Exodus 5

1 And after that, Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Let my people go so that they may keep a feast to me in the waste land.

And after they went Moses and Aaron and they said to Pharaoh thus he says Yahweh [the] God of Israel let go people my so they may celebrate a festival to me in the wilderness.

2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.

And he said Pharaoh who? [is] Yahweh that I will listen to voice his by letting go Israel not I know Yahweh and also Israel not I will let go.

3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God, so that he may not send death on us by disease or the sword.

And they said [the] God of the Hebrews he has met with us let us go please a journey of three days in the wilderness and let us sacrifice to Yahweh God our lest he should fall on us with pestilence or with the sword.

4 And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? get back to your work.

And he said to them [the] king of Egypt why? O Moses and Aaron are you causing to refrain the people from work its go to forced labor your.

5 And Pharaoh said, Truly, the people of the land are increasing in number, and you are keeping them back from their work.

And he said Pharaoh here! [is] many now [the] people of the land and you have caused to cease them from forced labor their.

6 The same day Pharaoh gave orders to the overseers and those who were responsible for the work, saying,

And he commanded Pharaoh on the day that the taskmasters over the people and foremen its saying.

7 Give these men no more dry stems for their brick-making as you have been doing; let them go and get the material for themselves.

Not you will repeat! to give straw to the people to make bricks the bricks as yesterday three days ago they let them go and they may gather for themselves straw.

8 But see that they make the same number of bricks as before, and no less: for they have no love for work; and so they are crying out and saying, Let us go and make an offering to our God.

And [the] measurement of the bricks which they [were] making yesterday three days ago you will place on them not you will diminish from it for [are] idle they there-fore they [are] crying out saying let us go let us sacrifice to God our.

9 Give the men harder work, and see that they do it; let them not give attention to false words.

Let it be heavy the labor on the men so they may work in it and may not them pay attention to words of falsehood.

10 And the overseers of the people and their responsible men went out and said to the people, Pharaoh says, I will give you no more dry stems.

And they went out [the] taskmasters of the people and foremen its and they said to the people saying thus he says Pharaoh not I [am] giving to you straw.

11 Go yourselves and get dry stems wherever you are able; for your work is not to be any less.

You go acquire for yourselves straw from where you will find [it] for not [is] diminished from labor your anything.

12 So the people were sent in all directions through the land of Egypt to get dry grass for stems.

And it scattered the people in all [the] land of Egypt to gather stubble for the straw.

13 And the overseers went on driving them and saying, Do your full day's work as before when there were dry stems for you.

And the taskmasters [were] pressing [them] saying complete work your a matter of a day in day its just as when was the straw.

14 And the responsible men of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's overseers had put over them, were given blows, and they said to them, Why have you not done your regular work, in making bricks as before?

And they were struck [the] foremen of [the] people of Israel whom they had appointed over them [the] taskmasters of Pharaoh saying why? not have you completed prescribed portion your by making bricks as yesterday three days ago neither yesterday nor this day.

15 Then the responsible men of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh, protesting and saying, Why are you acting in this way to your servants?

And they went [the] foremen of [the] people of Israel and they cried out to Pharaoh saying why? are you doing thus to servants your.

16 They give us no dry stems and they say to us, Make bricks: and they give your servants blows; but it is your people who are in the wrong.

Straw not [is being] given to servants your and bricks [people are] saying to us make and there! servants your [are] being struck and you have sinned people your.

17 But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord.

And he said [are] idle you idle there-fore you [are] saying let us go let us sacrifice to Yahweh.

18 Go now, get back to your work; no dry stems will be given to you, but you are to make the full number of bricks.

And now go work and straw not it will be given to you and [the] measurement of bricks you will give.

19 Then the responsible men of the children of Israel saw that they were purposing evil when they said, The number of bricks which you have to make every day will be no less than before.

And they saw [the] foremen of [the] people of Israel themselves in trouble saying not you will diminish from bricks your a matter of a day in day its.

20 And they came face to face with Moses and Aaron, who were in their way when they came out from Pharaoh:

And they met Moses and Aaron standing to meet them when came out they from with Pharaoh.

21 And they said to them, May the Lord take note of you and be your judge; for you have given Pharaoh and his servants a bad opinion of us, putting a sword in their hands for our destruction.

And they said to them may he look Yahweh on you and may he judge that you have made stink odor our in [the] eyes of Pharaoh and in [the] eyes of servants his to put a sword in hand their to kill us.

22 And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you sent me?

And he returned Moses to Yahweh and he said O Lord why? have you done harm to the people this why? this did you send me.

23 For from the time when I came to Pharaoh to put your words before him, he has done evil to this people, and you have given them no help.

And from then I went to Pharaoh to speak in name your he has done harm to the people this and certainly not you have delivered people your.