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 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.
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!”
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.
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].”
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.
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: Moisés, y Aarón: ¿Por qué hacéis cesar al pueblo de su obra? Id a vuestros cargos.
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!”
Dijo también Faraón: He aquí, el pueblo de la tierra es ahora mucho, y vosotros los hacéis cesar de sus cargos.
6 That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave bosses and the [Israeli] men supervising the slaves,
Y mandó Faraón aquel mismo día a los cuadrilleros del pueblo que tenían cargo del pueblo, y a los gobernadores de él, diciendo:
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.
De aquí a delante no daréis paja al pueblo para hacer el ladrillo, como ayer y anteayer; vayan ellos, y cójanse la paja;
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.
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.
9 Force the men to work harder, so that they will not [have time] to listen to lies [from their leaders]!”
Agrávese la servidumbre sobre ellos, para que se ocupen en ella, y no miren a palabras de mentira.
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.
Y saliendo los cuadrilleros del pueblo, y sus gobernadores, hablaron al pueblo, diciendo: Así ha dicho Faraón: Yo no os doy paja.
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]
Id vosotros, y tomáos paja, donde la hallareis: que nada se disminuirá de vuestra tarea.
12 So the Israeli people went all over Egypt to find straw.
Entonces el pueblo se derramó por toda la tierra de Egipto a coger hojarascas en lugar de paja.
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!”
Y los cuadrilleros los apremiaban, diciendo: Acabád vuestra obra, la tarea del día en su día, como cuando se os daba paja.
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]?”
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?
15 Then the Israeli supervisors went to the king and complained, saying “[Your Majesty], why are you treating us this way?
Y los gobernadores de los hijos de Israel vinieron, y quejáronse a Faraón, diciendo: ¿Por qué lo haces así con tus siervos?
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 paja a tus siervos, y con todo eso nos dicen: Hacéd el ladrillo. Y he aquí, tus siervos son azotados, y tu pueblo peca.
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.’
Y él respondió: Estáis ociosos, ociosos: y por eso decís: Vamos y sacrifiquemos a Jehová,
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!”
Id pues ahora, trabajád. Paja no se os dará, y daréis la tarea del ladrillo.
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.”
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.
20 As they left the king’s [palace], they met Aaron and Moses/me, who were waiting for them [there].
Y encontrando a Moisés y a Aarón que estaban delante de ellos cuando salían de Faraón,
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!”
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.
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 a Jehová, y dijo: Señor, ¿por qué afliges a este pueblo? ¿Para 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 que yo vine a Faraón para hablarle en tu nombre, ha afligido a este pueblo, y tú tampoco has librado a tu pueblo.
