Exodus 5
1 After these things Moses and Aaron went in, and said to Pharao: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Let my people go that they may sacrifice to me in the desert.
post haec ingressi sunt Moses et Aaron et dixerunt Pharaoni haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel dimitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi in deserto
2 But he answered: Who is the Lord, that I should hear his voice, and let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.
at ille respondit quis est Dominus ut audiam vocem eius et dimittam Israhel nescio Dominum et Israhel non dimittam
3 And they said: The God of the Hebrews hath called us, to go three days’ journey into the wilderness and to sacrifice to the Lord our God: lest a pestilence or the sword fall upon us.
dixerunt Deus Hebraeorum vocavit nos ut eamus viam trium dierum in solitudinem et sacrificemus Domino Deo nostro ne forte accidat nobis pestis aut gladius
4 The king of Egypt said to them: Why do you Moses and Aaron draw off the people from their works? Get you gone to your burdens.
ait ad eos rex Aegypti quare Moses et Aaron sollicitatis populum ab operibus suis ite ad onera vestra
5 And Pharao said: The people of the land is numerous: you see that the multitude is increased: how much more if you give them rest from their works?
dixitque Pharao multus est populus terrae videtis quod turba succreverit quanto magis si dederitis eis requiem ab operibus
6 Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying:
praecepit ergo in die illo praefectis operum et exactoribus populi dicens
7 You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before: but let them go and gather straw.
nequaquam ultra dabitis paleas populo ad conficiendos lateres sicut prius sed ipsi vadant et colligant stipulam
8 And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before, neither shall you diminish any thing thereof: for they are idle, and therefore they cry, saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
et mensuram laterum quos prius faciebant inponetis super eos nec minuetis quicquam vacant enim et idcirco vociferantur dicentes eamus et sacrificemus Deo nostro
9 Let them be oppressed, with works, and let them fulfill them: that they may not regard lying words.
opprimantur operibus et expleant ea ut non adquiescant verbis mendacibus
10 And the overseers of the works and the taskmasters went out and said to the people: Thus saith Pharao, I allow you no straw:
igitur egressi praefecti operum et exactores ad populum dixerunt sic dicit Pharao non do vobis paleas
11 Go, and gather it where you can find it: neither shall any thing of your work be diminished.
ite et colligite sicubi invenire potueritis nec minuetur quicquam de opere vestro
12 And the people was scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather straw.
dispersusque est populus per omnem terram Aegypti ad colligendas paleas
13 And the overseers of the works pressed them, saying: Fulfill your work every day as before you were wont to do when straw was given you.
praefecti quoque operum instabant dicentes conplete opus vestrum cotidie ut prius facere solebatis quando dabantur vobis paleae
14 And they that were over the works of the children of Israel were scourged by Pharao’s taskmasters, saying: Why have you not made up the task of bricks both yesterday and today as before?
flagellatique sunt qui praeerant operibus filiorum Israhel ab exactoribus Pharaonis dicentibus quare non impletis mensuram laterum sicut prius nec heri nec hodie
15 And the officers of the children of Israel came, and cried out to Pharao, saying: Why dealest thou so with thy servants?
veneruntque praepositi filiorum Israhel et vociferati sunt ad Pharaonem dicentes cur ita agis contra servos tuos
16 Straw is not given us, and bricks are required of us as before: behold we thy servants are beaten with whips, and thy people is unjustly dealt withal.
paleae non dantur nobis et lateres similiter imperantur en famuli tui flagellis caedimur et iniuste agitur contra populum tuum
17 And he said: You are idle, and therefore you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.
qui ait vacatis otio et idcirco dicitis eamus et sacrificemus Domino
18 Go therefore, and work: straw shall not be given you, and you shall deliver the accustomed number of bricks.
ite ergo et operamini paleae non dabuntur vobis et reddetis consuetum numerum laterum
19 And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in evil case, because it was said to them: There shall not a whit be diminished of the bricks for every day.
videbantque se praepositi filiorum Israhel in malo eo quod diceretur eis non minuetur quicquam de lateribus per singulos dies
20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood over against them as they came out from Pharao:
occurreruntque Mosi et Aaron qui stabant ex adverso egredientes a Pharaone
21 And they said to them: The Lord see and judge, because you have made our savour to stink before Pharao and his servants, and you have given him a sword to kill us.
et dixerunt ad eos videat Dominus et iudicet quoniam fetere fecistis odorem nostrum coram Pharao et servis eius et praebuistis ei gladium ut occideret nos
22 And Moses returned to the Lord, and said: Lord, why hast thou afflicted this people? wherefore hast thou sent me?
reversusque Moses ad Dominum ait Domine cur adflixisti populum istum quare misisti me
23 For since the time that I went in to Pharao to speak in thy name, he hath afflicted thy people: and thou hast not delivered them.
ex eo enim quo ingressus sum ad Pharaonem ut loquerer nomine tuo adflixit populum tuum et non liberasti eos
