Assamese: আমি মিচৰতে আপোনাক এই কথা কোৱা নাছিলোঁ নে? আমি আপোনাক কৈছিলোঁ, ‘আমাক মিচৰীয়া সকলৰ বন্দীকাম কৰিবলৈ অকলে এৰি দিয়ক? কিয়নো মৰুভূমিত মৰাতকৈ মিচৰীয়া সকলৰ বন্দীকাম কৰাই আমাৰ পক্ষে ভাল আছিল।’”
AYT: Bukankah saat masih di Mesir kami pernah berkata kepadamu, "Tinggalkan kami supaya kami dapat melayani orang-orang Mesir"? Sebab, lebih baik bagi kami tinggal di sana dan menjadi hamba daripada mati di padang gurun.
Bengali: আমরা কি মিশর দেশে তোমাকে এই কথা বলি নি, আমাদেরকে থাকতে দাও, আমরা মিশরীয়দের দাসত্ব করি? কারণ মরুভূমিতে মারা যাবার থেকে মিশরীয়দের দাসত্ব করা আমাদের ভালো ।”
Gujarati: અમે મિસરમાં જ તને નહોતું કહ્યું કે, 'અમને લોકોને અમે જેમ છીએ તેમ રહેવા દે, મિસરવાસીઓની સેવા કરવા દે? અમારે માટે અહીં અરણ્યમાં મરવા કરતાં મિસરવાસીઓની ગુલામી કરવી એ વધારે સારું હતું."
Hindi: क्या हम तुझसे मिस्र में यही बात न कहते रहे, कि हमें रहने दे कि हम मिस्रियों की सेवा करें? हमारे लिये जंगल में मरने से मिस्रियों कि सेवा करनी अच्छी थी।”
Kannada: ನಾವು ಐಗುಪ್ತ ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿರುವಾಗಲೇ, <ನೀನು ನಮ್ಮ ಗೊಡವೆಗೆ ಬರಬೇಡ. ನಾವು ಐಗುಪ್ತ್ಯರಿಗೆ ದಾಸರಾಗಿಯೇ ಇರುವೆವು> ಎಂಬುದಾಗಿ ನಿನಗೆ ಹೇಳಲಿಲ್ಲವೇ. ನಾವು ಈ ಮರುಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಯುವುದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಐಗುಪ್ತ್ಯರಿಗೆ ದಾಸರಾಗಿರುವುದೇ ಮೇಲಲ್ಲವೇ>> ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದರು.
Marathi: मिसरमध्ये आम्ही तुला नव्हतो का म्हणत की आम्ही आहो ते ठीक आहो, आम्ही मिसरामध्ये गुलाम म्हणून राहिलो असतो तर बरे झाले असते. येथे रानात मरून जावे त्यापेक्षा मिसऱ्यांचे दास्य पत्करले.
Odiya: ଆମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କୁ ରହିବାକୁ ଦିଅ, ଆମ୍ଭେମାନେ ମିସ୍ରୀୟମାନଙ୍କର ଦାସ୍ୟକର୍ମ କରିବା, କାରଣ ପ୍ରାନ୍ତରରେ ମରିବା ଅପେକ୍ଷା ମିସ୍ରୀୟମାନଙ୍କର ସେବା କରିବା ଆମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କର ମଙ୍ଗଳ, ଆମ୍ଭେମାନେ କି ମିସରରେ ତୁମ୍ଭଙ୍କୁ ଏହି କଥା କହି ନ ଥିଲୁ ?"
Punjabi: ਇਹ ਉਹੋ ਹੀ ਗੱਲ ਤਾਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਿਹੜੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਮਿਸਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਖੀ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਰਹਿਣ ਦੇ ਕਿ ਅਸੀਂ ਮਿਸਰੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਟਹਿਲ ਕਰੀਏ ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਮਿਸਰੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਟਹਿਲ ਕਰਨੀ ਉਜਾੜ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਰਨ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਚੰਗੀ ਸੀ ?
Tamil: நாங்கள் எகிப்திலே இருக்கும்போது, எகிப்தியர்களுக்கு வேலை செய்ய எங்களைச் சும்மா விட்டுவிடும் என்று சொன்னோம் அல்லவா? நாங்கள் வனாந்திரத்திலே சாவதைவிட எகிப்தியர்களுக்கு வேலைசெய்கிறது எங்களுக்கு நலமாக இருக்குமே என்றார்கள்.
Telugu: మేము ఐగుప్తీయులకు బానిసలుగానే ఉంటాం, మా జోలికి రావద్దు అని ఐగుప్తులో ఉన్నప్పుడే చెప్పింది ఇందుకే గదా. మేము ఈ ఎడారిలో చనిపోవడం కంటే ఐగుప్తులో బానిసలుగా బతకడమే మంచిది>> అని నిష్టూరంగా మాట్లాడారు.
NETBible: Isn’t this what we told you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians, because it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!’”
NASB: "Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness."
HCSB: Isn't this what we told you in Egypt: Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness."
LEB: Didn’t we tell you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone! Let us go on serving the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!"
NIV: Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!"
ESV: Is not this what we said to you in Egypt, 'Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians'? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness."
NRSV: Is this not the very thing we told you in Egypt, ‘Let us alone and let us serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness."
REB: Is this not just what we meant when we said in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us be slaves to the Egyptians’? Better for us to serve as slaves to the Egyptians than to perish in the wilderness.”
NKJV: " Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians?’ For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness."
KJV: [Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
NLT: Didn’t we tell you to leave us alone while we were still in Egypt? Our Egyptian slavery was far better than dying out here in the wilderness!"
GNB: Didn't we tell you before we left that this would happen? We told you to leave us alone and let us go on being slaves of the Egyptians. It would be better to be slaves there than to die here in the desert.”
ERV: We told you this would happen! In Egypt we said, ‘Please don’t bother us. Let us stay and serve the Egyptians.’ It would have been better for us to stay and be slaves than to come out here and die in the desert.”
BBE: Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.
MSG: Back in Egypt didn't we tell you this would happen? Didn't we tell you, 'Leave us alone here in Egypt--we're better off as slaves in Egypt than as corpses in the wilderness.'"
CEV: While we were there, didn't we tell you to leave us alone? We had rather be slaves in Egypt than die in this desert!"
CEVUK: While we were there, didn't we tell you to leave us alone? We would rather be slaves in Egypt than die in this desert!”
GWV: Didn’t we tell you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone! Let us go on serving the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!"
NET [draft] ITL: Isn’t <03808> this <02088> what <01697> we told <01696> you in Egypt <04714>, ‘Leave <02308> us alone <02308> so that we can serve <05647> the Egyptians <04713>, because <03588> it is better <02896> for us to serve <05647> the Egyptians <04713> than to die <04191> in the desert <04057>!’”