Exodus 1
1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:
Ово су имена синова Израиљевих који дођоше у Мисир, дођоше с Јаковом, сваки са својом породицом:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Рувим, Симеун, Левије и Јуда,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Исахар, Завулон и Венијамин,
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Дан и Нефталим, Гад и Асир.
5 All the people who were directly descended from Jacob were seventy-five, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
А свега беше их од бедара Јаковљевих седамдесет душа с Јосифом, који беше у Мисиру.
6 Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
А Јосиф умре и сва браћа његова и сав онај нараштај.
7 The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
И синови Израиљеви народише се и умножише се, и напредоваше и осилише веома, да их се земља напуни.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
Тада наста нов цар у Мисиру, који не знаше за Јосифа;
9 He said to his people, "Look, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we.
И рече народу свом: Гле, народ синова Израиљевих већи је и силнији од нас.
10 Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land."
Него хајде мудро да поступамо с њима, да се не множе, и кад настане рат да не пристану с непријатељима нашим и не ударе на нас и не оду из земље.
11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Rameses.
И поставише над њима настојнике да их муче тешким пословима; и грађаше народ Израиљев Фараону градове Питом и Рамесу.
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. And they were in dread of the children of Israel.
Али што га више мучаху то се више множаше и напредоваше, да се грожаху од синова Израиљевих.
13 And the Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel labor,
И жестоко нагоњаху Мисирци синове Израиљеве на послове,
14 and they made their lives bitter with hard labor, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of labor in the field, all their labors which they ruthlessly made them do.
И загорчаваху им живот тешким пословима, блатом и опекама и сваким радом у пољу, и сваким другим послом, на који их жестоко нагоњаху.
15 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,
И још заповеди цар мисирски бабицама јеврејским, од којих једној беше име Сефора, а другој Фува,
16 and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."
И рече: Кад бабичите Јеврејке, и у порођају видите да је мушко, убијте га, а кад буде женско, нек остане живо.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
Али се бабице бојаху Бога, и не чињаху како им рече цар мисирски, него остављаху децу у животу.
18 The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys alive?"
А цар мисирски дозва бабице, и рече им: Зашто то чините, те остављате у животу мушку децу?
19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women aren't like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them."
А бабице рекоше Фараону: Јеврејке нису као жене Мисирке; јаче су; док им дође бабица, оне већ роде.
20 God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
И Бог учини добро бабицама; и народ се умножи и осили веома;
21 It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.
И што се бабице бојаху Бога, начини им куће.
22 Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "You are to cast every son who is born to the Hebrews into the river, but every daughter you are to keep alive."
Тада заповеди Фараон свему народу свом говорећи: Сваког сина који се роди баците у воду, а кћери све остављајте у животу.
