Ekoruhe 5

1 A muri iho, ka haere a Mohi raua ko Arona, ka korero ki a Parao, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a te Atua o Iharaira, Tukua taku iwi kia haere ki te taka hakari ki ahau i te koraha.

Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, "This is what YHWH, God of Israel, says, 'Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'"

2 Na ka mea a Parao, Ko wai a Ihowa, kia rongo ahau ki tona reo, kia tukua a Iharaira? Kahore ahau e mohio ki a Ihowa, e kore hoki e tukua atu e ahau a Iharaira.

Pharaoh said, "Who is YHWH, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know YHWH, and moreover I will not let Israel go."

3 A ka mea raua, Kua tutaki te Atua o nga Hiperu ki a matou: kia haere ra matou, kia toru nga ra ki te ara i te koraha, ka mea patunga tapu ai matou ki a Ihowa, ki to matou Atua; kei torere mai ia ki a matou i te mate uruta ranei, i te hoari ranei.

They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."

4 Na ka mea te kingi o Ihipa ki a raua, He aha korua, e Mohi korua ko Arona, i whakaware ai i te iwi ki a ratou mahi? haere ki a koutou kawenga.

The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens."

5 I mea ano a Parao, Nana, ka tini nei nga tangata o te whenua, na korua hoki ratou i noho ai i a ratou kawenga.

Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens."

6 Na ka ako a Parao i taua ra ki nga kaiakiaki o te iwi, ki o ratou rangatira, ka mea,

The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

7 Kaua e hoatu he takakau ki te iwi a muri ake nei, hei hanga pereki, pera i o mua ra: me haere ratou ki te kohikohi takakau ma ratou.

"You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

8 Otiia, whakaritea ki a ratou kia rite tonu nga pereki te maha ki era i hanga e ratou i mua; kaua e whakahokia iho te maha; he mangere hoki ratou; koia ratou i karanga ai, i mea ai, Kia haere matou ki te mea patunga tapu ki to matou Atua.

The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'

9 Whakanuia te mahi ma nga tangata ra, a ko tena hei mahi ma ratou; kaua hoki ratou e whakarongo ki nga kupu horihori.

Let heavier work be laid on the men, so they may labor at it and pay no attention to lying words."

10 Na ka haere nga kaiakiaki o te iwi, me o ratou rangatira, ka korero ki te iwi, ka mea, Ko te kupu tenei a Parao, e kore e hoatu e ahau he takakau ki a koutou.

The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, "This is what Pharaoh says: 'I will not give you straw.

11 Haere ki te kohikohi takakau ma koutou i te wahi e kitea ai e koutou: otiia, kaua e whakahokia iho tetahi wahi o ta koutou e mahi ai.

Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.'"

12 Na ka marara noa atu te iwi ki te whenua katoa o Ihipa, ki te kohikohi putake witi hei takakau.

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather dry stalks for straw.

13 A ka whakatatutatu nga kaiakiaki, ka mea, Whakaotia a koutou mahi, to tenei rangi, to tenei rangi, kia rite ki o te wa i whai takakau ai.

The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, "Fulfill your work quota, your daily amount, as when there was straw."

14 Na ka whiua nga rangatira o nga tama a Iharaira i whakaritea mo ratou e nga kaiakiaki a Parao, ka mea ratou, He aha te whakaotia ai inanahi, inaianei, a koutou pereki i whakaritea ki a koutou, te pera ai me o mua ra?

The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?"

15 Na ka haere nga rangatira o nga tama a Iharaira, me te tangi ano, ki a Parao, ka mea, He aha koe i penei ai ki au pononga?

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?

16 Kahore he takakau i homai ki au pononga, a e mea ana ratou ki a matou, Hanga he pereki: na ka whiua au pononga; no au tangata ia te he.

No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, 'Make bricks.' And look, your servants are beaten, but the fault is with your own people."

17 Na ka mea ia, He mangere koutou, he mangere; na reira koutou ka mea ai, Tukua matou kia haere ki te mea patunga tapu ki a Ihowa.

But he said, "You are slackers! Slackers! Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to God.'

18 Na, haere, e mahi; e kore hoki e hoatu he takakau ki a koutou; otiia me homai ano nga pereki i whakaritea ra.

Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks."

19 Na, ka kite nga rangatira o nga tama a Iharaira i te kino mo ratou, i te kianga ra, Kaua e whakaokuokutia iho a koutou pereki, hei mahinga ma koutou i tenei ra, i tenei ra.

The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, "You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks."

20 A ka tutaki ratou ki a Mohi raua ko Arona, e tu mai ana i mua i a ratou, i to ratou haerenga mai i a Parao:

They met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

21 A ka mea ki a raua, Ma Ihowa e titiro ki a korua, e whakawa; na korua hoki matou i piro whakarihariha ai ki te aroaro o Parao, ki te aroaro hoki o ana pononga, na korua i hoatu he hoari ki o ratou ringa hei patu i a matou.

and they said to them, "May God look at you, and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us."

22 Na ka hoki a Mohi ki a Ihowa, a ka mea, E te Ariki, he aha koe i mahi he ai ki tenei iwi? he aha koe i unga ai i ahau?

Moses returned to YHWH, and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me?

23 No toku haerenga atu hoki ki a Parao ki te korero i runga i tou ingoa, i kino ai ia ki tenei iwi; kahore ano hoki koe kia whakaora noa i tau iwi, kahore rawa.

For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people; neither have you delivered your people at all."