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.
Voici les noms des fils d’Israël qui entrèrent en Égypte avec Jacob: chacun y entra avec sa maison:
2 Reuben Simeon Levi and Judah.
Ruben, Siméon, Lévi, Juda.
3 Issachar Zebulun and Benjamin.
Issachar, Zabulon et Benjamin,
4 Dan and Naphtali Gad and Asher.
Dan et Nephtali, Gad et Aser.
5 And it was every person [who] came out of [the] thigh of Jacob seventy person[s] and Joseph he was in Egypt.
Ainsi toutes les âmes de ceux qui sont issus de Jacob étaient soixante-dix; mais Joseph était en Egypte.
6 And he died Joseph and all brothers his and all the generation that.
Joseph mort, et tous ses frères, et toute cette génération,
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.
Les enfants d’Israël s’accrurent et se multiplièrent, comme s’ils eussent germé; et devenus extrêmement forts, ils remplirent la terre.
8 And he arose a king new over Egypt who not he knew Joseph.
Cependant il s’éleva en Égypte un nouveau roi qui ne connaissait pas Joseph;
9 And he said to people his here! [the] people of [the] people of Israel [is] numerous and mighty more than us.
Et il dit à son peuple: Voici que le peuple des enfants d’Israël est nombreux et plus fort que nous.
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.
Venez, opprimons-le par prudence, de peur qu’il ne se multiplie, et que, s’il s’élève contre nous une guerre, il ne se joigne à nos ennemis, et que, nous vaincus, il ne sorte de la terre.
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.
Il préposa donc sur eux des chefs de travaux, pour les accabler de charges: et ils bâtirent à Pharaon les villes des tentes, Phithom et Ramessès.
12 And just as people afflicted it so it increased and so it spread and people felt dread because of [the] people of Israel.
Mais plus on les opprimait, plus ils se multipliaient et croissaient.
13 And they compelled to labor Egypt [the] people of Israel with harshness.
Et les Égyptiens haïssaient les enfants d’Israël et les affligeaient en leur insultant.
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.
Et ils rendaient leur vie amère par des ouvrages pénibles de mortier et de briques, et par toute espèce de servitude dont ils les accablaient dans des ouvrages de terre.
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.
Or le roi d’Égypte parla aux sages-femmes des Hébreux, dont l’une se nommait Séphora et l’autre Shua,
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.
Leur ordonnant: Quand vous accoucherez les femmes des Hébreux, et que le temps de l’enfantement sera venu, si c’est un garçon, tuez-le; si c’est une fille, conservez-la.
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.
Mais les sages-femmes craignirent Dieu, et ne firent pas selon l’ordre du roi d’Egypte; mais elles conservaient les garçons.
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.
Appelées devant lui, le roi dit: Qu’est-ce que vous avez voulu faire, en conservant les garçons?
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.
Elles répondirent: Les femmes des Hébreux ne sont pas comme les femmes égyptiennes; car elles savent accoucher elles-mêmes; aussi avant que nous venions vers elles, elles enfantent.
20 And he did good God to the midwives and it increased the people and they became mighty exceedingly.
Et Dieu fit du bien aux sages-femmes; et le peuple s’accrut et se fortifia extrêmement.
21 And it was that they feared the midwives God and he appointed for them households.
Et parce que les sages-femmes craignirent Dieu, il leur bâtit des maisons.
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!
Pharaon commanda donc à tout son peuple, disant: Tout ce qui naîtra du sexe masculin, jetez-le dans le fleuve; tout ce qui naîtra du féminin, conservez-le.
