¹In potem sta šla Mojzes in Aron ter rekla Faraonu: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Pusti ljudstvo moje, da mi obhajajo praznik v puščavi.

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;`

²In Faraon odgovori: Kdo je GOSPOD, čigar glas naj poslušam, da izpustim Izraela? Ne poznam GOSPODA, tudi Izraela ne bom pustil.

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.`

³In ona rečeta: Bog Hebrejcev nam je prišel naproti. Pústi nas, prosimo, da gremo tri dni hoda v puščavo in darujemo GOSPODU, Bogu svojemu, da nas ne kaznuje s kugo ali z mečem.

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.`

⁴In kralj egiptovski jima reče: Zakaj hočeta, Mojzes in Aron, oprostiti ljudstvo dela njegovega? Pojdita le k raboti svoji!

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

⁵In Faraon reče: Glejta, preveč je že ljudstva v deželi, in vidva mu hočeta dati počitek od rabote njegove!

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

⁶In ukazal je Faraon tistega dne priganjačem ljudstva in nadzornikom njegovim, rekoč:

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

⁷Ne smete več ljudstvu dajati slame za izdelovanje opeke kakor doslej; naj sami gredo in si naberejo slame.

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;

⁸Toda isto število opeke, kolikor so jo izdelovali doslej, jim morate naložiti, ne odštevši prav ničesar; kajti nič ne delajo, zato vpijejo, govoreč: Pojdimo darovat Bogu svojemu!

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;

⁹Težavna bodi služba tem ljudem, da bodo imeli dosti opravila in ne bodo pazili na lažnive besede!

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

¹⁰In odšli so priganjači ljudstva in njegovi nadzorniki in govorili so ljudstvu: Tako pravi Faraon: Slame vam ne bom več dajal.

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,

¹¹Pojdite sami, prinesite si slame, kjerkoli je kaj najdete; toda služba se vam nič ne olajša.

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

¹²In razkropilo se je ljudstvo po vsej zemlji Egiptovski, da bi zbirali strn za slamo.

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

¹³Priganjači pa so jih pritiskali, govoreč: Opravljajte svoje delo, vsak dan svoje delo, kakor takrat, ko je bila slama.

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

¹⁴In bili so tepeni nadzorniki sinov Izraelovih, ki so jih nad njimi postavili priganjači Faraonovi; rekli so jim: Zakaj niste dodelali svojega števila opeke, ne včeraj, ne danes, kakor ste poprej?

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?`

¹⁵In prišli so nadzorniki sinov Izraelovih k Faraonu in so vpili in rekli: Zakaj tako ravnaš s hlapci svojimi?

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

¹⁶Slame ne dajó hlapcem tvojim, vendar velevajo: Delajte opeko; in glej, hlapci tvoji so tepeni, in krivo je tvoje ljudstvo.

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.`

¹⁷On pa reče: Nič ne delate, nič ne delate! zato govorite: Pojdimo darovat GOSPODU!

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

¹⁸In zdaj pojdite in delajte! Slame vam ne bodo dajali, a število opeke morate oddati.

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

¹⁹In izprevideli so nadzorniki sinov Izraelovih, da so v stiski, ker morajo reči: Nič manj ne delajte opeke; vsak dan svoje delo!

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.`

²⁰Ko so se torej sešli z Mojzesom in Aronom, ki sta stala, da bi jih srečala na poti od Faraona,

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

²¹so jima rekli: GOSPOD poglej na vaju in naj sodi, ker sta naš duh smrdljiv storila pred Faraonom in pred služabniki njegovimi, da bi dala meč v njih roke, da nas pomoré.

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.`

²²In obrne se Mojzes h GOSPODU in reče: GOSPOD, zakaj ravnaš tako hudo s tem ljudstvom? zakaj si me vendar poslal?Kajti odkar sem šel k Faraonu, da bi govoril v tvojem imenu, ravna še huje s tem ljudstvom, in ti nisi nikakor rešil ljudstva svojega.

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

²³Kajti odkar sem šel k Faraonu, da bi govoril v tvojem imenu, ravna še huje s tem ljudstvom, in ti nisi nikakor rešil ljudstva svojega.

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.`