Êxodo 5

1Depois entraram Moisés e Arão a Faraó, e lhe disseram: O SENHOR, o Deus de Israel, disse assim: Deixa ir meu povo a celebrar-me festa no deserto. 2E Faraó respondeu: Quem é o SENHOR, para que eu ouça sua voz e deixe ir a Israel? Não conheço o SENHOR, nem tampouco deixarei Israel ir. 3E eles disseram: O Deus dos hebreus nos encontrou: iremos, pois, agora caminho de três dias pelo deserto, e sacrificaremos ao SENHOR nosso Deus; para que não venha sobre nós com pestilência ou com espada. 4Então o rei do Egito lhes disse: Moisés e Arão, por que fazeis cessar ao povo de sua obra? Ide a vossas cargas. 5Disse também Faraó: Eis que o povo da terra é agora muito, e vós lhes fazeis cessar de suas cargas. 6E mandou Faraó aquele mesmo dia aos capatazes do povo que o tinham à sua responsabilidade, e a seus governadores, dizendo: 7De aqui adiante não dareis palha ao povo para fazer tijolos, como ontem e antes de ontem; vão eles e recolham por si mesmos a palha; 8E haveis de pôr-lhes a tarefa dos tijolos que faziam antes, e não lhes diminuireis nada; porque estão ociosos, e por isso levantam a voz dizendo: Vamos e sacrificaremos a nosso Deus. 9Agrave-se a servidão sobre eles, para que se ocupem nela, e não atendam a palavras de mentira. 10E saindo os capatazes do povo e seus governadores, falaram ao povo, dizendo: Assim disse Faraó: Eu não vos dou palha. 11Ide vós, e recolhei palha de onde a achardes; que nada se diminuirá de vossa tarefa. 12Então o povo se espalhou por toda a terra do Egito a colher restolho em lugar de palha. 13E os capatazes os apressavam, dizendo: Acabai vossa obra, a tarefa do dia em seu dia, como quando se vos dava palha. 14E açoitavam aos supervisores dos filhos de Israel, que os capatazes de Faraó haviam posto sobre eles, dizendo: Por que não cumpristes vossa tarefa de tijolos nem ontem nem hoje, como antes? 15E os supervisores dos filhos de Israel vieram a Faraó, e se queixaram a ele, dizendo: Por que o fazes assim com teus servos? 16Não se dá palha a teus servos, e, contudo, nos dizem: Fazei os tijolos. E eis que teus servos são açoitados, e teu povo cai em falta. 17E ele respondeu: Estais ociosos, sim, ociosos, e por isso dizeis: Vamos e sacrifiquemos ao SENHOR. 18Ide, pois, agora, e trabalhai. Não se vos dará palha, e haveis de dar a tarefa dos tijolos. 19Então os supervisores dos filhos de Israel se viram em aflição, tendo lhes dito: Não se diminuirá nada de vossos tijolos, da tarefa de cada dia. 20E encontrando a Moisés e a Arão, que estavam à vista deles quando saíam de Faraó, 21Disseram-lhes: Olhe o SENHOR sobre vós, e julgue; pois nos fizestes repulsivos diante de Faraó e de seus servos, dando-lhes a espada nas mãos para que nos matem. 22Então Moisés se voltou ao SENHOR, e disse: Senhor, por que afliges a este povo? para que me enviaste? 23Porque desde que vim a Faraó para falar-lhe em teu nome, afligiu a este povo; e tu tampouco livraste a teu povo.

1Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’” 2Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don’t know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.” 3They said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword.” 4The king of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!” 5Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens.” 6The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7“You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8The 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.’ 9Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.” 10The 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. 11Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’” 12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. 13The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!” 14The 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?” 15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants? 16No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, ‘Make brick!’ and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.” 17But he said, “You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.’ 18Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!” 19The 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!” 20They met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came out from Pharaoh: 21and they said to them, “May Yahweh 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.” 22Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, “Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me? 23For 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.”

