Éxodo 5
1 Y Después de esto, Moisés y Aarón fueron a Faraón, y le dijeron: Él Señor Dios de Israel dice: Deja ir a mi pueblo para que hagan un banquete en mi honor 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 dijo: ¿Quién es el Señor, a cuya voz he de prestar oído, y dejar ir a Israel? No conozco al Señor y no 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 ha venido a nosotros; vayamos entonces a un viaje de tres días a la tierra baldía para hacer una ofrenda al Señor nuestro Dios, para que no nos envíe la muerte por peste o por la 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 Y el rey de Egipto les dijo: ¿Por qué, Moisés y Aarón, distraen al pueblo de su trabajo? vuelvan a su trabajo!
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 Y Faraón dijo: En verdad, la gente de la tierra está aumentando en número, y tú los estás reteniendo de su trabajo.
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 El mismo día Faraón dio órdenes a los supervisores y a los que eran responsables del trabajo, diciendo:
That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave bosses and the [Israeli] men supervising the slaves,
7 No le den a estos hombres mas paja para su fabricación de ladrillos como lo han estado haciendo; déjalos ir a recoger la paja por sí mismos.
“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 Pero demanda que hagan la misma cantidad de ladrillos que antes, y nada menos: porque son unos holgazanes; por eso ellos claman y dicen, vayamos y hagamos una ofrenda 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 Dales trabajo más duro a los hombres, mantenlos ocupados; que no presten atención a las palabras falsas.
Force the men to work harder, so that they will not [have time] to listen to lies [from their leaders]!”
10 Y los príncipes del pueblo y sus hombres responsables salieron y dijeron al pueblo: Faraón dice: No te daré más 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 Vayan y recojan más paja de donde sea posible; pero no se les rebajará la cantidad de trabajo.
[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 la gente fue enviada en todas direcciones por la tierra de Egipto para recoger rastrojo en vez de paja.
So the Israeli people went all over Egypt to find straw.
13 Y los capataces los siguieron y les dijeron: Hagan su trabajo de día completo como antes, cuando se les daba la 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 los hombres responsables de los hijos de Israel, que los príncipes de Faraón habían puesto sobre ellos, fueron castigados, y ellos les dijeron: ¿Por qué no hiciste tu trabajo ordinario, haciendo ladrillos 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 Entonces los hombres responsables de los hijos de Israel vinieron a Faraón, protestando y diciendo: ¿Por qué tratas así a tus siervos?
Then the Israeli supervisors went to the king and complained, saying “[Your Majesty], why are you treating us this way?
16 No nos dan paja, y nos dicen: Haz ladrillos, y dan golpes a tus siervos; pero es tu gente quien está equivocada.
[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 Pero él dijo: son unos holgazanes; por eso dices: vayamos y hagamos una ofrenda al Señor.
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 Ve ahora, vuelve a tu trabajo; no se les dará paja, pero deben hacer la cantidad completa de ladrillos.
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 hombres responsables de los hijos de Israel vieron que estaban en aprietos cuando dijeron: El número de ladrillos que tienen que hacer todos los días no será menor que antes.
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 se encontraron cara a cara con Moisés y Aarón, que estaban en su camino cuando salieron de Faraón.
As they left the king’s [palace], they met Aaron and Moses/me, who were waiting for them [there].
21 Y ellos les dijeron: El Señor tome nota de ti y sea tu juez; porque le has dado a Faraón y a sus siervos una mala opinión de nosotros, poniendo una espada en sus manos para nuestra destrucción.
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 Y Moisés volvió al Señor y le dijo: Señor, ¿por qué has hecho mal a este pueblo? ¿Por qué me has enviado?
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 el tiempo en que fui a Faraón para poner tus palabras delante de él, él ha hecho mal a este pueblo, y tú no les has dado ayuda.
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!”
