Potdohbu 1
1 Israel mite (hichu, Jacob chapate), ama insung mi cheh hin kipuija Egypt gam-sung'a apau toh kitollut ho min chu hicheng hi ahiuve:
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):
2 Reuben, simeon, Levi, Judah.
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad chule Asher amaho cheng hi ahiuve.
Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
5 Abonchauvin, Egypt gamsung'a Jacob chilhah chengse chu som sagi alhing'un chule Joseph vang agamsung'a ana um jingsa ahitai.
All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
6 Phat chomkhat jouvin, Joseph le asopi chengse athigam tauvin, hiche khang mite se chu akichai tan ahi.
Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
7 Ahinlah ason achilhah teu, Israel chate chun tu le cha tampi anei tauvin apung lheh jeng un, ahung hatdoh cheh cheh un gamsung pumpi ahin lodim tauve.
The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8 Egypt gamsunga chun Joseph chung chang thule ana toh ho hephalou leng thah khat thaneina ahung chang tan ahi.
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph.
9 Amapa chun amite henga thu aseijin, “Vetem'un! Israel mite hi eiho sang'in apung'un chule eiho sang'in ahat lheh jeng tauve.
He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
10 Amaho hi apunbe lou na diuvin, tohgon khat nei tauhite. Achuti louva ahile hung hatdoh untin, chule gal hung um taleh, imelma teu ahin panpi diu eihin dou'uva gamsunga kon'a jamdoh ding ahiuve,” ati.
Come, let’s deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies and fight against us, and escape out of the land.”
11 Hijeh chun Egypt miten Isarel chate jouse soh in amangcha tauvin, achung'uva toh vaipo mikhanse tah tah ho apan sah un, chutobang bolgim na soh natoh akon'a chu suhnem ding akinem'un, namphu chang'in lengpa thilkhol na ding Pithom leh Rameses khopi chu asah sah uvin ahi.
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
12 Ahinlah Egypt mite'n amaho asuhgim chan'un apungbe uvin akithejal cheh jo tauvin ahi, Egypt mite chu kichat nan aum jo tauvin ahi.
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They started to dread the children of Israel.
13 Chutah chun Egypt miten Israel mite chu ngailut na beihel'in thohgim hahsa athohsah uvin na atohsah un ahi.
The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
14 Aki manchah na jouse uva gimna alhun sah un, bon ngan achilsah un, leilhang asemsah un, loujaova natoh jouse atohsah un, atoh nalam jouseuva gimbolna achansah tauvin ahi.
and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
15 Chuin Pharaoh, Egypt lengpan Hebrew mi nao dom teni Shiphrah leh Puah henga hiche thupeh hi aneiyin:
The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
16 “Hebrew numei hon nao anei uva nao dom'a napan teng lhon le, hichu phatah in vechil lhon in lang, naosen chu pasal ahileh natha lhon ding; numei ahile vang na hinghoi lhon ding ahi,” ati.
and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
17 Ama vang nao dom teni chun Pathen agin lhon jeh chun, lengpa thupeh chu anahsah lhon tapon, naosen pasal'a hungpeng lha ho jong chu ahinghoi lhon tan ahi.
But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
18 Chu in lengpan nao dom teni chu aheng'a akouvin, “Ipi jeh a hiche hi nabol lhon hitam?” tin adong'in, chule “Ipi jeh a naosen pasal ho chu, nahinghoi lhon ham?” tin ajah lhon'a aseiyin ahi.
The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”
19 Naodom tenin adonbut in “Hebrew numei ho hi Egypt numei hotoh abang pouve, amaho hi athoh hat un aheng'u akilhun masang'in amaho le ama ho beilam tah in ana ki doplhah jitauvin aphatchan kalap ji lhonpoi,” tin asei lhon'e.
The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
20 Pathen chu naodom teni din aphalheh jeng'in, Israelte chu apungbe cheh cheh tauvin ahile, athanei nau jong ahung hatdoh cheh cheh jeng tan ahi.
God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
21 Naodom teni in Pathen agin lhon jeh chun, Pathen in amani chu ama a ama a ding cheh insung asem dohpeh lhon'in ahi.
Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
22 Chuin Pharaoh in amite jouse hiche thupeh hi aneiyin: “Hebrew naosen'a penglha pasal kiti phot chu Nile Vadung lam'a na pailhah jeng diu, ahin lah numeiya hung peng chengse vang chu hing hoiyun,” ati.
Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
