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:
Men non pitit Jakòb yo ki te desann avè l' nan peyi Lejip ansanm ak tout fanmi yo:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Se te Woubenn, Simeyon, Levi epi Jida,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Isaka, Zabilon epi Benjamen,
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Dann ak Nèftali, Gad ak Asè.
5 And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as for Joseph, he was in Egypt.
Sa te fè antou swasanndis moun nan ras Jakòb la. Jozèf menm te deja nan peyi Lejip la.
6 And Joseph dies, and all his brothers, and all that generation;
Apre sa, Jozèf mouri, tout frè l' yo mouri tou ansanm ak tout moun menm laj ak yo.
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.
Men pèp Izrayèl la te fè anpil pitit, yo te peple. Yo te vin anpil. Yo te vin fò, yo te toupatou nan peyi a.
8 And there rises a new king over Egypt, who has not known Joseph,
Te vin gen yon lòt wa nan peyi Lejip la. Wa sa a pa t' konn anyen sou Jozèf.
9 and he says to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel [are] more numerous and mighty than we.
Li di pèp la konsa: -Gade. Pèp Izrayèl la vin pi plis pase nou. Yo pi fò pase nou.
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.”
Tande non! Fòk nou jwenn yon jan wi, pou n' bat ak moun sa yo, pou yo pa vin plis toujou. Paske, si yon lagè pete la a, yo ka mete tèt ansanm ak lènmi nou yo pou yo bat nou. Apre sa, y'a pati kite peyi a.
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;
Se konsa yo mete kèk chèf sou pèp Izrayèl la pou kraze kouraj yo, pou fè yo fè kòve travo fòse san pran souf. Moun pèp Izrayèl yo bati lavil Piton ak Ranmsès pou farawon an. Se nan lavil sa yo yo te fè depo manje.
12 and as they afflict it, so it multiplies, and so it breaks forth, and they are distressed because of the sons of Israel;
Men, tank moun Lejip yo t'ap peze moun pèp Izrayèl yo, se tank yo t'ap fè pitit, se plis yo t'ap peple. Moun Lejip yo vin rayi moun pèp Izrayèl yo.
13 and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigor,
Se konsa, yo fè pèp Izrayèl la tounen esklav.
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.
Yo rann yo lavi minab, yo fè yo travay rèd ap bat mòtye, ap fè brik, ap fè tout lòt kalite kòve nan jaden. Yo bat yo, yo fòse yo fè tout kalite travay sa yo.
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),
Lè sa a, te gen de fanmchay ki te konn akouche medam ebre yo. Yonn te rele Chifra, lòt la te rele Pwa. Wa Lejip la rele yo,
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.”
li di yo: -Lè n'ap akouche medam ebre yo, lè yo sou choukèt, louvri je nou. Si pitit la se yon gason, touye l'. Men si se yon fi, kite l' viv.
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;
Men, fanmchay yo te gen krentif pou Bondye. Yo pa t' fe sa wa Lejip la te ba yo lòd fè a. Yo te kite ti gason yo viv tou.
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?”
Lè sa a, wa a fè rele fanmchay yo, li mande yo: -Poukisa nou fè sa? Apa nou kite ti gason yo viv tou?
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!”
Medam yo reponn: -Fanm ebre sa yo pa tankou fanm Lejip yo non. Yo gen kouraj sou yo wi. Anvan fanmchay la rive, yo gen tan akouche.
20 And God does good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;
Bondye te beni fanmchay yo. Moun pèp Izrayèl yo menm t'ap vin pi plis toujou. Yo t'ap vin pi fò.
21 and it comes to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He makes households for them;
Paske fanmchay yo te gen krentif pou Bondye, Bondye te ba yo anpil pitit.
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.”
Lè sa a, farawon an bay pèp la lòd sa a: -Se pou nou jete tout ti gason ki fèt lakay moun ebre yo nan gwo larivyè a. Men, kite tout ti fi yo viv.
