Exodus 1
1 And these [are] [the] names of [the] sons of Israel who went Egypt towards with Jacob everyone and household his they went.
Dette er Navnene paa Israels Sønner, der sammen med Jakob kom til Ægypten med deres Familier:
2 Reuben Simeon Levi and Judah.
Ruben, Simeon, Levi og Juda,
3 Issachar Zebulun and Benjamin.
Issakar, Zebulon og Benjamin,
4 Dan and Naphtali Gad and Asher.
Dan og Naftali, Gad og Aser.
5 And it was every person [who] came out of [the] thigh of Jacob seventy person[s] and Joseph he was in Egypt.
Jakobs Efterkommere udgjorde i alt halvfjerdsindstyve, men Josef var i Ægypten.
6 And he died Joseph and all brothers his and all the generation that.
Imidlertid døde Josef og alle hans Brødre og hele dette Slægtled.
7 And [the] people of Israel they were fruitful and they swarmed and they multiplied and they became mighty with muchness muchness and it was filled the land with them.
Men Israeliterne var frugtbare og formerede sig, og de blev mange og overmaade talrige, saa at Landet blev fuldt af dem.
8 And he arose a king new over Egypt who not he knew Joseph.
Da kom der en ny Konge over Ægypten, som ikke vidste noget om Josef;
9 And he said to people his here! [the] people of [the] people of Israel [is] numerous and mighty more than us.
og han sagde til sit Folk: »Se, Israels Folk bliver talrigere og stærkere end vi.
10 Give! let us deal wisely to it lest it should increase and it will be that they will happen war and it will be added also it to [those who] hate us and it will fight against us and it will go up from the land.
Velan, lad os gaa klogt til Værks imod dem, for at de ikke skal blive for mange; ellers kan det hænde, naar vi kommer i Krig, at de gaar over til vore Modstandere og kæmper mod os og til sidst forlader Landet!«
11 And they appointed over it overseers of slave gangs so as to afflict it with forced labor their and it built cities of storage for Pharaoh Pithom and Rameses.
Saa satte man Fogeder over dem til at plage dem med Trællearbejde, og de maatte bygge Forraadsbyer for Farao: Pitom og Ra'amses.
12 And just as people afflicted it so it increased and so it spread and people felt dread because of [the] people of Israel.
Men jo mere man plagede dem, des flere blev de, og des mere bredte de sig, saa Ægypterne fik Rædsel for Israeliterne.
13 And they compelled to labor Egypt [the] people of Israel with harshness.
Og Ægypterne tvang Israeliterne til Trællearbejde
14 And they made bitter lives their with labor hard in mortar and in bricks and in all labor in the field all labor their which they labored by them with harshness.
og gjorde dem Livet bittert ved haardt Arbejde med Ler og Tegl og alle Haande Markarbejde, ved alt det Arbejde, de tvang dem til at udføre for sig.
15 And he said [the] king of Egypt to the midwives Hebrew who [the] name of the one [was] Shiphrah and [the] name of the second [was] Puah.
Ægypterkongen sagde da til Hebræerkvindernes Jordemødre, af hvilke den ene hed Sjifra, den anden Pua:
16 And he said when assist as midwife you the Hebrew [women] and you will look at the stones if [is] a son he and you will kill him and if [is] a daughter she and she will live.
»Naar I forløser Hebræerkvinderne, skal I se godt efter ved Fødselen, og er det et Drengebarn, tag saa Livet af det, men er det et Pigebarn, lad det saa leve!«
17 And they feared the midwives God and not they did just as he had spoken to them [the] king of Egypt and they let live the [male] children.
Men Jordemødrene frygtede Gud og gjorde ikke, som Ægypterkongen havde befalet dem, men lod Drengebørnene leve.
18 And he summoned [the] king of Egypt the midwives and he said to them why? have you done the thing this and have you let live? the [male] children.
Da lod Ægypterkongen Jordemødrene kalde og sagde til dem: »Hvorfor har I baaret eder saaledes ad og ladet Drengebørnene leve?«
19 And they said the midwives to Pharaoh for not [are] like the women Egyptian the Hebrew [women] that [are] vigorous they before she comes to them the midwife and they give birth.
Men Jordemødrene svarede Farao: »Hebræerkvinderne er ikke som de Ægyptiske Kvinder, de har let ved at føde; inden Jordemoderen kommer til dem, har de allerede født!«
20 And he did good God to the midwives and it increased the people and they became mighty exceedingly.
Og Gud gjorde vel imod Jordemødrene, og Folket blev stort og saare talrigt;
21 And it was that they feared the midwives God and he appointed for them households.
og Gud gav Jordemødrene Afkom, fordi de frygtede ham.
22 And he commanded Pharaoh to all people his saying every son born the River towards you will throw him and every daughter you will let live!
Da udstedte Farao den Befaling til hele sit Folk: »Alle Drengebørn, der fødes, skal I kaste i Nilen, men Pigebørnene skal I lade leve!«
