Exodus 1
1 And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt; each man and his household have come with Jacob:
Estes pois são os nomes dos filhos de Israel, que entraram no Egypto com Jacob: cada um entrou com sua casa:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Ruben, Simeão, Levi, e Judah;
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Issacar, Zabulon, e Benjamin;
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Dan e Naphtali, Gad e Aser.
5 And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as for Joseph, he was in Egypt.
Todas as almas, pois, que procederam da côxa de Jacob, foram setenta almas: José, porém, estava no Egypto.
6 And Joseph dies, and all his brothers, and all that generation;
Sendo pois José fallecido, e todos os seus irmãos, e toda aquella geração,
7 and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very, very mighty, and the land is filled with them.
Os filhos de Israel fructificaram, e augmentaram muito, e multiplicaram-se, e foram fortalecidos grandemente; de maneira que a terra se encheu d'elles.
8 And there rises a new king over Egypt, who has not known Joseph,
Depois levantou-se um novo rei sobre o Egypto, que não conhecera a José;
9 and he says to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel [are] more numerous and mighty than we.
O qual disse ao seu povo: Eis que o povo dos filhos de Israel é muito, e mais poderoso do que nós.
10 Give help! Let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it has come to pass, when war happens, that it has been joined, even it, to those hating us, and has fought against us, and has gone up out of the land.”
Eia, usemos sabiamente para com elle, para que não se multiplique, e aconteça que, vindo guerra, elle tambem se ajunte com os nossos inimigos, e peleje contra nós, e suba da terra.
11 And they set princes of tribute over it, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it builds the store-cities of Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh;
E pozeram sobre elles maioraes de tributos, para os affligirem com suas cargas. Porque edificaram a Pharaó cidades de thesouros, Pitom e Ramesses.
12 and as they afflict it, so it multiplies, and so it breaks forth, and they are distressed because of the sons of Israel;
Mas quanto mais o affligiam, tanto mais se multiplicava, e tanto mais crescia: de maneira que se enfadavam por causa dos filhos de Israel.
13 and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigor,
E os egypcios faziam servir os filhos de Israel com dureza;
14 and make their lives bitter in hard service, in clay, and in brick, and in every [kind] of service in the field; all their service in which they have served [is] with rigor.
Assim que lhes fizeram amargar a vida com dura servidão em barro, e em tijolos, e com todo o trabalho no campo; com todo o seu serviço, em que os serviam com dureza.
15 And the king of Egypt speaks to the midwives, the Hebrewesses (of whom the name of the first [is] Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah),
E o rei do Egypto fallou ás parteiras das hebreas (das quaes o nome de uma era Siphra, e o nome da outra Pua),
16 and says, “When you cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children, if it [is] a son, then you have put him to death; and if it [is] a daughter, then she has lived.”
E disse: Quando ajudardes a parir as hebreas, e as virdes sobre os assentos, se fôr filho, matae-o; mas se fôr filha, então viva.
17 And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt has spoken to them, and they keep the boys alive;
As parteiras, porém, temeram a Deus, e não fizeram como o rei do Egypto lhes dissera, antes conservavam os meninos com vida.
18 and the king of Egypt calls for the midwives and says to them, “Why have you done this thing, and keep the boys alive?”
Então o rei do Egypto chamou as parteiras, e disse-lhes: Porque fizestes isto, que guardastes os meninos com vida?
19 And the midwives say to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women, for they [are] lively; before the midwife comes to them—they have borne!”
E as parteiras disseram a Pharaó: Porquanto as mulheres hebreas não são como as egypcias: porque são vivas, e já teem parido antes que a parteira venha a ellas.
20 And God does good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;
Portanto Deus fez bem ás parteiras. E o povo se augmentou, e se fortaleceu muito.
21 and it comes to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He makes households for them;
E aconteceu que, porquanto as parteiras temeram a Deus, estabeleceu-lhes casas.
22 and Pharaoh lays a charge on all his people, saying, “Every son who is born—you cast him into the River, and every daughter you keep alive.”
Então ordenou Pharaó a todo o seu povo, dizendo: A todos os filhos que nascerem lancareis no rio, mas a todas as filhas guardareis com vida.
