Exodus · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Exodus 5 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Después Moisés y Aarón fueron a Faraón y le dijeron: «El Señor, Dios de Israel, dice: “Deja ir a mi pueblo para que celebre una fiesta en mi honor en el desierto”».
1 Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’”
2 Faraón respondió: «¿Quién es el Señor para que yo tenga que obedecerlo y dejar ir a Israel? No conozco al Señor y no dejaré ir a Israel».
2 Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don’t know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”
3 Ellos dijeron: «El Dios de los hebreos ha venido a nosotros. Permítenos hacer un viaje de tres días por el desierto para ofrecer un sacrificio al Señor nuestro Dios, no sea que nos castigue con una enfermedad o con la espada».
3 They said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword.”
4 Pero el rey de Egipto les dijo: «Moisés y Aarón, ¿por qué apartan al pueblo de su trabajo? ¡Vuelvan a sus tareas!».
4 The king of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!”
5 Faraón añadió: «Miren cuánta gente hay ahora en el país, y ustedes quieren hacer que dejen su trabajo».
5 Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens.”
6 Aquel mismo día Faraón dio esta orden a los capataces y a los encargados del pueblo:
6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,
7 «No den más paja al pueblo para hacer ladrillos. Que vayan ellos mismos a recogerla.
7 “You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
8 Pero exíjanles la misma cantidad de ladrillos que hacían antes. No reduzcan la cantidad, porque son unos holgazanes. Por eso gritan: “Déjanos ir a ofrecer un sacrificio a nuestro Dios”.
8 You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to our God.’
9 Háganlos trabajar más duro y manténganlos ocupados, para que no hagan caso de palabras falsas».
9 Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it. Don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.”
10 Entonces los capataces y los encargados salieron y dijeron al pueblo: «Faraón dice: “Ya no les daré paja.
10 The taskmasters of the people went out with their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you straw.
11 Vayan ustedes mismos a buscarla donde puedan encontrarla. Pero no se reducirá la cantidad de trabajo que deben hacer”».
11 Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’”
12 El pueblo se dispersó por toda la tierra de Egipto para recoger rastrojo y usarlo en lugar de paja.
12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
13 Los capataces los presionaban diciendo: «Cumplan cada día con la misma cantidad de trabajo que hacían cuando se les daba paja».
13 The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!”
14 Y los encargados israelitas, a quienes los capataces de Faraón habían puesto sobre el pueblo, eran golpeados. Los capataces les preguntaban: «¿Por qué ayer y hoy no hicieron la misma cantidad de ladrillos que antes?».
14 The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, “Why haven’t you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?”
15 Entonces los encargados de los hijos de Israel fueron a Faraón y se quejaron: «¿Por qué tratas así a tus siervos?
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants?
16 No nos dan paja, pero nos dicen: “Hagan ladrillos”. Además, golpean a tus siervos, aunque la culpa es de tu propio pueblo».
16 No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, ‘Make brick!’ and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”
17 Faraón respondió: «¡Son unos holgazanes! ¡Unos holgazanes! Por eso dicen: “Déjanos ir a ofrecer un sacrificio al Señor”.
17 But Pharaoh said, “You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to Yahweh.’
18 Ahora vuelvan al trabajo. No se les dará paja, pero tendrán que entregar la misma cantidad de ladrillos».
18 Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given to you; yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!”
19 Los encargados de los hijos de Israel comprendieron que estaban en graves problemas cuando se les dijo: «No reduzcan la cantidad diaria de ladrillos».
19 The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble when it was said, “You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!”
20 Al salir de la presencia de Faraón, se encontraron con Moisés y Aarón, que los estaban esperando.
20 They met Moses and Aaron, who stood along the way, as they came out from Pharaoh.
21 Les dijeron: «Que el Señor los mire y los juzgue. Ustedes han hecho que Faraón y sus siervos nos odien, y les han puesto una espada en la mano para matarnos».
21 They said to them, “May Yahweh look at you and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us!”
22 Entonces Moisés volvió al Señor y dijo: «Señor, ¿por qué has hecho sufrir tanto a este pueblo? ¿Para qué me enviaste?
22 Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, “Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me?
23 Desde que fui a Faraón para hablar en tu nombre, él ha maltratado aún más a este pueblo, y tú no has librado a tu pueblo».
23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people. You have not rescued your people at all!”
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 10:9; Acts 4:29; 1 Corinthians 5:8; Ezekiel 2:6; Matthew 10:28
- 2 Exodus 3:19; Job 21:15; 2 Kings 18:35; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Romans 1:28
- 3 Exodus 3:18; 2 Kings 17:25; 2 Chronicles 30:8; Deuteronomy 28:21; Zechariah 14:16–19
- 4 Exodus 1:11; Amos 7:10; Acts 24:5; Luke 23:2; Jeremiah 38:4
- 5 Proverbs 14:28; Exodus 1:7–11
- 6 Exodus 5:19; Exodus 5:10; Joshua 8:33; 2 Chronicles 26:11; Joshua 24:4
- 7 Genesis 24:25; Judges 19:19
- 8 Psalm 106:41
- 9 Ephesians 5:6; Malachi 3:14; Zechariah 1:6; 2 Kings 18:20; Job 16:3
- 10 Exodus 1:11; Proverbs 29:12; Exodus 3:7
- 11 Exodus 5:13–14
- 12 Obadiah 18; Nahum 1:10; Exodus 15:7; 1 Corinthians 3:12; Joel 2:5
- 14 Isaiah 10:24
- 17 Exodus 5:8; John 6:27; Matthew 26:8; 2 Thessalonians 3:10–11
- 18 Daniel 2:9–13; Ezekiel 18:18
- 19 Ecclesiastes 5:8; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Deuteronomy 32:36
- 21 Genesis 34:30; 2 Samuel 10:6; Exodus 6:9; Genesis 16:5; 1 Samuel 27:12
- 22 Jeremiah 20:7; 1 Kings 19:10; Numbers 11:14–15; 1 Kings 19:4; Numbers 11:11
- 23 Jeremiah 11:21; Psalm 118:26; Hebrews 10:36–37; Isaiah 26:17–18; Isaiah 28:16
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This abased Pharaoh. For, "I know not," he saith, "the Lord," and he became inferior to flies and frogs, and the locusts, and after that with his very arms and horses was he drowned in the sea.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)