Exodus 1
1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt (every man and his household who came with Jacob):
Torej to so imena Izraelovih otrok, ki so prišli v Egipt. Z Jakobom je prišel vsak mož in njegova družina.
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Ruben, Simeon, Lévi in Juda,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Isahár, Zábulon in Benjamin,
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Dan in Neftáli, Gad in Aser.
5 And all the souls who came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls. And Joseph was in Egypt already.
Vseh duš, ki so prišle iz Jakobovih ledij, je bilo sedemdeset duš, kajti Jožef je bil že v Egiptu.
6 And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
Jožef je umrl in vsi njegovi bratje in ves ta rod.
7 And the sons of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty, and the land was filled with them.
Izraelovi otroci pa so bili rodovitni in obilno narasli in se namnožili in postali silno mogočni in dežela je bila napolnjena z njimi.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
Sedaj je tam vstal nov kralj nad Egiptom, ki ni poznal Jožefa.
9 And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we.
Svojemu ljudstvu je rekel: »Glejte, ljudstva Izraelovih otrok je več in mogočnejši so, kakor smo mi.
10 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.
Pridite, modro ravnajmo z njimi, da se ne bi namnožili in se pripeti, ko izpade kakšna vojna, da se pridružijo tudi našim sovražnikom in se borijo zoper nas in tako jih napodimo iz dežele.«
11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.
Zato so nadnje postavili preddelavce, da jih stiskajo z njihovimi bremeni. In za faraona so gradili zakladni mesti Pitóm in Ramesés.
12 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.
Toda bolj so jih stiskali, bolj so se množili in rastli. In bili so užaloščeni zaradi Izraelovih otrok.
13 And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel to serve with rigor.
Egipčani so s krutostjo Izraelove otroke prisilili, da so služili.
14 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.
Njihova življenja so zagrenili s trdim suženjstvom, z malto, z opeko in z vsemi vrstami službe na polju. Vse njihove službe, s katerimi so jih pripravili, da jim služijo, so bile s krutostjo.
15 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.
Egiptovski kralj je spregovoril hebrejskima babicama, katerih prvi je bilo ime Šifra, ime drugi pa Pua
16 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.
in rekel: »Ko hebrejskim ženam opravljata službo babice in jih vidita na stolčkih; če je sin, potem ga ubijta, toda če je hči, potem naj živi.«
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
Toda babici sta se bali Boga in nista delali, kakor jima je egiptovski kralj ukazal, temveč sta fantke rešili žive.
18 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?
Egiptovski kralj je dal poklicati babici in jima rekel: »Zakaj sta storili to stvar in fantke rešili žive?«
19 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.
Babici sta faraonu rekli: »Zato ker Hebrejke niso kakor Egipčanke, kajti one so krepke in rodijo prej ko babice pridejo k njim.«
20 And God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
Zato je Bog z babicama dobro postopal in ljudstvo se je pomnožilo in postalo zelo mogočno.
21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.
Pripetilo se je, ker sta se babici bali Boga, da jima je naredil hiši.
22 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.
Faraon je vsemu svojemu ljudstvu zapovedal, rekoč: »Vsakega sina, ki je rojen, boste vrgli v reko, vsaka hči pa naj bo rešena živa.«
