Exodus 1
1 NOW THESE are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt with Jacob; every man came with his household:
He rhoek he Egypt la aka kun Israel ca rhoek kah a ming ni. Te vaengah Jakob neh a imkhui kah hlang neh,
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
Reuben, Simeon, Levi neh Judah,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
Issakhar, Zebulun neh Benjamin,
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad neh Asher te ha pawk.
5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already.
Te vaengah Jakob hlit lamkah aka thoeng hinglu boeih he hinglu sawmrhih lo coeng tih Joseph khaw Egypt ah om coeng.
6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Te phoeiah Joseph neh a manuca boeih neh te kah cadilcahma tah boeih duek.
7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Tedae Israel ca rhoek tah pungtai uh tih luem uh, ping uh tih yet uh. Te dongah amih te khohmuen ah mawk mawk bae uh.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
Te vaengah Egypt ah manghai a thai phoe tih te long te Joseph ming pawh.
9 And he said unto his people: 'Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us;
Te dongah a pilnam te, “Pilnam he, Israel ca rhoek he mamih lakah muep pilnu coeng.
10 come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there befalleth us any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.'
Anih te cueih pae pawn sih ping aih ve. Caemtloek ha thoeng tih anih neh koei uh koinih mamih m'hmuhuet ni. Te vaengah mamih m'vathoh thil vetih khohmuen lamloh cet hae ni,” a ti.
11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Te dongah amih te bitloh neh phaep sak ham saldong mangpa a khueh thil uh. Te vaengah Pharaoh kah rhuengim khopuei la Pithom neh Raameses te a thoh pah.
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were adread because of the children of Israel.
Anih a phaep uh vanbangla ping van tih pungtai van. Te dongah Israel ca rhoek kah mikhmuh ah a mueipuel uh.
13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour.
Te dongah Egypt loh Israel ca rhoek te mangkhak la a thohtat sak.
14 And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field; in all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigour.
Amih kah hingnah te amlai dong neh laiboeng dongah thohtatnah nen khaw, lohma kah thohtatnah cungkuem nen khaw, mat a phaep uh. Amih kah thohtatnah cungkuem dongah Israel ca te mangkhak la a thohtat sak uh.
15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah;
Te phoeiah Egypt manghai loh Hebrew ca-om rhoi, a ming la pakhat ah Shiphrah neh a pabae ah a ming la Puah te a uen.
16 and he said: 'When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, ye shall look upon the birthstool: if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.'
Te vaengah, “Hebrew nu te na om sak vaengah a omnah te so rhoi, tongpa atah ngawn rhoi lamtah huta atah hing saeh,” a ti nah.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
Tedae ca-om rhoi loh Pathen te a rhih rhoi. Te dongah Egypt manghai loh amih rhoi taengkah a thui bangla saii rhoi pawt tih camoe te a hing sak rhoi.
18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them: 'Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?'
Te dongah Egypt manghai loh ca-om rhoek te a khue tih amamih taengah, “Balae tih he kah hno he na saii uh tih camoe na hing sak uh,” a ti nah.
19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.'
Te vaengah ca-om rhoek loh Pharaoh te, “Hebrew nu he Egypt nu bang moenih. Amih tah rhaang uh tih amih taengla ca-om a pawk hlan ah khaw om uh coeng,” a ti nah.
20 And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Te dongah Pathen loh ca-om rhoek te a voelphoeng sak tih pilnam a ping dongah muep rhoeng uh.
21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that He made them houses.
Ca-om rhoek loh Pathen te a rhih uh dongah amih ham im khaw a thoh pah.
22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying: 'Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.'
Te dongah Pharaoh loh a pilnam boeih te a uen tih, “Tongpa la aka thaang boeih tah sokko la voei uh kuekluek lamtah huta tah boeih hing sak uh,” a ti nah.
