出埃及记 5:17

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

法老說：“你們確實是懶惰的，所以你們才說：‘讓我們去獻祭給耶和華。’

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
但 法 老 说 ： 你 们 是 懒 惰 的 ！ 你 们 是 懒 惰 的 ！ 所 以 说 ： 容 我 们 去 祭 祀 耶 和 华 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Then the Israelite foremen went to the king and complained, "Why are you treating us, your servants, this way? ¹⁶ You give us no straw, but we are commanded to make bricks. Our slave masters beat us, but it is your own people's fault." ¹⁷ The king answered, "You are lazy! You don't want to work! That is why you ask to leave here and make sacrifices to the Lord . ¹⁸ Now, go back to work! We will not give you any straw, but you must make just as many bricks as you did before." ¹⁹ The Israelite foremen knew they were in trouble, because the king had told them, "You must make just as many bricks each day as you did before." ²⁰ As they were leaving the meeting with the king, they met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them. ²¹ So they said to Moses and Aaron, "May the Lord punish you. You caused the king and his officers to hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us." ²² Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, "Lord, why have you brought this trouble on your people? Is this why you sent me here? ²³ I went to the king and said what you told me to say, but ever since that time he has made the people suffer. And you have done nothing to save them."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 26:8, John 6:27, 2 Thessalonians 3:10, 2 Thessalonians 3:11

Reciprocal: John 12:5 - was Romans 12:11 - slothful

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But he said, ye are idle, ye are idle,.... Instead of expressing indignation at the taskmasters, and relieving the officers and the people, he insults them in a flouting sarcastic way, charging them with sloth and idleness; and which, for the certainty of it, or, however, to show how strongly persuaded and fully assured he was of the truth of it, repeats it, and gives the following as a proof of it,

therefore ye say, let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord; suggesting that it was not so much the service and honour of God they regarded, as that they might have a leisure day from work and labour.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye are idle - The old Egyptian language abounds in epithets which show contempt for idleness. The charge was equally offensive and ingenious; one which would be readily believed by Egyptians who knew how much public and private labors were impeded by festivals and other religious ceremonies. Among the great sins which, according to Egyptian belief, involved condemnation in the final judgment, idleness is twice mentioned.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 5:17. Ye are idle - therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice — It is common for those who feel unconcerned about their own souls to attribute the religious earnestness of others, who feel the importance of eternal things, to idleness or a disregard of their secular concerns. Strange that they cannot see there is a medium! He who has commanded them to be diligent in business, has also commanded them to be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. He whose diligence in business is not connected with a true religious fervour of spirit, is a lover of the world; and whatever form he may have he has not the power of godliness, and therefore is completely out of the road to salvation.