Exodus 1
1 These are the names of the children of Israel, that went into Egypt with Jacob: they went in, every man with his household:
Jakob hoi Izip prae ah kalaem imthung takoh Israel kaminawk boih ih ahmin loe,
2 Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda,
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3 Issachar, Zabulon, and Benjamin,
Issakar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4 Dan, and Nephtali, Gad and Aser.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad hoi Asher.
5 And all the souls that came out of Jacob’s thigh, were seventy: but Joseph was in Egypt.
Jakob ih caanawk loe sangqum boih ah qui sarihto oh o; Joseph loe Izip prae ah oh hmaloe.
6 After he was dead, and all his brethren, and all that generation,
Joseph hoi anih ih amyanawk, to nathuem ah kaom kaminawk doeh duek o boih.
7 The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes, and growing exceedingly strong they filled the land.
Israel kaminawk loe caa sak o, paroeai pop o; pung o moe, thacak o parai.
8 In the mean time there arose a new king over Egypt, that knew not Joseph:
To pacoengah Joseph panoek ai kangtha siangpahrang mah Izip prae to uk.
9 And he said to his people: Behold the people of the children of Israel are numerous and stronger than we.
Anih mah angmah ih kaminawk khaeah, Khen oh, Israel kaminawk loe pop o parai moe, aicae pongah thacak o boeh.
10 Come, let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply: and if any war shall rise against us, join with our enemies, and having overcome us, depart out of the land.
Angzo oh; nihcae hae palunghahaih hoiah tamet si, to tih ai nahaeloe nihcae loe pop o aep aep tih boeh; misa angtukhaih om nahaeloe, nihcae loe aicae ih misanawk khaeah ni athum o tih, aicae hae tuh o ueloe, aicae prae hae caeh o taak sut tih, tiah a thuih pae.
11 Therefore he set over them masters of the works, to afflict them with burdens, and they built for Pharao cities of tabernacles, Phithom and Ramesses.
To pongah nihcae pacaekthlaek hanah hmawsaeng ukkungnawk to suek o. Faro ih hmuenmae patunghaih vangpui, Pithom hoi Raamses to nihcae hanah saksak.
12 But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied, and increased:
Nihcae to paroeai pacaekthlaek o, toe nihcae loe pung o moe, qoeng o tahang aep aep; Israel kaminawk loe Izip kaminawk pongah paroeai palung boeng o.
13 And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:
Izip kaminawk loe tahmenhaih tawn ai ah Israel caanawk to toksak o sak;
14 And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay, and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth.
Izip kaminawk mah nihcae to thlung kangphaek lakhaih, amlai long hmai qoenghaih hoi laikok thungah karai parai toknawk to a sak o sak moe, pacaekthlaek o.
15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews: of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua,
Izip siangpahrang mah nawkta omsakkung Hebru nongpata hnik, Shiphrah hoi Puah khaeah,
16 Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive.
Hebru nongpatanawk nawkta ohsak naah, kahoihah khen hoih loe, nongpa nahaeloe hum hoi roep ah, nongpata loe pathlung hoih, tiah a naa.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.
Toe nawkta omsakkung Hebru nongpata hnik loe Sithaw to zit hoi pongah, Izip siangpahrang mah thuih ih lok baktih toengah sah hoi ai; caa nongpanawk to pathlung hoi.
18 And the king called for them and said: What is that you meant to do, that you would save the men children?
To pongah Izip siangpahrang mah nihnik to kawk moe, Tipongah hae tiah tok na sak hoi loe? Tipongah caa nongpanawk to na pathlung hoi loe? tiah a naa.
19 They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skillful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them.
Nawkta omsakkung hnik mah Faro khaeah, Hebru nongpatanawk loe Izip nongpatanawk baktiah om o ai; nihcae loe thacak o pongah, nawkta omsakkung pha ai naah nawkta tapen o ving boeh, tiah a naa hoi.
20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.
Sithaw mah nawkta omsakkungnawk nuiah anghoehaih tawnh pongah, kami pung o moe, thacak o.
21 And because the midwives feared God, he built them houses.
Nawkta omsakkung hnik loe Sithaw to zit hoi pongah, Sithaw mah nihnik khaeah imthong hoi khosakhaih to paek.
22 Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.
To naah Faro mah angmah ih kaminawk khaeah, Tapen caa nongpa to vapui thungah va o boih ah, nongpata loe pathlung o boih ah, tiah lok a paek.
