NET Bible
"But Pharaoh replied,“You are slackers! Slackers! That is why you are saying,‘Let us go sacrifice to the LORD.’”"
— Exodus 5:17, NET Bible
“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.'”
“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.”
The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked,“Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past– both yesterday and today?”
The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh,“Why are you treating your servants this way?
No straw is given to your servants, but we are told,‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are even being beaten, but the fault is with your people.”
But Pharaoh replied,“You are slackers! Slackers! That is why you are saying,‘Let us go sacrifice to the LORD.’”
So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!”
The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told,“You must not reduce the daily quota of your bricks.”
When they went out from Pharaoh, they encountered Moses and Aaron standing there to meet them,