Exodus 1
1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
याकूबसँगै मिश्रमा आउने इस्राएलका छोराहरूका नाउँ यी नै हुन्:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
रूबेन, शिमियोन, लेवी र यहूदा,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
इस्साखार, जबूलून, र बेन्यामीन,
4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
दान, नप्ताली, गाद र आशेर ।
5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
याकूबका जम्मा सन्तानको सङ्ख्या सत्तरी जना थियो । योसेफ पहिले नै मिश्रमा थिए ।
6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
त्यसपछि योसेफ, तिनका सबै दाजुहरू र त्यो सबै पुस्ता मरे ।
7 but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
इस्राएलीहरू फल्दै-फुल्दै र सङ्ख्यामा अत्यधिक बढ्दै गए, अनि तिनीहरू शक्तिशाली भए र तिनीहरूद्वारा देश भरियो ।
8 Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
त्यसपछि योसेफको बारेमा थाहा नपाउने नयाँ राजाले शासन गर्न थाले ।
9 “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
तिनले आफ्ना मानिसहरूलाई भने, “हेर, इस्राएलीहरू सङ्ख्यामा हामीभन्दा बढी भएका छन् र तिनीहरू हामीभन्दा शक्तिशाली भएका छन् ।
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.”
आओ, तिनीहरूसित बुद्धिमानीपूर्वक काम गरौँ नत्रभने तिनीहरूको सङ्ख्या वृद्धि भइरहनेछ । युद्ध भयो भने तिनीहरू हाम्रा शत्रुहरूसित मिल्न गई हाम्रै विरुद्धमा लड्नेछन् र देश छाडेर जानेछन् ।”
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.
त्यसैले तिनीहरूलाई कठोर काम लगाएर तिनीहरूमाथि थिचोमिचो गर्न तिनीहरूले नाइकेहरू खटाए । इस्राएलीहरूले पिताम र रामसेस नामक भण्डारका सहरहरू बनाए ।
12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
तर जति मिश्रीहरूले इस्राएलीहरूमाथि थिचोमिचो गरे त्यति नै तिनीहरूको सङ्ख्या बढ्दै गएर तिनीहरू फैलन थाले । त्यसैले मिश्रीहरू इस्राएलीहरूसित डराउन थाले ।
13 They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
मिश्रीहरूले इस्राएलीहरूलाई निर्दयतापूर्वक काममा लगाए ।
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.
मिश्रीहरूले मसला र इँटको कामसाथै खेतका कठिन कामहरू गर्न लगाएर तिनीहरूका जीवनै खल्लो बनाइदिए । तिनीहरूले लगाएका कामहरू कठिन थिए ।
15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
तब मिश्रका राजाले शिप्रा र पूआ नाम गरेका हिब्रू सुँडिनीहरूलाई भने,
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.”
“हिब्रू स्त्रीहरूले बच्चा जन्माउने बेलामा तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूको हेरचाह गर्दा अवलोकन गर । छोरो रहेछ भने तिमीहरूले त्यसलाई मार ।
17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
तर छोरी रहेछ भने त्यसलाई जीवितै राख ।” तर सुँडिनीहरू परेमश्वरदेखि डराउँथे । त्यसैले तिनीहरूले मिश्रका राजाले आज्ञा दिएबमोजिम गरेनन्, बरु तिनीहरूले छोराहरूलाई पनि जीवितै राखे ।
18 So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
मिश्रका राजाले तिनीहरूलाई बोलाएर भने, “तिमीहरूले किन यसो गरेर छोराहरूलाई पनि जीवितै राखेका छ्यौ?”
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.”
ती सुँडिनीहरूले फारोलाई जवाफ दिए, “हिब्रू स्त्रीहरू मिश्री स्त्रीहरूजस्ता छैनन् । तिनीहरू हट्टाकट्टा छन् र सुँडिनी पुग्नुभन्दा पहिले नै तिनीहरूले बच्चा जन्माइसकेका हुन्छन् ।
20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
परमेश्वरले यी सुँडिनीहरूलाई जोगाउनुभयो । इस्राएलीहरू सङ्ख्यामा बढ्दै गए र तिनीहरू शक्तिशाली भए ।
21 And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
सुँडिनीहरू परमेश्वरदेखि डराएकाले उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई परिवार दिनुभयो ।
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.”
फारोले आफ्ना सबै मानिसलाई आज्ञा दिए, “जन्मेको हरेक छोरोलाई तिमीहरूले नदीमा फ्याँक्नू, तर छोरीलाई भने जीवितै राख्नू ।”
