Exodus 1
1 The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
Agora estes são os nomes dos filhos de Israel, que vieram ao Egito (cada homem e sua família vieram com Jacó):
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Reuben, Simeão, Levi e Judá,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
Issachar, Zebulun e Benjamin,
4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Dan e Naftali, Gad e Asher.
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.
Todas as almas que saíram do corpo de Jacó eram setenta almas, e José já estava no Egito.
6 [Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
José morreu, assim como todos os seus irmãos, e toda aquela geração.
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).
Os filhos de Israel foram fecundos, e aumentaram abundantemente, e se multiplicaram, e cresceram excessivamente poderosos; e a terra se encheu deles.
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].
Agora surgiu um novo rei sobre o Egito, que não conhecia José.
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!
Ele disse ao seu povo: “Eis que o povo dos filhos de Israel é mais e mais poderoso do que nós”.
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.”
Venha, vamos lidar sabiamente com eles, para que não se multipliquem, e acontece que quando alguma guerra eclode, eles também se unem a nossos inimigos e lutam contra nós, e escapam da terra”.
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].
Por isso, eles colocam os encarregados sobre eles para afligi-los com seus fardos. Eles construíram cidades de armazenamento para o Faraó: Pithom e 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.
Mas quanto mais eles os afligiam, mais se multiplicavam e mais se espalhavam. Eles começaram a temer os filhos de Israel.
13 They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
Os egípcios impiedosamente fizeram os filhos de Israel servir,
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.
e tornaram suas vidas amargas com serviço duro em argamassa e em tijolos, e em todos os tipos de serviço no campo, todo o seu serviço, no qual impiedosamente os fizeram servir.
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],
O rei do Egito falou às parteiras hebraicas, das quais o nome de uma era Shiphrah, e o nome da outra Puah,
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).”
e ele disse: “Quando você cumprir o dever de uma parteira para com as mulheres hebraicas, e vê-las no banco de nascimento, se for um filho, então você o matará; mas se for uma filha, então ela viverá”.
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.
Mas as parteiras temiam a Deus, e não fizeram o que o rei do Egito lhes ordenou, mas salvaram os meninos bebês vivos.
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?”
O rei do Egito chamou as parteiras e disse-lhes: “Por que vocês fizeram isso e salvaram os meninos vivos?”.
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].”
As parteiras disseram ao faraó: “Porque as mulheres hebraicas não são como as mulheres egípcias; pois elas são vigorosas e dão à luz antes que a parteira chegue até elas”.
20 So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
Deus lidou bem com as parteiras, e o povo se multiplicou, e cresceu muito poderoso.
21 Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
Como as parteiras temiam a Deus, Ele lhes deu famílias.
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.”
O Faraó ordenou a todo seu povo, dizendo: “Lançareis no rio todo filho que nascer, e toda filha salvareis com vida”.
