Exodus 5
1 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!’”
Después Moisés y Aarón fueron a Faraón y le dijeron: Yavé el ʼElohim de Israel dice: Deja ir a mi pueblo para que me celebre una fiesta en el desierto.
2 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!”
Pero Faraón respondió: ¿Quién es Yavé para que yo obedezca su voz y deje ir a Israel? ¡No conozco a Yavé ni dejaré ir a Israel!
3 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].”
Ellos dijeron: El ʼElohim de los hebreos se encontró con nosotros. Te rogamos que nos permitas ir un camino de tres jornadas por el desierto para que ofrezcamos sacrificio a Yavé nuestro ʼElohim, no sea que Él nos ataque con pestilencia o con la espada.
4 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!”
Entonces el rey de Egipto les dijo a Moisés y Aarón: ¿Por qué distraen al pueblo de su trabajo? ¡Dedíquense a sus tareas!
5 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!”
También Faraón dijo: Miren, las gentes de la tierra son ahora muchas, y ustedes los están haciendo cesar en sus tareas.
6 That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave bosses and the [Israeli] men supervising the slaves,
Aquel mismo día Faraón mandó a los capataces del pueblo y a sus caporales:
7 “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.
No continúen la provisión de pasto seco al pueblo para fabricar adobes como en días pasados. ¡Que ellos mismos vayan y recojan el pasto seco!
8 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.
Les exigirán la misma cantidad de adobes que hacían en días pasados, y no la rebajarán, porque son perezosos. Por eso claman y dicen: Deseamos ir a hacer sacrificios para nuestro ʼElohim.
9 Force the men to work harder, so that they will not [have time] to listen to lies [from their leaders]!”
¡Que se agrave la servidumbre sobre ellos, que se ocupen en ella y no atiendan a palabras falsas!
10 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.
Entonces al salir los capataces y los caporales, hablaron al pueblo: Faraón dijo: ¡Ya no les doy más pasto seco!
11 [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]
Vayan, recojan ustedes mismos pasto seco donde lo encuentren, aunque nada se disminuirá de su tarea.
12 So the Israeli people went all over Egypt to find straw.
Entonces el pueblo se esparció por toda la tierra de Egipto para recoger rastrojo que sirviera como pasto seco.
13 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!”
Entre tanto los capataces los apremiaban y decían: Acaben sus tareas, la tarea de cada día en su día, como cuando había pasto seco.
14 [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]?”
También los caporales de los hijos de Israel, a quienes los capataces de Faraón les dieron autoridad sobre ellos, eran azotados, y les decían: ¿Por qué no cumplieron ayer ni hoy su cuota de adobes como antes?
15 Then the Israeli supervisors went to the king and complained, saying “[Your Majesty], why are you treating us this way?
Entonces los caporales de los hijos de Israel fueron a Faraón y se quejaron ante él: ¿Por qué tratas así a tus esclavos?
16 [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]!”
No se da pasto seco a tus esclavos, pero nos dicen: ¡Hagan adobes! Mira, tus esclavos son azotados, como si tu pueblo fuera el culpable.
17 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.’
Pero él respondió: Son perezosos, muy perezosos, y por eso ustedes dicen: Vamos a ofrecer sacrificio a Yavé.
18 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!”
Vayan ahora y trabajen. No se les dará pasto seco, y deberán entregar la misma cantidad de adobes.
19 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.”
Y los caporales de los hijos de Israel se vieron en apuros porque se les dijo: Nada de su cuota de adobes se reducirá. La tarea de cada jornada en su día.
20 As they left the king’s [palace], they met Aaron and Moses/me, who were waiting for them [there].
Al salir de la presencia de Faraón, se encontraron con Moisés y Aarón, quienes los esperaban,
21 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!”
y les dijeron: Que Yavé los mire y juzgue, pues nos hicieron odiosos ante Faraón y ante sus esclavos al poner en su mano una espada para que se nos mate.
22 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]?
Entonces Moisés se volvió hacia Yavé y le dijo: Oh ʼAdonay, ¿por qué afliges a este pueblo? ¿Por qué me enviaste?
23 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!”
Porque desde cuando fui a Faraón para hablar en tu Nombre, él afligió a este pueblo, y Tú no has librado a tu pueblo de ningún modo.
