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!’”
Derefter gingo Mose och Aaron in, och sade till Pharao: Så säger Herren, Israels Gud: Släpp mitt folk, att de må hålla mig högtid uti öknene.
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!”
Pharao svarade: Ho är Herren, hvilkens röst jag höra skall, och släppa Israel? Jag vet intet af Herranom, och vill ej heller släppa 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].”
De sade: De Ebreers Gud hafver kallat oss; så låt nu gå oss tre dagsresor in uti öknena, och offra Herranom vårom Gud, att oss icke öfvergå skall pestilentie eller svärd.
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!”
Då sade Konungen i Egypten till dem: Hvi gören I så, du Mose och Aaron, att detta folket öfvergifver sitt arbete? Går bort till edart arbete.
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!”
Ytterligare sade Pharao: Si, folket är allaredo för mycket i landena; och I viljen ännu låta dem hålla upp af arbetena.
6 That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave bosses and the [Israeli] men supervising the slaves,
Derefter böd Pharao på samma dag fogdomen öfver folket, och deras ämbetsmän, och sade:
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.
I skolen icke härefter hemta strå tillhopa, och få folkena till att bränna teglet, såsom tillförene; låter dem sjelfva gå bort och hemta sig strå.
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.
Och samma talet på teglet skolen I likväl lägga dem uppå, såsom tillförene, och intet mindre; förty de gå fåfänge. Derföre ropa de, och säga: Vi vilje gå och offra vårom Gud.
9 Force the men to work harder, so that they will not [have time] to listen to lies [from their leaders]!”
Man må väl förtunga dem med arbete, att de något hafva till skaffa, och icke akta lögnaktigt tal.
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.
Då gingo fogdarne öfver folket och deras ämbetsmän ut, och sade till folket: Så säger Pharao: Man skall intet strå få eder.
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]
Går sjelfve bort och hemter eder strå, hvar I det finna kunnen; men af edart arbete skall intet afslås.
12 So the Israeli people went all over Egypt to find straw.
Då förströdde sig folket kringom hela Egypti land, till att hemta sig stybbe, att de ju strå hade.
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!”
Och fogdarne drefvo dem, och sade: Fyller upp edart dagsarbete, lika såsom I haden strå.
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]?”
Och de ämbetsmän af Israels barn, hvilka Pharaos fogdar öfver dem satt hade, vordo slagne, och vardt sagdt till dem: Hvi hafven I icke hvarken i dag eller i går fullkomnat edart förelagda dagsarbete, såsom tillförene?
15 Then the Israeli supervisors went to the king and complained, saying “[Your Majesty], why are you treating us this way?
Då gingo de ämbetsmän af Israels barn in, och ropade till Pharao: Hvi far du så med dina tjenare?
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]!”
Dinom tjenarom gifves intet strå, och skola dock göra det tegel, som oss förelagdt är; och si, dine tjenare varda slagne, och syndas uppå ditt folk.
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.’
Pharao sade: I ären fåfänge, fåfänge ären I; derföre sägen I: Vi viljom gå och offra Herranom.
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!”
Så går nu bort, och görer edor dagsarbete. Strå skall eder intet gifvas; men talet på teglet måsten I leverera ifrån eder.
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.”
Då sågo ämbetsmännerne af Israels barn, att det vardt intet bättre, efter sagdt vardt: I skolen intet förminska af dagsarbetena på teglet.
20 As they left the king’s [palace], they met Aaron and Moses/me, who were waiting for them [there].
Och då Mose och Aaron gingo ifrå Pharao, stodo de i vägenom före dem;
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!”
Och sade till dem: Herren se uppå eder, och döme det, att I hafven gjort vår lukt illa luktandes för Pharao och hans tjenarom, och fått dem svärdet i händerna till att dräpa oss.
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]?
Mose kom igen till Herran, och sade: Herre, hvi gör du så illa emot detta folket? Hvi hafver du sändt mig?
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!”
Ty ifrå den tiden jag ingick till att tala med Pharao i ditt Namn, hafver han ännu hårdare plågat folket; och du hafver icke frälst ditt folk.
