2 Mosebog 5
1 Derefter gik Moses og Aron hen og sagde til Farao: "Så siger HERREN, Israels Gud: Lad mit Folk rejse, for at de kan holde Højtid for mig i Ørkenen!"
After this Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says, ‘Let my people go so they can hold a religious festival for me in the desert.’”
2 Men Farao sagde: "Hvem er HERREN, at jeg skulde adlyde ham og lade Israeliterne rejse? Jeg kender ikke noget til HERREN, og jeg vil heller ikke lade Israeliterne rejse!"
“Who is this ‘Lord’ that I should listen to his request to let Israel go?” Pharaoh replied. “I don't know the Lord and I certainly won't let Israel leave!”
3 De svarede: "Hebræernes Gud har mødt os; tillad os nu at drage tre Dagsrejser ud i Ørkenen og ofre til HERREN. vor Gud, for at han ikke skal slå os med Pest eller Sværd!"
“The God of the Hebrews came to us,” they added. “Please allow us to go a three days journey into the desert and offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. Otherwise he'll kill us by disease or by the sword.”
4 Men Ægypterkongen sagde til dem: "Hvorfor vil I, Moses og Aron, forstyrre Folket i dets Arbejde? Gå til eders Trællearbejde!"
“Moses and Aaron, why are you trying to take people away from their assigned labor?” Pharaoh asked. “Get back to work!” he ordered.
5 Og Farao sagde: "Folket er så vist dovent nok; og nu vil I have dem fri fra deres Trællearbejde!"
“Look here,” he went on. “There are many of your people here in our country and you are preventing them from doing their assigned labor.”
6 Samme Dag udstedte Farao følgende Befaling til Fogederne over Folket og dets Opsynsmænd:
That very day he ordered the slave drivers and those in charge of the people:
7 "I skal ikke mere som hidtil give Folket Halm til Teglarbejdet; de skal selv gå ud og sanke Halm;
“Don't give them any more straw to make bricks like before. Have them go and collect the straw themselves.
8 men alligevel skal I pålægge dem at lave lige så mange Teglsten som hidtil, I må ikke eftergive dem noget; thi de er dovne, og derfor er det, de råber op og siger: Lad os drage ud og ofre til vor Gud!
But still make them produce the same quantity of bricks as before. They're lazy people—that's why they're calling out, asking, ‘Please let us go and offer sacrifices to our god.
9 Strengt Arbejde skal de Mennesker have, for at de kan være optaget deraf og ikke af Løgnetale."
Make their work harder so they can get on with it and not pay any attention to all these lies!”
10 Da gik Folkets Fogeder og Opsynsmænd ud og sagde til Folket: "Således siger Farao: Jeg vil ikke mere give eder Halm;
So the slave drivers and those in charge went out and told the people, “This is what Pharaoh has ordered: ‘I won't give you any more straw.
11 gå selv ud og sank eder Halm, hvor I kan finde det, men i eders Arbejde bliver der intet eftergivet!"
Go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because your work quota won't be reduced.”
12 Da spredte Folket sig over hele Ægypten for at samle Halmstrå.
So the people went all over Egypt collecting stubble for straw.
13 Men Fogederne trængte på og sagde: "I skal Dag for Dag yde fuldt Arbejde, ligesom dengang I fik Halm!"
The slave drivers kept on forcing them, saying, “You still have to do the same work as you did when you had straw provided!”
14 Og Israeliternes Opsynsmænd, som Faraos Fogeder havde sat over dem, fik Prygl, og der blev sagt til dem: "Hvorfor stryger I ikke mere det fastsatte Antal Teglsten ligesom før?"
They beat the Israelite supervisors they had put in charge, shouting at them, “Why haven't you met your quota of bricks as you did before?”
15 Da gik Israeliternes Opsynsmænd hen og råbte til Farao: "Hvorfor handler du således med din Fræne?
The Israelite supervisors went to Pharaoh to complain, saying, “Why are you treating us your servants like this?
16 Dine Trælle får ingen Halm, og dog siger de til os: Lav Teglsten! Og dine Trælle får Prygl; du forsynder dig mod dit Folk."
You don't give us any straw but your slave drivers demand that we make bricks, and they beat us! Your people are treating us badly!”
17 Men han svarede: "I er dovne, det er det, I er! Derfor siger I: Lad os rejse ud og ofre til HERREN!
“No, you're just lazy, lazy people!” Pharaoh replied. “That's why you keep on asking, ‘Please let us go and offer sacrifices to the Lord.’
18 Gå nu hen og tag fat på eders Arbejde; I får ingen Halm, men I skal levere det samme Antal Teglsten!"
Now get out of here and go back to work! You won't be given any straw but you'll still have to produce the full quota of bricks!”
19 Israeliternes Opsynsmænd følte sig ilde stedt ved at skulle sige: "Der må intet eftergives i, hvad I daglig skal skaffe af Teglsten!"
The Israelite supervisors realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce the daily production of bricks.”
20 Og da de ved deres Bortgang fra Farao traf Moses og Aron, som stod og ventede på dem,
They went over to Moses and Aaron who were waiting for them after their meeting with Pharaoh,
21 sagde de til dem: "HERREN se til eder og dømme eder, fordi I har vakt Afsky mod os hos Farao og hans Tjenere og lagt dem et Sværd i Hånden til at dræbe os med!"
and said, “May the Lord see what you have done and judge you accordingly! You have made us like a bad smell to Pharaoh and his officials. You have put a sword in their hands to kill us!”
22 Da vendte Moses sig igen til HERREN og sagde: "Herre, hvorfor har du handlet ilde med dette Folk? Hvorfor har du udsendt mig?
Moses went back to the Lord and complained, “Why have you caused all this trouble for your own people, Lord? Was this why you sent me?
23 Siden jeg har været hos Farao og talt i dit Navn, har han handlet ilde med dette Folk, og frelst dit Folk har du ikke!"
Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak for you, he has been even harder on your people, and you haven't done anything to save them!”
