Exodus 5

1 and after to come (in): come Moses and Aaron and to say to(wards) Pharaoh thus to say LORD God Israel to send: let go [obj] people my and to celebrate to/for me in/on/with wilderness

Then Aaron and Moses/I went to the king and [one of them/us] said, “Yahweh God, whom [we] Israeli people [worship], says this [to you]: ‘Let my people go to the desert, in order that they may have a feast to [honor] me!’”

2 and to say Pharaoh who? LORD which to hear: obey in/on/with voice his to/for to send: let go [obj] Israel not to know [obj] LORD and also [obj] Israel not to send: let go

But the king said, “Who is Yahweh? Why should I pay attention to what he says and let the Israeli [people] [MTY] go? I do not know Yahweh! And furthermore, I will not let the Israeli [people] go!”

3 and to say God [the] Hebrew to encounter: meet upon us to go: went please way: journey three day in/on/with wilderness and to sacrifice to/for LORD God our lest to fall on us in/on/with pestilence or in/on/with sword

They/we replied, “Yahweh God, the one we Hebrews [worship], has (revealed himself/appeared) to us [and told us what to tell you]. So we ask you to [please] let us go on a three day journey into the desert. We must offer sacrifices to Yahweh God [there]. [If we do] not do that, he will cause us to die [IDM] from diseases or from attacks [by our enemies] [MTY].”

4 and to say to(wards) them king Egypt to/for what? Moses and Aaron to neglect [obj] [the] people from deed: work his to go: went to/for burden your

But the king of Egypt said to them/us, “Moses and Aaron, (stop trying to keep the Israeli people from working/why are you preventing the Israeli people from working?) [RHQ] [Tell those slaves] to return to work!”

5 and to say Pharaoh look! many now people [the] land: country/planet and to cease [obj] them from burden their

The king also said, “Listen [to me! You] people [who now live] in this land are now [more] numerous, and you want them [to stop working and] rest!”

6 and to command Pharaoh in/on/with day [the] he/she/it [obj] [the] to oppress in/on/with people and [obj] official his to/for to say

That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave bosses and the [Israeli] men supervising the slaves,

7 not to add: again [emph?] to/for to give: give straw to/for people to/for to make bricks [the] brick like/as yesterday three days ago they(masc.) to go: went and to gather to/for them straw

“Do not continue to give the [Israeli] people straw for making bricks, as you have done previously. Make them go [into the fields] and gather straw for themselves.

8 and [obj] tally [the] brick which they(masc.) to make yesterday three days ago to set: put upon them not to dimish from him for to slacken they(masc.) upon so they(masc.) to cry to/for to say to go: went to sacrifice to/for God our

But require them to make the same number of bricks that they did before. Do not decrease the number at all. They (are lazy/do not have enough work to do). That is the reason they are asking me to let them go [into the desert] to offer sacrifices to their god.

9 to honor: heavy [the] service: work upon [the] human and to make: do in/on/with her and not to gaze in/on/with word deception

Force the men to work harder, so that they will not [have time] to listen to lies [from their leaders]!”

10 and to come out: come to oppress [the] people and official his and to say to(wards) [the] people to/for to say thus to say Pharaoh nothing I to give: give to/for you straw

So the slave bosses and supervisors of the slaves went to where the [Israeli] people were and said to them, “The king has said that he will no longer give you any straw.

11 you(m. p.) to go: went to take: take to/for you straw from whence to find for nothing to dimish from service: work your word: thing

[So] you yourselves must go and get straw wherever you can find it. But you must still keep working to make the same number of bricks as before.” [LIT]

12 and to scatter [the] people in/on/with all land: country/planet Egypt to/for to gather stubble to/for straw

So the Israeli people went all over Egypt to find straw.

13 and [the] to oppress to hasten to/for to say to end: finish deed: work your word: thing day: daily in/on/with day his like/as as which in/on/with to be [the] straw

The slave bosses kept telling them insistently, “Finish the work you are required to do each day, [making the same amount of bricks] as you did [before, when we gave you] straw!”

14 and to smite official son: descendant/people Israel which to set: appoint upon them to oppress Pharaoh to/for to say why? not to end: finish statute: decree your to/for to make bricks like/as yesterday three days ago also yesterday also [the] day

[When they were not able to do that], the slave bosses had the [Israeli supervisors] beaten [with sticks], and they asked them, “Why have [all the men you are supervising] not been able to make [the same number] of bricks today/now as [they did] before [RHQ]?”

15 and to come (in): come official son: descendant/people Israel and to cry to(wards) Pharaoh to/for to say to/for what? to make: do thus to/for servant/slave your

Then the Israeli supervisors went to the king and complained, saying “[Your Majesty], why are you treating us this way?

16 straw nothing to give: give to/for servant/slave your and brick to say to/for us to make and behold servant/slave your to smite and to sin people your

[Now] they are not giving us any straw [for making bricks], but they keep commanding us to make bricks. And now sometimes they beat us. But it is the fault of your own slave bosses [that we cannot make as many bricks as before]!”

17 and to say to slacken you(m. p.) to slacken upon so you(m. p.) to say to go: went to sacrifice to/for LORD

But the king said, “You are lazy and do not [want to] work! That is why you keep saying, ‘Allow us to go [to the desert] and offer sacrifices to Yahweh.’

18 and now to go: went to serve and straw not to give: give to/for you and quantity brick to give: give

So go and get back to work! [We] are not going to give you any straw, but you must keep making the same number of bricks!”

19 and to see: see official son: descendant/people Israel [obj] them in/on/with bad: evil to/for to say not to dimish from brick your word: thing day: daily in/on/with day his

The Israeli supervisors realized that they were in a difficult situation, because they had been told, “We are not going to decrease the number of bricks [you must make] each day.”

20 and to fall on [obj] Moses and [obj] Aaron to stand to/for to encounter: meet them in/on/with to come out: come they from with Pharaoh

As they left the king’s [palace], they met Aaron and Moses/me, who were waiting for them [there].

21 and to say to(wards) them to see: see LORD upon you and to judge which to stink [obj] aroma our in/on/with eye: seeing Pharaoh and in/on/with eye: appearance servant/slave his to/for to give: put sword in/on/with hand their to/for to kill us

They said to Aaron and Moses/me, “Yahweh has seen [what] you two [have done] He will punish you [MTY], because you have caused the king and his officials to despise us! You have given them an excuse [MTY] to kill us!”

22 and to return: return Moses to(wards) LORD and to say Lord to/for what? be evil to/for people [the] this to/for what? this to send: depart me

Moses/I left them and prayed to Yahweh again, saying, “O Yahweh, why have you caused all these evil things to happen to your people [RHQ]? And why did you send me [here] [RHQ]?

23 and from the past to come (in): come to(wards) Pharaoh to/for to speak: speak in/on/with name your be evil to/for people [the] this and to rescue not to rescue [obj] people your

Ever since I went to the king and told him what you told me to say [MTY], he has treated your people very cruelly, and you have not done anything to help/rescue them!”