Exodus 1
1 The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
Voici les noms des fils d'Israël qui vinrent en Égypte (chaque homme et sa famille vinrent avec Jacob):
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Ruben, Siméon, Lévi et Juda,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
Issacar, Zabulon et Benjamin,
4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Dan et Nephtali, Gad et 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.
Toutes les âmes qui sortirent du corps de Jacob étaient au nombre de soixante-dix, et Joseph était déjà en Égypte.
6 [Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
Joseph mourut, ainsi que tous ses frères et toute cette génération.
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).
Les enfants d'Israël furent féconds, ils augmentèrent en abondance, ils se multiplièrent, ils devinrent extrêmement puissants, et le pays fut rempli d'eux.
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].
Or, il se leva un nouveau roi sur l'Égypte, qui ne connaissait pas Joseph.
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!
Il dit à son peuple: « Voici que le peuple des enfants d'Israël est plus nombreux et plus puissant que nous.
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.”
Venez, traitons-les avec sagesse, de peur qu'ils ne se multiplient et que, lorsqu'une guerre éclatera, ils ne se joignent à nos ennemis, ne nous combattent et ne s'échappent du pays. »
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].
Ils établirent donc sur eux des maîtres de corvées pour les accabler de leurs fardeaux. Ils construisirent des villes de stockage pour Pharaon: Pithom et Raamsès.
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.
Mais plus ils les accablaient, plus ils se multipliaient et plus ils s'étendaient. Ils se mirent à redouter les enfants d'Israël.
13 They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
Les Égyptiens firent servir les enfants d'Israël sans pitié,
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.
et ils leur rendirent la vie amère par un dur service dans le mortier et dans la brique, et par toutes sortes de services dans les champs, tous leurs services, dans lesquels ils les firent servir sans pitié.
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],
Le roi d'Égypte parla aux sages-femmes hébraïques, dont l'une s'appelait Shiphrah et l'autre 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).”
et il dit: « Lorsque vous exercerez la fonction de sage-femme auprès des femmes hébraïques et que vous les verrez sur l'escabeau, si c'est un fils, vous le tuerez; mais si c'est une fille, elle vivra. »
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.
Mais les sages-femmes craignirent Dieu et ne firent pas ce que le roi d'Égypte leur avait ordonné, mais elles sauvèrent les petits garçons vivants.
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?”
Le roi d'Égypte fit venir les sages-femmes et leur dit: « Pourquoi avez-vous fait cela et sauvé les garçons en vie? ».
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].”
Les sages-femmes dirent à Pharaon: « Parce que les femmes hébreues ne sont pas comme les Egyptiennes, car elles sont vigoureuses et accouchent avant que la sage-femme ne vienne les voir. »
20 So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
Dieu traita bien les sages-femmes, et le peuple se multiplia et devint très puissant.
21 Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
Comme les sages-femmes craignaient Dieu, il leur donna des familles.
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.”
Pharaon donna cet ordre à tout son peuple: « Vous jetterez dans le fleuve tout fils qui naîtra, et vous sauverez vivante toute fille. »
