Liber Exodus

Exodus, chapter 5, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 5 Vulgate

   1 Post haec ingressi sunt Moyses et Aaron et dixerunt pharaoni: "Haec dicit Dominus, Deus Israel: Dimitte populum meum, ut sacrificet mihi in deserto "
   2 At ille responclit: "Quis est Dominus, ut audiam vocem eius et dimittam Israel? Nescio Dominum et Israel non dimittam"
   3 Dixeruntque: "Deus Hebraeorum occurrit nobis; eamus, quaeso, viam trium dierum in solitudinem et sacrificemus Domino Deo nostro, ne forte accidat nobis pestis aut gladius"
   4 Ait ad eos rex Aegypti: "Quare, Moyses et Aaron, sollicitatis populum ab operibus suis? Ite ad onera vestra"
   5 Dixitque pharao: "Multus nimis iam est populus terrae; videtis quod turba succreverit; quanto magis si dederitis eis requiem ab operibus?"
   6 Praecepit ergo in die illo exactoribus populi et praefectis eius dicens:
   7" Nequaquam ultra dabitis paleas populo ad conficiendos lateres sicut prius, sed ipsi vadant et colligant stipulas.
   8 Et mensuram laterum, quam prius faciebant, imponetis super eos; nec minuetis quidquam. Vacant enim et idcirco vociferantur dicentes: "Eamus et sacrificemus Deo nostro".
   9 Opprimantur operibus et expleant ea, ut non acquiescant verbis mendacibus"
   10 Igitur egressi exactores populi et praefecti eius dixerunt ad populum: "Sic dicit pharao: "Non do vobis paleas.
   11 Ite et colligite, sicubi invenire poteritis, nec minuetur quid quam de opere vestro" "
   12 Dispersusque est populus per omnem terram Aegypti ad colligendas paleas.
   13 Exactores quoque instabant dicentes: "Complete opus vestrum cotidie, ut prius facere solebatis, quando dabantur vobis paleae"
   14 Flagellatique sunt praefecti filiorum Israel, quos constituerant super eos exactores pharaonis dicentes: "Quare non implestis mensuram laterum sicut prius, nec heri nec hodie?"
   15 Veneruntque praefecti filiorum Israel et vociferati sunt ad pharaonem dicentes: "Cur ita agis contra servos tuos?
   16 Paleae non dantur nobis, et lateres similiter imperantur; en famuli tui flagellis caedimur, et populus tuus est in culpa"
   17 Qui ait: "Vacatis otio et idcirco dicitis: "Eamus et sacrificemus Domino".
   18 Ite ergo et operamini; paleae non dabuntur vobis, et reddetis consuetum numerum laterum"
   19 Videbantque se praefecti filiorum Israel in malo, eo quod diceretur eis: "Non minuetur quidquam de lateribus per singulos dies"
   20 occurreruntque Moysi et Aaron, qui stabant ex adverso egredientibus a pharaone,
   21 et dixerunt ad eos: "Videat Dominus et iudicet, quoniam foetere fecistis odorem nostrum coram pharaone et servis eius; et praebuistis ei gladium, ut occideret nos"
   22 Reversusque est Moyses ad Dominum et ait: "Domine, cur afflixisti populum istum? Quare misisti me?
   23 Ex eo enim quo ingressus sum ad pharaonem, ut loquerer in nomine tuo, afflixit populum tuum; et non liberasti eos"

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
   2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
   3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
   4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
   5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
   6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
   7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
   8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
   9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
   10 ¶ And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
   11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
   12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
   13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
   14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
   15 ¶ Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
   16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
   17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
   18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
   19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
   20 ¶ And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
   21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
   22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
   23 For 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.