Exode 1
1 Voici les noms des enfants d’Israël venus en Égypte; — ils y vinrent avec Jacob, chacun avec sa famille —:
The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
2 Ruben, Siméon, Lévi, Juda,
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3 Issachar, Zabulon, Benjamin,
Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4 Dan, Nephtali, Gad et Aser.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 Toutes les personnes issues de Jacob étaient au nombre de soixante-dix, et Joseph était déjà en Égypte.
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.
6 Joseph mourut, ainsi que tous ses frères et toute cette génération.
[Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
7 Les enfants d’Israël furent féconds et multiplièrent; ils devinrent nombreux et très puissants, et le pays en fut rempli.
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).
8 Il s’éleva sur l’Égypte un nouveau roi qui ne connaissait pas Joseph.
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].
9 Il dit à son peuple: « Voici que les enfants d’Israël forment un peuple plus nombreux et plus puissant que nous.
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!
10 Allons! Prenons des précautions contre lui, de peur qu’il ne s’accroisse, et que, une guerre survenant, il ne se joigne à nos ennemis pour nous combattre, et ne sorte ensuite du pays. »
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.”
11 Les Égyptiens établirent donc sur Israël des chefs de corvée, afin de l’accabler par des travaux pénibles. C’est ainsi qu’il bâtit des villes pour servir de magasins à Pharaon, savoir Pithom et Ramsès.
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].
12 Mais plus on l’accablait, plus il multipliait et s’accroissait, et l’on prit en aversion les enfants d’Israël.
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.
13 Les Égyptiens firent travailler les enfants d’Israël par force;
They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
14 ils leur rendaient la vie amère par de rudes travaux, mortier, briques et toute sorte de travaux des champs, tout le travail qu’ils leur imposaient avec dureté.
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.
15 Le roi d’Égypte parla aussi aux sages-femmes des Hébreux, dont l’une se nommait Séphora, et l’autre Phua.
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],
16 Il leur dit: « Quand vous accoucherez les femmes des Hébreux, et que vous les verrez sur le double siège, si c’est un fils, faites-le mourir; si c’est une fille, elle peut vivre. »
“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).”
17 Mais les sages-femmes craignirent Dieu, et ne firent pas comme leur avait dit le roi d’Égypte; elles laissèrent vivre les garçons.
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.
18 Le roi d’Égypte fit appeler les sages-femmes et leur dit: « Pourquoi avez-vous agi ainsi, et avez-vous laissé vivre les garçons? »
So the king summoned the [two] midwives and said to them, “Why are you doing this? Why are you letting the baby boys live?”
19 Les sages-femmes répondirent à Pharaon: « C’est que les femmes des Hébreux ne ressemblent pas aux Égyptiennes: elles sont vigoureuses, et elles accouchent avant l’arrivée de la sage-femme. »
[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].”
20 Et Dieu fit du bien aux sages-femmes, et le peuple devint nombreux et extrêmement fort.
So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
21 Parce que les sages-femmes avaient craint Dieu, Dieu fit prospérer leur maison.
Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
22 Alors Pharaon donna cet ordre à tout son peuple: « Vous jetterez dans le fleuve tout fils qui naîtra et vous laisserez vivre toutes les filles. »
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.”
