Izlazak 1
1 Ovo su imena Izraelovih sinova koji su s Jakovom sišli u Egipat, svaki sa svojim domom:
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt; every man and his family came with Jacob.
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.
All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.
6 I umre Josip, a pomru i sva njegova braća i sav onaj naraštaj.
Then Joseph came to his end, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
7 Ali su Izraelci bili rodni, namnožili se i silno ojačali, tako da su napučili zemlju.
And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.
8 Uto u Egiptu zavlada novi kralj koji nije poznavao Josipa.
Now a new king came to power in Egypt, who had no knowledge of Joseph.
9 I reče on svome puku: “Eto, sinovi su Izraelovi postali narod brojan i moćniji od nas.
And he said to his people, See, the people of Israel are greater in number and in power than we are:
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.”
Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.
11 I postaviše nad njima nadglednike da ih tlače teškim radovima. Tako su faraonu sagradili gradove-skladišta: Pitom i Ramses.
So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.
12 Ali što su ih više tlačili, oni se još više množili, napredovali i širili se, tako da su Egipćani strahovali od Izraelaca.
But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.
13 I Egipćani se okrutno obore na Izraelce.
And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:
14 Ogorčavali su im život teškim radovima: pravljenjem meljte i opeke, različitim poljskim poslovima i svakovrsnim naporima koje im nemilosrdno nametahu.
And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.
15 Egipatski se kralj obrati i na hebrejske babice, od kojih jednoj bijaše ime Šifra, a drugoj Pua, pa im naredi:
And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew women who gave help at the time of childbirth (the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah),
16 “Kad u porodu pomažete Hebrejkama, dobro pogledajte oba kamena sjedala: ako je muško dijete, ubijte ga; ako je žensko, neka živi.
When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.
17 Ali su se babice bojale Boga i nisu činile kako im je naredio egipatski kralj, nego su ostavljale na životu mušku djecu.
But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.
18 Stoga egipatski kralj pozove babice pa im rekne: “Zašto ste tako radile i na životu ostavljale mušku djecu?”
And the king of Egypt sent for the women, and said to them, Why have you done this, and let the male children go on living?
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 to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.
20 Bog je to babicama za dobro primio. Narod se množio i silno porastao.
And the blessing of God was on these women: and the people were increased in number and became very strong.
21 A kako su se babice bojale Boga, on ih obdari potomstvom.
And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.
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 Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying, Every son who comes to birth is to be put into the river, but every daughter may go on living.
