Exode 1
1 Voici les noms des fils d’Israël, venus en Égypte; ils y accompagnèrent 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 Issachar, Zabulon et Benjamin;
Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4 Dan et Nephtali, Gad et Aser.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 Toutes les personnes composant la lignée de Jacob étaient au nombre de soixante-dix. Pour Joseph, il 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, ainsi que 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 Or, les enfants d’Israël avaient augmenté, pullulé, étaient devenus prodigieusement nombreux et ils remplissaient la contrée.
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 Un roi nouveau s’éleva sur l’Égypte, lequel n’avait point
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: "Voyez, la population des enfants d’Israël surpasse et domine la nôtre.
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 Eh bien! usons d’expédients contre elle; autrement, elle s’accroîtra encore et alors, survienne une guerre, ils pourraient se joindre à nos ennemis, nous combattre et sortir de la province."
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 l’on imposa à ce peuple des officiers de corvée pour l’accabler de labeurs et il bâtit pour Pharaon des villes d’approvisionnement, Pithom et Ramessès.
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’opprimait, plus sa population grossissait et débordait et ils conçurent de l’aversion pour 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 accablèrent les enfants d’Israël de rudes besognes.
They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
14 Ils leur rendirent la vie amère par des travaux pénibles sur l’argile et la brique, par des corvées rurales, outre les autres labeurs qu’ils leur imposèrent tyranniquement.
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 s’adressa aux sages femmes hébreues, qui se nommaient, l’une Chifra, l’autre Poûa
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: "Lorsque vous accoucherez les femmes hébreues, vous examinerez les attributs du sexe: si c’est un garçon, faites-le périr; une fille, qu’elle vive."
“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 craignaient Dieu: elles ne firent point ce que 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 manda les sages-femmes et leur dit: "Pourquoi avez-vous agi ainsi, 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 sont pas comme celles des Égyptiens, elles sont vigoureuses et avant que la sage-femme soit arrivée près d’elles, elles sont délivrées."
[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 Le Seigneur bénit les sages-femmes et le peuple multiplia et s’accrut considérablement.
So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
21 Or, comme les sages-femmes avaient craint le Seigneur et qu’il avait augmenté leurs familles,
Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
22 Pharaon donna l’ordre suivant à tout son peuple: "Tout mâle nouveau-né, jetez-le dans le fleuve et 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.”
