Exodus 5
1 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!’”
Derefter gik Moses og Aron hen og sagde til Farao: »Saa siger HERREN, Israels Gud: Lad mit Folk rejse, for at de kan holde Højtid for mig i Ørkenen!«
2 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!”
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!«
3 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].”
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 slaa os med Pest eller Sværd!«
4 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!”
Men Ægypterkongen sagde til dem: »Hvorfor vil I, Moses og Aron, forstyrre Folket i dets Arbejde? Gaa til eders Trællearbejde!«
5 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!”
Og Farao sagde: »Folket er saa vist dovent nok; og nu vil I have dem fri fra deres Trællearbejde!«
6 That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave bosses and the [Israeli] men supervising the slaves,
Samme Dag udstedte Farao følgende Befaling til Fogederne over Folket og dets Opsynsmænd:
7 “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.
»I skal ikke mere som hidtil give Folket Halm til Teglarbejdet; de skal selv gaa ud og sanke Halm;
8 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.
men alligevel skal I paalægge dem at lave lige saa mange Teglsten som hidtil, I maa ikke eftergive dem noget; thi de er dovne, og derfor er det, de raaber op og siger: Lad os drage ud og ofre til vor Gud!
9 Force the men to work harder, so that they will not [have time] to listen to lies [from their leaders]!”
Strengt Arbejde skal de Mennesker have, for at de kan være optaget deraf og ikke af Løgnetale.«
10 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.
Da gik Folkets Fogeder og Opsynsmænd ud og sagde til Folket: »Saaledes siger Farao: Jeg vil ikke mere give eder Halm;
11 [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]
gaa selv ud og sank eder Halm, hvor I kan finde det, men i eders Arbejde bliver der intet eftergivet!«
12 So the Israeli people went all over Egypt to find straw.
Da spredte Folket sig over hele Ægypten for at samle Halmstraa.
13 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!”
Men Fogederne trængte paa og sagde: »I skal Dag for Dag yde fuldt Arbejde, ligesom dengang I fik Halm!«
14 [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]?”
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?«
15 Then the Israeli supervisors went to the king and complained, saying “[Your Majesty], why are you treating us this way?
Da gik Israeliternes Opsynsmænd hen og raabte til Farao: »Hvorfor handler du saaledes med dine Trælle?
16 [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]!”
Dine Trælle faar ingen Halm, og dog siger de til os: Lav Teglsten! Og dine Trælle faar Prygl; du forsynder dig mod dit Folk.«
17 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.’
Men han svarede: »I er dovne, det er det, I er! Derfor siger I: Lad os rejse ud og ofre til HERREN!
18 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!”
Gaa nu hen og tag fat paa eders Arbejde; I faar ingen Halm, men I skal levere det samme Antal Teglsten!«
19 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.”
Israeliternes Opsynsmænd følte sig ilde stedt ved at skulle sige: »Der maa intet eftergives i, hvad I daglig skal skaffe af Teglsten!«
20 As they left the king’s [palace], they met Aaron and Moses/me, who were waiting for them [there].
Og da de ved deres Bortgang fra Farao traf Moses og Aron, som stod og ventede paa dem,
21 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!”
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 Haanden til at dræbe os med!«
22 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]?
Da vendte Moses sig igen til HERREN og sagde: »Herre, hvorfor har du handlet ilde med dette Folk? Hvorfor har du udsendt mig?
23 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!”
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!«
