Êxodo 5
1 E depois foram Moysés e Aarão, e disseram a Pharaó: Assim diz o Senhor Deus d'Israel: Deixa ir o meu povo, para que me celebre uma festa no deserto.
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 Mas Pharaó disse: Quem é o Senhor, cuja voz eu ouvirei, para deixar ir Israel? não conheço o Senhor, nem tão pouco deixarei ir Israel.
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 E elles disseram: O Deus dos hebreos nos encontrou; portanto deixa-nos agora ir caminho de tres dias ao deserto, para que não venha sobre nós com pestilencia ou com espada.
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 Então disse-lhes o rei do Egypto: Moysés e Aarão, porque fazeis cessar o povo das suas obras? ide a vossas cargas.
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 E disse tambem Pharaó: Eis que o povo da terra já é muito, e vós fazeis cessal-os das suas cargas.
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 Portanto deu ordem Pharaó n'aquelle mesmo dia aos exactores do povo, e aos seus officiaes, dizendo:
That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave bosses and the [Israeli] men supervising the slaves,
7 D'aqui em diante não torneis a dar palha ao povo, para fazer tijolos, como fizestes hontem e antehontem: vão elles mesmos, e colham palhas para si.
“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 E lhes imporeis a conta dos tijolos que fizeram hontem, e antehontem: nada diminuireis d'ella: porque elles estão ociosos; por isso clamam, dizendo: Vamos, sacrifiquemos ao nosso Deus.
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 Aggrave-se o serviço sobre estes homens, para que se occupem n'elle, e não confiem em palavras de mentira.
Force the men to work harder, so that they will not [have time] to listen to lies [from their leaders]!”
10 Então sairam os exactores do povo, e seus officiaes, e fallaram ao povo, dizendo: Assim diz Pharaó: Eu não vos darei palha;
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 Ide vós mesmos, e tomae vós palha d'onde a achardes: porque nada se diminuirá de vosso serviço.
[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 Então o povo se espalhou por toda a terra do Egypto, a colher rastolho em logar de palha.
So the Israeli people went all over Egypt to find straw.
13 E os exactores os apertavam, dizendo: Acabae vossa obra, a tarefa de cada dia, como quando havia palha.
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 E foram açoitados os officiaes dos filhos d'Israel, que os exactores de Pharaó tinham posto sobre elles, dizendo estes: Porque não acabastes vossa tarefa, fazendo tijolos como antes, assim tambem hontem e hoje?
[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 Pelo que foram-se os officiaes dos filhos d'Israel, e clamaram a Pharaó, dizendo: Porque fazes assim a teus servos?
Then the Israeli supervisors went to the king and complained, saying “[Your Majesty], why are you treating us this way?
16 Palha não se dá a teus servos, e nos dizem: Fazei tijolos: e eis que teus servos são açoitados; porém o teu povo tem a culpa.
[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 Mas elle disse: Vós sois ociosos: vós sois ociosos: por isso dizeis: Vamos, sacrifiquemos ao Senhor.
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 Ide pois agora, trabalhae: palha porém não se vos dará: comtudo, dareis a conta dos tijolos.
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 Então os officiaes dos filhos d'Israel viram-se em afflicção, porquanto se dizia: Nada diminuireis de vossos tijolos, da tarefa do dia no seu dia.
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 E encontraram a Moysés e a Aarão, que estavam defronte d'elles, quando sairam de Pharaó,
As they left the king’s [palace], they met Aaron and Moses/me, who were waiting for them [there].
21 E disseram-lhes: O Senhor attente sobre vós, e julgue isso, porquanto fizeste feder o nosso cheiro diante de Pharaó, e diante de seus servos, dando-lhes a espada nas mãos, para nos matar.
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 Então se tornou Moysés ao Senhor, e disse: Senhor! porque fizeste mal a este povo? porque me enviaste?
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 Porque desde que entrei a Pharaó, para fallar em teu nome, elle maltratou a este povo; e de nenhuma sorte livraste o teu povo.
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!”
