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.
Inilah kelanjutan cerita tentang keluarga Yakub yang pindah bersamanya ke negeri Mesir. Sesuai nama baru Yakub, mereka disebut umat Israel. Nama-nama anaknya adalah
2 Reuben Simeon Levi and Judah.
Ruben, Simeon, Lewi, Yehuda,
3 Issachar Zebulun and Benjamin.
Isakar, Zebulon, Benyamin, Dan,
4 Dan and Naphtali Gad and Asher.
Naftali, Gad, dan Asyer.
5 And it was every person [who] came out of [the] thigh of Jacob seventy person[s] and Joseph he was in Egypt.
Jumlah keluarga Yakub pada waktu itu adalah tujuh puluh orang, termasuk Yusuf yang sudah lama berada di Mesir.
6 And he died Joseph and all brothers his and all the generation that.
Waktu pun berlalu. Akhirnya Yusuf dan saudara-saudaranya serta semua orang dari generasi mereka meninggal.
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.
Umat Israel beranak cucu dan jumlah mereka bertambah banyak, sehingga mereka sangat kuat dan tersebar di seluruh Mesir.
8 And he arose a king new over Egypt who not he knew Joseph.
Setelah beberapa generasi berlalu, seorang raja baru yang tidak tahu apa-apa tentang kisah Yusuf mulai berkuasa atas seluruh Mesir.
9 And he said to people his here! [the] people of [the] people of Israel [is] numerous and mighty more than us.
Raja itu berkata kepada para pejabatnya, “Lihatlah, orang-orang Israel sudah terlalu banyak, sehingga mereka lebih kuat daripada kita.
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.
Kalau suatu saat musuh menyerang kita, bisa saja mereka bergabung dengan pihak musuh, lalu melawan kita dan meninggalkan negeri ini. Karena itu, kita harus mencari cara mengendalikan orang Israel supaya tidak bertambah banyak.”
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.
Jadi, mereka menempatkan para mandor kepala budak untuk menindas umat Israel dengan kerja paksa. Umat Israel dipaksa untuk membangun kota Pitom dan kota Rameses, yang akan dijadikan sebagai pusat penyimpanan hasil panen dan harta benda raja Mesir.
12 And just as people afflicted it so it increased and so it spread and people felt dread because of [the] people of Israel.
Namun, semakin ditindas, jumlah umat Israel malah semakin bertambah dan semakin menyebar ke seluruh negeri itu. Hal itu membuat orang Mesir semakin takut kepada mereka.
13 And they compelled to labor Egypt [the] people of Israel with harshness.
Karena itu, dengan kejam orang Mesir memaksa mereka bekerja lebih keras.
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.
Mereka membuat hidup umat Israel semakin sengsara dengan memaksa mereka bekerja keras membuat batu bata dari campuran lumpur. Umat Israel juga disuruh melakukan segala macam pekerjaan berat, termasuk pekerjaan di ladang. Orang Mesir juga semakin menindas umat Israel dengan segala macam pekerjaan yang sangat berat.
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.
Kemudian raja Mesir memanggil dua perempuan Israel yang bertugas sebagai bidan untuk menolong ibu-ibu Israel saat melahirkan. Nama bidan itu Sifra dan 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.
Raja berkata kepada mereka, “Perhatikanlah setiap kali kalian menolong para perempuan Israel melahirkan. Apabila bayinya perempuan, kalian boleh membiarkannya hidup, tetapi kalau laki-laki, kalian harus membunuhnya!”
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.
Namun, kedua bidan itu takut akan Allah, sehingga mereka tidak menuruti perintah raja Mesir. Mereka membiarkan semua bayi laki-laki yang lahir tetap hidup.
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.
Maka raja Mesir memanggil kedua bidan itu dan berkata, “Berani-beraninya kalian sengaja melanggar perintah raja dengan membiarkan semua bayi laki-laki hidup!”
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.
Jawab mereka, “Perempuan Israel tidak sama dengan perempuan Mesir. Mereka sangat kuat, sehingga sebelum bidan tiba mereka sudah melahirkan.”
20 And he did good God to the midwives and it increased the people and they became mighty exceedingly.
Karena bidan-bidan itu takut akan Allah, maka Allah memberkati mereka dengan memberikan mereka keluarga dan anak-anak. Umat Israel semakin bertambah banyak dan menjadi semakin kuat.
21 And it was that they feared the midwives God and he appointed for them households.
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!
Lalu raja Mesir memerintahkan seluruh rakyatnya, “Setiap anak laki-laki yang lahir dari orang Israel harus dibuang ke sungai Nil, tetapi bayi perempuan boleh dibiarkan hidup.”
