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1 Ovo su imena Izraelovih sinova koji su s Jakovom sišli u Egipat, svaki sa svojim domom:
And these [are] [the] names of [the] sons of Israel who went Egypt towards with Jacob everyone and household his they went.
2 Ruben, Šimun, Levi i Juda;
Reuben Simeon Levi and Judah.
3 Jisakar, Zebulun i Benjamin;
Issachar Zebulun and Benjamin.
4 Dan i Naftali; Gad i Ašer.
Dan and Naphtali Gad and Asher.
5 U svemu Jakovljevih potomaka bijaše sedamdeset duša. A Josip je već bio u Egiptu.
And it was every person [who] came out of [the] thigh of Jacob seventy person[s] and Joseph he was in Egypt.
6 I umre Josip, a pomru i sva njegova braća i sav onaj naraštaj.
And he died Joseph and all brothers his and all the generation that.
7 Ali su Izraelci bili rodni, namnožili se i silno ojačali, tako da su napučili zemlju.
And [the] people of Israel they were fruitful and they swarmed and they multiplied and they became mighty with muchness muchness and it was filled the land with them.
8 Uto u Egiptu zavlada novi kralj koji nije poznavao Josipa.
And he arose a king new over Egypt who not he knew Joseph.
9 I reče on svome puku: “Eto, sinovi su Izraelovi postali narod brojan i moćniji od nas.
And he said to people his here! [the] people of [the] people of Israel [is] numerous and mighty more than us.
10 Hajde, postupimo mudro s njima: spriječimo im porast, da se u slučaju rata ne pridruže našim neprijateljima, da ne udare na nas i napokon ne odu iz zemlje.”
Give! let us deal wisely to it lest it should increase and it will be that they will happen war and it will be added also it to [those who] hate us and it will fight against us and it will go up from the land.
11 I postaviše nad njima nadglednike da ih tlače teškim radovima. Tako su faraonu sagradili gradove-skladišta: Pitom i Ramses.
And they appointed over it overseers of slave gangs so as to afflict it with forced labor their and it built cities of storage for Pharaoh Pithom and Rameses.
12 Ali što su ih više tlačili, oni se još više množili, napredovali i širili se, tako da su Egipćani strahovali od Izraelaca.
And just as people afflicted it so it increased and so it spread and people felt dread because of [the] people of Israel.
13 I Egipćani se okrutno obore na Izraelce.
And they compelled to labor Egypt [the] people of Israel with harshness.
14 Ogorčavali su im život teškim radovima: pravljenjem meljte i opeke, različitim poljskim poslovima i svakovrsnim naporima koje im nemilosrdno nametahu.
And they made bitter lives their with labor hard in mortar and in bricks and in all labor in the field all labor their which they labored by them with harshness.
15 Egipatski se kralj obrati i na hebrejske babice, od kojih jednoj bijaše ime Šifra, a drugoj Pua, pa im naredi:
And he said [the] king of Egypt to the midwives Hebrew who [the] name of the one [was] Shiphrah and [the] name of the second [was] Puah.
16 “Kad u porodu pomažete Hebrejkama, dobro pogledajte oba kamena sjedala: ako je muško dijete, ubijte ga; ako je žensko, neka živi.
And he said when assist as midwife you the Hebrew [women] and you will look at the stones if [is] a son he and you will kill him and if [is] a daughter she and she will live.
17 Ali su se babice bojale Boga i nisu činile kako im je naredio egipatski kralj, nego su ostavljale na životu mušku djecu.
And they feared the midwives God and not they did just as he had spoken to them [the] king of Egypt and they let live the [male] children.
18 Stoga egipatski kralj pozove babice pa im rekne: “Zašto ste tako radile i na životu ostavljale mušku djecu?”
And he summoned [the] king of Egypt the midwives and he said to them why? have you done the thing this and have you let live? the [male] children.
19 Nato babice odgovore faraonu: “Hebrejke nisu kao egipatske žene. One su životne. Prije nego babica dođe k njima, one već rode.”
And they said the midwives to Pharaoh for not [are] like the women Egyptian the Hebrew [women] that [are] vigorous they before she comes to them the midwife and they give birth.
20 Bog je to babicama za dobro primio. Narod se množio i silno porastao.
And he did good God to the midwives and it increased the people and they became mighty exceedingly.
21 A kako su se babice bojale Boga, on ih obdari potomstvom.
And it was that they feared the midwives God and he appointed for them households.
22 Onda faraon izda naredbu svemu svome narodu: “Svako muško dijete koje se rodi Hebrejima bacite u Rijeku! Na životu ostavite samo žensku djecu.”
And he commanded Pharaoh to all people his saying every son born the River towards you will throw him and every daughter you will let live!

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