Izlazak 1
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 had come into Egypt; with Jacob had they come, each with his household:
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 all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.
6 I umre Josip, a pomru i sva njegova braća i sav onaj naraštaj.
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, 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 fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.
8 Uto u Egiptu zavlada novi kralj koji nije poznavao Josipa.
And there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
9 I reče on svome puku: “Eto, sinovi su Izraelovi postali narod brojan i moćniji od nas.
And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.
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.”
Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side with our enemies and fight against 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.
And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities 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.
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.
13 I Egipćani se okrutno obore na Izraelce.
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve 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 embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.
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 spoke to the Hebrew midwives — of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other 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 ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see [them] on the stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.
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 midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.
18 Stoga egipatski kralj pozove babice pa im rekne: “Zašto ste tako radile i na životu ostavljale mušku djecu?”
And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?
19 Nato babice odgovore faraonu: “Hebrejke nisu kao egipatske žene. One su životne. Prije nego babica dođe k njima, one već rode.”
And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian; for they are strong, and they have borne before the midwife comes to them.
20 Bog je to babicama za dobro primio. Narod se množio i silno porastao.
And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.
21 A kako su se babice bojale Boga, on ih obdari potomstvom.
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
22 Onda faraon izda naredbu svemu svome narodu: “Svako muško dijete koje se rodi Hebrejima bacite u Rijeku! Na životu ostavite samo žensku djecu.”
Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive.
