Exodus 1
1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
Magi e nying jo-Israel mane odhi e piny Misri gi Jakobo, moro ka moro gi joode:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
Reuben, Simeon, Lawi, kod Juda;
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
Isakar, Zebulun kod Benjamin;
4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
Dan kod Naftali; Gad kod Asher.
5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
Joka Jakobo duto noromo ji piero abiriyo, nikech Josef to noyudo osechopo e piny Misri.
6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
Koro Josef gi owetene duto kod tiengʼno duto notho,
7 but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
to jo-Israel nonyaa kendo gimedore ahinya mi gimedo bedo oganda mathoth moloyo mane gipongʼo pinyno duto.
8 Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
Bangʼe ruoth manyien mane ok ongʼeyo wach Josef nobedo e loch e piny Misri.
9 “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
Nonyiso joge niya, “Neuru, jo-Israel osenyaa moloyowa.
10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
Watangʼuru, nono to gibiro medore ahinya kendo bedo maratego, ma ka lweny owuok ginyalo dok ne wasikwa mondo giked kodwa, mi giring gia e pinywa.”
11 So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
Kuom mano, jo-Misri noketo nyipeche mondo ochun jo-Israel gi tich matek, kendo negigero Pithom gi Rameses kaka miech keno mag ruoth Farao.
12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
To kaka ne imedo sandgi, e kaka negimedo nyaa kendo gimedore; omiyo jo-Misri nomedo luoro jo-Israel,
13 They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
kuom mano jo-Misri nobembo jo-Israel gi tich mapek mar wasumbini.
14 and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
Negimiyo ngimagi odoko matek gi tije achuna mag nyono lowo mar matafare; e tijegi duto jo-Misri noketogi gi tich mapek mar wasumbini.
15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
Bangʼe ruodh jo-Misri nogolo chik mondo mond jo-Hibrania ma jocholo miluongo ni Shifra kod Pua niya,
16 “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
“Ka ucholo mond jo-Hibrania mi uneno ka onywolo nyathi ma wuowi, to negeuru, to ka en nyathi ma nyako, to kik unege.”
17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
To kata kamano, jochologo noluoro Nyasaye kendo ne ok gitimo gima ruodh jo-Misri nonyisogi mondo gitim, mine ok ginego nyithindo ma yawuowi.
18 So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
Ruodh jo-Misri noluongo jochologo mi openjogi niya, “En angʼo momiyo utimo kama? Angʼo momiyo ok uneg nyithindo ma yawuowi?”
19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
Jochologo nodwoko Farao niya, “Mond jo-Hibrania ok chal gi mond jo-Misri, gin giteko kendo ginywol kapok jocholo ochopo irgi.”
20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
Kuom mano Nyasaye nogwedho jochologo, kendo jo-Israel nomedo nyaa mi odoko oganda maduongʼ.
21 And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
Nikech jochologo noluoro Nyasaye, Nyasaye nogwedhogi gi nyithindo.
22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
Bangʼe Farao nogolo chik ne joge kowacho niya, “Nyathi ma wuowi moro amora monywol nyaka udir e aora Nael, to nyithindo ma nyiri to uwe odongi.”
