Ex 5:1Post haec ingressī sunt Mōysēs et Aarōn, et dīxērunt Pharaōnī: Haec dīcit Dominus Deus Isrāël: Dīmitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi in dēsertō.After these things Moses and Aaron went in, and said to Pharaoh: "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: 'Let my people go so that it may sacrifice to me in the desert.'" Ex 5:2At ille respondit: Quis est Dominus, ut audiam vōcem ejus, et dīmittam Isrāël?But he answered: "Who is the Lord, that I should hear his voice, and let Israel go? Ex 5:2Nesciō Dominum, et Isrāël nōn dīmittam.I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go." Ex 5:3Dīxēruntque: Deus Hebraeōrum vocāvit nōs, ut eāmus viam trium diērum in sōlitūdinem, et sacrificēmus Dominō Deō nostrō: nē forte accidat nōbīs pestis aut gladius.And they said: "The God of the Hebrews has called us, that we may go a journey of three days into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God: lest perhaps plague or sword befall us." Ex 5:4Ait ad eōs rēx Aegyptī: Quārē Mōysēs et Aarōn sollicitātis populum ab operibus suīs?The king of Egypt says to them: "Why, Moses and Aaron, are you drawing the people away from their works?
Ex 5:4Īte ad onera vestra.Go to your burdens." Ex 5:5Dīxitque Pharaō: Multus est populus terrae: vidētis quod turba succrēverit: quantō magis sī dederitis eīs requiem ab operibus?And Pharaoh said: "The people of the land is numerous: you see that the crowd has grown up: how much more if you give them rest from the works?" Ex 5:6Praecēpit ergō in diē illō praefectīs operum et exāctōribus populī, dīcēns: Nēquāquam ultrā dabitis paleās populō ad cōnficiendōs laterēs, sīcut prius: sed ipsī vādant, et colligant stipulās.So on that day he gave orders to the overseers of the works and the taskmasters of the people, saying: "By no means will you any longer give straw to the people for making bricks, as before: but let them go themselves, and gather stubble. Ex 5:8Et mēnsūram laterum, quam prius faciēbant, impōnētis super eōs, nec minuētis quidquam: vacant enim, et idcircō vōciferantur, dīcentēs: Eāmus, et sacrificēmus Deō nostrō.And the measure of bricks which they were making before, you will lay upon them, nor will you lessen anything: for they are idle, and for that reason they cry out, saying: 'Let us go, and sacrifice to our God.' Ex 5:9Opprimantur operibus, et expleant ea: ut nōn acquiēscant verbīs mendācibus.Let them be oppressed with works, and let them fulfil them: so that they may not give heed to lying words."
Ex 5:10Igitur ēgressī praefectī operum et exāctōrēs ad populum, dīxērunt: Sīc dīcit Pharaō: Nōn dō vōbīs paleās: īte, et colligite sīcubi invenīre poteritis, nec minuētur quidquam dē opere vestrō.Therefore the overseers of the works and the taskmasters, having gone out to the people, said: "Thus says Pharaoh: 'I do not give you straw: go, and gather it wherever you can find it, nor will anything be lessened from your work.'" Ex 5:12Dispersusque est populus per omnem terram Aegyptī ad colligendās paleās.And the people was scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather straw. Ex 5:13Praefectī quoque operum īnstābant, dīcentēs: Complēte opus vestrum quotīdiē, ut prius facere solēbātis quandō dabantur vōbīs paleae.The overseers of the works also were pressing them, saying: "Complete your work daily, as you used to do before, when straw was given to you." Ex 5:14Flagellātīque sunt quī praeerant operibus fīliōrum Isrāël, ab exāctōribus Pharaōnis, dīcentibus: Quārē nōn implētis mēnsūram laterum sīcut prius, nec herī, nec hodiē?And those of the sons of Israel who were in charge of the works were flogged by the taskmasters of Pharaoh, who said: "Why do you not fulfil the measure of bricks as before, neither yesterday nor today?"
Ex 5:15Vēnēruntque praepositī fīliōrum Isrāël, et vōciferātī sunt ad Pharaōnem dīcentēs: Cūr ita agis contrā servōs tuōs?And the foremen of the sons of Israel came, and cried out to Pharaoh, saying: "Why do you act thus against your servants? Ex 5:16Paleae nōn dantur nōbīs, et laterēs similiter imperantur: ēn famulī tuī flagellīs caedimur, et injūstē agitur contrā populum tuum.Straw is not given to us, and bricks are ordered just the same: look, we your servants are beaten with whips, and unjustly is it done against your people." Ex 5:17Quī ait: Vacātis ōtiō, et idcircō dīcitis: Eāmus, et sacrificēmus Dominō.He said: "You are idle with leisure, and for that reason you say: 'Let us go, and sacrifice to the Lord.' Ex 5:18Īte ergō, et operāminī: paleae nōn dabuntur vōbīs, et reddētis cōnsuētum numerum laterum.Go therefore, and work: straw will not be given to you, and you will render the usual number of bricks." Ex 5:19Vidēbantque sē praepositī fīliōrum Isrāël in malō, eō quod dīcerētur eīs: Nōn minuētur quidquam dē lateribus per singulōs diēs.And the foremen of the sons of Israel saw themselves in trouble, because it was said to them: "Nothing will be lessened from the bricks for each single day."
Ex 5:20Occurrēruntque Mōysī et Aarōn, quī stābant ex adversō, ēgredientibus ā Pharaōne: et dīxērunt ad eōs: Videat Dominus et jūdicet, quoniam foetēre fēcistis odōrem nostrum cōram Pharaōne et servīs ejus, et praebuistis eī gladium, ut occīderet nōs.And they met Moses and Aaron, who were standing opposite, as they came out from Pharaoh: and they said to them: "May the Lord see and judge, since you have made our smell stink before Pharaoh and his servants, and you have offered him a sword, so that he might kill us." Ex 5:22Reversusque est Mōysēs ad Dominum, et ait: Domine, cūr afflīxistī populum istum?And Moses returned to the Lord, and said: "Lord, why have you afflicted this people? Ex 5:22Quārē mīsistī mē?Why have you sent me? Ex 5:23Ex eō enim quō ingressus sum ad Pharaōnem ut loquerer in nōmine tuō, afflīxit populum tuum: et nōn līberāstī eōs.For since the time that I went in to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has afflicted your people: and you have not freed them."