaminawk hanah caphaeh to paek o hma lai ah; angmacae koehah caphaeh to akhuih hanah caeh o nasoe.
"You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
8 Toe amlai long hmaiqoenghaih tok loe canghni ah sak ih baktih toengah nihcae to sahsak ah; tamsi o sak hmah; nihcae loe thaset o pongah ni, Sithaw khaeah angbawnhaih sak hanah, na caehsak ah, tiah a hang o.
The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
9 Toksak panki o moe, amsawn loknawk to a tang o han ai ah, nongpanawk to tok karai paek ah, tiah a naa.
Let heavier work be laid on the men, so they may labor at it and pay no attention to lying words."
10 To naah tamna khenzawn kaminawk hoi ukkungnawk loe caeh o moe, kaminawk khaeah, Faro mah, nangcae caphaeh paek han ai ah thuih boeh.
The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, This is what Pharaoh says: "I will not give you straw.
11 Caeh oh loe nangmacae koehah caphaeh to pakrong oh; toe toksak tamsi o sak hmah, tiah a thuih, tiah a naa.
Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished."
12 To pongah kaminawk loe Izip prae ah caeh o moe, caphaeh zuengah anghnoeng to pakrong hanah, Izip prae thung boih ah caeh o.
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather dry stalks for straw.
13 Tamna khenzawn kaminawk mah nihcae to mongh aep aep; caphaeh oh nathuem ah ni thokkruek na sak o ih tok baktih toengah, pacoeng hanah tok to sah oh, tiah a naa.
The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, "Fulfill your work quota, your daily amount, as when there was straw."
14 Faro ih tamna khenzawn kaminawk mah, zaehoikung ah suek ih Israel kaminawk khaeah, Tipongah cangduem hoi vaihni na sak o ih, amlai long loe canghni ah na sak o ih zetto pha ai loe? tiah a naa o.
The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?"
15 To naah Israel zaehoikungnawk loe Faro khaeah caeh o moe, Tipongah na tamnanawk hae tih khoek to nang pacaekthlaek loe?
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?
16 Na tamnanawk hanah caphaeh paek ai to mah, khenah, ukkungnawk loe kaicae khaeah amlai long sak hanah lok ang thuih o moe, na tamnanawk to boh o; zaehaih loe nangmah ih kaminawk nuiah ni oh, tiah a naa o.
No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, 'Make bricks.' And look, your servants are beaten, but the fault is with your own people."
17 Toe Faro mah, Tha na set o, tha na set o! To pongah ni, Angraeng khaeah angbawnhaih sak hanah na caehsak ah, tiah na thuih o.
But he said, "You are slackers! Slackers! Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to God.'
18 To pongah vaihi caeh oh loe, tok to sah oh; caphaeh to kang paek o mak ai boeh; toe amlai long loe na sak o zetto sah o toengtoeng ah, tiah a naa.
Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks."
19 Nito thung sak ih amlai long to tamsi o sak hmah, tiah thuih ih lok to Israel kaminawk mah thaih o naah, raihaih a tongh o boeh, tiah panoek o.
The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, "You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks."
20 Faro khae hoi amlaem o naah, loklam ah nihcae tongh han kazing, Mosi hoi Aaron to a hnuk o;
They met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
21 nihnik khaeah, Angraeng mah nang hnik to khen nasoe loe, lokcaek nasoe; Faro hoi anih ih toksah tamnanawk mah kaicae hae panuet moe, kaicae hae sumsen hoi hum hanah, na sak hoi boeh, tiah a naa o.
and they said to them, "May God look at you, and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us."
22 Mosi loe Angraeng khaeah amlaem moe, Angraeng, tipongah hae kaminawk khaeah raihaih na phaksak loe? Tih pongah kai nang patoeh loe?
Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me?
23 Na hmin hoi Faro khaeah lokthuih han ka caeh kruek, anih mah hae kaminawk khaeah raihaih a phaksak; nangmah ih kaminawk hae na pahlong ai, tiah a naa.
For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people; neither have you delivered your people at all."
