Exode 1
1 Et ce sont ici les noms des fils d’Israël qui entrèrent en Égypte; ils y entrèrent 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 et Juda;
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3 Issacar, Zabulon et Benjamin;
Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4 Dan et Nephthali; Gad et Aser.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 Et toutes les âmes issues des reins de Jacob étaient 70 âmes; or Joseph était 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 Et Joseph mourut, et tous ses frères, et toute cette génération-là.
[Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
7 Et les fils d’Israël fructifièrent et foisonnèrent, et multiplièrent, et devinrent extrêmement forts; 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 Et un nouveau roi se leva sur l’Égypte, qui n’avait point connu 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 Et il dit à son peuple: Voici, le peuple des fils d’Israël est plus nombreux et plus fort 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, soyons prudents à son égard, de peur qu’il ne se multiplie, et que, s’il arrivait une guerre, il ne se joigne, lui aussi, à nos ennemis, et ne fasse la guerre contre nous, et ne monte hors 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 Et ils établirent sur lui des chefs de corvées pour l’opprimer par leurs fardeaux. Et il bâtit pour le Pharaon des villes à greniers, 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 Et selon qu’ils l’opprimaient, il multipliait et croissait; et ils eurent peur des fils 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 Et les Égyptiens firent servir les fils d’Israël avec dureté,
They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
14 et ils leur rendirent la vie amère par un dur service, en argile, et en briques, et par toute sorte de service aux champs: tout le service dans lequel on les faisait servir était 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 Et le roi d’Égypte parla aux sages-femmes hébreues, dont l’une avait nom Shiphra et la seconde se nommait Pua,
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 et il dit: Quand vous accoucherez les femmes hébreues et que vous les verrez sur les sièges, si c’est un fils, vous le ferez mourir, et si c’est une fille, elle vivra.
“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 le roi d’Égypte leur avait dit; et elles laissèrent vivre les enfants mâles.
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 Et le roi d’Égypte appela les sages-femmes, et leur dit: Pourquoi avez-vous fait cela, et avez-vous laissé vivre les enfants mâles?
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 Et les sages-femmes dirent au Pharaon: Parce que les femmes hébreues ne sont pas comme les Égyptiennes; car elles sont vigoureuses: avant que la sage-femme vienne vers elles, elles ont enfanté.
[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 multiplia, et devint très fort.
So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
21 Et il arriva, parce que les sages-femmes craignirent Dieu, qu’il leur fit des maisons.
Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
22 Et le Pharaon commanda à tout son peuple, disant: Tout fils qui naîtra, jetez-le dans le fleuve; mais toute fille, laissez-la vivre.
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.”
