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

¹And afterwards Moses and Aaron went in, and said to Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go that they may celebrate 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 said, Who is Jehovah, to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.

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 said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God; lest he fall upon 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 said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, wish to have the people go off from their works? Away, to your burdens!

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

⁵And Pharaoh said, Behold the people of the land are now many, and ye wish to make them rest from their burdens.

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

⁶And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

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

⁷Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather 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 number of the bricks they have made heretofore shall ye lay upon them: ye shall not diminish any of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go [and] sacrifice to our God.

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

⁹Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard vain words.

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

¹⁰And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh: I will not give you straw:

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

¹¹go ye, get yourselves straw where ye may find it; but none of your work shall be diminished.

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

¹²And the people were scattered abroad throughout 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 taskmasters urged [them], saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was 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 officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, [and] it was said, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore?

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

¹⁵Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen?

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

¹⁶There is no straw given to thy bondmen, and they say to us, Make brick; and behold, thy bondmen are beaten, but it is the fault of thy people.

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

¹⁷And he said, Ye are idle, idle! therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

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

¹⁸And now go -- work! and straw shall not be given you, and ye shall deliver the measure of bricks.

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 officers of the children of Israel saw [that] it stood ill with them, because it was said, Ye shall not diminish anything from your bricks, the daily work.

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

²⁰And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood there to meet them, as they came 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 they said to them, Jehovah look upon you and judge, that ye have made our odour to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his bondmen, putting a sword into their hand to kill us!

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

²²And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Lord, why hast thou done evil to this people? why now hast thou 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.

²³For ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all!