اَلْخُرُوجُ 1

١ 1 وَهَذِهِ أَسْمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَاءُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ. مَعَ يَعْقُوبَ جَاءَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ وَبَيْتُهُ:

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

٢ 2 رَأُوبَيْنُ وَشِمْعُونُ وَلَاوِي وَيَهُوذَا

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

٣ 3 وَيَسَّاكَرُ وَزَبُولُونُ وَبَنْيَامِينُ

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

٤ 4 وَدَانُ وَنَفْتَالِي وَجَادُ وَأَشِيرُ.

Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

٥ 5 وَكَانَتْ جَمِيعُ نُفُوسِ ٱلْخَارِجِينَ مِنْ صُلْبِ يَعْقُوبَ سَبْعِينَ نَفْسًا. وَلَكِنْ يُوسُفُ كَانَ فِي مِصْرَ.

The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

٦ 6 وَمَاتَ يُوسُفُ وَكُلُّ إِخْوَتِهِ وَجَمِيعُ ذَلِكَ ٱلْجِيلِ.

Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,

٧ 7 وَأَمَّا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فَأَثْمَرُوا وَتَوَالَدُوا وَنَمَوْا وَكَثُرُوا كَثِيرًا جِدًّا، وَٱمْتَلَأَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ.

but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

٨ 8 ثُمَّ قَامَ مَلِكٌ جَدِيدٌ عَلَى مِصْرَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ يُوسُفَ.

Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

٩ 9 فَقَالَ لِشَعْبِهِ: «هُوَذَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ شَعْبٌ أَكْثَرُ وَأَعْظَمُ مِنَّا.

“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.

١٠ 10 هَلُمَّ نَحْتَالُ لَهُمْ لِئَلَّا يَنْمُوا، فَيَكُونَ إِذَا حَدَثَتْ حَرْبٌ أَنَّهُمْ يَنْضَمُّونَ إِلَى أَعْدَائِنَا وَيُحَارِبُونَنَا وَيَصْعَدُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ».

Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

١١ 11 فَجَعَلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ رُؤَسَاءَ تَسْخِيرٍ لِكَيْ يُذِلُّوهُمْ بِأَثْقَالِهِمْ، فَبَنَوْا لِفِرْعَوْنَ مَدِينَتَيْ مَخَازِنَ: فِيثُومَ، وَرَعَمْسِيسَ.

So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

١٢ 12 وَلَكِنْ بِحَسْبِمَا أَذَلُّوهُمْ هَكَذَا نَمَوْا وَٱمْتَدُّوا. فَٱخْتَشَوْا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

١٣ 13 فَٱسْتَعْبَدَ ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِعُنْفٍ،

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

١٤ 14 وَمَرَّرُوا حَيَاتَهُمْ بِعُبُودِيَّةٍ قَاسِيَةٍ فِي ٱلطِّينِ وَٱللِّبْنِ وَفِي كُلِّ عَمَلٍ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ. كُلِّ عَمَلِهِمِ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلُوهُ بِوَاسِطَتِهِمْ عُنْفًا.

and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

١٥ 15 وَكَلَّمَ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ قَابِلَتَيِ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ ٱللَّتَيْنِ ٱسْمُ إِحْدَاهُمَا شِفْرَةُ وَٱسْمُ ٱلْأُخْرَى فُوعَةُ،

Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,

١٦ 16 وَقَالَ: «حِينَمَا تُوَلِّدَانِ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ وَتَنْظُرَانِهِنَّ عَلَى ٱلْكَرَاسِيِّ، إِنْ كَانَ ٱبْنًا فَٱقْتُلَاهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ بِنْتًا فَتَحْيَا».

“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”

١٧ 17 وَلَكِنَّ ٱلْقَابِلَتَيْنِ خَافَتَا ٱللهَ وَلَمْ تَفْعَلَا كَمَا كَلَّمَهُمَا مَلِكُ مِصْرَ، بَلِ ٱسْتَحْيَتَا ٱلْأَوْلَادَ.

The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

١٨ 18 فَدَعَا مَلِكُ مِصْرَ ٱلْقَابِلَتَيْنِ وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «لِمَاذَا فَعَلْتُمَا هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ وَٱسْتَحْيَيْتُمَا ٱلْأَوْلَادَ؟»

So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

١٩ 19 فَقَالَتِ ٱلْقَابِلَتَانِ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «إِنَّ ٱلنِّسَاءَ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ لَسْنَ كَٱلْمِصْرِيَّاتِ، فَإِنَّهُنَّ قَوِيَّاتٌ يَلِدْنَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُنَّ ٱلْقَابِلَةُ».

The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”

٢٠ 20 فَأَحْسَنَ ٱللهُ إِلَى ٱلْقَابِلَتَيْنِ، وَنَمَا ٱلشَّعْبُ وَكَثُرَ جِدًّا.

So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

٢١ 21 وَكَانَ إِذْ خَافَتِ ٱلْقَابِلَتَانِ ٱللهَ أَنَّهُ صَنَعَ لَهُمَا بُيُوتًا.

And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.

٢٢ 22 ثُمَّ أَمَرَ فِرْعَوْنُ جَمِيعَ شَعْبِهِ قَائِلًا: «كُلُّ ٱبْنٍ يُولَدُ تَطْرَحُونَهُ فِي ٱلنَّهْرِ، لَكِنَّ كُلَّ بِنْتٍ تَسْتَحْيُونَهَا».

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”