2 Mosebog 1
1 Dette er Navnene på Israels Sønner, der sammen med Jakob kom til Ægypten med deres Familier:
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt (every man and his household who came with Jacob):
2 Ruben, Simeon, Levi og Juda,
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3 Issakar, Zebulon og Benjamin,
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan og Naftali, Gad og Aser.
Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
5 Jakobs Efterkommere udgjorde i alt halvfjerdsindstyve, men Josef var i Ægypten.
And all the souls who came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls. And Joseph was in Egypt already.
6 Imidlertid døde Josef og alle hans Brødre og hele dette Slægtled.
And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
7 Men Israeliterne var frugtbare og formerede sig, og de blev mange og overmåde talrige, så at Landet blev fuldt af dem.
And the sons of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty, and the land was filled with them.
8 Da kom der en ny Konge over Ægypten, som ikke vidste noget om Josef;
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
9 og han sagde til sit Folk: "Se, Israels Folk bliver talrigere og stærkere end vi.
And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we.
10 Velan, lad os gå klogt til Værks imod dem, for at de ikke skal blive for mange; ellers kan det hænde, når vi kommer i Krig, at de går over til vore Modstandere og kæmper mod os og til sidst forlader Landet!"
Come, let us deal craftily with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when war happens, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.
11 Så satte man Fogeder over dem til at plage dem med Trællearbejde, og de måtte bygge Forrådsbyer for Farao: Pitom og Ra'amses.
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.
12 Men jo mere man plagede dem, des flere blev de, og des mere bredte de sig, så Ægypterne fik Rædsel for Israeliterne.
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. And they were grieved because of the sons of Israel.
13 Og Ægypterne tvang Israeliterne til Trællearbejde
And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel to serve with rigor.
14 og gjorde dem Livet bittert ved hårdt Arbejde med Ler og Tegl og alle Hånde Markarbejde, ved alt det Arbejde, de tvang dem til at udføre for sig.
And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, with which they made them serve with rigor.
15 Ægypterkongen sagde da til Hebræerkvindernes Jordemødre, af hvilke den ene hed Sjifra, den anden Pua:
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 Puah.
16 "Når I forløser Hebræerkvinderne, skal I se godt efter ved Fødselen, og er det et Drengebarn, tag så Livet af det, men er det et Pigebarn, lad det så leve!"
And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
17 Men Jordemødrene frygtede Gud og gjorde ikke, som Ægypterkongen havde befalet dem, men lod Drengebørnene leve.
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
18 Da lod Ægypterkongen Jordemødrene kalde og sagde til dem: "Hvorfor har I båret eder således ad og ladet Drengebørnene leve?"
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the male children alive?
19 Men Jordemødrene svarede Farao: "Hebræerkvinderne er ikke som de Ægyptiske Kvinder, de har let ved at føde; inden Jordemoderen kommer til dem, har de allerede født!"
And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women, for they are lively, and are delivered before the midwife comes to them.
20 Og Gud gjorde vel imod Jordemødrene, og Folket blev stort og såre talrigt;
And God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
21 og Gud gav Jordemødrene Afkom, fordi de frygtede ham.
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.
22 Da udstedte Farao den Befaling til hele sit Folk: "Alle Drengebørn, der fødes, skal I kaste i Nilen, men Pigebørnene skal I lade leve!"
And Pharaoh ordered all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
