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:
Ovo su imena Izraelovih sinova koji su s Jakovom sišli u Egipat, svaki sa svojim domom:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
Ruben, Šimun, Levi i Juda;
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
Jisakar, Zebulun i Benjamin;
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Dan i Naftali; Gad i Ašer.
5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already.
U svemu Jakovljevih potomaka bijaše sedamdeset duša. A Josip je već bio u Egiptu.
6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
I umre Josip, a pomru i sva njegova braća i sav onaj naraštaj.
7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Ali su Izraelci bili rodni, namnožili se i silno ojačali, tako da su napučili zemlju.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
Uto u Egiptu zavlada novi kralj koji nije poznavao Josipa.
9 And he said unto his people: 'Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us;
I reče on svome puku: “Eto, sinovi su Izraelovi postali narod brojan i moćniji od nas.
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.'
Hajde, postupimo mudro s njima: spriječimo im porast, da se u slučaju rata ne pridruže našim neprijateljima, da ne udare na nas i napokon ne odu iz zemlje.”
11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
I postaviše nad njima nadglednike da ih tlače teškim radovima. Tako su faraonu sagradili gradove-skladišta: Pitom i Ramses.
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.
Ali što su ih više tlačili, oni se još više množili, napredovali i širili se, tako da su Egipćani strahovali od Izraelaca.
13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour.
I Egipćani se okrutno obore na Izraelce.
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.
Ogorčavali su im život teškim radovima: pravljenjem meljte i opeke, različitim poljskim poslovima i svakovrsnim naporima koje im nemilosrdno nametahu.
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;
Egipatski se kralj obrati i na hebrejske babice, od kojih jednoj bijaše ime Šifra, a drugoj Pua, pa im naredi:
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.'
“Kad u porodu pomažete Hebrejkama, dobro pogledajte oba kamena sjedala: ako je muško dijete, ubijte ga; ako je žensko, neka živi.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
Ali su se babice bojale Boga i nisu činile kako im je naredio egipatski kralj, nego su ostavljale na životu mušku djecu.
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?'
Stoga egipatski kralj pozove babice pa im rekne: “Zašto ste tako radile i na životu ostavljale mušku djecu?”
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.'
Nato babice odgovore faraonu: “Hebrejke nisu kao egipatske žene. One su životne. Prije nego babica dođe k njima, one već rode.”
20 And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Bog je to babicama za dobro primio. Narod se množio i silno porastao.
21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that He made them houses.
A kako su se babice bojale Boga, on ih obdari potomstvom.
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.'
Onda faraon izda naredbu svemu svome narodu: “Svako muško dijete koje se rodi Hebrejima bacite u Rijeku! Na životu ostavite samo žensku djecu.”
