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Exodus 5:1
英文原文
Pharaoh - This king, probably Tothmosis II, the great grandson of Aahmes Exodus 1:8, the original persecutor of the Israelites, must have been resident at this time in a city, probably Tanis Exodus 2:5, of Lower Egypt, situated on the Nile.
The Lord God - Yahweh God of Israel demanded the services of His people. The demand, according to the general views of the pagans, was just and natural; the Israelites could not offer the necessary sacrifices in the presence of Egyptians.
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Exodus 5:2
「我不认识耶和华」——法老要么未曾听过 Yahweh，要么不承认祂是一位神。
英文原文
I know not the Lord - Either Pharaoh had not heard of Yahweh, or he did not recognize Him as a God.
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Exodus 5:3
「三天的路程」——见 Exodus 3:18 注。
「遇见瘟疫或刀剑」——这说明瘟疫为古埃及人所熟知。提到刀剑也同样自然，因为以色列人居住在东部地区，该地常受邻近的沙苏人（Shasous）侵扰。
英文原文
Three days' journey - See the Exodus 3:18 note.
With pestilence, or with the sword - This shows that the plague was well known to the ancient Egyptians. The reference to the sword is equally natural, since the Israelites occupied the eastern district, which was frequently disturbed by the neighboring Shasous.
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Exodus 5:4
「let（拦阻）」——即"阻碍"。
英文原文
Let - i. e. hinder.
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Exodus 5:6
「他们的官长」——或译"文书"。即能以文字记账的希伯来人，由埃及的监督委派，并向他们负责工程进度；见 Exodus 5:14。埃及纪念碑上常常刻画下属的官吏，正向其直属上级呈交书面的账目。
英文原文
Their officers - Or scribes. Hebrews able to keep accounts in writing, appointed by the Egyptian superintendents, and responsible to them for the work; see Exodus 5:14. Subordinate officers are frequently represented on Egyptian monuments, giving in written accounts to their immediate superiors.
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Exodus 5:7
埃及一些最古老的建筑，是用未经烧烤、只晒干的砖造成的；这些砖用黏土、或更常用掺了碎草的泥制成。以色列人所从事的工程必然需要数量庞大的草，而这一要求必定使他们的劳苦增加了一倍有余。
英文原文
Some of the most ancient buildings in Egypt were constructed of bricks not burned, but dried in the sun; they were made of clay, or more commonly of mud, mixed with straw chopped into small pieces. An immense quantity of straw must have been wanted for the works on which the Israelites were engaged, and their labors must have been more than doubled by this requisition.
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Exodus 5:12
「碎秸当作草」——更确切地说，是"以代草"：即预备来当作草使用。这标明了当时的季节，即早春，在大麦或小麦收割之后，将近四月底的时候。他们所受的苦必定十分沉重：在那个季节，瘟毒的沙风吹刮埃及约五十天，故得此名——Chamsin（参 Genesis 41:6 注释）。
英文原文
Stubble instead of straw - Rather, for the straw: i. e. to be prepared as straw. This marks the season of the year, namely, early spring, after the barley or wheat harvest, toward the end of April. Their suffering must have been severe: at that season the pestilential sand-wind blows over Egypt some 50 days, hence, its name - Chamsin. (compare Genesis 41:6 note).
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Exodus 5:17
「你们是懒惰的」——古埃及语中富含表示鄙视懒惰的形容语。这指控既具冒犯性，又颇为巧妙；埃及人深知公众和私人的劳作何等受节期及其他宗教仪式的妨碍，因此很容易相信这样的指控。按照埃及人的信仰，在最终审判中导致定罪的各大罪之中，懒惰被两次提及。
英文原文
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.
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Exodus 5:23
这抗议的恳切，甚至它近乎不敬的语气，都与别处对摩西天生急躁性情的记载十分吻合。见 Exodus 3:13。
英文原文
The earnestness of this remonstrance, and even its approach to irreverence, are quite in keeping with other notices of Moses' naturally impetuous character. See Exodus 3:13.
「法老」——这位君王很可能是图特摩斯二世（Tothmosis II），即以色列人最初的迫害者亚赫摩斯（Aahmes，见 Exodus 1:8）的曾孙；他此时必然居住在下埃及尼罗河畔的一座城中，很可能是塔尼斯（Tanis，见 Exodus 2:5）。
「耶和华神」——以色列的神 Yahweh 要求祂百姓的事奉。按外邦人普遍的观念，这一要求是公道而自然的；以色列人不能在埃及人面前献上所必需的祭物。