Exodus 1
1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):
Ovo su imena Izraelovih sinova koji su s Jakovom sišli u Egipat, svaki sa svojim domom:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Ruben, Šimun, Levi i Juda;
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Jisakar, Zebulun i Benjamin;
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Dan i Naftali; Gad i Ašer.
5 All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
U svemu Jakovljevih potomaka bijaše sedamdeset duša. A Josip je već bio u Egiptu.
6 Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
I umre Josip, a pomru i sva njegova braća i sav onaj naraštaj.
7 The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Ali su Izraelci bili rodni, namnožili se i silno ojačali, tako da su napučili zemlju.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
Uto u Egiptu zavlada novi kralj koji nije poznavao Josipa.
9 He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
I reče on svome puku: “Eto, sinovi su Izraelovi postali narod brojan i moćniji od nas.
10 Come, let’s deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies and fight against us, and escape out of the land.”
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.”
11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
I postaviše nad njima nadglednike da ih tlače teškim radovima. Tako su faraonu sagradili gradove-skladišta: Pitom i Ramses.
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They started to dread the children of Israel.
Ali što su ih više tlačili, oni se još više množili, napredovali i širili se, tako da su Egipćani strahovali od Izraelaca.
13 The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
I Egipćani se okrutno obore na Izraelce.
14 and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
Ogorčavali su im život teškim radovima: pravljenjem meljte i opeke, različitim poljskim poslovima i svakovrsnim naporima koje im nemilosrdno nametahu.
15 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,
Egipatski se kralj obrati i na hebrejske babice, od kojih jednoj bijaše ime Šifra, a drugoj Pua, pa im naredi:
16 and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
“Kad u porodu pomažete Hebrejkama, dobro pogledajte oba kamena sjedala: ako je muško dijete, ubijte ga; ako je žensko, neka živi.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
Ali su se babice bojale Boga i nisu činile kako im je naredio egipatski kralj, nego su ostavljale na životu mušku djecu.
18 The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”
Stoga egipatski kralj pozove babice pa im rekne: “Zašto ste tako radile i na životu ostavljale mušku djecu?”
19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
Nato babice odgovore faraonu: “Hebrejke nisu kao egipatske žene. One su životne. Prije nego babica dođe k njima, one već rode.”
20 God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
Bog je to babicama za dobro primio. Narod se množio i silno porastao.
21 Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
A kako su se babice bojale Boga, on ih obdari potomstvom.
22 Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
Onda faraon izda naredbu svemu svome narodu: “Svako muško dijete koje se rodi Hebrejima bacite u Rijeku! Na životu ostavite samo žensku djecu.”
