They said: “We failed not to keep our promise to thee of our own accord, but we were given to bear burdens of the adornment of the people — so we hurled them. (And thus the Sāmiriyy cast,
| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | mā | Not | |
| 3 | akhlafnā | we broke | خلف |
| 4 | mawʿidaka | promise to you | وعد |
| 5 | bimalkinā | by our will | ملك |
| 6 | walākinnā | but we | |
| 7 | ḥummil'nā | [we] were made to carry | حمل |
| 8 | awzāran | burdens | وزر |
| 9 | min | from | |
| 10 | zīnati | ornaments | زين |
| 11 | l-qawmi | (of) the people | قوم |
| 12 | faqadhafnāhā | so we threw them | قذف |
| 13 | fakadhālika | and thus | |
| 14 | alqā | threw | لقي |
| 15 | l-sāmiriyu | the Samiri | سمر |
They said, ‘We did not break our promise to you of our own volition. But we were weighed down with the heavy loads of the people’s jewelry and we threw them in, for that is what the Samari did.’
They said: "We did not break the promise by our own will, but we were loaded down with the jewellery of the people so we cast them down, and it was such that the Samarian suggested. "
They said, "We intended to break no promises. But this is what happened. We were loaded with the sinful burdens of the (Egyptian people's) ornament, and so we threw them into the fire, as suggested by this As-Samiri."
They said: “We failed not to keep our promise to thee of our own accord, but we were given to bear burdens of the adornment of the people — so we hurled them. (And thus the Sāmiriyy cast,
They said: "We did not break the promise by our own will, but we were loaded down with the jewelry of the people so we cast them down, and it was such that the Sumerian suggested."
They said, "We did not break the promise by our own will, but we were loaded down with the jewelry of the people so we cast them down, and it was such that the Samarian suggested."
They said, "We did not break our agreement with you on purpose. But we were loaded down with jewelry, and decided to throw our loads in. This is what the Samarian suggested."
They said: "We did not break our promise to you of our own will, but we were made to carry the loads of ornaments belonging to the people, which we threw (into the fire), and so did Sameri.
They said, "We did not break our promise to you by our will, but we were made to carry burdens from the ornaments of the people , so we threw them , and thus did the Samiri throw. "
They answered: "We did not break our promise to thee of our own free will, but we were loaded with the burdens of the people's ornaments, and so we threw them , and likewise did this Samaritan cast . "
They said: We broke not tryst with thee of our own will, but we were laden with burdens of ornaments of the folk, then cast them (in the fire), for thus As-Samiri proposed.
They answered: "We did not break our promise with you out of our own volition; but we were laden with the load of people's ornaments, and we simply threw them down*(into the fire), and* the Samiri also threw down something,
"We did not break our promise of our own accord, " they said, "but we were made to carry loads of ornaments -of Egyptian women- which we thought portend evil and We threw them in the fire to get rid of them and so did Samiri".
They said: "We did not break our promise to you. The fact of the matter is: we wanted to get rid of our jewelry and melt them down, as suggested by Samarian!"
They said: "We broke not the promise to you, of our own will, but we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the people, then we cast them (into the fire), and that was what As-Sâmirî suggested."
They said: "We broke not the promise to thee, as far as lay in our power: but we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the (whole) people, and we threw them (into the fire), and that was what the Samiri suggested.
They argued, "We did not break our promise to you of our own free will, but we were made to carry the burden of the people’s ˹golden˺ jewellery, then we threw it ˹into the fire˺, and so did the Sâmiri."
They said, "We did not break our promise to you of our own accord, but we were burdened with loads from the ornaments of the people;so we threw them, and thus did Sāmiriyy cast."
They said, ‘We did not break our word to you deliberately. We were burdened with the weight of people’s jewellery, so we threw it , and the Samiri did the same,’
'We have not failed in our tryst with thee, ' they said, 'of our volition; but we were loaded with fardels, even the ornaments of the people, and we cast them, as the Samaritan also threw them, into the fire. '
They said, 'We have not broken our promise to thee of our own accord. But we were made to carry loads of the ornaments of the people, and we hurled them down, and so did es Samariy cast;
And Moses returned to his people, wrathful, grieving! Said he, "O my people! Did not your Lord make you a goodly promise? Has the time seemed too long for you, or do you desire that wrath should descend on you from your Lord, and so you have broken your promise to me?"
They said, "In no way did we fail your promise of our volition; but we were burdened with encumbrances of adornment of the people; so we hurled them (into the fire). So, (even) thus did As-Samiriyy (The Samaritan) also cast."
They answered, we have not failed in what we promised thee of our own authority; but we were made to carry in several loads of gold and silver, of the ornaments of the people, and we cast them into the fire; and in like manner al Sameri also cast in what he had collected,
They said: "We did not break the promise to you, as far as it was within our power: But we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of (all) the people, and we threw them (into the fire), and that was what the As-Samiri suggested,
They said, `We have not willfully failed to keep (our) promise with you but (the thing is that) we were laden with loads of the jewelry of the (Egyptian) people and we threw them away (into the fire). That was what the Sâmîri suggested.'
They said, ‘We did not fail our tryst with you of our own accord, but we were laden with the weight of the people’s ornaments, and we cast them and so did the Sāmirī throw. ’