Exodus 1
1 The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
Dette er navnene på Israels sønner som kom til Egypten; med Jakob kom de, hver med sitt hus:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Ruben, Simeon, Levi og Juda,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
Issakar, Sebulon og Benjamin,
4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Dan og Naftali, 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.
De som nedstammet fra Jakob, var i alt sytti sjeler; men Josef var allerede i Egypten.
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 hele den slekt.
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).
Men Israels barn var fruktbare og tok sterkt til og blev mange og overmåte tallrike, og landet blev fullt av 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].
Da kom det en ny konge over Egypten, som ikke visste noget om 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 sa til sitt folk: Se, israelittenes folk er større og tallrikere enn 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.”
Nu vel, la oss gå klokt til verks mot dem, forat de ikke skal ta mere til, og forat de ikke, om det kommer krig, skal slå sig i lag med våre fiender og føre krig mot oss og dra ut av 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].
Så satte de arbeidsfogder over dem til å plage dem med tvangsarbeid; og de måtte bygge for Farao to byer til oplagssteder, Pitom og Ra'amses.
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.
Men jo mere de plaget dem, dess mere tok de til, og dess mere bredte de sig ut, så egypterne begynte å grue for Israels barn.
13 They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
Og egypterne tvang Israels barn til å træle for sig,
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 forbitret livet for dem med hårdt trælarbeid i ler og tegl og med alle slags trælarbeid på marken, alt det trælarbeid som de tvang dem til å gjøre.
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 i Egypten sa til de hebraiske jordmødre - den ene av dem hette Sifra og den andre 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).”
Når I hjelper de hebraiske kvinner til å føde, så skal I se efter i jordmorstolen; er det da en sønn, sa drep ham, men er det en datter, da kan 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 jordmødrene fryktet Gud og gjorde ikke som kongen i Egypten bød dem, men lot guttebarna 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 kalte kongen i Egypten jordmødrene til sig og sa til dem: Hvorfor gjør I dette og lar guttebarna 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].”
Jordmødrene svarte Farao: De hebraiske kvinner er ikke som de egyptiske, de er sterkere; før jordmoren kommer til dem, har de født.
20 So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
Og Gud gjorde vel imot jordmødrene; og folket tok til og blev overmåte tallrikt.
21 Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
Og fordi jordmødrene fryktet Gud, gav han dem avkom.
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.”
Da bød Farao alt sitt folk og sa: Hver sønn som fødes, skal kastes i elven, men hver datter skal I la leve.
