Exodus 1
1 These are the names of the sons of Israel, who went into Egypt with Jacob. They entered, each one with his house:
Haec sunt nomina filiorum Israel qui ingressi sunt in Aegyptum cum Iacob: singuli cum domibus suis introierunt:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Iudas,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Issachar, Zabulon et Beniamin,
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Dan, et Nephthali, Gad, et Aser.
5 Therefore, all the souls of those who went forth from Jacob’s thigh were seventy. Now Joseph was in Egypt.
Erant igitur omnes animae eorum qui egressi sunt de femore Iacob, septuaginta: Ioseph autem in Aegypto erat.
6 When he had died, along with all of his brothers and all of that generation,
Quo mortuo, et universis fratribus eius, omnique cognatione sua,
7 the sons of Israel increased, and they multiplied like seedlings. And having been strengthened exceedingly, they filled the land.
filii Israel creverunt, et quasi germinantes multiplicati sunt: ac roborati nimis, impleverunt terram.
8 Meanwhile, there arose a new king over Egypt, who was ignorant of Joseph.
Surrexit interea rex novus super Aegyptum, qui ignorabat Ioseph:
9 And he said to his people: “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are many, and they are stronger than we are.
et ait ad populum suum: Ecce, populus filiorum Israel multus, et fortior nobis est.
10 Come, let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply; and if any war should advance against us, they may be added to our enemies, and having fought against us, they might depart from the land.”
Venite, sapienter opprimamus eum, ne forte multiplicetur: et si ingruerit contra nos bellum, addatur inimicis nostris, expugnatisque nobis egrediatur de terra.
11 And so he set over them masters of the works, in order to afflict them with burdens. And they built for Pharaoh the cities of the tabernacles: Pithom and Raamses.
Praeposuit itaque eis magistros operum, ut affligerent eos oneribus: aedificaveruntque urbes tabernaculorum Pharaoni, Phithom, et Ramesses.
12 And the more they oppressed them, so much more did they multiply and increase.
Quantoque opprimebant eos, tanto magis multiplicabantur, et crescebant:
13 And the Egyptians hated the sons of Israel, and they afflicted them and mocked them.
oderantque filios Israel Aegyptii, et affligebant illudentes eis:
14 And they led their life directly into bitterness, with hard work in clay and brick, and with all kinds of servitude, so that they were being overwhelmed with the works of the land.
atque ad amaritudinem perducebant vitam eorum operibus duris luti, et lateris, omnique famulatu, quo in terrae operibus premebantur.
15 Then the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews, (one of whom one was called Shiphrah, another Puah)
Dixit autem Rex Aegypti obstetricibus Hebraeorum: quarum una vocabatur Sephora, altera Phua,
16 instructing them: “When you will act as a midwife to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery has arrived: if it is male, put it to death; if it is female, retain it.”
praecipiens eis: Quando obstetricabitis Hebraeas, et partus tempus advenerit: si masculus fuerit, interficite eum: si femina, reservate.
17 But the midwives feared God, and so they did not act according to the precept of the king of Egypt, but they kept the males safe.
Timuerunt autem obstetrices Deum, et non fecerunt iuxta praeceptum regis Aegypti, sed conservabant mares.
18 And summoning them, the king said, “What did you intend to do, so that you would save the boys?”
Quibus accersitis ad se, rex ait: Quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis, ut pueros servaretis?
19 They responded: “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. For they themselves have the wisdom of a midwife, and so they give birth before we can come to them.”
Quae responderunt: Non sunt Hebreae sicut Aegyptiae mulieres: ipsae enim obstetricandi habent scientiam, et priusquam veniamus ad eas, pariunt.
20 Therefore, God acted favorably toward the midwives. And the people increased, and they were strengthened exceedingly.
Bene ergo fecit Deus obstetricibus: et crevit populus, confortatusque est nimis.
21 And because the midwives feared God, he built houses for them.
Et quia timuerunt obstetrices Deum, aedificavit eis domos.
22 Therefore, Pharaoh instructed all his people, saying: “Whatever will be born of the male sex, cast it into the river; whatever will be born of the female sex, retain it.”
Praecepit ergo Pharao omni populo suo, dicens: Quidquid masculini sexus natum fuerit, in flumen proiicite: quidquid feminini, reservate.
