Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Complete John Calvin (continued)
JOHN CALVIN
7. Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
7. Non continuabitis in danda palea populo ad conficiendos lateres, sicut heri et nudiustertius, sed ipsi eant, et colligant sibi paleas.
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.
8. Summam vero laterum quam ipsi fecerunt heri et nudiustertius, imponite eis: non minuetis ex ea: nam quia otio remissi sunt, propterea ipsi clamant, dicentes, Eamus, sacrificemus Deo nostro.
9. Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard vain words.
9. Aggravetur ergo servitus super viros, in quo se exerceant, et non attendant verbis mendacibus.
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.
10. Tunc egressi sunt exactores populi et praefecti ejus, et dixerunt populo, Sic dicit Pharao, Ego non do vobis paleas.
11. Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
11. Vos ite colligite vobis paleas, ubicunque inveneritis: quia non est imminutum quicquam ex opere vestro.
12. So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
12. Dispersus est ergo populus per totam terram Aegypti, ut colligerent stipulas pro paleis.
13. And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was
13. Et urgebant eos exactores, dicendo, Perficite opera vestra, pensum diei die suo perindee ac si adessent paleae, (vel, sicuti quum erant paleae.) straw.