Mose 2 1
1 Israel ƒe viŋutsu siwo kplɔ Yakob ɖo yi Egipte kple woƒe ƒometɔwoe nye:
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):
2 Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Yuda,
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3 Isaka, Zebulon, Benyamin,
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan, Naftali, Gad kple Aser.
Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
5 Ame siwo katã kplɔ Yakob ɖo yi Egipte la anɔ ame blaadre. Yosef ya nɔ afi ma xoxo.
All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
6 Le ɣeyiɣi aɖe megbe la, Yosef kple nɔviawo katã ku, eye dzidzime ma nu tso.
Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
7 Azɔ la, Israelviwo ƒe dzidzimeviwo dzina kabakaba. Wodzi sɔ gbɔ ale gbegbe be le ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe megbe la, wozu dukɔ gã aɖe, eye woyɔ anyigba la dzi fũu.
The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8 Eva eme be fia yeye aɖe va ɖu Egipte dzi, ame si menya Yosef o.
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph.
9 Fia sia gblɔ na eƒe amewo be, “Kpɔ ɖa, Israelvi siawo sɔ gbɔ wu mí akpa.
He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
10 Mina míato ayemɔ aɖe dzi atsi nu sia nu. Ne míetsi nu sia nu o, eye aʋa dzɔ la, woade míaƒe futɔwo dzi, awɔ aʋa kpli mí asi adzo le anyigba la dzi.”
Come, let’s deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies and fight against us, and escape out of the land.”
11 Ale Egiptetɔwo wɔ Israelviwo woƒe kluviwoe. Wotsɔ dɔdzikpɔla ŋutasẽlawo ɖo wo nu be woana woawɔ dɔ sesẽ, woatu nudzraɖoƒe gãwo ɖe Pitom kple Rameses na Farao.
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
12 Togbɔ be Egiptetɔwo nɔ fu wɔm Israelviwo, eye wonɔ wo tem ɖe to wu tsã gɔ̃ hã la, Israelviwo ganɔ dzidzim ɖe edzi kokoko! Nu sia gado ŋɔdzi na Egiptetɔwo wu
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They started to dread the children of Israel.
13 eye wogazi wo dzi wu tsã.
The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
14 Wona agbenɔnɔ ti wo to dɔ sesẽ wɔwɔ le anyikpewo meme kple agbledɔwo wɔwɔ me. Egiptetɔwo na wowɔ dɔ sesẽ siawo katã nublanuimakpɔmakpɔtɔe.
and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
15 Egipte fia gblɔ na Hebri nyɔnu siwo nye vixelawo, ame siwo ŋkɔwoe nye Sipra kple Pua be,
The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
16 “Ne miekpe ɖe Hebri nyɔnu aɖe ŋu wòdzi vi, eye miekpɔ le vidziƒea be ŋutsuvi wòdzi la, miwu ɖevi la enumake, gake ne nyɔnuvi wòdzi la, mina ɖevia natsi agbe.”
and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
17 Ke vixela siawo vɔ̃a Mawu, eye womewɔ ɖe Egipte fia la ƒe se la dzi o, wona ŋutsuviawo hã tsi agbe.
But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
18 Fia la yɔ vixelawo, eye wòbia wo be, “Nu ka ta miegbe nye se la dzi wɔwɔ, eye miena ŋutsuviawo hã le agbe tsim ɖo?”
The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”
19 Woɖo eŋu na Farao be, “Aƒetɔ, Hebri nyɔnuwo ƒe vidzidzi tsɔna ale gbegbe be, míeɖoa wo gbɔ hafi wodzia vi le wo ɖokuiwo si o. Woawo ƒe vidzidzi mexɔa ɣeyiɣi abe míaƒe Egipte nyɔnuwo tɔ ene o!”
The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
20 Le esia ta Mawu yra vixelawo. Ale Israelviwo dzi ɖe edzi, eye wokpɔ ŋusẽ ŋutɔ.
God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
21 Esi vixelawo vɔ̃a Mawu ta la, Mawu na viwo woawo hã.
Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
22 Fia Farao va de se na eƒe amewo katã be, “Miatsɔ ŋutsuvi ɖe sia ɖe si woadzi la aƒu gbe ɖe Nil tɔsisi la me, ke miana nyɔnuviwo ya natsi agbe.”
Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