1En daarna gingen Mozes en Aaron heen, en zeiden tot Farao: Alzo zegt de HEERE, de God van Israel: Laat Mijn volk trekken, dat het Mij een feest houde in de woestijn! 2Maar Farao zeide: Wie is de HEERE, Wiens stem ik gehoorzamen zou, om Israel te laten trekken? Ik ken den HEERE niet, en ik zal ook Israel niet laten trekken. 3Zij dan zeiden: De God der Hebreen is ons ontmoet; zo laat ons toch heentrekken, den weg van drie dagen in de woestijn, en den HEERE, onzen God, offeren, dat Hij ons niet overkome met pestilentie, of met het zwaard. 4Toen zeide de koning van Egypte tot hen: Gij, Mozes en Aaron! waarom trekt gij het volk af van hun werken? Gaat heen tot uw lasten. 5Verder zeide Farao: Ziet, het volk des lands is alreeds te veel; en zoudt gijlieden hen doen rusten van hun lasten? 6Daarom beval Farao, ten zelfden dage, aan de aandrijvers onder het volk, en deszelfs ambtlieden, zeggende: 7Gij zult voortaan aan deze lieden geen stro meer geven, tot het maken der tichelstenen, als gisteren en eergisteren; laat hen zelven heengaan, en stro voor zichzelven verzamelen. 8En het getal der tichelstenen, die zij gisteren en eergisteren gemaakt hebben, zult gij hun opleggen; gij zult daarvan niet verminderen; want zij gaan ledig; daarom roepen zij, zeggende: Laat ons gaan, laat ons onzen God offeren! 9Men verzware den dienst over deze mannen, dat zij daaraan te doen hebben, en zich niet vergapen aan leugenachtige woorden. 10Toen gingen de aandrijvers des volks uit, en deszelfs ambtlieden, en spraken tot het volk, zeggende: Zo zegt Farao: Ik zal ulieden geen stro geven. 11Gaat gij zelve heen, haalt u stro, waar gij het vindt; doch van uw dienst zal niet verminderd worden. 12Toen verstrooide zich het volk in het ganse land van Egypte, dat het stoppelen verzamelde, voor stro. 13En de aandrijvers drongen aan, zeggende: Voleindigt uw werken, elk dagwerk op zijn dag, gelijk toen er stro was. 14En de ambtlieden der kinderen Israels, die Farao's aandrijvers over hen gesteld hadden, werden geslagen, en men zeide: Waarom hebt gijlieden uw gezette werk niet voleindigd, in het maken der tichelstenen, gelijk te voren, alzo ook gisteren en heden? 15Derhalve gingen de ambtlieden der kinderen Israels, en schreeuwden tot Farao, zeggende: Waarom doet gij uw knechten alzo? 16Aan uw knechten wordt geen stro gegeven, en zij zeggen tot ons: Maakt de tichelstenen; en ziet, uw knechten worden geslagen, doch de schuld is uws volks! 17Hij dan zeide: Gijlieden gaat ledig, ledig gaat gij; daarom zegt gij: Laat ons gaan, laat ons den HEERE offeren! 18Zo gaat nu heen, arbeidt; doch stro zal u niet gegeven worden; evenwel zult gij het getal der tichelstenen leveren. 19Toen zagen de ambtlieden der kinderen Israels, dat het kwalijk met hen stond, dewijl men zeide: Gij zult niet minderen van uw tichelstenen, van het dagwerk op zijn dag. 20En zij ontmoetten Mozes en Aaron, die tegen hen over stonden, toen zij van Farao uitgingen. 21En zeiden tot hen: De HEERE zie op u, en richte het, dewijl dat gij onzen reuk hebt stinkende gemaakt voor Farao, en voor zijn knechten, gevende een zwaard in hun handen, om ons te doden. 22Toen keerde Mozes weder tot den HEERE, en zeide: Heere! waarom hebt Gij dit volk kwaad gedaan, waarom hebt Gij mij nu gezonden? 23Want van toen af, dat ik tot Farao ben ingegaan, om in Uw Naam te spreken, heeft hij dit volk kwaad gedaan; en Gij hebt Uw volk geenszins verlost.