5:1 (vii) And afterward Mosheh and Aharon went in, and told Paroh, Thus saith YHWH (יהוה) Elohei Yisra'el, Let my people go, that they may hold a Feast unto me in the wilderness.
5:2 And Paroh said:
"Who [is] YHWH (יהוה), that I should obey his Kol to let Yisrael go?"
I know not YHWH (יהוה), neither will I let Yisra'el go.
5:3 And they said, Elohei ha Ivrim (Hebrews) hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto YHWH (יהוה) Eloheinu; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
5:4 And the king of Mitzrayim said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Mosheh and Aharon, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
5:5 And Paroh said, Hinnei, the people of the eretz now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
5:6 And Paroh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
5:7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
5:8 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 Elohim.
5:9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain Devarim.
5:10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Paroh, I will not give you straw.
5:11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
5:12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the eretz of Mitzrayim to gather stubble instead of straw.
5:13 And the taskmasters hasted [them], saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw.
5:14 And the officers of the benai Yisrael, which Paroh'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?
5:15 Then the officers of the benai Yisrael came and cried unto Paroh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
5:16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, Hinei, thy servants [are] beaten; but the fault [is] in thine own people.
5:17 But he said, Ye [are] idle, [ye are] idle: therefore ye say, Let us go [and] do sacrifice to YHWH (יהוה).
5:18 Go therefore now, [and] work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
5:19 And the officers of the benai Yisrael did see [that] they [were] in evil [case], after it was said, Ye shall not diminish [ought] from your bricks of your daily task.
5:20 And they met Mosheh and Aharon, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Paroh:
5:21 And they said unto them, YHWH (יהוה) look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be stink in the eyes of Paroh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
HaShem promises to Deliver Yisrael
(Maftir)
5:22 And Mosheh returned unto YHWH (יהוה), and said, Adonay (אדני), wherefore hast thou [so] evil entreated this people? why [is] it [that] thou hast sent me?
5:23 For since I came to Paroh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
* Maftir - whoever is to read the haftarah starts by reading these final verses of the Torah Portion from the Scroll and then reads the Neviims Portion.