Exodus 1
1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:
He rhoek he Egypt la aka kun Israel ca a ming ni. Te vaengah Jakob neh a imkhui kah hlang neh,
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Reuben, Simeon, Levi neh Judah,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Issakhar, Zebulun neh Benjamin,
4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad neh Asher te ha pawk.
5 All the people who were descendants of Jacob were seventy in number. Joseph was already in Egypt.
Te vaengah Jacob hlit lamkah aka thoeng hinglu boeih he hinglu sawmrhih lo coeng tih Joseph khaw Egypt ah om coeng.
6 Then Joseph, all his brothers, and all that generation died.
Te phoeiah Joseph neh a manuca boeih neh te kah cadilcahma tah boeih duek.
7 The Israelites were fruitful, increased greatly in numbers, and became very strong; the land was filled with them.
Tedae Israel ca rhoek tah pungtai uh tih luem uh, ping uh tih yet uh. Te dongah amih te khohmuen ah mawk mawk bae uh.
8 Now then a new king arose over Egypt, one who did not know about Joseph.
Te vaengah Egypt ah manghai a thai phoe tih te long te Joseph ming pawh.
9 He said to his people, “Look, the Israelites are more numerous and stronger than we are.
Te dongah a pilnam te, 'Pilnam he, Israel ca rhoek he mamih lakah muep pilnu coeng.
10 Come, let us deal with them wisely, otherwise they will continue to grow in numbers, and if war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the land.”
Anih te cueih pae pawn sih ping aih ve. Caemtloek ha thoeng tih anih neh koei uh koinih mamih m'hmuhuet ni. Te vaengah mamih m'vathoh thil vetih khohmuen lamloh cet hae ni.
11 So they put taskmasters over them to oppress them with hard labor. The Israelites built store cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Rameses.
Te dongah amih bitloh neh phaep sak ham saldong mangpa a khueh thil uh. Te vaengah Pharaoh kah rhuengim khopuei la Pithom neh Raamses te a thoh pah.
12 But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more the Israelites increased in numbers and spread. So the Egyptians began to dread the Israelites.
Anih a phaep uh vanbangla ping van tih pungtai van. Te dongah Israel ca rhoek kah mikhmuh ah a mueipuel uh.
13 The Egyptians made the Israelites work rigorously.
Te dongah Egypt loh Israel ca rhoek te mangkhak la a thohtat sak.
14 They made their lives bitter with hard service with mortar and brick, and with all kinds of work in the fields. All their required work was hard.
Amih kah hingnah te amlai dong neh laiboeng dongah thohtatnah nen khaw, lohma kah thohtatnah cungkuem nen khaw, mat a phaep uh. Amih kah thohtatnah cungkuem dongah Israel ca te mangkhak la a thohtat sakuh.
15 Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives; the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the other Puah.
Te phoeiah Egypt manghai loh Hebrew ca-om rhoi, a ming la pakhat ah Shiphrah neh a pabae ah a ming la Puah te a uen.
16 He said, “When you assist the Hebrew women on the birthstool, observe when they give birth. If it is a son, then you must kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she may live.”
Te vaengah, “Hebrew nu te na om sak vaengah a omnah te so rhoi. tongpa atah ngawn rhoi lamtah huta atah hing saeh.
17 But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt ordered them; instead, they let the baby boys live.
Tedae ca-om rhoi loh Pathen te a rhih rhoi. Te dongah Egypt manghai loh amih rhoi taengkah a thui bangla saii rhoi pawt tih camoe te a hing sak rhoi.
18 The king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the baby boys live?”
Te dongah Egypt manghai loh ca-om rhoek te a khue tih amamih taengah, “Balae tih he kah hno he na saii uh tih camoe na hing sak uh,” a ti nah.
19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. They are vigorous and have finished giving birth before a midwife comes to them.”
Te vaengah ca-om rhoek loh Pharaoh te, “Hebrew nu he Egypt nu bang moenih. Amih tah rhaang uh tih amih taengla ca-om a pawk hlan ah khaw om uh coeng,” a ti nah.
20 God protected these midwives. The people increased in numbers and became very strong.
Te dongah Pathen loh ca-om rhoek te a voelphoeng sak tih pilnam a ping dongah muep rhoeng uh.
21 Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
Ca-om rhoek loh Pathen te a rhih uh dongah amih ham im khaw a thoh pah.
22 Pharaoh ordered all his people, “You must throw every son that is born into the river, but every daughter you will let live.”
Te dongah Pharaoh loh a pilnam boeih te a uen tih, “tongpa la aka thaang boeih tah sokko la voei uh kuekluek lamtah huta tah boeih hing sak uh,” a ti nah.
