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!’”
Lẹ́yìn náà ni Mose àti Aaroni tọ Farao lọ, wọ́n sì wí pé, “Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa, Ọlọ́run Israẹli sọ, ‘Jẹ́ kí àwọn ènìyàn mi kí ó lọ, kí wọn kí ó lè ṣe àjọ mi ní ijù.’”
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!”
Farao dáhùn wí pé, “Ta ni Olúwa, tí èmi yóò fi gbọ́rọ̀ sí i lẹ́nu, tí èmi yóò fi jẹ́ kí Israẹli ó lọ? Èmi kò mọ Olúwa, èmi kò sì ní jẹ́ kí Israẹli ó lọ.”
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].”
Lẹ́yìn náà ni wọ́n wí pé, “Ọlọ́run àwọn Heberu tí pàdé wa. Ní ìsinsin yìí, jẹ́ kí a lọ ní ìrìn ọjọ́ mẹ́ta sínú aginjù láti rú ẹbọ sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa, kí Ó má ba á fi àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn tàbí idà bá wa jà.”
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!”
Ṣùgbọ́n ọba Ejibiti sọ wí pé, “Mose àti Aaroni, èéṣe ti ẹ̀yin fi mú àwọn ènìyàn kúrò lẹ́nu iṣẹ́ wọn? Ẹ padà sẹ́nu iṣẹ́ yín.”
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!”
Nígbà náà ni Farao sọ pé, “Ẹ wò ó àwọn ènìyàn náà ti pọ̀ sí ì nílẹ̀ yìí ní ìsinsin yìí, ẹ̀yin sì ń dá wọn dúró láti máa bá iṣẹ́ lọ.”
6 That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave bosses and the [Israeli] men supervising the slaves,
Ní ọjọ́ yìí kan náà ni Farao pàṣẹ fún àwọn akóniṣiṣẹ́ àti àwọn ti ń ṣe alábojútó iṣẹ́ lórí àwọn ènìyàn.
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.
“Ẹ̀yin kò ní láti pèsè koríko gbígbẹ fún bíríkì sísun mọ́ fún àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí; ẹ jẹ́ kí wọn máa wá koríko gbígbẹ fún ara wọn.
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.
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ jẹ́ kí wọn ó ṣe iye bíríkì kan náà bí ì ti àtẹ̀yìnwá, kí ẹ má ṣe dín iye rẹ̀ kú. Ọ̀lẹ ni wọ́n, ìwà ọ̀lẹ yìí náà ló mú wọn pariwo pé, ‘Ẹ jẹ́ kí a lọ, kí a sì rú ẹbọ sí Ọlọ́run wa.’
9 Force the men to work harder, so that they will not [have time] to listen to lies [from their leaders]!”
Ẹ mú iṣẹ́ náà le fún wọn, kí wọn bá a le è tẹramọ́ iṣẹ́ wọn, ẹ má fi ààyè gba irọ́ wọn.”
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.
Ní ìgbà náà ni àwọn akóniṣiṣẹ́ àti àwọn tí ń ṣe alábojútó iṣẹ́ jáde tọ̀ wọ́n lọ láti sọ fún àwọn ènìyàn náà pé, “Èyí ni ohun tí Farao sọ, ‘Èmi kò ní fún un yín ni koríko gbígbẹ mọ́.
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]
Ẹ lọ wá koríko gbígbẹ ni ibi tí ẹ bá ti lè rí i, ṣùgbọ́n iṣẹ́ yín kí yóò dínkù.’”
12 So the Israeli people went all over Egypt to find straw.
Gbogbo wọn sí fọ́n káàkiri ni ilẹ̀ Ejibiti láti sa ìdì koríko tí wọn yóò lò bí ì koríko gbígbẹ fún sísun bíríkì.
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!”
Àwọn akóniṣiṣẹ́ sì ń ni wọ́n lára, wọ́n wí pé, “Ẹ parí iṣẹ́ tí ẹ ni láti ṣe fún ọjọ́ kan bí ìgbà ti a ń fún un yin ní koríko gbígbẹ.”
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]?”
Àwọn alábojútó iṣẹ́ tí àwọn akóniṣiṣẹ́ Farao yàn lára ọmọ Israẹli ni wọn ń lù, tí wọn sì ń béèrè lọ́wọ́ wọn pé, “Èéṣe tí ẹ̀yin kò ṣe iye bíríkì ti ẹ̀yin ń ṣe ní àná ní òní bí i tí àtẹ̀yìnwá?”
15 Then the Israeli supervisors went to the king and complained, saying “[Your Majesty], why are you treating us this way?
Nígbà náà ni àwọn alábojútó iṣẹ́ tí a yàn lára àwọn ọmọ Israẹli tọ Farao lọ láti lọ bẹ̀bẹ̀ pé, “Èéṣe tí ìwọ fi ọwọ́ líle mú àwa ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ báyìí?
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]!”
Wọn kò fún àwọn ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ ni koríko gbígbẹ, síbẹ̀ wọn sọ fún wa pé, ‘Ẹ ṣe bíríkì!’ Wọ́n na àwọn ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀bi náà wá láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ.”
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.’
Farao sí dáhùn wí pé, “Ọ̀lẹ ni yín, ọ̀lẹ! Èyí ni ó mú kí ẹ̀yin máa sọ ní ìgbà gbogbo pé, ‘Ẹ jẹ́ kí a lọ, kí a sì rú ẹbọ sí Olúwa.’
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!”
Nísinsin yìí ẹ padà lọ sí ẹnu iṣẹ́ yín, a kò ní fún un yín ni koríko gbígbẹ, síbẹ̀ ẹ gbọdọ̀ ṣe iye bíríkì tí ó yẹ kí ẹ ṣe.”
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.”
Àwọn ọmọ Israẹli tí ó jẹ́ alábojútó iṣẹ́ mọ̀ dájú wí pé àwọn ti wà nínú wàhálà ńlá ní ìgbà tí a sọ fún wọn pé, “Ẹ kò ní láti dín iye bíríkì tí ẹ ń ṣe ni ojoojúmọ́ kù.”
20 As they left the king’s [palace], they met Aaron and Moses/me, who were waiting for them [there].
Ní ìgbà tí wọ́n kúrò ni ọ̀dọ̀ Farao wọ́n rí Mose àti Aaroni tí ó dúró láti pàdé wọn.
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!”
Wọn sì wí pé, “Kí Olúwa kí ó wò yín, kí ó sì ṣe ìdájọ́! Ẹ̀yin ti mú wa dàbí òórùn búburú fún Farao àti àwọn òṣìṣẹ́ rẹ̀, ẹ sì ti fún wọn ni idà láti fi pa wá.”
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]?
Mose padà tọ Olúwa lọ, ó sì wí pé, “Olúwa, èéṣe tí ìwọ fi mú ìyọnu wá sí orí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí? Ṣe torí èyí ni ìwọ fi rán mi?
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!”
Láti ìgbà ti mo ti tọ Farao lọ láti bá a sọ̀rọ̀ ni orúkọ rẹ ni ó ti mú ìyọnu wá sí orí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ kò sì gba àwọn ènìyàn rẹ sílẹ̀ rárá.”
