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:
Israel ƒe viŋutsu siwo kplɔ Yakob ɖo yi Egipte kple woƒe ƒometɔwoe nye:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Yuda,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
Isaka, Zebulon, Benyamin,
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Dan, Naftali, Gad kple Aser.
5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already.
Ame siwo katã kplɔ Yakob ɖo yi Egipte la anɔ ame blaadre. Yosef ya nɔ afi ma xoxo.
6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Le ɣeyiɣi aɖe megbe la, Yosef kple nɔviawo katã ku, eye dzidzime ma nu tso.
7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Azɔ la, Israelviwo ƒe dzidzimeviwo dzina kabakaba. Wodzi sɔ gbɔ ale gbegbe be le ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe megbe la, wozu dukɔ gã aɖe, eye woyɔ anyigba la dzi fũu.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
Eva eme be fia yeye aɖe va ɖu Egipte dzi, ame si menya Yosef o.
9 And he said unto his people: 'Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us;
Fia sia gblɔ na eƒe amewo be, “Kpɔ ɖa, Israelvi siawo sɔ gbɔ wu mí akpa.
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.'
Mina míato ayemɔ aɖe dzi atsi nu sia nu. Ne míetsi nu sia nu o, eye aʋa dzɔ la, woade míaƒe futɔwo dzi, awɔ aʋa kpli mí asi adzo le anyigba la dzi.”
11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Ale Egiptetɔwo wɔ Israelviwo woƒe kluviwoe. Wotsɔ dɔdzikpɔla ŋutasẽlawo ɖo wo nu be woana woawɔ dɔ sesẽ, woatu nudzraɖoƒe gãwo ɖe Pitom kple Rameses na Farao.
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.
Togbɔ be Egiptetɔwo nɔ fu wɔm Israelviwo, eye wonɔ wo tem ɖe to wu tsã gɔ̃ hã la, Israelviwo ganɔ dzidzim ɖe edzi kokoko! Nu sia gado ŋɔdzi na Egiptetɔwo wu
13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour.
eye wogazi wo dzi wu tsã.
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.
Wona agbenɔnɔ ti wo to dɔ sesẽ wɔwɔ le anyikpewo meme kple agbledɔwo wɔwɔ me. Egiptetɔwo na wowɔ dɔ sesẽ siawo katã nublanuimakpɔmakpɔtɔe.
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;
Egipte fia gblɔ na Hebri nyɔnu siwo nye vixelawo, ame siwo ŋkɔwoe nye Sipra kple Pua be,
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.'
“Ne miekpe ɖe Hebri nyɔnu aɖe ŋu wòdzi vi, eye miekpɔ le vidziƒea be ŋutsuvi wòdzi la, miwu ɖevi la enumake, gake ne nyɔnuvi wòdzi la, mina ɖevia natsi agbe.”
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
Ke vixela siawo vɔ̃a Mawu, eye womewɔ ɖe Egipte fia la ƒe se la dzi o, wona ŋutsuviawo hã tsi agbe.
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?'
Fia la yɔ vixelawo, eye wòbia wo be, “Nu ka ta miegbe nye se la dzi wɔwɔ, eye miena ŋutsuviawo hã le agbe tsim ɖo?”
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.'
Woɖo eŋu na Farao be, “Aƒetɔ, Hebri nyɔnuwo ƒe vidzidzi tsɔna ale gbegbe be, míeɖoa wo gbɔ hafi wodzia vi le wo ɖokuiwo si o. Woawo ƒe vidzidzi mexɔa ɣeyiɣi abe míaƒe Egipte nyɔnuwo tɔ ene o!”
20 And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Le esia ta Mawu yra vixelawo. Ale Israelviwo dzi ɖe edzi, eye wokpɔ ŋusẽ ŋutɔ.
21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that He made them houses.
Esi vixelawo vɔ̃a Mawu ta la, Mawu na viwo woawo hã.
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.'
Fia Farao va de se na eƒe amewo katã be, “Miatsɔ ŋutsuvi ɖe sia ɖe si woadzi la aƒu gbe ɖe Nil tɔsisi la me, ke miana nyɔnuviwo ya natsi agbe.”
