Exodus 1
1 The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
Or ce sont ici les noms des enfants d'Israël, qui entrèrent en Egypte, chacun desquels y entra avec Jacob, et leur famille.
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Ruben, Siméon, Lévi, et Juda,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
Issachar, Zabulon, et Benjamin,
4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Dan, et Nephtali, Gad, et 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.
Toutes les personnes issues de la hanche de Jacob, étaient soixante et dix, avec Joseph [qui] était en Egypte.
6 [Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
Or Joseph mourut, et tous ses frères, et toute cette génération-là.
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).
Et les enfants d'Israël foisonnèrent, et crûrent en très-grande abondance, et multiplièrent, et devinrent très-puissants, tellement que le pays en fut rempli.
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].
Depuis il s'éleva un nouveau Roi sur l'Egypte, lequel n'avait point connu 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!
Et il dit à son peuple: voici, le peuple des enfants d'Israël est plus grand 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.”
Agissons donc prudemment avec lui, de peur qu'il ne se multiplie, et que s'il arrivait quelque guerre il ne se joignît à nos ennemis, et ne fît la guerre contre nous, et qu'il ne s'en allât 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 le peuple des Commissaires d'impôts pour l'affliger en le surchargeant; car le [peuple] bâtit des villes fortes à Pharaon, [savoir] Pithom et Rahamsès.
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 l'affligeaient, et plus il multipliait, et croissait en toute abondance: c'est pourquoi ils haïssaient les enfants d'Israël.
13 They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
Et les Egyptiens faisaient servir les enfants d'Israël avec rigueur:
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.
Tellement qu'ils leur rendirent la vie amère par une rude servitude, [en les employant] à faire du mortier, des briques, et toute sorte d'ouvrage qui se fait aux champs; tout le service qu'on tirait d'eux [était] avec rigueur.
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'Egypte commanda aussi aux sages-femmes Hébreues, dont l'une avait nom Siphra, et l'autre avait nom Puha;
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 leur dit: quand vous recevrez les enfants des femmes des Hébreux, et que vous les verrez sur les siéges, si c'est un fils, mettez-le à mort; mais si c'est une fille, qu'elle vive.
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 ainsi que le Roi d'Egypte leur avait dit; car elles laissèrent vivre les fils.
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?”
Alors le Roi d'Egypte appela les sages-femmes, et leur dit: pourquoi avez-vous fait cela, d'avoir laissé vivre les fils?
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].”
Et les sages-femmes répondirent à Pharaon: parce que les Hébreues ne sont point comme les femmes Egyptiennes; car elles sont vigoureuses, [et] elles ont accouché avant que la sage-femme soit arrivée chez elle.
20 So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
Et Dieu fit du bien aux sages-femmes, et le peuple multiplia, et devint très puissant.
21 Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
Et parce que les sages-femmes craignirent Dieu, il leur édifia des maisons.
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.”
Alors Pharaon commanda à tout son peuple, disant: jetez dans le fleuve tous les fils qui naîtront, mais laissez vivre toutes les filles.
