Exodus 1
1 The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
| و این است نامهای پسران اسرائیل که به مصر آمدند، هر کس با اهل خانه‌اش همراه یعقوب آمدند: | ۱ |
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
| روبین و شمعون و لاوی ویهودا، | ۲ |
3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
| یساکار و زبولون و بنیامین، | ۳ |
4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
| و دان ونفتالی، و جاد و اشیر. | ۴ |
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.
| و همه نفوسی که از صلب یعقوب پدید آمدند هفتاد نفر بودند. و یوسف درمصر بود. | ۵ |
6 [Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
| و یوسف و همه برادرانش، و تمامی آن طبقه مردند. | ۶ |
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).
| و بنی‌اسرائیل بارور و منتشر شدند، وکثیر و بی‌نهایت زورآور گردیدند. و زمین ازایشان پر گشت. | ۷ |
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].
| اما پادشاهی دیگر بر مصربرخاست که یوسف را نشناخت. | ۸ |
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!
| و به قوم خودگفت: «همانا قوم بنی‌اسرائیل از ما زیاده وزورآورترند. | ۹ |
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.”
| بیایید با ایشان به حکمت رفتارکنیم، مبادا که زیاد شوند. و واقع شود که چون جنگ پدید آید، ایشان نیز با دشمنان ماهمداستان شوند، و با ما جنگ کرده، از زمین بیرون روند.» | ۱۰ |
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].
| پس سرکاران بر ایشان گماشتند، تا ایشان را به‌کارهای دشوار ذلیل سازند، و برای فرعون شهرهای خزینه، یعنی فیتوم و رعمسیس را بناکردند. | ۱۱ |
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.
| لیکن چندانکه بیشتر ایشان را ذلیل ساختند، زیادتر متزاید و منتشر گردیدند، و ازبنی‌اسرائیل احتراز می‌نمودند. | ۱۲ |
13 They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
| و مصریان ازبنی‌اسرائیل به ظلم خدمت گرفتند. | ۱۳ |
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.
| و جانهای ایشان را به بندگی سخت، به گل کاری وخشت سازی و هر گونه عمل صحرایی، تلخ ساختندی. و هر خدمتی که بر ایشان نهادندی به ظلم می‌بود. | ۱۴ |
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],
| و پادشاه مصر به قابله های عبرانی که یکی را شفره و دیگری را فوعه نام بود، امرکرده، | ۱۵ |
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).”
| گفت: «چون قابله گری برای زنان عبرانی بکنید، و بر سنگها نگاه کنید، اگر پسر باشد او رابکشید، و اگر دختر بود زنده بماند.» | ۱۶ |
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.
| لکن قابله‌ها از خدا ترسیدند، و آنچه پادشاه مصربدیشان فرموده بود نکردند، بلکه پسران را زنده گذاردند. | ۱۷ |
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?”
| پس پادشاه مصر قابله‌ها را طلبیده، بدیشان گفت: «چرا این کار را کردید، و پسران را زنده گذاردید؟» | ۱۸ |
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].”
| قابله‌ها به فرعون گفتند: «از این سبب که زنان عبرانی چون زنان مصری نیستند، بلکه زورآورند، و قبل از رسیدن قابله می‌زایند.» | ۱۹ |
20 So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
| و خدا با قابله‌ها احسان نمود، و قوم کثیرشدند، و بسیار توانا گردیدند. | ۲۰ |
21 Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
| و واقع شدچونکه قابله‌ها از خدا ترسیدند، خانه‌ها برای ایشان بساخت. | ۲۱ |
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.”
| و فرعون قوم خود را امر کرده، گفت: «هر پسری که زاییده شود به نهر اندازید، وهر دختری را زنده نگاه دارید. | ۲۲ |
