Exodus 1
1 These were the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob) who came with him to Egypt along with their families:
Ово су имена синова Израиљевих који дођоше у Мисир, дођоше с Јаковом, сваки са својом породицом:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
Рувим, Симеун, Левије и Јуда,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
Исахар, Завулон и Венијамин,
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Дан и Нефталим, Гад и Асир.
5 Jacob had 70 descendants there, including Joseph who was already in Egypt.
А свега беше их од бедара Јаковљевих седамдесет душа с Јосифом, који беше у Мисиру.
6 Eventually Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died.
А Јосиф умре и сва браћа његова и сав онај нараштај.
7 However, the Israelites had many children and their numbers increased rapidly. In fact there were so many of them that they became very powerful—the country was full of them.
И синови Израиљеви народише се и умножише се, и напредоваше и осилише веома, да их се земља напуни.
8 Then a new king came to power who didn't know anything about Joseph.
Тада наста нов цар у Мисиру, који не знаше за Јосифа;
9 He conferred with his fellow Egyptians and said, “Look at these Israelites—there are more than them than us, and they're more powerful than us.
И рече народу свом: Гле, народ синова Израиљевих већи је и силнији од нас.
10 We've got to make plan to deal with them before they become so many that if there's a war they'll side with our enemies and fight us, and flee the country.”
Него хајде мудро да поступамо с њима, да се не множе, и кад настане рат да не пристану с непријатељима нашим и не ударе на нас и не оду из земље.
11 So the Egyptians made them do forced labor and put taskmasters in charge of them. They used them to build the storage towns of Pithom and Rameses.
И поставише над њима настојнике да их муче тешким пословима; и грађаше народ Израиљев Фараону градове Питом и Рамесу.
12 But the more the Israelites were mistreated, the more they grew in numbers and spread out—and the more the Egyptians detested them.
Али што га више мучаху то се више множаше и напредоваше, да се грожаху од синова Израиљевих.
13 The Egyptians worked the Israelites brutally,
И жестоко нагоњаху Мисирци синове Израиљеве на послове,
14 making their lives a misery. They made them do hard labor, building with mortar and brick, and all kind of heavy work in the fields. In all of this hard labor they treated them brutally.
И загорчаваху им живот тешким пословима, блатом и опекама и сваким радом у пољу, и сваким другим послом, на који их жестоко нагоњаху.
15 Then the king gave orders to the Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah.
И још заповеди цар мисирски бабицама јеврејским, од којих једној беше име Сефора, а другој Фува,
16 He told them, “When you assist the Hebrew women during childbirth, if you see it's a boy, kill him; but if it's a girl, let her live.”
И рече: Кад бабичите Јеврејке, и у порођају видите да је мушко, убијте га, а кад буде женско, нек остане живо.
17 But because the midwives revered God, they didn't do what the king of Egypt had ordered. They let the boys live as well.
Али се бабице бојаху Бога, и не чињаху како им рече цар мисирски, него остављаху децу у животу.
18 The king of Egypt called the midwives in and demanded to know, “Why have you done this— letting the male children live?”
А цар мисирски дозва бабице, и рече им: Зашто то чините, те остављате у животу мушку децу?
19 “Hebrew women aren't like Egyptian women,” the midwives told Pharaoh. “They give birth more easily—they have them before we midwives arrive.”
А бабице рекоше Фараону: Јеврејке нису као жене Мисирке; јаче су; док им дође бабица, оне већ роде.
20 God treated the midwives well, and the people increased in number so there were even more of them.
И Бог учини добро бабицама; и народ се умножи и осили веома;
21 Because the midwives revered God, he gave them families of their own.
И што се бабице бојаху Бога, начини им куће.
22 Then Pharaoh issued this order to all his people: “Throw every Hebrew boy that's born into the Nile, but let every girl live.”
Тада заповеди Фараон свему народу свом говорећи: Сваког сина који се роди баците у воду, а кћери све остављајте у животу.
