Éxodo 5
1 Después de esto Moisés y Aarón entraron a Faraón, y dijéronle: Jehová, el Dios de Israel, dice así: Deja ir mi pueblo a celebrarme fiesta en el desierto.
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 Y Faraón respondió: ¿Quién es Jehová, para que yo oiga su voz, y deje ir a Israel? Yo no conozco a Jehová, ni tampoco dejaré ir a 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 Y ellos dijeron: El Dios de los Hebreos nos ha encontrado: por tanto nosotros iremos ahora camino de tres días por el desierto, y sacrificaremos a Jehová nuestro Dios: porque no nos encuentre con pestilencia, o 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 Entonces el rey de Egipto les dijo: Moisés, y Aarón: ¿Por qué hacéis cesar al pueblo de su obra? Id a vuestros cargos.
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 Dijo también Faraón: He aquí, el pueblo de la tierra es ahora mucho, y vosotros los hacéis cesar de sus cargos.
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 Y mandó Faraón aquel mismo día a los cuadrilleros del pueblo que tenían cargo del pueblo, y a los gobernadores de él, diciendo:
That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave bosses and the [Israeli] men supervising the slaves,
7 De aquí a delante no daréis paja al pueblo para hacer el ladrillo, como ayer y anteayer; vayan ellos, y cójanse la paja;
“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 Y ponerles heis la tarea del ladrillo que hacían antes, y no les disminuiréis nada; porque están ociosos, y por eso dan voces, diciendo: Vamos, y sacrificaremos a nuestro Dios.
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 Agrávese la servidumbre sobre ellos, para que se ocupen en ella, y no miren a palabras de mentira.
Force the men to work harder, so that they will not [have time] to listen to lies [from their leaders]!”
10 Y saliendo los cuadrilleros del pueblo, y sus gobernadores, hablaron al pueblo, diciendo: Así ha dicho Faraón: Yo no os doy paja.
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 Id vosotros, y tomáos paja, donde la hallareis: que nada se disminuirá de vuestra tarea.
[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 Entonces el pueblo se derramó por toda la tierra de Egipto a coger hojarascas en lugar de paja.
So the Israeli people went all over Egypt to find straw.
13 Y los cuadrilleros los apremiaban, diciendo: Acabád vuestra obra, la tarea del día en su día, como cuando se os daba paja.
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 Y azotaban a los gobernadores de los hijos de Israel, que los cuadrilleros de Faraón habían puesto sobre ellos, diciendo: ¿Por qué no habéis cumplido vuestra tarea de ladrillo ni ayer ni hoy, como antes?
[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 Y los gobernadores de los hijos de Israel vinieron, y quejáronse a Faraón, diciendo: ¿Por qué lo haces así con tus siervos?
Then the Israeli supervisors went to the king and complained, saying “[Your Majesty], why are you treating us this way?
16 No se da paja a tus siervos, y con todo eso nos dicen: Hacéd el ladrillo. Y he aquí, tus siervos son azotados, y tu pueblo peca.
[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 Y él respondió: Estáis ociosos, ociosos: y por eso decís: Vamos y sacrifiquemos a Jehová,
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 Id pues ahora, trabajád. Paja no se os dará, y daréis la tarea del ladrillo.
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 Entonces los gobernadores de los hijos de Israel se vieron en aflicción, cuando les era dicho: No se disminuirá nada de vuestro ladrillo, de la tarea del día en su día.
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 Y encontrando a Moisés y a Aarón que estaban delante de ellos cuando salían de Faraón,
As they left the king’s [palace], they met Aaron and Moses/me, who were waiting for them [there].
21 Dijéronles: Mire Jehová sobre vosotros, y juzgue, que habéis hecho heder nuestro olor delante de Faraón, y de sus siervos, dándoles la espada en las manos para que nos maten.
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 Entonces Moisés se volvió a Jehová, y dijo: Señor, ¿por qué afliges a este pueblo? ¿Para qué 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 yo vine a Faraón para hablarle en tu nombre, ha afligido a este pueblo, y tú tampoco has librado a tu pueblo.
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!”
