فَأتِیا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولاَ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِینَ(( 16 ))
16- BOTH OF YOU GO TO PHARAOH, AND SAY:ِ ``WE ARE THE MESSENGER OF THE LORD OF THE WORLDS.''
أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِى إِسْرَائِیلَ(( 17 ))
17- (WE WANT YOU) TO SEND WITH US THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّکَ فِینَا وَلِیداً وَلَبِثْتَ فِینَا مِنْ عُمُرِکَ سِنِینَ(( 18 ))
18- (PHARAOH SAID TO MOSES;) DID WE NOT CHERISH YOU AS A CHILD AMONG US, AND YOU STAYED MANY YEARS OF YOUR LIFE WITH US.
وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَکَ الَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنْتَ مِنَ الْکَافِرِینَ(( 19 ))
19- AND YOU DID THAT WHICH YOU DID (KILLING ONE OF MY PEOPLE) AND YOU ARE OF THE UNGRATEFULS.
قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذاً وَأَنَا مِنْ الضَّالِّینَ(( 20 ))
20- (MOSES) SAID; ``I DID IT WHEN I WAS AMONG THE STRAYS.''
فَفَرَرْتُ مِنْکُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُکُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُکْماً وَجَعَلَنِى مِنْ الْمُرْسَلِینَ (( 21 ))
21- THEN I FLED FROM YOU WHEN I WAS AFRAID OF YOU. THEN MY LORD BESTOWED ON ME THE WISDOM, AND MADE ME OF THE MESSENGERS.
وَتِلْکَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدْتَ بَنِى إِسْرَائِیلَ(( 22 ))
22- AND IS THAT A FAVOUR OF WHICH YOU REMIND ME, THAT YOU HAVE ENSLAVED THE ISRAELITES?