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Exodus 5

Ge'ez original · 23 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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5:1

ወእምድኅረዝ ፡ ቦኡ ፡ ሙሴ ፡ ወአሮን ፡ ኀበ ፡ ፈርዖን ፡ ወይቤልዎ ፡ ለፈርዖን ፡ ከመዝ ፡ ይቤ ፡ እግዚእ ፡ አምላከ ፡ እስራኤል ፡ ፈኑ ፡ ሕዝብየ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይግበሩ ፡ በዓልየ ፡ በሐቅል ።

Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’”

後來摩西、亞倫去對法老說：「耶和華－以色列的上帝這樣說：『容我的百姓去，在曠野向我守節。』」

5:2

ወይቤ ፡ ፈርዖን ፡ መኑ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ዘእሰምዖ ፡ ቃሎ ፡ ከመ ፡ እፈንዎሙ ፡ ለደቂቀ ፡ እስራኤል ፤ ኢያአምሮሂ ፡ ለእግዚእ ፡ ወለእስራኤልሂ ፡ ኢይፌንዎ ።

Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don’t know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”

法老說：「耶和華是誰，使我聽他的話，容以色列人去呢？我不認識耶和華，也不容以色列人去！」

5:3

ወይቤልዎ ፡ አምላከ ፡ ዕብራዊያን ፡ ጸውዐነ ፡ ንሑር ፡ እንከ ፡ ምሕዋረ ፡ ሠሉስ ፡ ዕለት ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሐቅል ፡ ከመ ፡ ንሡዕ ፡ ለእግዚእ ፡ ለአምላክነ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢይርከበነ ፡ ሞት ፡ ወቀትል ።

They said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword.”

他們說：「希伯來人的上帝遇見了我們。求你容我們往曠野去，走三天的路程，祭祀耶和華－我們的上帝，免得他用瘟疫、刀兵攻擊我們。」

5:4

ወይቤሎሙ ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ ለምንት ፡ ለክሙ ፡ ሙሴ ፡ ወአሮን ፡ ትገፈትእዎ ፡ ለዝንቱ ፡ ሕዝብ ፡ እምግብሩ ፡ ሑሩ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ግብርክሙ ።

The king of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!”

埃及王對他們說：「摩西、亞倫！你們為甚麼叫百姓曠工呢？你們去擔你們的擔子吧！」

5:5

ወይቤሎሙ ፡ ፈርዖን ፡ ናሁ ፡ ይእዜ ፡ ብዙኅ ፡ ወምሉእ ፡ አሕዛበ ፡ ምድር ፡ ቦሁ ፡ ዘናዐርፎሙ ፡ እምግብሮሙ ።

Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens.”

又說：「看哪，這地的以色列人如今眾多，你們竟叫他們歇下擔子！」

5:6

ወአዘዘ ፡ ፈርዖን ፡ ለነዳእተ ፡ ገባር ፡ ዘሕዝብ ፡ ወለጸሐፍት ፡ ወይቤሎሙ ።

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

當天，法老吩咐督工的和官長說：

5:7

እምይእዜ ፡ እንከ ፡ ኢተሀብዎሙ ፡ ዳግመ ፡ ሐሠረ ፡ ለሕዝብ ፡ ለገቢረ ፡ ግንፋል ፡ በከመ ፡ መዋዕለ ፡ ትካት ፡ ለሊሆሙ ፡ ይሑሩ ፡ ወያስተጋብኡ ፡ ሐሠረ ።

“You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

「你們不可照常把草給百姓做磚，叫他們自己去撿草。

5:8

ወአምጣነ ፡ ጥብዖቶሙ ፡ ዘይገብሩ ፡ ግንፋለ ፡ ከማሁ ፡ ይግበሩ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ዕለተ ፡ ወአልቦ ፡ ዘታኅጽጽዎሙ ፡ ወኢምንተኒ ፡ ዓዲ ፡ እመ ፡ ኢወሰክምዎሙ ፡ እስመ ፡ ፅሩዓን ፡ ጸርኁ ፡ ወይቤሉ ፡ ንሑር ፡ ወንሠውዕ ፡ ለእግዚእ ፡ አምላክነ ።

You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to our God.’

他們素常做磚的數目，你們仍舊向他們要，一點不可減少；因為他們是懶惰的，所以呼求說：『容我們去祭祀我們的上帝。』

5:9

አክብዱ ፡ ግብሮሙ ፡ ለዝንቱ ፡ ሰብእ ፡ ወዘንተ ፡ ይሔልዩ ፡ ወኢይሔልዩ ፡ ነገረ ፡ ዘኢይበቍዕ ።

Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it. Don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.”

你們要把更重的工夫加在這些人身上，叫他們勞碌，不聽虛謊的言語。」