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:
Torej to so imena Izraelovih otrok, ki so prišli v Egipt. Z Jakobom je prišel vsak mož in njegova družina.
2 Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda,
Ruben, Simeon, Lévi in Juda,
3 Issachar, Zabulon, and Benjamin,
Isahár, Zábulon in Benjamin,
4 Dan, and Nephtali, Gad and Aser.
Dan in Neftáli, Gad in Aser.
5 And all the souls that came out of Jacob’s thigh, were seventy: but Joseph was in Egypt.
Vseh duš, ki so prišle iz Jakobovih ledij, je bilo sedemdeset duš, kajti Jožef je bil že v Egiptu.
6 After he was dead, and all his brethren, and all that generation,
Jožef je umrl in vsi njegovi bratje in ves ta rod.
7 The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes, and growing exceedingly strong they filled the land.
Izraelovi otroci pa so bili rodovitni in obilno narasli in se namnožili in postali silno mogočni in dežela je bila napolnjena z njimi.
8 In the mean time there arose a new king over Egypt, that knew not Joseph:
Sedaj je tam vstal nov kralj nad Egiptom, ki ni poznal Jožefa.
9 And he said to his people: Behold the people of the children of Israel are numerous and stronger than we.
Svojemu ljudstvu je rekel: »Glejte, ljudstva Izraelovih otrok je več in mogočnejši so, kakor smo mi.
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.
Pridite, modro ravnajmo z njimi, da se ne bi namnožili in se pripeti, ko izpade kakšna vojna, da se pridružijo tudi našim sovražnikom in se borijo zoper nas in tako jih napodimo iz dežele.«
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.
Zato so nadnje postavili preddelavce, da jih stiskajo z njihovimi bremeni. In za faraona so gradili zakladni mesti Pitóm in Ramesés.
12 But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied, and increased:
Toda bolj so jih stiskali, bolj so se množili in rastli. In bili so užaloščeni zaradi Izraelovih otrok.
13 And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:
Egipčani so s krutostjo Izraelove otroke prisilili, da so služili.
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.
Njihova življenja so zagrenili s trdim suženjstvom, z malto, z opeko in z vsemi vrstami službe na polju. Vse njihove službe, s katerimi so jih pripravili, da jim služijo, so bile s krutostjo.
15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews: of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua,
Egiptovski kralj je spregovoril hebrejskima babicama, katerih prvi je bilo ime Šifra, ime drugi pa Pua
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.
in rekel: »Ko hebrejskim ženam opravljata službo babice in jih vidita na stolčkih; če je sin, potem ga ubijta, toda če je hči, potem naj živi.«
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.
Toda babici sta se bali Boga in nista delali, kakor jima je egiptovski kralj ukazal, temveč sta fantke rešili žive.
18 And the king called for them and said: What is that you meant to do, that you would save the men children?
Egiptovski kralj je dal poklicati babici in jima rekel: »Zakaj sta storili to stvar in fantke rešili žive?«
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.
Babici sta faraonu rekli: »Zato ker Hebrejke niso kakor Egipčanke, kajti one so krepke in rodijo prej ko babice pridejo k njim.«
20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.
Zato je Bog z babicama dobro postopal in ljudstvo se je pomnožilo in postalo zelo mogočno.
21 And because the midwives feared God, he built them houses.
Pripetilo se je, ker sta se babici bali Boga, da jima je naredil hiši.
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.
Faraon je vsemu svojemu ljudstvu zapovedal, rekoč: »Vsakega sina, ki je rojen, boste vrgli v reko, vsaka hči pa naj bo rešena živa.«
