Exodus 1
1 The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
Yakup'la birlikte aileleriyle Mısır'a giden İsrailoğulları'nın adları şunlardır:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Ruben, Şimon, Levi, Yahuda,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
İssakar, Zevulun, Benyamin,
4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Dan, Naftali, Gad, Aşer.
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.
Yakup'un soyundan gelenler toplam yetmiş kişiydi. Yusuf zaten Mısır'daydı.
6 [Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
Zamanla Yusuf, kardeşleri ve o kuşağın hepsi öldü.
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).
Ama soyları arttı; üreyip çoğaldılar, gittikçe büyüdüler, ülke onlarla dolup taştı.
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].
Sonra Yusuf hakkında bilgisi olmayan yeni bir kral Mısır'da tahta çıktı.
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!
Halkına, “Bakın, İsrailliler sayıca bizden daha çok” dedi,
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.”
“Gelin, onlara karşı aklımızı kullanalım, yoksa daha da çoğalırlar; bir savaş çıkarsa, düşmanlarımıza katılıp bize karşı savaşır, ülkeyi terk ederler.”
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].
Böylece Mısırlılar İsrailliler'in başına onları ağır işlere koşacak angaryacılar atadılar. İsrailliler firavun için Pitom ve Ramses adında ambarlı kentler yaptılar.
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.
Ama Mısırlılar baskı yaptıkça İsrailliler daha da çoğalarak bölgeye yayıldılar. Mısırlılar korkuya kapılarak
13 They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
İsrailliler'i amansızca çalıştırdılar.
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.
Her türlü tarla işi, harç ve kerpiç yapımı gibi ağır işlerle yaşamı onlara zehir ettiler. Bütün işlerinde onları amansızca kullandılar.
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],
Mısır Kralı, Şifra ve Pua adındaki İbrani ebelere şöyle dedi:
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).”
“İbrani kadınlarını doğum sandalyesinde doğurturken iyi bakın; çocuk erkekse öldürün, kızsa dokunmayın.”
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.
Ama ebeler Tanrı'dan korkan kimselerdi, Mısır Kralı'nın buyruğuna uymayarak erkek çocukları sağ bıraktılar.
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?”
Bunun üzerine Mısır Kralı ebeleri çağırtıp, “Niçin yaptınız bunu?” diye sordu, “Neden erkek çocukları sağ bıraktınız?”
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].”
Ebeler, “İbrani kadınlar Mısırlı kadınlara benzemiyor” diye yanıtladılar, “Çok güçlüler. Daha ebe gelmeden doğuruyorlar.”
20 So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
Tanrı ebelere iyilik etti. Halk çoğaldıkça çoğaldı.
21 Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
Ebeler kendisinden korktukları için Tanrı onları ev bark sahibi yaptı.
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.”
Bunun üzerine firavun bütün halkına buyruk verdi: “Doğan her İbrani erkek çocuk Nil'e atılacak, kızlar sağ bırakılacak.”
