Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he said: “You are idle. And for this reason you say, ‘We shall go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ "
— Exodus 5:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.”
“But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah. ”
“But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.'”
“But Pharaoh replied,“You are slackers! Slackers! That is why you are saying,‘Let us go sacrifice to the LORD.’””
“And he said: You are idle, and therefore you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.”
“But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord.”
“But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.”
And those who were first in the works of the sons of Israel were scourged by Pharaoh’s taskmasters, saying: “Why have you not filled the quota of bricks, neither yesterday, nor today, just as before?”
And the first among the sons of Israel came, and they cried out to Pharaoh, saying: “Why do act against your servants in this way?
Straw is not given to us, and yet the same amount of bricks is commanded. So we, your servants, are cut up by scourging, and injustice is done against your people.”
And he said: “You are idle. And for this reason you say, ‘We shall go and sacrifice to the Lord.’
Therefore, go and work. Straw will not be given to you, and you will return the customary number of bricks.”
And the first among the sons of Israel saw themselves in a crisis, because it was said to them, “Nothing at all will be lessened from the bricks throughout each day.”
And they met with Moses and Aaron, who stood opposite them as they departed from Pharaoh.