Chūāijíjì 5:17

17 Dàn fǎlǎo shuō , nǐmen shì lǎnduò de , nǐmen shì lǎnduò de , suǒyǐ shuō , róng wǒmen qù jìsì Yēhéhuá .

Chūāijíjì 5:17 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 5:17

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.

Chūāijíjì 5:17 In-Context

15 Yǐsèliè rén de guān zhǎng jiù lái āi qiú fǎlǎo shuō , wèishénme zhèyàng daì nǐde púrén .

16 Dū gōng de bù bǎ cǎo gĕi púrén , bìngqiĕ duì wǒmen shuō , zuò zhuān ba . kàn nǎ , nǐ púrén ái le dá , qíshí shì nǐ bǎixìng de cuò .

17 Dàn fǎlǎo shuō , nǐmen shì lǎnduò de , nǐmen shì lǎnduò de , suǒyǐ shuō , róng wǒmen qù jìsì Yēhéhuá .

18 Xiànzaì nǐmen qù zuò gōng ba , cǎo shì bù gĕi nǐmen de , zhuān què yào rú shǔ jiāo nà .

19 Yǐsèliè rén de guān zhǎng tīngshuō , nǐmen mĕi tiān zuò zhuān de gōngzuò yídiǎn bùkĕ jiǎnshǎo , jiù zhīdào shì zāoyù huòhuàn le .