Exodus 5
1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.
Post haec ingressi sunt Moyses et Aaron, et dixerunt Pharaoni: Haec dicit Dominus Deus Israel: Dimitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi in deserto.
2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to 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 Israel? nescio Dominum, et Israel non dimittam.
3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray you, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice to the LORD our God; lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword.
Dixeruntque: Deus Hebraeorum vocavit nos, ut eamus viam trium dierum in solitudinem, et sacrificemus Domino Deo nostro: ne forte accidat nobis pestis aut gladius.
4 And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you to your burdens.
Ait ad eos rex Aegypti: Quare Moyses et Aaron solicitatis populum ab operibus suis? ite ad onera vestra.
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens.
Dixitque Pharao: Multus est populus terrae: videtis quod turba succreverit: quanto magis si dederitis eis requiem ab operibus?
6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Praecepit ergo in die illo praefectis operum et exactoribus populi, dicens:
7 You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Nequaquam ultra dabitis paleas populo ad conficiendos lateres, sicut prius: sed ipsi vadant, et colligant stipulas.
8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, you shall lay on them; you shall not diminish any thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
Et mensuram laterum, quam prius faciebant, imponetis super eos, nec minuetis quidquam: vacant enim, et idcirco vociferantur, dicentes: Eamus, et sacrificemus Deo nostro.
9 Let there more work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard vain words.
Opprimantur operibus, et expleant ea: ut non acquiescant verbis mendacibus.
10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
Igitur egressi praefecti operum et exactores, ad populum dixerunt: Sic dicit Pharao: Non do vobis paleas:
11 Go you, get you straw where you can find it: yet not any of your work shall be diminished.
ite, et colligite sicubi invenire poteritis, nec minuetur quidquam de opere vestro.
12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
Dispersusque est populus per omnem Terram Aegypti ad colligendas paleas.
13 And the taskmasters hurried them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
Praefecti quoque operum instabant, dicentes: Complete opus vestrum quotidie, ut prius facere solebatis quando dabantur vobis paleae.
14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Why have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
Flagellatique sunt qui praeerant operibus filiorum Israel, ab exactoribus Pharaonis, dicentibus: Quare non implestis mensuram laterum sicut prius, nec heri, nec hodie?
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why deal you thus with your servants?
Veneruntque praepositi filiorum Israel, et vociferati sunt ad Pharaonem dicentes: Cur ita agis contra servos tuos?
16 There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.
Paleae non dantur nobis, et lateres similiter imperantur: en famuli tui flagellis caedimur, et iniuste agitur contra populum tuum.
17 But he said, You are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
Qui ait: Vacatis otio, et idcirco dicitis: Eamus, et sacrificemus Domino.
18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall you deliver the tale of bricks.
Ite ergo, et operamini: paleae non dabuntur vobis, et reddetis consuetum numerum laterum.
19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, You shall not diminish any from your bricks of your daily task.
Videbantque se praepositi filiorum Israel in malum, eo quod diceretur eis: Non minuetur quidquam de lateribus per singulos dies.
20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
Occurreruntque Moysi et Aaron, qui stabant ex adverso, egredientibus a Pharaone:
21 And they said to them, The LORD look on you, and judge; because you have made our smell to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
et dixerunt ad eos: Videat Dominus et iudicet, quoniam foetere fecistis odorem nostrum coram Pharaone et servis eius, et praebuistis ei gladium, ut occideret nos.
22 And Moses returned to the LORD, and said, LORD, why have you so evil entreated this people? why is it that you have sent me?
Reversusque est Moyses ad Dominum, et ait: Domine, cur afflixisti populum istum? quare misisti me?
23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have you delivered your people at all.
Ex eo enim quo ingressus sum ad Pharaonem ut loquerer in nomine tuo, afflixit populum tuum: et non liberasti eos.
