Exodus 1
1 The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
Og disse ere Navnene paa Israels Sønner, som kom til Ægypten, med Jakob kom de, hver med sit Hus:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Ruben, Simeon, Levi og Juda,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
Isaskar, Sebulon og Benjamin,
4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Dan og Nafthali, Gad og Aser.
5 Altogether there were 70 people [who went with] Jacob. That included his [sons, his grandsons, and two great-grandsons]. [His son] Joseph was already in Egypt.
Og alle Personer, som vare udkomne af Jakobs Lænd, de vare halvfjerdsindstyve Personer; men Josef var i Ægypten.
6 [Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
Og Josef døde, og alle hans Brødre og al denne Slægt.
7 But Jacob’s descendants kept giving birth to many children [IDM]. The number [of his descendants] kept becoming larger and larger. As a result, there were so many of them that they were everywhere in Egypt (OR, that they [became a threat] to the Egyptians).
Og Israels Børn bleve frugtbare og vrimlede og bleve mangfoldige og vare saare talrige, og Landet blev fuldt af dem.
8 Then [several hundred years later], a new king began to rule [MTY] in Egypt. He did not know [what] Joseph [had done for the people of Egypt long ago].
Og der kom en ny Konge over Ægypten, som ikke kendte Josef.
9 He said to his people, “Look [at what has happened]! The Israeli people have become so numerous and so powerful that they [now might conquer] us!
Og han sagde til sit Folk: Se, Israels Børns Folk ere flere og talrigere end vi.
10 We must find a way to control them! If we do not do that, their population will continue to grow. Then, if enemies [PRS] attack us, they will join with our enemies and fight against us, and they will escape from [our] land.”
Velan, vi ville handle klogeligen imod det, at det ikke skal blive mangfoldigt; og det kunde ske, om der blev Lejlighed til en Krig, kunde det ogsaa slaa sig til vore Fjender og føre Krig imod os og drage ud af Landet.
11 So [the king and his officials] put supervisors over the Israeli people to cause them to suffer very much by [forcing them] to work very hard. They forced [the Israeli people to] build [two] cities, Pithom and Ramses, in which to store [supplies for the king/government].
Saa satte de Skattebetjente over det, at de skulde plage det med deres Byrder; og man byggede Farao Forraadsstæder, nemlig Pithom og Raamses.
12 But the more cruelly they treated the [Israeli people], the bigger the Israeli [population] grew, and they became more numerous all over [the land]. So the Egyptian people began to be afraid of the Israeli people.
Og jo mere de plagede det, desto mere blev det mangfoldigt, og udbredte sig, og de væmmedes ved Israels Børn.
13 They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
Og Ægypterne tvang Israels Børn til at trælle strengt.
14 and by making them slaves, they made their lives miserable. They [forced them] to [build many buildings with] mortar and bricks. [They also forced them to do] other work in the fields. [In making them do all this work, the Egyptian officials treated them] ruthlessly/cruelly.
Og de gjorde dem deres Liv besk med haard Trældom i Ler og i Tegl og med alle Haande Trældom paa Marken; i al deres Trældom, i hvilken de tjente dem, maatte de trælle strengt.
15 There were two Hebrew (midwives/women who helped the women when they were giving birth). [Hebrew means the same as Israeli.] The names of the women were Shiphrah and Puah. The king of Egypt said to [those two women],
Og Kongen af Ægypten talede til de hebraiske Jordemødre, af hvilke den enes Navn var Sifra og den andens Navn Pua,
16 “When you help the Hebrew women when they are giving birth [MTY], if [the baby that is born] is a boy, you must kill it. If [the baby] is a girl, you (may let it live/do not have to kill them).”
og han sagde: Naar I hjælpe de hebraiske Kvinder ved Fødselen, saa ser paa Stolene: Dersom det er en Søn, saa dræber ham, og dersom det er en Datter, da maa hun leve.
17 But the midwives feared/revered God. So they did not do what the king told them to do. They allowed the baby boys to live.
Men Jordemødrene frygtede Gud og gjorde ikke saa, som Kongen af Ægypten havde talet til dem, men lode Drengene leve.
18 So the king summoned the [two] midwives and said to them, “Why are you doing this? Why are you letting the baby boys live?”
Da kaldte Kongen af Ægypten Jordemødrene og sagde til dem: Hvi gjorde I denne Gerning, at I lode Drengene leve?
19 [One of] the midwives replied to the king, “[You need to realize that] the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. The Hebrew women are very strong/healthy. They give birth [to their babies] before we can get to them [to help them].”
Og Jordemødrene svarede Farao: De hebraiske ere ikke som de ægyptiske Kvinder, men de ere stærke; førend Jordemoderen kommer til dem, da have de født.
20 So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
Derfor gjorde Gud vel imod Jordemødrene, og Folket blev mangfoldigt, og de bleve saare talrige.
21 Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
Og det skete, efterdi Jordemødrene frygtede Gud, da lod han dem faa Huse.
22 Then the king commanded all (the [Egyptian] people/his [advisors]): “You must throw into the Nile [River] every baby boy born that the [Hebrew women] give birth to! But you can allow the baby girls to live.”
Saa bød Farao alt sit Folk og sagde: Hver en Søn, som fødes, kaster ham i Floden, og lader alle Døtre leve.
