Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
afterwards
have
Moses and Aaron entered,
and
they
say
unto
Pharaoh ,
`Thus
said Jehovah
, God of Israel, Send
My people away
, and
they keep
a feast to Me in the wilderness ;'
After
that,
Moses and Aaron went
to
Pharaoh and
said, “This
is
what
the
LORD,
the
God of Israel, says:
‘Let
My people go
, so
that
they may
hold
a feast to Me in the wilderness .’”
and
Pharaoh saith
, `
Who `
is '
Jehovah,
that I hearken
to
His voice ,
to
send
Israel away
? I have
not known
Jehovah
, and Israel
also
I do
not send
away
. '
But
Pharaoh replied
, “
Who is the
LORD
that I should
obey
His voice and
let
Israel go
? I do
not know
the
LORD
, and I will
not let
Israel
go
. ”
And
they
say,
`
The God of the Hebrews hath
met with us, let us go ,
we
pray
thee,
a journey
of
three days
into the wilderness ,
and
we
sacrifice to Jehovah
our God, lest
He meet
us with pestilence
or with sword. '
“
The God of the Hebrews has
met with us, ”
they
answered.
“Please
let us go on
a three -day
journey
into the wilderness to
sacrifice to the
LORD
our God, or
He may
strike
us with plagues
or with the
sword. ”
And
the king of Egypt saith
unto
them, `Why,
Moses and Aaron, do ye
free
the people from its
works
? go
to your burdens.'
But
the king of Egypt said
to
them, “
Moses and Aaron, why
do you
draw
the people away
from their
work
? Get
back
to your labor!”
Pharaoh also saith
, `Lo
, numerous
now
`is'
the people of the land, and ye
have
caused
them to
cease
from their burdens!'
Pharaoh also said
, “Look
, the people of the land are
now
numerous
, and you
would
be
stopping
them from their labor.”
And
Pharaoh
commandeth,
on
that day ,
the exactors
among
the people and its
authorities,
saying,
That same
day Pharaoh
commanded
the taskmasters
of
the people and their
foremen:
`Ye
do
not
add
to
give
straw
to
the people for the
making of
the
bricks ,
as
heretofore
--
they go and have
gathered
straw for
themselves;
“You
shall
no
longer
supply
the people with
straw
for making bricks .
They must
go and gather
their
own
straw .
and
the
proper
quantity
of the bricks which
they
are
making
heretofore
ye
do
put
on
them,
ye
do not diminish
from
it ,
for they are remiss,
therefore
they are crying ,
saying
, Let us go ,
let
us
sacrifice to our God ;
But
require
of them
the same
quota
of
bricks as
before;
do not reduce
it .
For they are lazy;
that
is
why
they are crying out
, ‘
Let us go and
sacrifice to our God .’
let
the service
be
heavy
on the men ,
and
let
them
work
at
it,
and
not
be dazzled
by
lying
words
. '
Make
the work
harder
on the men so
they
will
be occupied
and
pay
no
attention
to
these
lies
. ”
And
the exactors
of the people ,
and
its
authorities,
go
out ,
and speak
unto
the
people,
saying,
`Thus
said Pharaoh
, I do
not
give
you straw ,
So
the taskmasters
and
foremen
of the people went
out and said to
them
, “This
is
what
Pharaoh
says:
‘
I am
no
longer
giving
you straw .
ye
--
go ye,
take
for
yourselves
straw where
ye
find `
it ',
for
there
is
nothing
of
your service
diminished
. '
Go and
get
your
own
straw wherever
you
can
find it ;
but
your workload
will
in
no
way
be
reduced
. ’”
And
the people is
scattered over
all the land of Egypt ,
to gather stubble for straw ,
So
the people scattered all over
the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw .
and
the exactors
are
making
haste
, saying, `Complete
your works,
the
matter
of
a
day
in
its
day, as when there
is
straw. '
The taskmasters
kept
pressing
them
, saying, “Fulfill
your quota
each
day, just
as you
did
when straw was
provided
. ”
And
the
authorities
of
the sons
of
Israel
, whom the
exactors
of
Pharaoh
have
placed
over them
, are
beaten ,
saying
, `Wherefore
have ye
not completed
your portion
in
making
brick
as
heretofore,
both
yesterday and
to-day
? '
Then
the Israelite
foremen
, whom Pharaoh’s
taskmasters
had
set
over the
people
, were
beaten and
asked
, “Why
have you
not fulfilled
your quota
of
bricks
yesterday or
today,
as
you
did
before
? ”
And
the
authorities
of
the sons
of
Israel
come
in
and cry
unto
Pharaoh ,
saying,
`
Why dost
thou
thus
to
thy
servants?
So
the Israelite
foremen
went
and appealed
to
Pharaoh :
“
Why are
you
treating
your
servants this
way
?
Straw is
not
given to thy
servants, and
they
are saying
to
us
, Make bricks ,
and
lo
, thy
servants are smitten
--
and
thy
people hath
sinned
. '
No
straw has
been
given to your
servants, yet
we
are told
, ‘
Make bricks !’
Look
, your
servants are being
beaten,
but
the
fault
is
with
your
own
people. ”
And
he
saith,
`Remiss
--
ye
are
remiss,
therefore
ye
are saying, Let us go ,
let
us
sacrifice to Jehovah;
“You
are slackers!”
Pharaoh
replied.
“Slackers!
That
is
why
you
keep
saying, ‘
Let us go and
sacrifice to the
LORD.’
and
now ,
go,
serve;
and
straw
is
not
given
to you, and
the measure
of bricks ye
do
give
. '
Now get
to work.
You will
be
given
no
straw
, yet
you
must
deliver
the full
quota
of bricks. ”
And
the authorities
of
the
sons
of
Israel
see
them
in affliction,
saying
, `Ye
do
not diminish
from
your bricks;
the
matter
of a
day
in
its
day
. '
The Israelite
foremen
realized
they
were
in trouble
when
they
were
told
, “You
must
not reduce
your daily
quota
of bricks
. ”
And
they meet
Moses and Aaron standing
to meet them ,
in
their
coming
out
from
Pharaoh,
When
they left
Pharaoh,
they
confronted
Moses and Aaron ,
who
stood
waiting
to meet them .
and
say
unto
them,
`Jehovah
look upon you ,
and judge, because
ye
have
caused
our
fragrance
to
stink
in
the eyes
of
Pharaoh
, and in
the
eyes
of
his servants
--
to
give
a
sword
into
their hand to slay
us .'
“May
the
LORD
look upon you and judge you
, ”
the foremen
said
, “for
you
have
made
us
a
stench
before
Pharaoh
and his officials;
you
have
placed
in
their hand a
sword
to kill
us !”
And
Moses turneth
back
unto
Jehovah,
and saith
, `
Lord, why hast
Thou
done
evil
to
this people? why
`
is '
this ?
--
Thou
hast
sent me !
So
Moses returned
to
the
LORD
and asked
, “
Lord, why have
You
brought
trouble
upon
this people? Is this why
You
sent me ?
and
since I have
come
unto
Pharaoh ,
to speak in Thy
name, he hath
done
evil
to
this people, and Thou
hast
not at
all
delivered Thy
people. '
Ever
since I went
to
Pharaoh to speak in Your
name, he has
brought
trouble
on
this people, and You
have
not delivered Your
people in
any
way
. ”
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