¹Potom prišli, Mojžiš a Áron, a riekli faraonovi: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov: Prepusti môj ľud, aby mi slávil slávnosť na púšti.

¹And 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;`

²Ale faraon odpovedal: Kto je Hospodin, aby som poslúchol jeho hlas a prepustil Izraela? Neznám Hospodina ani neprepustím Izraela.

²and 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.`

³A riekli: Bôh Hebrejov sa stretol s nami. Nože nech ideme, prosíme, tri dni cesty na púšť a obetujeme Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, aby nedopustil na nás moru alebo meča.

³And 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.`

⁴A egyptský kráľ im povedal: Prečo vy, Mojžišu a Árone, chcete uvoľniť ten ľud od jeho prác? Iďte ku svojim robotám!

⁴And the king of Egypt saith unto them, `Why, Moses and Aaron, do ye free the people from its works? go to your burdens.`

⁵A faraon povedal ešte: Hľa, už teraz je mnoho ľudu v zemi, a zdržujete ich od ich robôt.

⁵Pharaoh also saith, `Lo, numerous now [is] the people of the land, and ye have caused them to cease from their burdens!`

⁶A faraon prikázal toho dňa pohoničom, ktorí boli nad ľudom, a jeho úradníkom a povedal:

⁶And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying,

⁷Nebudete viacej dávať ľudu slamy na robenie tehiel ako doteraz. Nech idú sami a sbierajú si slamu.

⁷`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;

⁸Ale ten istý počet tehiel, ktorý robili dosiaľ, im naložte i ďalej, neujmete ničoho z neho, lebo sú leniví a zaháľajú a preto kričia, poďme vraj a obetujme svojmu Bohu!

⁸and 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;

⁹Nech ťažko dolieha robota na tých mužov, a nech pracujú v nej, aby nedbali na falošné slová.

⁹let the service be heavy on the men, and let them work at it, and not be dazzled by lying words.`

¹⁰A tak vyšli pohoniči ľudu a jeho úradníci a vraveli ľudu: Takto hovorí faraon: Nebudem vám dávať slamy.

¹⁰And 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,

¹¹Iďte sami, berte si slamu odtiaľ, kde najdete, lebo nič sa neujme z vašej práce.

¹¹ye — go ye, take for yourselves straw where ye find [it], for there is nothing of your service diminished.`

¹²Vtedy sa rozbehol ľud po celej Egyptskej zemi, aby trhal strnište miesto slamy.

¹²And the people is scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw,

¹³A pohoniči ich nútili a vraveli: Vykonajte svoju prácu, každý deň to, čo ste povinní, jako vtedy, keď bolo slamy.

¹³and the exactors are making haste, saying, `Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.`

¹⁴A úradníci synov Izraelových, ktorých ustanovili nad nimi pohoniči faraonovi, boli bití, a vraveli im: Prečo ste nevykonali svojej úlohy, ani včera ani dnes, tak aby ste boli spravili toľko tehiel ako driev?

¹⁴And 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?`

¹⁵A úradníci synov Izraelových prišli a kričali k faraonovi a vraveli: Prečo tak robíš svojim služobníkom?

¹⁵And the authorities of the sons of Israel come in and cry unto Pharaoh, saying, `Why dost thou thus to thy servants?

¹⁶Slamy sa nedáva svojim služobníkom a hovoria nám: Robte tehly! A hľa, tvoji služobníci sú bití, a tvoj ľud hreší.

¹⁶Straw 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.`

¹⁷A on povedal: Zaháľate, zaháľate, preto hovoríte: Poďme, obetujme Hospodinovi!

¹⁷And he saith, `Remiss — ye are remiss, therefore ye are saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to Jehovah;

¹⁸A tak teraz iďte, robte! A slamy sa vám nebude dávať, ale uložený počet tehiel dáte.

¹⁸and now, go, serve; and straw is not given to you, and the measure of bricks ye do give.`

¹⁹A úradníci synov Izraelových videli, že je s nimi zle, pretože im bolo povedané: Neujmete z počtu svojich tehiel, ktoré máte vystanoviť v ktorý deň.

¹⁹And 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.`

²⁰A stretli Mojžiša a Árona, ktorí im stáli oproti, keď vychádzali od faraona,

²⁰And they meet Moses and Aaron standing to meet them, in their coming out from Pharaoh,

²¹a povedali im: Nech pohliadne na vás Hospodin a súdi, lebo ste zosmradili náš čuch v očiach faraonových a v očiach jeho služobníkov a dali ste meč do ich ruky, aby nás pobili.

²¹and 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.`

²²A Mojžiš sa navrátil k Hospodinovi a povedal: Pane, prečo si učinil tak zle tomuto ľudu? Prečo si ma poslal?

²²And Moses turneth back unto Jehovah, and saith, `Lord, why hast Thou done evil to this people? why [is] this? — Thou hast sent me!

²³Lebo odvtedy, odkedy som vošiel k faraonovi, aby som s ním hovoril v tvojom mene, robí zle tomuto ľudu, a vytrhnúť nevytrhol si svojho ľudu z jeho moci.

²³and 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.`